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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1909
Page
4
Bargain dress skirts offered at 4.95 dollars each from a top national manufacturer. Panama and serge materials in blue and black sized 24 inch waist and 40 inch front length. Regular prices ranged from 6.50 to 11.00 dollars. sale price 2.495 dollars at the 3rd floor center.
Edward Decker was found guilty of murdering Mrs. Mary Nichols after a jury deliberation of one hour and eighteen minutes. The panel fixed his punishment at life imprisonment, with ten ballots cast. Three jurors initially favored death, but later joined the others. Harry Riggin received a life term a week earlier for the same crime, while Harry Doty and George Miller await trial after changing pleas from guilty to not guilty. Attorneys Mehring and Johnson will argue before Judge Pritchard on motions to change pleas, asserting the defendants did not understand their actions when entering first degree murder pleas.
Birth notices list many newborns including Gaethe and Mary Thompson on Black Steed Street a girl. Francis and Myrtle Noll on Sturm Avenue a boy. Certis and Myrtle Hodges on Third Yeesith Street a girl. and several others with diseases noted. Marriages record pairs such as John L Downs and Eben Blackwell Emery Wilkes and Margaret Lovings Ray Henderson and Estelle Gysie Joséph Schwert and Bertha Kozhellek among others. Building permits cite several remodels and new structures with addresses and costs.
The Bean-Eaters defeated Brooklyn 2 1 in nine innings with Bell and Marshall behind the plate. Chapelle and Smith also contributed in the win. Umpires Rigter and Truby. Also a German House concert recital announced featuring William H. Wilkinson and a list of performers.
Chicago cash grain prices show No 2 red wheat at 1.41 to 1.48 per bushel and No 3 red at 1.27 to 1.34. North ern spring values range from 1.28 to 1.39 with various No 3 and No 4 grades listed. Corn oats and other grades appear with multiple misread figures and units, reflecting OCR errors.
The advertisement lists sugar cured hams at 18 percent 154c and 18 percent skinned hams, English style hams at 14 15c, boiled hams at 21 21?4c. Breakfast bacon 19 14 20c and sugar cured bacon 13 4 16 14c. English style bacon 11 16c, smoked bacon 10 13%6c, dry salt bacon 9%4% 12%4c. Fresh pork loins 12 141c, fresh hams 8 14c.
The notice from Rouse Bros at 13 Kentucky Avenue lists current prices for farm staples. Corn meal shelled oats and sheaf oats are quoted, with Timothy hay at 15.00 to 16.00, new clover at 11.00 to 12.50, mixed hay 13.00 to 14.00, wheat straw 5.00 to 6.50, and oat straw 6.00 to 7.00.
The Empire semi professional baseball team defeated the Indianapolis News call team yesterday at Diamond 1 Riverside Park by a score of 7 to 0. Albert Haines is the manager of the Empire ball club and can be reached at the Empire Theater for records and inquiries.
The kidnapers are linked to the Whitla case in Sharon Pennsylvania. James H. Doyle and a woman were photographed. Doyle was captured after the boy Billy Whitla was found in Cleveland Ohio following a $10,000 ransom payment by Whitla senior. Most of the ransom money was recovered from the woman.
Hogs receipts 24,000 steady to higher on mix and butchers 6.85 to 7.50 good heavy 7.10 to 7.35 rough heavy 6.97 to 7.05 light 6.80 to 7.15 pigs 5.90 to 6.60 bulk 7.10 to 7.55 Cattle receipts 21,000 steady to 0. The Reeves 4.15 to 7.10 cows and heifers 2.5 to 6.15 stockers and feeders 2.50 to 5.60 Texans 4.99 to 3.15 calves 5.50 Sheep receipts 2,000 steady sheep 4.75 to 6.60 lambs 5.60 to 8.10.
Cincinnati April 1 hog receipts 4410. market quiet for packers and butchers with light hogs and pigs 1c lower. Lights 5.10, 680. Cattle receipts 1556 with good light heifers and choice fat steers steady. cows 1c lower, bulls strong. Best plugna 4.15 to 5.00, calves slow. Saturday's prices 9.6 to 6.50 extra 7.00. Sheep and lambs receipts 52, market strong.
Pittsburg April 19 cattle receipts 95 lots steady prices listed for prime good and common cattle with and without fat, hog receipts 3 loads and various hog classes, Sherp sheep receipts with lamb and calf prices across primes, fats, and culls.
East Buffalo stock market report shows cattle receipts 375 with active demand and prices steady to strong. Bulls and cows bring 3.50 to 5.75 dollars, feeders 3.20 to 4.55. veals 2.35 to 4.25. Hog and sheep figures appear mixed with 2,200 head of pigs noted, and lambs around 6.80 to 8.60 per head in large lots. overall activity slow.
Markets showed decided strength at the open with many issues advancing. Union Pacific rose about a point in early trading, steel shares gained, and Amalgamated Copper, Smelting, St Paul, Reading, Third Avenue, Missouri Pacific and Canadian Pacific inched higher as weather outlooks lifted investor sentiment. London bought 25 000 shares. broad buying supported most leaders while government bonds held steady and other issues remained firm.
The document lists steady or fluctuating bids for Wheat Corn Oats and Hay with multiple grades, prices per unit, and through billing adjustments. It includes inspections by car counts and totals for various grade combinations and storage or delivery terms.
A brief listing from the Indianapolis Produce Exchange noting prices for butter and poultry products. The readable text includes a price of 18 cents and references turkeys and general market items, reflecting a historical commodity quote style.
Nine persons were injured today in two railroad wrecks on the Central Railroad of New Jersey caused by dense fog. One train, a pay train, carried $50,000.
Wheat prices show cash at 1.41, May at 1.391, July at 1.183. Corn cash Tilac May 7 1 4¢, July and September 7 6 ¢. Oats cash ifc May 56 c, July 60 c, September 471 ¢ c. Rye cash silk. Alsike 8.10. Timothy 1.80. Clover seed April 5.87, Oct/Dec 6.60, March 6.75.
Capt Peter C Hains US Army faces court in Flushing Supreme Court over death of William E Annis defense centers on sanity. Jury selection begins with jurors questioned by Prosecutor Dewitt and defense counsel McIntyre and Young. He looks pale thin and guarded as proceedings start.
Senator Aldrich outlined the tariff bill noting it will raise sufficient revenue with existing taxes and no new taxes. He predicted 1911 revenues could rise by 40 million and a 35 million cut in expenditures creating a 30 million surplus. A reform in appropriations is urged with potential 50 million in savings.
An abroad announcement states Count Cassini, pictured here, has retired from the Russian diplomatic service after 54 years of work. He served as Russian minister to Washington for a number of years.
Statement of receipts and expenditures for the Indianapolis Water Company from April 1, 1908, to April 1, 1909, detailing capital stock, bonds, cash on hand, water rates, rents, and fire protection. Expenditures cover interest, real estate, meters, street improvements, salaries, station expenses, and various repairs. Signed by L. C. Boyd and H. McK. Landon in the presence of a notary.
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