Wall Street Stocks Open Higher Amid Rumors Of Dividends
The stock market opened with broad advances led by Union Pacific and Am Smelting. Gains faded quickly as trading slowed after five minutes with 1% to 3% pullbacks. rumors of reduced dividends spurred hesitation and New York Central fell from opening highs. Goverments and bonds showed irregular moves as the day progressed.
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New York
Union Pacific
American
Anaconda
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
New York Central
Atchison
Amalgamated Copper
Interborough Metropolitan
The Wagon Market Prices for Grains and Hay
The notice lists commodity prices including corn at 68 65c, oats old 57 62c and new 42 43c, straw 6.00 48.00, timothy 21.00 23.0, clover 12.00 34.00, mixed 12.00 13.00, new hay 14.00 16.00. It reflects historical market quotes for feed staples.
Cincinnati Cattle Receipts Rise Slightly at Auction
United Press reports Cincinnati cattle receipts rose as market figures show 1,800 head with prices 16 cents higher for shippers at 5.60 to 6.60 for extra. calves 7.75. hogs receipts 1,900 up 30 cents with good to choice butchers at 6.75 and extras around 5.00 to 7.50 for miscellaneous lots.
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United Press
Cincinnati
Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Pittsburg Trade
Pittsburg cattle supply shows slow markets with 130 loads and mixed grades. Prices range from 6.40 to 6.70 for choice cattle and 6.10 to 6.00 for prime to good. Sheep and lamb receipts total 12 loads with prime wethers 5.40 to 6.50 and lambs around 7.2. Hogs receipts 30 loads higher with prime heavy hogs 5.60 to 6.70 and other grades 4.50 to 6.50.
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Pittsburg
Grain Pricing Roundup in Market Report
The document lists commodity bids and bids through billing for Wheat Dull varieties including No 2 red Sac and No 4 red, plus Corn Dull white grades, Oats Dull white and mixed, Bay Dull Timothy and Clover, with quantities by carload and notes on rejections and totals. It also records inspections and grade statuses for Wheat, Corn, and Hay across multiple lots and car counts.
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Timothy
Hay
Prairie
Rye
Market Prices for Storable Farm Goods
The record lists wagon market prices and livestock feed costs including corn at 8 mc, straw at 36.0008, hay timothy at 21.00 and 14.00 for new hay, clover 12.00, mixed 10.11, miller at 11.0 11.00, and corn-8 with shear date 9.10 11.00.
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Shear
Miller
Hay
Timothy
Clover
Chicago Produce listing from 1849 era
Chicago market notes show eggs prime firsts at 2c, butter extra, creamery, cheese cheeses at 13 12% cents per pound, young Americas at 18 percent, poultry live turkeys chickens ducks geese priced per dozen, with several percent marks indicating varying rates.
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Chicago
Indianapolis Girl Found At Cedar Point Lured By Stranger
Mabel Kirk a 12 year old from Indianapolis says a woman lured her away claiming her father William Kirk a shipping clerk for Bobbe Merrill Co was going to Sandusky. The girl was found sleeping under Cedar Point boardwalk after riding Lake Erie & Western service. She had only a cake and an apple since arrival and gave 26 Laballe Street Indianapolis as her home.
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Cedar Point
Mabel Kirk
William Kirk
The
Bobbe-Merrill Company
Indianapolie
Indianapolis
Sandusky
Lake Erie & Western
la- Balle St
Fair Play Bargain Draws Local Bankers
Fifty of the prettiest girls from the local operators union canvassed the financial district selling the paper Fair Play at $1 per copy while bold print announced two cents a copy. Many financiers bought as a special bargain though some complained that men haggled over a small amount.
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York
Financial District
Fair Play
Chicago grain market closes with mixed gains and high activity
Chicago August grain notes a brisk rally across corn oats and wheat as shorts cover. September corn reaches 60 cents while oats rise to around 52 4 cents and wheat trades near 3 90 4 cents with December and May futures up. Provisions also firm as pork and lard post gains amid rising receipts.
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Chicago
Live stock market notes from Kansas City auction
Cattle receipts total about 15 000 with steady demand. Native steers fetch 5.25 to 7.00, stockers and feeders 3.55 to 5.60, western steers 4.00 to 4.75. Hog receipts around 6 000 steady with heavy hogs 5.73 to 6.00, packers 5.90 to 6.00, pigs 5.95 to 6.10. Sheep receipts about 5 000 steady with muttons 5.00 to 5.75 and lambs 6.50 to 7.25.
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United Press
Kansas City
New York Produce Prices Summary
New York pork and lard quotes show Pork Mess at 17.75 to 18.50, Lard Western steam spot 9.05 to 9.15, Tallow City 64c and country at 17s 6c. Dressed poultry lists turkeys 12 to 15c, chickens 15 to 34c, fowls 12 to 15c, ducks 15 to 16 1/2c. Butter Creamery 2c to 2 1/4c. Eggs Fancy white 23 to 28c, western 19 1/2 to 21 1/2c. Cheese Full cream 12 1/2c.
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New York
United Press
Western Steam
Chicago Live Stock Market Report August 26
Chicago United Press reports cattle receipts at 24,000 with a strong open and weak close. Prime beeves 5.35 to 7.35, stockers 2.50 to 6.00, cows 2.00 to 9.30, canners 1.00 to 12.50, Texans 3.75 to 5.40. Hogs receipts 22,900 with prices from 5.70 to 6.49 for heavies and 5.60 to 6.55 for other classes. Sheep receipts 21,000 with native sheep 3.25 to 6.80, lambs 3.25 to 5.75, western lambs 5.29 to 7.10, western sheep 5.50 to 7.60.
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Chicago
Outdoor Exercise and Fresh Air, Dr Biggar Says
Special to The San. Cleveland readers learn John D Rockefeller’s longevity guide by Dr Hamilton Biggar. He urges outdoor exercise daily, sun and fresh air, and limited stimulants for all ages. He warns against hurried meals and drinks, promotes siesta after lunch, and favors coarse cereals for digestion while cautioning wealthier men about late hours and postprandial rushing.
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Cleveland
John D. Rockefeller
Hamilton Biggar
Biggar
New York
America
Outwitted the Inspectors by Beirut Father to Reunite Daughter
Peter Assyria of Beirut, Syria, traveled 33,666 miles to reach New York with his daughter after a circuitous route from Beyrut to Boston to North Adams and Montreal. He evaded immigration checks, sending his daughter ahead and later rejoining her at Grand Central, seeking a new home in the United States.
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New York
United States
Peter Assyria
Beirut
Syria
Grand Central Station
Boston
Beyrut
North Adams
Mass
Breyrut
Rio Janeiro
Colon
Pacific
Vivetoria
B.C
Canadian Pacific
Montreal
Etiquette at the Big Printery Denies Slang Names
Washington August 26. Public Printer Stillings issues a directive to all underchiefs at the government printing office. Workers must use Mrs Mr or Miss when referring to colleagues and avoid plain abbreviated names while on duty.
TVANHOFF 1 SLAIN IN ST PETERSURG
TVANHOFF 1 SLAIN IN ST PETERSBURG. Governor of Viborg prison Col fvan hoff shot dead while walking a city street. Assassin arrested.
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Viborg Prison
ST. Petersburg
Fvan
Hoff
Viborg
Incorporations Filed For Several Businesses
Secretary of State Moonday records several new firms including Vhe Corporan and Jonquet Candy Company in Mishawaka with capital stock 2.0, incorporators Fred Corporan Maurice Jonquet and Margaret Dueck. Vaughan Clothing Company in New Castile capital stock 25.6, incorporators J Vaughan Beulah A Vaughan T B E Sanders and N Polk. Lowell Light and Power Company in Lowell capital stock 64,000, incorporators BE Shank C H Wilson and MLC Wilter.
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Vhe Corporan
Jonquet
Mishawaka
Sare
Fred Corporan
Maurice Jonquet
Margaret Dueck
Vaughan Clothing Company
New Castile
J. Vaughan
Beulah A. Vaughan
T. BE. Sanders
N. Polk
Lowell Light and Power Company
Lowell
Shank
C. H. Wilson
Mlc
Wilter
Cowboys Indians and Pories at the West Show Grounds
Buffalo Bill and a troupe of Indians cowboys and international performers pitched tents at the W Washington street show grounds in Indianapolis for a two day West show. The event featured cavalry drills daring holdups and rescues all staged with authentic detail and drew a large crowd including veterans of the plains. This marks Cody and his band returning to Indianapolis after many years with a fully assembled cast and a colorful panorama of Hollywood frontier drama.
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Congress of Rough Riders of the World
Hiffaries
Stout Corral
Great Plains
West
United States
Summitt Springs
Western Plains
William F. Cody
Otto Schissel wins all round honors at YMCA meet
Otto Schissel of the Marlon club captured the all round honors and the Dyer medals at Broad Ripple park during the YMCA annual swimming events. He scored 13 points while Don Williams carried off numerous individual honors for the afternoon, though he did not enter one required event.
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Otto Schissel
Marlon Club
Dyer
Broad Ripple Park
Don Williams
Al leged Cox assassins may be dismissed for lack of witnesses
SANDY HOOK Ky Aug 24 The Commonwealth's attorney says it is impossible to bring Commonwealth witnesses for the Cox assassination cases at this time and that a special term in Lawrence and regular court in Boyd will not permit immediate trials If witnesses cannot be secured the cases may be dismissed by default as in the Hargis matter Judge Moody will grant time to attempt securing witnesses
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Sandy
Two Killed in Norfolk & Western Wreck Near Barden
In dense fog near Barden Ohio two Norfolk & Western freight trains collided early today west of the town. Three engines were wrecked and several cars ditched. Conductor Robert Gilmore of Portsmouth and Engineer J Purdy of Sardinia were instantly killed. Six crew members were injured as fog prevented the westbound crew from spotting signals on the eastbound train.
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Folk & Western
Barden
J. ('. Purdy
Sardinia
City Record births and deaths listed for day
A day’s City Record lists numerous births and deaths with names and addresses, including Jarett Hill and Ida Hill at 128 Ave for a girl, and many listings of infant and adult deaths with causes such as cholera infantum, Bright’s disease, tuberculosis, and cerebral apoplexy, plus several building permits and dwellings. Notable entries include Ernest and Lizzie Tucker, 484 W. Seventeenth, girl, and Henry Mabity, 31, 825 Lock St., pulmonary tuberculosis, among others.
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Joseph and
Grace Houts
Ernest
Lizzie Tucker
W. Seventeath
Myrtle Bill
Victoria
Ross
Daisy Winder
S. Holmes
Hoy
Ralph
Mary Tolliver
Ontey
Hay
Henry and Valley Skraft
Summit
Elmer
Daisy McGaugher
Wisconsin
Katie Holleran
Sheffield
Sophia Biegang
N. Senate Ave
Margaret Hayes
Bluffave
Eugene Clarence Collins
Joseph Eastman Hospital
Oren B. Perry
W. Pratt
Sarah J. Rickard
Flower Mission Hospital
Mary Offett
Roanoke
Bright
Henry Mabity
Lock St
Martha J. Small
Orange St
Alfred Iwierson
LE Noie-Si
Margaret Price
Fayette St
Louise Ransom
Ashland Ave
Carl Kohlman
New Jersey-st
Martha Jane Young
Trowbridge
Carrie FE. Coffin
N. Pine St
Garret V. Taylor
Loack-st
Diana Lewis
Ellsworth St
Samerian T. Hall
John Pagel
City Hospital
William Henry Stoll
Arrowave
Mira Catherine Clark
John Esztar
N. Haughst
Sarah Jane Ballard
Jeannie Crosler
Hovey
Hotel guest impersonator flees after bad $50 check
Manager William Holt of the Grand hotel warned staff about a man using the names Edwin P. Fillips or Eugene Fisher who had left the Hotel Hartman without paying his bill. Holt detained the suspect after locating him and had him arrested for passing a $50 check that was returned unpaid. Patrick Patterson, 410 S New Jersey, was arrested with Fillips after a $148 check to Patterson bounced. Fillips had visited Patterson with Miss Nellie Her and tried to claim funds from a furniture debt.
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William Holt
Grand Hotel
Edwin P. Fillips
P. Fisher
Eugene Fisher
Hartman
Columbus
Holt
Edwin Fillips
Hearst News Paper
Ionk
Fisher
Fillips
Guy Patterson
S. New Jersey Sr
Nellie
Patterson
Man Found Dead in Hammond Man In Room at Hotel
John Emery of Hammond Indiana was found dead in bed at the N J Colon hotel near Union Station. An autopsy by Deputy Coroner Dr Knox attributed death to heart disease with a partially developed pneumonia. Emery had 35 cents on him, was last seen Friday night, and the body was moved to the city morgue as relatives are sought.
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John Emery
Hammond, Ind
N. J
Emery
Big Loss in Stocks in August Decline Totals
London reports August stock declines totaling 860 million dollars with 387 stocks affected. Bankers Magazine notes year to date securities losses reach 1.725 billion, including 550 million in American railroad shares and 280,990 dollars in August depreciation.
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London
Bankers’ Magazine
Taft Camp in Missouri Delivers Trusts Speeches Across Joplin Webb City and Carthage
Secretary Taft spoke in Joplin then Webb City to address trusts and fate regulation. After lunch he addressed zinc miners and a large crowd in Carthage. Across all stops his remarks mirrored the initial Joplin discourse.
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Joplin
Webb City
Carthage
Mulat Hafid Forces March on Casablanca
An official dispatch from Paris reports Mulat Hafid the new Sultan of Morocco leading a large force toward Casablanca as of August 26. The movement signals intensified military actions in the region and potential upheaval in the Casablanca area.
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Sultan
Morocco
Casablanca
Paris
Mulat Hafid
Ice Wagon Crash Kills Driver and Motorman in Chicago
An express train on the Chicago and Milwaukee interurban electric line struck an ice wagon at the north shore today. Driver John Morasick, 22, was killed along with the train's motorman. Several passengers suffered serious bruises.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
North Shore
John Morasick
East Buffalo Stock Market Report from August arrival
East Buffalo market results show cattle receipts of 5,655 with steady values. Prime steers bring 6.50 to 6.75, heifers 3.80 to 5.50, cows 3.25 to 4.95, bulls 2.75 to 4.75, feeders 3.00 to 4.15, veals and calves 3.75 to 8.75. Sheep and lambs receipts 6,000 with fair to choice lambs 5.25 to 5.75, yearlings 5.75 to 6.00, sheep 2.75 to 6.00. Hog receipts 11,500 with prices around 7.10 to 7.50 for Yorkers, 7.00 to 7.5 for pigs, mixed 7.00, heavies 6.49 to 6.70, rough 5.25 to 5.60.
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Lnited Press
East Buffalo
N. Y
States' rights plea by Parker at ABA meeting
Alton B. Parker, president of the American Bar Association, urged states retain power to regulate corporations at the thirtieth annual ABA meeting in Portland Maine. He criticized hastily enacted laws and argued federal overreach would harm state authority and warned against surrendering jurisdiction to Washington.
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Parker
American Bar Association
Smith Consults Roosevelt on Trust Busting at Sagamore Hill
Herbert Knox Smith, chief of the bureau of corporations, arrived at Sagamore Hill at noon to discuss ongoing investigations with President Roosevelt. A Secret Service escort met him and he was driven to the presidential cottage for immediate talks on future bureau actions.
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Sagamore Hill
Herbert Knox Smith
Bureau of Corporations
Bureau
Smith
Secrer Service
CapHol Chat Health Notes and Library Changes
Dr J N Hurty returns from Asheville praising tuberculosis sanitariums and planning tips for Indiana Board of Health. Carrie Scott to instruct on children’s library work. she will visit counties to coach reading and library methods. Washington Street crowds mocked Buffalo Bill after an unadvertised parade. Elizabeth Williams returns to state statistics office. her mother’s illness and death cited. Mrs Walter Elrod, formerly Miss Jennie Elrod, surprised colleagues by marrying Okmulgee resident. she remains cataloging war records before joining husband. Statehouse quiet except marching feet. Maj Emmson, a colored janitor, patrols with disinfectant. Vacationers return with stories. Sam Shutt awaited at Lake Manzinkuckee. Brown ty and Cyrus Neal hailed as ideal health resort describes.
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J. N. Hurty
Asheville
N. C
Indiana Board of Health
State Library
Carrie Scott
Carnegie Library
Pittsburg
Walter Elrod
Jennie Elrod
Okmulgee
I. T
Oran Perry
Elrod
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Stillings
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Wild West Aggregation
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Hy United Press
Norfolk & Western
Ohio
Portsmouth
Robert Gilmore
Thomas Tollis
Esther Dulevan
Frederick Hague
Lena C. Minnett
Ernest Morton
Mary Stewart
Warren Bowman
Josephine Helfer
John L. Starkey
Flora McCoy
John W. Hall
Stella Koob
Milton R. Amick
Mattie Pavey
Charles Ayer
S. Keywipe
Osgood
Forest Park
Thirtyninen Meh
Paris Ave
H. G. Wolf
Colon Hotel
Union
BE. S. Knox
Taft
Missouri
Mulat
Hr United Press
Alton B. Parker
BAR Association
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Portland
Alton B
Cumstances
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Capitol Chat
Washington St
Statehouse
Buffalo Bill
Elizabeth Williame
State Statistician
Fowler
Atatehouse
Maj
Eamonson
Sam Shutt
Isaac Walton
Lake Mazinkuckee
Witho Crrus Neal
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