Rail stocks show buoyant tone amid heavy freight week
Freight traffic for the week ended Aug 11 reached the year's peak as rail stocks rallied. Frisco and Ontario & Western hit new highs while Rock Island and Erie posted notable gains. American Can and General Electric led industrials with strong advances as rails showed broad strength and B&O climbed on dividend expectations.
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United Prene
New York
Frisco Common
Ontario & Western
Rock Island
Erie
General Railway Sigwal
General Electric
Bank Clearings and Debits Report for Aug 13
Local bank clearings reached 2 921 000 and bank debits totaled 5 452 000 for Wednesday and Thursday Aug 13 in the latest financial report.
Fruit and Produce Prices Listed for Retailers
A garbled price list details wholesale to retailer rates for fruits and vegetables. Entries include apples at $1.00 per 40 pound basket, grapes at $2.76, pears around $3.00, bananas and cantaloupes with various per basket or per pound prices, and assorted items by region such as California onions and Southern cucumbers. The fragmentary text names multiple sellers and regions, including Benoni Carson and Chenango, with assorted pack sizes and unit prices.
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Benoni
Tey
Carson
Ats
Ariz
Boney Dewert
Abe
Sis
Aimes— Fey
Ange Alifornia
Orida
Cyarte
H. G
Texas
San Ee
Caulitgner
California
N. Y. Tel
Aweet
Radish
Mississippi
Southern Bus
Fresh Indianapol is markets report and poultry price list
The report lists fresh delivered poultry and dairy prices in Indianapolis with hens Leghorns springers young turkeys and cocks priced around 10 to 26 cents. Cream cheese Swiss limburger and longhorns listed with various regional prices. Chicago and Cleveland market notes include butter eggs cheese and fowl prices with mixed receipts and per bushel figures.
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Indianapelig
Olsea Utter
Indianapolla
Chicago
Americas
Broilers
Po Biosse
Kaw Valley Cobblers
Minnesota
Zerale
Colorado Gies
Sugar Market Shifts as Buyer Advantage Returns
In New York on August 13 the sugar market shows buyers regaining the edge as September position liquidation unsettles prices. Refiners bid 24.4 cents, with the decline’s extent tied to how quickly the September position is unwound.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Golfer Hits Ball From Sheep Skull on Burnham Course
A golfer on the Burnham course found his ball resting in a sheep’s skull buried in a bunker. He was required to strike the skull to make his next shot and continue play.
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Burnham
Eng
Wheat futures rise on belated rally at Chicago
A belated rally carried wheat futures to a higher close on the Chicago Board of Trade. Coarse grains were fractionally lower as selling in corn increased due to country movement to the new crop. Provisions dropped back in the provision market while oats showed a firm undertone but with little price movement.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Provision House
Chicago Grain Table reflects mixed wheat and corn bids
The Chicago grain table shows wheat bids around 1.64 for September and December, with soy and other grains fluctuating. Nearby notes list carlot receivals for wheat and corn and prices for Toledo cash wheat and corn, alongside butter and hay figures.
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Toledo
Hardware market shows healthy demand in August trade
Trade review notes hardware sales remain satisfactory amid quiet markets. August starts favorably with fill in orders on seasonable and staple lines, collections favorable, and prices firm, signaling a basically healthy market compared with last year.
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New York
Hardware Age
Wholesale Meat Prices for Beasts and Lambs in 1900s Style
Wholesale meat prices list ranges across cattle and sheep categories with per hundredweight figures. Beet native steers 500 to 800 lbs at 22 cents. heifers 400 to 450 lbs at 19 to 22 cents. cows 400 to 700 lbs at 14 to 16 cents. hinds over carcass and fores under carcass priced accordingly. Mutton and lambs show 28 cents for 25 to 115 lb ranges, with saddles and legs around 25 to 26 cents. Tongues and sweetbreads also priced, along with various hocks and feet items.
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Boots
Real Battle as Kingans Defeat Military in Semi Finals
In a tight semifinal at Willard Park Kingan's playground beat Military 8 to 6 to move toward the city championship in the Boys' Kitten Ball League. The Indianapolis Times will award medals to all players on the city championship teams for both boys and girls leagues. A Highland versus Willard semifinal at Riley playground was anticipated today as their first-ever meeting in the semis.
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Kingan's Playground
Military
Willard Park
Indianapolis Times
Highland
Willard
Riley Playground
Dairy Exposition appoints E L Austin superintendent
Purdue assistant state leader E L Austin is named superintendent of the boys and girls department for the 1925 National Dairy Exposition to be held October 10 to 17. The event offers two thousand dollars in prizes plus medals cups trophies and other awards for cattle judging dairy demonstration teams and club calves exhibits. M L Hall of Purdue extension forces will supervise the club camp at the state fairground.
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E. L. Austin
Purdue University
M. L. Hall
Purdue Agricultural Extension Forces
Debs Pardon Urged At Ohio Labor Convention
Resolutions urging President Coolidge to grant a full pardon to Eugene V. Debs, Socialist leader imprisoned at Atlanta during the war, were presented at the forty second annual convention of the Ohio State Federation of Labor in Steubenville. Restoration of full citizenship rights is requested.
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United Press
Indiana La lor Federation Elects Officers for Third Term
Thomas N. Taylor of Terre Haute was elected to his third term as president of the Indiana State Federation of Labor. Adolph J. Fritz of Indianapolis was re elected as secret treasurer, a position he has held since 1915.
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Thomas N. Taylor
Terre Haute
Indiana State Federation of
Lalor
Adolph J. Fritz
Indianapolis
Hog and cattle prices ease at Indianapolis Livestock Exchange
Hog prices closed steady to 25 cents per cwt lower as demand waned toward the close. Light hogs and pigs topped at 14.25 dollars per cwt, with most sales 13.40 to 14.25. Cattle receipts down improved margins. steers at 8 to 13 per cwt, cows 4 to 8.25, calves up to 13.50, and sheep with a top near 14 per cwt. Receipts about 5,500 hogs, 700 cattle, 600 sheep. 1,498 carryovers from Wednesday.
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Indianapolis Livestock Exchange
Exchange
Chicago
Nner Oaks
Cincinnati
Ker
East Buffalo
Nantes
Ste
East ST. Louis
Bittsburgh
Veland
Cattle and hog markets mixed across principal centers
Cattle receipts vary by city with mixed results on August 13. Chicago shows steady to lower demand, with feeders and bulls weak and fat cattle uneven. Cincinnati and East Buffalo report slower or weak hog and lamb demand, while East St Louis notes steady cattle with variable meat prices.
Pastor Defends Women in Flapper Fashion Debate
The Rev. Edward Haines Kistler of Fairview Presbyterian told the Y M C A Bible Investigation Club at their luncheon that not all women in short skirts and rolled stockings are flappers. He warned that dyeing knees with butterflies signals danger in a wife.
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Edward Haines Kistler
Fairview Presbyterian Church
Y. M. Co. A. Bible Investigation Club
Roche Eyes Special Funds to Clean Up Midwest Crime
Patrick Roche of the government's intelligence unit said he would seek a special appropriation from the justice department to finish a midwestern clean up. The ice is broken now and with a few thousand dollars more the crime reduction could reach eighty percent in the middle west.
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Patrick Roche
Justice Department
Middle West
Roche
Local Wagon Wheat Sparing 8188 Toro OE Red Heat
Local wagon wheat report notes 8188 toro OE red heat readings in the grain yard. Farmers monitor moisture levels and quality as harvest progresses through the week.
Local Woman Mary Louise Winter Dies in New Hampshire
Mrs. Mary Louise Keyes Winter 78 wife of Ferdinand Winter Indianapolis corporation attorney died Tuesday at Mountain View House White Fields New Hampshire after illness. Body to arrive in Indianapolis Friday funeral Monday 10:30 a m at home 1321 N Meridian Burial Crown Hill Cemetery. Born Oct 5 1847 in Bryant Station Kentucky married 1869 moved to Indianapolis in 1875. Survived by eight children including Henry Atkins Winter Paris France James Elder Leech Miss Mary Winter Keys Winter State deputy NY and William West Winter New York.
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Mary Louise Keyes Winter
Ferdinand Winter
Indianapolis Corporation
Lexington
Winter
Indianapolis
Henry C. Atkins
Winter Apts
James Elder Leech
Paris
France
Mary Winter
Keyles Winter
New York
William West Winter
Oil fraud case nets ex-minister Rutledge arrest
William B. Rutledge former Baptist minister and editor is held on $3,000 bond in St. Louis for using the mails to defraud in a systematic oil investment scheme. authorities say about 2,000 investors, mostly ministers, were involved with $400,000 invested and promised profits from 109 to 1000 percent.
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ST. Louis, Mo
William B. Rutledge
Farm hand struck by lightning in barn shelter
Elmer Dimmick a farm hand was killed when a lightning bolt struck him while he sought shelter inside a barn during a storm in Chalmers Indiana on August 13.
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United Press Chalmers
Ind
Elmer Dimmick
Coal mine merger proposed between West Virginia and Kentucky interests
A 500 million dollar merger of West Virginia and Kentucky coal interests is proposed to reduce labor and economic troubles. Questionnaires were sent to operators by J E Johnson secretary of the coal operators exchange. The fields have a combined annual output of 150 million tons and the referendum may be completed by Saturday night with general ratification expected.
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United Press
Lexington
West Virginia
Kentucky
J. E. Johnson
Coal Operators Exchange
Johnson
New York
Trade Surplus Rises In First Half Of Year
The Commerce Department reports the year to date foreign trade increased by 596,690,364 from the prior year with imports valued at 2,389,768,451 and exports at 2,701,478,003 yielding a favorable balance of 311,709,552. In Columbus a special grand jury will indict William C. Benham and Dwight Harrison of A L Collings Co for mail fraud after appellate reversal.
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Beg Yn Press Shington
United States
Department of Commerce
United Prene
Columbus
Ohio
William C. Benham
Dwight Harrison
A. L. Collings Company
U. S
H. E. May
Benham
Corn roots creep under highways in Douglas County Kansas
Lawrence Kans residents report corn roots growing through the ground and under concrete highways in Douglas County causing blow ups and concerns for the state highway commission.
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Lawrench
Kan
Kansas
Douglas County
Highway Commission
Myers for Mayor Club Opens to Woo Colored Vote
Democratic campaign managers massed to win the colored vote for Walter Myers mayoral bid. The Myers for Mayor Club opens at 1608 Martindale Ave Friday with Beverly Howard directing. Howard has defied William H. Armitage of the Shank administration by refusing to back Republican nominee John L. Duvall.
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Walter Myers
Martindale Ave
Beverly Howard
William H. Armitage
Shank
John L. Duvall
Light Worker Electrocution Claims Barrett Life
James Barrett, 36, of 1069 River Ave., employed by Merchants Heat and Light, was electrocuted while on a pole at Twenty Eighth St and Talbott Ave after leaning against a 4,400 volt wire. He died at Methodist Hospital after being suspended for twenty minutes. Barrett had been married seven months. survived by wife Francis, father Eliza, brother Charles, and sisters Edith Swenson and Faenia Thompson. Funeral arrangements are pending. The Indianapolis Light and Heat Company wire involved was identified by M K Foxworthy of Merchants Heat and Light.
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James Barrett
River Ave
Earl Benefiel
Oneman
Barrett
Merchants Heat and Light Company
Twenty Eighth St
Talbott Ave
Methodist Hospital
Pany
Beverett
Wiow
Francis
Eliza
Charles
Edith «Swenson
Walkerson
Wis
HINER GIVEN LICENSE TO OPERATE BUS SERVICE
The public service commission granted a license to Hiner Red Ball Bus Company to operate between Indianapolis and Richmond after denying an injunction sought by T. H. I. E. Traction Company. Violations of speed laws by drivers could revoke the license.
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Hiner Red Ball Bus Company
T. H. I. & E. Traction Company
Indianapolis
Richmond
Public Service Commission
Commission
Wounded During Spat
Mrs. Mary Brown, 28, was held today charged with shooting and seriously wounding her husband, Joseph Brown, a traffic policeman, in South Bend Indiana. She claimed the gun discharged accidentally during a struggle when he ordered her to leave the house amid a quarrel.
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United Arena
South Bend
Ind
Mary Brown
Joseph Brown
Brown
Ade praised by Newton County children at annual benefit party
More than 500 children from Newton County gathered in Kentland for George Ade a noted humorist and Hazelden Country Club members annual benefit party. Ade called a great guy during the event held Wednesday in Kentland Indiana.
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Kentland
Ind
Newton County
George Ade
Ade
Hazelden Country Club
Widow Minnie Wilburn Buried as Daughter Dies Soon After
In Noblesville Indiana Mrs Minnie Wilburn aged 58 was laid to rest Wednesday in eastern Hamilton County. Hours after the funeral her daughter Mrs Edward Bowlus aged 21 died in an Anderson hospital after a two day illness.
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Noblesville
Ind
Minnie Wilburn
Hamilton County
Edward Bowlus
Anderson
Burglar Attempts Night Break-In at Sunset Avenue Home
A resident, A. M. Scott of 4617 Sunset Ave, awakened to find a burglar had entered during the night and stolen cash and a ring valued at 200 dollars.
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A. M. Scott
Sunset Ave
Fall mayor election may hinge on missing voter data
Primary election officers failed to gather required voter information including name, residence, age, birthplace, arrival in the United States, naturalization, and intent. Officials dispute fault, while W W Spencer and Ira M Holmes weigh legality of voting this fall without full registration data.
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General Assembly
United States
W. W. Spencer
State Board of Election Commissioners
Maurice E. Tennant
City Board of Election Commissioners
Ira M. Holmes
Election Commissionr
Holmes
Man Escapes Amid Bullets in Downtown Chase
Police seek a colored man who fled after a downtown chase in which five shots were fired by Trafficman Hiram Fischer. A young woman identified the suspect near Tilinois and Ohioota before he ran toward Wabash Street and Meridian Street, slipping into Craig's Candy Store where employees hidden in the basement, as officers searched nearby roofs. Downtown traffic was halted about fifteen minutes.
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Hiram Fischer
Fischer
Tilinois
Ohioota
Tilinoise St
Wabash St
Bird S1
Fisher
Monument PL
Meridian St
Mail Theft Charged Against Dun Kirk Clerk James Adamson
James W. Adamson 23, a Dun kirk Indiana postoffice clerk, faces a Friday hearing in Indianapolis before United States Commissioner Howard G. Young on mail theft charges. Postal inspector A. Kelley filed a bill after arresting Adamson on Wednesday. he admitted stealing from the mails and took a decoy letter containing $12.
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James W. Adamson
Dunkirk
Ind
Indianapolis
United
Howard G. Young
A. & Kelley
Winchester
Adamson
Kelley
Eight Persons Injured In Wednesday Night Accidents
Police records show eight people were injured in accidents Wednesday night and six were arrested. Injured include Dorothy Hinton14 N New Jersey St William Correll14 of 1605 Beafontaine Clarence King13 1815 Bellefontaine Fred Mustard12 of 3000 Bethel Mollie Harter61 211144 W New York M E B Jordan68 6240 Park Ave Eugene Burg232 colored 1535 Yandes St and Harry Budnick14 of 37 Illinois Ave.
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Dorothy Hinton
New Jersey St
William Correll
Beafontaine &T
Clarence King
Bellefontaine St
Fred Mustard
Bethel Ave
Mollie Harter
New York St
M. Eb, Jordan
Park Ave
Eugene Burg
Yandes St
Harry Budnick
Illinois &T
Radio Funeral Rites for William Fagan in East Chicago
Radio will broadcast the funeral in East Chicago for William Fagan war veteran who died from gas poisoning. Jene Petry and a Chicago tenor, comrade of Fagan in the Rainbow division, will sing "My Buddy" from Chicago while services are held at the Fagan home.
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Jene Petry
William Fagan
Chicago
Fagan
Rainbow Division
Buddy
Barbara La Marr Stricken by Illness in Angeles
film star Barbara La Marr is seriously ill in Los Angeles with a throat infection and underlying health complications, ongoing for the past two weeks. Her condition worsened as doctors monitor her as a high-priority case.
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Angeles
Cal
Barbare la Marr
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