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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1908
Page
4
Styles in children hats vary with new straws shown at their best. Shapes include a large crown hat with turned down rim trimmed in a wreath of flowers and velvet ribbon. Other hats use soft braid and straw with ribbon and flower trimming. Ribbon streamers hang from the rim. Prices upward from $2.00 or $3.00. Second Floor South.
The New York market showed a generally stronger tone in early trading with Third Avenue stock up over four points. Bonds and certificates gained on higher prices while railroad shares posted fractional early increases. Government issues held firm, and curb market leaders United Copper and Yukon Gold moved markedly. In London, American stocks were strong yet dull.
Pittsburg Pa April 7 cattle light receipts steady extra 7.09 to 7.65 heifers 4.00 to 5.75 fresh cows and springers 16.00 to 50.00 hogs receipts light steady heavy 6.50 to 6.65 medium 6.50 to 6.55 workers 6.10 to 6.55 pigs 5.50 to 5.00 rough to common 5.06 to 5.50 sheep and lambs receipts night steady wool sheep 4.50 to 7.00 wool lambs 5.50 to 8.25 culls to choice lambs 5.50 to 7.25 spring lambs 8.00 to 11.00
Hogs receipts 10 000 up five cents with light to heavy price ranges from 5.80 to 6.20 and pigs to 5.60 yorkers to 6.15. Cattle receipts 2 500 steady with beefs 4.65 to 7.40 cows and heifers 2.10 to 6.10 Texans 4.50 to 75.50 westerners 4.40 to 5.50 calves 4.75 to 6.75 stockers and feeders 3.25 to 5.35. Sheep receipts 11 000 weak natives 4.75 to 6.30 westerners 4.90 to 6.75 yearlings 6.20 to 7.30 lambs 6.00 to 9.85 westerners 6.25 to 7.80.
A list of cured and fresh meats with unit prices including sugar cured hams 1414c per pound and English style hams 1234 13 4c, bacon varieties from 19c to 17c, dried beef 27c, lard 1144c, pickled pork per barrel 21.00, fresh pork sausages and loins, skinned shoulders, fresh beef carcasses 10 4c, veal 10 4c, and mutton lambs 14 34c.
Richmond Indiana April 7 Night Sergt Joseph Betzold resigned from the police force after the Richmond Board of Police Commissioners ordered all officers to buy new uniforms from an out-of-town firm. Betzold served 27 years with an excellent record, and his resignation was accepted by Board president Edgar B Hiatt.
In Chicago on April 7 Mrs Alice Webb Duke estranged wife of tobacco magnate Brodie L Duke engaged in a theatrical game of hide and seek in the municipal court building. While lawyers and others told Municipal Judge Crowe that she could not be located and detectives hunted for days, the woman waited to face another case before Judge Walker on an upper floor.
Corner Policeman Poole employed a new stop watch that timed J. E Jennings of New Castle Ind, speeding on Washington street and on the wrong side. Jennings, in a touring car, refused to stop and maneuvered around the officer in 32 seconds before returning toward a nearby restaurant.
Wheat and corn prices listed with grades and through billing adjustments, including No 2 red wheat at 92c and No 3 red at 89c. Oats and timothy inspections noted with multiple car counts. totals indicate two cars in for wheat, three in for corn, and varying in and out figures across lines.
A quirky piece extols Indiana as the best place of all year, praising its climate and culture with exaggerated pride. The text resembles a playful local brochure-like vent but confirms no official event or data.
Crawfordsville Indiana April 7 Rev and Mrs Alexander Asher return from a three months trip to California for Rev Asher’s health. He resumes duties as superintendent of Grant avenue Mission. He reports feeling fine and notes Californians praise Indiana summers and that few born in California reside there.
In police court Tuesday Charles J. Oval filed a warrant against Douglass Jillson for speeding after Jillson’s car supposedly frightened Oval’s horse on Capitol avenue near Thirty-fourth street on Sunday. Oval said Jillson appeared to be going 15 miles an hour, but he later said he did not believe that was the speed. Jillson was discharged. Dr William Molt showed a red cross on his automobile and was also released. Clement Alexander was fined $1 and costs for speeding.
W. L. Stewart reports stepping from O Briens saloon at Alabama and Wabash its a Monday night when two men knocked him down and robbed him of $3 and a gold watch. He was arrested for drunkenness and authorities investigate the alleged robbery.
Prices from Indianapolis Produce Exchange list turkeys hens 18 cents, toms 3 cents, chickens hens 10 1/4 cents, roosters 6 cents, ducks 80 cents. Fresh eyes and poultry terms appear amid market notes for HGGS and associated entries.
Receipts total 5,000 hogs 1,400 cattle and 20 sheep with hogs and cattle down from last week while sheep rise. Market opened slow then steady with fair competition keeping average prices near yesterday. Best lambs 6.00, yearlings 6.60, cattle and calf pricing steady to strong, with various steers and cows showing mixed but generally steady to firm demand.
East Buffalo New York cattle and hog markets show steady to stronger trading on April 7. Cattle values steady with calves lambs and yearlings listed. hog receipts at 2040 with gains of 25 to 30 cents. Prices vary across categories including Yorkers pigs and hogs in mixed lots.
Washington April 7 The National Cement company located at 10 Wall Street New York has been forbidden the use of the mails by federal authorities in a crackdown on improper mailings. The action blocks all future correspondence and shipments through postal services pending further notice.
Personal testimony from Miss Orlena Schenk of Enid Oklahoma endorses Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a top headache remedy. Claim states periodic suffering can be alleviated by taking the pills at first sign of distress with free trial offered and widespread use over seven years. Products advertised by Miles Medical Co with address in Elkhart Indiana.
W. J. Springhorn, Cleveland Public Service Board president and mayoral aide to Tom Johnson, was swindled out of 10000 while in South Bend to seal Florida land deal. J. W. Fleming and J. E. Foster were arrested. prosecutor Talbot probes with Ohio authorities to return Fleming. Preliminary hearing set for next Saturday. Springhorn bonds as witness.
Attorney John Kern seeks a one week postponement of Harry Brunaughs trial from the first Monday in May. Judge James A Pritchard refused delay unless all attorneys consent. Kern represents Brunaugh and cites a Lebanon trial as a scheduling conflict.
A city record enumerates local births with parent names and addresses and lists numerous residents with ages and medical conditions including pertussis tuberculosis cancer nephritis and heart diseases. The compilation mentions multiple households across Gardner's Lane Maple Street Westmoreland Avenue and other streets, plus hospital and residence notes.
George Curtis was arrested at an early hour Tuesday for burglary and grand larceny after 17 pairs of shoes were found in a sack. Mrs Lotta Woolf Clyde Woolf Frank Strong were previously charged with receiving stolen goods as shoe stores in Brightwood report break ins. Detective Thatcher and bicycle officers aided in the arrests.
As a result of a State Board of Health campaign against adulterated milk, seven grocers were arrested Tuesday. The names include Robert Rentech, Pearl P. Evans, Earl Johnson, John H. Keely, Henry Ardsman, Joseph Sherer, and Henry W. Matler, with listed addresses in the city.
A debate over leadership at a city art association reveals tensions between women and men. Mrs Fox and other speakers criticize secrecy and exclusiveness while women push for efficiency criteria and proportional representation on the board. The Seegmiller case is cited as a point of contention, with forecasts of a contest for influence.
Frisco April 7. The hospital ship Relief under Surgeon Brokes has left Magdalena bay for San Francisco with about 100 patients from the Atlantic fleet.
The vacant lots cultivation and home decoration committee of the Charity Organization Society reports a productive year with 124 gardens, more applicants, and improved conditions for the poor despite wet weather. Widows receive special assistance as more foreigners attend church dinners and seeds are distributed to northeast Indianapolis residents. Senator Hemenway helped provide seed from the Indianapolis Sun.
Mrs. Edward Hulls of 229 N Asgenak Ave reports her husband, a cement contractor, left home last Saturday to collect money and has not been seen since. She fears he may have had an accident.
In Elizabethtown Indiana residents wake to scattered whisky and beer flasks each morning amid rumors of a bootlegging network. The system allegedly involves buying liquor in Columbus and transporting it to Elizabethtown for sale to locals. Intoxicated men are often seen in town.
Philadelphia reports the hangings of Joseph Balirco and Max Sofer after both were condemned for separate murders. Sofer killed his sweetheart Anna Mamgols, while Balirco murdered Alofredo Ravello, the brother of a girl involved in a prior crime.
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