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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1908
Page
12
Receipts 6500 hogs 750 cattle 200 sheep report a softer hog market with no major rise from yesterday. Top hogs at 6.00 with most good hogs 5.25 to 5.76. Cattle trade quiet and prices unsatisfactory. lambs and sheep mostly at yesterday's levels. Also lists steers cows bulls and calves with varied prices. Washington censustaker notes clerks to be filled by congressional patronage.
December 18 1908 notice from the Board of Public Works Indianapolis states approval of a local sewer assessment roll for First Alley east of Shelby Street to La Grande Avenue. Remonstrances against assessed amounts may be heard December 30 1908. Roll on file at the Board office.
Stock market opened irregularly with fractional advances for active speculative issues and declines for major rail shares. American Smelting edged higher above 80 in early trading before a retreat. Local tractions stayed strong. After 15 minutes, market was generally steady and by close, many stocks posted about one point losses while several specialties gained. Bonds showed strength.
Hogs receipts 11 000 market higher bulk 5.30 to 5.65 light 4.75 to 5.50 pigs 3.60 to 4.65 mixed 5.15 to 6.75 workers 5.35 to 6.80 good to choice heavy 5.35 to 5.80 roughs 5.20 to 6.35 Cattle receipts 400 steady beeves 7.60 to 8.40 stockers feeders 2.60 to 4.70 Texas steers 3.40 to 4.25 cows heifers 1.50 to 4.90 western steers 3.40 to 6.0 calves 6.00 to 8.50 Sheep receipts 2.00 steady natives 2.50 to 4.70 western 2.50 to 4.75 yearlings 4.25 to 5.75 lambs natives 4.25 to 5.25 western 4.50 to 7.10
The Wagon Market lists grain and hay prices from House Bros. in Kentucky. New corn 68 to 72 cents per bushel. shelled oats 50 to 52 cents. wheat 14 to 15 dollars per ton. Timothy 12 to 13 dollars. New Clover 10 to 11 dollars. Mixed hay 11 to 12 dollars. Wheat straw 5 to 5.50 dollars. Oats straw 5.50 to 6 dollars. Also Leica apartments No 1 priced 12 dollars and No 2 at 10 to 11 dollars.
Fresh eggs priced at 28 cents per dozen dominate the listing along with country butter at 18 cents. The column notes poultry items including turkeys ducks live geese and spring chickens. roosters are mentioned without price. The snippet reflects a busy wholesale board detailing perishable goods.
Wholesale seed figures show Clover Red and Common at 4.00 to 6.00, Timothy 1.50 to 2.00, Orchardgrass 1.3 to 2.25, Bluegrass 1.50 to 1.20, Alsike 1.00 to 8.00, and Alfalfa Clover 8.00 to 12.00. Indianapolis retail lists Timothy at 2.25, Clover Red 5.50 to 6.00, Prime Clover 7.50 to 8.00, Alfalfa Clover 8.00 to 10.00, Kentucky bluegrass 1.00. Pittsburg cattle receipts light to steady. extra 6.50 to 8.75, prime 6.25 to 6.50, good 5.86 to 6.10. Hog receipts 25 loads. heavies 5.75 to 5.90, primes 5.65 to 5.70, feeders 5.20 to 5.00, pigs 4.90 to 5.00, rough 4.75. Sheep receipts light. prime wethers 4.40 to 4.50, good mixed 4.10 to 4.30, spring lambs 4.50 to 6.90.
Grain and feed quotes for wheat corn and oats with various grades and through billing figures. Includes hay timothy and clover mixed prices, inspections by grain type with car counts, and weekly flour futures notes alongside misc. market figures and stock in store data.
The Concordia Society prepares for its annual Christmas entertainment and dance at Germania hall on Monday night December 21. Santa will arrive to greet a large crowd with a candy and toy gift for each child and a huge Christmas tree for the tree lighting and dancing. Beizer's orchestra provides the music for the event.
The broker describes being attacked by Suydam, Downs, and Collins after handing over patents for an electrical vibratory massage device. He says he faced a beating in a city office before producing a revolver to defend himself, denying any intent to shoot. He claims promises of dividends and $650 unsettled before the incident.
The list records births at several addresses including 5543 University Avenue and 343 E Norwood Street among others with genders noted for each newborn. Deaths include John Page aged 47 with apo plexy and Lucretia Burton aged 61 with pulmonary tuberculosis, plus others and causes such as nephritis pneumonia and cerebral hemorrhage. Marriages listed include Eugene I Hart and Pearl Carnes and William Cth and Lou Anna Stephens. Building permits are issued for additions and houses on Reisner Avenue Ashland Avenue Grace Street and Belle Lorraine Street with values noted.
Robert Golden a Big Four engineer was injured Friday night when his engine and another yard engine crashed on the Belt railroad near Kentucky avenue. The cab was jammed back to the tender and Golden was caught in the wreck.
In a Saturday police court session, two women faced charges for taking goods from a Christmas display. Mrs. Martha Thompson, 209 North Beville Avenue, pleaded guilty after initial denial, receiving $1 fine plus costs. Another widow, Mrs. Anna Moore, was fined $10 and costs with ten days in jail suspended after detectives vouched for her first offense.
The Salvation Army plans to proceed with Christmas charity efforts needing about $2,500 for meals, shoes, and boxes for children and other incidental costs. Mrs. Major Escott reports abject poverty cases helped by constable rent collectors, including two elderly people evicted from a better home and left with nothing to eat, and a pregnant young woman supported by her widowed mother as her husband is in prison.
Charles Remster, Judge of the Circuit Court, expresses strong support for the Salvation Army as it brings joy and comfort to homes, children, the sick, and the needy, highlighting ongoing practical work and willingness to help.
The letter urges aid for a widow with two children and an old couple in need of Christmas baskets, from Mrs. K and Mrs. Bloomington, with appeals to Maj. Escott and the Salvation Army. The West-side plea seeks Christmas help for a sick husband and poverty. Also announced: the National Democrat weekly, under L. C. Warfield, will start Jan 2, backing Bryanite policies against Roosevelt.
Samuel Jacobs and Frank Orban, well dressed youths, faced circuit court Saturday on fraud charges after victim James Tomlinson testified how they lured him into a 50 cent peg game. Police said the pair claimed to live by pool playing and planned matches across Indianapolis. convicted in police court, they appealed to circuit court.
Robbers overpowered a boy at the Ceresco State Bank, demolished vaults, and fled with over $3,000. Clarence Boyle was bound and gagged as cashier L Lafid learned of the robbery. Authorities suspect a single gang, possibly traveling by automobile, linked to prior bank lootings in Chase Keene and Gibbon.
A message from Augusta Georgia reports former Ohio Governor Myron T Herrick likely to become secretary of the treasury. The same dispatch notes United States Senator Philander C Knox of Pennsylvania will be secretary of state in President Taft s cabinet after accepting the position last night.
In Lebanon Indiana on December 19 the Indianapolis telephone case hearing resumed before Judge Parr. State counsel E R Hooton Ovid Jameson John Hueltzman J E McCullough and Henry Spaan argued the demurrer to the complaint. Defense attorney Ferdinand Winter and partners contended the information is insufficient.
Harriet B. Fall petitioned the supreme court for a receiver and dissolution of the partnership with William F. Johnson and his wife Cora Johnson. She says she bought a half interest in the Indianap lis planing mill last June for 1100 dollars and now seeks to have the partnership wound up and its affairs adjusted.
Across multiple datelines this dispatch reports that ten participants in the 1905 Bialystok massacre were pardoned by the czar. Other items note Venezuela unrest deeds, a Lisbon plot thwarted against King Manuel, a Central Falls fire causing large damage, the U S House adjournment, and Mary E Farrell celebrating her 106th birthday in Midland Park New Jersey.
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