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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1907
Page
2
News items summarize court actions, fines, and legal notices, including fines in a police case, a divorce law repayment issue, and a superior court suit. Also noted are social events with families, school teachers, and a church gathering, plus a street accident scene and a concert performance by a string quartet.
Expert notes that many who suffer health issues from coffee find improvement by switching to Postum Cereal Food Coffee. A ten day trial away from coffee is said to reveal clearer digestion, better blood nourishment, and steadier nerves as the body regains balance.
A Harvard Boston circular opposes conferring an LL D on President McKinley during his Harvard visit claiming degrees should not honor political figures and that the action may imply support for his national policy. The document notes genuine division over McKinley’s policies.
A rapid-fire collage of brief notices from Parsons Kansas to New York and beyond. Reports include deaths from freezing in North Carolina and a suicide in Ohio, legal indictments in New York, stock and oil land deals in Texas and Pennsylvania, a hotel project in New York, a murder conviction in New York, a Blaine mansion sale in Washington, a heartland prize horseman’s death, and various political and social notes across states.
The empress dowager of China delegates powers to a national board that will act as the cabinet to the government. It includes three cabinet members with the empress and adds Prince Ching Viceroy Li Hung Chang and Prince Kung, then in Pekin.
Philadelphia April 26 The North American London dispatch says denial from the war office aside the belief grows Gen French and his men were captured near Vryheid April 15 and are prisoners Nothing definite heard from him since March 25
London reports General French is ill at Vrede fort in the Orange River Colony after orders for a sea voyage to recuperate. Injuries or specific illness not disclosed. The noticia notes the move aims to restore his health as the troops rest.
Birth entries show James and Clara Saul at 718 Virginia Ave a boy and several other couples welcoming sons. Death records include Julia Heanley at 48 718 McCarty St tuberculosis Hattie Nichols epilepsy Lottie Anderson pneumonia Elinor Allison organic heart disease Lillian Klein cerebral congestion Zachariah Keller pneumonia Jacob Messmore Bright’s disease infant of Isary Wynn inanition and other elder entries with ages and residences.
A list of construction bids includes Mayflower Congregational Church at Delaware and Sixteenth Streets for 18000 dollars, T. Whitsett for an addition at 581 North Meridian Street for 36500, E. A. Cooper for a brick flat at 627 North Pennsylvania Street for 9130, and N. L. Parker for an addition to a frame house on West Morris Street near Belmont Avenue for 30000.
Omaha a April 26 The prosecution in the Jim Callahan case the alleged Cudahy kidnapper was Friday weaving a web linking Callahan with Pat Crowe Four witnesses positively identified Callahan as the man seen with Crowe near the house where young Cudahy was held awaiting ransom The case centers on the 6 year old abducted boy and the ransom plot in Omaha.
Floods near Cincinnati ease as stage hits 59.3 feet on Friday. Thousands homeless as major factory areas west of Central Avenue and along Mil Creek suffer extensive losses. Central union depot tracks remain underwater and freight activity winds down amid widespread disruption.
About 20 000 persons are reported to have died of famine in the Russian provinces of Kherson and Bessarabia since February.
Wheat prices show No 2 red at 74 cents and No 3 red around 70 to 72 cents with April shipments noted. Corn prices include No 1 white at 46 and No 2 white around 46 to 44 cents, with mixed lots and yellow varieties also listed. Oats hold at steady with No 2 white 4 cents and No 3 white about 28 to 14 cents. Hay steady with No 1 timothy from 12.75 to 12.25 dollars. Inspections list multiple car counts by grade and type, with total cars for each commodity and several rejections and consignments.
Chicago brokers report signs of a bullish corn month with May activity exceeding July and a possible rush to 60 cents for July corn. Armour alone sold about 700000 bushels as investors eye substantial May corn lines totaling near 20039000 bushels in several board offices. Wheat and oats show mixed gains. provisions rise with pork and lard prices up.
Apr 26 cattle receipts light at Indianapolis market with quotable ranges for good to prime steers 1.33 to 4.40 per cwt and fair to medium steers 1.20 to 1.40. feeding steers 4.25. cows and calves and bulls listed with varying prices. hog receipts 1,200 shipments with good to choice at 5.90 to 5.95 per cwt. lambs and sheep prices shown. stockers and feeders and pigs also tabulated.
At Union Stock Yards Indianapolis on April 26 cattle receipts reached 850 head in a fair market. Prices ranged for good to prime steers 1250 pounds and up. medium to good steers 1100 pounds and under. and varied by class including heifers, cows, and calves with notable bids for prime to fancy export bulls and good to choice butcher bulls.
The Wim H Block Co reports cattle and livestock receipts with notes on common to fair lightweights and lambs. Prices indicate good to choice sheep and lambs with mixed quality stockers and feeder categories.
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