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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
3
Friday records at the city scales show mixed weights and odd totals. Hay sales total 7 dollars forty cents, while other items include tar hay and cattle feeds priced variably. Local notes mention weights recorded and rates, reflecting a routine but unclear audit.
Wheat edged lower on a damp Chicago session with firm cash and future price shifts. Traders noted slow export interest and steady to firmer local receipts while corn held gains on data. oats remained quiet amid mixed demand and rain delays.
A fragmentary market update lists prices and names in a murky block of OCR text. It mentions a dry goods market, firmer rates, and several unreadable entities alongside a few legible items and dates, hinting at a regional trade report with mixed clarity.
Fragmented, garbled text mentions market conditions improving and shifted tone toward positive trends. No clear entities or events detectable. summary limited to speculative reference to a brighter market outlook amid incomprehensible lines.
The market shows a tame wheat tone with mixed reports on clover seed and grain. Traders note light activity, with December futures varying and cash markets holding steady as bearish shifts sparking selective covering and price adjustments across corn and oats.
A dense market listing corrected by Eckart Packing Co and O. Beaho details prices across grains and livestock. Wheat, corn, rye, barley, oats, and flax are quoted with per bushel and ton figures. cattle, veal calves, sheep, and hogs priced by grade. Also notes dairy and produce items from Elgin creamery and local growers, with regional sellers and street quotations.
A reporter notes lower demand for apples while supply remains tight. Prices may rise but not dramatically as buyers hold back and sellers adjust to a uncertain market with a steady but cautious outlook.
Week by week brokers at Howenstein and Crouse note rising demand across markets. Prices for butter and vegetables surge as stock levels tighten and buyers, including grocers in Loshes and nearby towns, bid up prices per pound and per dozen.
A fragment notes prices for various goods including hitkers at 31.73 per bushel and 2.00 per bushel, waste walnuts at 1h cents to 100 per tunbel, and honey at 12 to 23 cents. The garbled line references GEORGE x f CROUBEY.
The Journal Gazette weekly letter notes farmers' receipts of wheat in the city have risen, pleasing millers. Prices in Fort Wayne markets range from about 1.00 to 1.697 cents per bushel, with corn drawing favorable demand. Wheat sowing is smaller due to drought, but prices for rye and other grains remain steady. corn October prices improve, and farmers await the harvest with some optimism.
A garbled report notes a fatal incident on a city street involving a car and pedestrian. Police and emergency services responded. bystanders witnessed the event as investigators began work at the scene.
In Pittsburg on October 8 the hay receipts after the latest arrivals show 79 cars in the interyard and 214 billed to live stock. Demand centers on No 1 Timothy and No 2 clover, with No 2 timothy and No 3 Timothy threshed and offered. Buyers urged to act promptly, favoring best grades with discounts as interior demand grips the market. Hog and oat straw markets firm for wheat and oats, rye easing marginally as supply persists and demand remains steady.
The Westminster Presbyterian church held a crowded farewell service for Rev Willan Gh Wiser who departs to lead Andrew Presbyterian in Minneapolis. The evening program featured music by the chapel choir and orchestra, with tributes praising his ministry and urging continued support in his new charge.
An advertisement offers a hall for rent described as the largest best lit and most comfortable in the city. Readers are advised to call at the Emporium and to read answer ads as part of merchant advertising.
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