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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
5
In Chicago and major Midwest markets the bear sentiment dominated. Prices for wheat futures slipped while cash grain receipts remained mixed, with Minneapolis and Chicago reporting substantial car arrivals. Provisions waned as hog and lard values fell, and wholesale dairy and butter markets showed modest activity amid fluctuating futures.
Elgin butter market activity described with prices and trading notes. Coffee market figures show a price around 36.85 with March delivery and a closing sale approaching, as Pattenson Vletcher Co. runs the sale that began yesterday and closes Saturday.
In early trading the wheat market shows a firm but uneven tone with bears in control on western reports. Prices dip at Liverpool with cash and near futures weaker while December and other contracts slide. oat and barley movements mirror weaker sentiment amid harvest pressure and growing bearish intake from the northwest.
Reported speculation in stocks sagged after earlier gains as investors realized profits. Yet sentiment remained buoyant with no major weakness, aided by renewed confidence in industrial, financial, and commercial prospects, stronger railroad outlook, and rising copper and bond activity in New York and London markets.
The report lists wholesale and retail quotations for dairy products like butter and cheese, various meats including hens ducks turkeys and geese, and produce such as potatoes, corn, wheat, barley, and pineapples. It catalogs prices per pound, per bushel, and per crate from multiple markets, mills, and brokers, with references to Elgin creamery, Michigan potatoes, and City Sealer quotations.
Prices for cattle fell with a large butchers’ trade slower than last week. Hogs and lambs declined amid high receipts. buyers paused, markets showed mixed advances for cattle, with reports of 14 000 head and 19 500 fewer than a week prior. Lambs and sheep followed suit amid rising supplies and lower bids.
A serious afternoon fire at Windsor race track caused extensive damage to the buildings and stables, with 225 horses evacuated and some losses estimated in the thousands. The blaze disrupted a Tung meeting and left the track largely ruined, while welfare for affected owners and horses is uncertain. Local ads and market notes from the Journal-Gazette list prices and commodities.
Results at the city scales yesterday show several winners as local events unfold. Races opening tomorrow promise the greatest spectacle yet, with admission set at 25 cents.
Real estate transfers recorded by 2 G Holler and associates include Catherine A Manan to various parcels in Zollate Swayne addition and Raningeg vision south, with prices around 310 to 530. Transactions involve George F Mixar, Abbe L Slodd, Wayne Bitte Haley, Oscar W Literefuta, and others. Kendallville fair premium listings appear in the agricultural section with a note on premium test and cooperative entries.
The premiums for the Kendallville fair to be held September 28 to October 2 are ready for distribution. Secretary Brause announces it as a historic moment for the association with revised premium lists. Increases have been made in many instances to meet exhibitors' wishes.
Bore to Mr and Mrs John A Steekenyon a son at 636 Putnam Street Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne Oil Supply Co sole agents offer reduced insurance by installing Childs Fire Extinguishers. A sensational life ending in St Louis as John J Wood dies by his own action after two months of facility debt. A rubber tube and gas jet involved, with a dancing hall and weekly checks mentioned.
The text reports varied items including Miss Grace Rennison resuming a stenographer post at Physicians’ Defense Company after a health-related absence. It mentions individuals traveling on the Kearsarge, an explosion on that vessel, and Charles Vernon Ewing planning a summer with his parents in Dayton Ohio due to health. Also listed are plumbing bids for the local post office: Robert Spice 912.63, Albert Tarmpkinson 989, Joseph Martin & Co 1000, with bids sent to Washington for lowest bidder consideration.
Fragments describe neckwear sale offering four in hands and wash in hands at reduced prices. Mentions 60 Frozen, 50 cents owing, and general discount on other neckwear from Patten son Fletcher Co.
Local report notes the Chapman family planning annual rites in Monroeville. Broderick EF Shroyer appointed substitute clerk at the local gest ancy and Clarence Wyant named substitute carrier. The superintendents association met in Peru with Wayne Ackley acting as district manager.
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