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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1910
Page
10
Receipts Saturday total 4500 hogs 1400 cattle 550 sheep, up from a week and two years ago. Hog prices steady to 5 cents higher for heavy grades with lighter weights strong. top hogs around 9.65 and bulk 9.15 9.60. Cattle fat stock not large with steady prices, bulls and calves steady. Sheep and lambs large Saturday run, demand good but not stronger than Friday. lambs 6.75 and sheep 4.25 and down.
Market notes from Fittsburg and Buffalo show light cattle supply and steady prices with steers at 7.00 to 7.50, hogs trading around 9.25 to 9.80 and veal calves up to 10.75. Onions Yard and Cincinnati also report steady cattle, mixed hogs, and lambs trading in the 7 to 8 dollar range amid subdued futures activity in Chicago markets.
Sept 24 reports a patchy market scene in New York with frost and weather gloom cited as quiet and grim. Pork, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, and poultry show subdued activity with varied prices and mixed quotes across cold storage and spot markets.
Wheat steady with prices for No 2 red 97 cents extra 3 red 94 cents No 3 red 91 cents September October 98 cents November 99 cents. Corn oats and hay quiet. Inspections show wheat cars including No 3 hard No 2 red extra No 3 red and three more No 3 red totaling six. Corn white yellow mixed cars listed total 27. Outgoing No 2 yellow three cars. In cars listed by grade for corn and wheat, plus hay three timothy No 1 heavy clover mixed totaling five.
Wheat No 2 red 95c sample milling 50 63c. Corn 67 70c shelled sateet and old 32 36c. Straw 5 56. Hay Mixed 3 15 timothy 156 17.50 paled 16 17.
Wheat prices for cash September December and May range from 1.01 to 1.0894 dollars per bushel. Corn shows September December and May figures around 53 to 56 cents. Oats list cash September December and May around 36 to 39 cents. Rye commodities No 2 No 3 prices and seed values for Cloverseed Alsike Timothy provided with October December and March months.
Wheat No 2 red 9 8 4 5. Corn No 2 53 1 4 c. Oats No 2 32 38 e. Chicago cash grain figures for Sept 24 show current bids and price ranges for leading cereals.
Chicago grain traders face a stagnant market as bears push for short positions while bulls await export demand. Large cash-house influence keeps prices near steady, with supplies ample for wheat and corn. Receipts show higher than last year in several categories, while speculative activity remains weak and mills worry over rising living costs.
New York opens with irregular price moves and widespread dullness in stocks. Reading and American Telegraph gain modestly while American Telephone leads advances. many issues fall. Traction, copper, and barrier issues show varied activity as traders cover week-end positions amid a generally quiet market.
The American Chicle Company has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent on its preferred stock, payable October 1. Books close September 27 and reopen.
A dense catalog of fruit and vegetable prices from multiple states and regions. Items include apples, cantaloupes, cranberries, grapes, lemons, oranges, peaches, pears, watermelons, beets, cabbage, carrots, celery, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, green peppers, corn, beans, onions, potatoes, radishes, tomatoes, sage, spinach, and more with varied prices by variety and origin. Key entries note multiple origins such as California, Indiana, New York, Ohio, Michigan, and Jersey.
The company declares a regular monthly dividend of 1 percent on common stock payable Oct 20 with books close Sept 14 reopen Oct 21. Tonopah Mining Company Nevada declares regular quarterly 26 percent plus 15 percent extra payable Oct 21 with books close Sept 30 reopen Oct 10. Pittsburgh Wheeling Kentucky RR declares 3 percent dividend plus 3 percent special out of surplus payable Sept 1 to stockholders of record Sept 24. Ohio Fuel Supply Company declares quarterly 2 percent dividend payable Oct 15 with books close Sept 30 reopen Oct 15. This is a reduction.
New York on September 24 reports a mixed bank statement with cash reserve at 26.49 percent, down $2,500, loans up $7,518,910, circulations fell $1,419,000 and deposits declined $1,628,890, while legal tenders dropped $798,800. Aerial statement lists cash reserve at 26.40 percent.
New York money market reported in brief with Sterling exchange at 4.5454 cents, bank bills trading at 46.30 for demand and 45.30 for sixty day bills, indicating market activity in bankers' bills.
Coal prices listed for tonnage include various anthracite brands such as Raymond Pocahontas Hocking and Luhrig washed mine run with per ton rates around 4 to 7 dollars. Additional charges cover ground or dumped coal, bagging, cellar storage, chute fees, and coke bags.
Wheat futures across several cities show September values near $1.00 per bushel and December near $1.05 to $1.11. Markets from Minneapolis Duluth Winnipeg St Louis Kansas New York Toledo report varied November and December quotes, with September prices around $1.00.
Frederick Francke Sr. of Francke hardware sold his company to the Vonnegut hardware company on Friday. The $55,530 Francke stock transfers to 120 124 East Washington Street, with 150 Francke employees retained. Vonnegut plans capitalization rise to 300000 from 175000, and two year business volume at about 1,000,000. Since 1851 the Vonnegut firm has produced factory machinery. addition of Francke stock will expand into cabinet hardware and furniture trims.
Berlin September 24 negotiations will start Monday to stem the great German labor war now at its crisis. If unsuccessful, 700000 men may be idle empire wide by the end of next week. Metal employers urge avert the industrial war while textile mills in several cities warn of shutdowns for 25000 workers and a planned metal lockout by October 8 affecting nearly half a million workers.
Kennebunkport Maine Sept 24 A full night search for two missing people followed a motorboat accident. Harry Brant and Miss Margaret Echart were found drifting a mile and a half offshore at dawn in their disabled craft. Neither had boating experience. They had planned a short trip back before sunset. A search party spotted the speck at sea and rescued the castaways.
Four hundred acres of devastated land in Pike's Peak National Forest will be replanted with yellow pine this fall. Seed gathering spans Pagosa Springs and Durango Colorado and Newcastle Wyoming in the Black Hills district. Washington funds of twenty thousand dollars support the work. 4000 bushels of cones have been gathered yielding about 4000 pounds of seed.
Democratic state headquarters shut Saturday due to the death of Mrs. Mary J. Jackson wife of A B Jackson chairman of the state committee. Gov Marshall sent condolences and Edwin Lee Republican chairman sent sympathy. Funeral set for Sunday.
Articles of incorporation filed to acquire patent rights for J. A. Rabbitt and associates and to operate aerial transportation lines globally. Capital stock set at $200,000. Directors include J. A. Rabbitt of Japan.
Port Huron Michigan September 24 The final chapter in the embezzlement case against Charles D Thompson was closed with the release of bondsmen Frank J Haynes and Frank J Hustett from their $5 000 bond. Thompson goes scot free as a result of the action.
Augusta Sedig and Blanche Sedig at 402 Haugh street welcomed a boy. John Kelly and Ada Kelly of 2213 Columbia Avenue had a boy. Numerous other births listed with names and addresses. Deaths include Hallie Reed Keeney of 1127 North Hillinois street nephritis and Minnie Hightower of 832 North Missouri street cardiac failure.
Harry Schwab and Della Menke, Harry W. Seiferd and Susan Miller, Henry Blackwell and Lucy Singleton, Leopard Thorp and Emma Stamm, Charles Martin and Nila Thurman, George McDaniel and Flora Jorden, Albert Kennard and Ethel Klitch, James R. Cory and Anna Pottect, Fred Burns and Eamma Alkern, George Newby and Hulda Bremer, William Shakel and Clara Nolting.
A fragmented ledger lists multiple property items and costs including William Nackenhorst office near Dawson with 610, J M Statesman addition at 2029 Cooper with 35, Naomi and others. Entries cover dwellings sheds boilers repairs and auditions with amounts like 2600, 5200, 1000, 3200, 1500, 500, 490 and 1500 dollars.
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