Stock market opens with sharp declines in key issues
Opening prices show an exceptional decline with Smelting and Union 3 lower, Copper, Pennsylvanía and B R T each down. Early trading waves fade as supply and demand shift with steel showing some strength while overall activity remains modest. International London trading little and bonds steady. The afternoon brings quicker absorption and a shift toward a bull side driven by money conditions.
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Union
Pennsylvania
Northern Pacific
Delaware
iStock Market Highlights From Oct 20 Livestock and Grain
Receipts show strong demand for sheep and lambs with prices around 6.30. Cattle and calves movement reported with varied weights including 700 to 400 head, and stockers near 3.40. Mixed grain quotes for wheat and timothy see multiple classes traded. wagon market listings include No. 2 red through No. 4 red, white and yellow grades with various through billing figures.
Cincinnati Live Stock Report Ends With Mixed Prices
United Press reports from CINN O October 30 show cattle trading steady to lower with receipts around 500. Re- ceipts, 650, steady. Good to choice cattle priced between 4.50 and 8. Rees C4 650, lambs included with steady demand and fluctuating quotes.
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Cinn. O
Rees
Chicago Grain Market Slumps on October Decline
United Press reports heavy grain losses in Chicago with December bids around 9 45% to 95 4c, May near 1.024 Me for corn, oats easing, and pork and wheat futures closing lower. December corn at 57c, May 59c, oats 48c, white 37 to 45c.
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Chicago
Pittsburg Cattle and Hogs Market Report
Pittsburg Pa October 30 cattle supply fair market slow. Choice 5.75 to 6.00 prime 5.40 to 5.70. Sheep and lambs supply fair market slow. Prime wetherts 5.25 to 6.40 good mixed 5.00 to 5.20. Hogs receipts 15 loads slow and lower. Prime heavy hogs 6.35 to 6.40, mediums and heavy yorkers 6.30 to 6.35, light yorkers 6.20 to 6.25, pigs 5.90 to 6.00, roughs 5.00 to 3.75.
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Pittsburg
Chicago Cattle Hogs and Sheep Markets Report
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts at 11 000 with prices from 1 20 to 7 00 for prime beeves and cows and heifers selling 2 20 to 4 75. Hogs receipts 11 000 with prices from 4 50 to 6 40 for various weights. Sheep receipts 17 000 with native and western sheep and lambs trading 2 40 to 6 50 and 4 25 to 6 50 respectively.
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Chicago
Chicago Market Prices Reported For Eggs Butter and Poultry
Chicago on October 30 reports eggs extras 26c firsts 22c prime firsts 24c butter creamery 25 c cheese twins 14 44c Young Americans lic live poultry turkeys 14 lfc springs 10 c ducks 9c geese per dozen 36.00 9.00.
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Chicago
Americas
Vegetables and Fruit Prices List
Market sheet lists dry onions and cucumbers by unit with prices, along with cabbage cauliflowers beets celery radishes sweet potatoes and more. Fruits include oranges coconuts apples figs bananas watermelons pears lemons plums and Lombards with various crate and per unit prices from several regions.
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Michigan
Valencia
Duchess
California
Indianapolis Produce Prices Packed In Brief
Butter Elgin prints 32c Elgin tubs 3ic state cream 3lc country 19c Cheese New York full cream 17% Wisconsin full cream 17 17léc Eggs Candled 26¢ at mark 22c Poultry Turkeys Hoe 12c ducks live 74 geese 5c hens 9c spring chickens 9c rootsers 6c
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Indianapolis
New York
Wisconsin
Meats and Lard Market Prices in 19th Century Style
A list of meats and lard with varied prices for hams bacon pork and beef cuts. Includes sugar cured hams boiled hams bone leaf fat pork loin fresh beef veal mutton sausage lard and related products with percentages and price notes. Dense as a mid 1800s market ad.
Anthracite Coal Prices and Varieties Listed
A fragmented catalog of coal types and prices from multiple mines and regions. Pocahontas and Pittsburg lump features appear with varying price points, along with Kanawha lump and other grades like Linton lump and egg. Historical references include Blossburg Ohio Jackson and Connellsville coke terms.
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Pocahontas
Blossburg
Ohio Jackson
Kanawha
Raymond
Incorporations Filed In Indiana Honor Names Changes
The secretary of state records three incorporations with details on names, locations, capital stock, and incorporators. The Enterprise Mercantile of Jeffersonville lists eight incorporators. The Sycamore Oil and Gas of Delaware county shows a $106000, with four directors named. The East Chicago Belt Railway becomes the Indiana Harbor Belt Railway, increasing capital from $200000 to $2250000.
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Enterprise Mercantile Company
Jeffersonville
W. S. Owens
J. W. Johnson
James Parker
B. C. Lasley
James Lasley
Jesse Forrest
Samuel Smith
J. A. Hansbrok
Sycamore Oil and Gaa Company
Delaware County
Capital Stock
Perry Miller
W. J. Hunter
G. 8. Hensley
R. H. Curtis
H. V. Jeffries
Jonas Hensley and
J. P. Curtis
East Chicago Belt Railway Company
Indiana Harbor Belt Railway Company
Reduced Rates For AAA Members At New York Conventions
AAA members may obtain reduced travel rates for New York conventions and shows during the season, with savings exceeding several years of membership costs. Members unresolved on railroad orders should contact Secretary Billott at 47 Fifth Avenue to secure the discounts.
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American Automobile Association
New York
Billott
Fitthaye
Judge Grosscup Indicted Over Charleston Interurban Wreck
Chicago October 30 Judge Peter Grosscup senior United States circuit judge and arbiter of traction destinies is indicted along with six others in connection with the Charleston interurban wreck last August that killed 18. Indictments allege human error caused the disaster. defendants expect quashment and bond is set.
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Chicago
Peter&. Grosscup
United States
Charleston
Marshall FE. Sampsell
Chicago Union Traction Company
Arthur W. Underwood
L. C. Rose
Edgar A. Potter
Frederick Moore
Charles Botts
Mattoon
Detective Hanson Tracks Robe Thief At English Opera House
Alpha Hanson private secretary to William E English chased a young negro who stole two lap robes from automobiles in front of English Opera House. The thief dropped the robes as he fled and escaped. detectives recovered the robes at the police station. Hanson and officers pursued through streets and alleys but could not catch the culprit.
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Alpha Hanson
William E. English
English’ Opera House
Hanson
Kinney
Asking
Duncan
N. Sinois Sr
Capt. English
Sing and Play in Vaudeville at Tomlinson Hall
A free vaudeville show at Tomlinson hall Wednesday evening by the People's Outfitting Company features local actors including Master Robert Arbuckle soloist and A. P. Haines comedian. Arbuckle has Pacific coast renown and five years west experience. Haines is a young comedian known to Indianapolis audiences. Tickets available at the outfitting company store.
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Tomlinson Hall
People's Outfitting Company
Robert Arbuckle
A. P. Haines
Arbuckle
Pacific Coast
West
Indianapolis
Haines
Cometer
Mystery in Waldorf hotel death shocks Philadelphia man
In New York Oct. 30 investigators probe the death of Herman Bradley Potter Jr of Doylestown Pa found with a fractured skull and injuries in a Waldorf Astoria room. A letter to his wife claims three men attacked him and one robbed him as detectives seek motive and suspects. Potter worked as an agent for several insurers and the note was written on Michigan Commercial Insurance Co paper.
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New York
Herman Bradley Potter, Jr
Doylestown
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Philadelphia
Amory
Potter
Michigan Commercial Insurance Company
Lansing
Mich
Boy 17 Killed by Trolley Car in New Albany
Special to The Sup. Albert Meyer, 17, died when a trolley car struck the hand car he and five other laborers rode on. The act injured Meyer but left the others unharmed.
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New Albany
Ind
Albert Meyer
Meyer
Homecoming carnival tragedy in Madison claims one life
In Madison on October 3 a home-coming carnival drew thousands as a fire alarm sounded at 7:30 PM. Fire engines surged through the crowd and struck William R. James, a retired merchant, who died minutes after the accident.
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Madison
Ind
William R. James
Four Reported Killed In Wabash Train Wreck Near Venice
Pittsburg reports four people killed in a wreck on the Wabash railroad near Venice in Washington county. Details are scarce as investigators assess the scene and identify the victims.
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United Press
Pittsburg
Venice
Washington County
Unnecessary Sensation Over Union Pacific Force Reductions
A. L. Mehler, VP and GM of Union Pacific, says there is undue alarm over planned workforce cuts tied to winter slowdowns. He notes extensive improvements have left the system in good condition and that reductions are seasonal and financially driven, not a long term retrenchment.
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Omaha
Wneb
A. L. Mehler
Union Pacific
Mr. Mehler
Reductions Likely At Chicago Packing Houses
United Press reports immediate reductions across all Chicago packing houses in Packingtown. The normal 40,000 workers could drop by nearly half if conditions do not improve. Five hundred were laid off yesterday and 500 more set for tonight, with officials citing the financial crisis as the cause.
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Chicago
Packingtown
Storm Hits Galveston and Houston City
A severe storm battered Galveston causing major damage to Mallory docks and sheds, Elevator B, and the G H and H roundhouse. Glass shattered, roofs blown, and water flooded streets as telephones and wires failed between Galveston and Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Galveston
John L. Sullivan
Mallory
Gulf
Galveston Dry Goods Company
Small ends telegrapher strike with call off note
J Small, recently ousted as president of the Commercial Telegraphers union, arrived in New York and was barred from addressing the local branch. He issued a public statement last night calling off the telegraphers strike, ending the labor action.
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The
Sun
New York
J. Small
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Fire gutted upper Knight Richmond building
Fire gutted the upper section of the Knight Richmond building causing a loss over 950000. The loss is covered by insurance.
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United Pres
Brockton
Knight- Richmond
Maude Foote Sues For Divorce From Denver Husband
Mrs. Maude Crowell Foote, in Brockton, files for divorce from Henry 8 Foote of Denver. He allegedly prescribed training to prepare her for high society, prompting the separation. Henry is described as the son of a California former U.S. senator.
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United Prev
Brockton
Mass
Maude Crowell Foote
Henry 8. Foote
Denver
United States
California
Locomotive Blows Up Kills Detroit Express Engineer
London Ontario reports the Grand Trunk railroad Detroit express boiler explosion at Newbury. Engineer S Rutherford was killed and his fireman fatally injured.
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London
Ont
Detroit Express
Grand Trunk Railroad
Newbury
Rutherford
Nine-Year-Old Mary Donnelly Murdered in Renova
Nine-year-old Mary Donnelly was killed in Renova near Williamsport Pa after being assaulted. Her body was found on the river bank at 1:30 this morning, choked to death, as the town raged with anger and calls for swift justice.
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Williamsport
Mary Donnelly
Renova
Panama Canal Family Quarters Seek $900000 Addition
The house appropriations committee will seek authority to spend another 900000 for family quarters on the Isthmus of Panama. Three hundred nine applications are on file, and the canal commission cannot supply without creating a deficiency. A board probing pneumonia prevalence blamed infectious catarrh.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Panama
Canal Commission
State Printing Board Opens Bids in Several Classes
The State Printing Board divides the upcoming year printing contract into multiple classes to give small and large printers a chance at part or all of the work. Specifications can be viewed at the statehouse office.
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The
State Printing Board
Statehouse
City Births and Health Notices in Local Record
City records list multiple births at home and at hospitals including a girl for Louis and Clare Golas, a boy for Abraham and Lillian Gross, and a stillborn girl for Clark Eberhart. Ages and conditions appear for mitral regurgitation, enterocolitis, lobular pneumonia, and Bright’s disease.
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Clare Golas
Tlinoisst
Abraham and
Lillian Gross
State College Hospital
Clark E
Margaret Eberhart
Villa-ave
Albert H
Florence Cruse
Shriver-ave
Lucy Veth
Indiana-ave
Walter Hunter
Sample
Byron Brynson
Kuiuel Ave
Charles W. Shimer
S. Warman-ave
John Ealand
Brookville Road
Alfred Mitchell
Bonaparte Defends Erdman Act in Supreme Court
Attorney General Bonaparte argued before the Supreme Court to uphold the Erdman Act of 1898 which bans employers from firing or discriminating against union members in interstate commerce. He warned that striking a law aims to prevent strikes and keep commerce flowing, and that invalidating it would imperil federal mediation efforts and the labor system.
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Bonaparte
Supreme Court of the United States
William Adair
Commerce and Labor Boards
Knapp
Interstate Commission
Four foreigners killed stopping Reading freight train in Pennsylvania
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania on a Reading freight train, four foreigners attempted a new method by standing on the tracks at Gilbertson station. Simon Koslasky and Enoch Bartus were instantly killed. The other two were seriously hurt but survived to explain their purpose.
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Mahanoy City
Reading
Gilbertson
Simon Koslasky
Enoch Bartus
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