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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1910
Page
10
Tuesday market totals 7500 hogs 1250 cattle 500 sheep with hogs steady to strong on heavier cuts and mid to light weights down 5 to 15 cents. Cattle receipts small and prices 10 to 25 cents lower due to weak demand. steers and feeders soft. Sheep and lambs scarce but steady with prices from 4 to 6.50 and up to 5 for some sheep.
Cattle and hog markets show steady to slow movement across several regions with mixed receipts and prices. In Chicago, wheat futures fell on Bears tied to weak demand and European supplies, while corn oats and pork products followed the broader downward trend with varied settlement figures and futures quotes.
Fragmented OCR shows coal price entries for multiple grades and locales. Names such as Raymond and Winifrede appear with prices like 7.75 and 5.60, followed by washed lump entries around 4.75 and related terms.
Wheat and corn markets report no bids with quiet activity noted for oats and hay. Inspections list several lots by grade and color, totaling 41 cars for corn and mixed lots, with timothy and clover entries among hay notes and sparse counts across cereals.
Wheat No 2 red 95c. milling sample 93c. Corn 67 to 70c. Shelled oats 32 to 37c. Straw oat 5 to 7, wheat straw 1566. Hay mixed 813 15, timothy 15.50 to 18, baled 18 to 15. Prices listed for various forms and feeds.
Wheat and corn futures listed with bid prices for cash and near contracts. Oats and rye quoted with July and autumn bids. clover seed and timothy values shown for September and following months. Butter, eggs, and hay prices reported as unchanged.
Buffalo New York market bulletin lists spring wheat No 1 northern at 1.1614, winter wheat No 2 red 1.02 and No 2 white 1, corn No 2 yellow 6c, No 3 mixed Ate oats No 2 white 374c and No 3 white Barley values 18 17c and 3614c No 4 white 35h4c Rye No 1 Tuc No 2 TSe.
Liverpool reports show wheat opening down and later heaviness as traders expect a large American visible supply rise. Argentine rains help crop prospects while European supplies grow. Chicago and Des Moines wires note steady or improving cash demand, with mixed receipts and ample stocks.
Correspondents report generally favorable European crops. United Kingdom outlook mostly good. France needs rain for plowing. thrashing results favorable. Germany weather favors plowing. Russia weather seasonable with large arrivals and rising stocks. Romania seceding on despite cattle disease. Italy Wheat crop revised to 153,304,000 versus 195,600,000 prior year. Australia finance minister predicts record crop. India seeding prospects fair.
A terse update of wheat futures across multiple markets on September 27 shows small changes. Prices listed include Minneapolis September 1.0715 and December 1.0056. Duluth December 11 3?. Winnipeg October and December figures. Kansas City September 27 December 96% 96. New York September 3 to 5 for December. Toledo September 27 December 1.01%.
New York Sept 27 A moderate reactionary movement led opening dealings on the stock exchange with losses from small fractions to nearly 4 points in leaders. Volume was heavy in Reading and concessions Union Pacific advanced amid volume while Steel common declined Amalgamated Copper pressured for sale Rock Island preferred rose to 64 4 and closed near gap. Profit taking and outside selling later offset early gains with final quotes irregular but mostly firm.
Public service commission gear to NYC takeover of Steinway tunoe and permit third tracking of Second Third and Ninth avenues. Mayor Gaynor denies gubernatorial candidacy but hints at nomination possibilities. London stock settle begins Tuesday with quotes for new accounts and easy money conditions. Industrial stocks advance while steel, copper, and railroad bonds show shifting activity. Analysts note a bullish mood supported by labor union cooperation and improving rail traffic, with European banks showing renewed confidence in American securities.
A long OCR list of fruit and vegetable prices from multiple regions and varieties. Includes apples, bananas, cantaloupes, cranberries, grapes, lemons, limes, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapples, watermelons, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, greens, mushrooms, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, squash, and more with prices per bri, crate, box, or dozen. Names include Duchess, Wealthy, Jonathan, Colorado, Grimes Golden, Rockyford, Tokay, Bartletts, Indiana, Michigan, Homegrown, Jersey, and others.
New York prices show flour steady while pork is firm at 22.50 for Easter mess. Sugar and coffee futures edge, while dressed poultry quotes mix for turkeys and chickens. Cheese remains steady in state milk lines, with divisional categories and imports tracked.
Chicago September 27 Butter extras 28c firsts 26c dairy extras 27c firsts 25c Eyes prime firsts 25c firsts 23c Cheese Twins 14 44 15c young Americas 14 44 16c Live poultry Fowls 13 1 4c 14c ducks 12 4 13c geese 10 11c
In Elgin on Sept 27 the butter board again set the price at 29 cents. The weekly output reached 704,700 pounds, drawing the usual protest from the Chicago delegation.
The International Harvester Company and Standard Oil are operating at full capacity as months pass. Cross-earnings for the full year are estimated in excess of 90 million dollars, with Harvester printing at full output.
A dense string of security quotes and ticker symbols from a historical market page. Names like American Can, Erie General, Nipissing, Chicago Pneu and many rail lines appear alongside price clues and bond coupons. The fragment captures a bustling, numeric snapshot of stocks and commodities in a period market column.
New York trading Tuesday saw copper rise slightly while tin strengthened and lead and spelter held steady. Copper spot and September quoted 12.05 to 12.15 with October and November at 12.08 to 12.12. Lead around 4.37 to 4.41, nickel 5.50 to 5.60, tin at 25.10 to 25.25 per unit.
New York money markets note money on call at 2 percent and time money steadies across terms: 60 days 346 4 days 4 444. 6 months rei ag gested rates. Sterling exchange quoted at 4S116 486 with actual bankers' bills at 186.65 496.70 for demand and 48354 48354 for sixty day bills. Prime mercantile paper unchanged.
In Munter street district a colored man named Harry Harris demanded a drink at several downtown saloons Monday night while concealing a long barreled pistol up his sleeve. He paid for each drink, but police could not arrest him until locating him near a moving picture show. Harris is charged with drawing deadly weapons.
An explosion in the drying room of Hunter's January in Terre Haute Indiana at noon Tuesday caused about 40000 in damage to the building and machinery. Four girls were injured but not seriously. Spontaneous combustion is suspected as the cause.
Births recorded for Charles and Clara Goepper. Russell and Nettie Leeds. Andrew and Katherine Creighton. and others with addresses on Doxford Douglas West Maryland Muskingum Sandborn North Alabama Pratt New Jersey Orient al streets. Deaths include Lizzie Hitchcock Henry Kincaid Moses Patterson Thelmina May Wittie May Kyron Henry Victor Harry H Spencer Henry G Windhurst Elizabeth Dixon Mary Moore Kate Conley Jasper N Wright Marie Goth Roland Carr Henry Thomas Samuel Denny with causes such as acute bronchitis endocarditis intestinal and heart diseases, and accidental suffocation.
A series of paired names appears in a local notice segment, including Grover Lamphers with Martha Lusiter Phineas W. Grubbs with Willetta Waltz Charles Hartman with Ethel A. Masten William F. Hale with May Stephens Samuel C. McBride with Sade Hughs Dentin Hall with May Williams Gip Moseby with Gertrude Rule Broom Gweet with Laura Henler Richard Wobler with Mabel Clarke and Edward J. Gamatetter with Anna Jing.
List of property improvements and costs including Beckman 807 Greer addition S150 Perkins house Riler 560 Byran heirs repairs 1529 22 North Imli nois street F100 Foster repairs 10 Johnson avenue Merchants heat and light boiler d 27 660 Harry Fulton remodel 8174 N Delaware street 150 Cora Santag house Oliver avenue 3 J P Hollenbeck dwelling 1118 Ewing street 1400 Max Patten addition 1107 West Thirtyeth street 508 A Grant repairs Pennsylvania and Thirty fourth streets Prest Lite company repairs South street 200
In Spokane Washington on September 27 one hundred fifty squaws in their gayest attire will lead the women s bar parade. They will ride ponies or on ridgepoles of tepers. Following them will be women's clubs shared societies suffragettes and social leaders in automobiles and carriages.
A long list of transfers records buyers and sellers, parcel descriptions, and prices across various city streets and additions. Notable entries include Howard A. Bunton to Mantle Baston for lot 23 Gatling’s sub outlot 117, 44x140 feet, $4,000. Arthur V. Brown to Robert D. Brent for lot 22 Brown's Mapleton addition, 40x130 feet vacant. and Fulmer-Cornelius press to Cornelius printing company for part of lot 9 square IT, $4x795 feet, improved. Several entries cite improvements, vacant lots, and specific street positions, with sums ranging from $400 to $3,500 in multiple tracts and subdivisions. The document typifies a comprehensive real estate transfer record with numerous minor parcels and adjoining streets listed.
On Bradbury avenue east of Shelby Street a 410 by 132 foot vacant lot in Ardmore addition sold for 300 dollars from Allen F. Baird to Earle Barnett. A west Buckle street parcel north of Thirty ninth street measured similarly and priced at 750 dollars transferred from Marion trust company as trustee to Margaret FE. Vaught of block H in Indl ure park subdivision in Warner township. Transfers list shows consideration 8344.
The notices report Davis trust company of Brazil with capital stock of 60000 and a list of directors. Wallace machine and foundry of Lafayette increases capital from 20000 to 40000. Etting r Steel Johnson of South Bend renames to Ettipeer Johnson. Cornelius printing company in Indianapolis formed with 15000 capital for printing and binding. Optime mining company stock increase from 3501 to 50090 after stockholders meeting.
U S Bank Safe Co offers a large line of fire and burglar proof safes with latest patterns ready for immediate delivery. Special bargains on slightly used safes promoted by manager A H Wells. Tretogton re new.
The Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Co announces limited trains effective April 1 1910 with departures to Rushville Connersville and Shelbyville Greensburg and detailed hourly stops including main and express service. Telephone contacts Old Main 4647 New 239 provided.
In effect May 10 1910 the Dixie Flyers depart Indianapolis for Greenwood Franklin Edinburg Columbus Seymour Crothersville Scottsburg Sellersburg Watson Junction Jeffersonville and Louisville with multiple morning noon and evening departures. Local I C S Traction cars connect with Indianapolis Louisville Traction at Seymour for shared routes to Loute ville and all intermediate points. Cars run as far as Scottsburg only. See agents or time folders in cars for rates and details.
Local trains leave on the hour from Indianapolis for Lebanon Frankfort Lafayette Crawfordsville Greenfield Knights town Cambridge City Richmond New Castle and Terre Haute Cars for Mooresville Martinsville and all intermediate stations ten minutes before the hour Last car leaves at 1130 pm Newcastle 1035 am and 343 pm Lebanon Frankfort Lafayette 815 am 1115 am 2318 pm 715 pm 715 pm Greencastle Brazil and Terre Haute 820 am 1120 am 220 pm 520 pm 720 pm Greenfield Baighta town Cambridge City Richmond 820 am 1120 am 220 pm 620 pm 120 pm through trains for Dayton 320 am 229 pm 730 pm Trains connect at Richmond for Dayton Columbus and Zanesville.
The Marion County Board of Commissioners will accept sealed bids until 10:00 am Saturday October 8 1910 for culverts on east line sections 15-15-2 and 16-15-2 and on the county line north of National Road in Wayne and Warne townships plus a Williams Creek bridge in Washington township all per plans on file with the Auditor. Bids must include bond and affidavit. the board may reject any or all bids.
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