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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1910
Page
10
Livestock markets report mixed results with hogs cattle and sheep gains in some regions. Pittsburgh East Buffalo Cincinnati and Louisville show varied prices and volumes with hogs steady to lower while lambs and calves rise in select markets.
Liverpool cables boosted Chicago Wheat 1 to 1 1 2 cents with reports of heavy French crop damage. Corn edged up on light offerings while oats rose with market strength. Provisions higher despite a softer hog market as receipts lagged and weather sketched rain in Oklahoma and Ohio valley.
J J Schwabacher and Co report heavy hog receipts at all points and expert findings support continued large hog runs for six months. Packer behavior shifts as outside buyers hold back on January product while cash buyers hesitate, keeping prices from rising despite high prior year levels.
Wheat and corn prices show on track trends with varying grades and locations. Inspections detail car counts for each grain, including No 2 red No 3 red No 4 white and multiple mixed varieties, totaling 31 to 64 cars across categories. Hay remains quiet while rye tracks through billing and oats list steady prices with standard and mixed lots.
Buffalo prices list spring wheat No 1 northern at 1 23 per bushel and winter wheat No 2 red at 1 05 No 2 white 1 03 Corn No 2 yellow 0 71 cents No 3 yellow 1 4 0s No 4 yellow 0 60 No 3 0 69 oats No 1 white 1 40 No 3 white 0 30 No 1 white 0 85 Barley 0 67 Rye No 1 0 80 No 2 0 79
Chicago cash grain report lists wheat at 1.02 1.05 and corn at 64 74 cents per bushel with price ranges and recent trade values. The brief market update reflects mixed activity in wheat and corn on August 11 in Chicago.
Prices for September and December futures quoted in Minneapolis Duluth Winnipeg St Louis Kansas City New York and Toledo. Notable figures include Chicago and New York quotes around 1.08 to 1.12 per bushel with varied December and May postings.
The Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin cites Aug 1 world wheat at 111,015,000 bu, July 1 at 118,942,000, and last Aug 1 at 79,583,000. Foreign buying underpins futures amid bearish domestic context. Northwestern Miller reports flour output rising to 274,436 bu for the week, up from 224,460 last year. Corn in this section shows improvement after rain, with frost delaying risk. forecasts hinge on favorable weather. Primary receipts include Wheat 1,277,100 bu, Corn 354,000 bu, Oats 1,227,000 bu. Ongoing notes from W. Kansas and Missouri indicate variable corn prospects and late plantings. General crop prospects appear positive with needed rains. Hog packing at 350,000 head versus 440,000 last year.
Financial report from New York notes initial stock exchange trading showing moderate activity and early gains in Steel common and Union Pacific. After the first hour a broad bear raid developed with rumors of dividend cuts, leading to falls in major issues while governments and bonds remained mostly steady.
The cotton market opened softer with declines of 1 to 7 points as Liverpool cables weighed on sentiment. After an initial rally in August and new-crop buying, room shorts pressed prices higher before selling emerged, turning gains into losses by midmorning.
New York August 11 copper deliveries dip while lead and spelter hold steady. Tin remains largely flat with slight bid softening. Spot copper trades near 12.20 to 12.25, August around 12.20 to 12.30, and September to October at 12.24 to 12.40. Lead 4.40 to 4.50, spelter 5.35 to 5.40, tin 93.25 to 96.40.
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 Money on call 1 percent. Time money unchanged 60 days 3 3% 0 days 3 43 six months 44%. Posted rates. Sterling exchange 4844 48645 with bankers' bills at 485.60 485.65 for demand and ASG for sixty day bills. Prime mercantile paper unchanged in rates.
New York bar silver rose on August 11 as commercial rates showed a four basis point gain and Mexican dollars indicated a stronger demand. Markets noted cautious trading with limited liquidity and small shifts in currency values amid regional tensions.
President Hadley of Yale may head the inquiry into railroad capitalization and new issues. July exports fall sharply, especially food, cotton, and petroleum. Steel business is very inactive. Western managers are hopeful for the corn crop but demand more rain. Lehigh Valley earns 20 percent on its stock. Canadian Pacific shows a $13.9 million surplus after dividends. July building expenditures fall 2 percent across 45 cities. The New York Times reports irregular stock movements with reduced short interest and cautious sentiment on Wall Street. Traders expect a cautious market ahead with possible further consolidation and manipulation risks noted by Finley Barrell & Co. Western bankers remain optimistic about money and credit conditions. farmers purchasing autos without mortgages.
A long list of fruit and vegetable prices from various states and regions, including apples, apricots, bananas, cantaloupes, figs, grapes, lemons, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapples, plums, watermelons, beets, celery, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, Endives, garlic, green corn, green beans, lettuce, mangoes, mushrooms, navy beans, onions, popcorn, potatoes, parsley, tomatoes, turnips, sage, sweet potatoes, and watercress with per unit prices. The piece notes money market context with surplus reserves held by New York Boston and Philadelphia institutions, a hoped 18e market by month end, and dividend declarations for Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and General Electric.
INDIANAPOLIS markets list new cheese and egg varieties with price ranges for 5-lb bricks and boxes, plus fresh New York and state cheeses. Cattle and poultry quotes appear, with pork, lard, sugar, tallow, and butter values from New York and Chicago market reports dated Aug 11.
OsHkosh Wisconsin August 11 United States Senator Joseph L Bristow of Kansas opened the campaign for United States Senator R M LaFollette criticizing the tariff law praising LaFollette and condemning Aldrich Cannon and Wickersham He warned about lead trusts controlling production and costs and urged voters to back reform minded leaders while calling for a revision of the tariff for consumer benefit and opposing what he called the rail way bill’s vicious features.
In Narragansett Pier Rhode Island Aug 11 a dramatic police raid at the fashionable Narragansett club led to the arrest of many social figures. Constables swept the clubhouse arresting both parties after a clash over authority while several arrestees escaped during the wrangling. A search for gambling paraphernalia yielded waterfaul.
Thousands of acres of lands removed from national forests will be opened to homestead settlement in fall under Taft administration. Areas span Colorado New Mexico Washington Oregon Utah Mexico Wyoming with openings Oct 18 to Nov 21 and specific forest tracts totaling tens of thousands of acres largely unappropriated.
Harry Dwyer, after returning from out of town, assaulted Felix Babbitt at 1325 Sheffield avenue with a knife in Belmont and Lambert streets. Babbitt required twenty stitches. Dwyer was fined 25 dollars and costs and sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse. The intent to kill was dismissed. Dwyer fled to St. Louis before being found by Patrolman Kenting on West Indianapolis streets.
Westville cemetery association directors include Benjamin W. Hollenbeck Phineas Small Ed Greening John Nelson Kelley and Daniel Crumpacker. The Enterprise Lumber Company of Seymour Indiana filed notice of increasing its capital stock from ten thousand to fifty thousand dollars. A. Sipp repairs 625 Louisiana Street.
Five men impersonated woodland fauns in a Hickory Creek stretch near Joliet owned by H N Higinbotham. Deputies E H Werner Carl Fricke and Fred Stoddard captured clothing and items after the fugitives fled into the forest. A resident reported wild men near her home Monday, and the search by game wardens continued.
City records show multiple births with parents names and addresses such as William and Alta Patterson at 2000 Hillside Avenue and Florence Patterson at 2009 Hillside Avenue. The list also includes numerous death entries with ages and conditions, ranging from sarcoma to chronic bronchitis and injuries, for residents on Pierson, Belmont, Graceland, and nearby streets.
The event list includes FrankS. Logan paired with Della Snderson, Lester Wilkerson with Mary J. Schurng, Charles A. Barth with Bonnie Ralston, James Mangan with Iva Gibson, William B. Ward with Hannah Hintrer, John Steward with Maude Daty, Carl J. Funk with Mary M. Williams, Charles W. Cook with Laura M. Irwin, Arthur William Gesler with Orena Marie Gardner, Isaae Hocket with Rosie Brandlinger, and Leopold Bassour with Golda Hebert as couples noted in the social notices.
Building permits issued include J M Hill at Twenty second and Broad way for an addition for 5100, John L Richardson at 5102 Ral aston for 100, Henry Pizzer for a shed at 623 Fueston for 20, Allen C Parker at 2406 East Tenth for 225, Josephine Murrin remodeling at 1426 East Eleventh for 1500, O C Sanders repairs at 715 Parkway for 35, St Kirschbaum repairs at 132 West Washington for 55.
U S Bank Safe Co announces a broad line of fire and burglar proof safes with latest patterns ready for immediate delivery. Special bar gains offered on slightly used safes. A H Wells manager. Irvington T74 New 12145.
Fire erupted at the home of John Buss on Wise Cousin Street when a gasoline heated stove ignited a blaze. Firefighters moved the burning stove outside and the flames were extinguished with no injuries or property loss.
A long list of transfers showing buyers, sellers, lot numbers, additions, street locations, sizes, and prices. Notable entries include Ballard V. Perry to Charles C. Dodson for property at Pratt and Davidson streets at 1200 dollars and multiple vacant and improved parcels across North Indianapolis and surrounding streets with prices ranging from 250 to 35000 dollars.
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