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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1910
Page
10
Receipts Monday include 2300 hogs 1300 cattle and 400 sheep with hogs and sheep higher while cattle eased. Hog prices ranged to 9.10 top with most bulk 8.80 to 9.05 amid light hog supply and weak demand. Cattle trading quiet with overall declines 16 to 15 cents. stockers bulls and calves mixed while calf market strong. Sheep and lambs showed limited numbers with lambs down about 25 cents and sheep at 3.50 down, reflecting softer demand.
Prices and classifications for steers bulls heifers cows calves and lambs with weights from 450 to 1500 pounds. Grades include good to prime export and common to medium, with ranges for each category and per hundredweight or per head figures.
Pittsburg market reports show cattle prices from common to prime with mixed volumes and 140 carloads traded. Buffalo and Union Stock Yards prices mirror regional trends with hogs steady to slightly lower and varied values for calves, sheep, and lambs across multiple markets.
A dated listing shows wholesale coal prices by ton and type for multiple locations including Pocahontas, Hocking, and Blossburg with figures ranging from 4.00 to 5.50 per ton. Terms include washed, lump, mine run, slack, and coke with notes on extra charges for cellar delivery and chute handling.
Chicago markets opened firmer on Liverpool cables but bear pressure pulled prices down. Wheat and oats fluctuated with visible supplies rising for wheat and corn, while hogs and shipments weighed on provisions. Trading was scattered and unremarkable as markets drifted lower from early highs.
The record details wheat and corn market statuses with various grade codes and acreage notes. Inspections list inbound and outbound lots including white and mixed corn grades, oats, hay timothy and clover, totaling 20 cars in and 10 to 12 out, with several 1 to 6 car entries and multiple sample lots.
Wheat No 2 red quoted 93 cents per bushel sample milling. Corn 6 to 10 cents. Shelled oats 32 to 37 cents. Wheat straw and timothy hay priced. baled hay ranges 15 to 18 dollars, mixed hay 13 to 14 dollars, per bale. Prices indicate regional feed commodities and fodder costs.
Buffalo market notes list No. 1 Northern wheat at 15 percent 5 winter wheat No. 2 red prices, No. 2 yellow corn and No. 3 yellow oats barleys rye prices and options. Mentions No. 1 rye at 89 cents and spring varieties with fragmentary figures.
Liverpool reports wheat opening firm on higher American cables and light world shipments to the United Kingdom. The continent bids freely for arriving cargoes, Paris markets firm with good speculative demand, and Platte and Manitoba bids rise amid fewer offers. Corn stays firm supported by strength in America.
The Census Bureau reports for the month ending September 25 1910 a gain of 2 302 211 bales counting round as half bales compared with 1909 1908 and 1907 figures. Round bales this year total 37 767 vs 48 070 in 1909 and 57 107 in 1905 with 43 369 for 1907.
Washington Oct 3 The department of agriculture reports the average condition of the cotton crop on September 5 was 65.9 percent of normal. This compares with 72.2 on August 25, 1910, 58.5 on September 25, 1909, and 86.6 the ten year Sept 25 average.
Liverpool Monday cables report wheat opening higher and corn up modestly. Chicago car receipts show 37 wheat cars 8 contract grade and 325 corn cars 9 percent contract. Year-ago receipts list 42 wheat 386 corn. Logan notes recovery from short covering, while traders expect supply and demand factors to keep prices subdued amid bearish sentiment from Chicago Examiner Mondlay and Minneapolis reports.
Irregular early trading on the New York stock exchange gave way to strength as rail stocks led rebounds. Northern Pacific rose to 118 1 2 and Wisconsin Central climbed 3 4, with Reading up 1 1 4 from the day’s low and Utah Copper and several majors advancing into the afternoon session.
Market notes show crops moving lift sections while International Mercantile Marine reports its strongest passenger seat year. New York New Haven Hartford posts a net gain of 3.733 million, St Louis Southwestern earns 4.08 percent on preferred stock, and foreign Pennsylvanian investor activity is noted. Week’s trading totals show 2,200,600 NYSE shares and bonds at 13,287,000, with various rate shifts. Merger talks in Canada total 10 million, and bankers anticipate a mutually satisfactory plan on cotton bills. Analysts see rail orders, steel markets, and railcar demand shaping the near term, with rails protected from price cuts.
A condensed list of railroad and transportation bonds, company references, and financial notations. Includes abbreviations for rail lines such as Reading, St Louis, Chesapeake Ohio, Texas Pacific, Union Pacific, Iron Mountain, Western, and Southern Ry. with bond series like 4s and 5s, plus scattered court or commission citations.
On Monday at the metal exchange in New York extreme dullness is noted with only slight changes in copper and tin. Copper futures show scattered bids and months listed as spat and October around 12.05 to 12.20, lead near 14.37, spelter at 5.00, and tin quoted near 34.57 to 19. UE.
New York reports money on call at 2 19 3. Time money firm with 60 days at 4 percent and 00 days at 4 314 percent. Rates show 6 months at 5. Sterling exchange quoted at 4 84 4 87 with bankers' bills bid at 4 86 80 and in demand 4 83 148. Mercantile paper unchanged.
William L. O'Connor of M. Connor grocery company announces new beans on sale today priced at 2.75 dollars per bushel. The remark highlights a fresh agricultural commodity entering the market and the current local pricing.
A dense listing of fruit and vegetable prices including apples such as Ben Davis and Grimes Golden, cantaloupes Tip Tops and Homegrown, cranberries Massachusetts, grapes California Malaga, lemons California Messina, oranges Late Valencia, peaches California fancy, pears New York Bartletts, and many region-specific items with per bushel, per crate, and per box pricing across states and localities. Also lists beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, cauliflower, garlic, green beans, lettuce, mushrooms, potatoes, onions, and more with varying unit prices.
New York reports mixed dairy prices with flour dull and lard firm. Butter ranges from 23 to 28 cents for various grades, eggs steady to higher, cheese steady. Chicago shows butter at 25 to 28 cents, eggs 23 to 25 cents, cheese at 14 to 16 cents, and live poultry prices firm for fowls ducks and geese.
Prices show a mixed trend with fifteen cent declines on old beans and evaporated milk up fifteen cents per case. Coffee packing rises by fifty cents per case while pickers gain one dollar per cask. Sugar remains weak and sorghum futures are about fifteen percent lower than last year. New Darley sells at two and one half to five cents per pound.
Readable fragments mention locations such as Nipissing Kerr Lake Ely Ct and Giroux with scattered numbers and codes. The text seems to be a damaged listing or index of results, places, and identifiers without cohesive narrative.
London reports bar silver steady at 24% fine upon Oct 3 trading. Prices show a modest decline of 1-16 per ounce as market activity stays cautious.
Closing Wheat prices in multiple cities. Minneapolis and Duluth note December around 1.07 to 1.12. Winnipeg Chicago St Louis Kansas City New York show December bids near 0.50 to 1.08 with May futures up to 1.12. Market activity reflects varied regional quotes on Oct 3.
President Taft praised both factions of the Republican party at the National Republican League banquet in New York City. He called the party progressive with concrete reform steps and defended the party against claims of radicalism. Taft cited future plans including a federal incorporation law and noted pending Supreme Court cases on Standard Oil and tobacco trusts. He reviewed legislation passed and outlined forthcoming session priorities.
Three children died when a steel boiler cover blew onto them while they played near the tank in Chicago. The victims are John Clark aged 6 Edwin Brown aged 7 and Stephen Cosgrove aged 8.
Army orders from Washington relieve Capt Dan T Moore Sixth Field Artillery to join his regiment at Fort Riley Kansas. Col Walter L Fisk relieved from Buffalo New York to St Louis Missouri. Lt Col William K B Craighill to Portland Maine and relieve Lt Col George A Zinn to Chicago Illinois. Capt Duncan K Major Twenty seventh Infantry to Whipple Barracks Arizona. First Lt Duncan Elliott Eighth Cavalry to return after sick leave from Walter Reed to duty. Major J Wallace Dewill relieved from Ft Yellowstone to Honolulu. Second Lt Albert H Mueller Eighth Cavalry to Walter Reed for observation. First Lt Archibald Comiskey Seventh Cavalry detailed to Fort Riley for equitation duty.
Seven people were injured when a Lake Erie and Western excursion train collided with a Lake Shore freight train in LaPorte Indiana early Monday. The wreck occurred in the city limits after a rear collision caused by a misread freight crew order. Engineer Hassett and Fireman D. E. Trippeer were among the injured, along with passengers Esther Moore J A Davis Charles Moore BR Troxer and KL Brooke. About 100 excursionists were aboard.
Secretary MacVeagh interpreted the emergency currency law restricting bond bases for note issues. City bonds are usable if net funded debt stays within 10 percent of assessed taxable property value, with adjustments for sinking funds. Water bonds and self sustaining municipal enterprises are acceptable. the basis uses the higher assessed tax value where applicable.
City statistics record births at multiple addresses with a long list of families and newborns including William Henry and Nellie Stutfebein in East Sixteenth Street and Charles and Alice Schwemerer at City hospital. It also logs deaths and medical causes such as pneumonia interstitial nephritis cerebral hemorrhage and cholera infantum with numerous ages and home placements across the city.
A list of property repair and construction actions with owners or lessees, addresses, and monetary values. Items include additions, remodels, and dwellings on streets such as Washington, Indiana, Talcott, Hazel, Park, Pleasant, and East Georgia. Notable amounts range from 50 to 2,300 dollars, with multiple residences and a wrecked building listed.
A physician urges a fall remedy to cleanse blood and remove uric acid. Haag's Liver Pills are promoted as effective, non cramping, restoring gastric and pancreatic juices, improving sluggish stomach and intestines. Three weeks cost 25 cents, four months to one dollar, sold by all druggists. Sold by Haag in Indianapolis.
Transfers cover many parcels with buyers such as Robert Kutzner Samuel McNabney and Frederick H Daumhofer. Descriptions include block and lot numbers, street orientations, and improvements with totals like 1300 and 2000 dollars. Overall 20 transfers total 34278 dollars in consideration.
A condensed list of incorporations includes Diamond social club in Diamond Indiana with directors Robert Lykens Floyd Coomba and Daniel Money. Cammann Murphy Pistilling company of Vincennes with capital stock 10000 and directors John L Baker John J Murphy and James W Cammann. The XN E Palmer company Tennyson with capital stock 10000 and incorporators N E Palmer L Hobbs George Byers. Sun company New Jersey total capital 4000 with amount represented in Indiana 20000 and inventors Joseph N Pew Frank Cross and A E Pew. The Griffith Land company Griffith capital stock 10000 with incorporators E D Rubin A H Smith and M D Goodman. Social Benevolent Order of Ranchmen Evansville incorporators John Volk John Young and George L Krauss.
Special to The Sun from Columbus Indiana October 3 Ralph Clark a seven year old boy drives teams and handles reapers mowers riding plows hay rakes and other farm machinery for his father Benjamin Clark during the past summer he did a man s work on the farm and assists with harvesting wheat
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