Stocks Show Strong Tone With Opening
New York Aug 31 The market opened with a strong tone as business news over the weekend remained constructive. Equipment shares rose on railroad buying, Chesapeake & Ohio to place $8,000,000 in locomotive contracts. American Can eased to 232%, General Motors dipped to 88% and U S Steel to 120%. Profit taking checked gains at noon, brokers mixed about bull victory. Overall, cautious sentiment persisted but the market stayed confident, absorbing heavy selling without sharp reversals.
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New York
Chesapeke & Ohio
American
General Motors
U.S. Steel
Local Bank Clearings Report for August and Monday
Banking summary shows August total clearings at 70,782,000 with August debits around 147,818. For Monday, clearings were 855,080 and 5,397 noted in scattered figures. The text is inconsistent and partly unreadable but indicates monthly and Monday figures for bank clearings and debits.
Market Prices in August News Across Cities
Markets deliver mixed dairy and poultry notes from Indianapolis Cleveland and Chicago. Prices cover butter turkeys ducks and eggs with state variations and regional quotes for cheese and potatoes.
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Amry
Gaye Ae Americas
Wisconsin
Innesota
South Dakota
Births and Deaths at St Vincent and City Hospitals
Births listed from St. Vincent's Hospital and nearby facilities include William and Anne Renner. Barry and Fredz Eiikenberry. Michael and Blanch McGuire. Gertrude Williams. others named with addresses such as 28 Belmont and 416 Berwick. Deaths reported across St. Vincent's and city hospitals note Maggie Cheat aged 3. Dorsey 18. and several older individuals with causes including chronic conditions, injuries, and other medical events.
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Anne Renner
St. Vincent's Hospital
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Grains Make Quick Change On Chicago Board
United Press reports quick shifts in grains on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat strengthened after mid-session while bears persisted in news. Prices dipped in forenoon, recovered late, then slid again on profit-taking. spot corn fell sharply and oats drifted lower. Lard provisions weakened as locals sold.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Grain Table Clippings
An OCR fragment from the Chicago grain table lists oats, wheat, corn, and barley prices with varying No numbers and quality grades. It mentions August 31 and indicates multiple price figures such as No 3 hard Wheat around 1.58 to 1.07, corn various Nos around 93 to 91, and barley with a few figures. Clover price noted as 20.27.75.
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Timothy
Fruit and Produce Prices From Commission Row Listing
A fragmented OCR list shows prices for baskets and crates of apples, melons, peaches, and other produce. Notable items include 40 pound baskets of various apples at 1.50 to 2.00, cantaloupes and watermelons, Bartlett box at 3.25, peaches at 1.50, and cauliflowers at 2.50 with several regional origin notes such as California and Southern states.
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Lambs Expected at Indianapolis Market This Week
Traders in the sheep and lamb division of the Indianapolis Live stock Exchange anticipate a shipment of 8600 Western feeding lambs and yearlings arriving at the local market around Wednesday or Thursday this week.
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Indianapolis
Stock Exchange
Sugar Market Developments Signal Possible September Change
In New York on August 31, reports note unusual developments in the market fusion over the weekend. Refiners continue quoting around 5.60 cents with indications of a fair demand. Market signals suggest adjustments may follow into September as traders eye Covee Fa and related futures.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Local Wagon Wheat Prices Drop as Market Slumps
A scrambled snippet notes wagon wheat in Indianapolis with prices around $1.5 and discusses slabs of grades on the market. The fragment hints at a local commodities scene with minor figures and unclear context.
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Indianapolis
Suspect Bound Over In Automobile Banditry Case
A youth calling himself Charles Henry, 20, of Anderson, was bound over to the Marion County Grand Jury on auto banditry and vehicle taking charges with a $6,000 bond. Arrested after fleeing in a stolen car at Eleventh and Pennsylvania, he previously claimed the name Jack Robinson of Detroit. A companion escaped, and police allege $9 was taken from the Karstedt Bros. dye works cash register at 1449 North Tiinois Street.
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Anderson
Marion County Grand Jury
Jack Robinson
Detroit
Eleventh and
Pennsylvania Sts
Karstedt Bros. Dye Works
Tinois St
Indiana bulbs enter Des Moines gladiola display race
Indiana grower W. E. Kundard of Goshen arrived with a refrigerator carload of gladiola blooms for the State fair show in Des Moines Iowa. He brought six floral experts and a basket of 25 000 blossoms measuring over eight feet high and seventeen feet in circumference spurring Iowa growers to fierce competition for single display honors as the gladiola show opens.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
W. E. Kundard
Goshen
Ind
Slow cattle and hog trading at Indianapolis Livestock Exchange
Trading in cattle markets was slow with receipts around 900 head and sheep and lambs about 400. Hog prices rose slightly with light weights and various hog grade prices listed, while steers fell to about 8 to 13 per cwt and cows and calves showed mixed movements. Receipts totalled roughly 1,500 across cattle sheep and calves.
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Indianapolis Livestock Exchange
Live Stock Market Totals and Price Movements Across Regions
Cattle receipts in multiple markets show mixed to steady shifts with steers and feeding cattle largely steady, western grass offerings abundant, and weight scarcity keeping some prices firm. Lambs and hogs see active activity in some regions while others report slower demand and several price declines across suppliers and buyers.
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Trade Reviews Signals Upward Electrical Market
New York reports show the electrical business continuing upward with strong activity in New England and the Pacific coast. Except coal regions amid strike talks, conditions in equipment markets are encouraging as steel mills boost output and retail and wholesale trade improve versus last year. Central station buying leads, jobbers note bigger sales and inquiries, and industrial demand for wiring devices and motors is robust for the season, while domestic appliances stay quiet.
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Electrical World
Wholesale Meat Prices Listed for Native Beef and Pork
Prices show Native beef cattle and hog products with varied live weights and carcass specs. Descriptions detail steers heifers hinds and ranges for tongues and loins, including 200 lb hogs and fresh meats, reflecting a 19th or early 20th century market listing.
Novice farmer doomed by inexperience, expert warns
Minneapolis report cites Curtis Mosher, head of the ninth district Federal Reserve Bank, saying inexperienced settlers are doomed in western lands. He notes 51 percent lacked farming experience and 30 percent had no capital in an area near Montana. He warns that farming is a profession and crop production a science, with many educated agrarians failing to take to the soil.
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Mrs. Anna H. Cundiff Dead
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna H. Cundiff 81 die Sunday at her daughter’s home 3121 Bellefontaine St Indianapolis burial at Crown Hill She had lived in Indianapolis many years Survived by son Elwood H. Greer Flint Michigan and four daughters all of Indianapolis Mrs John Nevells Pittsboro Mrs Virginia Williams Mrs L M Langston and Mrs Verburg.
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Indianapolis
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Flint
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Pittsboro
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Two Held in Theft Case at Local Drug Store
Nathaniel Mallory and Earl Pash, both colored, were held on a $3,000 vagrancy charge after police alleged they entered Guy Hall's drug store on Indiana Ave. About $125 was torn from the till, $26 recovered. Arresting officers Maas and Chitwood said the pair had visited several places trying to hide the loot. they denied robbing the store and are being questioned by detectives.
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Earl Pash
Indiana Ave
Guy Hall
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Chitwood
Dunes State Park Land Secured by Governor Jackson
Governor Jackson announced the acquisition of Dunes State Park along three miles of Lake Michigan beach. He told Indiana Historical Society and Indiana Pioneers members that title to the land has been obtained and will remain in the Dunes territory for an additional week after a two week vacation.
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Man Shot Near White River Bridge After Fight
Dennis Hanrahan, 32, of 8298 Meridian St, was held on vagrancy charges at city hospital while police investigated his claim he was shot in the leg by a Black man near the New York Bridge over the White River after a drinking dispute. He said they consumed White Mule and fought. the assailant fired a shotgun.
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Meridian St
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Red Cross Plans Regional Meet For Southern Indiana
Delegates from forty three southern Indiana counties will gather in Lebanon on September 17 for a regional conference of the American Red Cross. Arrangements are coordinated by Phil Adler Sr., an officer of the Boone County chapter.
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Rain on Desert and Pole Heat by Radio
London reports Professor A N Low predicts weather control through radio. He envisions electrically charged cloud seeding to induce or prevent rain and plans to broadcast tropical heat to the North Pole. Such devices could temper droughts and open Arctic lands for habitation.
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Woman Tourists Hurt In Kentucky Car Crash
Miss Madeline Smith of Unionville Kentucky and Mrs Monard L Smith of Louisville Kentucky were seriously injured when their automobile overturned six miles south of Franklin Indiana Sunday morning They were brought to Louisville hospital by a passing motorist.
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Madeline Smith
Unionville
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Louisville
Here
Rites Held For John Henry In Portland Home
Funeral services for John Henry who died a week ago in Portland were planned for this afternoon at the home of Lucas Wilford on Maryland Street. Burial was set for Crown Hill Cemetery. Surviving is his mother Mrs. Carrie Hinkle.
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State Fair Courtesy Stickers for Indiana Visitors
The Indiana State Fair will issue orange courtesy stickers to all residents who want one, easing downtown congestion for fairgoers. Distribution will be through county agricultural agents, county farm bureau secretaries, chambers of commerce, and local civic groups, with Mayor Shank coordinating.
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Shank
State Board of Agriculture
Chambers of Commerce
President Coolidge Invited to Speak at Legion Convention
President Coolidge plans to attend the American Legion national convention in Omaha Nebraska on October 5. The invitation to speak was renewed by Legion official Alton T Roberts after earlier outreach by National Commander James A Crain, and Coolidge authorized Roberts to announce his intended attendance.
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Admits Bogus Story Of Robbery Claim By Boy
Robert Taylor aged 12 of 5148 Noble and J admitted to police his account of being struck on the head by a colored man and robbed of fifty cents had been invented to avoid parental punishment. He said he lost the money when he fell and injured his head while playing in a building under construction. He sustained a deep head wound and was treated at City Hospital.
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Noble &J
City Hospital
Worley Returns ill. crowds seek wandering husbands
Claude M. Worley, investigator for Criminal Court, returns from vacation with flu. A large clientele of women seeking husbands who wandered away visit his Indianapolis office at dawn but are disappointed by his absence of immediate action.
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Criminal Court
Wen
Inianapolis
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Test case forecast affects barbecue stands in Crawfordsville
A test case to determine barbecue stand status arises with the arrest of Herbert Holman by Will Campbell of Darlington Indiana State food inspector. An affidavit charges the meat for barbecue sandwiches is prepared in the open and in an insanitary manner.
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Crawfordsville
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Will Campbell
Darlington
Lee Wah Arrested as Hip Sing Leader in Tong War Fallout
Police in Washington DC arrest Lee Wah head of the Hip Sings amid Tong War outbreaks. Authorities believe his influence could unlock a solution to the disturbances.
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Washington, D. C
Taxpayer Says Hazard Must Be Eliminated City Urged Actions
A resident appeals to Mr Fixit at The Times urging Indianapolis officials to remove street hazards. Requests include building a bridge over Bean Creek on Shelby Street, asphalt intersections with E Michigan Street, and repairs on West Twenty Seventh Street and East Riverside Drive. Citizens note halted work due to unpaid inspector salaries and oil shortages while officials promise fixes soon.
Mail Band to Play at Federal Building Corner
The Indianapolis post office band will give its second public concert at the southwest corner of the Federal Building at Meridian and Ohio Streets Tuesday night. The band will appear in new uniforms. The organization probably will attend the National Convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers in Detroit, Michigan September 7 to 12.
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Federal Bldg
Meridian and
Ohio Sts
National Association of Letter Carriers
Detroit
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Meaniest thief sought by NEA Service in West Chester
Police in West Chester Pennsylvania seek the meanest chicken thieves who robbed Norman Spencer’s chicken house while the family was away. They stole two mother hens fifty chickens and a collie dog left to guard the flock.
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West Chester
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Man Shot Man in Canal Shooting Incident
James Williams, 52, of 1851 Brighton Blvd, is held on charges for shooting Eugene Gates, 16, of 1801 North Western Ave. Gates, shot in the right knee, says Williams fired after Gates had been swimming in the canal near Williams home.
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Identity sought in death at Hammond railroad yards
Hammond Ind Aug 81 County coroner sought to identify a man found dead in the old C O railroad yards. A revolver lay in his right hand suggesting self-inflicted death.
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Ind
Bus Hearing Postponed On Reisberg Route Application
The public service commission postponed consideration of Max Reisberg’s application to operate a bus line on West New York street until next Monday. Frank Wampler, a commission member, announced the delay.
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New York &T
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