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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1909
Page
4
Advertises new baby coats at near cost with several price points from 4.25 to 7.75 dollars and hats for boys in Java and Milan braids priced 0.75 to 3.75 dollars. Mentions 3rd floor south location.
Indianapolis May 3 Receipts today total 2000 hogs 400 cattle and sheep. Hog prices steady to lower with top at 7.40 and most hogs 7.15 to 7.30. Cattle sold strong to 10 cents higher for cows and steers, calves firm to 25 cents higher. heifers barely steady bulls steady. Sheep and lambs few with prices steady at close of last week.
In New York May 3 the stock market opened irregularly with uncertain price moves. Reading rose briefly then fell to 145 as traders anticipated commodity decisions while Gould issues and other names showed varied activity and a broad market drift.
A catalog of meat prices shows sugar cured hams and English style hams, boiled and dry salt bacon, breakfast bacon and smoked varieties with listed per pound or unit prices. Fresh pork loins and hams appear with small numeric values indicating cost.
Cincinnati auction reports mixed receipts with hogs at 4.00 to 4.85 and cattle steady to strong. Bulls softer by 10 to 15 cents, calves quiet, veal prices 6.50 to 7.00. Sheep and lambs 188 head, market steady.
East Buffalo cattle receipts total 3250 head with primes and steers in strong demand. Sheep and lambs see 13000 head, hogs 15300 with market fairly active and lower. prices listed for each category including cows, heifers, yearlings, lambs, and various hog types.
Hogs receipts 45,065 steady to lower with mixed offerings and bases near 6.80 to 7.99. Heavy and rough lots around 6.80 to 7.08. sows and boars about 6.50 to 7.17. pigs to 6.00 to 7.00. Cattle receipts around 2,000 with higher bids. beeves to 8.57, cows and heifers 4.15 to 5.10, stockers and feeders 4.75 to 5.90, calves 8.27. Sheep receipts 12,000 with higher tones. ewes 5.75 to 6.25, lambs 5.00 to 8.85.
Representative Payne of the ways and means committee says the tariff bill will not reach the statute books by June 1 unless substantially changed in the senate. He notes the finance committee’s bill ignores House actions on schedules and promises a heated fight over amendments. Democrats largely oppose senate changes and southern Democrats influence tariff revisions shaping future votes in both chambers.
NAIRIBO May 3 Roosevelt added a lion to his tally at Wami near Kapiti giving him three lions and one Honess on the current expedition. Kermit Roosevelt also shot a cheetah as the party traveled to Ft Hall to witness a war dance the chiefs welcomed them with gifts and silver.
Train No 118 of the Lehigh Valley railroad struck and killed Mrs Patrick Keefe 52 two miles from Ithaca at 10 this morning. Relatives watching from their field saw the wagon she rode in struck by the fast train. the horse died and the wagon was smashed.
The notice lists multiple grain types with through billing rates for wheat, corn, oats, rye, and hay. It covers No. 2 red wheat prices, No. 2 white corn figures, Yellow and mixed varieties, and hay Timothy values. Inspections show totals for corn and hay cars in and out, with several car counts and rejections.
Grain bids from Toledo show wheat cash at 1.13 to 1.43 dollars with May and July contracts cited. Corn cash around 0.74 to 0.72 dollars with July and September futures. Oats bid near 0.57 dollars with July and September figures. Rye cash 0.09 dollars. Alfalfa 8.00 dollars. timothy 1.80 dollars. Cloverseed cash 5.55 with October and December at 6.55 and 6.67 respectively.
Grain and forage prices listed by Rouse Bros at 1 Kentucky Avenue. Corn 82 to 85 cents, Shelled Oats 8? to 9?, Wheat straw around 35 dollars, Timothy 15 to 17 dollars, New Clover 14 to 18 dollars, Mixed forage value unclear, Oat straw price not fully readable.
In a Hamilton court, Emma Lavelle the nurse testified she told Capt Hains of an intimacy between Claudia Hains and W E Annis at the captain's home. Lavelle described Annis and Mrs Hains together, times away from home, and carrying Mrs Hains, with Hains reacting in shock. The testimony followed a cross examination of Major Hains about Bayside excursion tickets.
The Barnum and Bailey management stages the greatest parade since a four year gap, with a new display to accompany two tent shows in Indianapolis. The procession promises artistic mounts, a moving horse show featuring Norman and Kentucky thoroughbreds, and an unusually strong musical program for the public display.
A. H. Demerick electrical engineer in charge of electrical and power construction on the Salt River valley reclamation project was drowned when swept through a 606 foot tunnel cut through solid rock to the Roosevelt storage reservoir in Phoenix Arizona. A. Ob Harris and G. I. Smith were carried through the tunnel but escaped. Demerick's home is in Detroit.
Paris reports the French government has struck a gold medal commemorating the rebuilding of San Francisco. The award will be sent this week to President Taft through the French ambassador in Washington.
Application notice from Jacob Brown announcing a planned license request for the sale and consumption of putomte enermous malt and spirituous liquors in quantities under five gallons. The proposed premises occupy a 18 by 60 foot front room at 601 East Washington Street, southeast corner of Liberty and Washington, Center township, Indianapolis, Ward 11, Marion County, Indiana.
May 3 report from Niagara Buffalo says the Sylvan Eddy, a large steel freighter owned by Shaw & Eddy of Bay City Michigan, ran aground on Horseshoe reef in the Niagara river. Tugs couldn't aid and exact cargo remains unknown.
Clyde Fitch's Fire Blue Mouse, a farce of stage types, stars Elsa Ryan and a noted company including Robert Dempster Albert Gran Lily Hall Sam Reed Ralph Morgan and Effie Warner. The Shubert production features Paulette Divine the Blue Mouse as a Salome dancer in a tangled romance with Mrs Lewellyn and division politics.
Mr and Mrs George J Hanley observed their golden wedding anniversary at 112 Wright Street. Married in Württemberg Germany they now reside in Indianapolis, with nine children eight living, 18 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Prof R L Ziv spoke in Indianapolis before the German Societies federation at Columbia hall and the Jewish federation on Sunday afternoon and evening. At Columbia hall he discussed May Day in the labor world and what the international congress is doing regarding these festivities. His Jewish federation talk centered on Freedom of Thought.
In a Wood Street saloon a shooting affray left Frank Linsky, 39, sought on murder charges after two men were shot. William Ziltyk died from a head wound while Simon Michnowski, 33, was shot in the mouth and believed dying.
Mrs Edward W Dodd remains hospitalized after severe injuries from a Saturday accident at Monon crossing and Twenty fourth street in Maloit Park. Her husband and son died in the same incident and were buried Monday afternoon from the Maloit Park residence.
City record shows numerous births with parent names and addresses including Lyons White Passehl Oder Haines Townsend Scanlon Lattrel Lewis Stinger Ford Locker and others. Also lists marriage licenses for multiple couples and building permits for Emma Cox Co Johnson van Bros Singleton Mean Staples and remodel work details.
Notices list applicants from Sixth to Fifteenth wards in Center township Marion county Indiana seeking licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons at various downtown premises. Each entry names applicant, ward, address, building details, and intent to also obtain pool table privileges at the same location.
The report lists cash grain quotes including No 2 and No 3 red and hard wheat prices, No 1 Northern spring and northern spring values, No 2 yellow and No 3 white corn, cash oats and white oats figures, with various cents per bushel and implied market ranges across multiple grades and months.
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