Markets rise on short covering and bonds for New York stocks
Stocks extend gains this morning led by Union Pacific St Paul and steel with steel hitting six month highs on covering. Wheat up nearly a cent a bushel cotton higher. Northern Pacific climbs to 127 while Western Union dips. Government bonds unchanged.
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Union Pacific
St. Paul and Steel
Northern Pacific
St. Paul
Reading
Baltimore & Ohio
Western Union
Delaware & Hunson
Tight Lacing Kills Woman in a Sudden Collapse
In Pittsburgh on March 12 Mrs. Cari Gunkle died after lacing her corset so tightly that she allegedly caused cardite paraly light. Her husband found her swooning and a doctor declared the cause of death. The report includes cattle and hog price receipts from the same date.
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Bingidass
Uiuh
Cari Gunkle
Fier
Wheat and grain futures rise on early Chicago opening
Chicago March 12 price wires report a firm higher start across futures linked to cables and Indian reports. May wheat opens near 4.44 to 4.45 with adjustments for corn oats and pork futures. July and Sept quotes show mixed gains and declines across grain and meat contracts as traders digest early market signals.
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Chicago
A.W. Thomson
Muar
Ldi
Indicted Banker J. C. Jenkins Jr Dies at Sea Cliff
Jonn C. Jenkins Jr the former president of the First National Bank of Brooklyn who faced fraud charges with his three sons died suddenly today at his Sea Cliff summer home. The death was due to apoplexy.
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First National Bank of
Brooklyn
Sea Cliff
L. L
Wealthy Indiana farmer dies in brush pile fire
JTIBERTY Ind March 12 Michael J Witt a wealthy farmer in eastern Indiana was burned to death yesterday afternoon on his home farm. Witt reportedly aged about 60 in years lived alone and left an estate around 500000. Years earlier two of his daughters perished in a clothing fire sparked by a brush pile on the same property.
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Jtiberty
Ind
Michael J. Witt
Indiana
Witt
Chauffeur jailed for forging Taft’s name on checks
Washington March 12 Edward S Wagel a chauffeur was sentenced to four months in jail for forging the name of William H Taft on checks for 100 and 150 dollars The case highlights authorities crackdown on fraud involving public figures and currency.
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Washington
Edward S. Wagel
William H. Taft
Chicago Live Stock Prices at Union Stock Yards
Market receipts for live stock on March 12 show hogs 28,000 head steady with light at 4.35 to 4.45, mixed 4.40 to 4.65, heavy 4.40 to 4.70, pigs 8.78 to 4.40, yorkers 4.55 to 4.50. cattle 6,000 steady with cows and heifers 2.60 to 6.25, calves 35 to 60. western cattle 4.00 to 6.00, stockers and feeders 5.0 to 6.4. sheep 12,000 strong with natives 2.40 to 2.60, western 4.00 to 5.05, yearlings 5.50 to 6.75, lambs natives 6.50 to 7.10, westerns 5.00 to 7.15.
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Pittsburg
Bea BieGlee
Chicago
Union
Til
Vhwogs
Reeves
C. Seca
Sessenioens
East Buffalo Live Stock Report in March
East Buffalo New York reports cattle receipts at 50 with prices from 5.50 to 9.75. Sheep and lambs receipts total 2,400 with lambs to 7.77 and yearlings to 6.25. Hogs receipts 8,100 with Yorkers at 5.00 and roughs at 4.25 to 4.56.
Vegetables and Fruit Price List Fragment
A market list shows multiple produce prices including Cabbage seed at 31.19 per barrel, onions 85 cents white 75 cents red, celery California crate 4.00, oranges California 2.50 to 3.00, fancy grapes 5.30 per box, Baldwin apples 2.50 to 3.50, bananas straight 1.50 to 4.00, and assorted per unit prices for carrots Navy beans popcorn and other items. Names of produce, varieties, and price ranges are given with unit descriptors.
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Valencia
California
Illinois
Arizona
Florida
Jonathans
Fancy
Ighthand
Price List The wordings of various cured meats and cuts
A historical price sheet lists sugar cured hams English and skinless hams and boiled hams. It includes breakfast bacon choice sugar cured and English style bacon smoked bacon dry salt bacon shoulders sugar cured shoulders dried beef lard pickled pork fresh pork sausage loins hams tenderloins skinned shoulders pressed hogs fresh beef carcasses fresh veal carcasses and fresh mutton lambs with prices per unit or per pound in cents and dollars.
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Tierces
Market prices for oats and fodder from a report
The listing shows corn at 64 cents a bushel, oats at 310.00 for shelled oats 51 5ae, straw at 6.50, and shredded fodder baled at 8.00 to 9.50. Values appear as transaction quotes from a local agricultural market.
Hog price jumps and mixed cattle market in Indiana
Indianapolis reports 4,500 hogs and 1,190 cattle arriving with prices unevenly higher. Hog sales ranged 4.60 to 4.85 per cwt with most at 4.75 to 4.80. Cattle figures show varied steers and cows with general upticks, fat stock selling 35c higher than early last week as lambs bring 5.00 to 7.00.
Mrs Roosevelt Attends Congress of Mothers
Mrs. Roosevelt attends the morning session of the international congress of mothers in Washington. She is greeted by delegates and accompanied by Mrs. Cowles sister of the president. She listens attentively to the addresses and shows interest throughout the proceedings.
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Mrs. Roosevelt
Congress OF Mothers
Washington
Roosevelt
International Congress of Mothers
Cowles
Admiral Cowles
Precaution at Indiana Schools to Protect Children
In Frankfort Jani tor Forsythe at the high school clears the basement of years of junk. In Columbus trustees plan fire escapes for East Columbus school at about 450 dollars. Evansville reports Carpenter Street school condemned as a firetrap with over 400 pupils and barred doors removed by order of the fire chief.
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Frankfort
Ind
Forsythe
Columbus
Stillinger
East Columbus
Prayer of Delegation Brings Desired Result
Protests against vacating Union street from Adler Street to the Belt railway tracks ended with a modified order. Property owners led by Jacob Hilkene councilman from the thirteenth ward argued for tracks. the Board of Public Works granted only the vacation of the first alley east of Union Street.
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Union St
Adlerst
Jacob Hilkene
Thirteenth Ward
Board of Public Works
Unionst
Westside Men Plan New Boulevard Protest at Meeting
Westside residents protested a $45 000 appropriation for the Fall Creek boulevard between Capitol and Northwestern avenues at a Blake Street factory meeting. A committee was named to press Mayor Bookwalter for a White River boulevard from Washington Street to Riverside park driveway. Property owners submitted options to the Park Board for the Fall Creek boulevard and Dr Henry Jameson said no action was taken yet but condemned if a fair price isn’t set.
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Fall Creek
Capitol
Northwestern Aves
Westside
Harry Goodwin
Blake
New York St
Bookwalter
White River
Washington St
Riverside Park
Board of Park Commissioners
Henry Jameson
Judge favors early date for Brunaugh trial
Judge James A. Pritchard indicated a trial date about two weeks after State counsel John Duncan returns from Florida. Bra naugh's lawyers said they discussed a potential second venue and a conversation with Edward Sourbier about jury service before the jury was impaneled, denying any bribery mention.
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Harry Brunaugh
James A. Pritenard
John §. Duncan
Florida
Duncan
Michael Ryan
Branaugh
Joseph Fr. Bell
Pritchard
Edward Sourbier
Ryan
Hooton
Brunauga
Sourbier
River Flood Forces Evacuation In Indiana
Heavy rain drenches the region as the Ohio River rises toward 42 feet. River men warn of dangerous floods with levees along the Wabash at New Harmony also rising. Low land residents flee to the hills for a second time this year.
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Evansville
Ind
Wabash
New Harmony
Suit Over Hidden Smallpox Germs At Boarding House
Charles W. Oder sues Henry Nachtrieb and wife for 1600 dollars claiming they sold him a boarding house with concealed smallpox, alleging Mrs. Nachtrieb was infected and Oder contracted the disease after moving in. The case centers on alleged concealment and resulting damages.
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Henry Nachtrieb
Charles W. Ofer
Oder
Employment Agents Under Investigation by Marion County Grand Jury
Alleged fraudulent practices of employment agencies are under investigation by the Marion County grand jury. Prosecutor Hooton has more than 100 complaints from unemployed men and women who say they were swindled by promises of immediate employment. Witnesses were summoned before the grand jury. Complaints describe contracts that promise a position but are only agency attempts to find work, with amounts such as five dollars paid in each case.
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Marion County Grand Jury
Hooton
Grand Jury
Teddy Roosevelt Walton Hears Crying For Home Lost Twice
Teddy Roosevelt Walton a 3 year old boy from 968 W Washington followed his older brother to school. A police officer found him rubbing his eyes crying because he could not find his way home. He wandered while his mother worried he had gone to White River. The child was safely returned to his mother in the officer’s arms.
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Teddy Roosevelt Walton
W. Washington Sr
Teddy
White River
Lieber predicts Marion County voting Democratic in November
Albert Lieber of Indianapolis says Marion county will go Democratic in the November election due to liquor turmoil and county offices investigations. He declines to discuss broader state conditions, and notes his father Peter Lieber, consul at Düsseldorf, Germany, plans to resign soon.
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Washington
Marion County
Albert Lieber
Indianapolis
Lieber
Peter Lieber
Dusseldorf
Germany
Shoplifters Fined In Shelbyville Ind
Shelbyville Indiana March 12 May or Swain fined Mrs Elizabeth Ann Kincaid three dollars and sentenced her to three days in jail for shoplifting at the Index store Her sister in law was fined on a similar charge.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Swain
Elizabeth Ann Kincaid
Index
Sign of Spring Streets Clean in Greensburg
Greensburg Indiana begins thorough street cleaning with South Broadway first to be cleaned and others following as crews work to bring streets to first class condition this spring.
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Greensburg
Ind
South Broadway
Taft Favored by Nebraska Delegates at Convention
Nebraska Republicans named delegates to the Republican national convention in OMAEA on March 12. Sentiment appeared unanimous for Taft as the party endorsed his bid.
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Taft
Nebraska
Omaea
Neb
Notice to Contractors Cass County Indiana Road Bid Solicitation
The Cass County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by 2 pm April 1 1958 for road construction from the southeast corner of section 21 to the southwest corner, grading to a common level as needed. Bids require bond equal to bid, payable to the State of Indiana for Cass County, with two resident sureties or a surety company. The bid will follow viewers plans on file with the county auditor. The county may reject any bid.
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Board of Commissioners of
Cags County
Indiana
Cass County
Board of Commissioners
J. F. Grable
R. H. Barnett
A. J. Gray
George W. Cann
Casa Cauntx
Poor Girls Can Get Seeds Free by Hemenway Offer
A Sun column urges women to grow flowers and ease beauty with a garden. It notes seeds can be supplied free by Senator Hemenway if readers contact the City Editor, praising simple gardening over cosmetic surgery and sharing memories of cheerful blooms.
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National Council of Horticulture
Hemenway
the Sun
Maple molasses camp in Greencastle taps 900 trees
Greencastle Ind March 12 The maple molasses operation of Earl Ellis west of Greencastle is among the largest in the area with 900 trees tapped. Three hundred gallons of syrup have been produced and at least 100 more are expected. Most syrup is sold wholesale with about a ton shipping to Craig Candy Co Indianapolis and nearly half a ton to an Illinois firm for candy flavoring.
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Greencastle
Ind
Earl Ellis
Craig Candy Company
Indianapolis
Illinois
St. Paul enjoys a housing boom and hotel remodel
St. Paul Indiana reports a boom with plans to let contracts for several new residences. The St. Paul hotel is undergoing remodeling as part of the town's development surge.
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ST. Paul
ST. Paul, Ind
Works Wonders With Gas Range and Cook Sense
The second floor of Vonnegut hardware store hosts Miss Rose Schubacher lecturing on cooking with the Now Process visible gas range. She demonstrates optimal gas usage for meats and baking, urging better cookery with a measuring cup and common sense. Her steamed cherry pudding recipe lists flour eggs butter sugar milk and steam time.
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Vonnegut Hardware
Rose Schubacher
Miss Sc
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