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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1910
Page
10
The market from EQN L Thursday shows hogs up while cattle and sheep trend steady to lower. Packers earned modest price reductions amid steady hog demand and several orders filled early. hogs sold near 9.15 with prices generally down 10 to 15 cents, cattle through stock rising with strong competition, feeders steady, bulls firm, and sheep and lambs selling at higher tops despite ample supply.
Easy cables and favorable rains in the southwest sparked a wheat and barley brief decline at the open, then a rally as demand from commission houses and shorts supported futures. European markets fell on crop reports, while Kansas City milling demand and flour sales boosted trade midmorning. Oats advanced with local buying, provisions mixed with higher lard and overall light selling. 8.90 9.10
Oct 20 reports from Cincinnati Union Stockyards East Buffalo and Pittsburg show cattle receipts varying from 150 to 7,000 with mixed to slow demand. hogs reach 9.50 in some markets while others hover near 9.40. sheep and lambs mostly steady to slower with lambs around 6.75. calves and veal fluctuate between 4.50 and 9.50 depending on grade. overall market soft to steady with regional differences.
Fragmentary text from a historical page references Armour and James E. Poiute amid stockyard chatter. Mentions hogs, cattle, buyers and a price context with 75 percent, but details are garbled and names are uncertain.
Chicago cash market reports mixed results with No. 2 red wheat at 94 5 8 to 95 1 4 cents, No. 2 hard winter around 94 4 to 97 1 4, northern spring futures near 1.06 to 1.08 dollars, and various corn and oats prices listed including No. 2 yellow corn at 49 4 to 50 1 0 cents and No. 2 white oats around 32 4 to 33 cents.
INDIANAPOLIS Wheat steady on track with No 2 red at 94 and Oct and Dec futures at 94c and 94 c. Corn oats and hay quiet with inspections showing mixed and white grades. Total cars inspected 31 with various white yellow and mixed grades in and out, forage including timothy and clover.
Market listing shows commodities including Wheat No 2 red at 92 cents per bushel sample milling, corn at 82 cents, shelled oats around 32 to 36 cents, and various straw and baled hay prices. Timothy and mixed hay offered at 19.50, 17.50, 16, 12, and 18 dollars per ton or unit as noted.
Buffalo N Y October 20 grain prices list spring wheat No 1 hard 1.09 winter wheat No 2 red 9 1 2c No 2 white 6c corn No 2 yellow 53 3 4c oats No 2 white 34c No 3 white 34c rye No 1 19e No 2 18e No 3 te barley 5 be
The Liverpool wheat market opened steady to 4d lower, easing 4 4¼d by midday as larger offerings and liquidation pressed prices. Favorable weather and Argentina crop news, plus Australian crop optimism, reduced buy support while bank rate hikes spurred selling by large houses. Corn remained steady then quiet. later American strength nudged prices up 1 4d as parcels steadied.
Wheat cash December 9854c May 1.031. Corn cash December 49%c May 52 1 4c. Oats cash 3ic December 34 4 gc May 37c. Rye No 2 7c No 3 Fe. Cloverseed cash October December and March 8.95. Alsike prime and October 9 December and March 8.10. Timothy prime and October 4.25.
Closing wheat prices from cities including Minneapolis Duluth Winnipeg and St Louis on October 20 show December contracts around 1.03 to 1.08 dollars and May contracts near 1.09 dollars in various markets. New York reports December at about 1.02 dollars and May near 1.01 dollars, reflecting mixed gains and slips across exchanges.
In New York on October 20, the crude rubber market held firm with prices unchanged. Para upriver reported fine at 140 to 145 per pound and coarse at 111 to 105 per pound.
Marion federated charities lists many directors including Mrs H Overman and Rev Hugh Gary along with W. F. Norris company of South Whitley reporting $6,000 capital and directors William T. Norris Samuel H. Norris Moses Mayer. Terre Haute post company filed notice of $60,000 capital. Vincennes Hartman Hanner Hart company expands from 25000 to 50000. East Gary National sand company lists $10000 capital with directors George Earle and William Earle. Indianapolis Carbon coal and clay company shows $50000 capital with W C Shoemaker A A St Clair Wil Bisnyo among directors.
New York and London markets reel after Bank of England lifts discount rate to 5 percent. Trading turns bearish with broad declines in Rails led by Great Northern and Atchison. Reading and Union Pacific diverge then both fall, steel and copper fluctuate, while copper futures gain. News of Senator Hill’s death spurs brief misreadings and rapid rallies amid heavy foreign selling.
New York on October 20 reports money on call at 5 1 4 4 with time money firm. Sixty days at 4 4 percent, ninety days at 4 5 percent, sly months at 4 percent. Posted rates show sterling exchange at 48 5 44 and bankers' bills in actual business.
Boston stocks opened with uneven results as Utah Apex rose to 3 percent, Smelting advanced to 30 percent, Greene Cananea climbed to 7 percent, Ray Cons moved to 211g, and Ballak Tava quoted at 5 percent in initial exchange transactions.
At the metal exchange in New York on Thursday a generally steady tone prevailed. Copper was dull and off in bids but higher in asking prices, tin remained firm, and lead and spelter were unchanged. Quoted: copper 42.30 to 42.12, lead 4.40 to 4.45, spelter 5.00, tin 37.30 to 38.
New York bar silver at 567 percent and Mexican dollars at 4 cents mark a high for the day. London bar silver stands firm at 20 percent, up 1 1/10 pence from the prior level.
Liverpool cables report fractional wheat gains at open and softer close as traders note limited foreign demand and heavy short covering. Corn shows mixed signals with shorts hoping for dips, while oats move to eastern elevators for cheaper storage amid ample supply.
Bank of England discount rate rises to 5 percent amid strong Indian and Egyptian gold demand. Copper and steel markets show firmer tones with Pittsburg makers noting improved inquiries for steel and pig iron. Great Northern reports year surplus at 847 percent of capital stock. Morgan favored rail rate increase due to pending freight policies. Republic Iron and Steel adds two directors, Procter & Gamble plans stock increase with 3 percent dividend payable Nov 15.
Four youths including Joe Ryan John Irving Cecil Carpenter and Dewitt Carpenter were arrested after taking John A George s car from the Masonic hall at Illinois and North streets for a joy ride on Sept 17 The car was found in an alley north of Nineteenth Street Irving confessed and implicated the others Police say the boys have been seen in other cars since with no direct evidence of further incidents.
The local market weakened Thursday with several soaring stocks losing ground. Fletcher American and Glop fell several points while Street Railway slipped about one point as bidding remained brisk but prices did not reach gale-worthy levels.
A busy list of wholesale fruit and produce prices across varieties from apples and oranges to grapes and greens. Details include specific cultivars such as Baldwin and Jonathan apples, Malaga and Tokay grapes, Valencia and Bartlett oranges, Beets and Cabbage, Carrots and Cauliflower, with price per crate, per box, per bushel or per hundredweight for regions like New York, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Florida.
Corrected daily market list shows butter 184c for new 5-lb brick in Elgin print and 1.10 for large box, Neufchatel and eggs prices, several dairy items like Wisconsin full cream and cheddar 18c per pound, and poultry items including spring chickens and hens with varied prices. includes imported and domestic Swiss and other dairy products.
New York and Chicago market notes dated October 20 report dull and unsettled conditions across commodities. Butter, eggs, cheese, and poultry show mixed movements with slight declines in some dairy products and steady to firm quotes in others. Chicago prices list butter, eggs, cheese, and live poultry with varied, modest gains and steady reads.
A partisan recollection recalls a half century old Republican campaign framed as straight and clean-cut. The speaker contrasts past rhetoric with current figures and cites a prominent Indian man who said that campaign felt unlike handling gold bricks. Roosevelt’s stance is questioned in light of recent statements.
Republican congress candidate Linton A. Cox scored William J. Bryan during a Wednesday evening speech to several hundred Black voters at Michigan and Canal streets. Cox questioned Bryan's stance on tariffs and accused him of political deception and fraud.
A list of residents with births and mixed family names appears alongside multiple deaths. Names include Louis L Pettijohn and Alton Pettijohn, 319 Oakland Avenue, with others at Garfield Avenue and Regent Street, and a series of deceased individuals aged from 2 to 73 with causes such as apoplexy peritonitis stomach cancer cerebral hemorrhage convulsions septicemia pneumonia and exophthalmic goiter. The document reads like a municipal register of births and obituaries with numerous paired names and addresses.
A compiled notice lists numerous residential properties and businesses with repair work and values. Entries include Irvington coal mining company at 5643 Bonna Avenue with repairs valued at 25 dollars and multiple homeowners such as Ida B. Schooty at 125 Neal Avenue and Nancy Smith at 330 West Tenth Street with dwelling repairs and remodels ranging from 30 to 2,000 dollars. Names, addresses, and specific work like reshingle, remodel, and additions appear alongside dollar amounts for each project.
Wheeling West Virginia October 20 Senator Elkins is described as suffering a breakdown from overwork his condition is not alarming and is attributed to weakness and exhaustion rather than serious illness
Real estate transfers include Alfred N Cave to Subie Trout for lot in Forest Park addition, vacant 40x160 feet on English avenue, $300. City of Indianapolis to Prest-O-Lite for part of Duncan's subdivision on South street, $535,000. Harry H Wilson to Fannie Murry for Woodcroft addition lot, 40x160 feet, $550. Willoughby G Walling to Leland Buck et al for lots 90 and 91 in Bryan's addition, 60x131 feet, $600. National Investment Co to Henry Thorpe for lots 14 and 15 in Sangster addition, 60x120 feet, $12. United States to Jacob W Fisher for 160 acres in Warren township Beech Grove area.
A scroll of real estate transfers lists numerous parcels in the Beech Grove area and adjacent additions. Buyers include Katie A Lauer Louise B Eastes Cyrus J Clark and others transferring vacant and improved lots with prices ranging from 450 to 6,500 dollars. Parties include trustees receivers and multiple individuals, with lots described by block and street names in Forest Park East Woodlawn Caven and other additions. Transfers total 35 entries valued at 43,401.31 with varied lot sizes and locations along Hovey Park and Thirty-ninth Street corridors.
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