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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1910
Page
10
Receipts Monday batch lists 2000 hogs 1350 cattle 200 sheep with hog gains and cattle sheep declines versus last week. Hog demand strong with most sales above 9 dollars and top near 9.60. About 850 cattle and calves offered with feeder stock steady and calves strong. Bulls steady and lambs high demand pushing prices to 6.50 for lambs and 4 to 5 for others.
Inventory and bid ranges for steers, heifers, cows, calves, and bulls across multiple U.S. markets including Pittsburg Erie Buffalo and others. Included are weights from 700 to 1,300 pounds and price brackets from 2.50 to 9.75, plus sheep lambs and hogs with regional receipts and market notes.
Multiple U S wheat closing prices across cities on August 29 with September and December futures. Minneapolis mocks: September 1.11 and December 1.135. Duluth and Winnipeg show similar levels. St Louis Kansas City New York Toledo list September near 0.98 to 1.12 range with cash No 2 red at 1.02.
Buffalo, N Y market texts show prices for wheat, oats, corn, rye and barley with grades and bid quotes. No 1 northern wheat at 1.03, No 2 red inter wheat at 1.02, No 2 yellow oats at various bids, and No 1 barley around 0.737.
Grain market bulletin lists mixed prices for wheat corn oats and hay with steady wheat at 98c No 2 red and various through billing figures. corn prices range 58c to 61c for No 2 white and No 4 white 58-60c. oats weak with No 2 white around 33%4c. hay quiet with several car counts for inspection. Inventory includes numerous car totals and inspections by grain type and quality.
Aug 29 Toledo reports cash wheat 1.025 and 1.13 for September and 1.07 for December with 1.12 for March. Corn values shown for cash September December and May around 49 to 61, oats 35.954 to 91, rye No 2 12c No 8 24c. Cloverseed cash 39.05 with future prices 8.874, 8.85 for December and March, alislke primes 8.65 and 3.80 for August September.
Liverpool cables show wheat up 4d then 7½d, corn steady, with 14,012,000 bu wheat and 3,587,000 bu corn in world shipments. Chicago receipts compare to last year, Minneapolis and Winnipeg show varied gains, and analysts note slow domestic milling demand but rising southern firming prices. United States visible supplies list wheat 25,197,000 bu, corn 2,155,000 bu, oats 12,888,000 bu. Paris and Antwerp report higher closes. experts estimate world imports near 600,000,000 bu amid normal production.
Substantial advances unfolded in early trading on the New York Stock Exchange led by Reading stock and Steel common. Gains broadened through the hour with Union Pacific Southern Pacific Atchison and Northern Pacific rising. Bear cover boosted readings while President Taft's letter and St Paul speech were focal points for optimism.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous bond and stock references across rail and utility issuers with prices and yields such as Pac Ists, Erie Genl, U. P., L. & N. Unfed, Tex. Pac., Roane, South Ry, and various unnamed items. The snippet appears to be a ledger of securities and values from a financial page.
Finely detailed summary of London stock exchange settlement, railroad rate talks, new York Penn station opening, Sept. 8 train service, and strong earnings reports from Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio. Notes on automobile exports, dry goods, and general business mood. Taft tariff letter upswing bolstering stock sentiment. New York banking reserves hint at autumn liquidity shift. insurance market gains and cautious optimism across Virginia Chemical Mexican National Rock Island Union Pacific Steel Reading American Smelters.
A historical price list shows diverse fruits and vegetables with varied prices across regions. Items include apples, bananas, cantaloupes, figs, grapes, oranges, peaches, pears, plums, watermelons, beets, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, endives, garlic, green corn, beans, lettuce, mangoes, mushrooms, onions, popcorn, potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, sage, sweet potatoes, and watercress with per unit or per basket prices listed for each. Numerous regional mentions include Indiana, California, Jersey, Maryland, and Canada North.
The opening of the cotton market sparked a near panic as August cotton jumped 3 18 points or $16 per bale in minutes. Shorts rushed to cover but failed, then W C Brown offered 100000 bales at 20 cents with a big shorts buyer, easing tension as prices became irregular by 5 PM. In metals, a slightly easier tone appeared with copper and tin down marginally and lead steady.
Money on call remains steady with 60 day at 3 percent and 90 day at 4 percent. Six month money quoted at 4 1/2 percent. Sterling exchange ranges between 480.40 and 486.45 for demand bills and 484 16 to 483 percent for sixty-day bills. Prime mercantile paper shows fair demand in the current market.
Evansville August 29 George Wieble aged 67 died here after excitement during a sixteen inning ball game between Evansville and Zanesville Central League teams Saturday. He attended every home series for twenty five years and had not missed an opening game in that span.
Market report from New York and Chicago shows quiet, mixed shifts across commodities. Flour steady. pork firms at $24.50–$25. middle west sugar and coffee ranges noted. hay and poultry prices vary. eggs and cheese hold to heels of local markets. Chicago butter and eggs show modest gains with live poultry mixed.
News from New York says August cotton activity distracts traders as bears warn of frosts and crop uncertainty. Foreigner buyers and 5000 bales traded on the call with large offers still present while Daniel Sully arrives from England amid market control rumors and boll weevil damage in the south.
President E P Ripley of the Santa Fe testified at a freight rate hearing that permanent improvements justify the advance, including grade crossing work and station building. He said the rise is negligible to consumers, with 70 percent of earnings returning to the public and labor and materials consuming half.
A dispute over Labor Day parade rights pits the Forepaugh-Sells Brothers circus against the Labor Day committee. The circus seeks shared street rights for the Labor Day event to be held next Monday, with parade routes outlined from Meridian and Vermont to Ohio Street. J B Newman, circus agent, met Superintendent Hyland and is to confer with the Labor Day committee chairman John Hughes and other members before decisions are made.
Ex president Theodore Roosevelt drew a grateful crowd in Cheyenne and Denver as he rode horseback through town after attending services at the First congressional church. Gov. Stokes James R Garfield and Winthrop Siler joined the six rider party. Roosevelt praised a Denver fund drive to erect a Remington monument in Washington, with Roosevelt as custodian and Homer Davenport handling other fund details.
Beverly Mass August 20 President Taft declines to discuss Col Roosevelt’s western tour and the accompanying press coverage. Close aides complain Roosevelt talks too much and that Roosevelt still acts like president. News teams covering the trip differ in prominence given to his congressional campaign letter.
ST LOUIS August 29 Vice President Sherman after a briefing with federal officeholders on the Grant farm said there are no insurgents in the Republican party and that the party recognizes no insurgents He spoke to reporters at a St Louis dinner and then planned two Missouri stops before heading to Oklahoma He refused to elaborate and said the speech would not be repeated for Sunday night coverage.
Nebraska insurgent Charles Whedon returns from Wisconsin campaign with Lafollette. He says Taft's Winona speech does not reflect party faith and predicts a national fight over progressive legislation and the Aldrich tariff. Whedon argues administration opposes Lafollette unless Taft reverses his July remark.
Rev. E. Shumaker, state Anti-saloon league head, says brewers are sending free plate matter to country editors as a nationwide education campaign. He cites a Chicago letter to Indianapolis papers, claiming hot shots against local option and free space for all country newspapers.
Adriin J. Yaeger favored the Denison hotel in Indianapolis staying months through 1908 and 1909. His room rent and board totaled 347 dollars and 68 cents. The Denison hotel company seeks judgment against Yaeger for 460 dollars.
Birth notices list Daniel and Anna Wolf on 1262 North Bis marck avenue a boy and Arthur and Isabelle Bewley on 5919 Julian avenue a girl. Death notices include Minna Brandy age 56 at 218 South Summit street from pulmonary tuberculosis and other cases such as Sarat Ann Weller at Methodist hospital with colon tumor and Mary Freeman Johnson Brothers senility at 1780 North Meridian street.
Trains from Io Chanapoli to Lebanon Frankfort Lafayette Crawfordsville Greenfield Knights Town Cambridge City Richmond New Castle Danville Greencastle Brazil Terre Haute depart on the hour. Last car leaves 11 30 p m. Limited trains Newcastle 10 45 a m and 5 45 p m. Lebanon Frankfort Lafayette 8 15 a m 11 15 a m 2 15 p m 5 15 p m. Greencastle Brazil Terre Haute 8 20 11 20 2 20 5 20 7 20 a m p m. Greenfield Knights Town Cambridge City Richmond 8 20 11 20 2 20 6 20 7 20 a m m. through trains to Dayton C 8 20 a m 2 20 p m 7 20 p m. Trains connect at Richmond for Dayton G Columbus Zanesville.
Milwaukee mayor Emil Seidel declines to join the reception committee for Col Roosevelt. Seidel cites Roosevelt's alleged unfair attitude toward socialism as the reason for his refusal. The event is hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club next week.
A runaway team owned by Edward Hogers crashed through Union Station after noon, forcing right of way over trains. The frightened horses slipped on a greasy platform, fell, then bolted toward Capitol avenue and Maryland street. They jogged east along the tracks knocking down switch flights during a pell-mell dash through the station.
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