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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1912
Page
8
The page parcels scattered market notes from Pittsburg and Chicago on hay and straw values, wheat prices, and commodity receipts. It also reports New York coffee trading, noting steady futures and mixed bean movements.
Raw and odd OCR text describes various market items in Chicago with references to poultry, meats, and produce. Mentions commodities like beans, cheese, and beef, with notes on stock conditions and trading activity. Processing issues yield unclear names and numbers but convey a general market snapshot from the era.
The Fort Wayne local market lists grain and feed prices with wheat, corn, barley, and oats near steady to firm levels. Retail staples include butter, lard, potatoes, apples, chickens, and varied produce with notable price points for yellow and white corn, mixed ear corn, and cheese products.
Prices for butter cause a sharp dispute among dealers as a Friday market push drives some grades up while others hold firm. The Eight Board notes a rise at the cent mark, with claims of outside pressure influencing the move and accusations of profiteering against certain sellers. Eggs stay firm at 19 cents, candled extras steady, while grain markets show little change and farmers brace for possible future gains.
The Patsburgh horse market report lists steady trade, rare horses, and strong buyers. Prices mention 120K and 95 t, with several figures noting bartering, shedding, and carriage suitability.
Roma social notes list Anne Th. Coty Rev A Teles Ani Gen Elray, Walter S Welser, Misa Lara Broughton of Ken vl as visitors at Ara GF home. C Wade of Albion attends Panewan university visit. Chivener Lamp travels through on Gee and Leba line. A crowd from here attends White Sox Kendallville game in Kendallville today.
ARGOS NEWS reports many local visits and family gatherings around Plymouth and East Center. Residents like Tad and Jane 37 Ethel Tite, Deshart Aniston, Leah Hodge, Jaroh Crace, and Joseph Johnson are noted visiting relatives. multiple names and movements reference nearby farms and churches amid a crowded social notice.
Chicago June 27 live stock trade shows cattle receipts 4,600 with firm demand for beeves and steers. hog receipts 22,000 with steady to higher bids. sheep receipts 14,000 with a general market softer for lambs and yearlings. Prices for Texas cattle, westerns, stockers and feeders, cows, calves, hogs and lambs are listed with ranges and notable shifts. sales at Omaha, Kansas City and St. Louis influence current tone.
Market at Toledo Union Stock Yards shows buying demand outside packers 106 and bids mixed. Quotes for hogs, cattle, and calves span wide ranges with prime and good to choice grades noted, but overall weak tone amid uncertain demand and varied quality readings.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a city scales entry with unclear prices and items listed. Names, dates, and concrete details are not recoverable from the readable text.
In Jane 27 dispatch from the Northwest agricultural market notes wheat holding a firm tone amid mild weakness in nearby futures. Reports indicate soft winter wheat bids in the Southwest around 1.12 dollars for July, with cash prices up to 1.40. Corn and oats show strength with July contracts rising, while rye and barley move higher on broad market support.
Enos Stanley, a Whitley County resident and Civil War veteran of the 129th Indiana, died Thursday morning at 6 o'clock in Marion Indiana after a six week illness. He was 78, married once, four of seven children survive, and is also survived by a sister Mrs W J Lansdown. Funeral arrangements set for Glovelani township and Lansdown home with services Saturday at noon.
A total of the examination at Nickel Plate trainmen in the city was conducted yesterday afternoon in the court house peaceful room by Trainmaster and Kirby.
In New York on June 7, stock brokers viewed the political outlook with complacency. The market showed constructive advances in steel products from independent manufacturers and favorable crop news. Bond market steady. U.S. government securities unchanged. money market slightly firmer as July payments loom.
Local report notes promotionists arrange a rally in Alien county to be held July 4 with invitations extended to groups and public figures. Also mentioned are plans for prohibitions advocates, scouts from Wayne invited to Winona in August, and other community notices amid several local events.
Chairman Johnson of the Democratic Central Committee works at this time to elect an executive committee. He will resist him during the campaign and select the best ten men for these positions. The unnamed committee will be announced later.
Fragmented police blotter notes Frank Smith and Grace Wilson fined ten dollars each for vagrancy at 702 Cay street after being found in Go Jatter's rooms. Judge halted a jail sentence amid pleading. Wilh Howard Jintiging faced further action for assault. Sunkiss and others tied to county hospital case. youth to be sent home.
Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co announces a citywide rule prohibiting platform passengers on CMY cars and requiring boarding from inside. Notices will be printed and posted then enforced to reduce crowding and allow orderly entry and exit, with conductors and new staff monitoring compliance citywide.
Auburn News reports a flurry of visitors and travels. Mrs. M L Hurlburt of Fort Wayne arrives tomorrow to visit Mrs J W McChilon. Several locals attend the big state teachers association convention in Terre Haute. Families from Shilo Waterloo and Angola visit relatives in Auburn. Miss Blanche Miser shows signs of improvement after a nervous prostration. Funeral services for Mrs Jamar Varley held at the Fatheran church. Grace Carpenter returns home after visits in Holines and Toledo. Meantime the local factory workers attend a 6 o'clock meeting for Mrs George Shogirs of San Ansel.
In Columbia City Indiana on a quiet Thursday morning at 10 o’clock, Martha T. Mise Myers of South Wills Joy and Heneat H. Ketrow of Bid hex were united in marriage at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Shoemaker officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by the necessary family and friends, with a brief civil note on the bride’s family and birthday announcements for local couples.
Fragmentary OCR notes show Fort Wayne and Northern Indiana Traction Co service, Wabash Valley Lines, and a Fort Wayne to Lafayette route. Mentions limited trains, times around 7:10, and destinations including Madison and Fort Wayne Bib. unclear text but indicates passenger rail schedules and regional lines.
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