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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1908
Page
9
Unfavorable harvest weather in Argentina and falling U.S. receipts push wheat and corn higher. December wheat tops 105% while May reaches 91.00% with a strong finish. oats ease and provisions firm as supply factors and export demand support the market.
Special Dispatch reports wheat cash at 1.06 December 1.06 May 1.10 across Toledo and Baltimore. Minneapolis cold storage shows wheat and flax figures with No 1 Northern values. Liverpool market notes spot wheat steady and futures steady, with various flour and corn figures, while Milwaukee and Luthertown entries show barley and grain samples.
Fragmentary report lists flour 12.0 barrels and wheat 23 sacks with varying units. Mentions barley 21 000 bushels and oats 55 bushels plus unspecified quantities and comments.
The secretary of state today saw several articles of association filed in Columbus. Entries include Lee Road Realty Company Cleveland 5000 by Dany T Young Wenat Merritt Marsilliot John La Cer asake Peter Scneider. Club Cleveland 13 West Twentieth street by A F Gibbons M F McLaughlin James A Ralph John Rand Patrick J Mangan and W J Sheehy. Publishing Company Glouster. Gas Run Oil and Gas Company New Lexington 000. Cabinet Gum Company Canton 50000. The Oxford Cottage Company capital stock reduced from 125000 to 95300. Commercial Real Estate Company Cleveland capital stock increased from 10000 to 45000.
The London tin market eased to £134 78.6d while local tin traded around $29.40 to $29.70. Copper fell with spot at £63 7s 6d and futures at £64 6s 3d in London, while U S markets showed dull readings on various copper grades. Lead slipped in London to £13 28 6d though held around $4.26 to $4.30 locally. Spelter rose to £2 58 in London. U S values ranged $6.10 to $6.16. Iron market eased 3d in London. U S prices unchanged with No. 1 foundry around $17.00 to $17.75.
Wilmington reports steady spirits turpentine at 88 1 4 cents with 10 casks received and rosin at 2 62. tar 1 90 with 101 barrels. crude at 8 and 2 85 with 11 barrels. Charleston notes oats prices and window glass ranges. Toledo lists North Lima oil at 1.04 and South Lima plus Indiana at 9 cents. Oil City cites credit balances at 1 78 with runs and shipments totaling around 141 000 barrels.
Oakland like list shows Elmwoods Ohio properties including Lot 27 in half of Bruce sub in Green Town and various transfers to Henry Jacobs Mary Rogers to Charles Olsen and John Dorger to Joseph Martino. Mortgage cancellations listed with multiple grantors including Margaret Mount and Elisabeth Dietz. firm activity includes Central Trust and Safe Deposit Co and Fortschritt Bau Verein.
Judge Woodmansee granted the defense in the $15,000 damage suit brought by George C. Kirgan after Kirgan, employed by the Interurban Railway and Terminal Co., was injured repairing an uncharged broken wire. The judge found no instruction to perform the dangerous task and noted Kirgan assumed the risk. Additional civil matters and divorces were also addressed in the same session.
Balance sheet figures for Unity Banking and Saving Co dated December 1 1908 list assets including loans on real estate 20 557 loans on collateral 68 and bonds and securities, cash items gold and notes, banking house and fixtures, and deposits totaling 601 800 95. Secretary Charles F Goettheim swears accuracy before Notary Denis F Cash in Hamilton County Ohio.
Court documents show multiple new cases including W. J. Davidson vs Frank M. Watkins on appeal from Squire Cordes, and William C. Sullivan vs Mary Sullivan for divorce. Other entries list Poggenbeck, Kemper, and Iro. Also noted are cases involving Eva McCoy, T. Dumont, and bidney Black with various fees and court actions.
Orin N Littell, cashier, swears to a financial statement for the bank in Hamilton County Ohio. The document is notarized by Emilina and Red A Geier with directors listed and a December 198. date.
Lt. R. H. Wyman reports discovery of a "strange tribe" of black people in Dutch Guiana shewing a mixed language of Dutch Portuguese and English. They appeared unfamiliar with whites, suggesting descendants of escaped slaves, encountered 100 miles up the Surinam river near the British Dutch boundary.
Preliminaries to the opening sessions of the federal council of the Churches of Christ in America begin with the arrival and reception of delegates. The week features a workers’ meeting presided by Dennis Hayes of the American Federation of Labor as 250 trade unions receive notices for the rally.
In New Orleans on December 1 the market shows refined cotton figures with daily totals and barrel counts noted as 5,800 barrels per day and related metrics.
Sealed proposals for erecting and altering the Grand Stand at the Carthage Fair Grounds Hamilton County Ohio will be received by the Secretary of the Board of Directors until 12 noon December 18 1908. Bids must include full names and be accompanied by a five hundred dollar bond or certified check and four percent bid security. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids and bids may be submitted separately or in lump form.
The River timetable lists departures from Lizzie Bay at 5 p m and from Louisville at 3 p m with advertised departures and a nightly 9 a m Sunday schedule. It notes arrivals from land locations in Kentucky with vessels named for government inspection and rego.
A damaged OCR fragment shows bank figures and a sworn statement by a cashier and directors in Hamilton County Ohio. The text includes monetary amounts and attestations but is largely unreadable.
Fragmentary notes describe a canal scene with a 2.7 foot rise and locks at 47 fest while vessels like The Liszie May depart for Cincinnati. Weather hints of cloudy skies and a rising water level appear, with garbled phrases and unclear dates or names.
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