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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1910
Page
4
A third floor sale showcases a wide range of cambric and nainsook garments at low prices. Tables brim with 50 cent to 75 cent items including petticoats gowns and drawers. The assortment features lace embroidery and Wallace trimming on fine but affordable lingerie.
New York stock market opens with initial gains across many issues but slips into a substantial downturn. Steel common surges early then declines, dragging the list, while railroads and industrials weaken. Traction stocks hold some strength as amid mixed prices and bearish room trading. Outside buyers and bull sentiment provide some lift on select issues, with chatter about D G Reid and a United States Steel pool. London purchases about ten thousand bonds, government bonds steady.
Chicago bids show wheat down to 1.13 to 1.14 May, corn 68 cents, oats around 42 cents with mixed shifts. May pork near 21.82 to 21.85, lard at 12.00, ribs around 11.40 to 11.42 with subsequent closing ranges noted by A W Thomson.
The United States cotton report lists 9,646,285 bales ginned by Jan 1 1910, on round-half-bale basis, from the 1909 crop. This compares with 12,465,298 for 1908 9,951,505 for 1907 and 11,791,089 for 1906, with proportional shares noted for January. Also includes round bases 144,847 230,572 and 179,694 for earlier seasons, and Seal Island figures 88,499 86,528 and 73.4 percent.
The judge vows to reform the probate system, noting rising duties since Judge Ross took office in 1908. Data shows 600 new estates in 1908, $3.97 million in personal property distributed, $7.2 million in bonds, and $7.46 million in valued real estate. At year start 1910, 986 estates pending, with wards totaling millions under guardianship and bonds of $10.27 million.
Grain prices at Indianapolis show quiet wheat and mixed corn through billing with No 2 red wheat around 1.23 to 1.26 and No 2 white 0.66 rising, No 2 yellow near 0.64. Various No 3 and No 4 white mixed and yellow values appear with through billing notes and car allocations.
Indianapolis stockyards report Monday receipts of 5500 hogs 950 cattle and 200 sheep up from last week and year. Hogs sold 8.60 to 8.75 top with declines of 10 to 20 cents as buyers pushed prices lower. Cattle and calves sold steady with good competition. sheep and lambs arrived but moved at steady week-close prices. Other markets in East Buffalo and Pittsburgh showed varied cattle sheep and hog activity with mixed price directions.
Birth notices list Jay and Florence Lowther and others with newborn boys and girls at multiple addresses. Death notices include Mary Clay, Sarah Kite, Kate Fleming, Marie Cone, Annie Pyrits, Mary Riley, John Ferris, and many more with ages and causes. The list covers city hospital, county hospitals, and private addresses.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple place names including Cobalt Lake Kerr Lake LaRose Nipissing Temiskaming and Rochester with scattered references to lakes and cities in Ontario Nova Scotia and Ontario regions. The readable text provides no clear event or outcome.
George W Phillips and Cora Stalen George W Kuhn and Bertha Hackett Ira Winteringham and Alice Toothman receive building permits for projects. Knights and Ladies of Honor operate a smoke preventer program at 429 N Pennsylvania with a $300 cost.
Bertha Hockett daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hockett 909 Bellefontaine street married George W Kuhn Sunday at the parental home. Rev J F Ranier pronounced the ceremony and the couple will reside in Indianapolis.
Saturday's market showed strength with Little Nip rising to 27 percent and reetal closing at 2 percent bid. Kerr-Laxe edged up to 1 086, and Kerr traded up to 11, while Beaver City of Cobalt and Rochester posted higher prices amid an irregular week. Rumors of a dividend increase supported Kerr, but overall listings were spotty with a slight tendency toward weaker prices.
Curb market figures show Standard Oil and various mining and utility stocks trading with mixed results. Notable entries include American Police 418 420, Ely Cons 6, Nevada Cons 26 27, British Dinter 8 9, Union Mines 27-16 2% and Manhattan Transit 21-16 0% amid fluctuating bids and new highs and lows across sectors.
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