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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1909
Page
4
Tomorrow evening the city welcomes a revamped dance venue with a new manager Robert Sloan. The floor features updated music and a fresh crowd as the best dancing spot in town unveils its changes.
A partial timetable lists trains from the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company toward Shelbyville and Greensburg with multiple departure times, including 12 a.m. 3:23 p.m. 6:6 a.m. 4:05 p.m. and 7:23 a.m. 15:25 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 2:30 p.m. 6:30 a.m. 3:00 p.m. It notes limiteds and ex-Connersville service, freight departures at 1:15 p.m. and 11 p.m., and mentions station delivery express and fifteen trains each way. Phone contact listed as Neva4 Old Main 4647.
London Iead markets fell sharply on reports E H Harriman was very ill with private cables saying he was sinking. Union Pacific down 4 50, New York Central 3, Southern Pacific 3, and broad American list lower. In New York the opening traded amid nervousness as Warrman updates spread losses across Union Pacific Southern Pacific and New York Central fell. Chicago grains and pork and lard prices listed with minor changes. Mrs Charles Jeleff of Piqua Ohio visiting daughter Mrs Henry Palmer.
Receipts totaled 5 000 hogs 1 500 cattle and 400 sheep with hogs up slightly from yesterday and down from last week though cattle and sheep advanced year over year. Prices topped at 8 50 with most hogs 8 25 to 8 40. cattle saw steady to barely steady demand. sheep and lambs sold strong with top at 7 00 and a single lot at 7 50, plus calves firm to higher. Representative sales list numerous hogs cattle steers heifers and cows with varied prices across lots.
A sanitized livestock pricing snippet lists cows bulls calves and pigs with weights and prices. Entries include 2 cows 33 3 cows 1 bull 3 bulls 50 2 calves 5 calves 5 calves 2 calves 7 calves 55 Leans toward mixed lots and bulk sale figures with assorted weights and identifiers.
Wheat steady with No 2 red at 41.00 a bushel and No 3 red at 96 cents. wheat futures noted. Corn prices across white and yellow grades shown with through billing. Oats mixed values and September to November deliveries listed. Hay and rye prices noted. Inspections and totals for wheat corn and hay cars, then hogs, cattle, and lambs at Cincinnati, with receipts and price levels.
Sept 7 New York curb market shows broad weakness with mixed quotes across many stocks. Standard Oil moves between 6.98 and 7.04, American Tobacco trades around 45.54 to 45.60, and a range of miners and utilities like Nevada Cons and Bay Central post fractional, volatile shifts.
News from St Johns reports Captain Bartlett saying Peary found no evidence that Dr. Cook reached the pole. The Roosevelt ships toward Labrador, while Cook in Copenhagen credits Peary and pledges to submit his data for University of Denmark review.
Receipts show 9.000 in the market with a 5-cent rise. Mixed and hutchers trade. Beef cattle receipts 7.000 with market down. Beeves from 4.25 to 8.00, cows and heifers 2.36 to 6.40, calves 6.50 to 8.75, Texans 4.19 to 5.40, westerners 4.25 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 28.000, market lower. sheep 2.94 to 4.70, lambs 4.7 to 7.0.
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