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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1908
Page
3
The report notes unusually large potato receipts this week with shipments arriving from multiple regions. Prices and warehouse allocations are discussed as buyers plan to curb shortages and balance supply with expected demand.
Market commentary records a strong finish for wheat with prices rallying near earlier highs. Trade notes include limited activity, firm tones on wheat due to weather and maturation concerns, with slight declines at close and mixed receipts around 21,000 ears.
corrected market notes from Wayry Fash and Pred a Ty Teusselt list cereal prices and cattle quotes in New York and local street markets. Wheat and feed values appear with price points, while packers and creamery items are noted. The report compiles grain, livestock, dairy products, and wholesale street market quotations with periods of correction by George H. Croura and others.
The report notes firmer undertone for wheat with steadier corn as gains fade, markets in Liverpool and Chicago mixed as weather is favorable. Prices open lower but settle near unchanged with July and December futures fluctuating. oats and rye mixed amid thin shipments and carryover stocks.
Readable lines show hay demand exceeding receipts with arrivals readily placed in Pittsburg. The piece notes favorable weather, timely mowing, and farmers awaiting better prices while hay and straw are shipped to markets as producers anticipate lower costs.
The report details hog prices and market conditions with prices down from yesterday and weekly totals showing lower bids at western packing points. It notes shifts in hog supply and packing throughput, predicts price directions, and cites agency data and futures expectations amid broader meat market uncertainty.
A radical private proposal envisions a four track electrically operated freight subway under and around Manhattan. Henry J. Pierce and William J. Wilgus back a cross river network linking steel yards, classification yards, and a Jersey terminal, with belts to major railroads and a riverfront tunnel system for charging and dispatching freight.
Market notes show pork prices and pig trades with limited readable details. Names and locations are unclear, but the fragment indicates a selling event with price points around forty units and general market activity.
Georg Mrosles of DeKalb County dies after a sudden illness. Survived by widow and children, including a son named Georg who died weeks earlier. Funeral arrangements pending with interment at Manteton Cemetery. local Christian church members mourn his loss.
Report notes a stranger posed as a member of Brights of Columbus and other fraternal groups, obtaining cards and cash from members. Police suspect a coordinated theft scheme involving forged cards and multiple organizations. Several victims are named, with details on how the suspect accessed attendees and documents.
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