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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1908
Page
3
A resident named Arian found a block of wood fallen from a wagon on Wells Street. He picked it up and started back home with the slick in hand, noting it was a nice find and worth keeping for later use.
In Chicago on Saturday buyers and sellers swayed as wheat prices fell amid broad selling and bearish sentiment. May futures dropped sharply while oats and corn followed the downward trend. Local receipts and feed values fluctuated, with overall market weakness extending through the session and closing near session lows.
New York January 1 reports show dull steady grain and provisions with exports, including 14683 bushels flour receipts and 48739 busheats rye exports. Prices coordinate across corn, oats, wheat, and butter with modest shifts due to weak outside markets. May contracts mostly lower. St. Louis and Cincinnati prices noted for wheat and fats, with pork and butter steady.
The market opened steady for solfer natures and held near yesterday's close with slight gains on European selling. Prices showed scattered action with Rio and Cordao futures steady, while spot coffee remained stable as traders await clearer signals from international cables and government commentary.
In Tolado Jan 18 strong market news weakened wheat futures as traders noted disappointing cables and selling by large houses. Northwest receipts rose, while cash and May prices slipped. Wheat and corn faced losses at opening with some stabilization later. clover and seed prices remained steady amid overall market uncertainty.
The market shows dulling interest as manufacturers hesitate to commit amid uncertainties in the Franco-Belgian outlook and road prospects. Shipments of wool from Boston through January 16 totaled 7,005.15 pounds, up from 3,496 pounds a year earlier, while receipts reached 6,108,973 pounds, well above the prior period.
The dry goods market in New Fork was quiet today with ongoing price revisions. Salesmen expect more buyers next week as attention shifts to the upcoming annual meeting of the National Wholesale Trade, where many buyers and exhibitors are anticipated to attend.
The record lists wholesale and retail figures for wheat, rye, cornmeal, oats, and barley along with Bibles prices. It documents hogs, turkeys, butter, eggs, apples, potatoes, and ventilating items like coal and wood. Several firms such as Mayflower and J. T. Johnson’s provide quotations for winter and spring wheat patents, screenings, and various flour types.
Weekly market letter reports conditions for the past week. Growers seek steady prices, wholesale receipts rise for eggs with high demand and lower prices seen, butter from the country not meeting standard grading, and overall market softness amid fever impact. George E. Crouse of Howenstein & Crouse contributes the notice.
Market report shows poultry selling at 9e per pound and fowls quiet with moderate demand. Apple output heavy last week with good apples at 1.00 per bushel. Onion and bean prices steady with minor gains. cold weather rising supply costs as vegetables rise modestly.
Farmer sentiment grows over wheat pricing as Mr Fred Tresselt of City Mills reports wheat prices sliding to about 97 cents a bushel with corn at 60 cents and rye quality improving. Markets seen steady but farmers threaten to hold back on supply unless prices rise.
Mrs Louis Albert Lamb, the wife of a Chicago banker, describes a brighter outlook with reduced panic effects. She notes more work returning, steady earnings, fair railroad demand, improving tram activity, and farmers thriving with higher cotton prices, while general business improves and collections stay satisfactory.
Mr Harry B Hesh of the Mayflower reports strong demand for flour and mill feed while grain movement is light. Wheat was 7 cents higher per bushel, corn steady, oats and rye slightly higher, with Maur at steady prices. Grain movement from country elevators is unusually light despite high prices.
Local doctors dispute a paper’s claim of widespread grip cases in Fort Wayne calling the report sensational. They say about 500 residents may be afflicted while most alleged cases are not genuine grip.
Eight hundred of the lending named of the FY Yesterday collected 9232 for the relief of the unemployed and received provisions valued at 4000. The funds aim to employ needy people preferring work over charity, urging parents to keep children healthy through winter.
Chicago reports a weekly cattle market with 85,000 head sold, the Brown St John Co noting strong demand and high prices through March. Hog and sheep volumes are large with mixed price shifts. hog receipts reach about 243,260 this week amid near steady to lower values, while sheep totals hover around 72,000 with late-week price easing.
The state board of education refuses to credit non-commissioned high schools in Huntington County. Graduates cannot become teachers without special exams in Pars Warne. Several township and local high schools being denied credited status face license barriers, risking removal of many educated graduates from the teaching pool.
A county faces uncertain future as the state board sets a condition that will force retention of older teachers to fill positions, lowering teaching standards and denying younger educators advancement. The speaker warns that statewide trends will mirror local problems, affecting the coming school year.
Dr George Gillie has been appointed to the new milk and meat inspector post in Fore 2) as the health department appropriation ordinance funds the salary. He is learning his duties while awaiting the mayor to sign the appointment. The board of public safety will issue a certificate of appointment once the ordinance is formalized.
A fragment notes a man named Van Wie courting women in a city, recounting a scene of inviting a companion to attend a show with him and joking about buying tickets. The text reflects social chatter and talk of evenings out with plans and purchases.
Crawford, son of a Maples merchant, is again jailed at police HQ after being picked up Saturday by Patrolmen Lavick and Foon Jonson. A drunken man was detained near the prisoner’s name in the blotter. Another arrest involved a man calling himself Oliver von Kanen, nabbed by Patreman Krueckeherr, reportedly preparing for a dry Sunday after a prior drunken incident.
Private car excursion advertised for next Tuesday offering reduced rates and refunded expenses for lawyers. The notice cites Tang and See Engenp 31 with an address in Monroe Wy. Office open in the evening at Ab.
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