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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1902
Page
9
In Yonk ers New York on April 18 Mrs Sallie Eisler about 300 pounds tried to slide down a firehouse pole with Miss Reiner and others. Reiner reached the floor safely while Eisler fell the remaining distance, fracturing her leg.
Albert Fiehn 41 of 25 Collister street Cleveland attacked his wife Augusta 38 with a penknife after failing to pay the next house payment. He killed himself with the same weapon. Augusta severely wounded but may recover. He worked as a wire-drawer for the American Steel and Wire Company.
In Lexington on April 18, Mrs. Louella Thurman of Harrodsburg sued the Southern railway for 10000 damages after being forced to ride in the negroes compartment. A jury awarded 4000. The trainmen said her olive complexion led them to mistake her for a colored woman. The case will be appealed.
A list of births including Girthe R J and Rosa Otey at 912 Cottage Ave a girl and several other newborns with addresses. Deaths include infant Grover and Samuel Dupuy at City hospital pest house with smallpox and stillborn Infant Tate. Marriages recorded include Frederick Asher to Mary Thompson and Homer Cook to Ethel Long among others.
A list of building permits issued for residences and commercial spaces across several streets with varied costs including additions and remodels. The entry notes continued strike action in Brussels as of April 18, with the general council voting to press the strike to the bitter end.
London reports peace negotiations with the Boers delayed for three weeks. In Brooklyn, a tenement row on Front Street awoke to a fast spreading fire that engulfed the National White Lead Company's building across the street. Several tenants narrowly escaped as flames trapped others. the lead company plant was destroyed. The Joss is 2150,600.
A New York report from April 18 notes buying in Southern equities and rail stocks including Pennsylvania, Norfolk and Western, Reading, and Union Pacific. Sugar purchases look favorable on any reaction while American locomotive issues show sharp gains. It cites a substantial southern and interior money movement and predicts easier money rates next week as brokers remain positive.
New York April 18 Daniel Frohman Daly's theater manager reported Miss Georgia Cayvan the actress is in very grave condition after months of a general nervous breakdown.
Receipts at Union and Interstate Stockyards show 800 cattle and 4,000 hogs with varied quotes. Cattle ranges include prime export steers 1,350 to 1,500 pounds and prime to fancy cows about 4.50 to 5.25, while hogs offer good to choice heavy from 6.75 to 7.30 per hundred pounds. Interstate Stockyards also report 200 hogs with similar price bands and light shipments.
A fragmented OCR style list shows bonds and stocks for Indianapolis firms including Belt street railway Am Nat Bank Capital Nat Bank Central Trust Columbia Merchants Nat Bank Indiana Nat Bank Indiana Trust Marion Trust Union Trust Light and Power Indianapolis Gas Citizens Street Railway Union Traction Broad Ripple Traction Indianapolis Improvement New Telephone Indiana Cold Storage Indianapolis & Eastern Traction J T Polk Indiana Hotel Atlas Engine Works and related preferred stocks with various par values and coupon rates. The fragment also mentions bonds and balance figures like 58 93 80 58 106 140 57.
The New York market opened strong with Southern rail and Colorado fuel showing notable movement. U.S. Steel chatter hinted at higher prices as Western buying emerged. Central led gains early before fading. Reading issues showed strength while St Paul faced selling pressure and government bonds held steady.
New York market report lists pork at 16.756 17.75 dollars, lard at 10.10 dollars, imitation creamery 20 29 cents, dairy 10 20 cents, factory 20 25 cents. Cheese large 9 12 cents small 9 13 cents. Turkey 8 1 cents, chickens 7 14 cents, fowls 7 12 cents, ducks 14 16 cents, geese 10 cents.
Apr 18 Chicago market report shows wheat and corn mixed lower with May and July contracts quoted across several fractions. Oats and feed provisions list ranges for pork ribs eggs butter cheese and dairy products. Live poultry prices include hens, broilers, turkeys, geese and ducks with varied per unit values.
Cincinnati Ohio April 18 cattle receipts 603 good to choice and extra calves 26.25 to 6.50 per hundred hog receipts 2027 good to choice 7.20 to 7.20 one load fancy 7.40 mixed packers 6.90 to 7.15 sheep receipts 407 extra 16 to 7.25 per hundred.
Wheat, corn, oats and hay prices shown with steady or mixed trends. No. 2 red and white grades receive specific prices per bushel, with milling freight and various mixed lots noted. inspections enumerate car totals for each grade and date.
Senator Von Plewhe is named ministerial secretary of state for Finland, succeeding M. Bila in the role. Details indicate a formal government appointment announced in St. Petersburg on April 18. The move reshapes Finnish diplomatic leadership amid ongoing political changes.
At Union Stock Yards on April 18 cattle receipts reached 1,500 with ranges from $4.75 to $7.35 for best grades, hog receipts numbered 18,000 with top at $7.40 and averages from $6.70 to $7.55, and sheep receipts around 4,000 with natives $3.75 to $6.20 and westerns $4.00 to $6.25 per head.
East Buffalo New York cattle receipts show five cars and varied prices for cows veals and select stock. Hog receipts number 45 loads with mid range prices. Sheep and lambs receipts list top wool prices and multiple categories. NY Stock market noon prices include U S Steel St Paul U P Atchison Sugar Southern Railway Missouri Pacific Reading. total sales 863 200 shares.
Prices paid by shippers for poultry and produce including hens nine cents per pound, old turkey hens eight cents, old toms six cents, choice young turkeys seven to nine cents, ducks three cents, geese full feathered fifty four and a half cents, bees four cents, various cheeses from New York full cream to domestic Swiss and brick, butter twenty cents, hides and tallow with grade prices, flour and bran with assorted winter and spring prices, and fruits vegetables with strawberries twenty five cents per quart and cabbage one dollar seventy five per hundred, lettuce twelve and a half cents per pound, spinach and oranges notes incomplete.
A lengthy price list from a historical newspaper segment shows per unit costs for onions, oranges, lemons, beans, celery, apples, and many other groceries. It includes specifics for oysters, fish, clams, ducks, coffee, sugars, meats, canned goods, and drugs with numerous brand and origin notes. Dated items reference regional markets and vendors, reflecting a dense catalog of 19th or early 20th century grocery prices and offerings.
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