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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
12
The page lists several raw materials and foods with prices and classifications. Cotton middling at 10.75 cents, No 7 Rio coffee at 53 cents per pound, beef cuts and hams with prices around 17 dollars and 29 dollars, tallow and pelts noted, plus corn No 2 mixed and various prime grades.
General Market Report from August 5 1908 notes coffee futures easing amid Brazil selling pressure while Brazilian receipts and dampening exports weigh on sentiment. Cotton prices drift lower on Wall Street selling, with August and September futures softening and spot markets mixed across Southern regions.
The London market for tin copper lead spelter and tron rose modestly amid gains in the general market. Local quotes were firmer with mixed hogs beef and pork at Chicago and regional oil and sugar prices steady to higher amid steady demand and warm weather.
New York August 5 1908 receipts today 226 sacks beans and 4 910 boxes cheese. Beans and peas show light stock and mixed demand with firm prices for marrow beans and imported varieties. Eggs and fruits in varied supply with steady to firmer quotes. apples pears and grapes listed with numerous varietal prices. hay and straw market steady with Timothy and clover bids.
The note details wholesale poultry pricing with 17c peaks for top dry picked chickens and 13 14c for poorer stock, steady long Island ducks, chestnut squabs, and varied produce prices. It lists regional egg and vegetable quotes including Long Island potatoes, onions, cabbage, cucumbers, lettuce, and greens, plus dairy milk and cream exchange movements and regional milk can receipts.
Receipts reached 78 cars totaling 1418 head with 49 to slaughterers and 29 for sale. Cattle were slower and lower. steers slightly firmer closing. Priced ranges included native steers $420 to $680 per 100 pounds and bulls cows and cows mixed. dressed beef in better demand. Milk cows and calves sold, calves overall small and varied. sheep and lambs were active with lambs higher and sheep steady.
Prime New York State and Maryland hogs sold at 72 per 100 pounds. Sanders reports 19 Pennsylvania hogs 106 TD average at 725 per 100 Ib, 59 hogs 194 Ib at 715, 2 roughs 325 TH at 625. Tobin Shannon lists 54 Maryland hogs 149 T at 725, yesterday 111 Maryland pigs 100 T at 640 and 47 do at 6. W R Hume lists 135 state hogs 168 Tb at 725, 13 roughs 316 TH at 625, 345 TD at 5. Curtis & Son 59 state hogs 150 Tt at 725.
The page records closing quotes from the European produce market on August 6. Wheat and corn show spot and futures activity with prices in shillings and pence. flour and hops list multiple grades with firm or dull notes. Lard, rosin, petrolatum, linseed oil and turpentine are noted with steady or quiet trading levels across varieties and qualities.
Fresh crop damage reports from the Northwest spurred bullish sentiment in Chicago trading. Wheat futures rose with September up about 2 percent and December and May higher, while corn and provisions also advanced. Traders noted hot weather and rust damage driving demand, with Liverpool gains and France needing imports adding to the surge. Local receipts and prices fluctuated through the session as markets closed near day highs.
Elegant large and medium rooms with excellent board optional. Couples or gentlemen welcomed. Free information at The New York Tribune Uptown Office 1364 between 36th and 37th streets. Rooms entered for fourteen days through six teen word insertions per the classified ad terms.
Rail travel ad lists NJCentral service to Philadelphia with hourly departures from Liberty Street and W 23d Street including times to Baltimore Washington Atlantic City Long Branch and Sandy Hook routes. Time tables available at multiple NYC and Brooklyn offices with baggage transfer to destination.
Lost bankbooks list missing Union Dime Savings No. 433325 and Emigrant Industrial Savings No. 562442 with payment stopped. Requests claimants present within ten days or have passbooks cancelled. Also notes Bank for Savings No. 751425 and a bank at 280 4th Ave New York with payment stopped.
Help wanted notices seek a neat bright boy for office work and a Spanish youth of good address to become a salesman. Call Tribune Business Office 6 to 15 a.m. or write W. ., Box . Tribune er for details.
Job seekers list positions from artist to chauffeur to stenographer with brief experiences and contact addresses in Como New Jersey Astoria Long Island Brooklyn and Manhattan. Entries include ages references schooling and wages or salary aims with box mail responses and names or initials.
Classified notices show multiple job seekers including German Gardener at Greenwich Street and a German middle aged Gardener skilled in fruits vegetables flowers and lawn care with references. A Swiss single Gardener candidate offers general gardening and horse care. Additional postings include a Married German Gardener and a Janitor with steam heat and plumbing skills at 106th Street room 2.
Baltimore and Ohio Railway advertises the Royal Blue Line with hourly and half hourly departures to Baltimore and Washington. It highlights direct connections at New Union Station Washington, various dining car services, through daily trains to Chicago Pittsburgh Cleveland St Louis Louisville, and lists multiple offices and contact points. It also features a piano shop ad and a domestic help column with agency listings.
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