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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1909
Page
4
Receipts total 3500 hogs 500 cattle 50 sheep with hogs and sheep higher, cattle lower than a week ago. Market quiet at close with most hogs 6.50 to 6.70. steers 5.00 to 6.73. cows 3.00 to 3.50. bulls and calves steady. sheep light but sold steady.
Wholesale buying figures list Clover Seed common and red at 4 to 5 dollars per bushel. Timothy Seed ranges 1.2 to 1.7 dollars. Bluegrass extra clean at 1 dollar. Alfalfa and clover prices show prime alfalfa 7.5 to 9 dollars, fair to good 8 to 10 dollars. Grass seeds Kentucky bluegrass fancy 1.6 dollars, extra clean 1 dollar. Orchard Grass 1.5 to 2.28 dollars. Indianapolis retail prices also noted.
Prices for corn oats hay and straw plus meats and lard from Rouse Bros at 1400 Kentucky Ave. New corn 72 cents shelled oats 0. etc. Meats and lard include sugar cured hams English style hams bacon and pork products with various prices per pound. Lard in tierces at 12 cents per pound.
The New York stock market opened with widespread declines in early trading, and most price movements were lower. After 15 minutes the market showed firmness but remained dull, with strength appearing mainly in a handful of specialty issues.
Hogs receipts 16 000. Prices steady to strong with mixed and butcher grades 6.05 to 6.55. Pigs 4.90 to 9.75. Cattle receipts 400 with beeves 4.15 to 7.00 and cows 1.90 to 5.85. Stockers 4.20 to 5.0 Texans 4.50 to 5.80. Calves 5.50 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 1 500 with lambs 5.20 to 7.75 and sheep 3.50 to 5.75.
Pittsburg Pa February 6 cattle receipts light with steady market. Prices listed for extra prime good tidy fair common and fat oxen cows helfers and springers. Heavies best heavy porkers light workers pigs roughs and stags detailed. Sheep and lambs receipts light with steady market and ranges for prime wethers mixed ewes and lambs yearlings veal calves and heavies.
Toledo grain market notes list bid and offer prices for wheat oats rye and seeds. Wheat range includes cash July September at around 1.125 to 1.015 per bushel with various months. oats 52 to 47 percent. rye 79 to 64 percent. timothy alfalfa and cloverseed quoted with small dollar values.
Miss Paula Diekmann a 22 year old school teacher at Mehlville believed to have been influenced by mental suggestion after the suicide of friend Earl McCourtney. Rev D C Garrett administered last rites and described the mental strain following the death. The girl’s father lives in Denver and her mother is deceased.
New York February six unique theatrical event occurred at the Broadway theater when the first act of A Stubborn Cinderella was shown to a single spectator Miss Ethel Barrymore. She attended with her brother John Barrymore playing the lead comedy role after seeing acts two and three in previous viewings.
The Indiana Sportsman debuts with a clean sport focus and bright breezy weekly stories. Editor A. R. Kling, formerly a sporting editor in Indianapolis, leads the neat publication attracting readers to a new Indiana weekly paper.
The Concordia society stages its annual mask carnival on Tuesday evening February 16 1909 at Germania hall. The committee has worked weeks to create one of the greatest halls the society has given with neat wall decorations.
Orpheum company at 4 E. Washington files an addition permit for 1500 dollars. Michael Bassler at Twenty-fourth and Parkway seeks a frame dwelling permit for 850 dollars. Michael Finn at 43 S. West requests moving a building for 800 dollars. H. Wiseman at 616 Tacoma files a frame house permit for 1200 dollars. Daniel Stewart company at Maryland and Meridian seeks elevator permit for 1000 dollars and a Meridian sidewalk hoist permit for 1800 dollars. H. O. Thiele at Thirty-third and Buckle applies for a frame house permit for 3800 dollars. W. T. Davis at Twenty-fifth and Rader requests a storeroom permit for 1200 dollars.
Discussion centers on whether to repeal the county option and replace it with a stringent temperance statute. Democrats in Marshall county face a contested race, while Wayne and Huntington counties spur concerns over campaign letters and wasted funds.
A class of 2500 members will be initiated into the Loyal Order of Moose at a meeting in Tomlinson Hall late in March. National Organizer Edward H. Frick and 15 deputies are enrolling prospects as the fraternal society, organized in 1888 in Louisville, expands in major cities.
Bishop William A. Quayle will address the M C A big men’s meeting Sunday at English’s opera house. MCA officials prepare for a record attendance as preparations ramp up for the event.
The roster lists catchers Livingston Wakefield Howley Winchester. pitchers Slever Graham Schreiber Slagle Glage Cheney McCafferty Druhot Janecki Guhi Elliott. infielders Carr Lindsay Williams Smith O Rourke Hooke Durie McCanee. outfielders Cook Davidson Coulter Chadbourne. diplomat Perry Werden. Carr expects additional men from New York to cover losses of Durham and Marquerd. Detroit may contribute for Bush.
Jurors in Yu diena hear objections limited to one attorney per side. Inspector Rosasco’s book shows patch measurements on Central avenue allegedly altered by Harry P. Branaugh, now imprisoned. Several figures are contested, with witnesses presenting alternate calculations and Shuffelton’s book also involved. Bailiff plans a weekend outing for the jurors and indicates Sunday reading rules. George W. Baxter testified. defense may call him again.
In Indianapolis a husband crippled by a near severed hand and his ailing wife with two ill children faced hunger as their plant work ceased. Neighbors say the family is worthy and deserving. The Salvation Army dispatched investigators and supplied groceries and coal, urging public help for the stricken household.
John and Carly Jones a girl. Wm and Pearl Smith a girl. Joan and Katherine Crenshaw a girl. Andrew and Mattie Lytle a girl. Harry and Luella Hickman a girl. Eugene and Josie Metsger a girl. Paris and Edmonia McWhorter a boy. Joseph and Araminta White a boy. Homer and May Berry a boy. con and Rena Hoy a boy. Ernest and Flossie Lohrmay a Caldwell street boy. Frederick and Anna Rose a girl. Charles and Mary Edmunds a girl. Louise Dorbecker deaths listed at 16 N New ae.
Taxpayers are informed that the tax duplicates for 1908 have been received and the treasurer will attend at the County Treasurer's Office in Indianapolis to receive taxes due. The notice states 1908 rate per $100 and directs compliance with the law.
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