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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1910
Page
10
Monday’s market reports 2000 hogs 930 cattle and 100 sheep, with hogs and sheep down year over year but cattle showing gains from last week. Hogs traded around 7.15 to 7.20, light and medium weights preferred, cattle and calves steady, lambs at 5.75 and sheep at 4.00 with limited supply and steady demand.
Pittsburg area cattle and hog markets show slow demand with varied prices. East Buffalo region quotes higher cattle and sheep, while Union Stock Yards notes steady to lower cattle and steady hogs. Cincinnati and Chicago futures mirror mixed trends in cattle, hogs, and grains with overarching upward pressure on wheat and firmer pork futures.
Boston on November 20 reports Mrs. Mary L. Chase aged one hundred from Everett deriding hobble skirts as worse than hoopskirts worn forty years earlier. She recalls windy days with old sweeps and muses about running from a mad dog, preferring past fashion over the new wrinkle in dress.
Chicago cash grain prices show Wheat varying by grade from No. 2 red at 0e to No. 1 northern spring around 1.07 to 1.08 dollars. Corn bids range from No. 2 at 48 to 50 cents and higher for white and yellow types. Oats quotes list No. 2 white around 32 to 34 cents and standard at 32 cents.
Inspections show Wheat and Corn carloads with various lots and counts. Wheat entries include red and white varieties with multiple car totals. Corn reports white yellow and mixed cars totaling 116 in one section and 54 in another. Hay entries list red and mixed lots, each with car counts, summing to several totals.
Milling and feed quotes show Wheat No 2 red Ste sample at SO SAc. Corn old grade 8OG4Hor. Shelted oats drastic. Hay Timothy 15 18 mixed 15 15 rated $15 15. Straw oats straw Sva7 Wheat straw $EaE6.
Wheat futures at midday fell versus Saturday in Liverpool with declines in corn also noted. Weakness in U S markets and stronger Argentine and Winnipeg offers drove selling. dull trading followed. Light Russian shipments offered some support, while Argentine reports remained conflicting.
Wheat Cash and future bids shown with values for December March and May contracts. Corn oats rye and other commodities noted with bid prices and delivery months. Clover seed timothy and alfalfa prime prices listed alongside futures figures.
Buffalo market notes list spring wheat No. 1 northern at 1.11, winter wheat No. 2 red, corn No. 2 yellow, old and yellow at 3, oats No. 2 white at 0.35, rye No. 1 at 0.82 and No. 2 at 0.75, barley at 0.50.
In Atchison Kansas on November 2 George Donahue, 25, and Eva Shue married despite parental opposition. Eva's mother Mrs John Shue killed herself with poison. Eva had been engaged to soldier Joseph Tutrall in the Philippines, who planned to wed her in January.
New York City debates economy measures as five taxis are taken for study amid city concerns over automobile legislation. Officials say the move signals a broader economy drive in municipal policy and transportation costs.
Wall street opened weak on November 28 as selling pressures rose on James J. Hill's pessimistic remarks and heavy Steel common sales by Content. Utilities like Union Pacific St Paul Read ing and Amalgamated Copper led losses with declines from 1% to over 4%, while Read ing fell to 182 percent after a 4 point drop. Call money stood around 2 to 2 3 4 percent as noon volume reached 396 300 shares, signaling a broad but orderly downturn with some support later in the morning.
A dense list of bond quotes and yields appears for various companies and indices. Entries include Atchison Conv 4s noted at 105%, Erie General at 74%, Union Pacific 1st 45 at 101%, and Panama bonds around 100%. Bid and ask prices are shown for several registered and coupon bonds, reflecting a snapshot of New York market activity on Nov 28.
New York November 28 metal exchange trading was quiet with a softer tone. Copper spot to December quoted at 12.45 to 12.60, January 12.51 to 12.65. Lead 4.45 to 4.55, spelter 5.80, tin 59.7 to 60.07.
Crude rubber prices moved higher in New York with para rubber, firmer at 1.50 to 1.51 per pound and coarse grades at 1.05 to 1.06 per pound.
New York Bar Silver reports commercial bar silver trading in New York on November 28 with Mexican dollars at 46 cents per ounce.
London market for bar silver remains steady at 250 7 10 pence per ounce as of November 28, with unchanged levels from prior trading. The report notes no immediate changes in supply or demand indicators affecting the price.
Mrs. F. X. Summer of Spirit Lake Ta returned from Crooked Lake north of Prince Albert and recounted eighteen days alone awaiting her husband and his guide who vanished. The Sammers, famed world travelers, crossed Crooked Lake and camped. they left Mrs. Summer with supplies. After a week they failed to return, forcing her to shoot moose and prairie chickens. A trapper later joined the search. an overturned canoe hinted at the men’s fate before Mrs. Summer reached Prince Albert.
Indianapolis police report two Sunday robberies, Michiel Rouche at 146 North Illinois Street and Jeters Candy Store at 105 North Minors Street. Five razors, one pair of shears and candy were stolen, with the "thinking machine" predicting a matinee girl with sticky fingers and chocolate rash while being sweated.
Thomas Gibson reports surface improvements in money conditions with call money around 2 percent and easier time loans though rates remain high. Trade remains uncertain, copper quiet, rail earnings up but expenses cut net gains. long figures compare weekly and yearly sales, dividends, and interest projections for 1909 and 1908.
A. W. Thomson company wire from Logan-Bryan New York notes stock market weakness and a desire by prominent banks to foster inertia pending credit system adjustments. It highlights steadier prices amid dullness, potential activity from Lehigh Valley issues, easier mercantile paper quotes, and December disbursements around 110 million dollars likely keeping rates firm.
Friends of liveryman Charles Warrick fight requisition to bring him to Peoria to answer charges of stealing a horse from Cantwell. Warrick met Cantwell, paid $400, and Cantwell allegedly drove off with the horse toward Peoria. Warrick seeks habeas corpus pending hearing before Judge Reinster while replevin and court actions unfold.
A historical market column lists bulk apples and dozens of fruits and vegetables with varied prices by variety and origin. Items include Baldwin and Jonathan apples, California and Florida oranges, cranberries from Massachusetts, Malaga grapes, lemons, limes, pears, pineapples, beans, beets, lettuce, cucumbers, mushrooms, potatoes, onions, sweet potatoes, chestnuts, dates, figs, popcorn, walnuts, and hickory nuts with per unit or per crate pricing.
The week's world wheat shipments reached 13,328,000 bushels with Russia supplying 5,616,000 and the Danube 1,408,600. Chicago receipts show 17 wheat cars and 340 corn cars on Monday, with oats at 149 cars. Bearish sentiment persists as traders note excess corn supply, potential wheat stock buildup, and weaker cash demand, while reports from Berlin Antwerp and Liverpool reflect softer prices.
John Q. Tweeddale, a Princeton graduate, now in Saskatchewan, sent a tin of tea to the Princeton University Library claimed to be from the 1773 Boston tea party. An accompanying affidavit asserts the article's authenticity.
The Monday call on the local exchange indicated a developing market with bids tending to advance while asks declined creating a harrow market. Four stocks advanced and one dropped with Fletcher American sliding to 230 and Home Brew gradually rising. bonds stayed firm with few movements.
Markets report eggs marked down another cent with expectations of further cuts. fowls and spring chickens higher per pound, turkeys down. Butter and cheese steady. New York reports subdued flour and pork, mixed poultry prices for local and distant markets, with eggs weak and futures unsettled.
The report from Chicago on November 28 lists Butter Creamery extras priced at 27c and 25c for firsts, Eggs Prime firsts at 20c, Capenechet at 144c and 4 ist, Live Poultry Fowls at 10 10c, ducks at 13 14c, and geese at 12 12c.
Capt Richmond Pearson Hobson of Merrimac fame urged patriotic women to resist alcohol calling it a menace to the nation. He warned ravages would be felt by grandchildren and that the enemy’s influence follows even as the horse of the yellow man is seen.
A fragmented market listing shows anthracite and lump coal from Pocahontas Linton and Braxton areas with prices from 4.00 to 7.00 per ton. Slag and coke varieties, bag costs, and delivery charges are noted, including 50 cents extra for ground flour and 25 cents for chute and cellar handling.
Hampton Iowa November 29 ministers form a local trust to protect their congregations from outside investors. They agree not to allow non denomination speakers to occupy pulpits or outside collections in churches, and to restrict book agents recommendations to vote by the ministers association.
A hazy Monticelly report from November 20 notes a young nun applied for and received a license to marry a girl she was pledged to, raising questions about propriety and the involved parties. The incomplete text suggests a scandalous engagement and requires further verification of names and dates.
James K Pai Taylor, 71, a former slave, and his wife have donated 460 acres of land at Calhan, forty miles east of Colorado Springs, to the Charles Sumner tuberculosis association for a site to aid patients.
City births reported for many families across streets and addresses including Spruce Villa Har kin Capitol North Saint Peter Church Nebraska St. Peter. Names include Miller Patterson Bradley Hanse Boultinghouse Lynch Siebert Powers Poellinuu Berger McIntyre Harvey Perry Rider Weis and others with girls and boys born at home or hospital in August and recent months.
Frederick Bentzel and Sadie M. Morton. Bertram Amos and Edna A. Shoemaker. Jasper Wade and Lille Green. Thomas V. Atteberry and Margaret L. cTson. Otto (. Terry and Mary A. Thais. Clarence W. Stuckey and Jessie Rhodes. Jonathan Osburn and Mary E. Moore. Arthur H. Peats and Anna Hignight. Frank Seaggs and Linnie Aller. Oral McClain and Alice L. Singleton.
A list of recent deaths includes B George Stoica age 23 at City hospital from lobar pneumonia, Mrs Ryan 36 at 22 Commercial building from acute endocarditis, John Collier 62 at City hospital from acute uraemia, Josephine Femeding 63 of 1643 Chestnut street with dilation of the heart, Mendel Potoshinsky 1 at 827 8 Capitol ravine from broncho pneumonia, Harvey William Grow 7 at 1126 Spann avenue with diphtheria. Robert H Gue 73 of 1013 Holbrook street from uratemia, Melinda Bond 47 of 1535 Deloys street with tubular pneumonia, Sarah Caroline Hodges 8 of 5747 Rawles avenue with mitral insufficiency, William Francis Banta 2202 Bellefontaine street listed as inanition.
Mamieeens 606 Shelby street ree naires. H Milter 1921 North Capitol ave ies dig cellar 50 dollars. E B Scheer 525 South Hinois street repairs 190 dollars. Shore 1601 Bellefontaine street repairs 250 dollars. C Smith La Salle between Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets one story frame 1200 dollars. W H Barton 3415 North Arsenal street one story 1500 dollars. Leo Lando 142 North Pennsylvania street store door 45 dollars. Union trust campus 741-143 North New Jersey street. Fred E Barrett 2121 North Alabama street two story frame 6000 dollars. Jennie R Snoddy 425 425 West Merrill street repairs 200 dollars.
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels with buyers and sellers across Indianapolis style subdivisions. Notable entries include Mirick to Spray Hiatt on lot 5 in Central avenue addition, Wilson to Vantreese on corner of Ver mont and Bright, and Hatfield to Bell on East Washington street addition. Amounts range from $1 to 4000 with many vacant or improved lots and specific street coordinates. Transfers total 24 with consideration noted as 1 dollar and overall $1,804.
An early brick and tile company filed notice of capital stock increase from 10000 to 2000000. Directors include Stephen V. Evanson Louis Evanson Charles J. Fyanson M Walburga Evanson and Frank E Evanson. Weis A Lesh Manufacturing certifies 50000 of preferred stock redeemed and cancelled.
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