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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Jan 15, 1908

Page

4

Metal stocks lead market surge in Wall Street gains

New York reports a strong session as metal stocks push the market higher. Copper and steel shares hit new highs while readings show ex dividend movements and anticipated bond issues by Pennsylvania Railroad. London shares stay firm, while American shares soften on profit-taking expectations.

Wall-st Thomas W. Lawson Nevada-Utah Reading Pennsylvania Railroad Company London

Prices for Fresh Produce and Groceries Listed

A butchered OCR list shows multiple produce and grocery items with per unit prices. Items include onions, cauliflower, beets, celery, radishes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, popcorn, navy beans, oranges, peanuts, cashews, and apples with varying price marks and unit measures.

Siegeliow Vper Goz Michigan Florida Taney Luce

Meats and Lard Price List

A historical price list details various meats and lard with grade names. It lists hams sugar cured boiled hams bacon breakfast bacon English style dried beef fresh pork dressed hogs and various beef categories with prices per unit and descriptions. Prices show wide decimals and archaic abbreviations for pounds and cents indicating market values.

Dairy and egg market briefs from Indianapolis area

Indian apolis Produce notes butter from Elgin prints and state cream at 30 cents per pound. Cheese from New York and Wisconsin. eggs candled at 24 cents per dozen. Poultry prices list live turkeys at 12 cents, ducks five cents, geese five cents, hens eight cents, spring chickens 34 cents, roosters five cents.

Indianapolis New York Wisconsin

Pittsburg Live Stock Prices Hit Mixed Market

Cattle and hog prices show a mixed tone in Pittsburg Pa with varying weights. Extra and prime hogs fetch around 4.55 to 4.90, prime heavy hogs and lighter lambs and sheep seen at 2.00 to 5.50 along with steady market signals on receipts.

Pittsburg Ittsbiurg York Lucius Earth

Livestock Prices Reported for Indianapolis Market

Livestock receipts: hogs 11,000 cattle 2,100 sheep 250. Hogs opened strong at 4.35 to 4.50 for heavies, best at 4.60. Cattle receipts large. market weak for cattle, steady for sheep and lambs. Prices listed for steers and heifers by weight and grade, with bulls and calves also shown.

Indianapolis

Hogs Receipts and Markets Reported as Cash Prices Rise

UNIGN SPOCKYARDS WIS Jan 15 Hogs receipts reach 38000 with market 5e dearer Light 42 4 524 mixed 4 25150 heavy 4 2046 90. Natives and western lambs and yearlings quoted. Sheep receipts 1800 market strong native and western lambs and yearlings listed.

Spockyards

Midnight Court and Arrest Warrants Questioned

The report notes a midnight court detainment after fines unpaid by saloon bosses and hoarding house leaders. A Sabo woman, about 30, claimed four days in Indianapolis for railroad work and sought transport back to St Louis. Accusations of extortion against constables linked to Hollingsworth’s court prompt grand jury scrutiny into the railroading of foreigners to the workhouse.

Sabo Indianapolis Vandalia Railroad St. Louis Schiller W. Washington St Hollingsworth Grand Jury McIntire Justice of the Peace

Society News Highlights From Indianapolis Clubs

Mrs. Otto Hauelsen hosts a bridge afternoon at 1430 N Pennsylvania St. Mrs. E C Atkins regent hosts D A R meeting with Capt Wallace Foster speaker on D A R Industries. Mrs M Gibeny gives a recital while Mrs Hugh McGibeny performs in St David's church and travels to Crawfordsville. Mrs John H Talbott hosts luncheon with four bridge tables and sweet peas decor. Philomathean club meeting moved to Mrs Meriweather's home due to illness. Miss Florente May Ingersoll and Percy Arthur Parry wed at St Paul's Hammond. Mrs James Preston Smith plans dinner for guests from Lebanon Greenfield and Conklin. Indianapolis German Literary society elects Walker president Wagner vice president Segar secretary Seo vi lle recording secretary Wiegeldt exec chair.

Indianapolis Florente May Ingersoll Percy Arthur Parry Hammond Ind St. Paul's Episcopal Church Detroit Omaha Chicago Wabash College Phi Delta Theta Fraternity Indianapoli German Literary Society Charlies M. Walker Theodore A. Wagner Margaret Segar Genevieve Seoville Josephine Wiegeldt

Engagement announced for Claire Dryer Wick in Indiana

In Terre Haute Mr and Mrs Charles R Dryer announce the engagement of their daughter Claire to James Lippincott Wick Jr of Youngstown Ohio The couple plan a June wedding The bride elect is well known in Indianapolis where she has visited many times

Terre Haute Charles R. Dryer Claire James Lippincott Wick, Jr Youngstown Indianapolis

Social Roundup of Visitors and Travelers in Indiana

Mrs Edmund Ball hosts a 1 o clock luncheon in Muncie honoring Miss Elizabeth Baker of Indianapolis. Residents and guests travel between Indianapolis Lafayette Marion Crawfordsville and other cities visiting friends and attending events with mentions of many named individuals and short trips to Columbus Logansport Hartford City Fort Wayne and Louisville.

Edmund Ball Muncie Elizabeth Baker Indianapolis J. C. Stevenson Carroll Crawfordsville

Thaw insanity defense notes in Whist club trial testimony

Journal account details Harriet Thaw's asylum status and witnesses describing Harry Thaw's behavior. Testimony covers his nervousness, pale complexion, excessive phone calls, and a Grand Hotel life under alias Tarr. Reporter Lowery observed Thaw on the roof garden after the Stanford White killing.

Harriet Alice Thaw William Thaw Friends Home For the Insane Frankfort Jerome Christopher Briggan Uittleton Stanford White Thaw Sle Evans Thayw Matilda Stein Grand Hotel Vhaw Tarr Hararid BK Lowery White

Spitters Fined as Health Board Enforces Ordinance

The Health Board conducts its annual crackdown on public spitting with arrests and fines. Several offenders, including Fred Brown of Terre Haute and Austin West, were jailed overnight after failing to pay fines. The operation, run by health inspectors rather than police, lasts about a week and aims to deter habitual violators.

Board of Health Johnny Wiehran Stevens St C. W. Martin Fred Brown Verre Llaute Austin West Washington Ind Vernon Hall Salvation Army Samuel Jones Valley Mills Charles V. Hogkin Crawfordsville W. B. North J. H. Wrennick Cameraville O. H. Hodgin Knightstown Eugene Jalbert Terre Haute J. H. Bronson Springfield Ft. FE E. Peck St. Paul Anglo Velados Frank Stringer Charles Jones T. J. Stillwell Charles Smith Charles Urayle William Archer Ralph Forbes Harry ©. Pearson John Taylor John Foster C. J. Parham

Births From City Record List Include Several New Arrivals

James and Margaret Brock welcome Edwin Ray and Winnifred Spooner at 619 W Twenty-seventh street. James J Duncan and Mary F Duncan greet a daughter born at 02 Hamilton avenue. William and Jennie Stubbs report a daughter at 936 Bis marck avenue. Ernest and Edna Phillips announce a son living at 919 N Pennsylvania Street. Tilden and Jennie Bruce Smith celebrate a son at 3M N Hamilton avenue. Owen and Orphin EL Alberts have a boy at 28 N Temple avenue. Albert and Nellie Earl report a son at 2171 N Capitol Ave.

James and Margaret Brock Twenty-seventh-st Edwin Ray Winnifred Spooner Ki Oiney Temple-ave Bor Albert and Nellie Earl Capitolave

Local Deaths and Diagnoses in City Listings

Obituaries and health notes listing Carl Nestel 82 of 32 W Ohio St arteriosclerosis Eleanora Flinn 26 of 800 E McCarty St parenchymatous nephritis John Cogile 40 of 2691 Southeastern Ave epethilioma of the tongue George Wilking an unnamed age of 703 Greer St bronchopneumonia Christina Beyer 60 of 2221 S Meridain St carcinoma of liver Minnie Harcourt 57 of 7238 N New Jersey St tuberculosis of liver and intestines Henry Wardiner 39 of 448 W Washington St organic heart disease.

Carl C. Nestel Minnie E. Harcourt New Jersey St Henry N. Wardiner W. Washington St

Crane and Tucker Unite in Local Elopement Rumors

Names Thomas B. Crane and Mannie Tucker with German H. Bonesteel and Clargaret Hayworth and Joe Hoberson and Clara Flining appear in a garbled social note listing pairs linked by rumor.

Thomas B. Crane Mannie Tucker German H. Bonesteel Clargaret Hayworth Joe Hoberson Clara Flining

Cancer Cured In 10 Days

A self promoted claim of a guaranteed cancer cure asserts results in 10 to 4 days after doctors gave up, promising home treatment and a sanitarium option. The advertisement solicits readers to send name and address via a free coupon.

Lebanon

Free Cancer Coupon Offers Home Cure Claim

The ad invites cancer sufferers to mail their name and address to Dr. Curry Cancer Cure at Curry Sanitarium in Lebanon Ohio for a claimed at home treatment. It notes a private option through E W Ramsey in Indianapolis and provides dotted lines for personal details.

Dr. Curry E. W. Ramsey Lebanon Ohio Sun Indianapolis

County May Trim Claim For Printing Expenditures

County budget proposals for 1907 seek a total appropriation of 258 974 85 to cover unpaid claims including 1022 30 from Sentinel Printing for clerk supplies. Disputed items include 846 50 for rebinding in the recorder’s office and 1044 144 for uncollected sheriff fees with 203 for ins and outs fees. County council awaits qualification of Ensley and faces objections to claims past 1907 appropriations.

County Council Iil Joan Ruckelshaus Nicholas Enstey HW. T. Conde Ensley Oliver P. Ensley Bo the Sentinel Printing Company Sentinel Printing Company Recorder’s Office Willian H. Mocrison George W. Stubbs Morrison Stubbs John Ruckelshaus Joe Clay Lnn

New Franchise Demand Follows Talk System Shift

A New York company calls for a franchise related to a new talk system as discussions continue. The move signals potential expansion and regulatory review by city authorities.

Press shifts on New York telephone control and franchise

The special inquiry committee led by Controller A Metz will hold early hearings on establishing an independent New York City telephone system and on the Bell franchise. The New York Post notes Chicago's lower rates under its franchise and predicts possible city control by next year.

Indianapolis Sun New York Jan. i Herman A. Metz Board of Estimate and Apportionment Pendleton Nelson P. Lewis Greater New York (Bell) Telephone Company New York Post Chicago the Post Public Service Commission

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METAL Wall Street T. C. Shotwell Now Or South Ilinois St A. Ps West Washington St Paris The Chicago Grain Liverpool Berlin Bradstreet A. W. Thomson Otto Hauelsen Pennsylvania-st Indiana E. C. Atkins Wallace Foster D. A. R. Industries M'Gibeny Hugh McGibeny St. David's Church Mrs. Talbott John H. Talbott Bridge Philomathean Club Meriweather W. H. Morris Parry—Ingersoll James Preston Smith Lester Jones B. F. Combs G. W. Campbell Alfred Conklin Greenfield Miss Dryer Joseph Gagen Tedda Lafayette Elsie Appel Orlando, Fla Mary Spink Mary Burnham Marian Miller William BE. Sharpe Charles Foster Mary Hord Columbus Lelia Gipe Crawfordeville Walter Gipe May Aufderheide Richmond Ethel Bayless Edith Hull Florence Webber Justine El-iott Shelbyville Harry DePrez Fred Eward Marion Shirley Thomas Walter Bassett Logansport Alice Blueitt William J. McKee Maj. Gen. McKee Hotel Delaware Charles E. Foster Valparaiso Claypool Mr. Foster Indianan Lumber Dealers’ Association Vwicmer Dowell Hartford City Frank Dowell Hazel Cantwell Henry Houghton Fort Wayne Mrs. S. R. Taylor Henry Rose Danner Mrs W. B. Burford George O. Rockwood Caroline Wilbur Patten Boston Anna Hough Carthage Mrss Hough Harry LeSourd Xenia, C H. K. Lungaon Frank McCarty Madison John Coleman Louisville John Marehall Marchall Crusade By Health Board Health Board Ty. J. Stillwell Eadawin Schauer Gray John Wicker Walnut Mr. Beckman Chestnut Charles Clark City State L. S. Ayres & Co Bryce Teddy Bears Council For Appropriations Cox , Lied NEW Yorker Gotham New Hystander Robert Metzger Metzger
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