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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1908
Page
9
Favorable Argentine harvest conditions weigh on wheat and push prices down. May wheat slides to around 1.06 and July near 1.09, while May corn nears 69 1/2 cents. Local cash demand remains weak with light export clearances and mixed futures showing ongoing pressure from elevator selling.
New York stock and commodity notes show flour receipts at 27 158 double sacks with exports 2 602 double sacks and various Minnesota patent and winter prices. Wheat receipts 600 bus and a spectrum of futures closed mixed amid bearish cables and favorable news. sentiment turned net lower before rallying late. quotes include No 2 red fob Duluth No 1 Northern and hard winter around 1 13 percent afloat. Dried goods, leathers, and meats listed with price ranges and market tones reflecting quiet demand and steady refinements.
Tradingdata show ongoing liquidation on the long side with heavy selling by speculative accounts. Spot cotton prices ease while futures close steady to barely higher amid cautious covering and improved overseas trade outlook in New Orleans and Liverpool.
Regional market notes show butter steady, cheese firm, eggs firmer with North Atlantic and Western lots cited. Philadelphia reports Western creamery butter at 8c, cheese quiet, eggs unchanged while Kansas City notes eggs 1c higher for fresh extras with 26% current receipts.
Manchester reports firmer inquiries with China buying bleaching cloths and light cloths sold to India. Mediterranean and home trade show small gains but prices remain irregular. Yarn demand rises yet mid and fine grades remain unsatisfactory while coarse grades turn against buyers.
Market notes from Charleston Savannah Wilmington and Toledo report turpentine firm at varied fractions and rosin prices across grades. Buyers and sellers quote multiple lot prices with daily receipts shipments and credit balances noted for December 19.
Dry goods retail stores in the metropolitan district report strong holiday sales at week’s end. Primary market values hold steady as shipments rush out for Western and Southern buyers. Linens quiet, burlaps weaker. Indian mills to close twelve days for Christmas. Fine and fancy cottons move slowly but outlook after the holidays is bright.
New York market notes show price quotes for multiple mining shares including Alice 2.00 Brunswick Consolidated .03 Comstock Tunnel stock .20 Comstock Tunnel bonds .16 Consolidated California and Virginia .75 Horn Silver .70 Leadville General 5.50 Little Chief .08 Mexican .86 Ontario 3.25 peak 1.68 Standard 1.65 Yellow Jack and others at fractional changes.
Money on call and time loans show dull and steady activity with rates around three percent for various terms. The report notes parish and bond references, with scattered listings including chemical and industrial firms and public figures.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Boston area financial discussion with bond rates cited at 3 percent. Mentions small groups debating taxation and public funds, but details are unclear due to damaged text.
Trading in New York exchanges shows a firm tone with municipals the standout issues. Clearings nationwide reach over four million dollars daily while Overman and Kroger preferreds lead on the rails and gas stocks like Cincinnati Gas and Electric remain active.
Readable text fragment shows unclear names and numbers. The item mentions a date and an event but specifics are unreadable, leaving the main action and participants indeterminable.
Heavy receipts press prices lower across cattle hogs and lambs with bid demand weak in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh while Chicago and Buffalo show mixed results. Beef cattle weakened with high quality fat stock still scarce. hogs rise slightly on week progress. lambs and mutton steady to easy amid overall slow selling and market uncertainty.
Baltimore Md December 0 The engineering department of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad has completed estimates of the number of tons of steel rails required for next year. It lists the figures at between 60 000 and 60 000 tons.
Fragmentary OCR notes from St Louis metal market show Lead at 4.10 with an implied Dec 1% figure and reference to Rao Iron absence. Details are incomplete and names and dates are uncertain in the text.
Fragmentary note from Toledo area records mentions Clover seed and Bates Pesan items with unclear context. No clear event or outcome available in readable text.
At St Albans police court Mrs Mary Willoughby Osborne, wife of a Southern Nigeria chief justice, faced charges of beating a Black servant girl in Bricket Wood. Testimony described repeated flogging with a stick and threats to continue. Osborne admitted flogging and burning a Bible, while the court convicted with costs due to provocation.
Rex W Woodfolk aged 22 shot himself in Dallas after a young woman refused his proposal. He fired once while she sat on a couch in the reception room. Woodfolk came from Brandenburg Kentucky where his father Judge S P Woodfolk resides.
Internal revenue prosecutions hereafter enter official records at the Cincinnati district office by order from Washington the district attorney must supply necessary information when starting prosecutions to improve tracking of violators.
Saturday sales of cigar leaf tobaccos at Globe and Farmers Shippers warehouses totaled 93 cases from Wisconsin Spanish seed and Dutch origins. Prices ranged from 1.06 to 18 per 160 pounds with several price tiers listed for each origin and varying lot sizes.
Treasury release from Washington notes results of a December auction with a total bid take around 545 818 dollars and mentions allotments and portions. The fragment references a variety of figures and terms related to securities and financing.
The Court of Common Pleas Hamilton County Ohio has appointed a receiver for the estate of Diedrick Rehdenberg doing business at Hunt and Broadway Cincinnati. All claimants must present their claims within the time prescribed by law to the receiver at 1507 non Ton Building. R C Ollins, attorney.
Sealed proposals in triplicate for Quartermaster’s supplies and repairs to be delivered in St Louis Missouri are due by 11 am December 1908. Bids addressed to the undersigned will be opened for forms and materials. Applications provide necessary forms. The right to reject or accept proposals rests with the army quartermaster.
Fragmentary OCR recalls Souvi lla depot and Q M Oat with lines on a now end at tion. J Eee AE tate yo ao suggests a local station note. Names and places are unclear but imply a railway depot notice or listing.
The Board of Public Service in Cincinnati Ohio invites sealed bids by 12 noon Monday January 4 1909 to furnish a complete automobile ambulance for the city hospital. Bids must name all parties and be secured by a 500 bond or certified check. The board reserves the right to reject bids and will return or enforce bonds as appropriate.
The Board of Public Service of Cincinnati invites sealed bids for labor and materials to erect a frame automobile shed at City Hospital with plans on file. Bids due by noon Monday January 4 1909 with a certified check or bond of 500 dollars. board reserves right to reject any bid.
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