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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1911
Page
4
Grain futures surged with wheat and corn leading gains amid strong buying and weather concerns. Cash wheat activity remained tepid while speculators pushed prices higher with May wheat near the week’s peak and corn reaching multiyear highs. provisions eased on bearish signals, and cash grain quotes varied across commodities.
On Saturday the local grain market saw wheat climb 2c per bushel, ending at $5c amid speculation in distant markets. Rain favored crops, lifting hopes for good yields, while Allen county growers in town reported favorable prospects. Corn remained uninjured and benefited from recent wet weather. some replanting occurred due to drought damage, with farmers across the region considering early replanting efforts.
New York markets report live poultry and dressed fowls with varied prices. Creamery items and cheese receipts are steady with exports around 2400 boxes. Illinois and Pennsylvania notes reflect gathering quality eggs and dairy products with fluctuating but mostly steady quotes. Chicago Produce totals reach 14,461 cases with cheese prices firm and meats showing mixed movement.
Corrected market list shows Twelfth District grain prices for wheat oats and corn, with No 2 red and white wheats, yellow and white corn, and hay values. Also lists hide market figures, Mayflower prices, and retail street market items including butter eggs potatoes strawberries apples and poultry.
Chicago buyers anticipate a strong June hog run with weather aiding movement. Estimates at 60,000 head were discussed as a warmer trend and demand from packers remained cautious yet active, with prices for steers and hogs mixed across the week amid competition from Texas grass and cake-fed cattle.
Week of sheep and horse auction shows lower prices across the board due to high receipts. Receipts around 2700, down from 4100 previous week and 1743 year earlier. Better lots sold around 50 to 140, with high quality lambs and wool sheep achieving the stronger bids. Some offal prices reached about 206 to 215, while inferior lots fetched less.
In a damp market day at Toledo Union Stockyards, hog prices declined with dull close. Buyers showed limited demand for cattle and sheep reported steady to weak, while hogs and mixed livestock traded lower amid thin activity and scattered price marks across fat cows, feeders, and stockers.
The Turn Veréin Vorwaeres will hold their regular monthly meeting Wednesday evening June 7. The David Johnathan Bible class of the St Paul MLE church will hold a regular monthly business meeting last night at the home of Clearance Erensier at 1614 Lanternter attest.
Wheat futures rallied as sharp support reports and better flour demand buoyed prices. Northwest rains and drought in California and Texas weighed on supplies, while Toledo cash and futures showed strength. July through December contracts rose, with traders aiming to push values higher amid bullish sentiment and distressing crop news.
An extensive market note describes how an early heat wave crippled fresh produce, butter and eggs pricing while rains later softened some curves. It notes price declines in selected markets, rising butter outputs, and improved pasture conditions. New law curbs rotten-tent sales amidst market moralizing.
Pittsburg June 4 hay receipts across all grades remain excessive with prices being reduced to stimulate sales. Spot quotes show No 1 timothy around 10, No 1 clover mixed at 12, and prairie hay varying by quality. Receipts and demand appear balanced in some markets while others report sluggish sales and lower quotations.
village notes record social visits, recoveries, and obituaries. Esther Szostein and Tee ts Dembulsky return from the city while Mrs G W Stahl visits De Darratt. Interment for Mrs George Smiley occurs in local cemetery. Rev. Aldson Arsick presides. Town meeting plans, church events, and a forthcoming retreat to discuss city power plant changes are noted.
Warsaw and surrounding area see a wave of visitors and visits from Leesburg Fort Wayne Pierceton Columbia City and Plymouth. Local residents including Mrs Frank Carteaux and family travel to Fort Wayne while Grace Hart travels from Prenteton and Lucia Hilliard from Baturnay. Children’s day exercises at the Christian church feature literary pieces and a foreign missions fundraiser.
A car driven by Mr. Peter Moran hit a street post at Wayne and Lafayette streets. Mrs. Moran and their son Bernart Moran suffered injuries. Bernart needed three stitches at Dr. Dinnen’s clinic. Police attended and Moran consented to a jury.
June dispatches report Queen Mary guiding coronation preparations with George V, urging lavish state functions in London and Delhi. Jewels worth millions are arranged for Indian rulers, while debates in Britain focus on home rule, finance, and a looming referendum stance by Redmond. Taft’s speech signals North American trade shifts as Canada and the U.S. weigh reciprocity amid imperial hearings.
Jonn a S Snyder of Thorncresk township starts in savab buattiees and aims to raise pleas for eastern markets. Mrs. Liszle Diston relocates a large building and sits to his farm. Mrs. John Balser retires from California visit and plans a quiet summer at home. Miss Nelle Fisher returns home after four months with aunt L. D. Crabit. Diesel Trille and Martha Lumm of Auburn visit Columbia City. Local residents visit relatives and travel from Mackegon Michigan. Chico Huffman of Chicago arrives for a short visit with uncle Charles McDonall and family. G. A. Pontius and daughter MALY spend a week in Indianapolis with Judge A. A. Adams’s family. Mrs. Filta Carver and son Jaft Zaturday travel to Van Buren to assist relatives and friends. Water Languin of Bourtin visits with parents Mr. and Mrs Frank Langony. Mrs. William Snyder and family from Fort Wayne arrive for a visit with relatives.
Plymouth postmaster Steiner has been notified of a pay raise from 2300 to 2400 dollars a year, effective July 1 as the new government year begins. He credits the mail handlers for the office’s strong performance and praises their work.
Ligonier Indiana June 4 The Lyric theater a moving picture show in this city was ordered by the court to remain dark on Sundays The court issued a mandate following a complaint filed by the city ministers alleging a Sunday observance requirement and religious concerns about the theater’s hours
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