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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1900
Page
8
The market faces uncertain open with speculation and mixed values as Wall Street prepares for the coming week. Reports note foreign exchanges closed for a similar period and a cautious tone among investors, while headline activity centers on shifts in prices and a tentative path ahead.
Chicago live cattle and hog markets report active trading with steers and butchers steady to higher. Texas hog receipts steady as buyers post modest gains while sheep and lambs rise, aided by increased western market demand. Cleveland and Buffalo listings show mixed but generally firmer quotes across cattle hog and sheep lots.
A fragmented report notes holiday mood in New York dry goods trade with limited sales and no price shifts for cotton or wool goods. Paxton and other locations list varied crude quotes on wheat and produce, with details on flour, bran, corn products, and early textile quotations from New York, Toledo, and nearby markets.
The Catholic Benevolent League of Inyuitie elected officers for the ensuing year. Key posts include Rev. Red as spiritual director, William Kintz as vice president, Andrew J. Gruber as secretary, and Charles Misbaels as marshal among others. The report notes efforts by the organization on the south side and lists several other positions and names.
A 19th century style ad offers Vita Medical Co liver pills with a $500 reward for proof of efficacy against liver complaints indigestion headaches and constipation. Pills sold in numbered boxes with imitations warned against and multiple Chicago area druggists listed for distribution.
A plan for a substantial new school at the Reformed Orphanage is under consideration by the trustees. If approved, the building could include a corr of about SHO with two stories and a basement to accommodate rapid pupil growth. Funding will come from ongoing supports and fundraising. the institution also seeks a new omnibus and related costs.
Christmas day greeting from Tudigor and REUBEN Patterson referencing a stove opening on the moon berihay with a festive tone and local address in Waynes 1050.
A fragmented dispatch details Russian Manchurian policy and allied powers stance amid demobilization and railroad tensions. Report notes involvement of Russia, Japan, and China, with warnings that peace remains fragile and new conditions may be required.
Notice states George Miller will apply to Wayne County commissioners at Allen County for license to sell spirituous liquors in quantities of five gallons at a time at a business located on Lafayette and Holman streets northwest corner in a one story wooden building at Lafayette street in the city of Wayne Allen county Indiana.
Wabash will sell tickets between all stations east of the Mississippi river at the customary reductions. Tickets on sale December 22, 28, 29, 24, 25 and 31 and January 1, return valid through February 2, 190. Also advertised Wanted horses for winter. We have thirty box traces and are equipped to care for road and driving horses. horses called for and delivered. telephone 18.
The torpedo boat McDonough was launched today at the Ford River iron company works with bells and whistles heard. Mrs Lucy Charlotte McDonough Reade of Philadelphia christened the vessel with champagne. The new boat was towed to the Quincy works of the Ure company amid a crowd of guests lingering from Saturday’s event.
In Cuniz Panay a Tatutlarly abuvious case saw five prisoners blamed for the death of a neighbor’s wife. They and seven or eight others attacked the house bound the couple, killed the wife, and threw her body into a river. The husband escaped, swimming to safety. Motive appeared to be superstition that the woman was a witch. Sentences were reduced by General MacArthur to hard labor for twenty years due to low intelligence and superstition.
The U S Mortgage and Trust Co of New York offers to loan unlimited money in Fort Wayne at four percent. Owen N Heaton, attorney for the company, will receive applications at Court and Berry streets. No delay in closing loan. Repay any time any amount desired. Surrency system for Philippines. Washington Dec 24 President Taft of the Philippine commission proposes a currency plan to unify money in the islands under United States credit and adopt U S money as the currency.
Washington December 24 The United States Supreme Court will hear eight cases on December 24 including a major dispute over the legal relation between the United States and its territories relating to customs and import duties. A key case involves the collection of duties on goods imported from Hawaii. The session was adjourned for the holiday and will reconvene in March.
Fragmented OCR text reports movements and actions related to a Washington post position. It mentions a Meited States president and a general, with garbled names and phrases suggesting a security or weaponport incident and possible theft of a cabinet or badge.
Classified notice offering a money loan on real estate or personal security. Mentions CHASE and providing repayment terms. Includes room up for rent and a single building view.
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