Markets Hit by Weather and Supply Shifts Across Grains and Staples
Prices swing as Hessian fly damage trims Kansas wheat yield estimates to 80 million bushels while corn and oats show firm finishes on light receipts. Local grain desks report No 2 corn at 78c elevator and afloat, hogs steady, and provisions strong on limited Western arrivals. metals, molasses, syrups, and sugar markets hold steady with mixed London cues and domestic demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Giopatches
Duluth
Aia Sea
Chicago
Commission House
New York
London
Northern
New Orleans
Shorts
Philadelphia
C. Lin
City
Calcutta
Kansas City
Omaha
I&c
Middle Western
South America
Brazil
Patnam
Rangoon
Bassein
Laws
Howell
Liverpool
Musco S
American
New York Coffee Market Report Sees Quiet Demand In 1908
The June 3 1908 New York note reports a quiet but steady coffee market with prices modestly higher on some futures and a visible supply described at 700 bags for June 1. Rio and Santos futures show mixed moves amid uneven demand. local spot cotton remains steady with mids and Gulf grades trading quietly. Shipping and port receipts are detailed, with big sellers and buyers listed alongside river flood impacts and crop conditions affecting futures outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Santos
Liverpool
Gulf
Memphis
C. Amsnpton
Galveston
Mreb
Charleston
Holida
Norfolk
Baltimore
Nomi- Augusta
St Louis
Lite Rock Steady
Houston
B&s
Kansas
Chicago
Beans and Peas Market Report from New York 1908
New York market report shows steady beans prices with limited demand for white beans and dull red kidney beans as yellow eye scarcity supports higher values. Peas and butter trade mix with steady to firm tone, high receipts and stock build alongside cautious buying. cheese and eggs markets display subdued activity with volumes rising and exports weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ima
California
Liverpool Cable
Lost Bankbooks Alert From New York Banks
Bankbooks from Union Dime Savings German Savings Bank Bank for Savings and Dry Deck Savings Institution are reported missing or stolen. Claimants must present or risk cancellation or issuance of duplicates. dates range June 1908. Books listed include numbers 506921 437073 169548 385639 921641 931201 459216 391428 and institutions in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Dime Savings Institution
City of
New York
4Th Ave
14Th St
Georg Gerdes
William H. Woltmann
Mary McRoberts
Dry Deck Savings Institution
Market Report Shows Mixed Grain and Fruit Prices
Receipts shrink for fancy qualities as season advances while Western and northern selections stay firm. Prices quoted cover a wide range from Pennsylvania and nearby white and fancy grades to Western firsts and seconds. Fruit notes show dull apples and peaches, lower strawberries, and steady to higher cabbage amid ample muskmelons and variable citrus and berries. poultry and eggs remain in moderate supply with demand tied to holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Baldwin
Roxbury
Georgia
Florida
Delaware
Maryland
Jersey
Virginia
North Carolina
Porto Rico
Pacific Coast
Express
Long Island
Philadelphia
Indiana
Illinois
Lo Island
State
Bermuda
South Carolina
Southern
Maine
Western
Berda
Eastern Shore
New Orleans
Texas
Leeks
Mary d
Baltimore
Norfolk
Orleans
Curly
Plain
Lake City
Canada
Mississippi
Toledo
Mit
Crm
Mic. Ee
Ontario
Oahien
Lehizh Valley
West Shore
H. Ramedel
Lackawan
New Haven
N.Y
European Produce Market Liverpool June 3 closing prices
Wheat spot firm with No 2 red Western and No 1 California bids. Corn spot firm with new American kiln dried and old American mixed. Hops steady in London. Beef and pork prices firm for various cuts. Butter steady, cheese steady, lard and turpentine softness noted. Petroleum refined quiet and linseed oil steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
California
London
Pacific Coast
India
Cumberland
United States
Difference Between a Lake and an Ocean Joke
A Philadelphia Inquirer quote recounts a classroom moment where a teacher asks a boy to name the difference between a lake and an ocean. Edward answers with a humorous line about lakes being easier to swallow when you fall in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Philadelphia Inquirer
Help wanted notices from Tribune ad page
Male WANTED A boy to make himself generally useful in office must live with parents in New York City Address F B Tribune Office Female COMPANION OR GOVERNESS Refined young woman good reference Gertrude McAnulty 158 East 46th st BALESLADY Young lady as saleslady in drygoods store experienced good references Apply Carter care Kavanaugh 208 West 20th st PROF SITUATIONS WANTED 4 WOMAN PHYSICIAN graduate Johns Hopkins several years practice excellent references would take charge of invalid woman awaiting Atlantic about July 4 Address H Tribune Office
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
Knox
Miss FitzGerald
Fifth Ave
Cor
New York City
F. B
Tribune
Gertrude McAnulty
East 46Th St
Drygoods
Carter
Care Kavanaugh
Johns Hopkins
The
Atlantic
England
T. B
Mann
West 56Th St
Ant
John Hubsch
West 151St St
John P. Smyth
10Th Ave
R. G
Johnson
West 125Th St
M. D
Miss Fitz
Gerald's Bureau
D. J
Fire
Dollard
West 131St St
East 34Th St
Bamfield
Help Wanted Ads From The Tribune Office Baker Area
A long list of help wanted and employment ads. Austrian buyer agent for New York wholesale houses. Chauffeurs, craftsmen, draftspersons, clerks, and managers sought. Positions span hotels, factories, offices. many with references. Various ages, nationalities, and languages welcomed. addresses in New York and nearby areas.
Domestic Situations Wanted Caretaker and Coachman Ads
A dense list of domestic help ads seeks mail order candor for butlers caretakers coaches gardeners and related work. Entries name last employers locations such as New Jersey New York Yonkers and Brooklyn with ages families and wage expectations often around thirty dollars weekly.
Public notice on Hudson and Long Island Traction petition
The Board of Estimate and Apportionment sets a public hearing for June 12 1908 on the Hudson and Long Island Traction Company petition seeking consent to construct operate and maintain a street railway across Manhattan Queens and the Blackwells Island Bridge. The notice requires fourteen days in two daily newspapers and ten days in the City Record. the petitioner and secretary sign the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick K. Morris
Hudson and Long Island ‘Traction Company
L. M. Dorland
New York County
Hudson & Long Island Traction Company
Board of Estimate
City Hall
Borough of
Manhattan
City of
New York
City Record
Petsoner
Help Wanted Classifieds With Household Positions
Numerous ads seek domestics and staff in New York City. Listings include COOKS GARDENERS VALets chambermaids janitors and a companion for an elderly or invalid lady, with multiple references and locations across Manhattan and the Bronx. Many require good references and specify wages or duties, some note language or country of origin.
Nassau Electric Railroad petitions for city street franchise
The Nassau Electric Railroad Company seeks consent from the City of New York for a street level railroad extension on Flatbush Avenue Fourth Avenue and Atlantic Avenue with a proposed double or single track using overhead electric power. The petition, dated May 4 1908 in Brooklyn, includes route details, power options, and request for a contract under Greater New York Charter. A public hearing is set for May 15 1908 in City Hall with publication costs borne by the petitioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honora Board of
City of
New
Nassau Electric Railroad Company
State of New York
City of New York
Flatbush Avenue
Atlantic Avenue
Fourth Avenue
Brooklyn City Railroad Company
Public Service Commission of
First District
New York
Borough of
Brooklyn
John E. Borne
Swedish and Scottish Cook and House Help Listings
Classified help ads offer cooks, maids, laundresses, and waitresses. Positions include first class cooks with pastry skills, Swedish and Finnish workers, and Collier and Osterberg agencies listing wages from 20 to 49 dollars weekly. Agencies provide references and contact details for city or country placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osterberg’s Bureau
Lexington Ave
Plaza
Flaherty
Columbus Ave
City of New York acquires Mount Pleasant parcels for Kensico Reservoir
Legal notice describes the fee taking of real estate in Mount Pleasant Westchester for Kensico Reservoir construction under Chapter 724 of the Laws of 1901 as amended. It lists detailed parcel boundaries map references and states the City of New York will acquire parcels Nos. 696 to 786. Francis Key Pendleton, Corporation Counsel, signs the notice dated May 4 1905.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of
New York
City of
Mount Pleasant
Westchester
State of New York
Fee
County of Westchester
Southern Aqueduct Department
Board of Water Supply
City of New York
Kensico
Barrett St
High St
Register of
White Plains
Bhail
Pleasant Place Commercial Avenue
Office of the Register of the County of Westchester
N. Y
Commercial Avenue
Commerce Avenue
Adaline Avenue
Seid
Mortherly
Same
Potm
Said Avenue
High Street
Said Street
Columbus Avenue
Norwood Street
Rutledge Street
Avenue
Sedgwick Avenue
Sandford
McAdam
Brunt
Barrett
Morton Street
Barrett Street
Pleasant Place
Said Pleasant Place
Francis Key Pendleton
Corporation Counsel
Centre Streets
Borough of
Manhattan
New York City
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General Market Report
Tpool & Was Plume
Lew
Bae
Enber Rr
Country Produce Markets
Washington
Royshire
I. Brown Co
Rowe
É8th
St. DT
FFICK
T. G. Sellew
Fulton St
University Place
West Tiat St
Uptons
Bath
Sitheta
Lobt—Banktook
Bank For Savings
Bank To Savings
HAIG
Iskiyan
East ‘20Th St
Gramercy
A. Osterberg
Bet. Sith
58Th Sts
Fiaza
North
Bohemia
C. Co. N
Baker
Dreher
Second Ave
F. Stevens
Stebbins Ave
Bronx
A. Ss Tribune
Harlem
125Th St
Joe Seats Auto
H. Bohme
East Inst
Caleb
West 63d St
W. Wehmann
Monroe St
Hoboken
Carl Buck
College Ave
L. S
Church St
East Port Chester
Conn
Charles Krack
Fiat
Lozier
Renault
Mercedes
Packard
Peerless
de Dietrich
East 47Th St
Momberger
Seventh Ave
Voos
Amsterdam Ave
West St
Charles Richter
East 2Sth
Gates Ave
Robert Preiss
Frank Browne
Schermerhorn St
Bond
J. P
Laurence Holder
West
H. W
Clinton St
June Heitzman
Hart St
Broadway
W. Rindfleisch
Alabama Ave
Arthur Sachs
Henry St
David Donawitz
Dean
G. Miller
South 4Th St
M. Co. B
Tarrytown
Country Board
B. S
Park Ave
M. Garnier
7Th Ave
86Th St
Remington
Ptacek
Elton Avenue
E. B
Tribune Office
Uptown
36Th
Sith Sts
S. E
6Th Ave
12Th St
7Th
St. Aves
125Th S
76Th
77Th Sts
61St St
Butler
G. Stadt
Christopher St
Montclair
N. J
J. Andre
East Sth St
Sullivan
West 136Th St
E. A
East 39Th St
Tei
Patrick Tobin
West 6Th St
J.J
H. B
Greenwich St
Stockley
Warburton Ave
Yonkers
Parkinson
East 27Th St
West 19Th St
Carpenters Bureau
Queens
Blackwells Island Bridge
State of New
Forty-second Street
Twelfth Avenue
West Forty-third Street
Forty-third Street
Eleventh Avenue
Fifty-seventh Street
Fifth Avenue
Fifty— Seventh Street
Fifty Seventh Street
Second Avenue
Long Island City
Borough of Queens
Greater New York
Hudson and Long Island Traction Company
Arthur C. Hume
County of New York
Joseph Haag
W. Worth
Mats
William Trimpe
John Frank
Garrison
Hudson
Carpenter'’s Bureau
North William St
Thomas Hawkins
West 124Th St
Rivero
Ssth St
Carpenter's Bureau
Rehn
J. S
Bloomfield
N. Juseful Man
Frank L. Rivas
Ave
Houseman
Thomas Nash
Brady
East 58Th St
Collier's Agency
West 234
H. Hofmayer's Bureau
Chelsea
Chase
Roberts
West 28Th St
Flahert Bureau
River
Osterberg's Bureau
Hambermaid and
Waitres
Osterberg’s
Plaza Cook
the Tribune
12Th
128Th St
Bist St
6Th St
128Th
3D Ave
L. C. Sanford
State of
County of Kings
J. H. Bennington
Kings County
Borouch
Bennington
Notary Public
GEO. D. Yeomans
Borough of Manhattan
R. W
R. CC
West 23d
Ccoook
Jussila Bureau
Sayers
Tarak
Fianherty
Walla Ee
Ley Lofmayer
Reau
Saens
West List St
Sé Sixth Ave
East 30Th St
Madison
A. Laundress
Garvey
East List
Reed
Williiamsbridge
Champer
Mrs. Collier's Agency
J. B
Dickinsons Co-operative Bureau
Madison Ave
Mme
Jacquin
Telsee
Madison Sq
Europe
Cannings
West 44Th St
Columbus
IL Ecloes
West 50Th St
9Th Ave
Uptons Nace
Atte Sith
Brancr
M. Vin
Thth
Tith Ste
Soeamot
Sehot
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