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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1908
Page
4
Arthur Frost of Mooney-Mueller Drug Co escaped serious injury after a carboy holding 200 pounds of sulphuric acid burst on a sidewalk at Meridian and Maryland streets. His shoes stockings and lower trousers burned off as acid splashed over him. he entered a store where attendants removed his clothing.
The Denison hotel restored its large American dining room with meals at breakfast luncheon and dinner hours. Manager Fowler ordered the reopening after recognizing demand while European service continues. The dining room, a former city favorite for banquets and large luncheons, remains commodious and well arranged.
The Fair association designates Tuesday September 8 as Old Soldiers Day at the state fair with free admission for all veterans. Survivors of the 13th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry will attend their annual event.
Invitations have been issued for a Jack family reunion to honor their late father. The event is set for Monday September 7 in Pittsboro Indiana with attendees from Indiana including Thomas Trusty and family Walter Carey and family Ernest Johnston and family Rev Clay Trusty and family W D Kanan and family Floyd Trusty. Family members from Indianapolis plan to travel together on a car at 8 o clock Monday.
The city lights up with patriotic display as veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic march through Toledo. Coffee stations and refreshments sustain attendees while camps and fires light Memorial venues. Taft and Senator Foraker expected at Lincoln club reception this afternoon.
Indianapolis public market reports receipts of 7300 hogs 1900 cattle and 1350 sheep versus 7340 hogs 3332 cattle and 836 sheep a week earlier. Hogs sold mostly steady with light and mixed grades in demand. tops reached 7.00 while grassers sold around 6.00 down. Cattle demand weak with a general decline. calves and bulls steady to lower. Sheep and lambs smaller in number, trading steady with lambs near 5.25 to 5.50 and sheep from 4.00 down.
Pittsburg Pa September 2 Cattle receipts light market steady with prime and good categories at 5.50 to 6.50 and oxen to 4.25. Hogs show steady receipts with heavy yorkers near 7.10 and light yorkers around 6.25 to 6.80, pigs 5.50 to 6.00, roughs 5.50 to 6.00, and stags 4.75. Sheep and lambs active with prime wethers 4.40 to 4.60, fat mixed 4.10 to 4.35, ewes and wethers 3.50 to 2.50, spring lambs 4.00 to 6.00, veal calves 6.50 to 8.75.
City notices list births deaths and marriages with names ages addresses and causes of death such as paralysis cancer and pneumonia. The list includes families from Virginia avenue Olive street Tenth street and Sheffield avenue along with several marriage pairings and multiple residences.
Distributors nationwide adopt possum for eczema with immediate relief and rapid healing. Druggists carry 50 cent and 2 dollar jars, including Weber Drug Co in Indianapolis. Free experimental samples offered by Emergency Laboratories in New York City.
Wall Street rose after Vermont election results, with selling orders canceled and buying orders active. Reading, Southern Pacific, and Erie led gains to new yearly highs as Hariman brokers dominated amid Standard Oil influence.
Wheat opened strong with demand from commission houses and slight upside during the day. By close, wheat was up 1/4 to 1/2 cent at 97 1/4 cents for September, corn mixed around 87 3/4 to 79 1/4 cents, oats about 50 cents, pork near 14.70 to 14.80, lard around 9.65 to 9.67, ribs 9.10 to 9.12 for September.
Hogs receipts 20 000 steady from yesterday with mixed and butchered prices around 6.25 to 6.65 and 4.50 to 5.90 for pigs. Cattle receipts 24 000 steady to 10 cents lower with Beeves at 4.00 to 7.80, cows and heifers 1.85 to 6.00, stockers 2.65 to 4.50, calves 0 to 7.50, westerners 3.90 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 32 000 down 10 cents with Western and range lambs 2.25 to 4.00 and mutton 2.25 to 6.00.
William Robinson and Hurley Davis both Negro men from Anderson Indiana were fined 500 dollars and sentenced to 180 days in the workhouse for contributing to the delinquency of Catherine Pratt a 12 year old colored girl. They assaulted the girl.
Otto Russell denies reports that Fitzgerald was present at his residence during the trouble. Russell states Fitzgerald was not at his home when the incident occurred between them.
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