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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1909

Page

4

Indiana live stock market report from Indianapolis and abroad

Receipts totaled about 6,000 hogs 1,550 cattle and 350 sheep with hog and sheep declines and cattle gains versus a week and year ago. Hog prices eased about 6 cents amid adequate packer demand. Cattle trade was steadier with strong bulls and calves while steers sold slowly. Lambs and sheep showed little change in price. Additional regional figures from East Buffalo Cincinnati and Union Stock Yards noted with varied hog cattle and sheep receipts and prices.

Indianapolis East Buffalo Cincinnati Union

Grain market quotes from Chicago futures board

Chicago reports cash grain bids for December with wheat prices across grades from No 2 red at 1.24 to No 3 spring at 1.12 and spring and northern spring values, plus corn bids for white and yellow grades and oats ranges. Prices show bid bands for No 2 white, No 3 yellow, No 4 white, and standard oats, indicating broad market activity.

Cobalt stock report notes rising market and new mines

Mining stock notes from December report show Cobalt market strong with potential 10 to 60 point rise on buying. Several new mines entering shipping class with possible dividends by mid year. Wettlaufer, Montrose area, Beaver, Argentum, Silver Leaf, Bailey, Rochester cited among active prospects. New York listings and various copper stocks also reported.

Jackson & Jackson Argentum Spee Aawetad Bailey Benyeop Sebaawey Chambers- Ferland Eeedspieden City of Cobalt Ccceeeneee Cobalt Central Aeeseaseee Cobalt Lake Kerr Lake Little ‘Nipissing Nipissing Nova Scotia Ouisss Peterson Lake Shee Rochester Silver Leaf Wettlaufer Montrose Beaver L’emiskaming

Boston Stocks Summary Fragment

Boston market notes show Miami 2 percent North Butte 46 percent Arizona Com 50 Greene Can 11 Hancock 38 Lake Copper 7 with scattered figures.

Boston Miami North Butte Arizona Com Greene Can Hancock Lake Copper

Wall Street Opens With Moderate Gains as Copper Stocks Lead

Wall Street opened with moderate strength in New York with most stocks edging higher. Rock Island rose about half a point from the prior close while copper shares remained in demand. gas utilities advanced and Interborough Met. and Brooklyn Rapid Transit gained fractions. Rock Island weakened later amid heavier trading volume. London buyers appeared and government bonds held steady while other bonds strengthened.

New York Rock Island Brooklyn Union Gas Brooklyn Rapid Transit Interborough Amalgamated London

Chicago Grain declines as market opens with light volume

Chicago markets show broad declines across wheat corn and oats with weaker opening prices. Provisions rise with hogs. December wheat at 41.18 and hogs May at 21.62, lard at 42.25, ribs at 11.36.

Chicago A. W. Thomson

Retail Coal Prices in Various Types and Regions

Retail coal prices listed for anthracite and cannel, Pocahontas varieties, Blossburg, Ohio Jackson, Kanawha lump, Winifredse Falling Rock Cannel, Linton lump and egg, Hocking Valley, Brazil block, Gashouse lump coke and crushed gas coke. Prices per ton include extra charges for bags and ground or dumped in cellar.

Pocahontas Pocahohtas Blossburg Ohio Jackson Raymond Winifredse Linton Linton Egg Hocking Valley Brazil Gashouse

Girl drank and awoke to find herself wedded

New Milford Connecticut December 28. Mrs Leveret Hubbard formerly Alice Nightingale sues in New Jersey court to cancel a marriage she says occurred after she drank cocktails in New York on March 4 1909. She claims she was 11 then and Hubbard 24 gave Jersey City as his address. Hubbard has not answered.

New Milford Conn Leveret M. Hubbard New Jersey Court of Chancery Alice *Bucklin Nightingale Hubbard Jersey City Justice of the Peace Charles Sweeney Miss Nightingale Providence Ingleside New York Central Station Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Astor Hotel Belmont Charles Roe

Patriots Furious Over Dixie Decision

Washington reports received threatening letters to C. G. T. Sonnek head of the Library of Congress music division after he stated in a government publication that Dixie is the most popular patriotic song. He asks newspapers to stop mentioning the work due to the threats and hostility.

C. G. T. Sonnek Division of Music Library of Congress Columbia Dixie

Model Hotel Proposed by Stewards In Indianapolis Plan

A 500 room model hotel to serve as a school for hotel students would be built on Winona Technical Institute grounds. Promoters backed by the International Association of Hotel Stewards seek to attract hotel men nationwide. The plan envisions students living in the hotel at low cost, with 500 pupils and several professors, and an estimated building cost of 200000 dollars.

Winona Technical Institute Piansk Indianapolis International Association of Hotel Stewards

Wu Ting Fang Goming Back to U S in 1959

New York, Dec. 29. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese diplomat and former minister to Washington, sailed aboard the Lusitania en route to the Orient via London. He told reporters he would return in 1959, quipping about youth, purity of life, and Americans’ worship of money and fast living.

New York Lusitania Wu Ting Fang Orient London Washington

Indianapolis Grain Market Report Summary

Wheat steady with No 2 red at 1.28 and Dec at 1.23. No 2 red through billing 1.24 and extra 3 red 1.20. Corn quiet with multiple white and mixed grades around 59 to 62 cents. Oats steady with No 2 white about 46 cents. Hay strong with timothy and clover pricing from 14.50 to 16.55. Inspections list cars by grade and color. totals show 41 cars for wheat and corn, 9 for other lots.

Indianapolis Sample Hay Timothy

Five Men Die in Reading Boiler Explosion

Five men were killed when a boiler exploded at the Metropolitan Electric company's new plant in West Reading Reading, Pennsylvania, this morning.

Reading The Metropolitan Electric Com Pany West Reading

Consul the chimpanzee to visit Indianapolis next week

Consul, described as almost human and a gentle manners chimpanzee, will be in Indianapolis at the Colonial Hotel all next week. He will travel by Overland automobile, dine at leading hotels, and meet public officials as the Colonial management arranges introductions and public appearances.

Indianapolis Colonial Colonia

Union Veteran Legion Elects Officers for Encampment No 30

Encampment No 30 of the Union Veteran Legion held a full officer election Tuesday night naming Albert J. Ball as colonel and Anslem Hobbs as lieutenant colonel. Other officers include Spencer N. Preston major and Frederieck H. Stires surgeon with Charles W. Lesler chaplain. A public installation is planned for January 11 with Ball Hobbs Preston Richardson and Adjutant B W Sullivan on a committee to arrange the program.

Union Veteran Legion Albert J. Ball Anslem Hobbs Spencer N. Preston Frederieck H. Stires Charles W. Lesler B. A. Richardson Daniel H. McAbee Flavius J. van Vorhis

Alvin P Hovey post installs new officers in West Indianapolis

The Alvin P Hovey post of the Grand Army of the Republic in West Indianapolis will join with its relief corps for a public installation of officers in the hall at Olive street and Warren avenue next Saturday night marking the new year. Elected officers include Commander Henry Holiday senior vice commander John Vestal junior vice commander George K K Standridge quartermaster L M Mitchell chaplain William Newkirk officer of the day George Barnhart officer of the guard Charles Tuttle and surgeon El Green. Appointive officers include adjutant A B Wood and patriotic instructor J W Keithley with A B Wood serving as installing officer and J A Abbott as officer of the day.

Alvin P. Hovey Grand Army of the Republic West Indianapolis Relief Corps Hall Olive Street Warren Avenue Henry Holiday John Vestal George KK. Standridge L. M. Mitchell William Newkirk

Meats and Lard Prices List from Local Market

The advertisement lists sugar cured hams at 16 to 18 and 1744 to 1814 cents per pound, English style hams at 164 to 18 cents, boiled hams, breakfast bacon and sugar cured varieties, English style bacon, smoked bacon, fresh veal carcasses, sliced breakfast bacon, shoulders, sausage, and fresh beef carcasses with varying prices. Strong entities include hams bacon veal and beef with price figures. The listing reflects a mid century market catalog style with multiple meats and lard items and price points.

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Reported

Chicago cash grain quotes show No 2 red at 1.234 1.26 percent, No 3 red 1.18 1.2, No 2 hard 1.16 1.18, No 3 hard 1.12 1.15, No 1 northern spring 1.17 1.20, No 2 northern spring 1.15 1.198, No 3 spring 1.12 1.17. Corn prices include several No 2 white and No 3 yellow figures with varying fractions and units, though the text contains garbled or incomplete entries.

Chicago

BINGHAM'S RIGHT TO SUE BREWERS UP FOR DECISION

A Wednesday hearing before en banc Superior Judges weighed whether Attorney General Bingham had authority to sue Indiana brewers for exceeding charter rights. Prosecution argued the attorney general may act in sovereign interest, while defense urged a prosecuting attorney should handle such suits. Other issues were set for briefs.

Bingham Brewers Carter Leathers McMaster Weir Bartholomew Indiana Henry Warrum

Trade hopes fade as Carr fails in maneuver during league talks

Chicago dispatch reports warring magnates of the American association met to name a successor to Joseph O'Brien. Charles Carr of Indianapolis pushed a trade move unsuccessfully while a board session planned to award the pennant to Louisville and re-elect Tebeau president. In Pittsburgh, cattle and hog markets show varied receipts and prices with steady to higher bids on select entries.

Chicago American Association Joseph O'Brien Wnt Auditorium Chivington Louisville Club Charles Carr Indianapolis Louisville Tebeau Shoenburn Columbus Lennon St. Paul Kansas City Havenor Milwaukee Watkins

Voorhees Kin Dead In Landmark Local Notice

The obituary notes the death of a local figure tied to the De Valen family line, detailing condolences and mentioning the deceased as a brother-in-law to John de Valen of the city. The fragment confirms familial connection but provides limited biographical detail.

Voorhees Ae San Maas Jomu de Valen Aity

Man Pleads Guilty After Fort Wayne Robbery Attempt

Nathan Rubens of 2 E New York Street faced police court on Wednesday for a Tuesday attempt to strong arm Samuel Gilmer at 818 Coe Avenue. Rubens pleaded guilty and received a fine after Gilmer initially misread the encounter as a robbery.

Nathan Rubens New York Street Samuel Gilmer Coe Avehue Gilmer Rubens Pales Rubenge Bimmer

Estrada advances on Managua and rival government falls

News from Washington and Mexico City report Gen Estrada marching toward Managua with a final battle expected this week. Envoy Castrillo says Estrada plans to dissolve the Madriz regime, call an election, and likely win the presidency. Zelaya arrives in Mexico amid mixed anti American sentiment.

Washington Estrada Managua Nanagua Salvador Castrillo Estrada Provisional Nicaragua Madris Madrid Estreda State Department Mexico City Mex Zelaya Santa Crus Guard of Honor el Presidente Diaz Mexico United States

Guilty Plea in Theatrical Billiard Cue Theft Case

Carl Tuay pleaded guilty in criminal court on Wednesday to stealing 15 billiard cues from Charlies Powell, his employer. Judge Pritchard sentenced Tuay to 30 days in jail.

Carl Tuay Charlies Powell Pritchard

William Nixon Collapses Reputed Shipbuilder in Jersey City

In Jersey City on December 29, William Nixon, brother of Lewia Nixon the shipbuilder and former Tammany chief, collapsed shortly after arriving at a local location. Police and medical staff responded as witnesses reported the incident near a central transit area.

Jersey City N. J William Nixon Lewia Nixon Tammany Chieftain Jersey Central Weahidgien Nsec

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