Wall Street Stocks Open Irregular After Taft Speech
United Press reports a choppy New York market with Amalgamated Smelting and New York Central up early while Reading declines. Traction shares weaken, Union Pacific swings on short-covering then falls amid broad liquidation. noon prices sit 1 to 6 points under yesterday's close as London buys modestly.
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New York
Amalgamated
New York Central
Erie
Reading
St. Paul
Southern Pacific
Colorado
Union Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Great Northern
Taft
London
Live Stock Prices in Indianapolis Hogs and Cattle Mixed
Indianapolis hogs ease and cattle steady with best steers 1,150 to 1,300 pounds. Hogs down a trifle, top price around 6.00. Sheep and lambs unchanged. Cattle listings show ranges for steers, heifers, and cows from light to heavy categories with several weight classes and price spreads. Bulls and calves offered, with prime bulls at 4.00 to 4.25 and common calves around 3.30 to 3.75.
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Indianapolis
PBS
Abewigene
Bebertsena
Cincinnati Live Stock Trade Report Aug. 2
Cincinnati stock market notes cattle receipts 224 steady butcher steers 49 to 65 good to choice 89 to 95 calves extra 7.75 hog receipts 1041 down good to choice 36.33 mixed packs 1.20 to 36.33 sheep receipts 5103.25 lambs 60 to 72. extra and steady prices appear, with fluctuations across cattle hogs and sheep.
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Cincinnati
Prices on Farm Produce and Feed Staples Noted
A fragment lists corn and oats categories with prices for shelled corn, old oats, new oats, straw and hay types. Includes amounts for timothy, clover, mixed hay and hay-related items, with unit prices and totals such as corn 84.00 and hay 12.50 to 15.00.
City Grain Market Reports Mixed Wheat and Feed Grain Prices
Grain elevator ledger lists prices and carloads for wheat, corn, oats, timothy hay, and rye with various grades and through billing charges. Quantities totaled 21 corn cars, 18 cars for mixed and white grades, and small timothy and rye consignments, ending with a per bushel value and total figures.
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City Grain
Ste
Millire
Stuic
Timothy
Sitean
Hay
Rye
Chicago Live Stock Prices Report from United Prensa
Chicago market variety shows receipts steady for cattle hogs and sheep on a quiet day. Prime cattle range 5.50 to 7.25, hogs 5.30 to 6.40, native and western sheep and lambs quoted with varying prices across categories.
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Chicago
United Prensa
New York Produce Prices Reported by United Press
In New York Aug 20 market notes list Pork Mess at 17 and Western lard spot around 8.80 to 8.90 per unit. Dressed poultry Turkey prices 12 to 15, chickens 16 to 25 cents. Butter creamery extra around 24 4 to 24 cents. Eggs nearby white 28 to 28 cents, western similar. Full cream cheese 12 to 45 cents.
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Brew York
Western
Fine clothes reveal thief in St. Louis youth case
United Press dispatch from St. Louis reports 16 year old Swilliam Hellmich Jr was arrested on theft charges after stealing stamps from his employers, Singer Bros. He claimed he took a few stamps at a time averaging from 3 to 104 dollars weekly. The firm estimates total loss near 1800 dollars.
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United Prean
T. Louis
Swilliam Hellmich, Jr
Singer Bros
Gomm
Chicago Grain Report Notes Frost and Bullish Cables
Frost was reported at several points in North Dakota and lows in the spring wheat country. Bulls appeared as shorts and investors bought. September wheat at 8577/86?. December 9144 933¢. Corn gains with September 5214¢. December 5279/53¢. Oats up. September 4612¢. December 4445c. Provisions: sard $7.85. ribs $8.52 4. Local receipts: Wheat 451 cars, corn 192, oats 361. September wheat closed at 8 7?. December 92¢. No. 2 red winter 838%–844¢. September corn 56 4¢. December 53¢. No. 3 yellow 57 4–3 5¢. September oats 48 4¢. December 15 14¢. No. 3 white 42–45¢.
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Chicago
North Dakota
Shorts
Favors Jail for Rich Offenders
President warns that individuals of great wealth face criminal punishment when law and moral duty collide. He cites recent stock market turmoil tied to policy aims against wealth misuse and insists on strict but fair action, protecting honest workers and responsible corporations.
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Paris
Berlin
New York Stock Exchange
United States
Tam
Indiana Officials and State Events in Springfield and Beyond
Gov Hanly lectures in Springfield while Union Hunt learns of a relative’s paralysis. Goodrich visits the state house, Elrod marries and stays to catalog records, and the Medical Board discusses credentials and improper practice. State fair entries close Aug 28 as the fair opens Sept 9. J N Hurty returning from Asheville. Shutt fishes at Lake Maxinkuckee.
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State Board of Medical Examination and Registration
Sam Shutt
Lake Maxinkuckee
Sam
Federal power and social justice in postwar policy
A speaker argues for expanding federal authority to combat tuberculosis and to tax wealth fairly, while opposing socialism and wealth redistribution. He urges steady moral progress through justice based on merit, service, and democratic ideals. The message warns that socialist plans would harm efficiency and long-term national welfare.
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Columbia University
Wall Street Rally Follows Roosevelt Address in Provincetown
The Wall Street bull and bear unite against a common foe after President Roosevelt’s Provincetown speech. Traders react to his vow to vigorously prosecute all law violators, signaling possible shifts for major railroads and big corporations. American Tobacco plummets 29 points after the remarks, hitting a multi-year low of 10.
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Roosevelt
Provincetown
Mass
Bull
Bear
Wall St
Standard Oil Company
New York
American Tobacco
Classified Tiny Offer for Free Room Ad Space
A Sun notice promotes free ten word want columns ads for three days to rent vacant rooms. Readers are invited to use the service to place concise notices at no charge.
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The
Sun
Hetty Green Slams Fancy Dress as Girls Work Fashion
Special to The Sun reports Hetty Green at Chemical National Bank denouncing summer finery and social extravagance. She recalls her own youth, warns fashionable women to work, and critiques overdressed society while noting her daughter’s upcoming departure and a blend of democracy and aristocracy in her makeup.
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Chemical National Bank
Brooklyn Bridge
Coney Island
Sylvia
Bridge
Hetty
Hetty Green
Eighteen Men Believed Dead In Lille Building Collapse
Eighteen workmen are believed killed when an eighth story building under construction collapsed in Lille France. Three bodies have been recovered and rescuers fear more remains lie beneath the debris.
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Lille
France
City Record Births and Marriages and Deaths and Permits
Daily notice listing births such as Schneider Schott Chapin Cooper Gloan Atkins Noble Baxter and others. marriages including Prescott Talkien Hohnstadt Webster. deaths of Meyers Fofle Pietruch Kritsch Lacey Schroth Stevenson Bush with ages and causes. building permits for Lange Bierley Sturm Hindel Schoefield Morcarety Kling and a church addition. invitation to use The Sun's wanted help columns for ten words three days.
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John
Anna Schneider
Charles
Bar. Co. BE
Dena Schott
S. Belmont
Austin
Mary Chapin
New York
Hoy
Joseph
Ella Cooper
Highland
Lester
Tizzie Barthaiemew
Laurel
John and
Rose Gloan
Smith, Hoy
Harry and
Alice Atkins
New Jersey
Roy and
Bessie Noble
Herbert and
Edna Baxter
Kentucky Ave
Wilhelmina Meyers
Wisconsin-st
Virginia Fofle
Fowler-st
John M. Pietruch
Elmer Kritsch
Alabama-st
Nimrod Lacey
W. Twenty Eighth-St
Helen Alma Schroth
Terrace-ave
Carrie W. Stevenson
Parker-ave
Celia Bush
Twenty-fourth
Dearborn-sts
Lindon Bierley
Jackson St
Southern Lumber Co
Sturmave
Hindel Bros
Capitol-ave
Frank Davis
Kenwood-ave
H. Schoefield
W. Court St
W. Court-st
Jennie M. Stults
LaSalle-st
F. Morcarety
Ashlandave
W. F. Kling
Lexington Ave
Grace Methodist Church
Hope to Settle the Big Strike
A high union official condemns reliance on the National Civic Federation led by August Belmont and Ralph Easley. He argues arbitration under their influence favors employers, rejects Peace proposals, and urges government mediators to pursue fair arbitration rather than Belmont Easley led mediation.
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August Belmont
Wall-st
Ralph Easley
Gompers
Mitchell
Civic Federation
Potter Palmer
National Civic Federation
Neill
Belmont-Easley Civic Federation
Strikers Confident in Telegraphers Strike Progress
In Indianapolis the telegraphers reported little change Tuesday as they received encouraging nationwide reports and hoped two AP returnees Mendavr may rejoin the strike. Western Union and Postal offices showed no major change with operator forces steady and continued service to major cities.
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Indianapolis
Associated Press
Mendavr
Western Union and
Postal Companies
Mitchell says no danger of hard times in current economy
Washington reports United Mine Workers president John Mitchell downplays looming recession prospects. He cites stable industrial conditions, ongoing labor employment, and continued consumer spending as evidence that a business downturn is unlikely, noting financial centers could worsen mood only if they tie up money.
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John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
Taft Ohio Speech Highlights Rail Rate Clash
Taft voices united opposition to the rate bill and argues against federal ownership while condemning overcapitalization and secret rebates. He criticizes interstate rail financing and urges ICC certificates for securities as safeguards. He notes penalties, inheritance taxes, and proposed tariff timing.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Standard
Wall St
No danger of another coal strike, says official
A statement asserts no imminent coal strike risk as agreements with mine owners extend for several years, reducing immediate labor tension. The remark emphasizes stability and continued negotiated terms ahead.
Operator Goes Insane in New York Telegraph Office
Harry Behem’s kin, a strike breaker who reportedly worked two hours daily since the telegraphers strike began, went insane in a Western Union office today and drove most employees from the room. He was removed to Bellevue hospital.
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United Press
New York
Harry Behemskin
Western Union
Bellevue Hospital
Government to probe all wrecks in interstate rail travel
Washington reports the president may push federal powers to investigate railroad accidents affecting interstate trains. Edwin W. Moseley says in states lacking crash inquiry systems, Congress should authorize the Interstate Commerce Commission to conduct investigations, signaling a nationwide move to improve rail safety.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Congress
Finding Fault in Doughnuts and Inheritance of Holes
A humorous exchange notes doughnuts not like mother’s due to fewer symmetrical holes. The widow counters by recalling her method. The joke hinges on a playful dig at traditional baking versus modern shortcuts.
Push for Federal Safety Rules to Cut Rail Accidents
Moseley urges national safety appliance law to curb interstate train crashes. He cites eight years of ICC figures with 7,744 killed and 496,248 injured, including 3,088 passenger deaths and 61,795 injuries, plus $75 million in railroad losses. A congressional report is hoped for next winter from the ICC safety appliances board.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Actul
Congress
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Chicago Grain
Capitol Chat
Gov. Hanly
Springfield
Union B. Hunt
Indiana Railroad Commission
Parsons, Kas
James P. Goodrich
Statehouse
Walter B. Elrod
Jennie Elrod
Oran Perry
Walter D. Elrod
Ockmulgee
H. Ray
Fasser A. Cotton
Jennings County
Everett E. Neal
Insurance Department
the Auditor of State
White River
Noblesville
Statehouse Museum
Catherine Moore
Insurance Department of the Auditor of State
Jamestown
Points
J. N. Hurty
Asheville
S. C
the Bear
Mrs. Hetty Green
Ralph Prescott
Bertha M. Headdy
Isador Talkien
Ida Gordon
Charles M. Hohnstadt
Eleanor Brundage
William H. Webster
Mary J. Dunn
Drapery
Madras
Badger Furniture Co
the Plain Figure Shop
E. Washington St
Washington
Ohio
Edwin W. Moseley
Moseley
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