Wheat Prices Fall on Rain, Demand Lacks Support
Wheat prices declined as renewed rains worry the market. May wheat opened near unchanged and closed around 92 cents. Corn and oats weakened with light demand and ample receipts. provisions rose briefly as hog prices spiked before retreating. Domestic and European cues added to bearish sentiment while cash demand remained slack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ericaco
Kansas
Minneapolis
Duluth
Chicago
Shorts
Grain Market Summaries Across United States Reports Dull Trade
New York reports dull grain trading with flour receipts and exports noted, wheat and corn prices firming slightly amid rains in the Southwest. Kansas City and Duluth show mixed wheat, flax, and oats quotes, while Minneapolis and St Louis record varied flour and grain prices, receipts, and shipments across multiple commodities.
Treasury balances show available funds and gold reserves
Washington March 31 statement lists general fund balances excluding the $150,000,000 gold reserve. Available balance is $260,414,852 while gold coin and certificates total $28,337,261 in gold certificates $90,360.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Markets in Gingin nate Cincinnati March 31 1908
Wheat markets show No 1 Northern at 1.038% with dull trade. Corn demand mixed with quality, oats steady to dull, rye soft, flour weak, and hay firmer on top No 1 timothy. Whisky firms. detailed prices and car loads listed for winter and spring grades and assorted grades across wheat corn and rye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
Northern
C.gecese
Fruit and Produce Prices From City Market Listing
A lengthy listing shows prices for apples bananas beets cranberries cabbage lemons oranges onions potatoes rutabagas squash and various meats and fats. Items include Florida and Messina lemons per box and per bushel weights for produce, with lard butter beans oats feathers and meats priced in cts per unit or per bag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bis
Palermo
Florida
Jersey
Commodity Prices Reported in Toledo Trade Note
In Toledo on March 31 Cloverane cash and March figures show 13.35, April 13.10, October 7.7. Timothy prime 2.15. Alsike prime 12.80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Cloverane
Timothy
Alsike
City Seizes Whisky Forfeiture Proceedings In Indiana Case
Proceedings filed to confiscate nine and three barrels of whisky seized at H. F. Corbin Co on East Pearl street. District Attorney McPherson seeks court order to custody by U S Marshal pending decision with a hearing set before Judge Thompson on April 21. The city of Cleveland Tenn appeals a tax ruling in a separate case over a $9 852 judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Corbin Company
East Pearl Street
McPherson
Indiana
United States Marshal
Thompson
Lumber Company
BE. M. Schulitz Lumber Company
Asen
Tallahatchie County
Mississippi
Glendora
Miss
Bank of Commerce
Mary A. Schantz
Cleveland
Tenn
Circuit Court of Appeals
Federal Court of Tennessee
R. J. Cunningham
Alice Gill
James Gill
L. & N. Railroad Company
Claibborne County
American Association
William D. Williams
Superior Court hears assault suits against Patrolman Lemmink
In open court two minor brothers Albert and Lawrence James sue Patrolman John C. Lemmink for 2000 dollars each for alleged unprovoked assault in front of their father's business at 517 West Fifth Street Sunday evening March 22. Their father Ilmer E. James acts as next friend with Hlmer E. James and attorneys John B. Derbes and Victor Abraham. Other cases heard include Joseph Frank vs Herancourt Brewing for 50000 damages. Frank seeks redress after losing sight from wood alcohol exposure in beer vats. Also Mary E. Christy administratrix sues John W. Christy for 1456.46 plus 4947.47 on several notes from 1890 1893. Casper Weierich obtained default judgment against Vacuum Sanitary Cleaning Co. for 500. Columbia Life Insurance case confined to bookkeeper Henry Luken inquiry into stock commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. James
Lawrence E. James
Superior Court
John C. Lemmink
West Fifth Street
Lemmink
Hlmer E. James
John B. Derbes
Victor Abraham
Joseph Frank
Herancourt Brewing Company
Spiegel
Frank
Hosea
Stricker & Johnson
Robertson & Buchwalter
Mary E. Christy
H. Newton Christy
John W. Christy
HK. P. Bradstreet
Casper Weierich
Harry 8. Maddock
Thomas D. Wogan
Vacuum Sanitary Cleaning Company
Spangenberg & Spangenberg
Coumbia Life Insurance Company
Hoffheimer
Henry Luken
Circuit Court Upholds Judge Hunt Ruling in City Damage Case
The Circuit Court affirmed Judge Hunt in Belle M. Johnson versus the city over Browne Street water damage after street grade changes. The defense cited prior $5 525 judgment, but the court sustained Hunt's instruction and found for the city. Johnson & Levy represented the plaintiff. Jesse Lowman for the city.
Men Who Wore Woman's Clothes Committed to Asylum
Joseph Sterling was tried for lunacy after being arrested in Avondale masquerading in women's clothes and found with burglars tools. He claimed to have writing ambitions and a taste for female attire. He was committed to Longview Hospital under guardianship. Bernard A Pornohren left 500 to St Aloysius Orphan Asylum Bond Hill and 250 to St Francis Hospital Lick Run with remainder to Fred Thole for thirty five years. Mrs Auguste Fitzer left 200 to Josephine Fischer and her Elmwood house to her husband Ernst A Fitzer for life then to Carrie Will and Lizzie Will. relatives are noted as not troubling themselves.
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Joseph Sterling
Avondale
Longview Hospital
Sterling
Bernard A. Pornohren
St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum
Bond Hill
St. Francis Hospital
Lick Run
Fred Thole
Auguste Fitzer
Testatrix
Burglars Who Broke Into McAlpin Residence Go to Prison
The article reports the 1907 criminal court proceeding for the McAlpin residence burglary. David Fisher faces second degree murder charges in Newton Muchmore’s death at Indian Hill, with brother Walter Fisher also charged. Trial opened before Judge Caldwell. Walter claims self defense and that David had no gun. Bailiff Bowman and Sheriff Hamann sentence John Patton to 30 years, William Hines to 15 years for robbery. Others receive short terms for receiving stolen goods and related crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Fisher
Newton Muchmore
Indian Hill
Caldwell
Fisher
Walter
Cogan
Fisher Brothers
Walter Fisher
Muchmore
William Bowman
Hamann
John Patton
William Hines
William McAlpin
Lawrence
Charles Mortis
Lewis West
Walter Perkins
Virgie Robinson
Casimer Pardugo
Divorce Court Notices From Local Ledger
Lena Howard seeks divorce from Joseph M. Howard alleging forced separation in November 1898 due to mistreatment. Louise C. Cordero petitions divorce and restoration to maiden name Louise Hetzinger after marriage to George M. Cordero in July, last year. Lizzie Miller requests divorce from Henry B. Miller with child custody after alleged abandonment in April 1906. Ada Fox sues for divorce and alimony from Joseph Fox alleging cruelty. Jennie Copeland sues Oliver Copeland for divorce for failure to provide after marriage in New Paris Ohio July 1886. Attorneys listed for each case.
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Lena Howard
Joseph M. Howard
Homer H. Holbrook
George M. Cordero
Louise C. Cordero
Louise C. Hetzinger
Alfred T. Fulford
Lizzie Miller
Henry B. Miller
M. C. Lykins
Plaintiff
Ada Fox
Joseph Fox
Barkeeper
Powell & Smiley
Oliver Copeland
Jennie Copeland
New Paris
W. W. Béllew
Suit Against Construction Firm Dismissed on Demurrer
Judge James B. Swing sustained the demurrer to the suit of J. G. Collopy & Co. against the Lewis Drach Construction Company Union Savings Bank and Trust Company and others. The action was dismissed as the plaintiff did not plead further. Collopy & Co. sought about 20000 dollars held in trust related to the Queen City avenue contract. Judge Davies said he will renew the suit in another form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Construction Company
James B. Swing
J. G. Collopy & Co
Lewis Drach Construction Company
Union Savings Bank and Trust Company
Collopy Company
Queen City Avenue
Drach Company
Cincinnati Trust Company
T. F. McClure
David Davies
Collopy & Co
Prosecutor Pushes Cap on Magistrate Fees in Columbus
Assistant County Prosecutor C. O. Rose visits Columbus to urge amending the act that lets Magistrates collect four dollars for every ten percent wage assessment for debts for necessaries. He backs Judge Otto Pfleger’s bill to cut the fee to two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. 0
Rose
Columbus
Otto Pfleger
The River Departures From Madison Kentucky
The article lists today’s departures for the City of Cincinnati and Louisville routes from Madison Kentucky with a 5 p.m. timing.
River departures and river level update for Ohio and Louisville
Advertised departures daily at 5 p m except Sundays and 11 p m except Saturdays with times for Louisville and Cincinnati. The Ohio River at Cincinnati yesterday stood at 33 feet and rising as stages move with river traffic expectations.
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Louisville
Eenus Lee
Ohio
Cincinnati
Intermediate Pointa
Lower
Kentucky
River Packet Movements and Weather Report
Flotsam lists yesterday departures The Queen City to Pittsburg Greenwood to Pomeroy Courier to Maysville Lizzie Bay to Madison City of Louisville to Louisville Today arrivals Tacoma from Charleston Courier from Maysville Kentucky from Madison City of Cincinnati from Louisville The Government forecast predicts heavy rains southern Ohio tributaries in Kentucky and West Virginia with another rise in progress The Licking River has risen at Falmouth Cincinnati expected to rise Wednesday Business remains good
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Queen City
Pittsburg
Greenwood
Pomeroy
Courier
Maysville
Lizzie Bay
Madison
City of Louisville
Louisville
Tacoma
Charleston
Kentucky
City of Cincinnati
Ohio
West Virginia
Licking
Falmouth
Cincinnati
Greene Line
All Way
Sycamore Street
Way
Main Street
Memphis
Georgiane
Broadway
St. Louis
Robert P. Gilham
Kanawha
River Flood Reports Across Several Cities
Daily river readings show Davis Island Dam at 12.2 feet and falling while Wheeling rises to 17.23 feet. Madison at 29.8 feet and rising. Louisville canal at 1111 falls 8.9 feet below locks 35.1 feet. Evansville 34.7 feet stationary with rain. Catro 41.3 feet warm and partly cloudy. St Louis records 15 feet with a minor drop over 24 hours.
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Pittsburg
Davis Island Dam
Wheeling
Madison
Louisville
Evansville
Catro
Lower
Mississippi
Charlotta Boeckeler
ST. Louis
Coffee futures hover steady amid mixed European cues
Coffee futures in New York opened steady to down slightly as European markets eased. Trading showed activity with 27,000 bags changing hands and quotes on several months including May 5.70, June 5.70, July 5.75, September 5.95, October 6.80, November 6.80, December 5.85 cents per pound. Santos No 4 8 9% also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
By Pointe
Santos No
Equity Society Faces 10 Percent Tax Clash Over Tobacco Sales
In Lexington Kentucky yesterday members of the Equity Society debated the legality of a ten percent gross receipts charge on sales to independent manufacturers. The secret meeting at Globe Tobacco Warehouse discussed disputes with warehouses and alleged cheap sales to Detroit and Scott & Dillon. A follow up session was planned amid ongoing friction from Winchester and surrounding counties.
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Society of Equity
Equity Society
Globe Tobacco Warehouse
Clarente Lebus
Burley District
G. A. Brooks
John la Rue
Bourbon County
Fred Stacy
Ghent
J. W. Glover
Grant County
Lebus
Lne
Detroit
Brooks
Winchester
Equity
American Tobacco Company
Trust
Globe House
Kenton
Campbell, Bosten
Harrison
Bracken
Pendleton
Owen Counties
Scott & Dillon
Lexington
Anderson County
James Phillips
Phillips
Rihorn
Burley Tobacco Society
Husband Signs Pledge After Abuse Charge
Ferdinand Feldman of 2627 Jordan Street was arraigned on a family abuse charge. Mrs Feldman testified of boiling-potato abuse and muddy shoe damage to beds, plus a bath refusal and a whipping. He chose the pledge over the Workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Feldman
Jordan Street
Man Charged with Manslaughter in Warden Killing
A man named Baldwin confessed to killing Edward Warden at his West Court Street apartment on March 18 after a quarrel involving Warden’s wife. The coroner ruled skull fracture from a hammer blow. Baldwin was bound over to the grand jury in $2,500 bond on a manslaughter charge.
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Hand
West Court Street
John S. Baldwin
Warden
Baldwin
Aldwin
Arden
Grand Iffry
Cotton Seed Oil Market Report from New Orleans
New Orleans market note dated March 31 reports prime cotton seed oil at 39 cents per pound. The brief item lists current price with no additional context or bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Proposals for Fresh Beef and Mutton for Army Subsistence
Sealed proposals from suppliers will be received until 11 a.m. May 1, 1908, for furnishing fresh beef and mutton to the Army subsistence department at Forts Brady Wayne Rock Island Arsenal Fort Sheridan Canton and other posts for six months starting July 1 1908. Information available on application. Proposals to be enclosed in envelopes endorsed Proposals for fresh beef and mutton and addressed to the Office of the Chief Commissary in Chicago Illinois.
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Chicago
Ill
War Department
Office of Commissary
Washington, D C
Forts
Brady
Wayne
Mich
Fort Sheridan
Rock Island Arsenal
Fort Thomas
Columbus
Canton
Ohio
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Cincinnati City Council approves Ninth Street improvement plan
The Cincinnati City Council on March 23 1908 adopts a resolution to pave Ninth Street from Freeman to McLean with wood blocks and install drains. It approves costs assessments at 50 percent frontage and ten yearly installments with interest, bonds to cover remaining costs, and optional cash payment within 20 days. The clerk is ordered to publish the resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
City of
A.D
O. Bathgate
Council
Edwin Henderson
Ordinance 475 Establishe s Columbia Avenue Improvement
Cincinnati Ohio undertakes Columbia avenue improvement from end of brick paving east of Stites avenue to Linwood city line. Plan includes grading curbs roadway paving drains walls with funds via bond anticipation and ten yearly installments. Damages assessed and contracts awarded to lowest bidder after legal notice.
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Columbia Avenue
Stites Avenue
Old Corporation
Linwood
Cincinnati
Ohio
Department of Public Service
Cin~ Cinnati
City of
Bothes
Corporation
Linn
Board of Public Service
D. N. O. Bathgate
Council
Edwin Henderson
Post Office Department Sealed Bids Open April 15 1908
The Post Office Department invites sealed proposals to furnish a wide range of supplies and equipment for fiscal year 1908 1909. Bids due by 2 p.m. April 15 1908 to the Purchasing Agent Washington D C.
City of Cincinnati Vacates Unnamed Alley
Ordinance No 477 vacates an unnamed alley extending west from Cedham avenue between Columbia avenue and Morris Place. Petitioners sought the vacation and the Council finds no detriment to the public. Passed March 23, 1 1 0 Bathgate, Clerk Edwin Henderson.
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Cedham Avenue
Columbia Avenue
Morris Place
City of
Cincinnati
State of
Ohio
Doakham Avenue
Bathgate
Edwin Henderson
Proposals for Borings in Mississippi River Lands
The Board on Examination and Survey of the Mississippi River invites sealed proposals for test borings in river bottom lands between St. Louis and Cairo. Proposals due by 12 noon standard time April 30, 1998 at Liggett Building St. Louis. Information on request from Captain G R Lukesh, Engineers Recorder.
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Board On
Mississippi River
Liggett Building
St. Louis
Cairo
G. R. Lukesh
Burgoyne Street Improvement Resolution Details
City council approves Burgoyne street upgrade from Spring Grove avenue to Colerain avenue by grading curbs drains and paving with artificial stone. It sets grades final elevations and limits assessments at ten yearly installments including interest with owner option for cash. Passed March 23 1908 by Pro Tem E O Bat. Clerk Edwin Henderson attests.
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Burgoyne Street
Spring Grove Avenue
Colerain Avenue
City of
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Board of Public Service
Spring Grove ‘Avenue
Cherry Street
Er Street
Colerain
Ohea
Cinall
E. O. Bat
Council
Edwin Henderson
Notice to nonresident heirs in Kate O'Brien estate
Mary Ann O'Brien administratrix of Kate O'Brien's Hamilton County Ohio estate files a claim for $400 against the estate. The heirs Denis Garbally Mary McGrady zie Dulle Jennie Craiger and William O'Brien are notified the court will hear the allowance application on April 30, 1908 at 9 30 a m in Administration No 61537. Attorneys WORKUM BOWLTLE represent the administratrix.
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Probath Court
Hamilton County
Ohio
Kate O'Brien
Denis Garbally
Mary McGrady
Zie Dulle
Jennie Craiger
J Brien
William O’brien
Jane O’brien
RTE
Mary Ann O'Bri
Kate O’brien
Workum & Bowltle
Ordinance No 476 Vacates Seggern and College Alleys
The city council approves the vacation of Seggern and College alleys between Woodward and Franklin streets based on a petition from local property owners. The ordinance, passed March 23, 1908, outlines the vacated alley boundaries and official attestations.
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Ginsvnngt
Ohi von Seggerwalfey
Woo Street
Franklin’ Street
Woodward
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Matie Schoen
Gustav Schoen
Auerbath
Peter Fitzer
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Péter Fay
Hopkins Street
Melsbury
Fay
Peter Tinsley
Second National Bank
Third National Bank
Ford & Johnson Company
Niles Tool Works Company
Cincinnati Tobacco Warehouse Company
D. I. Byers
Anna Mary Schmitt
Illiam R. Sattler
Dora Stoll
Louisa Wiethorn
Charles F. Dieterle
Augusta Fitzer
Thomas Sullivan
James Mahe
Joseph A. Evers
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Mary A. Roetting
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Joseph H. Parvis
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the Commercial Tribune
Millers Pharmac
Moler Barber College
Fourth St
Forest Av
Oler College
W. Fourth St
Nelli
W. Pogue
Frederick A. Schmidt
Confidentiali Interstate Investment Co
A.C. G
First National Bank
Covington
Montgomery St
Oo Automobile Co
LEE Line
Memphis, Inc
Georgia Lee
Broad Way
Icksburg
Pine Bluff
Peters Lee
E. Front
J. F. Ellison
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