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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1908
Page
4
Receipts totaled 4500 hogs 300 cattle and 40 sheep with fewer hogs than yesterday. Active demand pushed prices up about ten cents with tops around 6.05 and most hogs 5.75 to 5.95. Cattle arrivals were scarce and quality fair with a quiet market and ongoing price declines. sheep and lambs were more abundant with steady demand and little price change.
Hogs receipts 11 000 up. light to heavy selling from 5.45 to 6.05 with pigs 4.49 to 5.30 and workers 5.80 to 6.90. Cattle receipts 2 560 dull and weak. beeves 4.90 to 8.10, Texas and western steers 4.75 to 6.75, stockers 2.60 to 6.50, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.50, calves 4.75 to 6.76. Sheep receipts 2 000 steady. natives 5.00 to 5.20, western 3.00 to 5.25, yearlings 4.60 to 5.50, native lambs 4.00 to 6.15, western lambs 4.00 to 6.20.
Pittsburg and East Buffalo rounds report cattle hogs and sheep trade results. Cattle ranges show steady to firm with prime and good cattle priced, hogs higher by about 20 cents, sheep and lambs receipts light with steady to higher quotes. East Buffalo notes larger hog advances and steady cattle demand for regional buyers.
Fragmentary OCR shows a wagon market listing with corn price 100, beans or oats noted, straw price 34.00 per unit. No clear dates, locations, or complete quantities available.
Detailed price listings for wheat corn and oats with grades through billing and through track. Includes No 2 red and white varieties with several through billing prices, hay bids, and car totals. Also shows comparative flour inspection values and stock in store across multiple dates.
Mayers band will play at Brookside Park this Sunday presenting a program of light classical works and popular waltzes. The program includes Italian Riflemen, Morning Noon and Night in Vienna, Cowboys Patrol, The Smiler, Bits of Remick Hits, La Paloma, The Merry Widow medley, and Songs of the Nation among others.
Charles Ruger was named receiver for the Muncie Gas Light and Fuel Company by Judge A B Anderson of the federal court after a filing by William H Hinkle of Chicago. The action places Ruger in charge of the firm in Muncie Indiana.
New York stock market opened irregular with many issues down modestly. Reading and Union Pacific rose 3 to 3.5 points after early losses while Baltimore & Ohio faced a potential dividend cut, and Interborough Metropolitan and Great Northern fell. Northern Pacific advanced as traders waited for the Democratic national convention. Cotton and wheat prices eased.
In a federal petition filed in Erie, Lake Shore Rubber and H F Watson of Erie and Salt Mountain Asbestos of Chicago seek to have Duckwall Harmon of Indianapolis declared involuntarily bankrupt. They claim debts of 4115.93, 728.18 and 339.81 respectively and request a receiver to protect the firm’s leather and belting merchandise from devaluation.
John Foster aged 22 was killed by a lightning strike on his brother Charles Foster’s farm two miles west of Greenfield Indiana. Austin Reasen and Clarence Willett were badly shocked but believed out of danger after unloading hay when the accident occurred yesterday afternoon.
The register lists marriages including Cresar and Nora Manning Pfeiffer and Hall Street and Woods Meadow and Lena Sedan Lee and Lena Sedan Twente and Florence Hoover Niedhamer and Mabel Rea Wolford and Mattie Dobson Elrod and Jessie Zimmerran Fleischmann and Helen Rice Blay and Emelie Frankel Heady and Aletha Martin.
The Indiana brewers argued in Marion Superior Court with Attorney General James Bingham for the state. They contend brewers cannot bond retail liquor dealers or enter saloon ownership, aiming to shutter about 3,500 retail liquor stores. Defendants include Terre Haute and Indianapolis Brewing companies.
In New Philadelphia Ohio on June 19 19 year old Miss Artine Knisely was killed by a bullet to the brain and 45 year old Charles Stach was wounded with a bullet above the right eye. They were found in the city center after taking a horse and buggy from a livery stable. Neighbors heard three shots and a scream as the pair were attacked. Stach is married.
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly notes Go trox near finishing the cigars his wife gave at Christmas. Gunbusta quips he met him today and he claimed he was almost at the end of his reope.
Heavy forts surrounding Dover England fired nine inch guns causing extensive damage. The town crier advised residents to open windows but vibrations shattered ceilings knocked down ornaments and cracked windows.
A quirky note claims moderate rope jumping benefits. It cites 300 paint factories producing 100 million gallons yearly. It adds Laplanders as Europe’s shortest people, with men at four feet eleven inches and women at four feet nine. It also notes German law requiring insurance for workers earning under $500 annually.
Gentle massage develops the complexion while aggressive rubbing damages skin. Study facial anatomy before deep self massage. Use circular motions across wrinkles with a suitable grease to reduce friction. Remember lines can be rubbed in as well as out and know which technique you employ.
Mrs. Gray asks what book helps most and Mrs. Brown-Webster cites a dictionary. The baby sits on it at the table and saves the price of a high chair, a witty remark from the Cleveland Leader.
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