Wall Street Prices Boosted Amid Rally On Bank Outlook
New York reports a renewed rally as Southern Railway shares rise. St Paul, Reading, Great Northern, and Union Pacific lead gains with stocks up about a point or more. Cotton and curb trading advance, government and bond markets steady, bank statement optimism fuels further buying.
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New York
Southern Railroad Company
Southern Railway
St. Paul
Reading
Great Northern
Union Pacific
Huying
Live stock market notes from Indianapolis hogs cattle and sheep
Opening hog market in Indianapolis shows 20 000 hogs for sale with weak slow trade and prices 2c below yesterday. Best hogs around 4 25, cattle steady, sheep light receipts with steady to strong prices. Detailed ranges cover steers heifers cows calves bulls hogs and sheep with varied weights and price bands.
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Indianapolis
Dan
Royal
Prices for Fresh Produce and Fruit Items
A list of vegetables and fruit with unit prices for onions cabbage celery beets corn tomatoes potatoes and more. Notable figures include onions 65 cents per unit white 60 cents to 65 cents per unit cabbage one barrel at 1 dollar cauliflower 1 7 per dozen and Florida oranges 2 50 per box.
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Michigan
Florida
Wheat Slips as World Shipments Lag in Chicago Market
In Chicago trading, wheat opened slightly lower amid weak cables. Market notes indicate world shipments may total around 5 million bushels, down from 7.94 million last week and 67 thousand last year, with Argentine reports favorable. Opening and closing prices for May and other commodities are listed, along with a brief note on a senior class prom date at Shortridge.
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Chicago
A. W. Thomson
High
Len
U. A i
Atmcicat
Eornk
Eressence
jAsk
tNominal
Ce Ae
San Francisco Graft Case Conviction Overturned
The California court of appeals set aside former Mayor Eugene E B Schmitz's graft conviction and linked a broader effect on the San Francisco bribery prosecutions with 441 indictments. The decision may affect Abe Ruef and bail issues, as Schmitz’s reversal could free him if $350,000 bail was not exonerated. The full 32 page, 10,000 word opinion was released after a lengthy appeal.
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Indianapolis Sun
San Francisco
District Court of Appeals
Eugene EB
Schmitz
Abe Ruef
Board of Supervisors
Prize Fight Trust
Ruef
Wife Sues Pastor for Divorce and Alimony
In Bloomington Indiana on January 11 Mrs. Katie E. Williams filed suit against Rev. William R. Williams for divorce and $19,000 alimony. She accuses him of flirting and carrying on correspondence with other women. The minister, a substantial landowner, is said to be worth about $25,000.
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Bloomington
Ind
William R. Williams
Katie E. Williams
Williams
Christian Church
East Buffalo livestock market receipts and prices
East Buffalo New York market reports show cattle receipts 124 with steady trade. cows and calves at 9.75 to 5.00. sheep and lambs receipts 11 with lambs slow and lower, sheep steady. lambs 5.27 to 7.50, yearlings 6.00 to 4.50, sheep 3.00 to 6.50. Horse sales slow. all grades average 4.65.
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East Buffalo
N. Y
Grain Market Prices and Inspections for Week 1908
A compact report lists Wheat Corn and Oats prices by grade and billing status, with through billing details and car counts. Inspections show weekly totals by grade, including wheat red, white, mixed, yellow, oats and hay, plus stock in store for January 11 1908 and adjacent years.
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Ste
Hay
Timothy
Prairie
Hogs and Cattle Prices Drop at Union Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards Illinois reports hog receipts at 27 000 down five cents with price ranges from 3 50 to 4 40 for pigs yorkers 4 30 4 35 mixed hogs 4 10 4 45 and heavies 4 10 4 40 cattle receipts 400 steady beeves 3 65 6 25 cows and heifers 1 30 4 50 Texans 3 10 7 90 calves 5 25 78 00 westeners 3 70 4 50 stockers and feeders 2 25 4 15 sheep receipts 2 888 unchanged natives 3 50 5 50 westerns 3 50 5 65 yearlings 4 90 5 80 lambs native and western 5 25 7 30
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Union Stockyards
Ill
Pittsburg Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Pittsburg Pa January 11 cattle receipts 200 prime to good ranges 3.35 to 5.50 per cwt heifers 2.75 to 4.50 fresh cows 2.50 to 2.55 hogs receipts 8000 five cents lower prime heavy hogs 4.55 prime medium 4.60 good light hogs 4.60 to 4.63 sheep receipts 700 lambs lower sheep steady prime wethers 5.25 to 5.50 good mixed 4.50 to 5.00 culls 2.00 to 4.25 lambs 5.00 to 7.50
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Pittsburg
The Wagon Market Prices Reported for Grains and Fodder
Grain and fodder prices listed include corn for 11.00 per unit, shelled maize at 7.50, shredder fodder 8.60, bay lot at 11.00, Iday Clover 13.00, mixed 13.44, timothy 15.00, with notes on 48 5 and other measurements. Market items show several feeds and rough quantity indicators.
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Timothy
Signature clue in GROVE case hints at remedy claim
A fragment cites preventing grip with LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as the sole remedy and points to a signature of E. W. GROVE, suggesting a promotional or legal notice angle in the historical page. The readable line anchors context to a named inventor or advertiser and a distinctive product claim.
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E. W. Grove
Graphic death on Brooklyn Bridge details officer and jumper
New York Jan 11 Edward H Walker a young man who climbed a Brooklyn Bridge girder to end his life described the scene as Patrolman Robert J Fitzgerald who tried to rescue him rushed up the ladder. Walker recalled the trolley car strike and the officer’s final fall into the East River as he froze on the pillar. He said he had come from Chicago about a week ago with 350 dollars and was robbed by a woman in the city.
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New York
Edward H. Walker
Brooklyn Bridge
Robert J. Fitzgerald
Walker
East River
Chicago
Harry Thaw
Jife
Galahad
Mery
Bar of Justice
Evelyn
Benjamin
Fury Thaw
William Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
Optical firm assets ahead of liabilities in probate filing
The Security Trust Company as receiver for T. Nichols and Company reports assets of 85000 and liabilities of 55000 in final probate court filing. The firm is said to be in prosperous condition and to continue under supervision. bankruptcy actions have been held in federal court. Troubled by the extravagance of Fred W. Nichols, he ran a diamond business unknown to his father, making the firm liable for diamonds bought.
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the Security Trust Company
For & T. Nichols and Company
Prederacourt
Fred W. Nichols
S.T. Nichols
FINE WOMAN FOR WALKING ON GRAND
Laura Adams was cited for trespassing after cutting across the statehouse lawn to reach breakfast. Assistant custodian Emmett Fl Cadle arrested her. she appeared before Justice A R Hutchinson and was fined $1 plus costs.
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Laura Adams
Senate Ave
Statehouse
Emmett Fl. Cadle
Justice of the Peace
A. R. Hutchinson
City Opens Blo Sum to Light Dark Streets
Indianapolis paid out 124040.42 to light dark corners in 1907, compared with 132886.24 in 1900. At year start 1907 there were 1655 electric arc lights in use, versus 1683 in January 1907. An appropriation of 142500 was made for last year, with 18459.58 to be returned to the treasurer.
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Indianapolis
Food price list from market publication
Market prices show hams sugar cured boneless boiled hams and breakfast bacon with varying percent cures and prices. Fresh pork loins dressed hogs skinned shoulders tenderloins and hams listed with percentages and cents per pound. Native and western steers heifers cows and steer parts priced per pound.
Grain and seed prices in Toledo market report
Wheat prices show cash at 1.02, May 1.06, July 1.00, September 0.97. Corn cash 58 4e, May 60 39e, July 60 16c, September 66c. Oats cash 52e, May 54 4 4c, July 49c, September l. Cloverseed cash and January 10.55, March 10.65, April 10.50, prime alsuke 10.00, timothy 2.25, rye No 1 82e, No 2 8le.
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Toledo
L. Cloverseed
Alsuke
Timothy
Bank Statement From New York Amid Weekly Changes
New York bank statement shows a deficit in reserve of 17,593,600 lowering to a surplus of 36,084,059. Loans fell by 15,722,200 while deposits rose 14,611,100. Increased specie 3,185,200 and withdrawal tenders 3,775,300. Circulation declined 21,000. U S deposits stood at 73,172,700 versus 376,210,800 a week earlier.
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New York
Jan
United States
Man Trapped Four Days in Refrigerator Car Locked by Outside Door
Charles Kramer a 26 year old ironworker from Pittsburgh was found famished and nearly unconscious after being confined four days and nights in a refrigerator car in the E T H yards at Terre Haute Indiana He had wandered from Vincennes and slept in the cold car for warmth until switchmen sealed the door Patrolman Cunningham freed him providing water and food saying he had little money and nowhere to sleep before his confinement ended.
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Charles Kramer
Pittsburg
Cunningham
Kramer
Incennes
Krame
Burglars Set Fire to Butterfly Grocery in Muncie
In Muncie Indiana burglars flooded the Butterfly grocery with coal oil after breaking in during the night and set multiple fires. Firemen fought hard to control the blaze but $3,000 in loss occurred. The store owned by W. R. Allyn of Indianapolis and managed by R. C. Peterson of Muncie. Wooden boxes and two money drawers were removed and scattered.
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Muncie
Ind
W. R. Allyn
Indianapolis
R. C. Peterson
Farmers Seek Good Pie bakers at Indiana Institute
Marion Indiana January 11 special to The Indianavdlcas Sun. The farmers institute aims to improve both corn raising and pie baking with a stronger focus on domestic science. The corn school and girls contest will continue annually with prizes for winners.
Monongah Mine Disaster Relief Urged
Washington, D C. Secretary Magee reports from Miss Margaret Byington that at least $100000 is needed to relieve distress at Monongah West Virginia from the recent mine disaster. The National Red Cross aims to organize aid as the death toll and injuries mount.
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Washington
Jai. Jr
Charles L. Magee
National Red Cross Society
Margaret Byington
Pittsburg
Monongah
W. Va
Frightened auto injures team and horse, owner grieves
A fast moving automobile frightened a team drawing a wagon belonging to John Fields of Westfield on Delaware Street near St Joseph Street. The horses bolted, one broke a leg and Humane Inspector John Shine was forced to shoot the animal. Fields could not read the vehicle number.
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John Mpields
Westfield
Fields
Delaware St
St. Joseph St
John Shine
Thaw’s finances and fate mirror a costly fall from wealth
Dorothy Dix writes that Harry Thaw, once wealthy and confident, faces a punitive reckoning as his trial nears. He is described as physically changed, his fortune scrutinized, and his life exposed to public judgment. The piece frames Thaw as a symbol of excess and its consequences, fathered by wealth and libertine living.
Obsession and fear in Thaws case as grim past haunts him
The narrative paints Thaw as driven by a single white flame for Evelyn, a dangerous obsession that reshapes his life. He is described as a changed man after prison, waning between hope and terror as he awaits a protracted legal grind, fearing his future if freed.
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Evelyn
Thaw
Fireproof Convention Speaker at Big Men’s Meeting
Dr J P D John former DePauw president to speak at English's Opera House Sunday afternoon on a fireproof convention. Music by Eiler string quartet. Dr Alfred Kummer to address boys on ships with special music planned.
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J. P. D. John
Alfred Kummer
DePauw University
English
Opera House
Eiler
Judge Freesman Frees Hobo in Bethel Arson Case
Special Judge Charles Wiltsie freed Frank Raymond after warning him to leave Indianapolis and Indiana behind. Raymond faced arson charges for allegedly attempting to burn a Bethel schoolhouse shed in Decatur township. The court found the Horse Thief Detectives association evidence failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Raymond lit the shed fire with malicious intent.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Charles Wiltsie
Criminal Court
Bethel
Decatur Township
Wiltgi
Horse Thief Detectives Association
Raymond
May discharge receiver named for contractor
The receiver appointed at the request of the Title Guaranty and Surety company for the property of Charles Pollard, a contractor who is said to have left a bank building unfinished at Beech Grove, will probably be discharged by probate court as Pollard has agreed to deed assignment of his property to creditors.
St. Louis Prosecutor Studies Methods in Indianapolis
St Louis district attorney Arthur W. Sayer traveled to Indianapolis on Saturday to confer with Prosecutor Elliott R. Hooton about the conduct of the criminal court and prosecutor’s office. Deputy Frank Baker outlined Marion County grand jury methods and courtroom trials, as Sayer investigates prosecutor offices in major cities.
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Arthur W. Sayer
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Elliott R. Hooton
Frank Baker
Marion County Grand Jury
Sayer
State Printing Board approves Oliver Typewriters bid
The State Printing Board accepted Oliver Typewriters bid to furnish the board with typewriters. Smith Premier and Remington were close competitors. Oliver machines priced from 72.90 to 123.93 dollars.
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State Printing Board
Oliver Typewriters Company
Smith
Remington
Oliver
Church Talks Business at Third Christian Meeting
The thirty seventh annual meeting of the Third Christian church was held Friday evening with Dr. W. R. Stuart presiding. The clerk reported 1,740 members enrolled.
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Third Christian Church
W. R. Stuart
Board of Elders
Viaduct Repair Plans Discussed By City Officials
Saturday discussions led by Miuvor Bookwalter with Blaine H. Miller city civil engineer and J. E. Troyer to prepare strengthening plans for the Virginia avenue viaduct. The meeting included Charles Lt. Henry president of the Indianapolis and Cincinnati interur entity and Will Irwin of Columbus line with Robert I. Todd of Indianapolis Traction and Terminal company to address repairs with the mayor.
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Miuvor Bookwalter
Blaine H. Miller
J. E. Troyer
Virginia-ave
Charles Lt. Henry
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Interuruity
Will Irwin
Columbus
Robert I. Todd
Indianapolis Traction and Terminal Company
Judge F Pritchard To Resume Bench After Illness
Judge James A. F Pritchard, sick for two weeks, reports marked improvement and will preside in criminal court Monday. The update indicates a swift return to duties and outlines the anticipated restart of judicial proceedings.
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James A. F Pritchard
Real estate notice on floral garden near Massachusetts avenue
Fragmentary listing mentions a floral garden near Massachusetts Avenue with depots good house and web equipment. Indicates possible lease by BK M. Ralston at Ma EL Market. Details incomplete but suggests real estate and lease options in the area.
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REAL
Massachusetts-ave
Good House
BK. M. Ralston
Card Party Planned by Pokagon Council D of P No 183
A card party will be given by Pokagon council D. of P. No. 183 Tuesday evening at Mohs hall Fountain square.
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Pokagon Council D. of P. No
Mohs Hall
Fountain Square
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Jan to April
Yarry K. Millhouse announces examinations in the federal building for January 23 and 30. Positions include teachers in Philippine Service with salaries from 1200 to 2400 annually, stenographers, tariff clerks, press feeders, seed testing assistants, topographic draftsmen, nautical expert, saddler, electrotype finisher, interpreters, inspectors, and a micro-analyst with salaries ranging from 600 to 1900 dollars per year.
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Yarry K. Millhouse
United States Civil Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Agriculture
Colds treated with Dr Miles' Anti Pain Pills
A dated ad explains colds start from external irritation of nerves and travel to head throat and lungs. It recommends taking one or two Dr Miles' Anti Pain Pills at the onset and keeping a convenient package ready. The offer notes prompt action is essential and that the product is not sold in bulky quantities.
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Dr. Miles
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