Wheat market soars on war fears and late rain relief doubts
New York reports heavy trading as wheat futures rise amid grave China news and scarce spring rainfall. Prices gain despite late rain, with July and September options advancing while Northern Pacific stock leads a broad rally. Gold shipments to Berlin totaling 3 million dollars underscore a tense financial backdrop.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
China
France
England
Chicago
Northern Pacific
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Wheat Advances Sharply in Chicago Market
Wheat rose more than four cents in Chicago trading with July at 8% cents and August at 79% cents as a late-session surge followed a report by Chicago expert W R Snow forecasting smaller Dakota and Minnesota crops. Analysts note reduced farmer stocks and a potential crop shortfall despite larger visible grain supplies.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
W. R. Snow
Dakotas
Minnesota
North Dakota
Treasury Divisions Report at Start of Business Today
The Treasury today released the condition of Divisions of Issue and Redemption at the opening of business. The report lists the available balances and activity across these divisions as of June 18, providing a snapshot of government finances at the start of the day.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Treasury
Herring-Hall-Marvin Sale Confirmed in U S Court
In Trenton today the United States Circuit Court considered confirming the sale of Herring-Hall-Marvin property to Walter Edward Grummond for 100000 on behalf of the Reorganization Committee. Large creditors opposed, saying price was inadequate though assets exceed 1 million. Judge Kirkpatrick ruled that a majority favored the sale and agreed to take stock in a new corporation.
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New York
United States Circuit Court
Trenton
M Herring-Hall-Marvin Company
Walter Edward Grummond
First National Bank of Cincinnati
Merchants Win Reduced Rail Rates for Fall Buying Season
New York merchants report the Central Passenger Association grants a one and one third fare for round trips from Chicago and St Louis territory to New York. Valid August 4-8 and August 25-29 with thirty day return limits. Trunk Line Association earlier approved similar terms. Norton’s resignation rumors surface in Springfield Ohio.
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Merchants’ Association of New York
Central Passenger Association
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Commercial Tribune
New York Merchants
Trunk Line Association
Buffalo
N. Y
Pittsburg
Wheeling
W. Va
New England
Ohio
Potomac
Baltimore
Washington
Trunk Line
Committee to Revise Creed Appointed by Cincinnati Presbytery
The Cincinnati Presbytery met at First Presbyterian Church to elect a seven member committee to revise the confession of faith. The Moderator appointed to form the panel after fall meetings, with Mrs Clinton’s Love land case referred to a judicial commission. Reports from clerical and lay commissioners to the General Assembly were presented.
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Cincinnati
First Presbyterian Church
West Fourth Street
C. L. Work
Wheatley
Lockland
Clinton
Loveland
James
McKibbin
Schaff
Whallon
Reuben Tyler
Francis Ferry
B. F. Miller
General Assembly
E. T. Swiggett
Wm. McKibbin
BE. Trumbull Lee
Messrs
Wm. Eudaly
E. O. Bing
E. T. Miller
Man dies of gunshot wounds in Cumminsville family shooting
Herman Haarmayer of 4151 Chambers street Cumminsville died at City Hospital after being shot Saturday night by his eighteen year old son Charlie during a domestic assault. The coroner ordered a postmortem as Charles Haarmayer remains in custody. the charge will be amended to murder.
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Herman Haarmayer
Chambers Street
Cumminsville
Charlie
Schwab
Charles Haarmayer
Cincinnati
City Hospital
George Becker
Gilbert Avenue
William Daniels
Sixth and Man Avenue
Chance But For One Gate To National Convention Hall Grounds
Brief notes describe a single gate through which vice presidential aspirants must pass to reach the National Convention Hall Grounds, signaling a critical access point for security and ceremonial processions. The description emphasizes a narrow entryway and its role in shaping the event's accessibility.
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National Convention Hall
End of Long Litigation as Sale Confirmed in Reorganization
The court granted the application for sale, terminating years of litigation. Cincinnati interests opposed every reorganization, but the decree confirms the sale. Receivers transfer property to the Reorganization Committee to form a new company and a possible merger of safe-manufacturing industries.
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Cincinnati
Midland Steel Works to Resume Operations in Muncie
The Midland Steel Works in Muncie Indiana with about 1000 workers plans to restart at the end of the week after a shutdown last week. Union workers feared permanent closure and suspected orders were diverted to nonunion Sheet Steel Trust plants in Pennsylvania.
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Muncie
Ind
Midland Steel Works
Pennsylvania
Sheet Steel Trust
Illinois Steel mills resume after shutdown
In Joliet Illinois on June 18 two of the three rod mills of the Illinois Steel Company reopened after weeks of idleness. About 500 to 600 men are now employed and nearly all departments are operating.
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Joliet, Tr
Illinois Steel Company
Summit County Building and Savings Association filing
The Summit County Building and Savings Association is incorporated with capital stock of 400000. The Willoughby Telephone Company of Willoughby Lake County increases its capital stock from 5000 to 10000.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Summit County Building and Savings Association
Willoughby Telephone Company
Willoughby
Lake County
First National Bank of Hawaii Chartered in San Francisco
Colonel G W Macfarlane and associates of Honolulu secured a charter to organize the First National Bank of Hawaii in San Francisco. The bank will act as a Government obligation and serve as a financial arm for state needs.
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San Francisco
GW. Macfarlane and
Honolulu
First National Bank of Hawaii
Fife Files Bankruptcy Petition for Metropolitan Hotel Losses
John H. Fife, once partner with William P. Petty at the Metropolitan Hotel, filed for bankruptcy in U S District Court New York. Liabilities total about 370 576 with assets listed as 100 dollars in wearing apparel.
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New York
John H. Fife
Wm. P. Petty
Metropolitan
United States District Court
Fife
Engineers watch for the Commercial Tribune Sunday
The note directs engineers to check the Commercial Tribune on Sunday, June 24 for updates or notices.
Enterprising Avondale Girls Raise Funds for Fresh Air Fund
In Avondale a group of girls up to age 14 organized a Saturday fair in a vacant Main and Dana avenues lot. They sold goods like candy tidbits cakes and pies with booths similar to a church fair. The event grossed nearly 200 dollars led by Hilda Von Steinwehr Dorothy Hill Florence Baum Nellie Murdock Lulu Belding and others.
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Fresh Air Fund
Avondale
Main and
Dana Avenues
Hilda von Steinwehr
Dorothy Hill
Joe Outcast
Angela An Florence Baum
Nellie Murdock
Lulu Belding
Police Officers Watch for Commercial Tribune Sunday
Police officers are urged to monitor the Commercial Tribune for Sunday notices dated June 24.
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the Commercial Tribune
Norton to resign as Ohio Southern manager
Rumor becomes report that Benjamin Norton will resign as Manager of the Ohio Southern Railroad and join the Clover Leaf. Michael McVinney, formerly with an eastern road, is named as the new manager, though officials have not confirmed the change.
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Benjamin Norton
Ohio Southern Railroad
Michael McVinney
Norton
Henry Walter Webb dies at Scarborough residence
Henry Walter Webb son of the late General James Watson Webb died at his Scarborough-on-the-Hudson home. A director of multiple rail and banking companies and trustee of Mutual Life, he died suddenly after a brief illness following years of tuberculosis. He helped defeat the Knights of Labor strike in 1891 and shaped railway projects between the Adirondack and St. Lawrence route and Rome Watertown & Ogdensburg deal, retiring in 1897 due to ill health.
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Henry Walter Webb
New York
Scarborough-on-the-Hudson
James Watson Webb
W. Seward Webb
Wagner Palace Car Company
Buffalo- Erie Basin Railroad Company
National City Bank
Oswego & Rome Railroad Company
Mutual Life Insurance Company
Webb
Depew
New York Central
Knights of Labor
Adirondack & St. Lawrence
Central
Montreal
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
Interchangeable Mileage Book Sales Rise for Central Passenger Association
The Central Passenger Association reports that CPA lines sold 76 764 interchangeable mileage books in the first five months ending June 1, up 10 475 or over 15 percent from 1899. The cheap book is deemed an unqualified success by member lines.
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Central Passenger Association
C. P A
Trunk Line Association Plans Routine Executive Meeting
Commissioner Goddard of the Trunk Line Association announced a Wednesday meeting at the association offices in New York City. He said only routine subjects would come before the Executive Committee and that rate questions were unlikely to be discussed. He noted no rate cutting by trunk lines and that tariff unrest is confined to lines west of Chicago.
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Trunk Line Association
Trunk Line
New York City
Goddard
Chicago
Cincinnati League
Cincinnati
Cleveland Business League
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Milwaukee
League
Laporte & Michigan Railroad Co Incorporation Filed
Laporte Indiana June 18 The Laporte and Michigan Railroad Co filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State. The firm lists a 300000 capitalization and plans a line linking Laporte and Michigan City. Chicago capitalists are reported to be heavily involved.
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Laporte & Michigan City
Laporte, Ind
Laporte & Michigan Railroad Co
Laport
Michigan City
Chicago
Northern Pacific absorbs St Paul and Duluth line
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company filed a deed with Minnesota authorities transferring all St Paul and Duluth property to Northern Pacific for 2,799,824 dollars. Revenue stamps totaling 8,078 were affixed. Circulars announcing the absorption were issued by R. Somers and C. B. Mellin. The June 15 1900 deed of transfer was drawn and executed. The St Paul and Duluth stock price rose to sixty.
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Mound City
Philadelphia
Chicago
Carew Building
Northern Pacific Railroad Company
Secretary of State of
Minnesota
St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Company
Northern Pacific
St. Paul & Duluth
Northern Pacific Railway
R. Somers
Mellin
Cincinnati Boys Arrive in Philadelphia for Convention Excursions
A Commercial Tribune student delegation arrived in Philadelphia amid crowds and band music. The group toured Liberty Hall Mint Independence Hall City Hall and other sites from Lafayette Hotel after a pleasant rail trip through Kentucky West Virginia and Washington. They planned excursions and looked forward to the convention proceedings with enthusiasm.
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Commercial Tribune
Philadelphia
Cincinnati Boys
West Virginia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Washington
Capitol Dome
Monument
Lafayette Hotel
Mint
Independence Hall
City Hall
Street railroad men will be interested in the Commercial Tribune
The notice invites street railroad workers and officials to read the Commercial Tribune issue dated Sunday June 24 for industry updates, schedules, and market information relevant to urban transit construction and maintenance.
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Commercial Tribune
City ordinance plan boosts city offices and salaries
At a Board of Legislation meeting President Bathgate moved three ordinances. The first allows the Treasurer to hire an Assistant Treasurer and four other staff with salaries up to 2 500 dollars, plus a horse and harness allowance for the paymaster. The second sets office hours and staffing for the Auditor with multiple salary levels and bonds, reducing staff from twenty three to seventeen. The third raises the First Assistant Corporation Counsel salary to 3 500 dollars, cuts one stenographer, and creates a chief clerk position.
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Board of Legislation
Bathgate
Committee On Law
Committee On Finance
Smith Alley
Clark Street
Laurel Street
Arthur Alley
Hopkins Street
J. M. Quill
Taylor Avenue
Beechmont Avenue
H. J. Stanley
Morgan Alley
Summer Street
Board of Public Service
Grandin Road
Committee On Law and Contracts
Guy Street
Committee On
Fenton Street
Wolf Street
Dr Runyan Explores Immortality in Daily Life
Dr Wm Runyan addressed the Epworth League at St Paul E H Church on How Any Youth or Maiden May Win Immortality in History He argued immortality comes from small virtuous acts rather than grand deeds highlighting the kingdom of God within the soul and true greatness.
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Wm. Runyan
Epworth League of St. Paul M. EH. Church
Jesus
Dr. Bunyan
God
St Xavier Graduates to Receive Medal at June Commencement
St Xavier College concludes senior exams with no honorary degrees under new rules. Bernard Wuellner earns A M while many peers attain A B. Medalist to be announced at the Grand Opera House on June 27, with Hon. William A. Byrne delivering the address.
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St. Xavier College
Bernard Wuellner
A. B
A. M
J. B. Mueller
J. W. Tracey
M. J. Richmond
L. G. Bouscaren
P. F. Cassidy
Grand Opera House
William A. Byrne
LL. D
Covington
Memorial All
Monday Evening Club visits Cincinnati Orphan Asylum
The Monday Evening Club held its monthly meeting at the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum in Mt. Auburn yesterday afternoon. Miss Mary C. Thompson, Superintendent, spoke on the asylum’s work and guided tours followed, with light refreshments. The next meeting is scheduled for the fourth Monday in October at a location to be announced.
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Cincinnati Orphan Asylum
Mt. Auburn
Mary C. Thompson
Detroit conference ends with unsettled iron molders wage dispute
Editor David Black and First Vice President Valentine returned from Detroit where National Founders Association and Iron Molders Union of North America failed to agree on wage scales for the coming year. They rejected a 10 percent temporary rise and left the status quo in place, with local unions free to demand terms but strikes requiring national sanction.
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David Black
Iron Molders’ Journal
Valentine
Detroit
National Founders’ Association
Iron Molders’ Union of North America
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Rev Moeller Accepts Columbus Bishopric
Rt Rev Dr Moeller has signified his acceptance of the bishopric of Columbus and will assume duties in the See. His appointment follows confirmation by church authorities and sets the stage for pastoral leadership in the Ohio diocese.
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Bishopric of
Columbus
Henry Moeler
Holy Sea
St. Peter's Cathedral
Cincinnati
Nurse Ida Lippert Receives Manila Hospital Call
Miss Ida Lippert, a Cincinnati Hospital Training School graduate, received a telegram from Surgeon General Sternberg to report to Manila hospital service in San Francisco July 1. Lippert served in Spanish-American War regional hospitals and later at the Government Hospital in San Francisco before nursing at City Hospital locally.
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Ida Lippert
Cincinnati Hospital
Sternberg
San Francisco
Manila
Miss Lippert
Government
City
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