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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1910
Page
10
Receipts Friday reach 6000 hogs 1950 cattle and 700 sheep. Hogs sold from 8.50 to 9.10 with supply tight. cattle saw mixed moves and calves under pressure. Sheep and lambs remained in strong demand with several lots and yearlings pricing notably higher than earlier periods.
Cattle supplies and prices shown for Pittsburg and East Buffalo with steady to slow markets. Hogs receipts heavy at Union Stock Yards with brisk demand. prices range for mixed, heavy, and light categories. Sheep and lambs also active with steady to strong bidding. lambs command higher prices and yearlings show gains.
Washington Aug. 5 A formal extradition request for Porter Charlton on murder charges was received by the State Department through the Italian embassy. The papers note that Charlton fled and call attention to magistrate procedures in the case, outlining Italy's request for his return.
Chicago grain trading opened under pressure with wheat down on easier cables and favorable weather. Buyers absorbed selling pressure to push prices higher, while corn stayed near unchanged due to dry conditions in the belt. Oats rose about a quarter to a half cent as demand improved amid light activity and a tight hay crop.
The report lists varying prices for wheat on track with No. 2 red at 97 cents and 94 cents for other grades, plus August and September values. Corn prices feature several white and mixed lots with multiple car counts and totals. oats and hay show timothy and clover bids. Inspections note numerous car counts and sample statuses, totaling 49 cars for wheat and 20 for corn, with mixed lots and new versus old inventory.
Buffalo market listing shows Spring wheat No. 1 and Wheat No. 2 white priced around 1.02, Corn No. yellow and No. 2 white, Oats No. 2 white, Rye No. 1, with various lot identifiers and grade notes. Fragmentary OCR yields scattered codes like S104 2oyeleaw and DaArley No. DSi, but overall depicts commodity prices and grades for a regional wheat corn oats rye market.
Minneapolis reports September wheat at a slight gain over yesterday, while Duluth closes 1.10 higher. Winnipeg shifts to October with a similar advance. St Louis and New York show gains on September futures, Kansas City lists mixed December moves, and Toledo notes cash and futures spreads.
Wires from S A Bradley and Columbus Neb report corn requiring rain as drought strains Minnesota, with some areas fair near McPherson and river bottoms. Showers helped in parts, overall dry, yields good in Minnesota. drought damages noted elsewhere. Northwest wheat receipts 258 cars, primary wheat 1,877,000 bu. corn 472,000 bu. oats 871,000 bu, vs prior year figures.
The census bureau released population data for cities including Minnesota St. Paul rising to 214,744 from 163,065 in the last census, a 31.7 percent increase. Other listed cities include Pennsylvania Allentown and Reading with notable increases, reflecting shifts in urban populations.
Financial wires report Aug 5 quotes from the New York exchange with Union Pacific and Amalgamated rising after initial selling. Steel and Copper buoyant while the list was largely inactive. Prices finished the first half hour mixed, then a late selling wave trimmed gains, producing an irregular close with a spotted market appearance.
The U S treasury’s weekly circulation shows gold coin 581,664.48 dollars, gold certificates 831,063,029, silver dollars 72,156,154, silver certificates 476,664,376, subsidiary silver 144,728,045, treasury notes of 1890 43,620,954, United States notes 337,991,977, national bank notes 675,363,438, totaling 3,185,752,401 dollars.
New York metal exchange notes copper steady with higher asking prices across all deliveries. Lead and spelter steady, tin weaker with bid prices down. Copper spot to October quoted at 12.05 to 12.25. Spelter at 5.5 to 5.40. Tin also weaker.
Financial summary notes a 15 million dollar drug company in formation, steady rainfall across Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma, and reduced textile output. Independent steel firms cooperate amid price cutting expectations, Clover Leaf dividends expected, and mixed railroad activity. Trading ends with little change as professionals limit risk and no major liquidations occur amid political concerns.
A historical price catalog lists apples and berries with per crate or per basket costs, including Maiden Blush apples at $5 per bri and Siberian crabapples at $1.13, along with assorted fruits like cantaloupes, oranges, peaches, pears, plums, and watermelons. Vegetables cover beets, celery, cauliflower, cucumbers, garlic, beans, lettuce, okra, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, and more with varied per unit prices.
The market shows broad liquidation with no standout stock and equilibrium as buyers lag. London discount rates rise on treasury bill hopes and Bank of England reserve signals, while cash from the sub-treasury improves. Finley Barrell & Co warns of a dull waiting market until crop data and other developments emerge.
Markets in Indianapolis list butter imported Swiss 30 to 31 cents a pound, Neufchatel and state prints at 17 to 31 cents, and a 5 pound brick at 17 cents. Cheese and eggs include full cream fresh eggs at 6 to 8 cents, N.Y. cheddar 17 to 18 cents, ducks and spring chickens at 10 to 14 cents, and hens, toms, and geese priced per dozen or head.
Chicago markets report varied produce pricing with butter extras at 28e and firsts 24e to 28e, prime fir loe lines, cheese varieties listed as Twins and Wig at 145e and 163l6e, live poultry including fowls 13l4e, ducks and geese at listed values, reflecting a fluctuating agricultural trade.
The New York police commissioner aims to recruit farmer boys for the force and will ease the mental test for out of town candidates. He notes farmers are not less intelligent, but that certain street questions will be eliminated for outsiders, admitting some may get lost, and suggesting they carry maps.
The August report from the Bureau of Labor statistics reveals a shortage in US livestock and meat supplies for the first half of 1930. Hog receipts fell about 25 percent with wide regional declines, cattle receipts down about 60 percent from five-year averages, while June shipments in Chicago reached the year’s high yet lagged 1900s totals. Meat stocks in five principal stockyard centers ended June at 107,570,860 pounds, down over 36 percent from five-year norms.
List of new births with parent names and addresses across multiple avenues and streets. Reported infant genders for each birth and a long roster of names with ages and causes of death or illness including cholera infantum Bright's disease bronchopneumonia cerebral hemorrhage apoplexy mitral incompetence and other conditions. The entry also notes hospital mentions and chronic cystitis and malaria fever among listed cases.
A sequence of paired names appears: Michel A. Zeigler with Katherine Wol, Arthur W. Lehman with Mona Harcourt, Willie Brock with Georgia Knowles, Albert Atkinson with Mary Odell, Arthur Fisher with Frances Maxwell, Victor Clavelin with May Brucker, Leonard Gerrard with Teresa Samuels, John Hammitt with Ethelyn Burnett, and Harold W. Morlan with Elva Grady.
A compilation of property improvements and repairs in Indianapolis including dwellings at 621 Oakland and Twenty eighth near Lawrence, church and school additions, and commercial work by firms such as M. K. Fatout and Bishop & Hakeork company. Entries show locations on Nineteenth Fifteenth Oak land Broadway and North Tinois with amounts ranging from $70 to $4,705.
Winchester Indiana reports drought with corn needing rain as roads fill with dust. Autos move slowly through town as cars appear like clouds crossing the dusty streets, reflecting a dry season impact on daily life.
Real estate transfers record multiple property deeds including Hansen to Wereker, Weathers to Pohlman, Stanley to Stevenson, Tolbert to Gray, Murphy to Marion Trust, Sagalowsky to West, Lowneship, Acre to Buttome, Fink to Massey, and others. Properties range vacant lots, improved lots, various street corners, and additions in Beech Grove, Osgood Forest Park, Meridian Heights, and Nob. Fees vary. amounts noted include 4250 and 12000, with several parcels described by lot and block specifics.
A series of vacant lot notes and transfers list properties on Thirties Street north of Broadway and Buckle Street. Caroline V Collins transfers 3.60 by 40 feet to Geo Watt. Edna Sprinkle transfers lot 29 Boulevard Square. Eliza Edwards transfers lot 178 North Western Park addition. William Elder transfers vacant lots on Twenty-ninth Street Edgewood area. Transfers include corner and corner-like plots with nominal payments and large sale prices noted.
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