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Newspaper
Albuquerque Morning Journal
Location
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1908
Page
5
Chaotic trading showed stocks dipping on some losses while others steadied as investors awaited year-end signals. Prices fluctuated around a stagnant market tone with a looming holiday pause and investor caution noted after the California quake impact discussions.
Market page notes miscellaneous financial items including call loans and bonds with scattered figures. The text references Atchison and adjustable rates with brief price hints amid fragmented data.
Final quotations show mild net gains in corn and slight steadiness in oil and provisions. Wheat rises on fears of winter snow harming crops, with May at 108 and July at 100. Corn closes firm with May at 61 and July at 62. Oats trade steady with May at 52 and July at 46 as hog prices drop ten cents before later stabilization.
Cattle sales around 8 000 head with southern steers 4.00 to 5.50, cows 2.50 to 4.00, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.20, bulls 2.40 to 4.40, calves 3.50 to 7.50. Westerns 24 000 head 5.60, western cows 2.75 to 4.50, hogs 17 000 10 cents lower, bulk 5.30 to 5.70, light and pigs 3.75 to 4.75, sheep 7 000 steady with muttons 4.25 to 5.25 and lambs 6.00 to 7.75.
In New York copper and metals held steady with London quotes and local bids around 14 dollars for copper alloys while lead and spelter showed minor moves. Chicago cattle and sheep trades remained active with mixed weights and prices, while cotton opened steady in New York and closed easier for December and firmer for January futures. New Orleans spot cotton stayed steady at middling around 57 and a half.
The Geological Survey aims to establish rescue stations in major coal regions to train miners and bosses in use of oxygen helmets and gas generation rooms. Stations tentatively include Urbana Illinois, Raton New Mexico, and Salt Lake City Utah, with engineers ready for disaster deployment and safety lamp testing.
The will of Claus Spreckels, executed in New York May 11, 1908, was filed with the county clerk. It grants the widow Anna Christina Spreckels a life interest, then divides the estate among Claud A. Spreckels Rudolph Spreckels and Mrs. John Ferris of Kingwood England after her death. The value is not stated but estimated up to fifty million dollars.
Dr W J Smith of Sanders Alabama says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the sole lung treatment he uses for pneumonia and has repeatedly relied on it in practice and for his family noting it controls coughing and colds. He recommends it as superior to any other cough remedy known to him and states it is for sale by all druggists.
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