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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1909
Page
4
Receipts to date total 4500 hogs CO cattle and 160 sheep with gains across lines. Light weight hogs commanded higher prices while heavies held steady with top at 7 6 per hundred and most sales between 7 and 7 50. Cattle and sheep sales showed steady to unchanged prices amid a Saturday run of cattle and a small sheep and lamb market.
East Buffalo NW New York cattle receipts firm. prime steers 6.15 to 6.75, butchers 5.20 to 6.00. Veals 20 head slow, 56 cents lower, call to choice 5.75 to 7.50. Sheep and lambs 3,000 head fairly active and steady. lambs 5.50 to 7.80, yearlings 6.00 to 6.55, sheep 2.30 to 5.40. Hogs 2,850 head active and 5 to 6 cents higher. Yorkers 7.70 to 7.80, pigs 7.45, mixed 7.85 to 9.90, heavies 7.05 to 7.90, roughs 6.50 to 6.80, stags 5.50 to 6.00.
Market notes from Rouse Bros at 10 Kentucky Avenue list corn at 83 cents per bushel, shelled oats at 4 to 9 cents, heat oats around 12 dollars, clover at 12.50 to 11 dollars, mixed hay 13 dollars to 14, wheat straw five to six fifty, oats straw from 6. (Prices reflect commodities and ranges for local farmers.)
A historical price list lists buger cured hams at 18 and 1b%c, black or skinned hams at 16 to 18 percent, English style hams at 14 to 15c, boiled hams at 21 to 21 and one half cents, breakfast bacon at 19 to 20c, sugar cured bacon at 8 and 16 and a half cents, English style bacon at 14 to 16 cents, and smoked bacon at 10 to 13 and a half cents.
Cattle receipts and bids show steady market with ranges for prime and common cattle. Hog prices rise with heavy and light categories traded, while sheep demand remains steady with prime wethers and good quality ewes noted. overall activity reflects an active livestock sale in Pittsburg.
On April 71 in New York trading floors showed nerves over Constantinople developments. Demand from key sources supported early gains as selling pressed a few stocks to fractional declines. Reading and Union Pacific rose notably, with rail shares and steel companies advancing in a partial uptrend.
Wheat prices slide with No 2 red track at 1.35 while April and May futures show 1.35 and 1.11. No 3 red at 1.50. oats and hay steady with No 2 white oats at 56.4c and No 1 timothy hay at 12.50. numerous car totals listed for wheat corn oats and hay in various grades and billings.
Hove receipts 9,000. Mixed be roms 37.00 to 50. Weight heavy and light lines show bids from 7.29 to 7.00. Prices noted for hogs and cattle range with bulk sales around 6.20. Plena show overall market activity at Chicago Stockyards.
Lovers of music welcome Creatore and his band at Tomlinson hall on April 30 and May 1. His Indianapolis visits are fondly remembered and attendees will hear operatic selections among the program. Critics note the conductor's music has a subtle charm that words cannot describe and must be experienced.
Murray Henry Talbott and his bride rushed from Union Station to wed near Indianapolis after hiring a rig that broke down. A wheel fell off, they walked then rode again to reach a preacher in a nearby town and married. Talbott’s father jokes about joining a circus.
East Buffalo N Y April 23 cattle receipts 25 active prime steers 6 10 to 6 75 butchers steers 6 00 to 6 0 venison receipts 1 300 active or higher call to choice 9 75 68 0v sheep receipts 5 000 aggressive clipped lambs yearlings 8 00 to 6 5 sheep 4 00 5 40 hogs receipts 4 250 active higher Yorkers 7 60 7 85 pigs 7 2 7 35 heavns 7 35 mixed 7 55 reigns 5 00 6 75
Cincinnati live stock market report lists hogs with 3,349 receipts and slow demand, cattle at 1,076 receipts with quiet to weak trade, bulls barely steady to a shade lower, prices steady to $7.35 for extras, and sheep receipts at 31 with unspecified price range.
The Present Day club met at Mrs. A B Conkle home on College avenue with husbands and friends in attendance. Rev Harry G Hit spoke and three papers on The Wandering Jew were read. Musical interludes were provided by Mrs Frank Heynes and Miss Miavde Cunningham. A list of hostesses accompanied the guests. Psi Iota Xi sorority hosted a dance at the Propylaeum with guests from National Park Seminary and Ruahville. Several weddings anniversaries receptions and funerals are noted among city residents and visiting relatives. Notable attendees include Leonore Juengling Sylvia Abram Bert Essex Alfred M Ogle and Janne P Sayles. Mrs James H Baldwin traveled to Syracuse for a funeral. Mrs S A Snyder and Mr H E Hutchinson hosted a surprise party for Mr and Mrs Harry Freeman and the McVeys. Johannes Miersch heads home from Chicago soon as Mrs Tarkington visits for her son Newton Booth Tarkington.
In San Francisco on April 24 newspaper writer Brandenburgh fled New York Feb 1 before a grand larceny trial was due. He was arrested with his 8 year old stepson James Shepard DeWonne II at a hotel. The boy had been kidnaped from his grandmother's home in St Louis on April 15.
A crowd of several thousand women and hundreds of men gathered near two rival shops on Broadway in Williamsburg to chase bargain sales. The throng blocked trolley cars for an hour, reserves were called, and several people fainted and were hospitalized.
New York reports Senator McCarren settled his $460,000 debt to the bankrupt Ennis & Stoppini. Process servers located Aira and Mrs A E Riley alongside Mrs Ennis and her mother in Brooklyn. Miss Riley was visiting the Sousa family in Hot Springs Virginia. Ennis maintains a safety depot vault and a bank account in his name.
City health officer Dr. Eugene Luchier urges housekeepers and mothers to ensure cleanliness in all milk receptacles and cold storage. He cites dirty milking and storage as major dangers, outlining cleansing steps, use of hot water with soda or borax, and proper bottle handling to prevent spoiled milk and infant illness.
Frankfort Ky April 2 intense feeling marks the pardon action of Gov Willson toward ex Gov Taylor and others tied to Gov Goebel murder. Gov Willson was hanged in effigy in cafley today.
Arthur Marshall, colored, is the only person now in the Marion county jail indicted for murder. Three others are locked up as murderers, and indictments are expected to be returned against them by the present grand jury. Marshall may be placed on trial next week.
City records list births with names and addresses including Rettig Phillips Baker Cheatham Howe Conney Thatcher Newman Dixon Means Green Waters Turpie Hueter Queen Carter Mascar Wurster Butler Downey Billx Clapp Roehl Mueller Nowling Province Jennings Jones Dumenial Walterman Kroop Simon Braugh ton Holliday trustees and multiple building remodels and property transactions with stated addresses and values across numerous properties and firms. The list includes chronic nephritis typhoid fever broncho pneumonia dementia and other medical notes connected to individuals and households.
John Ellis, a small, slender ex convict described as a negro burglar who visited flats with a revolver was arrested Friday by Bicycle Policemen Mullin and Hunter at 427 Puryear street near Alabama. He confessed to stealing 20 chickens from near Thirty eighth street and Park avenue on Thursday night and was found after starting a fire that drew neighbors. Ellis had recent jail time for loitering and serves at the reformatory in Jeffersonville.
Washington April 24 The last day s session of the national convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at 11 o clock After prayer and scripture reading the members sang The Star spangled Banner The vote for corresponding secretary general was very close between Mrs Lyman B Swarmsted and Mrs Eleanor T Thorn Likely another ballot The 73 year old Mrs Lalie Houston Carr of Kansas niece of Gen Samuel Houston recited The Call of Kansas and sang a solo Mrs Donald McLean retiring president general said harmony prevailed and next convention aims for greater achievements Mrs Matthew T Scott new president general said they hope to have more than 100 000 members by the next convention
Classified advertisement listing multiple used cars with makes models years and prices. Includes Marion roadsters Rambler Chalmers Detroit Cadillac Tremler and Franklin runabout plus delivery cars and trucks. Oil gasoline sundries and parts offered. Open evenings and Sundays. Knickerbocker Auto Company 330 332 E Market Street.
Hogs receipts 1,220 and cattle market steady dominate the content. A lengthy sheriff's sale notice in Marion County Indiana lists numerous lots and blocks in Northside and other sections of Indianapolis, naming plaintiff William C. Smith and defendants Grace Gaston Sherwood et al. The sale seeks rents and profits for up to seven years on specified properties, with details on timing and venue at Milton County Court House.
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