Wall Street Stocks Moderate Early Gains
New York trading opened with irregular prices as gains showed in major issues like Atchison Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific and United States Steel while selling pressure from bears waned. Government bonds steadied and buying orders aided a limited advance amid a volatile first hour with Reading showing notable strength and other leaders rising gradually.
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New York
Khown
Atchison, Ansylvania
Canadian, Pacific
Anada
United Res Steel
Uhio Pacific
Missouri
Reading
Cincinnati Live Stock Prices Prompt Buyers to Watch
Cincinnati cattle receipts reach 480 with slow trade. Butcher steers range from 4.50 to 5.35 dollars, calves at 8.25, hogs receipts 2,400 steady with good to choice 7.10 to 7.15, mixed packs 7.00 to 7.10, sheep 500 with extra at 4.25 to 5.15 and lambs at 8.00.
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Scrippe-Mckroe Press Association
Cincinnati
New York Produce Prices from Secripps-McRae Press
New York market quotes list pork prices at 18.50 to 19.25 per unit with lard near 9.80 to 9.90 and tallow at 6 3/8 to 6 1/4 cents. Eggs quoted at 50 cents for fancy white and 27 1/4 to 14 1/4 cents. cheese full cream 14 5 to 14 4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Secripps-McRae Press Association
Western Steam
Western
Indianapolis Produce Prices Report
Eggs lower with lfc at mars. Poultry hens steady at 9c roosters 5c spring chickens 9c. Hen turkeys Wr tom turkeys 10c. ducks 1c. Butter Country steady at 18c jobbers selling 32c Elgin 85 36c. Butterine 12 15¢. Cheese jobbers prices imported Swiss 15 domestic Swiss 20c New York cheddar 8c domestic limburger 14c.
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Mars
Belling State Creamery
Elgin
New York
Wagon Market Prices for Oats Straw and Hay
Market notes list shelled oats at 41 to 42 cents per bushel, sheaf oats 13 to 14.50, straw at 65 to 68 dollars per load, Miller at 12 to 14 dollars, Timothy hay 18 to 19 dollars, clover 16 to 17 dollars, mixed hay 17 to 18 dollars per unit.
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Miller
Hay—Timothy
Clover
City Grain Market Prices Mixed Across Wheat Oats and Hay
The report shows Wheat steady with No. 2 red around 76 cents and No. 4 red near 69 cents, No. 2 white about 48 cents, and mixed grades variously priced through billing. Oats list No. 2 white at about 43 cents and No. 3 white near 48 cents, with mixed lots and through billing noted. Hay remains steady with high grade timothy around 18 dollars and No 1 clover and straw prices listed for car lots.
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Hay
Timothy
Pace NS
School Book List Sparks Spirited House Fight
Moss bill to require a state uniform textbook system faced strong opposition in the Indiana House. Representative Slimp offered 36 amendments before votes opened to Saturday. many teachers and locals argued for local control to select books suited to their conditions and warned against rigid national standards.
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Moss
State Board of Education
Thomas Slimp
Committee On Education
Frank Live
Indianapolis
Olive
Umvian Babcock
Nct
Indiana
Livestock Prices and Market Summary from Indianapolis
Receipts hogs 7,000 cattle 1,700 sheep 100. Hog prices near month end about 10c higher than opening day, roughly 7.00 to 7.15 with top at 7.15, but weaker earlier this morning. Cattle demand strong for good stock, but drag from common cattle. calves and sheep placed at near unchanged. Prime stock in demand exceeds supply. quotes list by class for hogs steers heifers cows bulls and calves. overall market quiet but steady at close.
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Indianapolis
Local Securities Market Copes With February Trends
Local brokers note February’s market activity has cooled, with demand for tax exempt securities slackening after March and a split of opinions on whether a slump will occur. Trading shows few significant changes. Union Traction and Vandalia Coal movements are modest while a broad list of bonds and stocks display mixed, cautious activity.
Wheat and corn futures mixed as grain market closes
May wheat gains to 17 Half of one? May corn reaches 47 July oats at 42 No. 2 red winter at 76 No. 2 white at 43 34 cents. Local receipts show 16 cars wheat 209 cars corn 95 oats. Pork lard ribs quoted with slight shifts in nearby contracts.
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Scrippa-McRae Press Association
Chicago
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices in Chicago Market Report
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts 6500 with prices for prime beeves and cows, hog receipts 2000 with ranges for light to heavy hogs, and 18000 sheep receipts with native and western sheep and lambs priced. Prices vary from about $1.60 for canners to $7.07 for heavy hogs and $3.50 to $7.65 for lambs.
Chicago Produce Prices Record Feb 28
Scripps-McRae Press Association reports Chicago market prices for February 28. Eggs extras 2c. butter creamery extra 221c. cheese twins 14c. young Americas 1514 16c. poultry turkeys 10c, chickens 0c, ducks 12c, geese 5 7.50 per dozen.
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Chicago
Scripps-McRae Press Association
St. Louis Live Stock Prices and Receipts
Cattle receipts 2,500 with beef steers 3.75 to 6.75, stockers 3.75 to 4.75, cows and heifers 2.88 to 5.45, Texas steers 2.50 to 5.50. Hogs receipts 8,000 steady. pigs 6.25 to 0.95, packers 6.65 to 7.00, butchers 7.00 to 7.10. Sheep receipts 1,200 steady. natives 8.25 to 3.50, lambs 4.50 to 7.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Scripps-McRune Press Association
Texas
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices and Receipts
Pittsburg February 28 cattle supply light and steady with prime cattle around 5.50 to 6.00 per hundredweight and prime hogs at 7.30 to 7.35. Sheep output light with prime wethers 4.5 to 5.85 and lambs 5.00 to 7.00. Hog receipts about 10 headed. market down slightly for heavy and medium hogs 6.80 to 7.35.
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Pittsburg
Scripps‘krae Presse Association
Geologist Worthy Salary Debate Advances
The Ways and Means committee amend ment recommended no salary increase for the state geologist. Senator Hanna's bill would raise duties and salary from 2500 to 3000. The House, by 45 to 35, indicated the geologist is worth 500 more, and sent the bill to third reading.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
George E. Hanna
Owl order to organize branch in Indianapolis at Odd Fellows hall
A branch nest of the Order of Owls will be instituted Sunday night in Indianapolis at 320 N Meridian. The home nest from South Bend will lead the event, with national organizer H W Mitchell and Supreme President John W Talbot expected. The group emphasizes inclusivity above 18 and says initiations are impressive.
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Order of Owls
H. W. Mitchell
Indianapolis
John W. Talbot
South Bend
Potters
Rail interests under fire as Harriman testimony ends
New York March 1. Harriman finished testimony before the Interstate Commerce Commission as investigators probe the Chicago and Alton branch near Springfield Indiana. Officials debate whether railroads exist as claimed while stock market nerves shift and insurers react to revelations.
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Harriman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ses
Chicago & Alton
Springfield
Wall St
Alton
Ex-Cotton King At Death's Door
Daniel J. Sully once a dominant cotton broker lies critically ill at home with pneumonia in New York. Once rising from poverty to riches, his bold two year bull campaign captured markets and profits, but a market collapse erased his fortune and he disappeared from the scene.
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Cotton King
Death’s Door
New York
Daniel J. Sully
Cniton King
Sully
South
Bears
Wolves
Sharks
Trust Bill Sparks Indiana House Debate On Friday
Senator Charles Roemler's bill to incorporate manufacturing and mining firms faced third reading when Representative Horace Hanna flagged a clause allowing a major U S trust to operate in Indiana. He moved to make consideration a special Friday afternoon order, and the motion passed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Hanna
Speaker
United States
Indiana
Wholesale poisoning shocks St Louis family
Emil Koepper a Woodland suburb nightwatchman returns home to find his housekeeper Delma Geyerstock and his 9 year old son Frank dead and his other two sons age 6 and 8 poisoned. A bottle of red drops patent medicine for colic was found on a table. Authorities question whether deaths were accidental or deliberate poisoning.
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ST. Louis
Emil Koepper
Woodland
T A. m
Delma Geyerstock
Frank
Hoepfer
Koepper
Governor Hanly Vetoes Bill Allowing Small Trust Companies
Gov. J. Frank Hanly vetoed the bill proposed by Rep. Charles Lieb to permit loan, trust and safe deposit companies to form. He objected to allowing trust firms in towns under 15,000 to incorporate with a $15,000 capital.
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J. Frank Hanly
Charles Lieb
Trust and Safe Deposit Companies
Busse Cleared to Travel After Pennsylvania Wreck
Altoona Feb 23 Postmaster E A Busse injured in the Pennsylvania wreck will leave for home tonight after recovering enough to travel President E T Rogers of the Chicago Letter Carriers association who was also in the wreck will accompany him The two men were among the injured in the crash but are now able to return home yesterday officials reported.
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Altoona
E.A. Busse
Chicago Letter Carriers’ Association
Smith for Surveyor Nominated for Cincinnati Customs
Scripps MacRae Pries Association in Washington reports President Roosevelt nominates Amore Smith Jr. for surveyor of customs at Cincinnati. The move ties to February 1928 discussions and follows prior nominations in the federal customs service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Amore Smith, Jr
Cincinnati
Equitable Life Officers Re elected At Annual Meeting
Paul Morton and all retiring officers of the Equitable Life Assurance society were re elected at the board of directors annual meeting held today in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scripps-WeHae Press Association
New York
Paul Morton
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Dirctors
Editor and Orator Bulmer Hobson to Speak at Emmet Club
Bulmer Hobson editor of The Republic Belfast will be the orator Sunday at the Emmet club anniversary at Tomlinson hall. Robson, a prominent Irish journalist and literary figure, is famed for his oratory and is expected to draw a large audience with a speech suited to the occasion.
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Bulmer Hobson
The
Republic
Belfast
Ireland
Orater
Robert Emmet Club
Tomlinson Hall
Robson
Grief Stricken Husband Keeps Watch By Wife's Bier
In Asheville a 65 year old man, W. K. Gray, mourns his wife who died Feb 11. He keeps a constant vigil beside her casket in their villa, rejecting neighbors offers of comfort. The couple planned burial in Massachusetts when spring thaws frost.
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Asheville
N. C
W. K. Gray
Gray
Mr. Gray
Massachusetts
Two Senate Bills Authorize History and Set Reformatory Payment
Two new senate bills introduce a state elementary history program and approve funding. One bill lets the State Board of School Commissioners adopt contracts for an elementary history element. The other allocates 1705 and 4500 dollars to settle P. H. McCormack of Columbus Indiana claim for improvements at Jeffersonville reformatory in 1898.
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Senate
State Board of School
P. H. McCormack
Columbus
Ind
Reformatory
Jeffersonville
JAP CRUISERS SAIL FOR JAMESTOWN VA
The Japanese cruiser Tsukuba and Chicose left Yokohama today bound for Jamestown Virginia. An escort of two torpedo boats and a naval band accompanied the squadron to the mouth of Tokyo Bay in a grand sendoff.
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Yokohama
Tsukuba
Chicose
Jamestown
Tokio Bay
Senate rules against secret societies in schools
The senate voted 29 to 10 to empower school commissioners superintendents and township trustees to ban secret fraternities in high and common schools. The measure would authorize expulsion of pupils for violations of the rules.
Burglars Take Coat and Trousers From Home
Burglars entered the residence of William Conley at 1580 North Delaware Street on a Wednesday night and removed a coat and trousers. Authorities believe they pried open a rear window to gain access. no other items were taken.
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Willian Conley
Delaware St
Dunleavy Balks at Contract Demands in Trade
Outfielder Dunleavy, traded by Watkins to St Paul for pitcher Slagle, has not signed a deal and balks without more Lennon's money from manager Ascheback. He seeks a higher salary than offered and waits for pay and call to play ball. Indy pitcher Johnny Fisher attends boxing event and eyes upcoming semi monthly payday.
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Watkins
St. Paul
Slagle
Ascheback
Lennon
Dunnie
Johnny Fisher
Indianapolis
Gen Fred Grant Faces Court Martial Over Banquet Remarks
Son of President Grant defends himself after a Philadelphia banquet remark that critics label indiscreet. He denies intent and faces possible court martial. he cites disagreements over treaty provisions and government actions between 1873 and 1837.
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Grant
Philadelphia
United States
Morgan to gain control of Cincinnati system in new compromise
Morgan reaches another compromise affecting the Great Central properties as bondholders proceed with foreclosure on the Toledo Railway & Terminal Co. The plan calls for bond exchange and new guaranteed securities, enabling Morgan to gain stock control of the reorganized company and seek court permission to issue receiver certificates to cover defaulted interest.
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Toledo Railway & Terminal Co
Great Central
Judson Harmen
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Pere Marquette
Commonwealth Trust Company of
St. Louis
Rudolph Kleybolte & Co
New York
Toledo
Morgan
Dancing frock designed for debutante season style
A leading modiste unveils a rose colored Brussels net dancing frock for debutantes. The gown uses white taffeta as foundation with a high girdle sleeves and bretelles in black satin, embroidered in white and pink, accented by a white ribbon with a rose velvet edge.
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Bretelles
Commissioners Reconsider Bid Fight Over Marion County Boiler Contract
Kaminski & Co accused Atlas Engine Works of favoritism in a disputed bid for Marion county powerhouse boilers. After a suit and bid review, the contract was rejected as nonconforming and Atlas won. Officials say ads for new bids will ensure a fair process and compliance with filing rules.
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Caleb S. Denny
J. M. Kaminski & Co
Kaminski & Co
Charles Dougherty
Dougherty
Julius M. Kaminski
Atlas Engine Works Oy
Kaminski
Elks Minstrels advance sale and rehearsal lineup
The Elks have begun advance ticket sales at English's box office for three minstrels nights. Early crowds filled the line, with many choice seats still available at noon. A full rehearsal is set for Thursday at the Elks clubrooms, then Sunday for a final run. The act features Russell Powell, Peter Travers, Billy Berner, Billy Parsons, W. J. Marien, Charley Tutewiler, Interlocutor Quill, Carl Wert, Orison Hayes, Harry Stern, the Odeon quartet, Rudolph Koster, Howard Turner, S. Connor, Earl Hinuk, J Russel Powell, and Emanuel Cohen.
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Elks’ Minstrels
Elks
Russell Powell
Peter Travers
Bily
Berner
Billy’ Parsons
W. J. Marien
Charley
Tutewiler
Banes
Carl Wert
Orison H. Hayes
Harry A. Stern
Odeon Quartet
Rudolph Koster
Howard M. Tourner
S. Conner
Bull Terrier
Earl Hinuk
J. Russel Powell
Emanuel Cohen
Whistler
McKenney Promoted to Philadelphia Posts
S A McKenney long connected with Lake Shore Lehigh Valley and Lehigh Valley Dispatch fast freight lines as west bound agent transferred to a similar position in Philadelphia Pa The change is a promotion for Mr McKenney who came to Indianapolis from Detroit several years ago
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S. A. McKenney
Indianapolis
Lake Shore-Lehign Valley
Lehigh Valley Dispatch
Philadelphia
McKenney
Detroit
Scrippa-McRae Prees Association Awards $101 in Whisker Loss Case
Samuel Beatty, 76, wins $101 against Southern Ohio Gas Co in circuit court for damage to a luxuriant growth of whiskers burned off in a city explosion two years ago.
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Scrippa-McRae Prees Association
Wellston
Samuel Beatty
Southern Ohio Gas Company
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Wagon Market
Moss Bill
Bassaeda
Local Securities
American Central Life Ins. Co
American National Bank
Atlas Engine Works
Belt Railroad
Ti Belt Railroad
brown-Ketcham Iranks
Capital National Bank
Central Trust Company
Citizens’ Savings Deposit Co
Columbia National Bank
Farmers’ Trust Company
Federal Union Safety Co
Ft, W. & Wab
Val. Trac. Co
Home Brewing Company
Indiana Flotel Co
Ind. Hotel Co
Indiana National Bank
Guar. and Loan Co
Indiana Trust Co
Peesskla Wah
Indiana Union Traction Co
Indianapolis Abattoir
Indp's & Martinsville R. T. Ee
Indianapolis Fire Tas
Indianapolis Gas Co
Indla & Southeastern T
Indianapolis ‘Trac
Ranh Fertilizer
Reeves & Co
Tr. H. Waterworks
Union National and Union Traction, Common
M. & W. Trac
Law Building
Lovecock Mfg. Co
le Louis
Eastern B. R
Louis
Eastern BR. R
Marion Just Company
Merchants’ H. & J
Merchants’ National Bank
New Telephone Co
T. H. Trac
Jight
Union Traction
Union Trust Company
van Camp Hardware Co
Vandalia Coal Co
Wasson
Broad Ripple
Citizens’ Street Railroad
Indiana Hotel Co
Indiana Union Traction
Indy
Isl
Colum
Southern
Indianapis & Eastern
Indianapolis Gas
Indianapolis Water ‘Co
M. & W. Traction
Merchants’ H. & US
Chicago Grain
Scripps-McHae Press Association
Apolis
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Scrippa-McRae Preas Association
White
Sion
First Investi
Rock Island
Commission
Congress
Scrippsa-McRae Press Association
Hanna
Roemler
Charles Roemler
Scrippa-MecRae Press Association
Lay
Vania Wreck
E. T. Rogers
Scripps-MacRae Pries Association
Stanford White
Harry Thaw
EMMET
Edgartown
Mass
Mentary
Scripps Medcne Press Association
Dunleavy
SAT
Paul
Skeeter
Jack Dunleavy
Fred Grant
Frederick D.urant
Cincinnati, O
J. Pierpont Morgan
Eugene Zim
Merman
Bradford-Kleybolte Syn
Cincinnati, Chicago & Louisville Railroad
Scripps-MoRse Press Association
Julius Maminski & Co
Marion County
Superior Court Room No. 1
Engine Works
Dis
Mr. Kazminski
Black Face
Jokers
MR. M’kenney
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