General Market Report highlights 1908 coffee and cotton swings
New York August 12 1908 market notes show quiet coffee trading with later activity and a drop of about five points amid Brazil export anxieties. Cotton futures tumbled from the day’s high, with heavy selling by bears and 256 000 bales traded, while spot markets varied across regions and grains and sugar markets held a mixed but firm tone.
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New York
Pfpsinss
Brazil
A2vices
Havre
Hamburg
Sao Paulo
Rio
Santos
Neo
Reis
Prennie
Pfennig
Moon
Big Bull
Bull
Gay Wes Gp
Conan Enn
Gulf
Galvesteen
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Norfolk
Baltimore
St Louis
Houston
Galveston
New Orleans
Liverpool
Manchester
Kansas
Sholee
Kim Gried
Chicago
Sversod
Northwest
Minneapolis
Chicago Bulls
Duluth
S&s
London
Standard Foundry
Cleveland
Linked
Northern
Bsc
Philadelphia
City
Calcutta
Kansas City
Omaha
West
India
South America
Patna
Rangoon
Bassein
Muscovade
Willett & Gray
Help Wanted In Office For Young Lady
Help wanted notice seeks a young woman for office work with emphasis on neat writing and knowledge of Oliver. Permanent position advertised with multiple contact addresses and posting times, urging references and subscription handling.
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Blain
Oliver
Tribune Ortie
BEANS AND PEAS MARKET REPORT WITH PRICES AND RECEIPTS
Receipts today include 424 sacks beans and 200 bags from Copenhagen plus 1,400 bags Go from London. Domestic beans show light stock and firm hold, demand limited. foreign beans fair and firm. Scotch peas firm. varied bean and pea price quotes across marrow and kidney varieties. Butter receipts 8,461 pegs. creamery goods scarce at higher grades, overall quiet trading. Cheese and eggs noted with stable or modest shifts. eggs receipts 10,589 cases. market firm for high grades.
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New York
Copenhagen
London
California
Liverpool
Help Wanted Ads From Early Tribune Page
Varied job notices including a trained advertising expert seeking positions or assistant to manager, a bookkeeper with ten years experience seeking steady employment, a young bookkeeper with double entry knowledge starting salary, several chauffeur and driver postings with different locations and requirements, and individuals offering services and references. Names include Keung, A Box, Fernando, J Fliess, Charles Schreiber, Herbert E Triel, Feldman. Locations referenced span West 8th Street to Vesey and South 4th Street in Brooklyn.
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AD. Weiter Keung
Tribune Office
Fernando
West
Versatile Help Wanted Suburb Listings Across Trades
A compact classifieds roundup lists seekers: a draftsman in lighting and parts. a driver or salesman fluent in multiple languages with New York familiarity. a fireman or engine room helper. a sober 24 year old with chauffeur and machine skills. a painting and sign trades man. a silver and metal polisher with 14 years’ experience. a poultryman with ability to scale plant operations. and translations expert in German French and English offering indexing of scientific books.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jersey
Herman
Tribune Office
Youthful job seekers advertise for positions in city ads
A sequence of short notices from young men offering labor and seeking work. Entries include a watchman with license, a 26 year old chief engineer with fireman and machine shop experience, a willing 20 year old in Brooklyn, a 18 year old in tailoring, a 19 year old wanting garden work near New York, and contact details for Tribune Uptown Office and branch exchanges.
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Otler
Hansen
Raysely St
Brooklyn
E. Mock
Knickerbocker Ave
Biiyn
Board of Water Suply
New York
John A. Bensel
Charles WN. Chadwick
Charles A. Shaw
The
Board of Water Supply
J. Waldo Smith
Thomas Hasedtt
Market Report on Fruits Vegetables and Produce Prices
Extensive price listings for apples pears grapes and other fruit items with varied regional quotes. Hops hay poultry and vegetables show mixed demand and distinct regional pricing across states Maryland Delaware New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Market summaries from major U S cattle and hog markets across cities
Telegraph reports from Chicago East Buffalo Kansas City Cincinnati and Pittsburg detail cattle hog and sheep receipts Aug 12 with values. Cattle top around 7 20 in KC and 4 75 to 60 in Chicago cows 3 40 to 5 25, hogs 6 20 to 6 80, sheep and lambs 4 50 to 6 40, varied inventories and price ranges across regions.
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Chicago
East Buffalo
Kansas City
Texas
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Woes of the Amateur Household Gaffe
A humorous dialogue notes a domestic planter miscue. Wife asks why grass won’t grow while husband jokes about seeds possibly planted upside down. The exchange plays on domestic botany mishaps in a playful tone.
Young Lady Stenographer and Switchboard Operator Ad
Classified notice seeking a young lady as stenographer and switchboard operator after 8 PM at Mile Barrie West 16th Street calling Florence Rowland at 778 Fairmont Place The Bronx for permanent employment with a wage of eight dollars.
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Rmanent
Florence Rowland
Fairmont Place
The
Bronx
Domestic help ads cover many city and country positions
A crowded classified page lists numerous domestic positions including butler capably serving as coachman gardeners housekeepers and maids. Advertisements specify languages nationalities and references with agencies offering cooks chambermaids nannies and companions across Manhattan and nearby areas.
RAILROADS timetable for New Jersey Central to Philadelphia
A dense listing of rail departures and times for New Jersey Central lines to Philadelphia, Baltimore Washington, Atlantic City, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and related routes from Manhattan and surrounding stations. Includes Liberty Street and 23rd Street depots, SUNDAY variations, and notes on timing and transfer offices.
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Washington
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Berty St
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St. Tel
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Piers
Astor House
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Third
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125Th St
Columbus Av
New York
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Brooklyn
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New York Transfer Co
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New York Dairy
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Buffet
Royal Ltd
Suffet
Braina
Chicago
Pittsburg
Collumbus
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Pittsburg Limited
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Grand &J
Pianos and Organs Deals Across City
Wise Piano Co advertises second hand pianos and organ deals with multiple Manhattan and Bronx locations. Calls for spot purchases, postal service, and representatives, listing addresses from East 125th Street to West 424th Street and near ADS offices.
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Wise Piano Co
East 125Th St
Classified Help Wanted Notices From Tribune Office
Short listings for a laundress nurse and infant care, a capable helper with references, a leaning and errand woman, a waitress in private family, and a Mount Holyoke College graduate seeking work with good references. Locations include Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street areas, Jamaica Post Office, and Tribune Office.
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Mount Holyoke College
A. G
Tribune
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