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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
14
Market dispatch notes wheat futures rising on rust damage rumors while corn slumped. Reports detail moderate to heavy selling, mixed receipts, and price shifts across Chicago and inland grain markets, with futures easing after early gains and prices shaping into a cautious close.
Fragmentary real estate listing notes various transfers and buy sell items. Names include Uriah Johnston, Bernard, and Gragg. Mentions properties near Lakeside and a 15 foot east boundary and a sale price of 1750. The text is garbled but indicates urban and farm estate activity with multiple agents.
Report of a blaze at Elwood involving the Taslar bloc and nearby establishments. Buildings housing Burek dental parlors and a photography shop suffered water and smoke damage while workers including Miss Minnis Mitchell optician and George W. Smith photographer were affected. Fire fighting crews saved one structure. investigators cite hot metal and a faulty alarm as factors. Insurance details referenced.
Gov Frank Hanly will travel to Winona Lake on Saturday for a forth of july appearance with Mrs Hanly and a small party as he arrives for the festivities. James Waison also slated to speak with the crowd while the event unfolds at Winona. Local residents are urged to secure lodging and meals as housing options are limited during the visit.
In Indianapolis Vigo County case a saloon keeper faced damages for murder after a drunken brawl and death of a man. The court overturned a prior judgment denying a child posthumous support from the father, ruling the infant’s right to support persists despite the keeper’s death. The two-month-old child, born after the father’s death, remained entitled to support from the estate.
A nine hour work day and open shop policy were adopted today by Philadelphia printers. The open shop applies to composing rooms in listed shops after June 24 1995 with a new wage scale kept at current levels. The move aims to meet anticipated eight hour day demands and follows a national convention approach discussed for the craft.
New York June 6 money market closes firm with rates near stable levels. Prices show bankers bills at 4 percent, demand bills around 4 1/8, and 90 day bills near 4 percent. Sterling exchange quoted with cautious posture as investors weigh government securities.
Market notes list prices for wool, butter, flour, wheat, corn, oats, barley, seeds, and livestock. Quoted are winter and spring wheats, patent flour, shorts, cornmeal, hay, and various animal hides. Several firms and buyers are cited with bid and wholesale prices, reflecting a broad rural goods market snapshot.
In Marion Indiana on June 28 Leupolt Wittebor again divorces Mary A Disneaux Wittebort who travels in Europe. He seeks reunion with his second wife Grace Mason of Fairmount. He first married Mary in 1882, later divorced and remarried on November 3 18__. The report notes their second separation in time.
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