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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1908
Page
4
The busy basement offers dry goods quotations with deep cuts. Novelty plaids 36 inches wide drop from 25¢ to 5¢, mohair and brocade pieces 50¢ items to 19¢, crepe paper by bolt colors advertised, silk seam binding 19¢ down to 6c, rubber hair pins 2c, dress shirts 98c down to 2.00, women’s union suits and knit vests heavily discounted, children’s vests 10c values reduced to 2–3c.
Miss Carrie Settle and Mr. Austin H. Todd plan an extended Canada trip after their Tuesday wedding. Rev. Joaquin P. Meyer married Miss Paula Peters at noon Wednesday and they will reside in Cincinnati. Several local guests attended. Lillian Kreber Edith Venn Maude Venn traveled to Lake Wawasee for two weeks. Ora Lynch visits Lora Bell on Ghent avenue. Omar O'Hara and his wife visit Martinsville to see his mother for two weeks. Margaret Starkey returns from Pierceville Indiana. Horace Eddy family head north to Wisconsin for several weeks. Mrs Frank Beckerick and niece Anna Galm return from Hamilton Quebec. Mrs Kruse hosted a shower for Mrs Metcalfe formerly Miss Bessie Clay last Wednesday. Seventeen guests listed: Mabel Sage Corinna Foltzenlagel Katie Kuenzler Anna Miles Hazel Smith Ruth Dunn Marie Meyers Laura Green Dean Schuster Floreine Travis Hattie Banernt Clara Kruse Katie Wesler Pearl Green Anna Pletzer Emma Heidenrich.
The Sun invites readers to use free want columns for vacant room advertisements, offering a ten word ad area at no charge.
The Nature Study club plans a day trip to Winsey's grove on White river beyond Carmel. Departing 1 35 p m from the traction station, they will meet Kinsey and neighbors at Kinsey's crossing and travel to the grove past John Wiles farm. They will welcome by C E McClelland and view lo cust trees, birds, and a spring water supply. The group will also visit John Wiles farm to see a bat colony at dusk with Philmer Eves leading. Membership remains open to nature enthusiasts.
City record lists dozens of births with parents and addresses including Laura Minning and Simona Minnie Hughes among others, detailing girls and boys born at multiple streets such as 702 N Illinois, 233 W McCarty, and 1507 W Twenty seventh. Death entries include ages and causes like cancer of liver Brights disease chronic gastritis and acute myocarditis across local residences and institutions.
A former sufferer recounts a self developed cure for stammering, detailing lifelong hardship in Indiana and how he perfected speech improvement. He offers free advice to readers, promises success stories, and advertises a published guide titled Advice to Stammerers mailed free to any address.
Jesse Lewis 14 sought to sell a piano movers truck at an unreal bargain. James Lusk of the Lusk Co at 833 Massachusetts Ave alerted police. Bicycle Officers Mullin and Stewart arrested Lewis after he claimed a Black thief stole the truck from Baker Bros barn.
Stocks led by Duggenheim and National Lead surged in early trade as copper prices rose and optimism spread that business is recovering. Smelters, Amalgamated, Steel and Union Pacific reached high levels. Reading and Union Pacific bought steadily by a single broker group. Pittsburg reported Gould orders for freight cars to meet fall tonnage, possibly 10 000 cars. Government bonds stayed unchanged while other bonds remained firm.
Indianapo lis August 5 receipts total 8000 hogs 1700 cattle 650 sheep with hogs and cattle up and sheep down versus two weeks ago. Price ranges list good to choice steers 1300 lbs and up around 46 to 46.25 with other grades noted. hogs top heavies 210 lbs and up, lights 150 to 180 lbs. Sheep bids include yearlings and lambs with various per 100 lb figures. City grain and wagon market prices follow for wheat corn oats Timothy and clover with multiple grade throughputs.
Hogs receipts 24,000 strong with mixed and butchers grades trading from 6.20 to 6.95 per cwt and bulk around 6.50 to 6.85. Cattle receipts 17,000 with cows and heifers about 1.75 to 1.90. stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.50. Texans 5.50 to 5.40. calves 5.50 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 22,000 steady with Western sheep 2.71 to 4.50 and lambs 4.25 to 6.75.
Market report from Toledo shows wheat with cash and futures at 1.00 to 1.04 dollars per bushel for various months, corn at 0.82 dollars, oats around 0.48 to 0.52 dollars, and seed oats with October futures near 8.82 to 8.44 dollars and rye cash prices listed. Alsike clover seed quoted at 9.60 dollars in August and 9.40 dollars in October.
Report on contagious diseases and deaths during the week ending August 2 1908. Includes cases and deaths from smallpox typhoid fever scarlet fever diphtheria tuberculosis and total deaths from all causes. Contains figures for each disease and overall mortality.
Testimony by Cyrus J. Clark and James O. Barrett links an $800 bank deposit to alleged bribery, with Clark claiming $25,000 borrowed in a year. Barrett admits $175 paid, but no notes or records were made, prompting defense questions on credibility and timing before the jury.
Pittsburg Pa August 5 Cattle receipts light and steady with ranges for extras primes and goods. heifers and fresh cows and springers priced up to 55.00. Hogs receipts eight loads steady with heavy medium and workers priced around 6.00 to 7.10. Sheep and lambs light receipts, market lower with prime wethers about 4.60 to 4.70 and good mixed 4.20 to 4.50.
In South Bend Indiana on August 5 a six passenger automobile owned by William F Wood a manufacturer blew a tire and struck a telegraph post at about three miles an hour. Mrs Wood and Miss Louise Wood his sister were seriously injured. the chauffeur and Mr Wood escaped with minor scratches.
General Ordinance 64 of 1908 imposes dog licensing, registration, and muzzle rules in Indianapolis. It creates a pound keeper and deputies, outlines impounding procedures, fees, notices, and disposal, plus penalties for noncompliance and dog fighting bans.
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