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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1908
Page
4
Feeder cattle to good to choice with weights from 900 to 1 300 pounds. Quotes list steers and heifers across grades, with cows and calves, bulls and veal. Hog prices show heavies over 210 pounds and lighter ranges, plus bulk sales. Also includes city grain prices for wheat corn oats and hay with weekly stock comparisons and tonnage.
Consolidated Gas hit a new high at 167 yesterday and General Electric rose 3.5 points to a fresh yearly peak of 159. The market opened lower with railroad declines but later recovered. Smelters slipped while Amalgamated and Anaconda fell. Cumberland-Ely La Rose and Nipissing led gains on the curb market.
The Wagon Market lists prices for oats timothy new clover mixed hay and various straw and baled hay grades from House Bros at 130 Kentucky Ave New Cornnec. Shelled oats 2 bic sheaf oats 314.00015.00. Timothy 12.00 13.50. New clover 10.00 11.00. Mixed hay 11.00 12.00. Wheat straw 5.00 6.30. Oats straw 6.00 67.00. Baled hay No 1 12.50 13.50 No 2 11.00 12.00.
Humane Inspectors Shine and Merrill found Benjamin Hatfield at a junk dealer’s shop trying to dispose of 28 pounds of brass. He was arrested pending an investigation into the brass’s origin.
A city record lists births at addresses on Haugh Downing West Walnut Elder Everett Graceland Minkner Pennsyl Vania Marion Laurel Ion readers note multiple birth entries and a string of deaths including premature birth cerebral hemorrhage and murder related gunshot wound cases. It also covers marriages building permits and a few additions in Irvington and Prospect with names and addresses.
Daniel F Utterback was released from the county jail after the grand jury found no charges in his case involving deposits from assistants on a plan to install 500 Automatic Vending Machine company machines in Cincinnati. He had faced funds being seized to cover deposits while his contracts overran his capital. His release allowed him to be with his wife and baby for Thanksgiving.
Paul A. McDonald of Atlanta was found dead in his Hot Springs hotel room from morphine self harm. He had been in ill health, and requested room 23 the previous evening.
Pittsburg live stock report from Pittsburg Pennsylvania on November 28 shows cattle receipts light and steady with price ranges from prime six to six twenty five, heifers from three to four seventy five. Hog receipts fourteen loads higher with heavy six to six dollars and medium five eighty five. Sheep receipts light and steady with prime wethers four ten to four twenty five and lambs four to six dollars.
Hogs receipts 9,000 with varied classes from light to heavy and high prices. Cattle receipts 2,000 steady with beeves Texans and western steers and cows and calves priced. Sheep receipts 2,000 steady with natives and westerns and yearlings listed.
A Washington Star quip strings mule sale talk to a train line fare snippet. Mr. Erastus Pinkley admits relief at selling the mule, while an odd fare line notes a chair car seat on the C. H. & D. train from 3:30 p m between Indianapolis and Springfield costing a cent.
Notice from Indianapolis November 28 1908 announces sale at 105 N Alabama Street at 10 am December 21 1908 of stored personal property including bottles bottles brands trunks chairs sewing machines and other goods to defray storage expenses. Also public works assessment notices list improvements to streets alleys and avenues with December 2 1908 remonstrance date and December 7 1908 final assessment dates and locations.
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