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Newspaper

Indianapolis Sun

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1909

Page

4

Chicago Live Stock Market Report at Union Stock Yards

Hogs receipts 9000 market strong to higher. Mixed and butcher grades 7.00 to 7.55, light 6.95 to 7.40, pigs 6.20 to 6.55, bulk 7.30 to 7.45. Cattle receipts 100 steady Beeves 5.52 to 7.30, cows and heifers 2.50 to 6.50, stockers 3.75 to 6.60, Texans 5.25 to 6.50, calves 3.50 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 2000 steady, sheep 5.25 to 6.75, lambs 6.50 to 9.45.

Indianapolis Verage Bnet Chicago Union Stockyards Ill Pittsburg

East Buffalo Market Summary May 15 Cattle and Livestock

East Buffalo New York market report shows cattle receipts at two percent head with steady tone. Prime priced at six to six eighty five dollars, butchers steers seven sixty to five dollars. Receipts about three hundred, slow with small declines. Sheep and lambs receipts three dollars. lambs six twenty five to eight dollars, yearlings four seventy five to seven twenty five, sheep three fifty to six fifty nine, hogs receipts one seventy, variable, Yorkers seven thirty to seven sixty, pigs seven fifteen to seven seven five, mixed seven sixty five to seven seventy, heavies seven seventy to one seventy three, roughs six fifty to six sixty, stags three fifty to six.

East Buffalo N. Y

Indianapolis Wagon Market Prices Report by Rouse Bros

Market listings show corn at 82 percent, shelled oats around 56 to 57 cents, sheaf oats between 13 and 15 dollars per load, Timothy hay priced near 15 dollars, clover hay about 13 dollars, wagon hay at 14 dollars, wheat straw and oats straw around 36 dollars and 7 dollars respectively. The column cites Kentucky avenue and notes dollar amounts for various feeds and forage commodities reflecting a midwestern market snapshot.

Indianapolis Rouse Bros Kentucky Avenue

Wall Street Steady Start Then Uneven Trading on May Day

New York May 15 The stock market showed initial steadiness but soon became irregular and uncertain as supply questions loomed. Trading favored selling by room and commission house clients with modest net losses after 15 minutes. Union Pacific led railroad gains to 189 while Reading climbed after a pause. Erie dipped early but partly recovered. Third Avenue slipped, Consolidated Gas eased. Government bonds stayed firm as other bonds held steady.

Union Pacific Reading Erie Third Avenue

Daily Grain Letter highlights shifts in wheat and corn

May 16 wheat opens lower amid unresponsive cables and selling by Bartlett Patten. Armour buys for two to three days signaling a bullish shift. Corn opens lower on better weather forecasts with liberal selling by Patten. oats face pressure from Jackson Bros. and Patten though country reports improve. Provisions steady then soft, pork rising slightly.

Chicago Bartlett Patten House Armour People Armour House Patten House Jackson Bros Bartlett Patten

Chicago Market Notes May Price Rally for Grains and Meats

Chicago reports closing prices for July wheat at 1.13 1/2, corn 683 68 1/2, oats 6 1/2, pork 18.45, lard 10.50, and ribs 10.17. May futures show wheat 91.27, corn 73, oats 56 1/2, pork bid 18.40, lard 10.70 asked, ribs 10.10.

Chicago A. W. Thomigon

Chicago Cash Grain May Prices Across Wheat and Corn

Chicago cash grain prices show No. 2 red wheat at 1.45 with various bid levels for grades, No. 2 blue corn around 75 1 2 cents, and multiple oats quotes from No. 2 white 59 14 to 60 1 6 cents and standard 59 1 2 to 59 6 cents.

Chicago

Pittsburg Market Cattle Hogs and Sheep Report May 15

Cattle receipts at Pittsburg show a steady market with prices across grades from common to fat cattle and fat bulls. Hogs receipts eight loads push prices higher with heavy and prime ranges cited, while sheep and lambs remain steady with veal calves near six dollars.

Walters and Walters Open New Massachusetts Avenue Store

Walters and Walters, proprietors of a new gents' clothing and furnishings store at 242 Massachusetts avenue, offer snappy, latest style stock. With years of experience, they announce moderate prices and hope to attract patrons.

Massachusetts Avenue

Presbyterian Choirs Festival In May at Caleb Mills Hall

The combined choirs of Indianapolis Presbyterian churches present their second annual May Festival concert Monday at Caleb Mills Hall under Presbyterian Brotherhoods. Ford Schaefer leads the Schaefer Symphony Orchestra with assistance from church choir directors. Soloists include Mrs. John Kolmer, piano, and Miss Anna L. Johnson, soprano, with a program featuring Lohengrin overture, Morning Mood, Peer Gynt Suite, Anitra’s Danse, In the Hall of the Mountain King, and arias from Rigoletto among others.

Presbyterian Churches of Indianapolis Caleb ‘Mills Presbyterian Brotherhoods Schaefer Ford Schaefer Charles F. Hansen Edward B. Birge Arnold Spencer Memorial Church John Kolmer Anna L. Johnson Teseeee Wagner Lashhetto Ose Chubert Ladies Venezia E Napoli Liszt John Kolmerngon Garrett ‘Fourth Church Peer Gynt Anitra Mountain King Verdi Second Church Weinzierle Memorial Church Babylon's Waves Gounod

City Records Chronicle a Daywide Births and Deaths List

City records document births at 1066 Holborn Street and other addresses with both parents listed for girls and boys. Debilitating deaths include Alma Shaffer appendicitis, Lula Gray abdominal tuberculosis, and Sarah Owens chronic nephritis, among others. Building permits show repairs and new constructions at various streets including Graceland Thirty-ninth, Maryland Meridian, and 1174 Spruce with valued amounts.

Alma M. Shaffer S. Dearborn Lula Ethel Gray Brown Avenue Sarah C. Owens E. Twentyfourth Street Nannie Bray Burgess Avenue Phillip Rasco Alabama Street Armilda Tyner St. Vincent's Hospital Caroline Pauline Franzel New Jersey Jennie Wands E. Washington Street

Sassafras George Found Shot In Field

Danville Indiana May 15 The body of George Blanton known as Sassafras George was found in a field near Barnard with five bullets in it. The general belief is that he took his own life but no revolver was found others think he was murdered.

Danville Ind George Blanton Sassafras George Barnard Balief

Grain price list with mixed bids and bids by grade

Market notes show Wheat No 2 red at 1.45 with extra 3 red at 1.43 No 3 red at 1.41 for track. May and June prices for wheat range from 1.40 to 1.04 across months. Corn bids include No 2 white and No 3 white at through billing 76c and mixed groups at 76c. Oats list No 2 white through billing 58.25c and No 4 mixed at 56c. Rye No 2 rye at 88c through billing. Prices reflect daily bid levels across grading terms.

Comparative statement of flour outputs and grain stocks

Output of flour for week ending May 15 1909 shows 10 720 bbls. wheat 5 000 bu May 8 1909 11 671 bbls. corn 63 000 bu May 16 1908. oats 1 976 bbls May 18 1907. rye 1 820 bbls. Stock in store dates show Wheat 141 990 Corn 111 000 Oats 53 300 Rye None May 15 1909. May 16 1908 stock 159 355 13 134 54 716 None May 18 1907 7 550 1 000 166 400 None

Toledo Grain Prices Reported In Toledo O

grain markets list cash and futures for corn oats rye and seeds with May July and September figures plus miscellaneous forage seed prices including timothy and clover with October December and March terms. entities include Toledo Ohio and date May 15 and commodities Corm cash oats rye and clover seed with quoted prices.

Toledo Grain Toledo

Vincennes Boy Drowns at Gravel Pit Scene

Emmett Combs, aged, drowned while wading at the James O'Donnell gravel pit one mile south of Vincennes Indiana. He moved beyond his companions into twenty feet of water and his body was recovered by divers about two hours later.

Vincennes

Germania Park Sets May Opening Date

The Germania Park association announces the official opening of Germania Park will be on Sunday in May. The event marks the start of operations at the park with planned festivities and community attendance.

Germania Germania Park Association Germania Park

Egypt and Holy Land Trip Lecture at Tomlinson Hall

Dr C I Fletcher speaks on travel risks for photos in Moslem lands and will show over 200 original stereopticon views in a May 16 lecture at Tomlinson hall. Proceeds go to the Fraternal Order of Eagles charity. Attendees may view an ancient mummy fragment dating 5000 years.

C. I. Fletcher Tomlinson Hall Fletcher Egypt Holy Land Messina Sicily Order of Eagles Pr. Fletcher

Butler College Offers Twelve Week Normal Course For Teachers

Butler College presents a twelve week normal course for teachers and graduates to meet state law requirements while offering a six week summer session beginning June 21. The program includes observation in Indianapolis schools and a strong English section led by Cornelia A. Allen. Archibald MacMechan of Dalhousie will lead English studies, with courses on The Age of Tennyson Shakespeare and The Novel of the Nineteenth Century. Courses in Civics, Educational Psychology, Nature Study, German French or Spanish, United States History, Botany and Physiology, Astronomy, and more fall under Butler faculty and visiting experts.

Butler College Butler Indianapols Indianapolis United States Ecity Bona Thompson Memorial Library Joseph K. Hart Alfred University Alfred New York Chicago University Cornelia A. Allen C. B. Coleman E. N. Johnson Howe Archibald MacMechan Dalhousie College Halifax Nova Scotia Tennyson and Carlyle MacMechan Tennyson Pope Browning Shakespere Fielding and Richardson Scott Dickens H. L. Bruner

Indiana school readers battle over primers and readers

Governor Marshall notes votes favoring the Howe and Aldine readers amid a controversy over Bobbs-Merrill books described as dramatic. The dispute centers on pricing 15 cent primers and 15 cent first readers with concerns from rural districts and a school book combine. Seventy-two counties and many teachers backed Bobbs-Merrill while the state weighs bids and the political stance on educational material.

J. N Indiana F. W. Cooley W. E. Stone Aldine Newson and Company Howe Bobbs-Merrill Bobbs-Merrill Company Bobbs-Merril Combine Smith Bebbs-Merrill Aldine and Howe Scribbners Will Howe Butler College Scribners Scribner Aldine P Bobbs-Merrill Books Marshall

Elusive Isabel: Futrelle's New Secret Service Tale

Jacques Futrelle's latest novel Elusive Isabel, published by Bobbs Merrill, pits US secret service agent Grimm against the mysterious Isabel Thorne in a Washington based tale of love and espionage. The plot features foreign powers seeking a world war causing a high stakes clash of wits.

Jacques Futrelle Bobbs-Merrill Company Indianapolis Isabel Susan Machiine United States Secret Service Isabel Thorne Secret Service Mr. Grimm Washington

New Contract Maintains Exchange Prices Over Five Years

The contract keeps exchange prices in force for the full five year term, reversing the past practice of releasing the company from these prices after the first year. Under the new contracts, the release rule does not apply.

Arrests in Western Union wire tapping case at Pittsburg

Two more arrests were made in the Western Union wire tapping case in Pittsburg. William L. Thompson and William H. Smith face misdemeanor charges with $1,000 bail each. Isaac N. Barle, chief of wire and repeater, was jailed after arrest on two misdemeanor counts with £12,000 bail. Supt. Saylor resigned and several workers were discharged as the scandal prompted steps by the Chicago Board of Trade and its representative H. A. Foss who join in changes.

Pittsburg Western Union Telegraph Company William L. Thompson William H. Smith Isaac N. Barle Saylor Chicago Board of Trade Board of Trade H. A. Foss

Bride Accused of Forgery Under Arrest in Boston

Mrs. Anna Yates Woodward a bride and her husband Charles H. Woodward are under arrest on forgery charges after attempting to pass a forged check. Woodward reportedly has prior forgery terms in Baltimore. A related case mentions a Lou ise Ames who accompanied him and killed herself after prison release.

Boston Anna Yates Woodward Charles H. Woodward Woodward Baltimore Louise Ames

Woodruff appoints town marshal to curb speeding

The Woodruff town board directed Harry Clemens to enforce speed limits. Drivers who race through Woodruff Place risk a stop by the town marshal wearing a large star, as officials warn there will be no more speeding.

Woodruff Place Harry Clemens Tam Woodruff iPiece

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