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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1910
Page
10
On Wednesday Columbus Day is observed as a legal holiday in Hillinda and New York, with all stock and grain exchanges in Chicago and New York closed, along with state and national banks.
A detailed price list for fruits and vegetables with numerous varieties and ranges. Items include apples such as Roman beauty and Grimes Golden with price per bri or bu, bananas, cranberries, figs, grapes from California and New York, oranges, lemons, limes, pears, pineapples, beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumbers, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, popcorn, and more. Prices shown in per bri, per crate, per box, per bushel, or per dozen, with regional origins noted.
Wednesday receipts tallied 4300 hogs 1900 cattle and 1200 sheep with hogs down from a two week ago peak while cattle and sheep rose versus a year earlier. Prices stayed largely steady with hogs down slightly buyers favored steady to firm values for cattle Bulls calves remained steady while sheep and lambs sold firm to steady with lambs at 6.73 and sheep around 4.25 per cwt.
Across Cincinnati Chicago East Buffalo and other yards, cattle receipts and prices varied. Hogs rose 10 to 20 cents with large volumes. sheep and lambs showed steady to strong demand. Prime steers traded around 7.25 to 7.30 at Pittsburgh while calves and pigs commanded notable totals.
In October, the will of the late utfaa Turner, a Black resident, was probated. The document leaves the estate largely to his wife with the remainder to Richard P. The record notes the estate to be substantial though details are unclear in the fragment.
Due to a Chicago holiday there were no bids on the local board. Inspections list multiple grain lots across Wheat Inn Corn and Hay categories with totals ranging from 4 to 19 cars including No 3 white No 4 white No 5 white and various mixed and timothy entries.
Whest No 2 red 94c sample milling Log value Corn 62 65 Shelled oats 32 3i Straw Oat straw 5 7 wheat straw 6 Hay Timothy 8 17 1Se baled 16 50 15 50 mixed 13 16 baled 4 15 15
Liverpool grain market letters show wheat opening higher by one third of a cent over Tuesday with prices at 230 pm. Wheat advanced while corn stayed steady. The brief dispatch notes slight gains in futures and quiet activity in the Liverpool market.
Grain expert Frank I King of Toledo notes ample supplies have knocked out aeroplane pricing for the season while world stocks remain at record highs. Export demand for corn wanes and oats fall as new crop corn harvests rise, with Manitoba wheat seen overpriced and European import patterns shifting amid Argentina and Russia supplies.
In Union City Indiana a woman wearing a red sweater climbed onto a blocking freight train to cross a crossing. The train moved, she cried out, then stopped and she exited. A brakeman laughed and she called him an old thing.
A gust of wind overturned Harry Ferguson's monoplane in Belfast on Wednesday. He was hurled thirty feet to the ground and crushed by the heavy motor, suffering injuries likely to be fatal.
Dayton Ohio October 12. James Schroades was found in a barn near Dru Nicholas’s farm south of the city talking politics to cows and was jailed pending a sanity inquiry after being brought into town.
A listing of bonds and securities showing prices and yields for many issuers. Entries include Cauy Atchison Erie Gens Gen Elec Iron Mt V N Unified Westh s Cons U.S. Ss and other railway, coal, and utility issues along with assorted corporate bonds and market values.
New York metal exchange reports a generally firm tendency on Tuesday with quiet trading. Copper bids rise slightly, tin steadies, lead and spelter ease in asking prices. Spot to December copper quoted at 12.25 to 12.35. lead 4.40 to 4.50. spelter 5.50 to 5.00. tin 37.05 to 37.75.
The United States Realty and Improvement Company has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent, payable November 1 to stockholders of record October 2. Kerr Lake Mining Company declares a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents a share and an extra 25 cents a share, payable December 15 to stockholders of record December 1.
London market reports bar silver steady at 2514 pence per ounce with quiet trading conditions on October 12. No significant price changes or trades noted across major London markets.
William A. Wing of Arlington discovers his wife has lived a double life with another husband, a secret kept for thirty five years since their marriage. Wing, a carpenter, learns his wife concealed the truth while they believed they shared a single union.
The report notes an extra dividend of 2 percent by International Harvester in December as the company reports record activity. Southern Railway earnings near 5 million, Baltimore & Ohio to elect directors November 21, Allis-Chalmers September bookings down about half, copper costs and earnings at British Columbia Copper, Sears Roebuck dividend speculation, Wall Street activity and liquidity measures, Union Pacific Schiff appointment, and market moves across steel and copper shares.
An angry mob in Louisville Mississippi sought to lynch Swinton Parmenter, convicted of murdering his sweetheart, but the plan failed when a volunteer guard, sworn to uphold lawful process, prevented the mob from acting.
Henry I. Stimson, the Republican nominee for New York governor, fired his first campaign oration with a speech at Columbia University on Wednesday afternoon as the state race begins in earnest.
Judge C. C. Kohl satt sits in U S circuit court and issues a temporary injunction preventing the Illinois state railroad and warehouse commission from enforcing its order for a general reduction of express charges across Illinois.
Markets in Indianapolis show corrected daily listings for butter and cheese. Prices include 3 lb bricks at 184 cents, various Elgin and Neufchatel products, and Wisconsin poultry prices with roosters, ducks, turkeys, and geese noted. Imported Swiss and domestic dairy items appear with multiple cent adjustments and package sizes.
A sequence of transfers includes Carl P J White to Michael Gill lot 143 Yandes sub. Fail to Nenette Fail lot 34 Dietz s East Washington street addition to 40163 feet vacant west side Gray street north of Washington. Messick to Margaret Mesick lot 159 Woodruff place 170 feet west side East drive north Cross drive improved. Vawter to Eugene H Barrach lot 7 Millturn s north addition south side Twenty second street west of Sinois street 2000. White trustee to Union cooperative diamonds lots 227 225 Fletcher et al sub outlet 6 etc Saxe feet improved southeast corner Pine street Lexington avenue 82800. Brown to Curtis Pondry eroux for St Brown s West Tenth street addition vacant Mount street north of Tenth street 300. Same to John Wacker lot of same addition vacant Mount street north of Tenth street 340. Biner to Yaryen lot 185 Woodcroft addition vacant Winthrop avenue north of Forty second street RECO. College park land company to Hollingsworth et al lot St Osgood s forest park addition vacant east side oe street north of Thirty third street. Milberts to Pangborn part northeast quarter of sev-
A record of numerous real estate transfers including lots, blocks, and parcels in various townships and additions. Notable entries include transfers in Fairfax addition, Long et al.'s Cottage Home, Caylor’s subdivision, North Brookside, Floral Park, Garfield Park, Tuxedo Park, and Brightwood, with prices ranging up to 46.73 and totals summing to 29,156.75. The list shows buyers such as Oscar Hall, Marilou S. Hoag, Mag gie E. Geeting, Tens P. Tomsob, and Elizabeth Stirewalt among others, reflecting a broad pattern of property movements.
Champion Bridge Company of New Jersey increases capital stock to 100000 with seven directors including Wilmington C, Robert W McBride of Indianapolis as agent. Evansville Mt. Carrier and Northern Railroad expands capital stock from 100000 to 150000. The Independent Homing Club of Fort Wayne lists directors A Johann, Richard Weller and John Kreidt. Take-Apart Radiator Company of Greensburg sets capital stock at 25000 with directors I J Hollenshe, R Ray Hamilton, and E F Shelley. Hoosier Mutual Cyclone Insurance Company of Dunkirk names directors O P Martin, J Penry and EB Sutton.
A city record lists numerous births including Richard and Erna Gaul a boy and Oscar and Elsie Hennig a girl along with many residents noted for health conditions such as tuberculosis sclerosis of liver diabetic coma heart valve disease and acute nephritis across streets and hospitals. The list includes multiple families with addresses on Kennington Buchanan Chestnut Bluff and others.
Partial death notices list multiple individuals with ages and addresses. Dora Frye 44 Deaconess cancer uterus. Frances A Simpson 63 cerebral thrombosis. George Westbrook 31 internal injuries. Joseph McGinna 3 months lobar pneumonia. Diana Milligan 42 perforation. Brunetta Reed 7 months acute enteritis. Isaac Jackson hypertrophy prostate. And other fragmented entries from Thalman Avenue and 1619 College list.
A readable fragment lists numerous marriage pairings including Joseph Kerr with Irene L. Senefeld Leroy Gould with Mary Baker George Moeller with Emma Wehinger Ralph Pierce with Florence For John Ditbrenner with Nelle Kingsley Robert Simpson with Goldie Foster Elmer Hounshell with Mary Tharp Alexander Sipe with Bertha Hof J Arthur Myers with Edith Scudder Braxton Brake with Mary Carman K Hatfield with Josephine Ariiste William White with Laurie Lovelace.
A city building permits list details numerous projects including new dwellings, remodels, and repairs. Names such as Alice L. Tomlin, K J Kaatte, Otto Depperman, Mary A. Jenkins, E W Edson, and W Arthur Selter appear with street addresses and project costs from 40 to 6,500 dollars, covering shingle and frame structures, garages, additions, railed offices, and brick veneers across streets like West Thirty-first East Vermont Tuxedo and College avenues. Several properties show dollar figures next to tasks such as remodels, repairs, and new builds, illustrating a busy period for local construction.
Local trains depart Indianapolis hourly for Lebanon Frankfort Lafayette Crawfordsville Greenfield Knights Town Cambridge City Richmond New Castle Danville Greencastle Brazil and Terre Haute. Limited and through trains connect at Richmond for Dayton Columbus and Zanesville with listed morning and evening times.
Effective April 1, 1910 trains depart for Rushville and Connersville at 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 1:06 pm Connersville Dispatch Rushville and Connersville To Shelbyville and G Leave 10 am 10 200 sin 12:00 nov
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