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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
19
Chicago reports steady price strength across grains amid a dry spell, with wheat showing gains and corn and oats advancing. Trading featured heavy buying for country houses, support from spring crop field advices, and varied shifts in hogs while drought news from Russia added a cautious tone.
Across Washington township and Whitley county reports indicate hundreds of acres damaged by recent frosts, delaying maturation of corn and prompting urgent replanting. Comparatively lighter losses observed in Allen and adjacent counties. hay markets show mixed quotations across Chicago and Cleveland regions with various grades and tonnages noted.
Readable fragments show market notes on butter creamery extracts, receipts and prices. Mentions chickens turkeys fowls and dressed poultry with scattered figures and locations, plus references to Chicago and new items.
Corrected daily by Charles Mr Whener and Exkart Packing Cr. lists grain hay feed and produce prices. Includes wholesale figures for potatoes onions corn beans and butter with terms like Michigan hand picked benna strict trash eggs fresh country butter and broilers with per pound or per crate values.
Corrected daily market readout listing prices for wheat corn oats and barley by bushel or ton, with per barrel and per ton figures. Includes bread and flour futures, poultry, potatoes and honey, alongside selling prices for bleach winter wheat and assorted feeds and meal.
Prices for hogs and cattle were held steady with light gains noted in Chicago and New York markets. Receipts across locations showed strength in hogs and cattle, with hogs at about 8.75 to 9.00 dollars and cattle rising modestly, as buyers eyed upcoming demand and supply shifts.
The Fort Wayne market reports first blackberries of the season arriving yesterday and watermelons coming today. Prices vary with fruit quality, cabbage and some produce lacking, eggs and butter edging down, while wheat and corn show little change. Frosts worry farmers who plan replanting as spring stock is damaged and the market remains dull with cautious commission dealers.
Ellshart County onion growers near Nappanee have abandoned onion crops for hemp. The Laughlin Bros. Co. reports about 210 acres of hemp with near 200 acres more to come. C Logan, from Kentucky, has 60 acres and other planters are shifting to hemp, totaling about a thousand acres. Hemp thrives on rich soil and needs heavy manual harvests, with labor historically supplied by imported workers from Kentucky.
Fort Wayne market dealers report a new egg tampering scheme where an attacker inserts a needle into eggs to deter hatchings. The aim cited is to prevent rivals from selling eggs as premium products, though the motive remains unclear.
Wheat prices firmed after reports of inadequate moisture aiding the spring crop scare. Both oats and corn followed wheat higher on strong demand and limited supply as traders priced in possible damage to the wheat crop in the Pakistan region and elsewhere.
In Minneapolis on July 12 a hundred thousand bushels of potatoes rotting on railcars may be donated to charity if railroad charges are canceled. A local firm formed a committee to negotiate with railroad officials for relief, as the glut is blamed on new southern potatoes arriving. Prices for old potatoes fell throughout the day with few buyers.
Receipts and prices of the city scales were listed with figures for loads and tonnage. Entries show Toledo Ohio dated June 12 with multiple prices including $7.95, $7.90, and other values such as 39.35 and 4.95 reflecting cash and monthly figures.
After July 1 automatic owners of India via will must pay an annual license fee from 4 to 20 dollars. Revenue funds road improvements statewide. New law imposes heavy penalties on drivers who cause injury and leave the scene, requiring reporting of incident, driver details, and location to police. Store ad notes shifts 2.40 to 15 in Patterson-Fletcher store patterns.
June 13 market turn from gloom to enthusiasm with active trading. Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Southern Pacific Lehigh Valley and Reading rise several points as bonds and money markets show mixed signals. Analysts note recent downward movement may be exhausted while underlying optimism grows despite uneven bond activity and persistent volatility.
Secretary Andrew Smith of the Two Giana Bankers Association issues warnings about a man claiming to be Roy Bates aged around 30 to 35, 140 pounds, 5'5". Bates says he is a second-class quartermaster on the steamship South Dakota and wears naval uniform, potentially tied to two forged checks at the post office and Hamilton National Bank.
New York dispatch notes a disjointed advertisement text fragment mentioning prices for soft French cattish shirts and names like Patterson-Fletcher Co, with garbled product references and no clear event or outcome. The fragment lacks coherent details but signals a retail ad irregularity and supplier mentions.
Louis G Miller of Indianapolis married Ales Matilda Roth daughter of Mrs Susanna Roth of 507 West Main Street in Indianapolis a few days ago. Miller born here moved to Indianapolis twenty years ago and is foreman at C H D machine shops. They will reside in Indianapolis. Local sale notice for New Necessity garments appears.
Fragmentary OCR notes show banking terms and figures on loans cash on hand and interest. The text mentions a bank and furniture store context with current expenses and total receipts, indicating a financial report snapshot.
Agricultural guide by G B Brackett describes dormant grafting and budding methods, including splice grafting and tongue grafting, root grafting techniques, and clait grafting. It covers stock and scion preparation, securing joints, winter storage, and post graft care for fruit trees.
Practical instruction on grafting methods and wax use for fruit trees. Guidance on bearing-tree regrafting and regrafting timing, plus locating another suitable orchard site. Discusses soil types, slope exposure, drainage, and the impact of soil on fruit quality and tree vigor.
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