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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1908
Page
9
Sharp drought reports from Kansas and Nebraska lifted wheat futures in Chicago on April 2. May futures rose while corn eased, oats advanced, and provisions fell. buyers favored May and sellers held July as bulls supported prices amid favorable cash demand and cooler weather signals.
Wheat prices edge higher on reports of dry weather and strong Nebraska yields while flour and cornmeal hold steady. Trading notes list May and July wheat futures with small gains, with receipts across the Midwest showing varied demand and regional price indications.
London tin and copper futures rose while local markets stayed dull. Lead, spelter, and iron values fluctuated with modest gains in London and quiet activity at Cleveland warrants and No 1 foundry ferrous contracts.
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade notes 1908 first quarter commercial failures total 4909 with liabilities 75 706 191 and March liabilities lower than prior months. Manufacturing defaults 1139, trading failures 3594, banking failures 6 with 69 751 628 liabilities. Distinct improvement seen in March despite higher quarterly total.
Ohio incorporations announced include The Davies Williams Company Akron 15000 The Barr Electric Heating Company Cleveland 10000 The Cincinnati Wilmington Xenia Traction Company 50000 The Cleveland Bricklayers Benevolent Association The Cornell Decorating Company Elyria 5000 The Citizens Drug Company Columbus 10000 The Forest City Woolen Mills Company Cleveland increasing capital stock from 150000 to 250000.
Market yesterday strong with new year records for tobacco prices. Five warehouses reported offerings totaling 8387 hogsheads new and 8 old, with detailed bids from Globe, Farmers and Shippers, Planters, Buckeye, and Bodmann. Recap lists numerous lots at various price ranges and a Clover seed and Timothy report from Toledo.
Oil prices listed for North Lima South Lima Indiana and other regions. Credit balances and March runs reported for Oil City. Turpentine and rosin activity described in Livington Charleston Savannah with prices, receipts, and stock figures.
Louisville April 2. Market showed good volume with strong demand for all grades. Burley offers improved quality but overall conditions remained unfavourable. Highest price of the season at Main Street Warehouse reached today. notable lots include $24.50 for a Brown County sample and a 5 hundredweight crop averaging $18.90 raised by D. D. Maddox.
Matthew Addy & Co report iron trade sees uneven activity with no clear rise or fall. The industry remains dull though optimistic about spring and a hoped real improvement as buyers and sellers anticipate better conditions.
The report notes growing small orders for prompt shipment and some larger inquiries, with steady materiel gains in a major Northwest consuming center. Some branches tied to rail and trolley equipment remain near standstill, while others improve. Volume on consumer yards declines, prompting resumed shipments on existing contracts. Coke demand is light and production meets needs. prices for various coke grades and Lake Superior products are listed in a cash FOB Cincinnati quote.
Receipts and shipments show light demand for cattle with plentiful supplies. Hogs traded at higher finishes with 6.25 to 6.35 for best, while sheep and lambs posted strong prices. regional reports from Buffalo Pittsburg Chicago Saint Louis Kansas City reflect mixed gains and steady to firm tone across markets.
James McCrane a 24 year old switchman on the Pennsylvania is road was knocked from a cut of freight cars in Linwood yards when a train passed under a tow bridge. He fell beneath wheels sustaining crushed legs and other injuries. He was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital where his life is despaired of. McCrane lived with his parents on St. Peter's Street in the East End.
Fire originated in the grocery basement at W. G. Applegate’s general store and residence near Branch Hill, about a mile below Loveland on the B and O railroad. Applegate, his wife, and three children escaped but lost all belongings as the flames consumed the building. Loss estimated at 3500 dollars. Farmers from surrounding counties formed a bucket brigade but could not save the property. Branch Hill lacks a local fire department and neighbors aided with phone calls to summon help.
A wireless report from Portsmouth says during night maneuvers the cruiser Berwick collided with torpedo boat destroyer Tiger, cutting her in half and sinking. Twenty two survivors were picked up, one later dying. Tiger's crew was about forty five. most were below deck in oiling gear when the collision occurred. The Gladiator will return with survivors. Tiger, launched 1900, 210 feet long, 21 feet beam, 6400 horsepower, 30 knots top speed, normally 60 men.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 50 feet 4 inches and rising yesterday. Advertised river departures listed for Pittsburg Virginia Pomeroy daily and Sundays from Maysville Louisville with times. stage reports for Cincinnati show a rising river level amid scheduled sails.
Sail packets arriving and departing from the port were constrained by rising Ohio River waters. The Greenwood Madison and Georgia Lee will not sail, with only two departures scheduled, Courier to Maysville and City of Cincinnati to Louisville. Government forecast warns the river near flood stage could reach 55 feet by Friday, threatening navigation and flooding cellars in river bottoms. Captain James F. Rose attended his daughter's Lebanon wedding before taking command of his towboat Catharine V.
River readings show Davis Island Dam at 12.3 feet and falling while Vizfeling at 15.5 feet and rising. Madison 40 feet and rising with cold and windy conditions. Evansville uncertain level with cloud and cooler weather. Capo 40.7 feet and falling. Several arrivals listed including Russell Lord and T. LOU River at 14.5 feet with a slight fall.
The interurban traction line reports the river between Cincinnati and Newport rising high enough to halt service to that point at 3 45 this morning. Lebanon cars continue operating as normal.
This pattern shows a charming apron designed for a small girl with a box plait front and back, mandarin sleeve band, no closing, head slipped on, and ribbon shoulder ties. Sized for 2 4 6 8 years with two yards of 36 inch material, No 4391 is priced at ten cents.
Real estate transfers list numerous conveyances with names such as Nicholas J Walsh and Joseph A Andrews and various parcels along Fifth and Race streets and other city blocks. Several entries note leases, buy options, and lots in sub divisions with parties including Ethel A Johnstone Camilla Cross Myers Y Cooper Henry P Mathusa and John M Rimmer among others.
Violin virtuoso Jan Kubelik performs in Music Hall with a diverse program centered on Wandwywski and Paganini pieces. Berthe Roy pairs the concert with Bach and Saint-Saens, while Ludwig Schwab provides artistic accompaniment as the program showcases virtuosity and expressive depth. The piece list includes Tartini, Devil's Trill, Perpetuum Mobile, and Scene de la Czarda among others.
A list of fresh cases includes admr Jackson Sparrow vs F Sims to construe a will, divorce actions Kate Gurney vs Dennis Gurney, Emma Maguire vs John Maguire for divorce, Bessie Vandusen vs Willard Vandusen for divorce, and several petition in error filings in the State of Ohio cases. Also Max Blumenfeld vs Isadore Mberg for $50 damages and injunction action J Theo Ausdemmoore vs C G Henegen et al.
Public notice issued under a Monition and attachment in The United States vs Nine Barrels of Whiskey. Seized at H F P Corbin & Co Cincinnati Ohio and held by Bernard Bettmann Internal Revenue Collector. Court in Cincinnati sets April 21 1908 at 10 am for claimants to appear and plead.
A notice lists a three story schoolhouse on Hopple Street near Terrace Place with a value around 100000 dollars. It also cites real estate including a one story annex to Sixteenth District School on Southern Avenue valued at 15000 and several other residential properties with owners Elizabeth Hoeffer and Mrs M Happensack among others, priced from four thousand to eight thousand dollars.
Sealed proposals for making test borings in river bottom lands between St Louis and Cairo will be received until 12 noon on April 20 1908 and publicly opened. Information furnished on application. G R L Captain Engineers Recorder.
Notice from Harry Goldblatt dated April 3 1908 states all remaining articles left with him past due will be sold to pay charges if not redeemed or interest paid within thirty days.
At Cinnath Ohio March 5 1980 sealed bids for furnishing and installing boilers on a steel dredge will be received until 2 p m April 6 1980 with details available on application Lt Col Engrs WM L.
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received until 11 a.m. May 1, 1908, to furnish and deliver fresh beef and mutton to the subsistence department at Forts Brady Michigan, Fort Sheridan Illinois, Rock sending Illinois, Fort Tho Ky ne, subpost of Canton Ohio, and Mort njaimin Han Indiana, for six months from July 4, 1908. Envelopes should be endorsed Proposals for fresh beef and mutton to be opened at Post to be supplied.
Notice is given of the annual meeting of stockholders at the company offices at 52 Walnut Street, Cincinnati Ohio, to elect directors and transact any business. J L Steele serves as signer.
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