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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
10
Receipts Thursday totaled 8 500 hogs 1 300 cattle and 300 sheep with hogs market active and prices 7 65 to 7 75 for early sales later at 7 60 7 70. Cattle arrivals down by more than half with sales easier and prices steady to higher. Sheep and lambs light arrivals with strong demand lambs to 5 89 sheep to 3 75.
Market summaries show cattle, sheep, and hog prices across Pittsburg Buffalo and Cincinnati. Prices vary by grade with cattle around 5.75 to 10.50 per hundredweight, hogs generally 7 to 8.5, and sheep and lambs fluctuating with strong demand in some markets. Receipts range from hundreds to thousands, with mixed pace in different regions.
The Beale stockyards report notes a ruinous market and declining beef demand. About 14,000 to 20,000 cattle reached Chicago on Wednesday with average prices around 5.25 to 6.25 per cwt for steers on feed four weeks, indicating cautious trade and cheaper meat ahead. Feed is abundant but consumer prices rise slowly as confidence in beef production wanes. Local receipts expected to stay liberal into February.
Chicago dealers opened with wheat down 40 ½ cents, rallied briefly, then drifted lower as Argentine shipments and favorable cables dampened sentiment. Corn remained largely uneventful with gentle declines amid heavy outside markets and large Argentine supplies. Primary receipts totaled 647000 bushels for wheat, 600000 for corn, and 407000 for provisions with Bartlett Frazier among major sellers.
Prices showed little movement with No 2 red wheat around 1.08 to 1.04 for various spring milling grades. Corn with No 4 new near 43 to 46 cents, No 2 white about 48 to 54 cents, No 2 yellow around 40 to 46 cents. Oats cited at 82 to 94 cents with No 3 white near 22 to 24 cents.
Wheat steady on track with No 2 red 63 and other prices for December January February. corn weak with multiple No 4 and No 2 white and yellow bids. oats quiet with inspection figures for wheat and corn showing in and out car totals.
Listing shows wheat No 2 red prices and sample milling terms with old and new consignments, oats and timothy values, shelled oats and hay blends, straw types and quoted per unit amounts, assorted quality tags and bag weights in a compact market record.
Wheat prices fell in Liverpool as bearish U S government report and Argentine weather sentiment pushed selling. Early losses deepened with Plaza offers and smaller Argentine shipments weighing on the market. corn also declined.
In Buffalo on December 8 prices for spring wheat No 1 stood at 31.13, winter wheat No 2 red 97 cents, No 2 white steady, corn No 3 yellow 68 cents, No 4 yellow steady, oats No 2 white steady, No 3 white 46 14 cents, No 4 white steady, barley 86 to 90 cents, rye No 1 80 cents, No 2 83 8.
Opening stock quotations from Boston Mass show mixed figures with North Butte at 27 percent and Lake Superior Seebare at 13144, indicating a volatile trading session as markets assess Arizona and Arizona Commercis in early afternoon activity.
New York stocks opened with scattered gains across railroad issues amid a light trading day. By noon declines broadened in steel, copper, and oils while Northern Pacific and Great Northern preferred remained steady. Copper output fell. Chesapeake & Ohio October earnings declined. Cloves Leaf preferred dividend declared.
A compact list of numbers and abbreviations appears, showing percentages, shares, and codes such as 610 615, 2 ao Am, Rose ty 458 Ray Cons, and ElyCat. Ww 14. The fragment seems to catalog financial or stock-like entries, with references to co mne, Kerr Lake, El Rayo, and assorted percentages including 10 and 6. The readability is limited and the precise meanings are unclear.
A fragment from Bluefields Nicaragua outlines plans to use aeroplanes for mail and cargo between Managua, Bluefields, Port Zelaya and eastern ports. It notes slow current mail routes, potential gold and metal riches along eastern rivers, and a push to develop bananas and other crops while addressing immorality and immigration.
Wall Street notes a key steel manufacturers meeting in Miltsburg and a potential court liquidation affecting American Sugar Company stockholders at 132 to 159 per holding. Futures point to delays in Supreme Court decisions amid Senate opposition, with Lehigh Valley directors postponing a meeting and dividends eyed. U S Steel district orders surge on best day in six months, while leaders like George W. Perkins stress steel’s resilience. November pig iron output and blast furnace activity dip, yet railroads remain core, as stockholders rise to over 300,000 with substantial capital growth across major railways.
Logan Bryan New York analysts predict a dull market period with a potential modest rally on technical grounds. They caution that broad conditions remain unchanged and long positions should be avoided while specialty operations may offer limited buying as traders stay cautious.
The census bureau reports 10,159,986 bales ginned from 1910 to December 1 compared with 8,876,866 for 1909 and 11,008,601 for 1908. Round sales total 101,?. Sea Island ginning numbers run 66,634 in 1910 and 77,591 in 1909 with varying prior years. The last three crops’ percentages are 88.1 for 1909, 84 for 1910, and 13.5 for 1907.
A string of 1 to 3 percent quarterly and extra dividends were announced by several firms. American Tobacco and American Snuff declared regular and extra payments payable in January for stockholders of record in December. American Car and Foundry and American Smelting and Refining also issued standard dividends with specific payable dates. Rubber Goods Manufacturing, James H Poundbany & Co, and Fleischmann followed with their own quarterly payouts to preferred and common stockholders, with book closures and record dates noted.
New York metal exchange opened dull yet steady with copper bid to February at 12.85 12.45, lead at about 4.55, spelter from 5.50 to 9.00, and tin around 38.40 to 8.70.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention bar silver and figures, unclear details. Potential pricing or market reference lacks coherent individuals or organizations to anchor a complete summary.
A dense catalog of produce prices listing apples, bananas, cranberries, grapes, oranges, pears, pineapples, and more by variety and origin. Includes beans, greens, tubers, onions, lettuce, mushrooms, squash, and miscellaneous nuts and dried fruits with per unit, per crate, or per bushel pricing, reflecting regional suppliers and bulk buys. It notes items from California, Massachusetts, Florida, and Michigan among others, with several price ranges and pack sizes.
Grain Gossip notes Thursday receipts for Chicago grains with wheat contracts and corn car counts, plus Northwest wheat totals by city. It cites World wheat supplies rising in November per the Chicago Daily Trade Bulletin, contrasts with October gains, and includes commentary from the Northwestern Miller on Minneapolis flour output and water power, while junior analysts discuss demand, export activity, and weather impacts on crop prospects.
Although no sales occurred on the local exchange Thursday the market stayed firm and bidding remained spirited. Fletcher-American stock is recovering after last week’s slump. Other advancing issues included Capital National Marion Trust T. H. I. & E. common and Union Traction common. Bid and ask prices on bids narrowed compared with several weeks.
New York markets show flour unchanged and pork strong with mess at 20 dollars. Sugar and coffee quotes vary by type, with refined sugars firm and coffee Rio No 1 on spot. California hay and fallow conditions noted. Chicago reports butter creamery extras at 28 cents, prime eggs 33 cents, twins cheese 14 to 14.5 cents, and live poultry prices for fowls ducks geese and turkeys listed.
Prices listed for anthracite coal including lump and nut sizes from Pittsburg, Pocahontas, and Kanawha regions, with variations like egg, stove, stove lump, and Brazil block. Includes per ton charges for bags, ground floor or cellar storage, chute fees, and coke rates for Connellsville and gas coke, reflecting regional market quotes.
The steamer Dunelm of Inland Lake Navigation is wrecked at Blake's Point on Isle Royale's north shore. The TF B Squires is en route to assist and wireless reports say no loss of life.
Adele asks if Grace screamed when Jack kissed her. Grace replies she did not scream because he threatened her severely and swore he would never kiss her again if she did.
In New Rochelle on December 8, Cyclone the Windsor dairy’s western pony reacted to a cow’s movement. He pricked up his ears, galloped toward a nearby pasture, leaped a high terrace, and vaulted a stone wall into the jets leaving the wagon. A trail of intact packages followed.
Adolph and Lena Bloom welcome a girl at 627 South Tr nois street. I J and Vera Rufner report a girl at 1225 Pleasant street. Carl and Mary DeHaven have a girl at 2203 Elliott James and Elli Foust address 1063 West New York street. Ny John and Aimelia Meyers share a girl at 1025 Villa avenue. Homer and Gertrude Taylor at 1107 Olive John and May Wryckoff from 2010 Oxford. William and Clara Shortmeyer reside at 1508 Woodlawn aven ge with a boy. Joan and Elizabeth Janett at 2406 Dearborn street welcome a girl.
Fragmentary OCR lists and misreadings include LeRoy Jolley Lada Elder Pan Lyver Muriel Weber James Steep Susan Lilly William Stathsam Elizabeth Hiese TiekK Wirenberg Lena Mek Bark McAnlis Bessie Daniel. The text lacks coherent events or context for a full summary.
Livelyn Brian aged 75 of 1782 North Capitol Avenue suffers degenerated heart muscle. Christian John Rohr 44 of 2340 Kenwood Avenue has myocarditis. Charles Wenneth Brown 3 of 5122 McPherson Street dies of typhoid fever. Cynthia Prindle 5 of 1411 Pleasant Street with bronchitis. James W. Abney 0 of 2528 Columbia Avenue with mitral insufficiency. John F. Hennessey 0 of 2232 Broadway Street has hypertrophic cirrhosis. Wartelius McHugh 1 of 419 Empire Street with rho pneumonia.
George Bauermann at Twenty-ninth and Cornell files an addition in frame costing 140 dollars. Charles Flel at Seventeenth and Tacoma applies for a two-story frame building valued at 2000 dollars.
Cobalt Ont December eight the Silver Moon cafe debuts with an airship style dish carrier wire run system to fetch dishes and a numbered order method. The counter features undercounter access for shoe polishing and a perfumed clothes-scent bulb, promising a distinctive lunch counter experience in the north country.
A series of corporate registrations and dissolutions across Indiana and nearby locales includes United States lumber company of Gary with 40000 capital stock and directors Manuel Y Loeb George Mayer and Sigmund E Loeb. People's cooperative store of Shelbyville with 50000 stock and directors C H Forrest C W Cotton P T Casady Beeston. Stapp Beeston Co Limited of Indianapolis with 100000 stock and directors F J Reeston K Stapp R M Ketcham. Dr Clarke Robbins sanitarium company of Indianapolis with 5000 stock and directors J C Kineald B B Hadley and F F Kineald. Draper manufacturing and gas company of Dana dissolved. Cardinal cabinet company of Wabash with 50000 stock and directors George A Osborn A E Osborn and G A Wilkinson. W D Coil filler company of Decatur with 50000 stock and directors William D Coil C A Dolman Henry Hite.
A jack rabbit chase near Hiawatha Kansas featured a fox-hunt style chase with no shooting. Brown County farmers, owning about 300 automobiles, used cars to drag a long wire across the range while dogs flushed the rabbits.
The Berlin police president declares war on protruding hatpins after a string of injuries, especially to riders on street cars. In a proclamation he urges women to stop using jer pins or bend the points to reduce harm.
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