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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1910
Page
10
Markets section shows receipts of 10000 hogs 1600 cattle and 500 sheep with gains versus both prior week and year. Hog demand stays strong with price peaks around 7.76 per hundredweight and top near 7.7. Cattle and calves sold steadily with active trading while sheep and lambs softened about 2.0 cents.
Pittsburg and East Buffalo report mixed cattle volumes with steady to active hogs, cattle prices ranging with prime steers at 6.40 to 6.75 and hogs around 7.75 to 7.95, while Union Stock Yards notes steady beef and veal values and varied sheep and lamb prices. Cincinnati markets show quiet cattle, steady sheep, and hogs at 7.70 to 7.75 with calves softer.
Armour bought 8,500 hogs Monday from a 30,000 run as shippers took 5,000 on eastern orders and the remainder was split. Local houses failed to meet needs and prices rose 1 to 20 cents from Saturday. Armour paid 7.48, 20 cents above Saturday, with packers disappointed by a thinner after last week’s surge.
In Columbus Indiana on December 6 the Hope high school girls observed a ratless day. Students arrived at school with hair down or braided as part of the annual event.
Chicago grain markets opened lower on Tuesday with wheat and corn futures dropping before partial retracings. An overall snowfall across the winter wheat belt ended dry-weather talk while Liverpool and Continental markets weakened amid Argentina's improved conditions. Primary receipts and buying by Peavy supported December wheat. later trade turned active in lard as provisions eased with weak demand.
The report lists track and price figures for No. 2 red wheat at 9 cents, No. 3 red at 87e, December 93c, January 03c, February steady. Corn quiet, oats quiet, hay quiet. Inspections show incoming and outgoing lots by grade and color with car counts for No. 2 red, No. 3 red, No. 3 white, No. 4 white and yellow, mixed grades, and sample tallies. Total cars and breakdowns by grade are given for each category.
Wheat No 2 red ic sample milling SE Liv corn old 60 68c new 45 50c Steed oats 33 31c Hay Timothy 145 18 baled 15 18 lmixed 13 15 baled 18 15 clover hay 10 13 Straw Oats straw 5 7T wheat straw 55G6
The Liverpool wheat market opened quiet with steady undertone amid scarce Plaza offerings and reduced European visible supplies. After opening, prices fell as large houses sold, driven by favorable rains in drought districts of Argentina. corn followed wheat lower on weak spot demand and broader weakness.
Wheat cash and December at WG%TM c, March at $1.00%. July at 64?c. Corn cash 49 1/4c, December 48 1/4c, May 60 Ke, July 58. Oats cash and December 35 4/4c, May 87 1/4c, July 36 4/4c. Clover seed cash, December and March at $2.20, April $9.85. Alsike prime and December $9.10. Timothy prime and December $4.60.
Buffalo market notes list decimal and cent prices for spring wheat No 1 northern at 1.14, winter wheat grades ranging from 6c to 7c, corn values, oats, barley, rye with various grades and percentages. Prices reflect standard and No 2 or 3 classifications in effect December 6.
Grain prices across Europe are listed converted to American value per bushel. The table includes Wheat and Corn entries with spot and futures prices from Liverpool Antwerp Paris and other European centers, covering dates in November through May.
Burglars ransacked the Reynolds and Coffin homes while families attended church in Rushville Indiana taking three dollars from the Coffin residence. They overlooked valuable silverware.
Bloomington NL reports three weeks of balloting by Chicago and Alton engineers shows a 65 percent vote in favor of a strike to force Toad to grant higher wages and better conditions. Ballots will be sent to Chicago for counts and action.
The day starts with a small speculative demand for leaders like Union Pacific and Lehigh Valley while Reading and steel shares rise briefly. After excerpts of the president's message appear, selling accelerates and broad declines follow, with Steel common and Reading hit hard and banking support absent.
Readable lines show various figures and abbreviations for races and standings across multiple clubs and events. Names, places, and times are jumbled. legible items include partial scores and event tags such as U. S. Let and Tulsa, with references to Kerr Lake and Nipissing, suggesting a miscellaneous sports record page.
New York money market reports show on call money at 2 percent and time money easier with 60 days at 4 percent and six months at 4 percent. Sterling exchange bids around 485 and 482 for demand and 60 day bills. Time mercantile paper active at 54 percent.
At the metal exchange in New York on Tuesday the tone was quiet and easy. Copper spot to December traded around 12.85 to 12.50 with January values listed and February noted. Lead and spelter showed modest gains while tin hovered near 87.50 to 38.00 and other alloys in the session.
London market for bar silver shows a quiet session with a 251 16d bid as declines press prices. The December 6 report notes the metal under softer tones with limited activity and slight downward movement in quotes.
New York December 6 reports show commercial bar silver at 54 percent and Mexican dollars at 46 percent. Crude rubber prices weaken with para upriver fine quoted around 1.43 to 1.45 per unit and notes of values near 1.05 to 1.06.
The 1910 water shipments of Lake Superior iron ore totaled 42,620,206 gross tons, up from 41,683,599 tons in 1909, setting a new best. The Iron Age statistics released in New York Monday highlight the gains amid mixed rail earnings and dividends, and note broader market signals including a planned 7 percent annual dividend and bonds issued by Diamond Match Company.
Brokers report a consensus in New York that the market is oversold and should rally, with Steel common regarded as the best bear target. A W Thomson’s wire from Logan Bryan notes favorable news could spark a modest buying move, but market absorptive power remains small, so buying should be limited. A Bryan to Thomson private wire cites disappointment over the president’s message and fear of opposition to Supreme Court appointments delaying important cases, while awaiting forthcoming decisions to guide corporate actions.
The comptroller of the currency released the Nov 10 1910 national bank statement showing a $16.5 million drop in loans since Sept 1 but a $301.9 million rise versus Nov 1 1909. Reserves fell $35.6 million from Sept 1 but rose $11.2 million from a year earlier, with New York City posting large loan and cash declines but deposits up.
Old Dominion Copper Mmining and Smelting of New Jersey declares a regular quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share payable January 5 to stock of record December 19. Illinois Central leased stock pays a 2 percent semi annual dividend January 3 with books closing December 12 and reopening January 4. Columbus Gas and Fuel declares a regular quarterly 1 4 percent on preferred stock payable January 1 to stock of record December 16. St Joseph Railway Light Heat and Power declares a regular quarterly 1 4 percent on preferred stock payable January 1 to stock of record December 1.
Dec 6. Martinsburg bank safe blown by two cracksmen who robbed $1,200 and fled. Mexico, Mo reports half a hundred citizens held at bay as the men escaped. a posse formed to pursue the robbers after the alarm was raised.
Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices list for Indianapolis with Chi Chi lot by item. Prices cover apples bananas cranberries grapes oranges lemons limes pears and more from California Florida Michigan and local suppliers, including crates per box per bushel and per hundred weight.
A Kansas agriculture note dismisses flood and gopher rumors as exaggerations and notes December is poor for wheat. reports show 1,281,282,000 bushels produced in two decades. Chicago car receipts and Northwest totals compare current and prior year figures. Bullish and bearish views on 1911 wheat persist amid ample supply and shifting cash versus futures prices. Primary receipts list Wheat 526,000 bushels. Corn 1,004,000. Oats 647,000. Bradstreet notes a 4,500,000 bushel drop in world visible supply to 194,400,000 for the week.
The notice lists incorporations including Osella Country Club of Clinton Township Vermilion County with directors Antonio Cotto Jim Massa Joahn Colombo Joe Osella Barne Vernatt Domenico Bossetta James Colombo and Tom Varda Prospect Fishing Club Indianapolis with directors Harry B Schneider Oscar L Rieger Harry D B Berndt and Joseph I Weser H L Humphrey Company Linton Greene County with capital stock 10000 and directors Homer I Humphreys Nathan G Dixon James M Humphreys Cameron Lumber Company of Wisconsin withdraws from Indiana Noble County Bank Abraham M Jacobs president and Walter A Gillian cashier file notices to increase capital stock from 50000 to 100000.
Local exchange sales included twenty shares of Columbia National at 106 and ten shares of Federal Union at 71, reflecting activity in the market and investor interest in these issues.
A fragmented market list shows prices for butter eggs and dairy items. Elgin prints indicate 32c per dozen for eggs, various poultry prices, cheeses including Wisconsin cream and Swiss, ducks geese and rabbits with multiple price points, and dairy products like Phil cream and Neufchatel.
Flour inactive and unchanged. pork steady at $19 while lard stands at 10.20 to 10.30. Sugar firmer with refined varieties around 4.00 cents, and muscovado at 3.50 cents. Coffee Rio No. 7 on spot at 18 to 18.14 cents. Dressed poultry firmer with turkeys 15 to 26 cents, chickens 10 to 20 cents, fowls 10 to 11 cents. live poultry firm with geese 12 to 14 cents, ducks 15 to 16 cents, fowls 12 to 13 1/2 cents, turkeys 12 to 16 cents. Cheese quiet. butter firm with creamery extras around 29 to 34 cents. eyes firm and scarce with nearby white fancy at 35 cents.
Chicago dairy market reports mixed prices with Butter Creamery extras at 28 cents and other dairy items showing modest gains. Listings include firsts at 25 and 23 cents, Egars-Prime arsts at a few cents, Cheese-Twins at 14 144e, and live poultry such as fowls at 104 with several other poultry prices noted for springs and ducks.
Elgin butter prices opened the week at 20 cents per pound after a board session Monday. Elgin district production for the week reached 639000 pounds, signaling a softer market and ample supply amid steady demand.
Price list shows ton rates for anthracite grades from Pittsburg lump at 3.00 to Pocahontas and Hocking Valley varieties around 4.78 to 5.75. Includes lump, egg, stove, nut, and other specs with regional names like Falling Rock, Blair, and Connellsville coke. Extra charges for bags, ground floor or cellar delivery, and chute.
Special to The Sun. Paul Swisher forced entry to his home after work. He fired at Nathan Price and then four more times, hitting Mrs. Swisher in the side. Price escaped. Mrs. Swisher claims jealousy provoked the shooting. Swisher says she shielded Price. she insists the visit was innocent.
Special to The Sun. Bloomington Indiana December 6 Helen Taylor four months old daughter of Charles Taylor farmer Bean Blossom township died in a fire at theTaylor home Monday evening Mrs Taylor became distracted and tried to brush into the burning building Her heads and faces were badly burned
A record of births lists parents and street addresses including Harvey and Deliah Fuxziu at 1206 Tuxedo Street with a girl, Harry and Maude Johnson at 426 Douglass Street with a girl, and Leo and Sadie Ettinger at 310 Indiana Avenue with a boy, among others. The entry mentions several couples and long address details.
The death list includes Willa Henter aged 14 of chronic ecatma of face, Currie Smith 61 with pulmonary tuberculosis, Everett Flinn 17, Andrew J Roberts 70, Edward Davis 23 days, William Burns 55 with organic heart disease, Katherine Benner 2, Harry Helfrich 33 with pulmonary tuberculosis, Janet Henderson 8, Lewis Bouvy 2 days premature birth, John Carson 56 with anemia, Francis Holliday 29 lobar pneumonia, Mason Thomas 73 chronic prostatitis, and Lawrence Overstreet 9 tubercular meningitis, all referencing local addresses, hospitals, and causes.
A jumble of addressed properties and prices includes Bert SleBride at 2006 North Delaware Street with a one and a half story barn valued at 1000 dollars. L. E. Burkhardt at Wilkins and Meridian Streets with a one story brick business house and theater valued at 15000 dollars. J. Clyde Powers at Riverside Park with a merry go round valued at 300 dollars and another entry for the same ride at 750 dollars. a Price at 44 Charlotte Street with repairs priced at 130 dollars. University Park Building Company at Washington Street and Kentucky Avenue with alterations valued at 100 dollars. Shelton & Willis at 520 Hiawatha Street with an addition valued at 100 dollars. Anheuser Based at 940 East Ohio Street with bottler valued at 3200 dollars. Harry F. E. But at 1780 Montcalm Street with a one story brick veneer valued at 31500 dollars.
Bloomington church members will be asked to sign a petition to Washington urging Sunday closings for the local post office. The ministerial association backs the movement, already effective in Detroit and Colorado Springs.
A large line of fire and burglarproof safes available for immediate delivery. Special bargains on slightly used safes. A. H. Wells, manager, invites inquiries from banks and businesses seeking secure storage solutions.
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