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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
4
Chicago grain prices list opening figures for wheat corn oats and lard and pork. December wheat value 698?c December corn close 58 4 538c asked Oats December 7%c October ribs pork January price 18 17. Lard October 92220 12.22%4 and Lard January 10 95 ribs
Rail schedule fragment shows trains from Indianapolis to Shelbyville Austville Greensburg with times like 6am 7: Ha.m. 11:00am and express delivery at station. Limiteds to Acton Rushville and Connersville referenced. Contact phone numbers and station details listed as New 229 014 Main 447.
Local trains leave on the hour to routes including Lafayette Terre Haute and numerous intermediate stations. Last cars depart at various morning and afternoon times. Through trains service Dayton and Columbus area, with multiple daily departures from Newcastle and Indianapolis region.
Heavy selling in Wall Street today followed a strong market opening as Reading stock dropped below 166 while Gas and Steel rose. Pennsylvania Consolidated Gas and Brooklyn Rapid Transit showed strength. Traders doubted insider accumulation in Steel, though directors and bankers see potential further gains before holiday.
Jennings Bros factory on Harding street valued at 15000. Brooke Mitchell remodel at 1781 Hoyt avenue valued 1000. H P Miller store room at Twenty ninth and Missouri valued 2583. Margaret A Dobbins house at 2409 Tal bott avenue valued 500. Women's Realty Co house at 516 Cottage avenue valued 2000.
Indianapolis dispatch reports September 24 that 7,000 hogs, 2,600 cattle and 800 sheep were displayed, with hogs up from last week while cattle and sheep slipped. Prices held steady overall despite some prime hogs at 8.40 to 8.45 dollars, most hogs moving 8.00 to 8.25, and cattle showing little net change. Cows advanced, bulls firm, calves strong but closed weak. steer and heifer ranges noted for various weights.
The advertisement promotes possum as a skin remedy that allegedly cures eczema and facial disfigurements, with effects seen after the first application for itching and other conditions. It touts a 50-cent trial package and a $2 jar, available at H. J. Wader's, Weber Drug Co., and other Indianapolis stores, with free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
Receipts around 8 000 at Union Stockyards with mixed and butchers up to 5 cents higher. Cattle receipts 2 000 weak and slow. beef now 4.25 to 6.40. cows and heifers 2.26 to 4.30. calves and stockers mixed. East Buffalo reports active veal and higher prices for sheep and lambs. prime hogs around 7.40 to 8.45 with bulk around 8.15 to 8.45. lambs 4. from 9.80 to 27.3 per hundred weighings vary.
The Cobalt market ends the week with strong tone and rising rumors. Nipissing jumps to 12.00 amid talk of rich strikes and higher dividends. Hargrave falls to 500 with no clear reason. Montrose touted as best buy, Crown Reserve plans a concentrator, and Keewatin formation boosts prospects. Diamond drill seeks underlying Huronian strata. Jackson & Jackson.
New York curb opening lists varied stock and bond style quotes for American Tobacco Cobalt Central Buite Coalition Rawhide Nevada Cons Miami Copper Boston Cons Goldfield Daisy Preece United Con Giroux Greene Cananea Chicago Subway Kerr Lake La Rose Goldfield Cons Davis Datley Ohio Copper Bay Central Manhattan Transit Nevada Utah Bay State Gas Ely Central Tri bullion Key.
Wheat No 2 red ranged from 85 cents to 1.04 per bushel with milling sample quality. Corn and shelled oats quoted with various grades and ton-based figures. Straw hay and baled hay prices listed across mixed clover timothy and market tonnages.
Grain prices show wheat steady with no. 2 red tracking $1.11 and extra red $1.07, while oats remain weak at 35.4 cents. Corn and white varieties through billing vary, hay prices firm with timothy up to $13.75. Inspections list multiple car counts, wheat and corn movements, and mixed lots. Pittsburg cattle receipts indicate steady to higher market, with primes around $6.36 and common cattle around $2.25 to $4.25. hogs mixed but generally firmer on heavies. Calves steady with veal at $7.00 to $9.50 and light calves $4.00 to $6.00.
Dr. Wu Ting Fang Chinese minister and several diplomats left Washington on a special train for New York to attend the Hudson-Fulton celebration. He will depart next week for Mexico for about three weeks.
Birth notices list Roy and Gertie Marshall a girl at 1143 Roache avenue and several other families including Henry and Clara Wolf a girl and George and Margaret Schofield a boy. Deaths note multiple conditions and accidents. marriages include Cilella Guion with Flora Denwood and Walter Evans with Leola Jackson among others.
Newest and prettiest in Indianapolis promotes first class service with ten chairs and sanitary facilities at 7 W Market Street.
New York awaits a grand naval demonstration as thousands arrive for the Fulton Hudson celebration. The Hudson will be lined with ships from Twenty third Street to Spuyten Duyvil, including German fleets and British show cruisers Drake Argyll and Duke of Edinburgh, with Admiral Inflexible delayed.
A fragmented Chicago cash grain page lists various No 2 hard winter prices and No 3 corn notes. The OCR shows mixed numbers for winter wheat oats and other grains, with unclear units and some missing terms.
Cincinnati hog receipts stay strong as the market firms with steady to higher prices. Cattle receipts total 741 with bulls steady and calves showing gains amid firm to higher tone. Sheep and lambs receipts 133 indicate market steady across segments.
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