Markets Summary Grain and Cotton Prices Quoted
The Markets section lists corn and oats prices with multiple bid values from brokers in the Rentschler Building. Prices shown include 48¢ 45¢ 43¢ 45¢ 40¢ 40¢ 43¢ 47¢ 40¢ 40¢ 40¢ 42¢ 40¢ and reflect December 24 at 1 pm readings from Chamberlin Bros. & Co. brokerage firms.
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Chamberlin Bros. & Co
Rentschler
Chicago
Chamberlin Bros
Rentsehler
Eevee
Jan Eevee
Ide
Cincinnati Grain and Stock Prices Decline Slightly Mixed
Wheat shows steady demand with No. 2 red at 1.01 and No. 3 at .98 to .99. Corn and oats trade steady amid fair demand while hay and barley prices vary. packers and butchers sit at 4.65 to 4.75 per hundredweight for pork cuts, with hogs and sheep selling moderately higher.
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Cincinnati
Timothy
Damages And Divorces Sought In Local Legal Actions
Sylvan Privette sues Hamilton Light and Power for 10000 damages claiming negligence caused a fatal boiler accident at Mosler Safe. The suit mirrors a prior case settled by Mosler paying the administrator. Also, Mary Brunson is sued for divorce by Charles Brunson in probate court for gross neglect and long absence since 1904. Jacob Wittenback sues Belle Christ Wittenback for divorce on same grounds. He claims cruelty and restoration of his pension. no children reported. Stephen Crane represents Wittenback.
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Sylvan Privette
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton Light and Power Company
Privette
H. M. Leigh
Mosler Safe Company
Leigh
Safe Company
Hamilton
Mosler Company
Walton S. Bowers
Charles Brunson
Mary Brunson
Mr. Brunson
Dairy and poultry prices and receipts report
Butter prices range around 314 cents with various dairy items noted. Cheese and eggs show steady markets with mixed receipts. poultry demand fair with steady tone and adequate receipts. Prices quoted include young chickens 9 cents, hens 9, toms 12, eggs strictly fresh 26 per dozen, country held 18, rabbits 1.40 to 1.50 per dozen.
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New York
Ohio
Cattle and hog market steadier after Christmas demand
Cattle receipts were light and demand from local butchers firmer after Christmas. Beef cattle sold about 10 to 15 cents higher than late last week, with dairy cows dull. Prices ranged for heavy steers 4.75 to 5.35 and hogs showed a 15 to 20 cent drop as weekly totals rose to about 5,500 head.
Mrs Emma Weitzel Dies After Surgical Operation
Mrs Emma Weitzel wife of John Weitzel of Mullberry street Cincinnati died Christmas day at noon at age 30 after a surgical operation. She leaves a widower three children mother two sisters and three brothers. Daughter of Mrs Carolina Hummeltenberg of Hamilton she was married seven years. Her sister Mrs Justis Duemer of Heaton street will attend the funeral in Cincinnati probably Friday.
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Emma Weitzel
John Weitzel
Mullberry Street
Cincinnati
Police seek Booneville fugitive George Baker
A telegram from Booneville Kentucky police chief asked to hold George Baker who is said to have shot and killed a year ago with three Boland brothers named John Lee and Howard. No one has appeared and no further word has come, with Chief Symmes seeking an explanation.
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Booneville
George Baker
John, Lee
Howard Boland
Baker
Symmes
Fire Destroys Burton Building on Van Buren Street
Chicago fire officials reported the Burton building at 71-81 Van Buren street damaged by a blaze yesterday. The structure housed several small manufacturing plants and the total loss is estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Chicago
Burton
van Buren Street
END OF WORLD Prophecy Says World Ends in December 1908
York Pa December 26 1908 bulletin by Lee J Spangler claims a Sunday in December 1908 will end the world. He forecasts famine earthquakes wars plagues and plagues of Biblical insects with vast destruction and economic stringency.
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York
Lee J. Spangler
United States
Hampton Roads
Pacific Coast
Spangler
Pastor rejects money with no motto In God We Trust
Rev. Dr. W. A. Jones of Knoxville Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh refused a Christmas gift purse containing wooden coins lacking the motto In God We Trust. He said he would not accept currency without the historic inscription. Trustees agreed to replace the coins with ones bearing the motto.
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iPitsburg
Penn
W. A. Jones
Knoxville Presbyterian Church
Dr. Jones
Thaw's Counsel Daniel O'Reilly Ill with Pneumonia
New York December 26 Daniel O Reilly personal counsel to Harry K Thaw is in a private sanitarium suffering from pneumonia after a general weakened condition. Doctors say he is not in immediate danger and recovery chances are excellent. Thaw's second trial set for January 6.
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New York
Daniel O'Reilly
Harry K. Thaw
Thaw
United Churches of God accused of taking saloon funds
Rev. M. L. Everett testified before Des Moines Associated Charities that the United Churches of God accepted from ten to twenty dollars monthly from three saloons for non prosecution. His evidence, plus suspected systematic begging, led to resignations and proof of a fine dinner bought with church solicited funds. A grand jury inquiry is planned.
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Des Moines
United Churches of God
M. L. Everett
Des Moines Associated Charities
Everett
Mayor Johnson's 1908 plan for city run electric lighting
May or Tom Cleveland outlines a 1908 project to own operate the city electric system. He targets South Brooklyn expansion and a central plant to light the west side and supply east side street lights. Private customers would buy power subject to traction negotiations.
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Cleveland
Dee
Johnson
Samuel Seoville
Cleveland Electric Laminating Company
Brooklyn
West Side
Tom
Fisher Divorce Granted After Long Battle
Judge Gard grants Katie Fisher a divorce from Joe Fisher for gross neglect of duty after years of contested hearings. John P. Hummel faces a criminal charge of failure to provide for minor children in a transcript filed by Squire Murphy’s docket.
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Gard
Katie Fisher
Joe Fisher
John P. Hummel
Squire Murphy
Police hold man on suspicion in Walnut and Eighth robbery
Police arrested a colored man on suspicion of being one of the highwaymen who robbed Alex Kelhoffer at Walnut and Eighth streets Tuesday morning. The suspect will be held until he can establish an alibi. He and his wife deny involvement, and officers say he was seen near the robbery scene.
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Alex Kelhoffer
John Street
Walnut
Eighth Streets
Baby Baker Dies at Twenty Days
Roy Oliver Baker infant son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Baker of Cokeotio died Tuesday night at 10 o clock of inanition at twenty days old. Funeral held Thursday at 10 o clock at the home with burial in Greenwood cemetery.
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Roy Oliver Baker
Joseph Baker
Cokeotio
Greenwood Cemetery
County funds moved to three banks in Oxford area
County Treasurer Summers has transferred all county funds on deposit to the Hamilton Dime Savings Bank, the Monroe National Bank, and the Farmers' State and Savings Bank of Oxford. The total on deposit is about $400,000.
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Summers
Hamilton Dime Savings Bank
Monroe National Bank
Farmers’ State and Savings Bank of
Oxford
Cash Box Stolen From Delivery Wagon In East Ave
A theft occurred at noon Thursday when a sneak thief took a cash box containing $50 from Abe Miller's meat delivery wagon parked at Thomas Iveys saloon on East Avenue. Police have no leads.
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Abe Miller
Thomas Ivey
East Avenue
Tragic Christmas Death in Louisville Family Gathering
In Louisville Kentucky on Christmas Day 58 year old Mrs Louisa Neurath Ireman collapsed after dinner and died while returning from the tree where her seven children had yet to open presents. The incident occurred during a decennial luncheon as relatives gathered at her home.
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Louisville
Louisa Neurath Ireman
Mrs Eleanor Magee to wed Count de Cini in Pittsburg
Pittsburg reports say Eleanor Magee widow of traction magnate Chris L. Magee will marry Count de Cini nephew of Pope Leo XIII. The news arrives from Pittsburg on December 26.
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Pittsburg
Eleanor Magee
Chris L. Magee
Count de Cini
Leo Siii
Prof Meyder Returns to City After Years Away
Prof Theodore Meyder once taught music in city public schools thirty years ago and now serves as a principal in Cincinnati. He visits friends here after a long absence, showing no change in appearance and optimism for many more years in education.
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Theodore Meyder
Cincinnati
Buds of Knowledge
Less Wheat From India Areas Shrink In Punjab Drought
Lahore India Dec 26 drought cuts wheat planting in the Punjab area from 9,000,000 to 5,000,000 acres as farmers reduce sowing due to extended dry spell.
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Lahore
Ind
Punjab
New York Wigmakers Form Human Hairworkers Union
New York wigmakers organize the Human Hairworkers Union and threaten a strike. The move signals potential disruption in the New York hairwork industry as workers rally for collective action.
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New York
Wigmakers
Human Uhairworkers
Fire at Pine Beach Destroys Structures in Norfolk
The December 26 blaze near the James town exposition boundary at Pine Beach, Norfolk, destroyed more than a dozen small structures and caused about $30,000 in losses.
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Norfolk
Pine Beach
Baby Agnew Born At West End Of Columbia Bridge
A daughter was born to Mrs. Peter Agnew residing at the west end of the Columbia bridge. The birth adds a new member to the Agnew family.
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Peter Agnew
Columbia Bridge
Young Men's Christian Association Local Center Ad
Corner of Third and Dayton streets shows the YMCA building open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. with gymnasium bath bowling alleys night school Bible classes religious meetings employment bureau boarding house directory library reading room tables socials and entertainments visitors always welcome.
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Third
Dayton
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McCutcheon
Chicago Tribune
Hamilton and Vicinity
Chicago Market Report
Middletown
Miamisburg
Somerville
Lebanon
Franklin
Grain & Stock
Mrs. Weitzel
Geo. Baker
Chicago Fire
Pennsylvania
Baby Baker
Chas. H. Fletcher
Centaur
New York City
The
First National Bank
the First National Bank
Pinavud’s
Ed. Pinaud
Pinaud
Fifth Avenue
Prof. Meyder
India
Baby Agnew
Young Men’s Christian Association
Salary Loan CO
Bell
R. Hamilton
Main St
C. Rete
VIA
MacDougal
A. C. Hilton
Walnut Street
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