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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement promotes a safe deposit vault service offering $2.00 yearly rent to protect deeds mortgages securities and other papers from loss by fire or theft, encouraging readers to inspect the vault and rent a box to avoid replacement costs.
A list of real estate transfers and lot descriptions in multiple additions. Names include Heller, John Ulrick, Be tie G. Gack, Hamilton, Kenner, Margaret, Morton Place, Wercher, PA, Crighton Avenue, and others. Properties priced from 1 to 1 207 dollars, with parcels in Brys, Hamiltons 2d, Morton Place, Kresel Park, New Haven, and related sections.
A garbled inventory lists numerous grocery items with scattered prices and quantities. The note mentions vegetables like beans onions lettuce cabbage and peppers, fruit such as plums and apples, dairy products and meats, with odd spellings and unclear pricing data. The fragmented OCR resembles a supermarket price card or advertising blurb from a historical edition.
The wool market in Boston shows limited activity amid a cautious demand for merino and coarse wools. Buyers hold steady on prices as mill demand and export orders remain subdued, with some attenuation in speculative trading.
Fragmented OCR text notes coffee market activity in New York with mentions of traders and listings. It references December or November items, prices, and various entities, but the readable details are incomplete and scattered across lines.
Market notes indicate grain prices surged after Liverpool appeared calm about demand. Reports detail bids and receipts for wheat corn and oats with mixed futures, while farmers hesitate to sell at current levels. Local prices show lingering strength despite tepid selling pressure.
Trading was dull with no sensational news to drive activity. Reports show exports down and crops improving on a broad market backdrop, while Southern Pacific and Union Pacific led a broad session as money markets firmed Slightly, with varied support from major banks and blended demand across rail and steel sectors.
The Journal-Gazette reports firmer wheat amid lower corn and clover seed prices as exporters and local millers adjust demand. European buyers cautious after high prices. growers hold grain for better returns while futures show mixed openings and declines in corn and clover seed trading.
Readable fragments show Fahey Elgin cremmery and varied dairy butter prices, poultry including spring chickens and turkeys, apples and potatoes, honey, goos, ducks, and goose listed with weights and per unit prices. Quotations from merchants and wholesalers appear, with references to cattle, hogs, and other produce along with farm supply items and general retail pricing patterns.
Fragmented OCR image shows a city scale sale advertisement. Mentions a great sale with Patterson Fletcher and an Alan Wade sale. Indicates discount of twenty percent. Lacks clear dates or full names due to illegible text.
Receipts reach about 12 000 cattle and 12 000 hogs with heavy western cattle prices down from last week while native and grassy hogs see lower bids. Packers stay bearish on western rangers and heavy hogs. tops for natives around 6 40 while good hogs hold around 6 30 to 6 80. sheep and lambs weaker, cattle overall quiet with some firm bids for shippers.
The Turkish minister in Washington changes as Mehmed Ali Bey is deposed amid threats and court intrigue. New envoy Mundji Bey assumes legation duties while Mehmed Ali fears assassination and loss of honor. The note warns of danger if he returns to New York.
City brief notes OldGel's manager will arrive in the city and a date for the reopening of the Gruber eigen show on Calihan Street will be set. The show had been closed since Dir Frank Gruber's death and resumes next Thursday under Mr Lota Foruman, former assistant manager, to whom the business was willed.
In a quiet police court Judge Skitlon disposed of several minor cases. William Hall faced petit larceny with fines and jail time noted. LescaiC Fackite’s meat license case postponed to August 27. Louis and Nora Wabisctmidt, of Clinton Street, jailed for profanity. sentence suspended for good behavior. George Davis held for loitering. case postponed to August 26. Several other small charges and police notes are recorded with dates and locations.
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