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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
5
In Pittsburg Pa reports show hay receipts light but buyers absorb offerings readily. Prices firm for No 1 timothy and clover mixed. prairie hay steady. Shippers urged to tighten price discipline for weeks. Straw receipts light though sold at quotations with rye and wheat straw meeting demand. Oat straw in good supply as factories run few.
A chaotic market report notes heavy trading as European political concerns influence New York stocks. Traders respond to London and Paris cues while US wheat prospects ease prices. Bond trading stays steady as US equities wobble amid uncertain outlooks.
The report notes a volatile European market and rising demand pushing wheat prices higher. Traders saw brisk cash demand for red winter wheat, with multiple cargoes sold and payments issued, while spring wheat outlook softened as four million bushels were cut from last month’s estimates. Local receipts and futures activity showed firming sentiment despite initial selling, with cash sales totaling around 285,000 bushels and notable demand from millers amid weather-driven supply expectations.
Wholesale street market figures show rich detail on cattle, hay, and grain. Prices cover steers heifers cows bulls light calves and hay, plus wheat corn oats rye and other staples across New York and regional exchanges.
Classified note inviting orders for Pocahontas and Domestic coal from Dunn Coal Company. Contact Meade Oni in the East at phone 1451 for arrangements.
Market notes show light wheat acreage and weak clover seed. Reports from Toledo and Chicago outline price moves, receipts, and futures for wheat corn and oats. Early day trading saw mixed opens with modest gains in some grains, while others held steady or eased.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a city scales note with garbled words and missing names. It mentions numbers and times but lacks clear subjects or actions, leaving an unreadable brief without coherent events or entities.
The text reports a legal matter titled Jerome Withdraws From The Thaw Case. It mentions Madison Square garden and a Haronvie suit, with a dramatic escape into questioning of sanity and a plan to have experts examine the individual involved in a New York court proceeding.
The New York dry goods market shows mixed activity with textiles and yarns steady or in demand for spring shipments. Cotton mills appear dull while knit goods and hosiery show sustained activity. notable prices include Mor at $8.50 and other quotational notes from traders and mills.
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