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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
9
Real estate ad promotes buying and selling city, farm, and suburban properties. It highlights Vid C Heller and E Gregg Davis as contact references with room numbers in Pixley-Long Block and a 1625 phone number. It claims the largest list of vacant and improved properties and notes evening office hours.
Two fires swept Elwood districts yesterday afternoon, damaging the Burch dental block and nearby structures. Firemen battled flames with water and smoke, auxiliary crews reported losses estimated near two thousand dollars. A plant at Ames Coal camp also burned slightly, with limited property damage and one building destroyed. Inspectors noted minor injuries and insured losses under review.
The Winona Journal Gazette notes Governor JT Kiaphkch Yanks and Hanky He will speak about Fourth of July events at Winona Lake this Saturday. A boarding house joke about finding a "new cook" appears in the paper, and the issue promises many cook listings in today’s want ads.
Wheat prices rose on rust rumor hopes while production expectations fluctuated with reports from Minneapolis and the Northwest. Prices for September deliveries advanced as buyers reacted to signals of weaker field yields and tighter supplies, with traders noting varied regional outlooks and ongoing market uncertainty.
Chicago market report shows hogs selling to a top of 5 70 per cwt, the highest price paid this year. Traders note strong demand for prime lots with quicker movements into packing houses, while cattle, sheep, and horse prices exhibit mixed activity and ongoing seasonal dullness.
Journal Gazette notes cattle hogs and sheep receipts at CF Preiffer & Sons Live Stock Brokers. Steers around 1400 pounds steady. cows good fat to export at eight dollars. hogs light to heavy trading with mixed grade prices. sheep receipts light but prices held at upper teens to mid twenties for various cuts. veal and lamb ranges reported, top values around 30 to 50 dollars for select vealings and cull stock.
Fragmentary OCR shows a June 28 market snippet with hogs sheep and slippers at rough prices. readable names or concrete entities are severely limited. The fragment mentions hogs, sheep, and a price line but lacks clear actions or outcomes to summarize into a full news item.
In Pittsburgh Pa on tune 28 the hogs report six loads of goods. Mediums and Yorkers and lambs are mentioned with pricing notes. Two chipped lamis and a 84 Ob 25 appear among the readable items in this damaged text.
Special to the Journal-Gazette reports Cleveland stock yards hog receipts and market movement for June 2. The hog market opened higher while receipts were light and market showed softness across grades with prices around five dollars for some grades.
The dry goods market in New York shows buyers eager for quick delivery but struggling to secure timely goods. Robbers remain active in thefts, while the trade continues to progress, and sellers aim to satisfy demand despite obstacles.
Indianapolis June 28 The appellate court held that a saloon keeper who by illegal sale enables patrons to become drunken can be liable in damages for deaths caused by drunken fights. The ruling reverses prior thoughts that a child born after the father’s death cannot claim support from the offender. The decision affirms the child’s right to support despite the father having died in a drunken quarrel.
A nine hour work day and open shop policy were instituted by Philadelphia printers as of June 24 1905 affecting about one third of local compositors. The move, tied to a nationwide eight hour day push, exempts no immediate opposition and awaits the national printers convention in Toronto for final action.
The day’s trading notes high light demand for high priced grangers and pacific stocks with potential for dividend returns. Investors eyed foreign loans and bonds as part of a broad speculative push while iron and steel shares showed only limited lift amid a unsettled market mood.
New York money market rates show calls at 24244 with low bids around 2 percent and offerings near 22 percent. Time deposits hold steady while bankers’ bills edge at 487 to 987 with domestic and international exchange stable. Government and other bonds listed with irregularities noted.
The notice lists wholesale and retail prices across multiple commodities and farm goods. Grain bids include wheat at 104 per bushel, corn 0 b c per bushel, oats 3lm ec per bushel, rye 6c, barley 4c, with butter eggs lard honey various prices. Live poultry and livestock show figures such as live chickens 2 cents, old chickens % pound, ducks 9c, geese 5c, and hides and wool prices. Various flour, meal, bran, and feed components cited with wholesale figures, plus farmyard items like beeswax 4c per pound and potatoes 2c per bushel.
Leopold Wittebort again divorces Mary A Disneaux Wittebort in June and Mary travels in Europe. He seeks reunion with his second wife Grace Mason of Fairmount. Wittebort’s first marriage dated 1852 ended in divorce, later remarried on November 3, 1897, followed by a second separation.
A historical note recalls a man doubting the validity of a second marriage to Grace Mason, asserting that a certificate had not been recorded. Upon discovery, the former wife’s record was found proper, clarifying the marriage as binding.
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