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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1908
Page
3
A local ad promotes safe deposit vaults at $2.00 per year to protect deeds mortgages securities and other papers from fire theft or loss. It urges renting a box to avoid replacement costs and calls readers to inspect the vault and stop worrying about losses.
The document lists bank leadership including President 40H Bass and Vice Presidents H Worden OH, A Keplinger OH, and cashier H R Freeman. Assistant cashier J Orr is noted among the bank officers.
A Reside North Carolina resident B F Aveene reports chronic indigestion and major spending with no relief until Dr King s New Life Wine pills. The claim appears in a local advert noting a money back guarantee and sale by Dreier Bro crus store.
Chicago reports a firm wheat market with an urgent demand for September delivery from shorts and cash buyers. Improved bids at Liverpool lift prices, while futures show gains across December and May against weaker nearby cash quotes. Receipts and exports shift amid Argentine shipments and mixed hogs, corn, and oats activity across U.S. markets.
The dry goods market in New York showed a generally steady tone with average 18 year trading activity. Rome lines of property and weaving sectors moved slowly while moisture affected production. Trade remained largely slow overall as buyers and sellers adjusted to conditions, with modest activity observed in entered markets.
Market notes from Toledo and Liverpool show firm foreign wheat prices with improved cash and futures for September and December. Clover seed advanced slightly on renewed buying. weather in the northwest favored crops while northwest receipts remained heavy and Argentine visible supply fell from prior reports.
New York August 23 Prices on the stock exchange advanced again with frequent profit taking. Trading focused on Reading Harrians Smelting Steels and Amalgamated Copper. The market showed gains turning to losses before closing while government bonds held steady and bankers reported light revival of public interest.
A detailed listing from a local market highlights prices for dairy butter, eggs, potatoes, onions, apples, pears, and spring chickens. It notes milk and creamery products, various meats, eggs, poultry, and corn and wheat items with regional supplier references and prices per unit.
Retail prices listed for home grown produce and farm staples. Beets at 5 cents per head, cabbage 4 per pound, celery and cucumbers priced per unit, green peppers five cents each, onions white a quarter per pound, parsley and new potatoes priced per bunch or peck, tomatoes and peaches priced per basket, eggs at 98 cents per dozen, assorted poultry and other items priced by item or weight. Prices reflect a local market in a past period.
The Citizens Trust Company presents the motto Keep Safe Be Strong Help Others and lists its leadership with Owen W Heaton as president John Ferguson John W White Edward F Varnelle vice presidents Ernest W Cook secretary.
Special to the Tournel Gazette from ChittanD Ave. reports packers struggling to hold leg prices amid lean marketings. Hog prices jumped about 6c with top profits near $6.85 for best lots. last year’s equivalent around $6.55. Cattle demand remained steady with 62,000 head received, while western range cattle drew strong activity and prices rose about 15-20c. Sheep and yearlings followed a firmer trend, with top ewes around $4.35 and rams near $4.85 as breeders and feeders showed steady demand.
The advisory board includes John B. Wyss G E Bursley William F Hagen Judge Sol A Wood George Ashley William C Lehwier Marion Smith Hon J Ki Robinson Wiliam Kennerk Willian Hotkumeyer John Landenberger Henry A Burckhill Charles Kramen Sam CD Bittlar W J Esterline Jomee D Butt Henry Hugoman August Freese Christian Koester William 0 Baage Andrew O Waterman William M Leedy Con W Schuyler William E Lipacté Goortje Loesch Charles Daimpe Dr L P Drayer Jesse Grice Rev J P Mayer Andrew Vegely DL Pattit.
Local corn growers report a precarious market and crop outlook as frost threats loom before mid next month. Most states narrowly escaped frost Sunday night, but late plantings risk weeks of damage. farmers brace for possible shortages and adjusted planting schedules.
The item lists coffee market listings from New York with futures for August September October and March plus mentions of No 7 and No 4% grades. It includes brief trade data and a casual job ad seeking a reliable young man for board and evening work at the International Business College.
In Kendallville Indiana on August 28 an elderly man named Brittingham was struck and killed by a fast train while walking near the railroad crossing in front of his home. The accident occurred moments before his family learned of the tragedy.
A former Kendallville resident who lived with his family about twenty five or thirty years ago and worked as a manufacturer in the Brittingham and Reed firm is recalled in this obituary. The family is described as highly respected and having achieved notable distinction through the daughters. Mrs. A G Littis of Clyde Mississippi, a daughter, has visited the Sl and Jones families recently.
Turtle Soup is served tonight at the Pastime on the southwest corner of Main and Broadway. Promoters R. B. Lipes and F. D. Evans organize the event.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Donald Kleder ate a small amount of poison paper and was caught in the act just in time to save him. Prompt action by the mother saved the child from serious harm. It was the second Milford child in a year to fall ill from suspected poison intake linked to power, bad heme and Try Admiral Coffee.
Detroit August 93 reports indicate mixed peach crop conditions across Michigan and Ohio. Prices slipped about 2 dollars per bushel from the peak, with fancy peaches quoted around 2.60, fane A at 1.95, and grade B near 1.90.
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