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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
4
These silks join the big bargains with the regular stock and thousands of yards at radically cut prices. Fifty pieces of peau de cygne and messaline, including French colorings, extra heavy, usually 75c a yard, now offered. Black and white options, 19 inches wide, suitable for waists and gowns. Liberty satin also included.
Fifty pieces of pure silk including Liberty satin messaline and satin peau de cygne offered at 48 cents a yard instead of 65 cents. Colors range from street to evening shades plus white. firm close weave with satin finish ideal for gowns and waists. A true bargain for immediate purchase.
Chicago awoke to the coldest day of the year as a northwest wind drove the temperature near zero. Fires erupted in several areas and over twenty people were driven from homes into the snow. Transport slowed on all lines while charitable groups, led by United Charities, conducted relief efforts in congested districts.
Several people were injured when dynamiters blew up a house occupied by imported workers brought to break the strike at the American Sheet and Tin Plate plant. The blast wrecked the building and occurred this morning in Struthers.
Boston stocks report lists entries: Cons shares at 21 percent, Miami Nevadaes 274, North Butte, Oortah Cons at 4, Shoe Machine at 53, Smelting at 53.
A Dec 8 1909 update notes several Canadian mines like Temiskaming Nipissing and Crown Reserve showing varied moves with expectations of upward movement. Purchases advised include Rochester Silver Leaf Hargraves while Beaver Temiskaming cited for investment. Tretheweys assets cited without major impact. In New York trading, Standard Oil American Tobacco and Kerr Lake among others posted mixed gains as markets firmed.
In Indianapolis the stock market shows fewer hogs and cattle this week but more sheep versus last week, with declines year over year. Hogs opened weak, buyers offered lower prices, but sales ended steady, tops at 8.50, most at 8.20 to 8.40. Cattle held firm for cows and top steers, slows in middle lots, feeders fair, calves strong. Sheep and lambs sold well at high prices as supply remained tight. Lambs 4.40 to 7.50, yearlings up to 5.75, sheep 1.50 to 4.04.
Light demand and steady tone across cattle hogs sheep and calves. Prices shown for fat bulls oxen cows heifers fresh cows springers hogs porkers sows sheep lambs and calves with ranges from low to high values reflecting market activity and receipts.
New York Dec 8 activity and strength marked opening trading with fractional gains in Steel Reading Union Pacific and Amalgamated Copper. By a quarter hour end most advances were lost and some major issues showed slight fractional losses.
George Arvine Coffin and Earle Metcalfe close with Forepaugh Stock at the Majestic theater Saturday night and depart for Memphis next Wednesday. Rehearsals for Arvine company set Dec 18 at Jefferson theater with Christmas Day opening of Rafies.
The American Trotting Association board in Chicago ordered the expulsion of James Harold and E. O. Gillam of Lawton Oklahoma and suspension of the horses Achine Halsaturn and The Doctor until all winnings are returned after charges of fraudulent entries in the name of James A. Tiusman.
Grain prices in Indianapolis show wheat firm with No 2 red at 1 19, No 3 red 1 11 and No 2 red wagon at 1 17. Corn values fluctuate with No 2 white through billing around 56 to 57 4c and mixed classes near 47 to 57 1/4c. Oats and rye display quiet activity with mixed bids and several car inspections noted, while hay shows limited timothy movement.
Chicago early prices show mixed gains with Wheat May around 1.07 per bushel and corn about 3 cents higher. Oats improve slightly as provisions stay quiet. December wheat quoted at 1.07 1 07 and December corn at 58 14 cents.
Wheat No 2 red 1.04 milling sample 95 0G1.02 poor sample 20GPROc. Old corn T0 7Tiv new corn B 5i Shelied oats 3% 40c sheaf oats 10.00g 1200 a tor.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Petersburg won a civil suit against Lee Thurman for $1470 missing from the estate of the late Miss Kittie McGraw. Thurman said Miller agreed to share the funds if found. he recovered and banked the money, and the jury ruled in Miller’s favor after brief deliberation.
In a federal court ruling the Williams Soap company, Sidney F Daily and Jesse M Daily were barred from using the name Williams on soap products. The J B Williams company already owns the Williams soap name and the judge sent the case to Master in Chancery Edward Daniels to determine damages.
List of births ages and causes from city records including Murphy Hart Masterson Feol Emy Moreland Jackson and others with diseases listed. Includes licenses and marriage permits and addresses across multiple streets and avenues.
Mrs. Richard Lane of 1527 North A Street sustained severe burns when a lighted gas hot plate ignited her clothing while she polished a gas range. Her husband aided, suffering minor burns, as physicians treated extensive injuries to her arms body and legs. She is mother to two children aged two and four.
Detroit dispatch reports a Calinet newspaper reporter uncovered that Al Goodale of Chicago is actually Philadelphia Jack O'Brien, used as a ringer to lure bets while training separately. Walter Whitehead of Duluth also trains in Hancock. The claim, said verified, notes O'Brien's fine condition and daily workouts.
Toledo reports grain prices with wheat cash and December at 1.02 percent. corn figures for cash, December, May, and July are listed. oats show cash December May and July. rye prices are noted for cash trading.
Frank Grimes, condemned for the murder of Blanche McKnight, a white woman who refused his proposal, hanged himself in his cell with a sheet in the county jail in Columbus Ohio.
In Logansport Indiana Jacob M Barron hosts three veterans V F Matthews Frans Updegraff and George H McCaslin who rehearse Civil War marches and Irish airs for audiences Barron directs while the quartet stirs the neighborhood They have performed across Ohio and Indiana state encampments and national gatherings and may appear at the Knights of Columbus carnival with lively Irish tunes.
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