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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
4
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Listing of prices for home grown produce and farm goods including lettuces, parsley, potatoes, tomatoes, apples, cantaloupes, peaches, watermelons, berries, butter, greens, spring chickens, and eggs. Prices shown per peck, basket, or pound with units and approximate costs. Items reflect 1848 market rates and street vendor style display.
Market news describes firm demand for wheat with weather favorable for harvesting. Reports from Liverpool and North American markets note shipments and primary receipts, with May and September deliveries showing price movements. Traders hedged positions as shorts covered, while overall tone remained steady to firm into day’s close.
A scrambled New York market report notes firm prices in coffee and wheat with profit taking in play. It cites mixed futures, modest gains for September and August, and varied receipts and exports for wheat, corn, oats, and hogs, alongside steady to firmer sugar and flour prices.
A fragmented OCR shows a New York dry goods market report with scattered vendors, listings, and early spring merchandising notes. It mentions Jaynbornso, Meir, Brent Meter, and firms like Buterson-Hietener Co and Ang. Ane rivers, with references to September and Northern imports, overall outlining varied shop stock and seasonal emphasis.
A transcription of multiple estate transfers lists numerous buyers and parcels in Fort Wayne area townships and additions. Names include Gustave Berghof, Mary Yasur, Carl Flopfereneit, Steinhauer, and the Fort Wayne Trust Co among others, with prices ranging broadly from 30 to 270 dollars and surrounding property in Drexel Park, Cedar Creek, and Rockhill additions.
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered numbers and phrases about recounts at the city scales. Readable items include references to hay, mats, shifts, and aNominal core, with unclear context and missing dates or locations.
In early trade, wheat options advanced while clover seed prices sagged. Market reports show September and December wheat futures up modestly, May and July shifts, with clover seed steady around 6.85. Brokers and cash houses moved May and Sept positions. seasonal volatility noted in oats and other grains.
New York on Aug 2 rumors of unfavorable character affected stocks and induced losses in many active issues. Decline accompanied by talks of possible Pennsylvanian railroad employees’ dismissal before Sept 1. Corn benefited from lower speculation. Bank of England and Bank of France statements showed reserve and deposit changes. London markets wary but some buying for Southern Pacific. Local money market offered loans at 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 percent, bonds irregular, and a broad list of industrials trading with varied results.
Readable fragments outline wholesale prices for dairy butter cheese and creamery products, farm staples, poultry, and grains. Includes numerous misreadings but lists items such as butter in 20 pound tubs, creamery products, eggs, apples, oats, wheat, and assorted livestock quotations from butcher and trading firms. Trade names and locations are partially obscured, with several lines indicating market quotes and commodity names like butter, eggs, chickens, cattle, and hogs.
Angy 20 reports The theater known as Close 18 Doors at Angola has shut rooms after the lease expired in the old God Fellows building. Adjacent tenants seek a new tramhan tenancy as the property awaits a new occupant while A Prysingers drug store prepares to fill vacated spaces and Patterson Fletcher Co offers fair attractions and half price admissions for next week in Decatur.
Cattle receipts rise as feeder and butcher classes firm on range and boxed beef values. Hogs steady to firm with packing grades strong, while sheep and yearlings decline from recent highs amid thin demand. Stronger prices seen for select yearlings and prime native sheep, with calves maintaining rounded gains.
Pittsburg Pa reports uneven demand across Timothy grades with No. 1 Timothy showing sharp demand while No. 2 Timothy remains slack due to weather and market conditions. Prices quoted around 12.00 per unit with various hay types and clover mixed, receipts about equal to demand and shavings used for bedding as factories close.
Winona Lake Indiana reports a standout season with Winona Reds strong at bat and pitching. Spokesmen predict fast company for the Blues' battery next game while Roanoke prepares an elite lineup to challenge the Tridtars. Fans brace for a decisive weekend as weather and travel set the stage for crucial clashes.
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