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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1908
Page
4
Receipts reach 5000 hogs and 500 cattle with strong demand and higher prices. Hogs mostly sell 5 cents above yesterday, top at 6.35 with many 5.75 to 6.30. Cattle supply light, mainly lower grade butcher types. prices steady. Sheep and lambs insufficient for market. best lambs 7.75 and sheep 5.50. Representative hog sales list numerous lots with varied weights and prices.
The listing shows common to choice steers over 1300 pounds priced around 6.60 to 8.60 per 100 pounds with multiple grades. Heifers, cows, and bulls are priced from roughly 3.50 to 5.50 per 100 pounds. Pigs and heavy calves also appear with varied quotations, reflecting a broad market spread.
Chicago grain notes wheat gains after the opening as commission houses buy and drought in Kansas and Nebraska supports prices. May wheat opens at 91 2 with a close near 92 1/4 as Armour sells 2.5 million bushels and futures show strength amid dwindling Minnesota stocks. Closing also shows corn up 5 8c and oats higher with pork and lard trading around 13 40 and 8 37 1/4 respectively.
London sent a lower range of prices for American stocks with selling orders pulling the market down at the open. Strong-arm manipulation pushed prices back above last night’s close as traction shares, including Interborough Metropolitan common and preferred, rose while Third Avenue gained 14 points to 30 percent. Erie remained near best levels, and Delaware & Hudson proposed a $50 million gold bond issue at under 4 percent, not moving the stock in the hour. Wheat edged up slightly and cotton fell 6 to 7 points. Curb market activity was quiet with steady prices.
Mrs. E. Helley hosts a benefit dinner at the Home for Aged Men on 3445 Washington St with Rev. Hari tan Dr. Fisher and many local residents attending. Easter dinner planned for Thursday at 1 pm. Mothers' club honors Mrs. Foster with a loving cup from the Boys' club. Additional notes mention engagements weddings and travels of local residents and upcoming May 10 wedding for Edith Denker and Otto Waterman.
A market listing shows sugar cured hams at 14 1 4 cents, boiled hams at 19 1 2 cents, and assorted bacon and shoulder cuts priced per pound or per package. Fresh pork, beef, veal, and mutton/carcasses are listed with multiple rate points including lard, dried beef, and pickled pork terms.
Turkeys Hens 13c Toms 18c Chickens Hens 19 1/2c Roosters 6c Ducks 8c Geese 6c. The Gel Standry. Family washings rough dry by 4 pounds all flat pieces ironed. Try Phones 1671.
Edward Gurnell a janitor at 99 N Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis thought to supply tenants with water from the hydrant of the Indianapolis Water Company next door He connected to the standpipe with a hose Detectives Kintey and Morgan charged him with stealing water His case was postponed in peace court Saturday.
Miss Grace Walker on 2005 N New Jersey Street was cleaning on the front porch Saturday when an unidentified Black person entered from the rear, went to the second floor, stole a gold ring and a purse, and fled after a family member screamed. The ring held great sentimental value to Miss Walker.
Cattle receipts steady. Extra cattle 6.75 to 7.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 5.75, springers to 5.00. Hogs five loads, prices 6.40 to 6.85 for heavies to light workers 5.50 to 6.85. Sheep and lambs receipts steady. wool sheep 4.50 to 7.25, spring lambs 8.00 to 11.50, good to prime types 6.25 to 8.49.
A dense page of rental ads lists multiple houses and flats for let by N. Richie & Son across Chicago addresses. It includes varied rents from a few dollars to over ten dollars per month, notes on modern services, six and five room dwellings, and properties in Irvington, West Side, and nearby streets with details on features such as cisterns cellars porches and heated units.
Birth notices list Rolly and Laura Early from Northwest ern ave for a boy, Emanuel and Emma Hall from Indianapolis ave for a girl, Edward and Emma Koch from Kennington st for a boy, Wiley and Ella Ware from W Walnut st for a boy, John and Mabel Dyer from E 14th st for a girl, Burk and Clara May from Madison ave for a boy, George and Effie Renner from Church St for a boy, Joseph and Victoria Chanoux from E New York st for a boy. Death notices: Squire Higgins aged 56 of Superior st with no disease listed, Joseph McAdams 70 of Parker ave with mitral insufficiency, Infant Loatz 1 day premature birth at N Beville ave, Mattie Poole 23 of Wisconsin st with puerperal metritis, Andrew J. Maple 59 of Ludlow ave with mitral regurgitation, Julius H. Pritsch 4 of S Hast st with chronic interstitial nephritis, Lucy Wiggins 68 of Ogden st with carcinoma.
Magdalene Schmid an 80 year old woman fell from a street car on Dunnois street Saturday as she attempted to alight while moving. Dr Swadnar ambulance surgeon said injuries not serious. She was returned to her home at 30 Indiana Avenue.
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