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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
24
A fragmented inventory lists commodities and prices such as coffee sugar granulated and molasses with beef and pork items. It mentions beef hams tallow lard hogs and types of meat, alongside ranges and figures that appear to be market quotes or stockroom entries.
New York April 34 190s coffee market eased on weaker European cues and heavier Brazilian receipts yet closed steady with a modest net decline. Cotton prices rose on covering and support from major interests, spiking to near session highs before narrowing, while Western belt weather remained a focal point for futures as exports and local spot markets showed firm undertones.
The report lists bulk sugar grades and prices from Eagle and other traders, including granulated and confectioners’ sugars with varied bag sizes and cts per pound. It notes London market trends with April and May quotes, world visible sugar at 3,190,000 tons, and a Havana weather cable reporting partial rains in several provinces.
Beeves receipts 130 cars 2244 head with 118 to slaughterers and 10 to export alive. No trading today steady for all beeves. Calves 435 head sold firm with ordinary to good veals $475 to $6 per 100 lb. city dressed veals active. Sheep and lambs receipts 19 % cars 4310 head with strong demand and steady prices. lambs and sheep sold firm. Jersey spring lambs at $6 per head. Hogs receipts 5 cars 1080 head. prices 10 20c higher for prime hogs. Maryland pigs $5.25 per 100 lb.
Liverpool April 30 closing prices for wheat corn peas flour hops beef pork hams bacon lard butter and dairy products. Spot wheat and corn firm with various grades and futures prices steady or quiet. peas Canadian steady. flour dull. hops quiet. meat prices range from strong to steady with details on cuts and middles. butter and cheese steady to dull in United States and Canada markets.
Chicago wheat closed strong on bright export demand amid weather and crop worries. July wheat opened higher and finished around 88 to 88 1 2 cents. corn stayed firm with delayed shipments and cash demand lifting prices. oats and provisions moved mixed with hogs and pork futures guiding the day. Local receipts showed diverse grain movement and a larger hog tally expected tomorrow.
In Manchester New Hampshire April the Amuskeag Manufacturing Company the world’s largest cotton mill system with thirteen thousand workers begins a curtailment period closing work to Friday and shifting to a four day week. The reduction will continue indefinitely.
Fragmentary ad notes a partner search for a high class wing business with long standing efforts. Mentions orders and pricing in dollars and a contact at Broadway. Includes scattered references to kiters Victor Visible and Nassau Street, plus Underwoods items and quivers.
Classified ad listing furnished lodging at 3 University Place opposite Washington Square. Mentions large and small rooms for gentlemen, with references and furniture in varied styles. Also includes a crowded mix of employment ads for clerks, bookkeepers, chauffeurs, engineers, and other workers seeking positions, with names and addresses.
A flood of listings from a Brooklyn New York paper seeks employment for young men and women. Positions include marine engineer secretaries stenographers compa nions governesses and sales agents. Several entries promise strong references and steady work across office factory and domestic settings.
Numerous help wanted notices from agencies offering a wide range of domestic workers. Listings include butlers valets cooks caretakers chauffeurs gardeners drivers and couples for house duties with references and low wages. Agencies named include Osterberes Morrow Mathewson Weisner Fitzgeralds and J M with contact details in New York locations.
Classified notices seek numerous coaches, gardeners, and servants with sober, trustworthy, and experienced backgrounds. Listings name individuals and addresses in New York area including Amsterdam Avenue, Broadway, East 40th Street, and Yonkers, with varying ages marital status and references.
Classified recruitment ads seek first class cooks laundresses waitresses chambermaids and nurses with openings in homes. Separate notice details public sale and land conveyance by The City of New York related to Kensico Reservoir area and parcels in Westchester County with map reference and boundary descriptions.
A dense ad listing multiple chambermaids waitresses cooks and housekeepers with references wages and contact bureaus including Osterberg Mathewson Flaherty Collier and Morrow agencies. Positions cover Swedish German Irish Scotch Protestant and Norwegian workers with various wage scopes and city or country placements.
The document describes two parcels at the northwest Bowery Delancey corner and easements for permanent and temporary rights. It details parcel numbers, block designations, frontage measurements on Delancey, Bowery, and Elizabeth streets, and related map references filed March 4 1908. Public Service Commission maps 178 Bowery 170 Bowery 142 Elizabeth Street 164 Elizabeth Street designate the sites in Manhattan New York City. The filing also notes locations for additional parcels forming rights of way and the location of offices and filing dates in March 1908.
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