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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1909
Page
4
Paris and New York hats priced from $25 to $90 with new millinery shapes and trims. Luxurious silks feature rough Shantung and soft dull tones, touted as cooler and serviceable as wool substitutes. Exclusive sale on 1 yard silk at $1.00 and pongee at $1.60 a yard in 27 inch width.
A long list records multiple deaths and illnesses with ages and addresses in Tremont and nearby streets. Causes include lobar pneumonia, bronchitis, interstitial nephritis, septic phlebitis, typhoid fever, gastric cancer, accidental falls, and poisoning. Several victims were treated at City and Methodist hospitals.
An editorial note praises the Moline automobile name as a favored make and highlights R M Hutchison and the Morton Price garage at 18 N New Jersey St. The article describes a large new brick garage 509 by 175 feet with a machine shop and livery barn, offering storage and repair services for all car makes and short haul horse and vehicle hire in the residential district.
Willie Wisula recounted his kidnapper experience to his father and reporters. The boy described a ride in a buggy and car to towns named Warren Newcastle Avitabula and a hospital like place where he was cared for by a doctor with gray whiskers. He said he believed he was on a vacation and trusted Mr Jones.
The notice lists several marriage licenses including Albert F P Pleper and Mary E Clark, Richard Cooksey and Alleane Jenkins, Dennis A Murphy and Margaret E Kelley, Harry Tumey and Irene Bastin, Eyverstt Middsugh and Menrista Omara, Chaper Weatherspoon and Lucia B.
Indianapolis March 23 hog receipts 3 000 with prices rising to the top of 7 25 and averages 5 99 7 16 as buyers push forward. Cattle demand remains firm with fat stock 10 15 cents higher than last week while calves gain 50 15 cents. Sheep and lambs remain small in supply and sold at steady prices with lambs from 7 50 and yearlings around 6 00.
Cincinnati market report for March 23 shows hog receipts 2 593, firm, quality poor, various weight classes priced from 5.70 to 7.60, pigs 4.60 to 6.90. Cattle receipts 234, steady to strong with bulls steady and calves active. prices range 6.00 to 7.75 for yearlings and extras to 7.50. Sheep and lambs receipts 130, steady to strong.
East Buffalo New York March 3 cattle receipts 50 head slow to steady with values 5.75 to 5.95. sheep and lambs 1,200 head lambs slow and sheep steady with lambs 5.25 to 6.35 and sheep 6.50 to 8.00. hog receipts 2,040 head heavy grades active 5.10 to 6. N. York porkers and pigs prices listed with ranges.
Hogs receipts 14 000 market five cents higher mixed and butcher stock heavy prices range from 6 50 to 7 05 with pigs 5 60 to 6 40 bulk 6 55 to 6 10 cattle receipts 2590 market strong peev es cows and heifers 3 35 to 4 97 5 stockers and feeders 3 50 to 5 4 Texans 4 75 to 5 75 calves 6 00 to 8 00 sheep receipts 14 000 market strong sheep 4 40 to 6 40 lambs 5 85 to 8 15
Pittsburg market notes cattle hogs sheep and calves with price ranges for various grades. Cattle listed mixed to fat cows and bulls with bids from 3.50 to 6.60, hogs showing heavy and prime ranges up to 7.50, sheep and lambs receipts steady with prime wethers at 6.55, yearlings up to 7.00, veal calves 4.50 to 8.75.
Grain market report lists Wheat Corn and Oats values with grades and bills. Hay prices steady with timothy and clover entries. Inspections show multiple cars for Wheat Corn and Hay across various grades.
New York markets opened firm but after initial gains most stocks moved mixed. Supply rose as prices yielded with only fractional net losses after 15 minutes. Governments held steady while other bonds remained strong.
Chicago market bulletin lists grain values for March with Wheat No 2 red at 1.221446 to 1.24, No 3 red at 1.1744 to 1.22, No 2 hard at 1.15 to 1.18, No 1 shard at 1.10 to 1.151, No 2 northern spring at 1.15 to 1.18, No 3 spring at 1.10 to 1.16. Corn No 3 at 0.444 to 0.46, No 2 corn at 0.624 to 0.65. Oats No 3 white at 0.63 to 0.54, No 4 white at 0.51 to 0.65. standard at 0.54.
Frank Duncan a boiler miner suffered leg injuries when a large boiler rolled off skids and trapped him beneath it. The accident occurred Tuesday morning at the Mahan Box Factory on Senate avenue and South streets. He was taken to his home for treatment.
The Marott department store on Massachusetts Avenue held its first spring opening Tuesday. Flags lined windows as hundreds of canary birds sang, the Montant orchestra played, and girl clerks in white greeted crowds viewing gowns, millinery, and children's apparel. The millinery showcased braided, jet, and fruit-trimmed hats while ready-to-wear featured Paris London and New York gowns. A new trading stamp system started on the third floor with a prize corner and stamp books for visitors. The management praised the big turnout.
The list records building permits for L. A. and Co. A. Gould additions at 2305 N Meridian valued at 480 dollars and other projects including frame houses on Gall and Twenty-eighth and Thir ty-ninth streets, brick veneer flats at Twenty-fourth and Broadway, brick business at Twenty-second and Talbott, remodels on 1518 2 Twelfth, and repairs on 3% E. Dows.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt accompanied by son Kermit returns home to New York aboard the Hamburg American liner amid cheering crowds. He strolls two miles to breakfast at Oyster Bay before sailing, shaking many hands and receiving a gift of cave orchids from Ida Vera Simontov in Pittsburgh.
Fragmentary records show scattered percentages and dates for crops and cash prices. Mentions include March and May figures, July and September references, clover seed, and miscellaneous financial notes, but the text is garbled and lacks coherent context.
A city birth record column lists numerous births with parents and addresses. Names include Colvin, Calaway, Bray, Bartick, Asher, Alg, Bruler, Lehnert, Scherer, Troy, Vancina, Hart, Bender, Meyers, Berg, Lee, Lewis, Valego, Osman, Raper, detailing genders and home streets in a comprehensive local notice.
For neglecting his children Thomas Short is fined £106 plus costs and sentenced to the workhouse for 9 days by Judge Stubbs in juvenile court on Tuesday.
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