Wall-St. stocks slide in erratic New York open
The stock market opened broadly lower led by Southern Pacific Smelting and Copper Anaconda Great Northern and others. By five minutes in more declines appeared with many issues at year’s lows as shorts covered then heavy offers pushed further losses. Government bonds fell with 2s down percent and 4s down around percent. The session ended nervous with some recoveries offset by continued weakness.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Anaconda
Great Northern
St. Paul
Pennsylvania
Reading
T. Paul
Union Pacific
Market bids and stock list from a late 1900s era market report
Wheat and corn prices listed by grade with track and billing terms. Oats and hay prices noted, with inspections by grade. Stock in store shows wheat corn oats rye figures, vegetables and fruits prices for many varieties, including oranges apples lemons and cantaloupes.
Market Prices for Dairy Eggs and Poultry
Butter Elgin prints 33c and Elgin tubs 82c with state cream 3lc and country 20c. Cheese from New York full cream Ifc and Wisconsin full cream 16 percent lic. Eggs candled 20c at mark 19 cents. Poultry lists live turkeys 0c ducks 7c geese 5c hens 10c spring chickens 10c roosters 5c.
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New York
Wisconsin
Lost firm’s cash larceny charges shock Wall Street
George H Brouwer confidential manager of James C Oliphant & Company is charged with larceny of a 2750 check belonging to Jay F Carlisle. He cashed the check and confessed after confrontation. Bail set at 30000 with bonds. Firm faces large losses as experts review books.
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New York
George H. Brouwer
Stock Exchange
James C. Oliphant & Company
Jay F. Carlisle
Carlisle
Brouwer
James E. Oliphant
Incorporations Filed For North Side Amusement and Steel Car Forge
Saturday filings with the secretary of state announce the North Side Amusement Company of Terre Haute with capital stock 1000 and incorporators C E Jones C A Lanning J L Ketcham and RR Slusser. The Steel Car Forge Company of Pittsburg Pennsylvania files with capital stock 300000 and Indiana offices in Hammond with W D Webb as agent.
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Secretary of State
North Side Amusement Company
Terre Haute
Capital Stock
C. E. Jones
C. A. Lanning
J. L. Ketcham
RR. Slusser
Steel Car Forge Company
Pittsburg
Indiana
Hammond
W. D. Webt
Armour Denies Market Role as Wheat Prices Slip
Chicago grain report notes Ogden Armour states he is not in speculative market activity. Trade credits Armour and a small elite as short sellers with bulls led by James Patten and D G Ried. Wheat futures fell with December at about 1.04 to 1.06, corn and oats also retreating. December closes show modest gains for some contracts, while provisions remain nominal.
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Chicago
Ogden Armour
Armour
James
George Patten
D. G. Ried
Patten
Livestock market prices slip at Indianapolis opening
Indianap oil October livestock report shows hogs at 6.90 per cwt top, cattle slow, sheep and lambs steady. Breakouts include steers, heifers, cows, calves, and hogs by weight classes with mixed gains and declines across categories.
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Indianapolis
New York Produce Prices Reported by United Press
New York market brief lists pork mess at 16.76 to 17.50 per barrel or hundredweight, lard Western steam spot at 9.40 to 9.50, tallow city 6 cents and country 6 1/2, creamery butter 30 cents, eggs fancy white at 34 to 36 cents, western firsts 22 to 23, cheese full cream 16 cents.
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New York
United Preas
Market Prices for Farm Commodities and Forage
The Wagon Market lists corn at 68 to 73 cents a bushel, oats at 13 to 33 cents shelled, straw at 6.50 to 7.50, hay prices for clover 12 to 13, mixed 15 to 15.50, timothy 15 to 17 dollars per unit, reflecting regional trading among local buyers and sellers.
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Timothy
Chicago Live Stock Market Report
United Press reports Chicago cattle receipts at 700 with no change and hog receipts at 14,000, down 5 to 10 cents. Hogs include light 6.30 to 6.95, rough 6.10 to 6.35, mixed 6.25 to 7.00, heavy 6.40 to 6.95, pigs 5.40 to 6.55. Sheep receipts 1,200 with market unchanged.
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Cccce Ncec
Chicago
United Press
Cattle and Hogs Markets Report From Pittsburg Market
Cattle supplies light and market steady with prime cattle 5.80 to 6.10 and choice 6.13 to 6.30. Sheep and lambs supply tight with prime wethers 5.60 to 5.15 and lambs 5.00 to 7.25. Hogs market slow with primes around 6.75 to 7.25.
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Pittsburg
City Record Births Deaths and Marriages Listing
Births list nine couples with address details for a girl or boy child. Deaths record seven individuals with ages and causes ranging from myocarditis to cancer. Marriages include eight couples. Building permits show multiple dwellings with addresses and totals from Kenwood to Rembrandt.
Explosion kills three in Reynolds boiler blast
Three men died when a locomotive boiler exploded tearing apart the Reynolds Georgia station. The victims were Conductor Allen, Engineer Avery, and Ateman a negro. The blast occurred on October 12 as the lo locomotive boiler burst, reducing the station to wreckage.
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United Press
Reynolds, Ga
Allen
Avery
Ateman
Count Szecheny’s Straw Hat Style Captures Newport
Special to The Sur Newport October 12. Count Szecheny Hungarian fiancé of Gladys Vanderbilt draws attention with daily wardrobe changes and numerous hats. Rumors put Vanderbilt fortune at five million dollars, leaving Gladys with ten million plus the groom. He sends postcards home, favoring a Breakers card, as guest of Reggie Vanderbilt at Sandy Point.
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Newport
Szecheny
Glayds Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
America
Vanderbilts
Gladys
Conne
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Reggie Vanderbilt
Sandy Point
Bracken loses rain claim against Indianapolis
Mrs Nancy J Bracken of Indianapolis failed in a $3000 damages suit against the city after a Martinsville trial. She alleged a pit in Illinois and Washington streets flooded by rain on August 28 1904 injuring her. Weather Bureau witnesses testified no rain occurred that day or surrounding Sundays. The prior winter trial awarded $500 in damages but was set aside by Judge Vinson Carter after bureau testimony.
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United States Weather Bureau
Nancy J. Bracken
Indianapolis
Martinsville
Bracken
Ilinois
Washlington Sts
Crite Bowen
James Pierce
Weather Bureau
Superior Court
Vinson Carter
Mob kills three Black burglars in Tunica incident
In Tunica Mississippi on October 12 a mob seized three Black men from Memphis Will Jackson Jim Shouts and George Robinson after they confessed to burglaries authorities said they fatally harmed them before deputies could intervene Investigations continued as the event drew national attention and raised concerns about mob justice and racial tensions.
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Tunica, Miss
Memphis
Will Jackson
Jim Shouts
George Robinson
Man Found Dead in Bed After Poisoning at New Castle
Asa Fadrey aged 55 was found dead in his bed in New Castle Indiana on October 12. He killed himself by drinking carbolic acid. An earlier bridge fall left him seriously injured eight years ago and a boiler explosion four years ago caused severe maiming requiring three operations. He was father to L R Fadrey postmaster of Honey Creek.
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New Castle
Ind
Asa Fadrey
L. R. Fadrey
Honey Creek
Unknown boy swept from sewer into Missouri River
Foreman William F. McNamara sent a passerby into a sewer manhole to measure its width. The unnamed boy slipped as he descended, vanished, and McNamara heard a gurgling cry before police were alerted. Investigators assume the boy was sucked through to the river.
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United Press
ST. Louis
William F. McNamara
McNamara
Train Collision Kills Conductor in Pratt City
Special to The Sun. Birmingham man J C Smith Pullman Conductor was killed in a collision between Louisville and Nashville freight and Frisco passenger trains at Pratt City Alabama this morning. Eight others were injured including E T Willcox Frisco general freight agent and William M Goldsmith of Rochester New York. injured were in the last Pullman car.
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Louisville & Nashville
Frisco
Pratt City
Ala
Jured
Pullman
J. C. Smith
Birmingham
E. T. Willcox
William M. Goldsmith
Rochester
N. Y
Billie the canary dies at police station matron’s office
Billie, a yellow breasted canary in Matron Riesener’s office, sang to brighten the police station and cells for nine years. The bird, given to Miss Riesener as a chick by bailiff Fred Kurtz, likely died of malaria after a period of illness and was cremated in the station furnace.
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Billie
Bille
Riesener
Fred Kurtz
Mr. Kurtz
Miss Riesener
William Holtz
School Work And Teacher Duty In Daily Assignments
Fassett A. Cotton, superintendent of public instruction, discusses classroom work and teacher and pupil duties. The teacher is the director, must know the child's mental state, and plan methods and results. He emphasizes setting daily tasks or assignments as a key teacher consideration.
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Cotton
Woman blocked the street by Caled Cross
May Mullin of 343 Thirty-first street blocked State street in Chicago chasing down a crowd while she reloaded a revolver. Police arrested her as Thornton, a boarder in her home, lay after a quarrel over money. Thornton may survive. doctors say he is not dead.
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Chicago
Mullin
Thirty-first-st
State St
Henry Thornton
Thornton
Amy McMillan Weds British Minister at Boston Event
In Manchester Massachusetts on October 12 Miss Amy McMillan daughter of the late Senator James McMillan of Detroit married Lieut. Col. Sir John Lane Harrington British minister to Abyssinia. The ceremony was held at the bride’s mother home and led by Rev Father Gasson president of Boston College.
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Manchester
Mass
Amy McMillan
James McMillan
Detroit
John Lane Harrington
Abyssinia
Father Gasson
Boston College
Walmsley Praises Supreme Court Ruling on City Smoke Ordinance
David C. Walmsley city smoke inspector expresses pleasure at the supreme court ruling validating the city smoke ordinance. He says the decision will let him achieve as much in the coming year as in the past two, with potentially fewer arrests but more satisfactory results.
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Spector
Supreme Court
Indiana Baptists Close Convention With Pleasant Banquet
The Indiana Baptist convention concluded in Indianapolis at First Baptist church with an evening banquet in the basement followed by a theatre style program in the auditorium. Rev. W. C. Bitting of St. Louis delivered the main address urging steady personal work over emotional appeals to bring men to faith.
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Indiana Baptist Convention
Indianapolis
First Baptist Church
The
Baptist Brotherhood
Brotherhood
W. C. Bitting
St. Louis
Indiana temperance report and union officers elected
The article notes a Brotherhood convention with John N Feasey as secretary reporting 1100 members across 16 Indiana chapters and about 800 attendees. Officers elected include R H Bousley as president L A Clark VP B D Hemmy 2nd VP John N Feasey secretary and J A Shirk treasurer. A temperance committee urged anti liquor action, predicting most townships will be saloon free when next legislature meets. Rent figures and real estate listings appear interspersed with addresses on Delaware and Pennsylvania streets.
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Brotherhood
John N. Feasey
Indiana
R. H. Bousley
L. A. Clark
B. D. Hemmy
John N. Feasy
J.A. Shirk
For Rent Dwellings List With Many City Addresses
A long classified list shows available rental dwellings with multiple addresses across the city. It notes rooms and apartments for rent, with various monthly prices and water rent paid, including properties on Illinois State Avenue Jefferson Avenue Brookside Olive Park and more, plus security and trust company references.
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Illinois-st
State-ave
Jeffferson-ave
Brookside-ave
S. Webster-ave
Oliver-ave
Bmw
Summit
Louisiana-st
W. Merrill-st
McCormick-st
Colton-st
Deane-ave
Eleventh-st
Somerset
Illinois
St. Clair-sts
Pasadena
Binford
E. Market-st
City Councilman Plans Emergency Access Ordinance
City Councilman John H. Hamlet will propose an ordinance granting doctors with a red cross badge the right to break funeral processions during emergency runs. He will consult with Police Chief Metzger and Health Board members before presenting the measure, modeled after Chicago's law.
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John H. Hamlet
Chicago
Metzger
Police Department
Health Board
Fight Over Wheat Chicago Clash Of Titans In Pit
J Ogden Armour holds 15 million bushels of cash wheat in Chicago elevators as he prepares for a major showdown with James A Patten for control of the wheat pit at the Chicago Board of Trade The bear side bets Patten will overwhelm Armour if delivery demands appear while bulls pledge to take Armour's wheat and force delivery
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Chicago
J. Ogden Armour
James A. Patten
Chicago Board of Trade
Lester
Patten
Hold Up At Salt Lake City Hotel Barroom
Three highwaymen entered the Wilson hotel barroom in Salt Lake City and lined 12 patrons against the wall taking valuables and rifling the cash register before escaping.
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Salt Lake City
Wilson Hotel
Factory For Rent And Various Real Estate Deals
FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FACTORY FOR RENT 30S Hanson ave factory building about 10 000 square feet Rent 75 00 F T Lee Co 135 E Market st Indian apolis La REAL ESTATE 1650 For 14 acres 6 room house near car line A bargain 750 Oakland ave choice lot 40x170 cement walk gravel roadway sewer 10 cash balance 2 per week 22 Ewing st choice lots 40x120 cement walk near Tenth st car line Must sell want offer consider payments 3500 New modern 7 rooms bath furnace gas and electric light 500 cash balance monthly 3900 Jefferson ave 7 rooms bath furnace gas and electric light 3100 Fulton st double 5 rooms side annual rental 31 1 downtown J & CRUGE 19 E Market st
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Hanson-ave
F. T. Lee & Co
E. Market St
Indianapolis
Oakland-ave
Ewing St
Tenth-st
Real estate ads scattered listings at Market and LaSalle
Two property notices show rents and prices. One duplex with six rooms each side asks 352 in rent, listed by Sayles & Co at 127 E Market. Another five room cottage on LaSalle near New York priced at 1600. An attractive modern home with large lot and shade is noted near Seventeenth in Illinois.
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Co. F. Sayles & CO
LaSalle St
New York
Hlinois
Seventeenth. Co
F. Sayles & CO
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