Market summary from a late 19th century commodities page
The report details mixed moves across metals and oils with tin and copper lower in London, domestic markets quiet or steady, and iron prices flat. Oils show firm cottonseed oil and steady refined petroleum with export demand noted. sugar prices hold with wide grade listings and high variability in contracts. Provisions stay steady with hogs, pork and beef quoted firm, while rice markets stay quiet yet strong on regional demand.
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London
Nrm Anu Ioc
Standard
Cleveland
Sis
Northern
New Orleans
Shorts
Philadelphia
New York
City
Calcutta
Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
West
India
Ste
South America
Continent
Brazil Keys
Taimace
Talmage
Charleston
Japan
Patna
Rangoon
Eagle
United States
Magdeburg
Drouth
Tha
General Market Report for Coffee and Cotton in New York 1908
New York market notes for March 17 1908 show coffee quiet with 15000 bags traded and a steady close despite minor mid session irregularity. Cotton weak with new lows in most months amid rains liquidation and hedge fears. May futures around 9.98 cents with spot markets mixed across U.S. cities and reports of southern weather aiding farm work.
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New York
Witgout
Fn & Gulf Future Mar
Stesgy
Ning. High
Lor
Close
Cay
Nape
Munellets Coc
Tome
S&p
to@ar
Country Produce Markets Week Ending March 17 1505
Beans and peas receipts and exports listed for the week with imports and ongoing price pressure. Domestic white beans weak buyers' market. marrow pricing around 225 with 230 extreme. peas firmer, stock light. imported beans moving at 215 216 for marrow and 216% for pea. Butter supplies steady but market easy. cheese and eggs show mixed demand with price shifts. Apples cranberries and strawberries noted with weak demand and assorted regional quotes. overall market drift toward lower prices amid ample stocks.
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California
Lima
Europe
Western
Liverpool
Pennsylvania
Spitszenberg
Northern Spy
Hubbardson
Baldwin
Secord
Roxbury
Jersey
Florida
Philadelphia
New Orleans
Brussels
Bermuda
Maine
Long Island
Charleston
New
Escarole
North Carolina
Connecticut
State and Western
Okra
Do F
Canada
Toledo
Timothy
Tangerines and other Florida fruit market list
A market summary lists Florida fruits with prices per crate or box including tangerines kumquats grapefruit and pineapples. It notes weekly hops receipts and varied regional demand from New York to the Pacific Coast, with current trading levels and price ranges for produce categories and poultry live and dressed.
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Florida
New York State
Pacific Coast
Oregon
Sonoma
Washington
England
Continent
Pacifi Coast
State
Livestock Market Report Mixed Across Classes
Receipts and prices varied by species with cattle steady to firm, calves weak, sheep and lambs firm to higher, and hogs steady. Cattle led by slaughterers and exporters. calves mostly Indiana veals and fed calves. sheep and lambs showing firmer quotes, while hogs held between 480 and 520 per 100 pounds, with several local consignments and dealer quotes recorded.
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New York
London
Liverpool
Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
J. Shamberg & Son
Teutonic
Southamption
Swift Beef Company
Morris Beef Company
Indiana
Kerns Commission Company
S. Judd & Co
Ohio
Newton & Co
Pennsylvania
Tobin & Shannon
Markets In Chicago Cattle Hogs Sheep Reported Strong
Telegraph market notes from Chicago and nearby cities show cattle receipts around 7 400 head with strong to higher prices for exports and dressed beef steady to firm. Hogs at Chicago and East Buffalo reported active demand with top quotes near 4 8.0 per hundred pounds and mixed lots reaching 4 75 to 4 80. Sheep and lambs also active with lambs steady and ewes steady, while Western markets show varied but largely firm cattle and hog values.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
East Buffalo
Union
Pitteburg
Trade and services listings from early New York ad page
Employment agencies advertise pool tables and billiard equipment by Marx Bros at 24 Union Square. Old Gold buys silver stones at top market value and remakes items. M F Tepper offers factory goods and jewelry exchange at 41 West 35th Street. See also typewriters sold repaired and rented from German at 79 Nassau Street Cortlandt 2740.
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Marx Bros
Union Square
M. F. Tepper
West 35Ths
Nassau St
Cortlandt
Carpet Cleaning Ad From Oldest Modern Company
An old classified style ad promotes carpet cleaning by Bryant and the W W H Jordan Edwin Lentz Cleaning Co. at 437 and 439 West 42nd Street and 421 East 48th Street. It highlights steam cleaning, careful work, and a long establishment since 1857 with phone numbers 4692 and 4695.
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Cleaning Co
48Th St
Brandt. Tel
Help Wanted Labor Opens Civil Service and Sales Jobs
Help wanted ads seek young men and women for U S Civil Service entry via a reading and writing test. Also openings for canvassers in a newspaper, sales positions in tea coffee timberware books and more, plus roofing paints and iron paints sales. Ad intake and office locations listed for Tribune distribution.
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New York City
P. S
Tribune
Numerous Jobseekers Advertise as Chauffeurs and Clerks
Classified ads list diverse helpers with skills in bookkeeping and clerical work, plus many chauffeurs of varied backgrounds and experiences. Listings include locations in Harlem, Brooklyn, and Manhattan, with ages from teens to more experienced workers and notes on temperance, references, and wages.
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G. L. Cole
William St
Port Chester
Multiple Classified Help Wanted Notices From An Old Newspaper
A dense list of job seeks and postings including engineers, plumbers, porters, poultrymen, private secretaries, salesmen, stenographers, clerks, tailors, and governesses. Entries mention locations in New York area, prior experience ranges, language skills, and contact details for follow up.
Domestic situations wanted ads from a 1910s New York paper
Classified notices list domestic workers and caretaking staff including butlers valets cooks and caretakers. Entries name hopeful workers with brief credentials and contact details such as J J Isley Yone and Mathewson's Bureau, with addresses in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Coachman Wanted For Country Place And City Jobs
Domestic want ads seek single or married coachmen with first class references. Several posts request year round service on gentlemen’s private estates with duties including horse care, carriages, harness, lawns, and gardens. Some positions offer April 1 start or emphasize experience, temperament, and trustworthy records with addresses and boxes for responses.
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G. F. Egbert
West 40Th St
H. Wright
West 48Th St
W. A
Roberts
Amsterdam
Cook
Man Butler
Mathewson'’s Bureau
6Th Ave
47Th St
Bryant
Butler
Yone
Care Isley
3D Ave
M. H
Hir E. Coachman
Europe
N. Box
Cobalt
Conn
Tribune Uptown
Broadway
Tribune
C. C
Tribune Office
Edward
Ccoac Hman
Country L
Mabie
Strong
Mathewson’s Bureau
Éth Ave
E. W. Edwards
Lfe
Wm. W. Cutting
Rossville
Staten Island
Port Chester
N. Y
E. C
Sth
Flaherty’s Bureau
Columbus Ave
River
J. G
Mrs. Collier's Agency
Iat
Mathewson Bureau
St. Tel
Brant
Cam
Filaherty’s Bureau
Tel
CHAMBERMAIDS AND COOKS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT IN NYC
Classified help wanted ads list numerous positions including chambermaids, cooks, waitresses, laundresses, maids, nannies, nurses, and governesses across Manhattan from 14th to 136th streets. Agencies note references, wages varied, and offices at 1364 Broadway and multiple branch locations.
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The
Tribune
Uptown
Broadway
8Th Ave
E. Cor
6Th Ave
14Th St
125Th St
3D Ave
76Th
77Th Sts
6Ist St
1St Ave
Seth St
Tremont Ave
Morningside Employment Bureau
Westilgseb St
Morningside
36Th
Sith Sts
Ave. S
12Th St
List St
6Th St
7Th
Sd Ave
Osetween
Sith
Vic
4Th Ave
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Pouis Tower
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Igc
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Ile
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Wales
Mobile
Savannah
Lle
Augusta
St. Louis
Little Rock
Houston
Manchester
Adv
Budapest
Wen
Duluth
Etoat
Cabies
Deeren
Selina
Arket
New Western
Verterpee Ovenine
Hirhle Close
Day
Jay
Country Produce Markets
Telegraph
Lida A. Seely—Inc. Employment Bureau
39Th St
Bryant Brooklyn
St. Mark's Av
Miss Morrow
Lexington Ave
Civil Service
U. & Civil Service
I. C
Scranton
Charlton
Tribune Building
New England
Brooklyn
Hapgoods
Eighth Ave
Wiliam Otto
East 3d St
Daimler
A. Hunt
East 127Th St
Cunnane
126Th At
Harlem
Co. Hamilton
Flatbush Ave
Bergman
Koerner
Gates Ave
Prescott
James Sykes
East
Ori
Joseph A. Bickmann
East 21St St
E. Hi
West 101St St
R. E. Schaat
Tracey Ave
Newark
N. J
J. Gardner
Dawson St
Mauras
Gordon St
Perth Amboy
Henry Bot
Lerk
Bill
F. F
East 137Th St
John H. Jacobs
Lexinston Ave
Joseph Levin
Orchard Place
Greenwich
W. R
Porter
A. Humphrey
West 25Th
Horest
Axel Mark
Hox
Tihots
Gist St Sist
128Th
Wokak
Ee Schrappapletra Settimic
Genoa
Mattinson
M. W. Holloway
Pineapple St
Williams
East 50Th St
Monroe St
Thomas Trimble
St. Nicholas Are
W.H. T
South 6Th St
Fein
Ernst 118Th St
M. L. Stahl
Kaldenberg
Broome St
Remington
L. Grimes
McDougall
F. H. Geldmacher
Clas
Stokes
West 16Th St
W. D
Tribone
van Cortlandt Park Ave
Yonkers
G. P. Traunech
Hst
Benedette
Vinton Ave
the Fronx
Exch
Ccurate
Green
West Young Perience
W. J. Oth
A. Paulus
Lynch St
William Kramer
Lafayette Ave
A. N. Johnson
Bergen Ave
James Orologas
St St
Koscher
Fulton Ave
Astoria
Borbonese
West 26Th St
at_arythimge
Krecsek
Arro
Fao
West 24Th St
Flora Keithley
Southern Boulevard
Bronx
Gover
West 24Th
Wadleigh High
Me West
Times Building
H. T
E. R
Fulton St
Teeeremcee
M. A
Travelling Companion
Aby Gradu
Miss T
B. B
East Tist St
East 123Th St
Eric Landin
SM West
Stein
East 86Th St
Kelly
van Brunt St
W. Hempey
West Loota At
F. C.m
H. M
East 38Th St
E. A
Daley
Cavairy
Stinizky
East 48Th St
Sec
Mathewson’s
Ith St. Tel
St. — Bryan
Coachman
Battery Place
Worth St
M. T
Scotchman
Carpenter's Bureau
Ave
W. E
Thomas
Park Row
Taylor's Hotel
L. M
Morrow's Bureau
Gentleman's Place
J. SS
P. O
Ridgefield Park
Gentleman’s Place
Pauli
Hewlett, Long Island
W. Davy
East 31St St
S. S
Morristown
46Th Ave
154Th Ave
Charles Newton
Prospect Place
East 41St St
Frederick Knust
Houseman
W. B
Harleys
West Iste St
Oe Woods
Peterson
East 2Uth St
Pacific St
Aes
Olan
West 45Th At
Greenwich St
4Th
Téth
77Th
Soth St
Tremont
Christie
Amsterdam Ave
Harding
Bridge St
T. R
Lands St
Miss
G. Jescher
East Sithst
J. Luster
Femaie
South Ave
Mrs. Colliers Agency
West Zid St
Lang & Boecherer Co
J. E DD
Mra
Collier's Agency
St. A
Newport
Bar Harbor
Hoffmayer
West Sidat
Chelsea Cook
Country Ee
Jussila Bureau
Lang & Boecherer
Mathewsen
West At
West Sid St
47Th
Ramirez
West St
G H
Ninth Ave
O.s
West Lad St
Chambermail
Madame Cullen
East 40Th At
Iron Box
M. E
Firecorner
Lexington Avt
Germain
Agnes Bartenscheck
Graduate Hospital
Sth Ave
Miss Persen
Elmenhorst
40Th St
B'klyz
Docree
North
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