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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
8
Utica Michigan women, after waiting for men to act, have built a sidewall and decided to focus on street cleaning, signaling local civic effort as of September 12.
In Kokomo Indiana Byron Smith a popular clothing salesman was found unconscious on a sidewalk near a shop and died shortly after being taken home A blow to the back of the head was noted but no other violence was found Some think he died by his own action Miss Nora Smith had been seeing him and dismissed him a few evenings earlier
SAN FRANCISCO Sept 12 The Pacific coast brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is in session discussing a wage increase demand to take effect January 1. Railway officials admit they expect the demand but say there will be no strike.
London reports Gen Delve the Boer leader has sold English and American rights to his forthcoming book to a New York publisher for 10000 dollars.
Births announce Charles S Little Alys Little 622 E Twelfth sil David B Darnell 1241 Reisner st girl Arthur E Stanley 520 W Merrill st girl Willian Birk 3610 E Twenty-eighth st boy Theodore Schurdell 1120 Shelpy st bov George Robinson 2813 E Twenty-fifth st bov Harry Schad 1736 N Canpitol Ave girl William Richwine 2808 W Tenth st girl and boy Frank Uphouse 715 Alabama st girl Thornton Daniels 231 Minkner st irl Elmer-Ralston 1919 Hovey st boy John-Annie Athens 220 Dorman st baz Daniel-Minerva Keely 2226 Ralston Ave boy Deaths May Roles 4 months 463 W Sixteenth st cholera infantum Matthew Roland 19 323 Douglass st tuberculosis Several couples Chas F Schlegel Goldie DeHart William K Elliott Mabel Morgan Louis Arbuckle Jennie Jones William F Courtney Anna Prieginitz Peter Jacobs Rozella Rhodes
Nora E Hollingsworth of Addison street near New York reports a dwelling valued at 1500 dollars. N A Dickenst at 1556 West Lexington Avenue lists repairs for 25 dollars. Clara Webb at 2420 Martinaale Avenue reports porch work costing 25 dollars. Chas W Misbach at 1148 5 Olive Street records addition work priced at 16 pounds. John E Brandes at 515 East Morris Street noted as aged with 25 dollars.
A Detroit committee of censors visited Walker bill posting offices to curb obscene theatrical advertising. A. G. Studer of the YMCA led the effort as acting censor pending a permanent appointee. The City Club burlesques show trim costumes, while posters of lurid melodramas face ongoing opposition.
In Tamaqua Pa on September 12 workers rejected near term settlement and insisted recognition or arbitration by April next as the only path. The Panther Creek valley bands together while nonunion workers return to work at Sharp Mountain colliery. Coal output rises and funds pour in to sustain the strike. Baer in Reading Pa seen shoring up supplies as arbiter Wood.
The New York market opened with irregularity as high money rates and selling by commissions weighed on stocks. Missouri Pacific fell nearly 2 percent, then recovered, while U S Steel dropped. Canadian Pacific and government bonds showed strength or stability, but the list weakened after the first hour amid a dull session.
In Wilkesbarre on Friday morning about 300 strikers blocked a trolley near Prospect colliery and expelled seven non union men from the car. Two escaped to a stockade while the others left. Shots were fired but no injuries. Police and 18 deputy sheriffs arrived to disperse the crowd. Non union workers were halted en route to the Hennery washery at Midvale and sent home.
In Owosso Michigan Arthur Wright a wealthy widower married Miss Rebecca Johnson of Pontiac after using a blacksmith as his secretary to craft letters on his behalf. The plan led to a Ponti ac wedding with the bride 45 and Wright ten years older.
In Bloomington Indiana on September 12 Monroe and Brown county Republicans nominated Jesse Fie for the state legislature. Fie an Indiana University graduate is the candidate.
In Marion Indiana on September 12 Tony Lappert and William Flinn were blown about 39 feet by a natural gas explosion in an engine room of a pumping station. Flinn was probably fatally injured.
William Starks and Asher Jewell, both colored, were convicted in criminal court of assault and battery with intent to kill. They face from two to 14 years in prison for creating trouble on a Greenwood interurban car in July, with Starks allegedly shooting a man and Jewell brandishing a beer bottle and threatening another.
At a well attended meeting of St Joseph Training School Club Thursday night the club was reorganized and officers were chosen. President Mrs Margaret Laskey treasurer Mrs Michael Logan secretary Mrs M Kervan.
Plainfield will host a Keeley reunion next Tuesday organized by Sweeley graduates. Father McGrady a Catholic priest of Bellevue Ky delivered an address on Socialism and the Labor Problem at Masonic Temple Thursday night to a large audience.
Greenfield transit announces a five cent cash fare for urban rides inside city limits. The change affects Greenfield cars, with notes that local tickets in Indianapolis are not accepted.
Receipts at Union Stockyards show 1 000 cattle and 3 500 hogs with varied grades. Export and butcher steers, stockers, cows, and calves listed with weight ranges and price bands. Sheep and lamb offerings include spring lambs and yearlings with mixed quality, reflecting active feeder and slaughter demand.
Readers are invited to use The Sun's liners under certain headings at no cost. A line from the note mentions email involvement for usage and guarantees. Office contact is 121-13 E. Ohte with both phones 380.
American stocks in London trade weak while earnings reports praise various sectors. Reports cite 9.19 percent yields on some stocks after heavy investments, with Penn sylvania and Gould interests rumored to seek peace. Rockefeller described as a bull on St Paul and the country, copper trade favorable, Chicago Terminal earnings up, and analysts foresee wavering markets yet overall positive factors and limited retrograde motion.
East Buffalo New York September 12 cattle, hogs, and lambs market notes. Supply cattle 150 head, half Texans, quiet and mostly unchanged though tending lower. Veals 5.50 to 8.25, grass calves 2.50 to 4.00. Hogs receipts 56 cars, slow, tend lower for pigs and yorkers, others steady with heavy hogs at 8.00 to 9.20, mixed packers 7.60 to 7.80, pigs 7.50 to 7.70, grass hogs 7.40 to 7.90. Sheep and lambs 31 cars, active lambs 10 to 15 cents higher, top native lambs 5.80 to 6.00, fancy 6.16, others 4.85 to 5.65, top mixed sheep 3.75 to 4.00, wethers 4.00 to 4.25, yearlings 4.00 to 4.50.
East Liberty Pa September market updates show light cattle supply and steady pricing. Cattle categories ranged from choice at 7.10 to 7.25 to common 3.00 to 3.50, with heifers 3.00 to 5.00 and cows 2.00 to 5.75. Hog receipts light and market steady with primes near 7.95 to 8.00 and pigs 7.30 to 7.60. Sheep and lambs supply light with best wethers around 4.00, lambs 5.50 to 5.60, and veal calves 7.00 to 9.50.
At Union Stock Yards NL on Sept 12 cattle receipts reached 2000 with weak tone across grades. Prime beeves quoted up to 8.00 with lower ranges for poorer stock. hogs 13000 receipts active and higher, light pigs strong. sheep receipts 5000 with market strong and higher. Cincinnati prices mirror firmness, cattle and hogs active at steady to higher levels, calves easier.
Boston September 12 wool market is generally quiet though some dealers secured more business. Indications point to improving demand soon as prices stay strong and sellers refuse fractional concessions from asking figures.
Incorporated notices list People’s Furniture and Outfitting Co. of Evansville with capital of 3000 dollars and Home Pride Range Co. of Marion with capital of 25600 dollars, indicating corporate filings and monetary figures for each entity.
Wheat shows stronger and steady grades with No 2 red at 70c and No 3 red at 64 68c while Corn remains steady around 60c to 62c for multiple white and mixed grades. Oats stay steady with No 2 white near 31 34c and No 3 white around 30 34c. Hay steady with New No 1 timothy at 10.50 to 11.00 and No 2 timothy at 9.00 to 9.50. Inspections list several cars by grade and status across wheat corn hay and mixed categories totaling 7 25 and 3 cars respectively.
Prices paid by shippers list springs ten cents, fowls ninety one cents, old turkey hens nine cents per pound, toms six cents, choice turkeys nine and a half cents, ducks seven cents, geese full feathered. Eggs fresh sixteen to twenty two cents, buttered twelve cents. Cheese New York full cream twelve to thirteen cents, domestic Swiss sixteen to eighteen, brick and Edam dollars unknown.
New York style market list with hides wool flour fruits vegetables and groceries showing No 1 and No 2 hides cured, tallow prices, waxes and oils, flour grades, abundant fruit prices from oranges to watermelons, canned goods, coffee and sugar varieties, dried beans, cheese, seafood like oysters and clams, assorted meats and lard figures, and miscellaneous commodities with unit prices and bulk lots for buyers and merchants.
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