Dun's Review Finds No Preparations for Increased Activity
Dun's Review notes Easter trade and favorable weather quicken retail distribution of seasonable goods but show no rise in activity for future business. Net output curtailment and wage reductions occur, textiles face limited demand, and export trade outlook remains subdued. Bank clearings fall across major cities, with uneven regional results and slow collections despite easier money.
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United States
New York
San Francisco
Middle West
Dun
Baltimore
Louisville
New Orleans
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Butter Eggs Poultry Cheese Prices Across Chicago and New York
Chicago and New York market notes report steady butter and live poultry prices with slight variations. Eggs hold firm at market, cheese shows mixed weakness in prime and winter-made lots, while spring chickens and turkeys range modestly in Philadelphia broiler and regional listings.
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Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Louisville tobacco sales report from April 17
Offerings light with 190 hogs or hhds in total. Sales by warehouse include United Dark Warehouse 43 hhds dark from 5.60 to 11.75 dollars, Planters' 20 hhds Burley from 9 to 15.75, Main Street 22 Burley from 9 to 16.75, State 25 new Burley from 11.25 to 15.26, Louisville 25 new dark from 7.90 to 11.50.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
Burley
United Dark
Planters
Main Street
State
New Burley
Pittsburg
New York
Liverpool
London Cables
Reigerator
Ohio
ST. Louis
Chicago
Kansas City
Baneioes
Estern
Globe Warehouse
Bodmann
Cincinnati
Foreign Bourses Show Firm Prices Amid Light Trading
Berlin and Paris bourses report firmer prices with light to stagnant trading. Three percent rentes quoted around 96f 47c for the account, while London exchange stands at 25f 12c for checks.
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Berlin
Paris
Trading In Otages 5 Insignificant
New York April 17 A short week in the stock market showed languid and insignificant trading. Money piled up in New York with reduced borrowing demand and railroads delaying demand. Gold shipments to Paris began via London as Berlin outgo loomed. Parameters showed renewed contraction with copper, iron, and steel prices unstable and idle freight cars rising signaling weak railroad traffic.
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New York
Paris
London
Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
Cattle and Hog Markets Report From Cincinnati and Nationwide
Receipts and shipments for the past day and four days show cattle, hogs, and sheep activity in Cincinnati and markets in East Buffalo Pittsburg New York St Louis Chicago and other centers. Prices move lower for cattle and mixed changes across hogs and sheep with regional variations and demand fluctuating through the Friday session.
Market Quiet in New York Wool Trade Amid Holiday
New York on April 17 reports a quiet dry goods market due to the holiday. A sale of 600 bales of carpet wool for export stood out this week while heavy cotton goods trend lower and cotton yarns remain weak with very soft prices.
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New York
O'Dell Company Denial and Convention Plans
W D Klausman denied takeover talks involving the O'Dell Company and his firm. A joint committee meeting will occur at the Linton Hotel within ten days to finalize plans for a convention set for June 8 to 13. Visitors to the Business Men's Club included Maxwell Detroit and others. Stock exchanges closed for holiday. Cincinnati banks stayed open.
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Linton
Wholesale Saddlery Association
Wholesale Manufacturers’ Saddlery Association
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Stock Exchange
Haakon of Norway Meets Socialists in Momentous Exchange
Dr. H M MacCracken reports on Scandinavian university visits and push for a professor exchange fund. King Haakon voices caution about socialism and emigration, while US and Scandinavian universities discuss mutual teaching exchanges and the need for a funded program.
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Norway
Dr. MacCracken
New York
H. M. MacCracken
New York University
Mauretania
MacCracken
King Haakon
United States
England
Lund
Copenhagen
Christiania
America
Scandinavian University
Denmark
Sweden
Europe
Wool Market and Trade Signals Across Regions
Wool prices in St Louis steady with medium grades at 18 to 20 cents and fine lines at 13 to 17 cents. Boston reports quieter market with maintained improvement, noting lower current prices and expectations of little near term change, alongside wood shipments and receipts figures for the period.
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ST. Louis
Boston
Commercial Bulletin of
Municipal and Financial Market Roundup
Banks show strong deposits and improving clearings amid holidays. New York exchange holds a premium while munici pals trade Cincinnati School bonds at 104% and Hamilton County Memorial 3s around 98. Money market remains quiet with call loans at 4% to 5% and discounts steady.
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New York Exchange
Special Dispatch
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ST. Louis
Ceremium
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Gas and Electric
Cincinnati Street Ry
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Cincinnati Link
Ham. Co. Memorial
Cleveland (O
Notice to Builders Sealed Proposals for School Buildings
Sealed proposals for smokestacks coal spaces and fireproofing at the Thirtieth District and Webster School Buildings must be received by noon April 27 1908 at the Clerk of the Board of Education. Bids require names of interested parties and a 30 percent guaranty. can be for any branch or all work.
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Warner and
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Main Street
E. H. Cornette
Pickering Building
Thirtieth
Webster
J. M. Withrow
Ebster
Findlay Streets
N. Hannaford
Pickering
Thirtieth District
George Friedlein
Treasury balances reveal funds and gold reserves
Washington reports the general fund balances as of today with available cash of 252,523,747 dollars, gold coin and bullion at 23,721,443 dollars, and gold certificates totaling 21,127,300 dollars, excluding the 150,000,000 dollar gold reserve.
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Washington
Treasury
General Fund
Proposals for Clothing and Equipment Material Sealed
The Chief Quartermaster of the Federal Building Chicago invites sealed proposals in triplicate for furnishing 100000 yards khaki Uniform Cloth and manufacturing 10000 Olive Drab caps with possible 20 to 50 percent increases. Proposals due April 27 1908 at 12 noon.
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Chief Quartermaster’s Office
Federal Building
Chicago
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
St. Louis
Quartermaster’s Department
U. S. Army
W. W. Robinson, JR
Pair Married in a Buggy Under Arc Light
John H. Creslip and Ivy Davis wed in Rochester Pennsylvania while standing in a buggy on a street. Reverend Harvey L. Grimes conducted the ceremony with no witnesses beyond two strolling neighbors who agreed to serve as witnesses before the couple drove away.
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Rochester
John H. Creslip
Ivy Davis
Beaver
Harvey L. Grimes
Thomas Hayes
Creslip
Miss Davis
Mr. Grimes
Grain and Provisions Market Snapshots
Toledo and Baltimore market notes report cash wheat at 93 and 9 . May and rye at 6 and 8 respectively. Corn prices ranged around 68 9 per bushel in Baltimore.
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Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Toledo
Baltimore
Turpentine and Rosin Markets Reported Steady
Oil, turpentine and rosin trading noted in Charleston on April 17. Turpentine held at 47 44 cents per gallon with 3 casks sold. Rosin remained steady with 700 barrels sold on private terms.
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Charleston
River Departures and Ohio River Gauge Update
The River column lists today's departures from Pittsburg Virginia at 5 p.m and Charleston Greenwood at 6 p.m with other city and state routings. It notes Ohio River at Cincinnati was 35 feet 4 inches and falling at 6 p.m yesterday.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Ohio Incorporations Reported in Special Dispatch
The Central Delivery Company Barbert on Ohio Electric Specialty Manufacturing Company Shaker Farms Land Company Ridgeway Company Scieta Gioventa Italiano filed for incorporation in Ohio with capital sums from 10 000 to 25 000 and listed founding members in Columbus Troy Cleveland and Cleveland.
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Columbus
Central Delivery Company
Barberton
Fred J. Dayton
Edward J. Quigley
Frank Humbert
Jacob C. Mong
John G. Miller
Ohio Electric Specialty Manufacturing Company
Troy
John R. Simpson
W. H. Stillwell
Charles E. Murphy
Alva Collins
John W. Stillwell
Shaker Farms Land
Venzenzo Gallino
de Simone Modestinto
Gui Seppe Mininitti
Olindo Melaragno
Pastor's Wife in Ill Death by Own Action
Mrs Brooks wife of Rev J G Brooks state evangelist for Congregational churches killed herself at the family home in Kewanee Ill after prolonged nervous prostration. The death occurred today as reported from the home.
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Kewanee, Ill
Brooks
J. G. Brooks
Congregational Churches
Flotsam and Jetsam Departures From This Port
The Greenland bound for Pomeroy Courter sails, Lizzie Bay to Madison, City of Cincinnati to Louisville. Today the Virginia Greenwood Kentucky City of Louisville depart from foot of By Sycamore and Main streets for Pittsburg Madison and all way ports. Weather clear and warm. business heavy yesterday and travel fair.
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Cincinna
All Wayports
Greene Line
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All Way
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Main’ Street
Picture Gallery in Next Sunday Illustrated Magazine
A group of children's pictures will appear in next Sunday's Illustrated Magazine. The handsome magazine, given away with The Commercial Tribune, includes stories jokes anecdotes and incidents. Readers are urged to secure a copy and enjoy the pages of happy children.
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Happy Little
The
Commercial Tribune
River Gauge Reports Across Ports Fall and Rise
Weather notes from Davis Island Dam to St. Louis report river levels fluctuating. Davis Island Dam 9.5 feet and falling. WHEDPLING 12.5 feet and rising. Madison 32 feet and falling. Louisville canal 16.4 feet, falls 12.2 feet. Evansville 26.1 feet rising. St. Louis 19.2 feet with a 0.6 foot daily drop. Clear to cloudy with warm conditions.
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Herman Papcke
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Public School Building Bid Notice Cincinnati 1908
Notice from the Clerk of the Board of Education in Cincinnati announces bids due by May 11 1908 for a new Public School Building at Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street. Plans by Tietig & Les with specifications available at 910 Main Street. Bids require a disinterested guaranty equal to 30 percent and may be for the whole project or individual branches.
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Eastern Avenue
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Main Street
Tietig & Les
Commercial Tribune
J. M. Withrow
Proposals for Forage Chief Quartermaster's Office
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be received to May 4 1908 at 10 am central time for 3700 tons of Vass and 4400 tons of Hay for Cuba. Delivery to Newport News Virginia or Havana Cuba docks. Proposals opened May 14 1908. W W Robinson Jr Chief Quartermaster.
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Cuba
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Mavana
W. Wa, Robinson, JR
Parole Consideration Filed for Henry Blamer
Henry Blamer a prisoner at the Ohio Penitentiary has been recommended by the Warden and Chaplain for parole. The application for parole will be heard on and after May 24 1908.
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Henry Blamer
Ohio Penitentiary
Appointed Administratrix for Jacob Matt Estate
Mrs. Mary Matt named administratrix by the Probate Court of Norwood Ohio for the estate of Jacob Matt deceased. No. 41 Vanhoeuve. Norwood. Ohio. Attorney J H Charles Smith represents the estate.
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Norwood
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Mary Matt
Vanhoeuve
O. J
H. Charles Smith
Louisville and Intermediate Points Freight Schedule Notice
Daily freight service on the Kentucky River with departures from Main Street at 5 p.m. except Sundays at 3 a.m. Contact tel M. 1897 for details and routing to the lower O boats.
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