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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1908
Page
24
Fragmentary OCR lists prices and goods such as cotton sugar molasses tallow pork lard and miscellaneous terms. The readable portions show items and measures but lack clear context or complete sentences. No full event or prices can be reliably reconstructed from the fragment.
The New York market opened steady and closed with mixed changes across commodities. Cotton futures showed slight advances at times while spot prices held around 11.0 to 11.75 cents for middling and fine grades. reports cited flood risks, crop conditions, and port receipts with several ports reporting steady or higher activity.
The report details a mixed day for grains with oats and corn firm, corn closing near daily highs amid bull support and light movement due to bad weather. Wheat and other commodities including metals and sugars are listed with regional prices, receipts, and futures in New York and Chicago markets.
Beans and peas markets hold firm with steady values for white beans and yellow eye, while red kidney remains dull. Creamery butter receipts up. market cautious with buyers waiting for easier prices, stock moving to store, and Western outlook supporting the tone. Eggs receipts 25,006 cases. demand showed limited active buying alongside a generally quiet market.
A flood of notices warn of lost or stolen bankbooks from German Savings Bank and Bank for Savings in New York City with several numbers names and dates. They urge not to negotiate and promise duplicates if not returned by late June 1905 to 1908. Some entries claim payment stopped and request return to 4th Avenue offices.
Receipts and prices show Western and Pennsylvania whites steady to firm for prime to fancy eggs with sparse high grades, but defective lots abundant. Fresh fruit demand mixed. apples weak, strawberries lower, muskmelons abundant, watermelons down about $100 per car, oranges and grapefruits steady, potatoes and onions varied, poultry and live fowl offerings ample with demand tied to holidays.
Closing notes show spot wheat firm with No 2 red Western at 7s 6d and No 1 California at 7s 1 34d, futures steady with July at 7s 5¼d and September 7s 1½d. Corn spot firm with new American kiln dried at 5s 11/4d, peas firm at 7s 9¾d, flour quiet at 29s 9 4d, hops steady in London, beef at 103s 9¾d, western pork prime mess at 7s 1½d, short cut hams 14 to 16 lb at 47s, various bacon grades steady with long clear middles around 42s 6d, lard prime Western tierces 42s 6d, American refined 4 3 8 9 4, butter dull at 7s 8d 8 38, cheese Canadian white 61s 4d, tallow 24s, turpentine spirits weak 2 28 34, rosin common easy 1s 9 4d, petroleum refined 6 4d, linseed oil steady 24s.
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt presents a quip from Edward about how lakes seem more swallowable than oceans, reflecting a child’s experiential humor on natural features.
Male WANTED A boy to make himself 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 Trudeau McAnulty 154 East 46th St SALESLADY Young lady as saleslady goods store experienced good Apply Carter care Kavanaugh 208 West 27th St PROF SITUATIONS WANTED WOMAN PHYSICIAN Johns Hopkins grad with several years practice would take charge of small woman cow using the Atlantic about July 1 Address H Tribune Office
A dense list of 1900s era ads seeks workers: Austrian buyer, bakers, chauffeurs in multiple cities, draftsmen, machinists, engineers, managers, porters, clerks, stenographers, teachers, and governesses. Listings specify experience, nationality or language, locations like New York, Hoboken, Bronx, Brooklyn, and firms or offices including Tribune offices and branches.
A dense notice page lists domestic help desires including COACHMAN positions for single or married men, often with horse handling, driving, and country or city work. Names or addresses repeated show agencies like Osterberg's Bureau and Carpenter's Bureau offering referrals and references.
Public notice of the Hudson and Long Island Traction Company petition seeking consent to construct operate and maintain a street surface railway across Manhattan Queens and the Blackwells Island Bridge from West 42nd Street to Long Island City with public hearing set for June 12 1908 at 10 30 AM in City Hall Manhattan. Frederick K Morris president asserts truth of petition. notarized April 9 1908. Resolution ordered publication in two daily papers and in City Record for fourteen and ten days respectively prior to hearing. Secretary Joseph Haag to publish notice.
A long list of job seek and household help notices including cooks, gardeners, janitors, waiters, companions, and maids from various agencies. Various nationalities and living arrangements are described with references and contact addresses across New York City and surroundings.
The Nassau Electric Railroad Company petitions the City of New York for consent to use streets in Brooklyn and along Flatbush Avenue Fourth Avenue Atlantic Avenue for a surface railroad with overhead trolley or other power. It describes routing from Flatbush Avenue to Fourth Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, with connections to the Brooklyn City Railroad, seeking approval under the Railroad Law and Greater New York Charter. A public hearing is scheduled June 12, 1908, in City Hall Room 16, published in two newspapers at the petitioner’s expense.
Swedish girl cook and baker with excellent references. wages negotiable. Various bureaus advertise maids, cooks, laundresses, chambermaids, and nannies, offering first class references, city or country work, and wages ranging from $20 to $30. Notices list agencies at Lexington Ave and West 24th, 2d, and East 30th, with contact numbers.
Legal notice of the Westchester County Mount Pleasant parcels to be taken in fee by the City of New York under Chapter 724 for Kensico Reservoir construction. Describes map numbers, parcel bounds, and the extensive street and property lines filed in White Plains on May 6 1905. Corporation Counsel Pendleton signs dated May 4 1908.
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