Wall Street Stocks Open With General Decline
United Press reports New York stocks opened lower with Mexican Central and Reading among leaders sliding while Union Pacific and Reading rallied briefly. After an initial drop the market rallied at midmorning, then paused before renewed selling pushed prices down again, ending the hour lower but government bonds steadier and a late rally developing.
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New York
Mexican Central
Southern Pacific
Louisville & Nashville
St. Paul
New York Central
Reading
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Anaconda
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
London
Agricultural market report with grain and hay prices
Wheat and corn bids with varieties and grades listed. Inspections show car counts for red and white wheats, yellow and mixed corn, and white oats. Prices for timothy and clover hay, mixed hay, and straw mapped to weekly store figures and totals.
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Timothy
Talon
Commodity prices report from New York market
New York markets list pork mesa at 17.75 to 18.25, lard Western steam spot 8.90 to 9.00, tallow city 6 1/2 to 6 1/2 cents, country 5 1/2 to 6 1/2, butter Creamery extra 24 1/2 cents, eyes Fancy 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 cents, cheese Full cream 12 1/2 cents.
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New York
Western
Cattle and Hog Receipts Report From Chicago Market
Chicago August 17 cattle receipts were steady with hog receipts at 14 000 head showing a 5 to 10 cent decline. Prices ranged light 6.15 to 6.60, rough 5.45 to 6.80, mixed 5.70 to 6.30, heavy 5.85 to 6.20, pigs 5.46 to 6.30. Sheep receipts 2 500 steady.
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Chicago
Cincinnati Live Stock Markets August Snapshot
Cincinnati dispatch reports cattle receipts 674 with steady tone. Butcher steers higher range 4.90 to 5.63, calves 7.50 to 7.75. Hogs receipts 2122 about a half to one percent cheaper, good to choice 6.45 to 6.50, mixed packers 6.20 to 6.40. Sheep receipts 359 down about 15 percent, extras 5.00, lambs weak 7.00 to 7.75.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Fire and Panic at J. H. Haddock Cork Works
A Brooklyn cork works fire at J. H. Haddock causes panic among 200 female workers with five rescues and injuries. The blaze spreads to nearby residences, with residents Agnes and Kate O Neill and Captain Bermotell rescued by police and firemen as property losses reach 250000.
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New York
J. H. Haddock
Brooklyn
Chicago Grain Prices Open Higher On Aug 17
The Chicago grain list rose at the morning open with September wheat at 851/4 to 534c, December 109c. Corn up fractionally. September 5442 to 54 9c, December 5144 to 515c. Oats up. September 45 1/4 to 45 1/4c, December 4454c. Provisions dull with September pork at 15.82 1/4, lard 8.90, ribs 8.57. Wheat and corn futures closed mixed later.
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United Press
Chicago
Cattle and Hogs Market Report from Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh market notes show light cattle supply with prime prices from $6.30 to $6.50 and choice $6.50 to $6.80. Sheep offerings steady with prime wethers $5.50 to $5.60 and lambs up to $7.35. Hogs supply 19 loads with prime heavy hogs $6.00 to $6.55, mediums to heavies $7.00, lights $7.10, and rough $4.50 to $6.00.
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Pittsburg
Gas plant explosion misses mass casualties in city fire
Fire at the Prest-O-Lite plant gutted a three story brick building and damaged tanks and gas equipment. 27 workers escaped as explosions and dense smoke roared from doors and windows, with firefighters and police guiding the fleeing crowd and extinguishing flames within an hour. Losses are pegged at 45,000 to 50,000 dollars for the building and 5,000 to 8,000 dollars for the property, while several workers narrowly avoided death.
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Ss. C. S. Hamilton
East State
Hamilton
Jacob Noble
Frederick Ostermeyer
Prest-O-Lite officials in Indianapolis foresee resume of business
The secretary and another officer of the Prest-O-Lite company were in Indianapolis. Sources tied to the firm and friends of Mr Fisher and Mr Allison said the business would be resumed. A traveling man from Columbus reports a young woman jumped from a second floor doorway near the fire escape and was caught by a man who gave the name Tammie. The woman was uninjured but the man’s arm was displaced.
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Prest-O-Lite Company
Twenty-eighth St
Meridian St
Lison
Indianapolis
Fisher
Allison
James Free
Columbus
Tammie
Plac
Spectacular Downtown Fire Draws Large Crowd
A fierce downtown fire drew a huge crowd despite police efforts to keep spectators back. Explosions shook the building as fire crews, led by Chief Coots, battled flames with three hose lines across railroad tracks, halting traffic before resuming as debris fell and the blaze continued.
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Coots
Pope Motor Car Company
Trafic
Unions Threaten Wider Walkouts in Strike Campaign
The piece notes unions may extend walkouts in a campaign against companies. It cites company readiness to endure two months, asserting unions will outpace them by 30 days. It claims reduced business hurts revenues and that strike funds total 15,900 dollars weekly from broker operators plus wages from new scales. Strikers reportedly can stay out six months to a year without benefits.
Hear Command to Break Camp
First prize openings across several classes at the biennial encampment awarded to multiple Terre Haute Indianapolis Clinton and other company teams with varied percentages and cash prizes. Awards included drill proficiency and inspection prizes, with prize money and auctioned camp equipment noted after the event.
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Terre Haute Company
Kokomo Company
Indianapolis
Linton Company
Huntington Company
Clinton
Rushville
Plainfield
Fowler
Huntington Company No. 114
Frank Shellhouse
Labor Rules Challenge Over Hours Policy
State labor laws restrict overtime hours, and officials warn employers against exceeding legal limits. The issue centers on recorded practice and compliance concerns raised by workers and unions in recent months.
Havana Operators Out
The telegraphers strike has reached Havana as President Small ordered Havana operators to walk out after receiving a local canteen gram. The number involved is not known.
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Chicago
Havana
Small
Bribery Alleged Ties to Milwaukee Car Franchises
Charges of wholesale bribery in granting street car franchises in Milwaukee are brought by Attorney General Frank L. Gilbert against ex mayor Rose ex councilmen and directors of Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company and North American Company. They received summons to appear before Court Commissioner Donnelly on August 20 for examination.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Frank L. Gilbert
Rose
Ecity Council
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company
North American Company
John S. Begg
Frank G. Bigelow
W. N. Cromwell
Silas Burt
New York
George R. Sheldon
Charles F
Printers Seek Raises and Shorter Day in Chicago
Nine hundred Chicago newspaper printers draft demands for a 12 percent wage rise and a seven and a half hour workday, arguing eight hours current. They plan a Sunday meeting if papers refuse. Publishers counter with a rate cut from 29 and 24 to 21 and 19.50 for an eight hour day.
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Chicago
Tragedy in Woods Near Clark's Hill
Clarence Summerfield 20 lies dying from a bullet wound in St Elizabeth hospital after being found unconscious in woods two miles southwest of Clark's Hill. James Whitinger 34 is missing. police seek him. No motive yet known.
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Summerfield
St. Elizabeth Hospital
James Whitinger
Clark's Hill
Bids Set for Voting Machines in St Joseph County
Special to The Sun reports that bids for voting machines will be opened by the county commissioners on September 4 in St Joseph County Indiana. The city is flooded with representatives from voting machine companies and a strong rivalry has emerged to secure the contract for placing the machines.
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the Sun
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph County
For Sale Real Estate Six East Front Lots Gladstone Ave
For sale real estate offers six east front lots on Gladstone Avenue north of New York Street. Must be sold quickly at a sacrifice price of 350 dollars cash per lot, with any reasonable cash offer considered. Jos. W. Selvage, 1kE Market Street. Also five high lots within Illinois Street car line. Non resident owner instructs sale at sacrifice price of 500 dollars cash. owner originally paid 1000 dollars some years ago. Wants cash now. offers invited. Jos. W. Selvage, 130 E Market Street.
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Gladstone-Ave
New York St
Jos
For Rent Listings from Indiana Trust Co Era
Classified list of apartment and house rentals by Indiana Trust Co with many addresses and monthly mod rates. Properties include units on Grace Street Wal land Avenue N Penn N Ala East 10th and others. many entries show modern or 12 150 00 mod terms, varied rents, and descriptor notes.
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Indiana Trust Company
DWLES
Nortia
Lipo
Penn
Oakland
Grace
Wal Land
Pengoe
Columbia
N. Ala
Sanz- WN
N. New J
Ohio
Sheldon
Agli
Redmond
South
Lowell
Park
Woog, m
Brook
Kenwood B & Side
Ashland
N. Stout
Central
N. Capave
Byram
Bath
Oy Peake
Tacoma
Belift
Lambrt
EB. Morris
Clair
Te Golls Findley
Addison
Virginia
Noble
Bellifn
N. Dear
Olney
Indiana Trust CO
Cable Men to Quit Striking Telegraphers Spread
President Small to issue two general orders affecting telegraphers and cable operators. One order compels long distance relay workers to strike unless hours and wages match Chicago’s. The second calls out cable operators in several cities. A closed shop directive will bar nonunion workers from broker offices unless contracts are signed by Monday noon.
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Chicago
Small
Galveston
North Sydney
Canada
San Francisco
Halifax
Banfield
B. C
Hearts Desire
N. FV
New York
Key West
Fla
Havana
Cuba
Russell
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Miners Die In Elevator Cage Accident At Sonman Shaft
Five miners were killed and six injured when an elevator cage overturned at the Sonman shaft coal company near Johnstown Pennsylvania. The fall was reported to be about 400 feet. No other details on the incident are provided in the readable text.
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Pittsburg
Sonman Ehaft Coal Company
Johnstown
Prince of True Believers Sultan of Morocco Born 1878
The Sultan of Morocco was born on February 24 1878. His Circas Algerian mother raised him wisely and he showed real grief when she died recently. He is known to his subjects by the title Prince of True Believers.
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Sultan of
Morocco
Abul-el-Aziz
Neill Arrives in Washington, Plans New York Visit
Commissioner Walter Neill arrived in Washington from Chicago this afternoon. He declined to comment on the telegraphers strike. He is expected to go to New York tomorrow and confer with the president at Oyster Bay.
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United Press
Washington
Walter Neill
Chicago
New York
Oyster Bay
New Move Against Companies by Telegraphers
Boston, August 17. Telegraphers announce a new action against telegraph firms by declaring they will file complaints with state authorities over the hiring of women operators in local exchanges. They charge that women are employed in roles traditionally held by men.
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Boston
Mass
The Sun Seeks Room Rentals and Free Ten-Word Ads
The Sun invites readers to place free ten word want ads for vacant rooms. Submissions use its column for quick notices and rental inquiries, offering a simple way to reach potential tenants through local pages.
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the Sun
Desirable Modern Home and Cottage for Sale
Real estate notices list multiple properties with prices from 2150 to 8500 dollars. Five-room cottages on Filetcher and Market streets offer payments and city water gas. A nine-room two-story house on Greer street rents at 240 dollars annually. Listings include Sayles & Co in Market Street and Selvage real estate firm with near Michigan Avenue location.
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Gas An Filetcher Ave
F. Sayles
E. Market-st
S. A. Cc. F. Sayles
Greer-st
F. Sayles & CO
Sayles & Co
Lots at West Michigan Street Area For Sale
Lots at Harris West Michigan Street addition and nearby streets are offered by Marion Trust Company at low prices. Street access, three car lines, and proximity to asphalt streets are noted. Suitable for medium priced homes or rentals with unequaled value in the city.
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West Michigan
Stre Cable Street
BA Avenue
PRIC
Asphal Street
Marion Trust Company
Market and Circle
Unclear Train Schedule and Beech Grove Growth Notes
Train leaves Union Station at 2 PM and returns at 5 PM. Beech Grove, 16 miles southeast of Indianapolis, is rapidly expanding with yards and buildings. Over 2 million spent. 15 buildings planned, 4500 workers needing homes by Nov 1, 1907. expected city population 15,000 in three years. Brick business block and bank buildings under construction. Discount for cash. lots contracts available.
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NEW York Central
Beech Grove
Indianapolis
Trust Company
National Bank
Breech
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Gether
Sand Hook and Ladder Company No. 4
Charles William Luckey
Cavid Hess
Lynn
Carl Fisher
James Allison
F. FE. Sweet
Cr. G. Fleher
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Thomas A. Winterrowd
Winterrowd
G. A. Boyle
Indiana National Guard
Robert L. Moorehead
Robert H. Tyndall
Artillery
United Prensa
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Lafayette
Clarence
JOS. W. Sbelvage
Market Street
Pennsylvania
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State Ave
Michigan-at
W. Selvage
E. Market Street
Eal EL Estates
PRI
J. L. Tibbott & CO
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