Many Stocks Drop in Early Mart Dealings
United States stocks fell in early trading as President Coolidge indicated he would not run in 1928. Steel production declines for November and a big gold shipment to London added nerves, with notable losses across many names though Atchison rose.
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United Press
NEW York
Coolidge
United States Steel
General Motors
Radio
Montgomery Ward
Mullins Manufacturing
Goodrich
Nash
Atchison
Curtiss Aero
Wall Street
Republican National Committee
London
England
Foreign Exchange Rates and Liberty Bond Movements
Foreign exchange markets show irregular opening with sterling at 8711 16, francs at 3.934c, lira at 5.42 and belga at 13.98c, marks at 23.860 with small declines. Liberty Bonds report mixed shifts with Liberty 345 at 102.11 and 4th 4s up 2 to 104.1, Treasury Ss at 102.27, all as of December 17.
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Forei
Demani
Liberty
Treasury Ss
Ask
Amer Central
Eee
Amer Eigosoting
Tizens Gas
Ie P&l
Santon Trac
Balion
Mas & Iss
Vencamp
Bank Storks— Trust A
Gontinental National
Aoe
Ater
Imerioga
I Fletcher Av and Trust Co
Indiana Arionat Pais
Ne Bank
Vestoc
Trion Moounty Be
St Co . Beet Nion Trust Ss and Trusidd Waash Bank
Trust
Tee
Rand Br
Stockyards
Ose
Diana’ Gas
Bend & N
Ns St RR Hs
Indiana
Northern Ss
Indy
Eeervice Corp Trac
South
Indpis & Northwesterthern
Ion
Treasury
Gold Shipment Signals Change in World Markets
Stock market note highlights a $1,000,000 gold shipment to Europe as the key factor in the current unsettled markets. The piece suggests gold is moving and could foreshadow broader credit effects if foreign deposits are withdrawn, with money as the sole driver of the market mood.
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Thomson & McKinnon
New York
Coolidge
Europe
Marriage Licenses Read in Fragmented City Ledger
Fragmented OCR lists marriage licenses with names William Taftaees laborer 1626 W Yaghin St Lila Dickerson 1712 Washington St Samuel Gant presser 791 Douglas St and others. Entries include Fredner Rueer 753 Indiana Ave Sara Lewis Indians Ave Raeilia Canerea 1129 N Belle J Frances La Porte 47 College Aye.
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William Taftaees
W. Yaghin
Lila Lavon Dickerson
Washington St
Samuel Gant
Presser
Douglas St
Maar Livingston
Dner
Rueer
Indiana Ave
Sara Lewis
Raleia Canerea
Seleamss
Neighborhood Names and Addresses in Local Listing
A list of residents and households with street addresses including Girls Dale Opal Littrell 343 Lynn Earl Wilson 1714 Naomi Augusta Johnson 21242 Pat terson William Stevens 417 E Ohio Byrd 82042 W Walnut Herve Duerson 39 W Pratt Forrest McCord 1209 Woodawn John Ott 143 EB Southern Ward Clyde Ward 1818 East Ave Gladys South 601 S Irv Miller 4706 Fletcher Tre Clive Linhart N. Drexel Gould 1135 E Wash Dozer Tucker 1250 E Cal Russell Ada Smith 1106 E Geo Mary Mullin 1426 Pleas
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Dale
Opal Littrell
Lynn
Earl
Henrietta Wilson
Naomi
Augusta
Olivea Johnson
Patterson
William
Ruth Stevens
Ohio
Nupaee
Birtie Byrd
W. Walnut
S Herve
Mattie Duerson
W. Pratt
Forrest
Virginia McCord
Woodawn
John
Florence Ott
Southern
Clyde
S Ward
Eastaioe
Gladys South
Irv
Clarence
Marie ‘Miller
Fletcher
Pear
Mary Hollan
Tre- Clive
Ettie Linhart
N. Drexel
Mary Gould
E. Wash"Redozer
Mary Tucker
E. Cal“Russell
Ada Smith
E. Geo
Pence
Mary Mullin
Deaths in City Hospitals Reported With Various Ailments
A Gazette of recent deaths lists several individuals and their causes across local hospitals. Notable entries include 62 at Methodist Hospital from unspecified heart conditions, 59 at Methodist with nephritis, 68 at Long Hospital linked to cardiac issues, 54 at St. Vincent with acute nephritis, and 41 at a location on Columbia linked to unspecified conditions.
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Methodist Hospital
Methodist
Nepori Renee
Long Hospital
America
Nash
Cardinal
Duncan
St. Vincent Hospital
St. Vincent Boles
Anita
Jackson
Columbia
Highland Place
Local Building Permits List Includes Dwellings and Reroofs
A streamlined notice lists multiple building permits with owners and addresses. Francis Lambert plans a dwelling and garage at 2103 West Washington for 3500 dollars while M Robinson plans a reroof at 914 East Fifteenth Cotter. Other permits include furnaces reroofs and alterations at various addresses such as 1343 North Meridian and 580 North New Jersey totaling several thousand dollars.
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Unio T Sorensen
Bearorn
Orlan C. Dorrah
New Je
Vane Nee Ool
Ptfre Wilson
Furnace
W. Thirtieth
Mary Henderson
Dawson
George Sam
Bright
Nah Weser
Tiaki Bider
Eeer Welling
Porkers Pause in Declines to Rise Ten Cents
Hog prices on the local market rise about 10 to 15 cents with a top of 8.85 per hundredweight as receipts reach 9,500, plus 438 holdovers. Chicago and other markets show mixed gains with hogs across weight classes up 10 to 15 cents, while cattle and sheep also show shifts in prices.
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Chicago
United Press
WeHigaso
Sigabe
School traffic cops may get flags for visibility
Dr. A D Carter proposes measuring 18 by 24 inch flags for school boy traffic officers to improve motorist recognition. Police Chief Worley calls flag idea good though signs are used now. Safety board president Connell says the suggestion will be considered.
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A. D. Carter
State Savings and Trust Bldg
The
Board of Safety
Carter
Claude M. Worley
Fred W. Connell
Safety Board
Burial at Birthplace
The body of Miss Margaret Brooks a 23 year old society girl who killed herself Monday at the home of Miss Dorothy Dell 4285 N Meridian St was taken to St Johnsbury Vermont her birthplace late Tuesday Accompanying the body were the girl s parents Mr and Mrs Hillard Brooks of Newton Massachusetts
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Margaret Brooks
Dorothy Dell
Meridian St
St. Johnsbury
Hillard Brooks
Newtonlands
Mass
Cotton Market Record Brief Notes from 1928
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to Cotton Market 4 and a person named Joe Maren with an address 1088 Bae auy Hint October 1928. Details are unclear but suggest a dated sale or market entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stew Ean Vortec
Sancary
Joe Maren
Baeauy
Markets Report Shows Wide Price Spread Across Goods
The column lists wholesale and retail prices for bread, cheeses, poultry, eggs, butter, potatoes, and beef products. It includes per pound rates for Swiss and American cheeses, various poultry cuts, farm produce, and regional potato varieties with several price points and lot sizes.
Fruit and Produce Prices Listed in Local Commission Row
Commodities including Jonathan apples and Bellflowers priced to retailers. Prices show varied per case or basket for apples, bananas, cranberries, with vegetables such as cucumbers onions and tomatoes also listed. Local dealers include Florida and California sources with several crate and basket price points.
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Jonathans
Ays Pbs
Grimes Golden
Baldwins
Jonathan
Golden
York
Florida
Stern
California
Real Estate Board to Elect Directors and Consider Amendment
At the Chamber of Commerce luncheon three three year terms will be chosen for directors of the Real Estate Board. Regular ticket lists Coulter Holloway Kellogg Le Gore Low Rice Richards. Independent ticket No 1 Cruise Gates White Yoke. Independent ticket No 2 Allison Sexton Stump. A constitutional amendment to raise initiation fee to 100 dollars and dues to 50 dollars will be voted on.
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Real Estate Board
Chamber of Commerce
D. A. Coulter
Everett J. Holloway
Forest B. Kellogg
Dan le Gore
William Low Rice
H. L. Richards
James S. Cruise
Frank E. Gates
Walter T. White
Charles R. Yoke
Robert Allison
Lawrence J. Sexton
Marion Stump
Seek 1928 National Builders and Supply Dealers Meet
Spickelmeir of Spickelmeir Fuel & Supply and Ridge of the Indianapolis convention bureau aim to bring the 1928 convention to Indianapolis. They are in Cleveland for the 1927 convention, with Spickelmeir serving as national secretary and head of the local delegation.
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C. V. Spickelmeir
Spickelmeir Fuel & Supply Company
C. C. Ridge
Indianapolis Convention Bureau
National Builders and Supply Dealers Association
Indianapolis
Spickelmeir
Ridge
Cleveland
Corn Futures Lead Gains At Chicago Grain Pits
Corn futures led an overall uptick across grain prices at the Chicago Board of Trade open. Wheat and corn futures rose modestly while oats were unquoted, with traders eyeing Argentine demand and world stocks, as sleet and cold weather threatened U.S. belts. Provisions opened lower.
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United Press
Chicago
Chicago, Board of Trade
Liverpool
Bueno Aires
Central
Market Fragments Show Mixed Wheat and Corn Prices
Scattered figures indicate receipts and prices for wheat corn and oats, with notes referencing amounts like 1 088 000 and 469 000 and comparisons against other values. The text presents disjointed data points without a clear narrative or full context.
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Binet al Ot
Esainst St. Jay
Sugar market outlook hinges on Cuban crop decree
Market chatter shows a cautious tone as the anticipated Cuban crop grinding start decree weighs on futures. Demand for refined sugar remains constrained with traders watching policy timing and harvest expectations for 1928.
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Orison & McKinnon
Women Win Last Line Limerick Contest Prizes
Daily limerick contest in Indianapolis Times awards $5 to Mrs G L O Connors for the winning last line about a dry agent. Mrs H M Hull wins $3 and Joh P Keevers $2 for clever lines. Daily prizes lead to a $208 grand radio prize from Nations Furniture. details and entry rules listed.
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Limerick
Larry
Limerickville
George L. Winkler
Ay Armstack
Indiana
Limerick No. 4
G. L. O'Connnor
Carrollton Ave
H. M. Hull
E. Twenty-First St
CIEWS
Joh P. Keevers
Indianapolis Ave
Stewart-Warner Radio
the Nations Furniture Encene
Washington St
Times
Indianapolis Times
Scripps~Howard Newspapers
Limerick No. 10
Times Office
Woman Picked on Court Jury Sets Historic Record
Mrs. Orpha Gray of Friendswood Ind became the regular December juror for Municipal Court One joining a courtroom session for a minor damage suit before Judge Thomas Garvin. Officials noted no previous female on a regular jury and Sheriff Hawkins verified her summons. Criminal Court juries remain barred for women due to facilities for confinement.
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Orpha Gray
Friendswood
Ind
Thomas Garvin
Mrs. Gray
Omer Hawkins
James A. Collins
Broom Bill Explained by Industry Group
The Central States Broom Manufacturers and Supply Dealers Association closed its quarterly meeting at the Severin with a report on the Cooper Bill now before Congress. It would require prisons to label and sell brooms under interstate commerce laws, addressing prison made products shipped out of state.
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Congress
Central States Broom Manufacturers and Supply Dealers Association
the Severin
Irvin Richards
Decorators Hear E S Woodward At Indiana Convention
E S Woodward of the Aluminum Company of North America spoke at the nineteenth annual convention of the Indiana State Association of Master House Painters and Decorators. Speakers included W B Fuller of Buffalo and P W Ruppert of Milwaukee. A banquet and dance followed with tours of local businesses and inspections scheduled for Thursday.
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E. S. Woodward
Aluminum Company of North America
Indiana State Association of Master House
Elks Club
W. B. Fuller
Buffalo
N. Y
P. W. Ruppert
Milwaukee
Wis
Oanapolis
Lilly
Athenaeum
Blast Investigated in Hammond State Theater Explosion
Inquiry into the Hammond Indiana State Theater blast of November 8 shifted to Indianapolis. Deputy State Fire Marshal Elmer Vrooman Arson Chief Bert Fowler and Hammond Sgt Landis Singer questioned witnesses at the arson division in the Statehouse. Witness William Kleihege owner of five theaters in Hammond and Chicago leased the State from its corporation. The blast caused about $500000 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Indianapolis
Elmer Vrooman
Bert Fowler
Sergt. Landis Singer
Statehouse
William Kleihege
Chicago
League Weakened by Big Nations Involvement
Milton Bronner argues the League of Nations shrivels as major powers dilute its reach. He notes Italy Britain France and Russia influence decisions, with open covenants fading and disputes like Albania Yugoslavia ignored.
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League
Wilson
League of Nations
Albania
Jugoslavia
Italy
Mussolini
Fiume
Corfu
France
Saar
Poland
Vilna
Alsace-Lorraines
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Pacific
C&nw
Erie
Nor & West Nor Pacific
Southern Pac
Pau
L & Sion
Union Pacific
Ajax Teteeeaee
Bethle Thee
Crucible
Gulf St Steel i
I Inland Sd
RO & I
Bhely Us S&s
Idits
Aljcadium
Amer Bosch
Andler
Abriel O
Gen Motors
Huppe
Packard
Studebaker
Timken
Wi ivs-Overland
Bate
Oes
Nick
Kennec Agma
Tex G & Sui
U & Somélting
Cal Pete
Houston
Indot Oil
Pan-Aai Pete
Phil Pete Teres
Union Oil
Sinclair
Elly
Soof NY
Texas Co
Trans Pete OY
Allis Cha
Armour
Dupont
Owen Bot
Sears-Roco
United Drug
Uniy Os
Amer Benross
BeYe
Norquero
Atlantic
Cuba
Fleischmann
Idios
Lonfiard
Patie Lugat
Teeoe
St. Louis
Hokes
Ted
Renee
Mee Telgesee
Bbc
Wisconsin
Leghorn Springs
United Popes
Oey Geeiwest
Auf Pala
Sistas Bse
Uss Santos
Ellie Ad Bey
Butte
Saari
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Idaho
Commission
Orida
Mons
Pianta Tangerenes
Barro
Z. G
Michigan
Nancy Hamper
Pomdines Hath Ouse
Aendards
Eee Allegatore
C. OF C
the Times
City and
Central States Meeting of Manufacturers
O’coats
Massachusetts Ave
W. R. Beard & C
Fordabie
Westside
West Washington
Bronner
Milton Bronner
Times On Service
NEA
Russia
Siberia
Spain
Credit Askin & Mabye
Newton Todd
Lemeke
Boston
Albany
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