Wheat Declines Sharply on Rain Forecast in Wheat Belt
Chicago prices ease as heavy weekend liquidation follows official rain outlook for tomorrow across the winter wheat belt. December wheat 99 1/2 to 99 3/4 cents, May 102 1/4 to 102 1/2. Corn and oats weaken, provisions steady to weak with hog prices dropping. Local receipts rise. traders cite weather map influence and limited export demand.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Weather Bureau
Rocky Mountains
Argeniina
Minneapolis
Duluth
Grain Market Roundup Across Cities On Oct 17
New York reports flour receipts 17 192 barrels exports 11 199 barrels with prices for Minnesota patents winter straights and bakers notes. Wheat futures turn weaker on rains southwest and Argentine frost doubts while No 2 red and No 1 Northern prices appear. Nearby markets in Toledo Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis spread reports with barley oats rye and corn notes and assorted prices.
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New York
Minnesota
Cf. O. B
Buffalo
Northern
Duluth
O. B
Pacific Coast
Bogota
Central America
Eity
India
Continent
South Africa
Etroleum
Ned New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
Minneapolis
Nora
Ik Brant
Uffs
Barbas City
Hetbach
Son
ST. Louis
Market Prices and Trade Totals for Dry Goods and Grains
The notice lists prices for Timothy seed Whisky Iron cotton ties bagging dry-salt meats and pork with steady steady or unchanged quotes. It shows receipts of flour 11 000 barrels wheat 75 000 bushels corn 18 000 bushels oats 86 000 bushels and shipments of flour 10 000 barrels wheat 42 000 bushels corn 15 200 bushels oats 58 000 bushels.
London Stock Market Week Ends Mixed After Balkan Uncertainty
The London Stock Exchange opened nervously amid political tension but recovered as confidence returned and Paris and Berlin supported. Consols rose earlier to 75 percent but closed around 84 percent amid new issues noted, including Sao Paulo and Mexican loans and a Russian loan. American and European markets showed modest gains and cautious activity overall.
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London
The
Stock Exchange
Paris
Berlin
Balkans
Sao Paulo
New York
Amsterdam
Cotton futures steady after initial declines in New Orleans market
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady at 8 15-16 to 9 1/16 cents with 500 bales on spot and 2,000 arriving. Futures opened down within 1–4 points, then rose about 10 points from lows as bullish weekly mill takings and a grim Sunday forecast spurred buying. In Liverpool and New York mixed sessions, prices closed steady with scattered gains and steady spot prices across regions.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Néomhal
Cottoh
New York
New England
Wall Street
Houston
Uplands
Gulf
Numerous Ohio Firms File Articles of Association
On October 17 the Secretary of State recorded filings for multiple Ohio businesses including East End Electric Company Cleveland 10000 by Foster Wolff Foster Huntington Boyle Buckeye Distributing Company Cleveland 20000 by Barl Carran Miller Wheeler Turnbull Standard Construction Company Cleveland 10000 Cyrus Edwards Ewing Edwards Van Lahn Havlicek River Fishing Club Cincinnati Arnstein French Dry Cloaking Dayton 5000 Fireside Conference Hotel Company Willoughby 15000 La Seiba Cigar Company West Carrollton 15000 Loveland Manufactured Ice and Cold Storage Company Loveland 15000 Postoffice Mutual Aid Society Hamilton Butler County Sunrise Coal Dayton 50000 Bucyrus Transportation Company Bucyrus 5 Buckeye Athletic Club Columbus Dayton Motor Car Company increases stock from 50000 to 500000 Continental Construction Company Toledo increases stock from 10000 to 60000.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
East End Electric Company
Cleveland
C. R. Foster
A. E. Wolff
E. J. Foster
F. C. Huntington
J. W. Boyle
Buckeye Distributing Company
J. H. Barl
R. A. Carran
D. F. Miller
N. W. Wheeler
Loveland
Postoffice Mutual Aid Society
Hamilton
Butler County
Sunrise Goal Company
Dayton
Bucyrus Transportation Company
Bucyrus
Buckeye Athletic Club
Dayton Motor Car Company
Continental Construction Company
Toledo
Egg and dairy market briefs across Kansas City and New York
Eggs firm and best extras listed at 25 cents in Kansas City with 20 cent receipts. New York reports weak butter with 4 445 crates received and cheese steady. poultry values show live spring chickens at 13 to 18 cents and Western chicks at 18 to 18 1/4 cents, with turkeys around 4 to 4 1/2 cents.
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Kansas City
New York
Cramery
Imperial Bank of Germany weekly statement changes
Berlin October 17 reports cash in hand up 39.674 million marks while war deposits fall 19.614 million and notes in circulation drop 118.788 million. Deposits rise 38.409 million, counts down 99.597 million, treasury bills down 4.740 million.
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Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
River Steamers Sails and River Traffic Update
The Ohio River at Cincinnati was 4 feet 9 inches and falling as of yesterday. The Kentucky left Louisville at 9 am and a crowd enjoyed a trip aboard. Departures today include Lizzie Bay to Louisville Alma to Chile and Bessie Smith to Madison. Business remains fair and weather is fine with river level expected to continue slowly dropping.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville
Lizzie Bay
Alma
Chile
Bessie Smith
Madison
Businorss
Pittsburgh
River Observations Across Cities Reported
Reports from ports including Freeport Madison Louisville and Cairo note river levels rising or falling with temperatures fair and warm. Arrivals include vessels such as the Government oat Chisea and tia with times listed for lower Mississippi passages.
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Ittsburg
Freeport
Madison
Ind
Bessie Smith
Helen Gould
Lizzie Bay
Louvisville
Orlow Locks
Evansville
Janary
Cairo
Government
Mississippi
Tia
Depps
Memphis
Markets Show More Confidence and Firmer Money Conditions
A New York market week showed stronger sentiment and restrained optimism as banking expansion and firm money rates suggested easing excess liquidity. Government financing limits and autumnTreasury actions darken relief hopes while rail, farm and copper demand hint at improving business, with election results seen as potential turning point.
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New York
Europe
New York Exchange
Chicago
English sparrow a costly pest for the United States
The English sparrow imported from Europe became a nationwide nuisance costing farmers grain and garden crops. It multiplies rapidly with a single pair producing vast numbers, displacing beneficial birds and spreading across states from New York to California. Attempts to control it include culling, trapping, and legal measures, yet the pest persists.
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United States
Sunlight Seen as Foe to Tuberculosis in City Tenements
Paris expert M Augusts Rey urges sunlight and better living for workers to combat TB in New York. He cites 360000 dark rooms housing about one million people, argues skyscrapers and crowded streets block light, and predicts public opinion will push down building heights within twenty years.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
M. Augustus Rey
Paris
M. Rey
Washington
New York City
Evans Found Guilty On Two Charges At Court Martial
YOKOHAMA Oct 18 Lieutenant Frank T. Evans of the battleship Louisiana was found guilty on the charges of absenting himself from his post and disrespect to a superior officer. He is to lose 150 numbers and receive a public reprimand. The sentence was deemed inadequate by the Commander in Chief but approved to ensure punishment.
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Yokohama
Frank T. Evans
Louisiana
Sperry
Evans
Pursuit Hartens After Fatalite Attack in Georgia
In Lithonia Georgia on October 18 Charlie Mitchell a Black man fatally wounded bailiff T L Peek and white man C F Argo after an arrest attempt for G W Brooks. Deputy Sheriff Elliott was knocked unconscious as Mitchell fled pursued by multiple posses aided by bloodhounds from Decatur and Conyers.
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Lithonia
Charlie Mitchell
T. L. Peek
C. F. Argo
Elliott
Peek
Argo
G W. Brooks
Mitchell
Decatur
Conyers
Urbana Public Schools Teacher Ends Life In Decatur
Miss Anna Carson a teacher in Urbana Public Schools arrived in Decatur Saturday night and shot herself dead. Her body was found in a field near Decatur today and she had tried to destroy all evidence of her identity.
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Decatur
Anna Carson
Urbana
Motor car nearly destroyed by fire in Hyde Park incident
S D Cooper real estate man saw his automobile explode after a lit match dropped on dry leaves. The car suffered about 1000 dollars in damage. no injuries occurred as Engine Company No 46 helped control the blaze at 3351 Woodburn Avenue and 3590 Mooney Avenue.
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S. D. Cooper
Cooper
Woodburn Avenue
Myers Cooper
Mooney Avenue
Hyde Park
Stricken While Playing Hymn Ends In Death
Hal V Price aged 29 of 707 West Sixth Street collapsed while playing Nearer My God to Thee. He died at home before his wife Fanny reached him, likely from heart failure. Coroner Cameron to investigate. the Prices came from West Virginia a year ago and Hal worked for Hamberger Bros.
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Hal V. Price
West Sixth Street
Fanny
Price
West Virginia
Hamberger Bros
Cameron
Convention Aims At Higher Prices For Cotton
In Atlanta on October 18, Harvie Jordan announces a Southern Cotton Association convention in Memphis on November 16 to 12. The goal is to secure better prices for cotton as cotton factors and business leaders back the plan. Mrs Jordan notes widespread letters urging the big meeting with an anticipated attendance of ten thousand delegates from all sectors of business.
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Atlanta
South
Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Memphis
Metropolis Art Guide Offers Museum Tours
New York readers can hire Mrs. Lucy O Perkins at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to lead visitors through galleries from mummyland to art nouveau. The experienced guide customizes tours to focus on celebrated works and helps observers start with key Turner pieces praised by Ruskin.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lucy O. Perkins
Turner
Ruskin
Rally closes convention in Milwaukee
The Brotherhood of St. Andrew convention ends after special services in Milwaukee Episcopal Churches. Bishop Woodcock and Rev. Frederick Edwards address a mass meeting at Pabst Theater on Man in the World of Men, with a final rally at St. James Church capping the event.
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Milwaukee
Wis
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Bishop Woodcock
Kentucky
Frederick Edwards
Pabst Theater
St. James’ Church
Logging train conductor shot near Panama City
Eugene Wood, engineer of a logging railroad, was shot and killed near Panama City, Florida, by Jack Gilbert, a naval stores operator. Authorities say Wood passed Gilbert’s place without stopping. on the next trip Gilbert allegedly placed a red flag on the track and shot Wood when the train halted.
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Pensacola
Fla
Eugene Wood
Jack Gilbert
Panama City
Gilbert
Wood
Chinese Students Travel West to College
Ten Chinese students arrive in San Francisco from the Far East. Eight head to Harvard Yale and Cornell while two plan to enroll at the University of California.
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San Francisco
Harvard
Yale
Cornell
University of California
Last in Kendall Jarvis Feud Found Dead in Kentucky Stable
Lexington report notes J. S. Jarvis the last surviving member of the Kendall Jarvis feud in Scott County was found dead in a stable on his Georgetown area farm. Officials say apoplexy is suspected as the cause of death.
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Jarvis
Lexington
Scott County
Geogetown
Wanted information on money making patent by inventor
Wanted information about a patent and the sole inventor who would sell direct to manufacturers. Respond with price and a brief description. Contact L. Darbyshire, Box 1914 Hochester, N. C.
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L. Darbyshire
Hochester
Translation ads invite Hindustani and other dialects
Translation notices invite Hindustani Bengali Tamil Telugu Burmese Gujarati and other dialect translations at the most mode arec. Steamboats originate from foot of Main Street daily at 5 p.m. except Sunday 9 a.m. for Louisville and intermediate points. Kentucky River freight received daily. Tel. M. 1897.
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Arec
Hooraln
Rangoo
Burma
Ohio
Louisville
Main Street
Sun
Hamilton Probate Court Announces Read Accounts and Vouchers
Hamilton County Ohio notice lists dozens of deceased owners and guardians whose estates and accounts are filed for confirmation. The court suspends probate and sets October 27 1908 as the deadline for filing exceptions before final disposition. Charles F. Mallbury is probate judge with deputy clerk F J Behle in Cincinnati.
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State of
Ohio
Hamilton County
Hamilton Probate Court
Conrad Huxel
Anna Miller
Ella & Lawson
Augustus Carr
Lewis Broadwell
Alice F. Zinsmeister
Martin Mintz
Theodore Keldel
Richard W. Deele
John H. Freulker
Wilhelmina McGrath
Mary Kaiser
Babetta Remach
K. Sickles
Charles H. Schmidt
Christopher C. Clark
C. H. Bansermeier
Gertrude Ruthman
Gerhar Fuchs
William Ruehle
Josephine Meyer
Henry Hohman
Elizabeth Hendricks
J. Henry Sanderman
Gottfried Meier
Heinrich F. A. Weisleder
Carl H. Norrstrom
John C. Meinhardt
Atolph Reininger
Nicholas Hartoin
Betty P. Armstrong
Maria E. Baader
Frida Brockmann
Charles Schmidt
Nellie Ragan
Frank J. Rottmueller
George Steigerwald
Charles A. Castle
William H. Blair
M B. L. Hoffman
John O’conher
Fred W. Cherdron
Marie A. Reynolds
Hilda Fritz
Sophia M. Frank
Robert A. Goetz
Wilhelmina Zurleger
Ella Shafer
Charles F. Mallbury
F. J. Behle
Cincinnati
City of Cincinnati Sealed Bids for Alpine Place Project
The Board of Public Service invites sealed bids to furnish labor and materials for improving Alpine Place and Nassau street east of St. James avenue by extending the retaining wall and laying cement sidewalks and stone curb. Bids due 12 noon October 26, 1908, with $1000 bond or certified check. Bidders must use printed forms. board may reject any bid. John J. Wenner, Clerk.
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Board of Public Service
City of
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
Alpine Place
Nassau Street
St. James Avenue
John J. Wenner
Treasury invites bids for U S Buildings Furnishings in 1968
The Treasury Department in Washington invites proposals for supplying miscellaneous furnishings including chairs settees door mats water coolers and linoleum for U S buildings. Bids due by 2 PM November 5 1908 with option to supply all or part of items. The department may reject any bid and will waive defects. Proposals addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury with the label Proposal for Miscellaneous Furnishings U S Buildings.
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United States Treasury
Treasury Department
Treasury
Washington
D. C
U. S
Bank of England
Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington, D. C
J. B. Reynolds
Application for Pardon for Harry Klein
Notice that at the next Ohio State Board of Pardons meeting an application will be made for the pardon of Harry Klein. Klein was convicted at the February Term 198 of the Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County of assault to rob and sentenced to twelve years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Ohio State Board of Pardons
Harry Klein
Court of Common Pleas
Hamilton County
Ohio
Trainmen Hurt In Wreck At Bainbridge Ohio
Two railroad workers likely fatally injured when a Detroit Toledo Ironton passenger train plowed into an empty accommodation train on a Bainbridge siding. Engineer Sharp and Foreman Siles of Springfield were trapped. Sharp crushed and internally injured, Siles leg mangled requiring amputation. No passengers seriously hurt.
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Chillicothe
Detroit
Toledo
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