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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
23
Fragmentary market notes list iron grades, cotton middling, sugar refined, pork and hogs dressed, lard, and various meats plus molasses and beer terms. No coherent prices given. OCR text incomplete and uncertain.
New York August 14 1905 Coffee market quiet with exchange fluctuations and Brazilian valorization talk. Cotton futures surged in August contracts as short covering and rumors of demand spurred a strong rally, with port receipts and movement figures showing active expansion though overall market cautious.
Classified notices list various job offerings and applicants including chauffeurs mechanics draftsmen drivers and office posts. Ads show names addresses and references with old style phrasing and scattered typos, listing Brooklyn Hasbrouck Heights New York locations and multiple branch offices for submitting ads and inquiries.
A collection of brief employment ads lists male fireman, private secretary, painter, carpenter, sign writer, and skilled tradesmen. It includes individuals with engine room experience, a chief engineer’s license holder, a young man seeking shop work, tailoring knowledge, and a teen seeking gardening near New York with contact details in Brooklyn and Manhattan addresses.
Classifieds show editors and publishers seeking editorial or secretarial work. Listings include an editor and mis reader with natural history and children's fiction skills, a Lady seeking a confidential secretary or literary social correspondent role, and a highly endorsed French teacher and visiting governess available after 3 PM at 29 West 16th Street.
Classified notice from a Tribune office listing male help for domestic roles. Includes a Protestant coachman with horse care and four years’ tenure, a German gardener with nine years’ estate duties and toll of a gentleman’s estate, a Scotch gardener skilled in greenhouses and landscaping, and a middle aged man offering care of a gentleman’s place with stable and tools. References available.
Baltimore and Ohio Royal Blue Line announces every other hour on the even hour with through daily trains from New York to Washington and connections at Washington Union Station. Services include diners, buffet and parlor cars on key itineraries to Richmond, Chicago, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Columbus, St. Louis and Louisville. Offices listed in New York and Brooklyn with after 6 pm sleeping car reservations via Bureau of Information.
Classified notices seek female companions for elderly or invalid ladies, chambermaids, cooks, housekeepers and waitresses. Listings include refinements from Christian women, Scandinavian and German workers, and references, with several addresses in Harlem and The Bronx plus media bureau contacts.
The late market eased on corn declines while hogs closed near day lows. Chicago receipts were 21,000 hogs with 14,000 expected Saturday. Western totals 63,000 with Kansas City 5,000 and Omaha 4.50. Pork and beef prices steadied and dull respectively, with various cut values listed. Rice, sugar, and lard markets showed steady to firm tones, while European beet sugar and stock figures were noted for context.
Receipts totaled 93 cars 1652 head with 37 direct to slaughterers 37 to be exported alive and 19 for market. Steers active up 10 prices bull and cow values steady to unchanged. Veals common to choice 5 to 83 per 100 lb with grassers and buttermilks weaker. Sheep and lambs demand poor with lambs and mutton prices downward. hogs weak to slightly lower. Major shipments to Great Britain and domestic buyers include Armour Co Schwarzschild Sulzberger Shamberg Son and Tobin Shannon Newton & Co Kerns McPherson S S Sanders and Andrew Mullen.
Liverpool notes show wheat steady with spot premiums for No 2 red Western winter and No 1 California, while futures hold. Corn, flour, hops, beef, pork, hams, bacon, lard, and cheese prices rise or hold, with Western prime pork and various bacon cuts at or near firm levels. cheese prices for Canadian white and colored varieties also advance.
Train schedules show hourly New Jersey Central service to Philadelphia and connections to Liberty Street and Liberty Street routes. Timetables list departures for Liberty Street and W 23rd Street, plus routes to Atlantic City, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and other destinations with daily and Sunday variations. Passenger facilities include baggage transfer and multiple office locations for timetables and tickets.
Boston to Fall River Providence Norwich New Bedford and more listed with pier locations week day and Sunday sailings. Varied lines include Ly. Pier foot Warren Street Pier 18 Murray Street Pier 40 Clarkson Street Pier 28 Catharine Street and other termini. Orchestra aboard each steamer. Contact 6100 Cortlandt for information.
The Hudson River Day Line annou nces fast royal steamers Hendrick Hudson New York Albany and Mary Powell, with daily Read Down Read Up schedules, connecting at Cornwall with O and W Ry and offering through tickets, baggage checks, and specials to Catskill Mount resorts Saratoga and West Point. Meals served around the clock and music featured on all trips.
Classified small rooms near Broadway and other uptown lodging options advertise clean, moderate-rate housing with private baths and proximity to subway. Also notices warn of missing bankbooks from Union Dime Savings and German Savings Bank with requests to return them within ten days or risk cancellation and replacement. Also a Type Victor Vispile catalog offer.
The Corporation Counsel of The City of New York applies to the New York Supreme Court for the appointment of three Commissioners of Appraisal under Chapter 724 of the Laws to oversee the taking of land in Orange and Putnam counties. The map covers parcels in Montgomery Newburgh Cornwall Fishkill and Carmel areas for Aqueduct construction from Ulster County to the Hudson River, with detailed boundary courses and file dates in Goshen Poughkeepsie Carmel and Newburgh. The hearing is set for September 26, 1908, at 9:30 AM at the Judge's Chambers in New Rochelle Westchester County.
Legal notice details the property boundaries from a city plan, describing parcel lines and curves, rights of way, and a perpetual easement by the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. It lists parcel numbers 267 to 315 with exceptions, and notes city rights to modify the property for public use. August 1, 198. FRANCIS KEY PENDLETON, Hall of Records, Manhattan.
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