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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1908
Page
4
The list shows current prices for pork beef and veal items including bacon sugar cured English style shoulders ham and lard with per barrel price for pickled pork and various fresh cuts of pork beef veal and mutton all quoted in cts per unit or per weight with standard packaging terms.
Seed price list shows wholesale buying figures for Clover seed common and red at 7.50, Timothy 31.75 and 2.40, Orchard Grass 2.00 and 2.25, Blue Grass 2.25 and 2.50, Alsike 14, Alfalfa Clover 9.00 and 12.00, Dillet 81.00 and 9.23, and Rape 7ase Yb. Retail Indiana figures list Timothy seed per bushel from 2.75 to 2.50, Clover seed red 12.50 to 9.50, Alsike 12.00 to 14.00, Alfalfa clover 12.00 to 13.00, Kentucky bluegrass 2.75 to 3.00, Orchard Grass 2.50 to 2.76.
The notice lists anthracite and coke varieties with prices such as $6.75 for certain grades and $7.00 for egg and stove types. Regions include Pocahontas, Blossburg Jackson Ohio, Pittsburg Winifrede, Hocking Valley, Connellsville, and Linton with lump and egg sizes and granular descriptions.
Fresh eggs 114c per dozen. Butter Country 1de. Hens 10c each. Cocks 6c. Turkeys 13c. Ac. Ticks 8c. Poultry items listed under Indianapolis Produce Exchange pricing.
Louis Saraques a Spaniard of 636 Tili no s street was arrested by Detective Quigley on a charge of attempting to sell alleged immoral post cards on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs Johanna Dwyer aged two of 1122 Olive Street died Wednesday night after four weeks of illness. She leaves two daughters.
New York April 30. The market opened with bear sellers active and London gold shares trading as supply rose. Reading rose from near 109 to above 111, St Paul gained about two points, and other issues moved narrowly. Government bonds unchanged. Yukon gold investigation weighs on mining list. Cotton rose about $1 per bale on bullish cables.
Washington April 30 Political conferences at the capitol suggested the third term threat may end and trigger a stampede for Secretary Taft. Taft with Senators Allison Aldrich and Lodge discussed the shift while Fairbanks Knox Foraker Hughes and Cannon were not expected to withdraw on the first ballot.
Lieut. Michael Corliss of hook and ladder company No. 4 was suspended three days without pay by the Board of Public Safety for failing to wear full uniform on the street. He admitted going to breakfast without a necktie and wearing grey trousers instead of regulation blue.
Receipts total 6 000 hogs 1 100 cattle and 50 sheep with mixed changes year to week. Outside demand for hogs is strong lifting prices to about 5 80 to 5 92 on heavy lots while cattle and sheep show limited gains amid sparse arrivals. Representative hog sales and feeder listings populate the table with varied weights and prices across hogs cattle and calves.
A listed price column shows cabbage Holland seed per barrel and per pound, onions in red and yellow, fruit such as fancy grapes, cocoanuts, Baldwin apples and Jonathans, bananas, celery from Florida, beets, tomatoes, sweet potatoes from Kentucky and Illinois, various potatoes, parsnips, turnips, carrots, navy beans, and popcorn with unit measures and prices in dollars and cents.
The notice lists multiple grain and hay prices including oats shelled straw fodder and hay varieties with per unit costs such as oats 10.00 12.00 per unit, shelled oats 52 15c, hay prices ranging from 11 to 15 dollars per unit, baled No 1 14 14.50 and No 2 12 1 cent, reflecting market rates and packaging details.
Mrs Harry Christian faced cross examination in a divorce case. She described earnings from church singing and teaching music after her husband’s failure. She spoke of taking their son Prentiss and his life since moving to New York.
Fire at the Holton Place church at eorthwestern avenue and Holton Place Wednesday night is not believed to be the work of incendiaries. Spontaneous combustion is regarded as the likely cause.
A busy farm commodities table lists Wheat and Corn grades with through billing notes and monthly figures, Oats and Hay prices for timothy and clover, and car counts by grade. Totals show 15 cars in and 2 cars out for certain lots, with sample and established grades noted.
Pittsburg Pa April 30 cattle receipts light and steady with prime and good ranges from 5.25 to 6.90 per hundredweight. Hogs receipts 10 loads steady with heavy yorkers at 6.15 and light yorkers 5.90 6.00. Sheep and lambs receipts light with prime wethers at 5.50 and lambs 4.50 12.00 per head.
Hogs receipts 16,000 with prices 10 to 15 cents higher. Mixed, heavy, and butcher hogs mostly $5.30 to $6.85. pigs $4.40 to $6.20. best heavy $5.50 to $6.85. Cattle receipts 6,000 steady. beeves $4.50 to $7.20. Texas and western steers $3.50 to $5.65. stockers $3.50 to $6.65. cows $2.40 to $6.40. calves $4.50 to $6.25. Sheep receipts 17,000 down 10 cents. natives $5.75 to $6.15. western $5.75 to $6.80. yearlings $6.25 to $6.80. lambs natives $5.70 to $7.40. western $5.75 to $7.50.
Six hundred working women from eastern states arrive in Washington for a National League of Women Workers convention. They will tour Congress, meet President and Mrs Roosevelt, hear speakers, and visit Mount Vernon Arlington and the Corcoran Gallery.
Mose Josephs, now released from the workhouse, vows to remain sober. He attributes his drink problem to alcohol and notes wealthy relatives failed to keep him from ruin. He intends to focus on sobriety and avoid temptations by observation of the canal and Fall Creek. He is described as educated with potential if he keeps his resolutions.
John Powell of Richmond Virginia, hailed as the greatest American pianist seen abroad, made his London debut at Steinway Hall. At age 20 he received stormy applause as critics united in praise of his performance.
Burglars visited Indiana avenue Wednesday night and entered Pink's drug store taking five bottles of whisky. At Hillie Hart's poolroom watches were stolen and at A West's grocery fifteen pounds of bacon disappeared from 638 Indiana avenue.
Eva Quallis files petition in her suit against Indiana Union Traction seeking venue change alleging Judge Allen biased because he has a relative employed by the company.
New York April 30 Amelia Bingham the actress has been seriously ill at her home and is reported to be resting quietly today. Dr W C Gilday believes she will be out of serious danger within a few days.
A brief column states Ryan’s campaign contributions were given solely to support sport and to improve the breed of politicians. The remark emphasizes altruistic motives behind political donations.
The senate commerce committee ruled no lawful right to exact compensation from private builders for dams on navigable streams. The James River dam project in Missouri faces change as the Inland Waterways bill may be weakened. President Roosevelt favors compensation and vetoes bills lacking it. The panel suggests heavy cuts to the $59,096,000 appropriation.
State Bank Examiner Charles W. Camp closes Malone and Son private bank in Cayuga with a reported shortage near 35000 dollars on deposits of 65000. Frank Malone runs the bank with Maggie and Rebecca Malone amid family holdings and land. Depositors expected to be paid in full. no prosecution anticipated.
Rushville Indiana mourns Rev Walter Campbell aged 67 who died suddenly in Louisville Kentucky last night He was long time resident and son of George Campbell pioneer preacher and founder of Rushville First Christian Sunday school
Isadore Gould a law student was arrested Thursday by Detectives Gerber and Larsh on a charge of petit larceny. He allegedly sold a pawn check for a watch to a friend and redeemed the watch before the friend could retrieve it. The amount involved was $25. Gould lives at 820 N Meridian Street.
Margaret Gwinnup as administratrix of Amos C. Gwinnup’s estate sues Arthur C. Newby as head of the National Motor Vehicle works and driver Carliss D. Pad rick for ten thousand dollars in damages after Gwinnup was killed last March when run down by an automobile.
The Louis Times notes the witching hour of ground work falls between 3 and 5 o clock on dry days. The remark frames a local preference for optimal conditions.
A motivational ad urging readers to treat personal finances as a profitable venture. It compares managing money to running a company, advises spending less than earning, and depositing the surplus in a savings account with The Indiana Trust Co, highlighting a strong institution and a large sum to attract deposits.
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