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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1906
Page
4
Hart, Schaffner Marx silk trimmed Blue Serge Outing Suits now priced at 5 dollars, down from 25, with stocks in men’s and boys’ sizes. Also features expanded Underwear section and 40 dozen Cooper Union suits added to the line.
Two men attempted suicide Tuesday in Fort Wayne with Ray M. Lance a 30 year old attorney from Wauseon Ohio shooting himself at the Wayne hotel. Gottlieb Johann Meyer 16 of 7126 Barthold Street swallowed carbolic acid at home. Lance left dissipation behind him while Meyer's death followed two years of paralysis and illness. Police and coroner investigations consider despondency and pain as key factors. survivors include family and a pension from service in the Spanish American War.
A flurry of June weddings unfolds across Toledo and Bluffton. Charlotte Martz and Walter Smoot wed at the Martz home with family and friends then travel to Philadelphia and Chicago. Grace Benoy and F Earl Drowne plan a Denald street ceremony with social festivities. Miss Minnie Tagtmeyer and Stephen Kehoe tie the knot in Lansing with Canada trip follow, while Miss Florence Thomas weds Edwin Walker in Toledo with a large reception. Other unions include Miss Josephine Zartman and H Berleman Diefenbach and Miss Clara Ruf and L C Hessert in Bluffton, plus Miss Anna Noll and Eugene Simonton in Moline. A bustling month of church ceremonies, receptions, and travel plans accompanies these weddings.
Washington June 19 Indiana rural carriers were appointed today listing towns Bloomfield Elnora Newberry Worthington and others with regular carriers and substitutes including Chas Laughlin Frank Leavitt Oscar Hackler Lester Hickey Wm Acton Leander Maners and Henry Lester in the official notice.
Chicago June 19 Wheat prices steady on fair commission buying and short covering with July range 82½ to 88 1 4 cents and close near 83 3 4 cents. Corn opens weak on rains and slips to around 51 to 52 cents with a weak close. oats follow, rye and flax quoted. Provisions ease with pork around 16 65 to 16 75, lard near 8 90, ribs about 9 25. Local receipts noted, futures soften late on broad market weakness.
Chicago market reports show cattle receipts 3 500, hogs 18 000 with values listed for beeves cows and calves and a weak to lower trend in hogs. Cincinnati hogs steady with cattle and sheep pricing noted. Buffalo market reports quiet with steady cattle and sheep. prices for choice pigs at 6.75 to 6.80 and overall hogs 6.90 to 6.95 for other grades.
Butter and eggs held steady with bid ranges in Chicago and New York markets. Butter prices ranged from 18 to 21 cents, while eggs held around 14 to 14 1/2 cents with steady receipts noted. cheese showed firm tones with varied grades priced from 7 to 11 cents per pound. Receipts totaled 22,229 packages for butter and 12,716 boxes for cheese, alongside 31,182 egg cases.
Toledo O June 19 Oil North Lima 98c South Lima and Indiana 93c Fort Wayne markets Garr Street Wheat 85c bu Corn 50c bu Oats 37 to 39c bu Rye 6se vu Barley 50c bu Apples 1.50 bu Butter 13 1li Eggs 15 15igc Lard 8 se ib Potatoes 85 90c bu Cabbage 50c doz Turkeys 16c Ib Chickens 10 1lc Live Ducks 25c Geese 9c Ib Wool unwashed 25 28c Wool washed 30 3lc
A booklet advertising amusement resorts and quiet summer homes on the Nickel Plate Road is available. Prospective readers may contact agent C. A. Melin, T. P. A., Fort Wayne, Indiana, or B. F. Horner, G. Pp. A, Cleveland, Ohio, for details.
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