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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1909
Page
4
Receipts today show 5500 hogs 1450 cattle and 300 sheep with hogs up and cattle and sheep down from a week ago. market dull with few loads unsold. Light hogs sold higher for shippers, but overall market unchanged from yesterday and sales of cattle, bulls, calves, and sheep were steady to quiet.
Beav er stock was the market feature on Friday rising to 39% on the close amid broad buying interest. Kerr Lake and Crown Reserve eased slightly despite strong demand, while Chambers-Ferland gained four points. Trethewey and Cobalt Lake showed strength and La Rose traded actively.
The curb market opens easier with varied quotes across many stocks including Standard Oil and American Tobacco. Union Stockyards shows hogs steady to strong, cattle and sheep receipts and prices steady, with regional notes from East Buffalo on cattle and hogs trading activity.
(By Indianapolis Produce Exchange) Freeh egas 22c. Country butter 18a. Turkers lic Ducks live 7c Hens 13c. TRE GEM LAUNNDRY. Family washings rough ds by the pound all flat pieces tremed. Try it. Phones 1671.
City announces bids for heating and lighting the state house and for elevator motive power, predicting lower costs under new contracts. Plans seek a state owned power plant for the next legislature. Receivership lifted in American Engineering case amid related suits involving Crescent Oil and lands in Indiana. Charles W. Byfield joins national money orders commission. Will Guthrie of Oklahoma City heads Indiana Society of Oklahoma. Indiana pawpaws shipped to Oklahoma for the Indiana reunion at the state fair.
Grain futures show No 2 red wheat strong at about 1.11 for September and October bids with millers and through billing noted. Corn and oats stay weak with multiple grades listed and inspections detailing 31 cars of grain including wheat and corn, plus steady to mixed straw prices and hay reflects market activity.
Four parties offer eight six st and College Ave tracts of about 300 by 300 feet. Prices from 1100 per tract. Seller guarantees twenty fruit trees and five shade trees with delivery in season. Purchasers can pay ten dollars monthly and cultivate to raise revenue toward payments. Claims potential for rapid value increase and profit.
Special low round trip fares advertised for travel enroute to Niagara Falls Muskoka Kawartha Lakes Georgian Bay Temagami St Lawrence River Thousand Islands Algonquin Park White Mountains New England and New Jersey Coast via Grand Trunk Railway. Commutation notes mention double track Chicago to Montreal and Niagara Falls. For pamphlets contact W G Cookson A G P A Adams Street Chicago.
Wheat and corn prices fluctuated with bids opening firming and afternoon lows noted. September contracts ranged around 443 to 68 cents for oats and 58 to 68 cents for corn with December positions around 1.08 to 1.28. Indianapolis wagon market lists No 2 red wheat at 1.04 and oats around 0.41 with hay and straw values provided. Fresh daily listings include oysters at 113 N Alabama.
Market notes from Toledo listing commodity prices for wheat oats and rye in cash September and May contracts. Wheat September 1.15 percent? December 1.15 percent May 1.164. Carn cash September 49 percent December 2c May 2c. Oats cash September 4ic December 414?c May 13c. Rye cash lc.
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