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Newspaper
Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
Location
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1908
Page
10
A mixed page reports commodity quotations for produce meats and grains with prices from dealers and mills led by Zentner Mueller and Boss Wels miller. It also notes the death of a former Chicago and North Western engineer who designed river steam safety features and a Milwaukee lumber founder, plus funeral details for Bishop Alfred A Curtis in Baltimore.
The market docket shows a broad spread of small gains and losses across stocks led by cyclicals such as Copper and American Sugar Refining, while large-caps like Reading and Central Leather report solid volume. Wheat and corn drift lower under pressure from commissions and weather, with cattle and dairy mixed as feed and futures oscillate in a tight range.
Prices paid to farmers and quotations reported by local dealers for dairy products such as butter and creamery goods, eggs, and meats including lambs, mutton, hogs, veal, and beef. Market notes list livestock weights and grain items like timothy, upland, clover, straw, and coal prices from retailers.
The sixteenth annual convention of the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor opened at Trades and Labor hall Fond du Lac on July 15 with State Secretary Brocka presiding and Frank J. Weber elected chairman for the day. Mayor BE Clark welcomed delegates in a brief address as Joseph J. Koenig presented the local trades and labor committee report.
Frederick Lewis Ofter Roahrig aged sixty nine died in Pasadena last night. A noted orientalist philologist educator and composer he was a Halle Leipsig graduate and once an ambassador from Prussia to Constantinople. He lectured at Cornell and Stanford universities. FIONEIR ENGINEER Milwaukee Wa July 16 Lows
New York July 16 cost of the Pacific coast extension of the Milwaukee and St Paul railway will be about five million dollars higher than originally estimated. An officer said yesterday the line will open for traffic July 1, 1909 and total cost may reach 77 million to 100 million with preferred and common stock issued to cover contingencies. The project runs from the Western terminus in North Dakota to Seattle and Tacoma.
A garbled Associated Press fragment mentions a committee and an election decision, with unclear names and dates. The text is fragmented and cannot be fully resolved into a coherent report.
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