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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
13
The advertisement lists 2nd floor specials including 30c white madras at 19c, 20e Persian lawn at Ife, 81.00 novelty silk at 8c, new fancy silks in stripes and plaids, 19 and 22 inches wire, 2nd floor east aisle, 6c flannel at 39c, all wool for children's wear, 15e madras ginghams at 9c, table damask 6c to 75c, and all pure linen 72 inches wide with choice designs.
A 1908 feature chronicles William Heinz's search for pure blue gray lithographic stone, culminating in the Brandenburg Kentucky deposit. German Lithographic Stone Co plans quarry operations on 260 acres, with 460000 shares offered, asserting a monopsony on the stone supply and highlighting tests, reports, and endorsements from Kubel and industry outlets.
A newspaper ad lists varied meat and lard prices with multiple cuts and forms. Sugar cured hams and bacon appear at 14c to 19c ranges, English style hams at about 13c to 14c, smoked and dry salt bacon mid‑range, fresh pork sausage at 10c, dried beef, lard, fresh beef carcasses, veal, mutton and lamb at low to mid prices.
Indianapolis November market notes stronger hog prices with top at 6 20 and most sales between 3 25 and 6 15. Receipts total about 12 000 hogs, 1 400 cattle and calves, 700 sheep, cattle demand active, calves weaker, steady to higher early bids followed by strong closing. Also detailed ranges and prices for steers heifers cows calves and hogs along with wagon market prices for corn oats hay and straw.
Seed markets show wholesale pricing for various grasses. Timothy priced at 1.50 to 2.00 dollars per unit, Cloverseed at 4.00 to 4.60, Orchard Grass at 1.75 to 2.20, Blue Grass at 1.50, and Alsike at 6.00 to 8.00 dollars.
Fragmented OCR notes list various produce items and prices including eggs butter country poultry turkeys ducks geese and assorted birds, with garbled spacing. Despite unreadable gaps, the entry reads as a local market price listing from Indianapolis Produce.
At dawn Helen Warnerton and Ruth Allen, stylishly dressed, stood behind police station bars while recounting a night of revelry. John Vase, a traveling salesman, sparked trouble after a party at McClure's and a northwest cafe, leading to a fight over payment for a cab ride. Allen received ten days in a women’s prison after appeal, while Warnerton was released and Vase fined for drunkenness.
Hutchinson and Reno county claim Amy J. Alexander as the first woman to hold the Kansas district court clerk title. Elected by 1027 votes, she will assist Judge E. Brainie in the Ninth judicial district and may have a male deputy. She was born in Hutchinson July 10 1883 and has long supported her aging mother.
New York market session shows broad selling with public liquidation early. Erie stock remained firm while Steel common stood out as a strong performer. Morgan and Harriman brokers active in Erie, government bonds edge up with 2s registered gaining 4.
Indianapolis readers report strong Mason attendance for The Servant in the House, a drama staged in a Masonic lodge room. The show follows Chicago and New York reception, with deep silence noted as the peak compliment to actors.
Panama reports reveal a subterranean lake beneath the Gatun site delaying the lock project. Borings to 219 feet found water earlier, prompting engineers to consider moving two of the three locks to Bobla and building two dams with a double lift instead of the existing single dam and three lifts, signaling costly revisions and an indefinite timeline.
East Buffalo New York November 12 cattle trade dull to steady. Veals and calves receipts around 10 000 steady. Lambs 1008 to 24.90. Sheep 2006 to 4.50. Hog receipts 16 640 lower. Yorkers 5.75 to 0 pigs 4.90 to 5.00 mised heavies 6.00 to 6.60.
Governor Hanly issued commissions to newly elected state officers after canvassing votes from the secretary of state. Peetz, state statistician-elect, received a commission dated January 1, suggesting Stubbs Moore won the fight to retain the office. Congressmen elect Korbly Dixon and Bohne collected their commissions as the governor signed for eleven Democrats and two Republicans.
With skating season near, police tighten rink enforcement. Frank Keller, manager of the E Washington street rink, was arrested after officers found a 14 year old girl at the rink without parental protection. The mother confirmed the child’s age is 14.
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