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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1908
Page
4
New York stock market opens with mid summer stagnation as banks offer money on call at about 11 percent. Bond market active with firm tone in top issues while trading is light. curb market leads with mining shares and Standard Oil strength. Analysts expect a rise after the next sharp move. crop planting and cotton strength cause unease. wheat edges higher.
East Buffalo New York February 5 cattle receipts about 100 quiet and steady. Sheep and lambs receipts about 10 000 slow with lambs 5.00 to 7.50 dollars and a few to 7.60 yearlings 6.00 to 6.75. Hogs receipts about 415 five cents higher with Yorkers 4.85 to 4.90, light workers 4.60 to 4.75, pigs 4.40 to 4.60, mixed and heavier 4.90, roughs 4.00 to 4.30.
Indianapolis hog and cattle prices and receipts show hogs at top $4.60 per cwt with 7,600 hogs received. Cattle trends are strong with various steer, heifer, and cow classes listed by weight, while lambs and sheep stay steady or improving.
Cattle receipts show steady to high prices with primes at 5.80 to 5.75, good 5.15 to 5.30, heifers 2.76 to 4.15, and fresh cows at around 3.25. Hog receipts inch higher. prime heavy hogs 4.60 to 4.65, light to medium 1.75 to 4.80, yorkers 4.65 to 4.70, pigs 4.45 to 4.50, roughs 3.00 to 4.00. Sheep modest receipts with prime wethers 5.50 to 5.75, mixed 4.75 to 5.30, culls 2.50 to 4.50.
The Baldwin Company prize rebus contest results list winners in Indianapolis and beyond. In Indianapolis Class A a $400 Ellington piano goes to William Von Zell, 218 North Oriental Street, and Class B a $250 Baldwin piano player to Miss Nina Patrick, 1803 West Washington Street. Outside Indianapolis Class A a $100 Hamilton piano to Miss Ida Martin of Covington, Indiana, and Class B a $250 Baldwin piano player to Mrs Lydia Stevens of 605 Riverside Ave., Muncie, Indiana.
Wheat rises on Liverpool strength with Berlin and Budapest gains noted. Northwest receipts total 28 cars versus 115 a year ago. Opening prices show May wheat at 97 3/4 to 98 cents, May corn at 81 1/4, May oats 53 3/4, with pork at 12.37, lard 7.77, ribs 6.75. Closing figures given for May contracts and related futures.
At Union Stock Yards Chicago ill February 5 Peamens 38009 10 cents higher. Light four thousand two hundred fourty seven dollars and fourteen hundredths. Mixed and heavy four thousand three hundred forty six seventy six. Pigs three dollars sixty to four twenty five. Beved receipts eighteen thousand five. Cattle receipts six to six forty. Texans six to four point ten. Sheep receipts eighteen thousand market strong to five tenths higher native five to three point six and west ern sheep three to five point seven five. Yearlings five to five point seven. Native and western lambs three to seven point two five.
On February 5 the Toledo market quoted Close-Wheat cash at 96 7901ge and May at 98 8se with July at 95¢e and September 2lyc. Corn cash 57c May lye July gle September 6he. Oats cash 2shec May 83 54e July 49 0 September 28iaec. Clover seed cash February and March 11.40 April 11.25 October 8.02 14 prime alsike 16.40.
Prices list for cabbage onions tomatoes and other produce. Items include cabbage at 1.19 per bbl, onions various colors, celery California per crate, oranges navel California 2.50, apples Baldwins 2.50 to 3.50, lemons Fancy Messinas 5.00, cranberries Howes 9.00 Jerseys 8.59, and assorted others with unit prices and crates or bushels indicated. Contains numerous misprints but readable commodity names and prices.
Butter Elgin prints 35c, Elgin tubs 4c, state cream 3lc, country Ibe. Cheese New York full cream 17%c, domestic limburger 8c, brick 10 1%ec, Wisconsin full cream lic. Eggs fresh 18c. Poultry turkeys live 8 to 10c, ducks live 1c, geese 5c, hens 9c, spring chicks 9c, roosters 5c.
A $5,000 check sent by the Providence city government to the San Francisco fire relief fund disappeared. The city treasurer halted payment until the loss is investigated.
The Fairbanks faction contends with Taft supporters as Indiana delegates are chosen districts by district. Most delegates express loyalty to Taft or a Roosevelt ally, with many aiming to unite behind Taft if Fairbanks falters. National electors are named across multiple districts ahead of the June convention.
United Mine Workers board votes to aid the AFL in the boycott battle. The group will contribute $2000 to help cover costs of a Supreme Court contest.
Mrs. Mary O’Hair aged 80 widow of James O’Hair died at 2464 N Alabama Street. A Civil War union supporter she aided the federal cause and was mother to six daughters Zella Alice Belle Gussie Pritchard and Stout. James O’Hair was a notable Indiana Odd Fellow.
The Indiana Fanciers association executive committee urged the State Board of Agriculture to erect a larger and better poultry hall at the state fair grounds. The Tomlinson hall exhibit draws many visitors, and a novelty on Wednesday was electric hatching of chicks in a glass case.
The Hon. Frank Hering of South Bend is formally announced as a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor. He is described as a capable orator and campaigner with two congressional races in the Thirteenth district. Some urge Representative Thomas Cowan of Seymour to pursue the role.
Boston reports tell of the St Cuthbert fire at sea on Sunday with 24 dead and many survivors severely burned. Captain Finch of the Cymric praises his crew who faced flames and blasts after hatch explosions as Captain Lewis led evacuations.
Society notes report a Friday afternoon reading of Incch Ar den from Tennyson with music by Richard Strauss at the Propylaeum led by Charles Williams assisted by Mrs M L Cain. Culture club and Neighbors Social club meet with officers elected and guests listed. multiple social visits and weddings noted across local residents.
Officer Kingsbury observed a running thief near the Andrew Steffen cigar store at Washington and New Jersey streets at 3 a.m. during a snowstorm. He fired a broadside from the side window, but the fugitive escaped east on Washington Street, with the officer claiming a shot may have struck as the man fled.
Wrightstown board of trustees meets in Gov Hanly's office to choose superintendent for the Soldiers and Sailors Orphans home succeeding the late Andrew F. Graham. Eligible ex soldiers include John M. Stevens Eli Ritter and Dr Hillary Gobin.
Cincinnati February reports a grand Armory bowling hall where Electrician Oehrman lit 2000 incandescent lamps and showcased the alleys nearly ready though two ball returns and runways remain unfinished. Spectators praised the polished lanes and the tournament hall as the finest the A B has built to date.
Taxes from insurers doing business in Indiana are falling. Preliminary records indicate total taxes for the second half of 1907 will reach about 17,000, following 173,783.45 paid in the first half and an estimated 151,503 for the latter half.
Special to The Indianapolis Sun from Los Angeles reports Battling Nelson and Unholz in a ten round clash at Pacifico A C Naud Junction pavilion. Unholz pressed forward with a relentless変 barrage while Nelson fought aggressively but with wide wild wallops. Unholz appeared to land decisive blows in the final rounds and was favored by the crowd, though the bout was not declared decisive.
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