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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1909
Page
4
Indianapolis June 5 receipts total 6500 hogs 500 cattle 250 sheep with hogs and sheep up year over year while cattle down. Trading opened active and prices firm from yesterday top hogs at 7.55 dollars with many sold 7.35. Cattle market quiet at barely steady prices. bulls steady and calves weak to 25 cents lower.
Pittsburg cattle and hog markets show light receipts and steady to higher prices. Cattle rang e from common to premium, hogs noted as higher, and sheep and calves priced across the typical market spectrum for the period.
Rockport Indiana June 5 Rev D. Huff of New York and Miss Ada Wetzel were married at the Baptist church with Rev P C Wyatte presiding. The couple has gone to Warsaw New York where the groom serves as pastor of the Baptist church.
New York June 5. Price movements in the stock market ranged from mixed to pressured as leaders faltered after declines in London. Steel shares stayed weak with common near 67 and preferred around 125 percent, while B R T Southern Pacific Union Pacific and Atchison fell in early trading. Eries showed strength before a broader recovery by mid-morning.
Fresh goods from Indianapolis Wagon Market list by Rouse Bros at 180 Kentucky avenue. Corn Sixteen to eighty one cents per bushel range. Shelled oats sixty to sixty two cents. Sheaf oats about fourteen dollars. Timothy around sixteen dollars. New clover thirteen to fourteen dollars. Mixed hay fifteen to sixteen dollars. Wheat straw six dollars and twenty cents. Straw seven dollars.
Grain markets show strength with wheat higher for No 2 red and extra 5 red at 1 53 to 1 55 per unit through billing. Corn mixed as No 2 white and No 3 white advance while No 4 white and mixed types trade around 75 to 76 cents, oats hold around 58 to 60 cents, and timothy and clover hay advance with high bids for choice timothy at 15.25 and No 1 light clover mixed at 14.00 to 13.3. Volume lists car lots for corn and mixed grains, detailing No 2 white and No 3 white deliveries and totals.
Hog receipts at Union Stock Yards June 5 show 13,000 head with market steady. Mixed and butcher hogs 7.25 to 7.72. heavy 7.60 to 7.80. rough heavy 7.25 to 7.06. light 6.66 to 7.62. pigs 6.54 to 6.90. Cattle receipts around 700 with steady market. beeves 5.3 to 7.10. cows and heifers 2.25 to 2.45. stockers and feeders 5.18 to 9.55. Texans 6.40 to 6.15. calves 6.00 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 1,500, market steady. sheep 5.00 to 6.60. lambs 6.60 to 9.75.
Chicago June 5 opening quotes show Wheat July at 4G1 eaing misread, Corn July at 58, Oats July at 58, Pork July at 19.90, Ribs July at 10.62. Closing Wheat July at 1.187 1.19, Corn July asked, Oats July Be, Pork July bid 8.85, Par July 11.32 bid, Ribs July 10.62 bid.
Grain price report shows No 2 red wheat around 1.40 to 1.50, No 3 red near 1.25 to 1.30, No 2 hard at 1.60, with northern spring and other grades trading near 1.20 to 1.34. Corn offers include No 2 yellow and No 4 white around 0.60 to 0.65, reflecting a cautious market.
In Nashville Indiana on June 5 Mrs John Morrison wife of farmer near Bean Blossom post office started by buggy with one horse to visit Mrs David Snyder between Nashville and Georgetown On Bean Blossom creek bridge the horse balked backing the buggy into the railing The railing gave way and horse buggy and Mrs Morrison plunged 15 feet The horse landed on its feet The buggy was demolished Mrs Morrison not seriously hurt The horse suffered minor injuries
Dr. and Mrs. Bitting, Purdue graduates in charge of government experimental work on canned goods without benzoate, will study preservation of cold sea fish in Gloucester Massachusetts. They depart later this summer to visit eastern canning factories and complete ongoing work while American canners recently named Dr. Bitting as referee on standards for certain canned foods.
John Crist was fined 315 in police court for resisting a policeman and 1 plus costs for drunkenness. Patrolman John Keating must answer to the Board of Safety after friends of Crist accused him. Crist allegedly drew a knife and Keating used his club to arrest him amid a saloon raid on W. Washington Street. Fred Bonnifield volunteers to defend Keating.
The Indianapolis Maennerchor will hold its annual election for officers and directors Monday evening at their hall on Michigan and Illinois streets. Current officers are expected to be re-elected after a successful year, followed by performances led by conductor Rudolf Heyne.
Wheat prices for June and July show cash at 1.3635 and 1.33 with September and December at 1.124% a. Corn cash at 73c for July and September with December at sic May 0m4c. Oats cash 0c July 64c September 44c December 4644c. Markets include September cobalt prices and cash and margins noted.
New York on June 5 Mrs Madeline Powers Black widow of Elmer E Black of N W Harris Co arrived from Paris aboard the Provence after racing to reach America before her husband s death She and her ten year old daughter Dorothy were met at the pier and taken to their home The husband had fallen ill with blood poisoning after catching a chill on the voyage and died soon after returning to New York prayers were said for his recovery at a Plaza Hotel dinner hosted by banking house empl oy ees
Lark Griffiths, manager of the Cincinnati National League team, is a well known baseball figure. Formerly led the New York Americans and has the Reds near the top of the league percentage list.
The article argues against relying on word counts to judge reader quality, highlighting Bobbs-Merrill and Howe editions. It questions state board authority to revise or commission readers, notes Governor Marshall’s stance, and cites local reactions. It lists deaths, births, and building permits.
June 5. Transactions in the stock market today totaled about three quarters of a million shares. The session was the beat short of the year with gains in some issues and declines in others due to profit-taking. Union Pacific St Paul Steel common and Southern Pacific recovered from early losses while Hill issues and Amalgamated showed strength. After a mid-day dip, renewed support lifted prices, ending with an impression of confidence.
Mattie Dill seeks a divorce from Manuel Dill in Muncie Indiana claiming he abandoned her after marrying in April 194? and returned to his mother in December 19?. She accuses him of beating her quarreling and making threats. The complaint states she lost money and jewelry valued at 50 dollars during his spree and departure toward his mother.
New York daily bank statement shows loans at 1 343 031 40 deposits 1 407 55 90 circulation 49 083 200 legal tenders 76 401 00 special 24 87 00 reserve 370 670 100 surplus 6 1 9 percent. Reserve percentage stands at 37 percent, up from 28 82 last week.
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