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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1908
Page
5
Chicago trading notes show heavy selling pushing wheat futures down from early gains as reports and weather influence weigh on prices. July and September contracts fluctuated with receipts and deliveries mixed, while corn and oats held firmer. livestock also seen steady with beef and pork markets noting firm prices and healthy demand.
Chicago dateline reports cattle prices slipping further with heavy declines in steer and heifer grades. Sheep and lambs also weaken, with moderate demand and lower values noted. traders report large receipts across Western markets and steady to softer trading in stockers and calves amid a generally bearish tone.
Fragmentary OCR shows uncertain figures and descriptions of city scales receipts and load counts. The readable portions mention four loads and a bus incident with unclear details. Local authorities or officials are not named.
The dry goods market ruled steady and quiet in New York. Semi annual clearances are set for June 24. About 200 bales of cottoncloth have been sold for shipment. The cotton yarn market remains under higher cotton influence. Men’s wear trade is quiet.
A large Indianapolis party led by Mr and Mrs Honey Lahmond plans a weekend trip to a Lake north of Columbia City with several guests from Nebraska Van Wert and this city. The group will stay at The Hohoes Retreat with a fish fry scheduled for Tuesday and a Sunday return.
Fort Wayne Printing Co offers Moore's $1.00 loose leaf outfit claimed to stop leaks, with contact at 214 16 E Main.
Columbia City June 16 The Fox and Helfrich furniture partnership is dissolved by mutual consent. Lyman Fox and William Helfrich buy the business from Charles D. Stewart. Helfrich becomes sole proprietor. Fox seeks a new location, health needs of his wife, and may relocate to the southwest or Cuba.
Ice cream and sandwiches lemonade and pop five cents at the Elks Fair. Mayor JR Warrison after investigation offered City Marshal McNabb to name the double park of Chianneeys street obstructed for some time by Jonny Hinkle. Tents Remey and Leininger Bros. stretched a wire across the street to obstruct passing. Ri claims blame on neighbor engineers. Naval Mar ion offers animation of facts and firing. Hinkle has no claim to intervening premises. street opened at once.
An advertising notice promoting The Great Temperance Drink as non intoxicating from C. L. Centlivre Brewing Co. It provides a contact phone number and urges readers to try the product.
New York stock activity remained listless as the market wavered with limited movement. Bank holdings in English, French, and German institutions showed strength, copper prices fluctuated, and the money market stayed easy though bonds were irregular. Total trades reached 32,406,000 with U.S. bonds unchanged on call.
The market reports small rate changes with commercial papers and bills noted. Sterling exchange fluctuations appear, and government bonds show steadiness while railroad bonds remain irregular.
Readable notes show Fort Wayne wholesale and retail market quotations for dairy butter eggs potatoes beans corn meat and poultry. Numerous price figures list per bushel barrel crate and pound for items such as butter lard chickens ducks turkeys beef and produce with city scale quotes and vendor names.
The listing from Purcell and Pears shows quotes for various horse categories including draft, saddle, and general mountain horses. It details weights from 1,200 to 1,400 pounds and prices around 175 to 220 dollars, with cows and veal calves noted as well as steers and heifers.
Baltimore reports a major gift plan by Henry Phipps and others for a new four story hospital and university research complex at Johns Hopkins. The project aims to create a national center for mental illness and nervous disease study with clinical and teaching facilities, equipment, and ten-year support. Includes funds to build laboratories, wards, and patient care units, plus salaries for faculty and researchers.
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