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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1909
Page
4
Boston stocks open with Worth Butte Nipissi Shan non Michigan Boston Cons Superior Boston Smelting advancing at 16 to 53 in early trading. figures show varied gains and declines across listed issues.
A four year old girl named Alice whines on the floor until her father offers a penny to stop. She replies she cannot stop for less than a nickel and continues to cry.
Grain market notes for wheat, white and mixed types, with No. 2 through No. 4 grades and through billing terms. Detailing prices for red, white, mixed, and yellow wheats, timothy and clover hay, rye values, and car inspections numbered by class and car count.
An itinerant evangelist joined a Massachusetts camp and claimed eight men found salvation. Col Gabe Bouck, who led a regiment as a self styled dictator, replied for baptism detail, declaring no Massachusetts unit would outdo his command in piety.
Chicago grain traders faced a bearish mood from heavy Duluth and Winnipeg arrivals yet steady local receipts limited selling pressure. Only 40 cars were received in Chicago this week, compared with 31 last Monday and 58 a year ago, tempering bearish bets.
In Butte Montana the dispute between miners and engineers ends with all strikers returning to work this afternoon after a settlement is reached.
Beaver and Chambers-Ferland were the only active stocks in Saturday trading. Beaver failed to rise above 40 on strike news and closed 38 75, while Chambers-Ferland opened strong, touched 51 bid, weakened by noon, and closed 47 48. The broader market remained dull as New York market closings limited interest.
Irregular curb prices list various securities including Standard Oil American Tobacco and Nevada Cons with mixed quotes. Entries show fluctuating figures such as Goldfield Consolidated at 1144 13, Nipissing at 12367612 percent, and Bay Central 21-164 with multiple fractional markers.
Hog receipts 24,000 mixed and butchers firm with prices from 7.85 to 8.50 for good heavy hogs and 7.06 to 6.05 for rough heavy. Light hogs 7.99 to 8.45 pigs 7.35 to 10. The bulk sold 8.10 to 8.40. Cattle receipts 27,000 down 10c with beeves 4.25 to 7.90 cows and heifers 2.5 to 6.25 stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.30 calves 3.7 to 9.0 Texans 4.40 to 5.50 westerners 4.15 to 6.60. Sheep receipts 35,000 market 10c lower native and western 3.0 to 6.0 lambs 4.00 to 7.10.
Prices listed for wheat No 2 red milling sample 85e and poor sample. Corn quoted at 75 to 80 cents. Shelled oats new sheaf oats $10 to $11 per ton. Timothy clover and mixed hay prices shown, baled hay around $15.0 to $18.50. Continuous market quotes in a single brief notice.
Window wiring changes spark a legal plea in the Oise region tied to a BETAIN work dispute. Officials seek a resolution on a contested charge linked to a 2eSe technical term.
Receipts totaling about 1 500 hogs 1 060 cattle and 350 sheep show little change in hog prices with larger gains for cattle and sheep versus a week and year ago. Local buyers lack outside demand and trading stays calm with some higher bids for select hogs. cattle and calves mostly steady with scarce demand for steers and firm prices on some native cattle. Sheep and lambs run large but quality weaker than last week with steady to lower bids.
Fresneges 2c per unit country butter 2c. Turkeys 6c. Ducks live 7e. Hens 13c. Prices listed for common produce items in the Indianapolis market.
A list of grocery prices including sugar cured hams English style and smoked bacon. Items cover boiled hams breakfast bacon sugar cured bacon English style bacon and lard with quantities noted in cents per pound. Also listed are fresh pork sausage joins hams and pressed hogs with varying price values.
New York Sept 27 Stocks opened with gains across most issues led by Steel Common and Interborough Metropolitan preferred. Pennsylvania hit a new high near 148 14, Central Leather rose to 47 and Consolidated Gas advanced to 148 54 as trading showed strength before a dull mid session.
The market saw calls to buy Steel common at 90 in 60 days offered at 1 per cent remain scarce as supply runs out. Other Industrials showed fractional gains while the railroad list stayed strong. Governments unchanged and other bonds were steady.
The Kings County grand jury indicted 19 bookmakers for anti gambling law violations. They were held in Brooklyn county court after pleading not guilty. Detectives raided Gravesend track ten days earlier on warrants from Albany. Bail was set with a new deadline for bonds.
Buffalo dispatch reports the steamer City of Erie struck and sank the Canadian schooner T. Vance Stanvenstein near Erie. Three drowned including Capt. De Carson of Hamilton and Mate James McCallum of Toronto. two Toronto men Thomas Holtis and Thomas Garner saved. Coast guard boats searched overnight without locating others.
Police and Judge Whallon face a perplexing Indianapolis case involving Alice McMann 18 living as John M Eads wife at 831 East Market Street with their 11 month old baby. McMann fined 10 dollars plus costs. judgment suspended. Eads jailed two days, fined 20 dollars. he plans divorce and remarriage after. Eads claims love for McMann but cannot wed while already married in Decatur Illinois. Police received tip from an informant about their move to Indianapolis.
A man asks the cook Bridget for his wife's whereabouts. Bridget hesitates and replies that she thinks they are in the wash. The scene appears in Success Magazine with a tone of humorous domestic misunderstanding.
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