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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
4
An advertisement lists various hose options from Shawknit and wool types. Prices range from 1214¢ for six pairs to $2.50 for silk hose, with 2¢ per pair six for $1.40 offered for Shawknit models, highlighting economical and luxurious choices for shoppers.
Regular and cadet glove shapes advertised for short or long fingers. Fowne's offered at 1.48, 2.00, 2.50 and 83.50 dollars. The 83.50 item is deer skin while the first three are kid skin and South African Cape leather.
A wide range of neckwear including four-in-hands and Bat Wing Ties offered at varied prices. Five dozen fine cross and striped four-in-hands priced 48 cents each, with hundreds more in $1.00 $1.40 $2.00 and $2.50 ranges.
Receipts and prices move in a mixed bag as cattle, hogs, and sheep open for sale. Steers vary by weight from 900 to 1,850 pounds with prices from 3.25 to 4.60, while hogs show steady demand with good to choice weights around 160 to 216 pounds fetching 4.40 to 4.80. Sheep and lamb listings range with yearlings near 4.75 to 5.00 and other categories priced accordingly.
Union Stockyards receipts show cattle mostly steady from yesterday with steer and heifer prices ranging from 1.25 to 4.75 and calves to 7.00. Sheep receipts about 6 head with natives and westerns at 2.00 to 4.60, yearlings 4.40 to 6.15, lambs 4.00 to 6.25. pigs and stockers mixed amid light demand.
Chicago in early trading sees wheat declines on foreign weakness with Liverpool and Continental markets down. May wheat around 1.04 to 1.05, corn near 57 to 57 1/2, oats about 48 to 49, pork near 1245, lard around 7.82, and ribs near 7.95 as investors note improved Argentine conditions and Russian port activity.
New York dispatch notes a holiday mood in the stock market with quiet trade as prominent traders are away for Christmas. Stocks dip modestly in early hours while Steel trust announces 6,000 workers to be hired in January, signaling revived activity. manufacturing broadly in good shape after prior cutbacks. London market is dull with slight losses. wheat and cotton edge down. curb market quotations steady.
George A Mc Clure of 1654 Ashland-are Indianapolis connected with Farmers' Trust company learned through a friend that his mother was living in Lutsen Minnesota after sixteen years. He sent her a letter urging her to return to Indianapolis at once.
Gideon W. Blaine of W135 N Pennsylvania Street planned a Christmas visit to Plymouth Indiana. He received word Friday of his mother's death from pneumonia, and Sunday his father died from pneumonia, with the shock claimed 272. The family rushed home to mourn together.
William Burker was fined ten dollars in police court for selling milk below standard and released in superior court on appeal. Judge Vinson Carter supported pure milk but found the city health department arrested the wrong man. Evidence showed the milk belonged to Joseph Flack.
Edward Shea, in a month long trance, sings in his sleep for nearly half an hour while unconscious. Previously not known as a singer, observers note a surprising mastery and imply prior practice, though physicians remain puzzled by the case. He is fed by artificial means and remains physically healthy.
Inspections detail No 2 red and No 2 white seeds through billing for timothy and clover shipments, with multiple car counts. Wheat, corn, hay totals include 4 grain cars rejected or in transit, 29 corn cars in and out, and six hay cars listed across timothy prairie and clover consignments.
Pittsburg Pa December 4 cattle receipts light and steady with price ranges from 2.75 to 5.40 for various cattle. hogs receipts 2,690 and steady to lower with prime heavy hogs and pigs priced from 4.75 to 5.00. sheep receipts light with lambs strong and prices from 4.50 to 6.00 for lambs and 4.00 to 4.75 for wethers and good mix sheep.
Special to The Indianapolis Luv reports John Henry Parrott and Grace Lawrence eloped to England, sold a car to fund the trip, and sailed on the Lucania. Parrott awaits extraction papers at Tombs while Lawrence pleads to marry him in Ellis Island custody. The British consul and a chaplain weigh possible leniency.
Governor Hanly released Samuel Harmon and Joseph Osborn from Michigan City Prison on Christmas as part of affirmative parole decisions. Harmon, 73, convicted of murder in Brazil in May, had support from jurors and local leaders citing lack of premeditation and provocation, with planned care by his daughter and son-in-law. Osborn, from Rigdon, convicted of murdering his father-in-law in Adams county, had backing from judge, jury, and county officials noting absence of premeditation and a quiet prior life. Absolute pardons were also issued for Orlin Costin and William Wolsiffer, while a fourth man returned to freedom earlier.
The governor announced fifteen reapppointments to state boards and commissions. Appointees include police commissioners from districts across Indiana for three years and members of boards of insane hospitals for four years, plus trustees for education and normal schools. Names include Thomas Anderson Jeffersonville John C Murphy Kokomo Thomas S Derhart Logansport John J Sheerit Richmond F N Watt Lafayette W T Dobbins Marion S B Heshore Eli Marvin Frankfort John W Hallan Lagrange Henry A Branchart Rochester Fred F Bays Sullivan William T Herron A B Pilkenton Joshua Jump Terre Haute Capt W H Armstrong Indianapolis.
Monon railroad to gain control of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton lines between Indianapolis and Cincinnati and Indianapolis and Springfield after the new year. If Judson Harmon is dismissed as receiver, Monon plans to purchase the line and operate its trains into Springfield and Cincinnati, with Pere Marquette to be absolved by the Erie.
Police Sergt. Robert Leet oversees registering 19 boys to receive coats and shoes from Saks & Co Christmas morning. The clothing house supports a yearly effort. about half the boys get coats. Names come from destitute families reported by volunteers, then children march from police headquarters to Saks & Co.
County Clerk Leonard Quill and staff received a gold watch chain and leather suitcase on Tuesday in a presentation by Attorney Martin Hugg. The speech noted the gift was to spare Quill from borrowing a friend’s suitcase, while Quill assured his clerks their jobs were secure for another year and he also gave each a turkey.
At a State Printing Thward meeting bids were opened for stationery, supplies and typewriters. Past bidders William RB Burford Thornton-Levey and Sentinel Printing competed for stationery, while Oliver Smith-Premier and Remington submitted typewriter supplies bids. Stationery bids are notably lower than last November.
David S. Walmsley city smoke inspector wrote a letter to firms whose warrants for violating the smoke ordinance were dismissed by Judge T. C. Whallon in police court Friday. Walmsley says he will continue prosecuting violators and order them arrested daily until they stop.
Two special musical programs will be rendered at St. Marys Catholic church on Christmas morning. The first at 4 a.m. and the second at 10 a.m. Carl M. Baizer will preside at the organ.
Arrangements are completed for the first Indoor Sunday school track meet to be held in the city on February 7 at Tomlinson Hall. Physical Director Jones of the Y M C A. aims to make this meet as successful as the outdoor Riverside track event last spring.
Creamery men in Indianapolis challenge Dr. Eugene Buehler’s proposal for semi annual cow tuberculin testing and three milk classes with No 1 sold at about 12 cents a quart. They warn the plan is impracticable and could ruin the dairy business, fearing inspectors miss cows and that demand would shift to cheaper condensed milk. Public ordinance penalties may enforce compliance.
Indianapolis Sun reports generous support from neighbors and readers for Alpha Crowley, a crippled girl seeking a new wooden leg. Donations pour in from Mohawk and city residents, including children Bennie Barnett and Mildred Zimmer, with letters and pennies totaling funds for Christmas aid.
Jay Wilbraham proprietor of the Hotel English and bartender J L Hollister were arrested on charges of selling liquor after 11 oclock. Police found a crap game in the billiard room and claimed a buzzer under the floor helped evade raids. Officers say Wilbraham knew of the device and that previous Nicholson law raids failed until Monday night when the hotel was found open after closing.
Houdini, the renowned handcuff king, appeared at the Grand opera house Tuesday and entertained Chief of Police Robert Metzger along with other officers with his cleverest tricks.
A Dayton Ohio newspaper ad promotes Blackburns Castor Oil Pills as a harmless aid to prevent the day after Christmas malaise. It urges giving children a pill Christmas Eve and adults one or two pills Christmas night to avoid indigestion headaches and irritability the next day.
Harry L. McCormick testified before Circuit Judge Henry Clay Allen that he discovered his wife drinking with his best man friend during his business trip to Indianapolis last fall. He said the affair lasted two years and involved a handsome, portly man with light hair. The judge granted a divorce and warned McCormick not to remarry for two years as the wife served notice through newspapers.
A Christmas Eve feature highlights a deserving case receiving boxes of provisions. The gifts include turkey, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberries, oysters for dressing, celery, Savo coffee, real cream, brand, oranges, and a holly topped box.
The Sun offers a free ten word advertisement for three days to rent vacant rooms or list wanted items. Copy and submit the notice to reach readers seeking accommodation or items.
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