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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
4
L S Ayres Co offers colored taffetas at 44c, mes salines at 59c, 50 dress goods at 19c, camel hair coatings at 65c, full shoes at 2 75, millinery at 3 40, white goods about half price, flannel 9c, percaline 10c, and other bargains through Friday for shoppers.
A list of county and state offices names candidates including Frank J. Hall James F Cox Marion Bailey John Isenbarger Moses B Lairy Edward W Felt Burt New Patrick J Keleher Robert J Aley Charles A Korbly Charles Remster Ellicyte R Hooton Clarlace E Weir Pinny W Bartholomew Frank B Ross Henry Ox Carl Von Hake James Kervan Henry C Schroeder James E Berry seeks two or three light unfurnished housekeeping rooms near Shortridge address G 16 Sun 31
Rouse Bros at 130 Kentucky Ave lists prices for corn and oats including Qld Corn 80c, New Corn 3 6iec, Sheaf Oats 15.00, Timothy 12.00, New Clover 310.00, Straw 4.50 to 5.5, and Gage No 1 12.50. Prices vary by grade and measurement, reflecting a 19th century rural market listing.
Indianapolis Produce Exchange reports EG&s. Fresh eggs at 24 cents per dozen. Butter and poultry offerings noted. The terse listing reflects a compact market bulletin with no additional context or figures.
Hogs receipts 30,000, prices 5.15 to 6.05 for various types. Cattle receipts 8,000, demand slow, beeves 3.15 to 7.50, western steers 3.00 to 5.85, cows and heifers 1.50 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 20,000, prices 2.50 to 4.50 native and 2.50 to 4.75 western, lambs 4.00 to 6.20 native and 6.00 to 6.15 western.
East Buffalo New York October 2 cattle receipts around fifty with veals down two cents calves bring four seventy to four forty five per head sheep receipts about seven thousand with lambs at four to six dollars and yearlings around four dollars hogs receipts roughly five thousand one hundred with prices from four to six dollars for various meat cuts strong demand for stocks and pork products at regional markets
Receipts totaled 12 000 hogs 1400 cattle and 600 sheep the day over week and year earlier. Prices stayed unevenly higher due to rivalry but the late edge faded with the close weaker. Hog sales ranged from 5.00 to 6.35 with most 5.20 to 6.10. cattle trading steady to firm. calves and bulls strong. sheep and lambs sold at strong prices with lambs up to 5.50 and sheep at 4.00. representative sales list multiple hogs cattle and calves with varying averages and weights.
Clara A Wright alleges Harry A Wright sold household bric-a-brac to fund drinking, struck by a lamp into an open fire causing an explosion to destroy their home. She claims he escorted other women to their house and flaunted them as rivals. They wed in 1996 and separated in 1908.
New York stocks opened heavy with a first half hour drop near one point as small investors and traders take profits ahead of the election. Reading and Union Pacific led losses while insiders seek a steady, quiet rise after the vote. Northern Pacific and Great Northern followed the downward trend amid a dull early session.
Pittsburg cattle receipts were light and steady with prime bids around 6.00, good stock 5.25 to 5.50, and cows and springers from 16.00 to 15.50. Hog receipts reached 30 loads with heavy at 6.00 to 6.20, medium weight 5.80 to 5.95, Yorkers 5.15 to 5.80, sows and pigs 4.60 to 4.80. Sheep receipts light and steady with prime wethers 4.10 to 4.25, lambs from 4.00 to 9.90.
The appellate court reversed a trial court ruling quashing a temperance indictment linked to J Frank Hanly. The piece contrasts the Hanly plea to Prohibition voters with a favorable pro Hanly account praising his temperance leadership and opposing a constitutional amendment.
Clarence E. Weir Democratic candidate for judge of superior court No 1 argues Marion County needs a bi partisan judiciary. He notes the 1872 creation of the court required bipartisan initial appointments and cites current party imbalance among nine judges and upcoming elections to stress the case for shared representation.
Greenfield Indiana October 29 Coroner Joseph A Allen ruled that Victor M Pryor and his wife Margaret Pryor died by suffocation in the Woods building fire at Shirley on September 17 The verdict dismisses murder rumors as idle talk and notes the couple occupied rooms in the building
A list of births marriages and deaths from a city record includes multiple couples with addresses and newborns stillborns. Death entries cover Olive Beall James Adams Christine Christensen Henry McCann Robert Laneghan and others with causes like typhoid fever carcinoma of liver apoplexy tuberculosis cirrhosis and pneumonia. Marriages feature Ernest R Kewer Theodore Lesche Harlest Morgan Oscar Smith and others.
Mrs Anna Regina of Pittsburg walked from a fast New York bound train as it passed Marion station in Jersey City. She was found unconscious, revived at Jersey City hospital, and said she had walked off while asleep. She escaped with a sprained wrist and ankle. her husband was asleep nearby.
The Chicago-Duluth limited derailed near Augusta Wisconsin as it ran at about 40 miles per hour causing the engine to leave the tracks and overturn. Several passengers and crew were injured in the wreck and the coaches and baggage cars were toppled.
A petition seeks to set aside a recent appellate judgment after clerks delayed a brief due to politics. The case concerns the Second Baptist Church colored faction seeking church property from the majority amid allegations against former pastor C. H. Johnson. The lower court ruling against the minority was reversed.
The piece argues Indiana must reform jury selection to avoid unqualified jurors. It cites Jerome's New York reforms, proposing a three to five member board including judges and officials, with a paid jury commissioner and deputies, plus rigorous oral exams and selective eligibility to ensure intelligent, capable jurors for regular and special panels.
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