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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1914
Page
1
Chicago reports ample complaints of dry weather and winter kill push wheat higher while corn and oats stay near Saturday levels. May price activity muted as July remains focus, with rainless Southwest and Kansas moisture shortfalls cited as factors.
Cincinnati market reports receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep over the past 48 hours, with comparisons to last week. Cattle feature steady prime fat steers and varied prices across classes. hogs show a weaker trend but steady close. sheep and lambs see stronger prices in some lines.
New York reports cornmeal steady and wheat mixed across regions with No 2 hard winter at 1.00 and No 1 Northern futures around 1.02 to 1.04. Prices for barley oats and rye vary by market with steel and pork and beef figures noted alongside.
Market notes show oil closed at 2.50 with various regional price listings. Linseed, crude oil, and rosin receipts and stocks are reported alongside bonded cork and glass pricing and composite grading figures for several grades.
The listing details apricots peaches and muscatels with firm to fancy grades. Oregon and California origins shown with price ranges and bulk quantities, including London layers priced at 1.7 dollars per box.
Market notes from Philadelphia St Louis Elgin New York Chicago Kansas City Cleveland and Gleev erland show butter declines and steadiness with creamery and near by prints varying. Eggs weak in New York and Chicago with mixed dairy prices across regions and cheese varieties listed.
Liverpool reports spot cotton steady with middling around 7.98d while futures ease. New Orleans notes a mild uptick early, then sag as weather improves. New York opens higher on early momentum but slips back after Liverpool shuts arbitrage. Spot prices mix with modest gains and steady closes in multiple months.
Call money firm at liga cent with ruling rate 2 percent closing at 1 cent. Time loans easier sixty days percent, ninety days 8 4 percent, six months percent. Mercantile paper 40 4 percent. Berlin exchange steady.
The will disposes of an estimated 100000 estate with cash, bonds, and investments. Daughters Rose and Rae receive life income with a marriage contingency to Orthodox faith. Other beneficiaries include Mayme Finkelstein, Mrs Rabinowitz, and Moses Rabinowitz. A rabbinical training fund and Palestine charities receive substantial sums. The bakery stock is allocated among sons with Orthodox conditions. widow to receive 3000 annually from dividends.
Mrs Julia Wright widow of Judge Dan Thew Wright Sr longtime Riverside resident dies after weeks of illness at her daughter Mrs Edward Besuden in Newark Ohio Paralysis is listed as the direct cause She leaves a large family including Rogers Wright Hamilton County Liquor Commissioner and Justice Dan Thew Wright Jr of the DC Supreme Court along with others She was active in the Women s Club and spent fifty years on the Riverside homestead Justice Wright and Mrs Wright traveled to Cincinnati to attend the funeral
Constable Thon of Squire Roebling's court became Cincinnati's first 1914 river bather after diving from a drifting Sunny South Floating Theater moored at Race Street. Attaching printer Clarence Raney sought $109 for printing. the boat returned to shore, where Rosenthal served papers. The floating theater remains docked while the case proceeds.
Publicity Committee of the municipal house cleaning campaign displays Clean Up and Paint Up buttons for 100,000 coat lapels in the coming weeks. The Finance Committee reports $1,000 in voluntary donations with several additional pledges.
Committees report the $100,000 Boosters Fund campaign surpassed the $60,000 mark with daily inflows. Yesterday's receipts totaled about $1,800 led by Union Central Life Insurance at $1,000 and Bramwell Brush and Wire Goods at $300. The latest tally stood at $60,105.
The Cincinnati Southern Railway trustees voted to issue bonds and borrow funds to build terminal facilities and betterments in Cincinnati. They will issue 200 bonds of 500 dollars each dated July 1 191 and bear 4 percent interest with semiannual coupons, offered under the city sinking fund provisions.
About 10 000 delegates are expected to attend the American Railway Engineering Association meeting at the Coliseum and Auditorium Annex in Chicago. Cincinnati figures prominently with Horace Baker and Curtiss Dougherty among leaders and several local railroads sending teams in special cars to the event.
The Big Four promotes D. J. Mullen from Master Mechanic at town Illinois to Superintendent of Motive Power with headquarters in Indianapolis. Mullen trained in Cincinnati and has many local friends.
Many expressions of sympathy are extended to O N Spain Traveling Passenger Agent of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway upon the death of his mother Mrs C J Spain who passed away at the family residence in Pleasant Plain Ohio Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pleasant Plain.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that absorbing bridge tolls at one crossing and adding them at a competitive crossing is improper. Northern carriers should end absorption of switching charges from Covington and Newport to Cincinnati or remove the bridge toll from Louisville rates. It also set lower rates for lumber to Louisville from Southeastern territory and Mississippi Valley territory compared with Cincinnati and other north bank crossings.
General Passenger Agent W B Callo leads a Indianapolis conference with Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and مونon rail officials about time card changes. The meeting follows withdrawal of midnight trains from Cincinnati to Chicago and Chicago to Cincinnati on the C H D and other systems, signaling likely service curtailment and higher costs.
An agreement between Chesapeake & Ohio and Hocking Valley Railroads plans a new 25 mile line from Columbus to Portsmouth to unlock coal reserves in Vinton and surrounding counties. Construction to start July 1 with the Hocking Valley handling separate financing but the C O system to gain the connection at Portsmouth.
Division Superintendents and General Agents of the New York Central Lines resume duties after a conference in Syracuse led by General Superintendent T. W. Hvans. Reported focus included retrenchment and elimination of some trains.
J B Wallace becomes day chief dispatcher at Mobile & Ohio Railroad in Jackson Tennessee. G D Keister appointed night chief dispatcher after leaving Southern Railway. T E B Smith named Supervisor of Bridges and Buildings for Memphis division succeeding the late P S Shelton. Albert G Hopper promoted to City Passenger Agent Indianapolis for Queen & Crescent Route. Southern Railway elevates W W Massey to executive clerk in Atlanta replacing W A Byrne who resigned.
The Birmingham coal business sees A B Hendee promoted to division rate clerk while D Carswell becomes division tariff clerk and O M Zoeller and C B Walker receive reissues and tariff posts. Nettie McPeek rises to chief clerk for the Mobile division chief dispatcher office. E C Gatewood named Beef Cattle Agent at Rectortown Virginia and EF Holly starts as track supervisor for the Charleston division replacing T A Smith.
John W. Daly, Passenger Traffic Manager of the New York Central Lines, and RE O McCormick, Vice President of the Southern Pacific Company, visited Cincinnati renewing old acquaintances and inspecting sights. They noted Cincinnati's growth, reduced smoke, and the city’s architectural progress during their brief stop and travels from Chicago and Washington.
E M Durham Jr formerly principal assistant engineer with Southern Railway Birmingham has taken a role as special examiner for the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad in charge of physical valuation of the line.
H. P. Ballard long associated with Frank H. Pyke of the Lackawanna and known among traveling men has accepted a Washington call to serve as a stenographer in the Interstate Commerce Commission offices.
The article surveys railroad topics including B&O final valuation report estimates, fire loss prevention efforts on Southern Railway lines, Massachusetts as the leading home for New Haven stockholders, new track additions in 1918, Erie Railroad engines with front bells operated by air, Safety Committee recommendations since 1910, and labor hours for British railway workers. J K Kimburger of the Big Four visited Louisville.
The Ninth Infantry faces a last minute shift in social plans as orders shift a Friday dance to Wednesday before a move to the Mexican border. Invitations remain valid and officers, men, and staff will bid farewell on the new date.
Alonzo A. Bentley died at his home 2322 Magnolia Street after fifty years as a salesman and buyer for Shillito and McAlpin companies. A Portsmouth, Ohio native, he served in Company QR of the Cincinnati Zouaves. He is survived by his widow and son I Bentley, plus his mother, siblings, and other relatives. Funeral arrangements pending.
The Cincinnati School District invites sealed bids for 300 bonds of 500 each, total 100000, dated today and due in 20 years, interest 4.25 percent, payable semiannually at American Exchange National Bank NYC. Bids close April 13, 1914 at 4 am. bid must include gross price plus accrued interest. A 6 percent certified bid bond payable to the Cincinnati Board of Education is required. Rights reserved to reject any bid. DR J M Withrow President WM Grautman Clerk.
Florence C. Kill executrix of Wesley M. Cameron Estate declares Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company has no authority to negotiate sale of the undivided interest in the Carlisle corner property at Fourth and Walnut streets Cincinnati Ohio. March 10 1914.
Cincinnati Ohio city council seeks vacation of the portion of Scrawl Creek road between Delta Avenue and Fimpress Avenue. Action may be taken on or after April 7, 1914 and no later than July 7, 1914. Clerk Fred Schneller issues the notice.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra led by Dr. Kunweld departs this morning for a tour ending this season. The group will visit Pittsburg Buffalo and Cleveland with Tschaikowsky Fifth Symphony in Pittsburg and Buffalo and Beethoven Fifth in Cleveland.
The announced garage to be established in the basement of the Manufacturers' Permanent Exhibit Building at Third and Vine streets will be open to automobile owners generally whether or not they belong to any organization, and this has greatly increased the number of renters over the past ten days.
The city treasurer's grandson, identified as Jake Klein, is noted as a grandpa. The newborn is described as the child of Lieutenant Jack Klein of the torpedo boat destroyer Preble, with the events situated around San Francisco Bay.
London wool sales report 9512 bales offered with all grades selling at steady prices. Scoured merinos in strong demand for the continent. American purchases estimated at 17,000 bales to date with further sales anticipated.
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