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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text references profits and deposits at a bank, with garbled dates and figures. It mentions profits, savings department, and withdrawals before a July date, but lacks coherent details or names to anchor a complete item.
Market brief notes wheat gains in cash and July futures, with bearish weather chatter offset by higher Liverpool prices and stronger demand signals. Corn shows limited gains early, aided by slaughter demand. oats and rye follow mixed moves as farmers digest weather impacts and export activity.
The fragmentary OCR shows a chaotic market scene with references to a dry goods market and parties. Names and places are unclear, but the content hints at trades, vendors, and outcomes with limited readable details.
Weather across the northwest brings heavy receipts and weaker spirits in grain markets. Wheat and corn futures fluctuated as favorable spring conditions and rising rail receipts weighed on July and September options, with traders citing improved weather for crops and mixed demand from commissions and exporters. Local and regional deliveries remained robust, while gains were limited by ample stock and cautious buying from shorts.
New York stocks drift with light demand as investors take profits and refrain from large declines. Rumors of special developments in Gould properties surface but lack confirmation, while railroad equipment shares rise on orders and repair work. Convertible bonds advance with pre bailout selling, and money markets show easy conditions with firm government and railroad bonds.
Fort Wayne markets report bids for wheat oats corn and rye with wholesale and retail prices. Dairy items include Elgin creamery butter and country eggs with listed per pound and per dozen rates among other staples such as potatoes cabbage apples and turkeys. Market observers note quotations from local buyers and packing houses and document livestock prices for hogs sheep and cattle.
The daily coffee market brief notes steady prices with limited trades. Mentioned nomes include Vykath Dees Wing duty at 50.00, Ontobey at 65.05, Dae Fever around 0. mistyped items and scattered bids follow, with overall dull activity and no clear bulk movement.
Special to the Fournsl Gazette reports hogs selling up to $7 with demand steady for desirable offerings. About 11,000 hogs expected tomorrow. horses and cattle mixed with slow trade for some lines. Bulls, calves and sheep show varied activity with steady to firm prices. hogs lead the market, receipts lower than prior week amid high grain costs and uncertain futures.
Fragmented OCR data shows livestock receipts for hogs and sheep with mixed figures and currencies. Mentions include hogs and pigs with $7107.38 and $6.75, sheep and yearlings with various cents, and a reference to steadiy market tones. Names Hoge Heegipis appear but context is unclear.
Receipts at city scales show hay fourteen lambs nate seven rounds corm six Inada. Wheat and rye prices set equally with unusual midyear demand. Attend races next Wednesday Thursday and Friday with admission reduced to 25 cents.
Seth Whitford returned from Tushville Indiana with four blooded Jersey cattle including a tall son of Eminent VII. The bull sold for 1,006 dollars at four months old and the four head are valued near 3,000 dollars. The alter-five animals at the sale brought 83,900 dollars, showing strong demand with buyers from every state. An Oregon buyer offered 1,060 dollars for Whitford’s bargain bull before the sale run. The cattle will be moved early Friday night to Ken t Aaliyitte sone.
In Kreddallville Indiana Mr and Mrs George Shafter of Wayne township hosted the Wayne Township Jolly Dozen on a Thursday afternoon. Members attended with several notable recitations and a Mrs Jutehins absent. A future meeting is planned at Mr and Mrs AS HIMs home with husbands invited. An harvest event and sale of 100 dozen knee pants was advertised by Patterson-Fuetcher Co.
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