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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1928
Page
6
hogs at Union stockyards steady with 160 to 300 lb range at 8.65. New yard arrivals 12 000, holdovers 225. Cattle slow near steady. steers around 13 50, vealers 16 50. Sheep and lambs steady. top hogs 13 75. Chicago hogs receipts 65 000.
United Press reports Chicago market results with butter and cheese prices, poultry receipts and live fowl rates, including 4,482 egg cases with varied grade prices, butter receipts at 9,010 tubs with multiple grade ranges, and potatoes market notes across Ohio Wisconsin and Idaho. notable items include Leghorn and old rooster prices and sacked Russets at $1.45 to $1.75 per bushel.
Wheat faced selling pressure on the Board of Trade with corn off and oats showing strength. Early trading had wheat down 1/4 to 1/2 cent, corn lower about 4% to 5 cents, and oats up 1/2 to 4 cents. Weather improves the corn belt as May and December positions trade amid larger receipts and firm cash corn.
Improvement noted on the ticker tape with several issues opening higher led by Radio, General Motors, and American Can as margins and money rates shift. Brokers anticipate lower lending and firmer prices, while some stocks pull back on profit taking.
Air conditions show west wind at 2 mph, barometric pressure 30.21 inches, temperature 30 degrees, ceiling unlimited, visibility 2 miles with light ground fog lifting.
A Sikorsky nine passenger sea and land plane en route from Chicago to Louisville landed at Indianapolis airport. It was piloted by A L Caperton and flown by Casey Jones of Curtiss Flying Service. Cap tain Weir Cook and Norman A. Perry discussed exhibition plans as the craft demonstrated 128 mph speed and quick takeoffs from land or water.
Indianapolis bank clearings today amount to 4 422 000 with debits of 6 616 000 New York clearance totals reach 571 000 000 and funds in reserve at 110 600 000 Federal power balance 103 000 000 Treasury shows net balance of 62 329 718 93 with receipts to date at 11 930 etc
In Cincinnati receipts for hogs and cattle show steady to higher markets with ranges for different weights and classes, including packing sows and beef cattle. In Irwin, burglars blasted the local baking company safe with dynamite but left 7 cents in cash, others deposited.
Chicago and Pittsburgh market reports show hog receipts around 65 000 and 850, cattle receipts near 25 000 and 900 with varied declines and steadying trends. Prices span to 8.75 for pigs tops, steer values around 13.25 to 17.50 for heavy beef cattle, and sheep markets softer with lambs near 13.75 to 14.50.
In New York on December 10 Thomson McKinnon notes the market hinges on whether buyers using names to excite the public will enter. The market remains inflated with debt high and any price drop likely to be adjusted later. The writer hopes for organized support to reduce commitments.
A cleaned OCR shows commission prices for apples cantaloupes grapes and other produce offered to retailers. Items include apples at $1.50 to $2.50 per box, cantaloupes at $3, grap es at $2, grapefruit $4.50, oranges $4.50 for crates, lemons $6, limes $2.25 to $2.50 per 100, persimmons Japanese at $171.25 a box of 12 pints, pears Boscs at $4.75, cabbage $2.50 per barrel, onions up to $1.75 per 100 lb bag, spinach $1.25, tomatoes $3 per 105 lb basket, potatoes Michigan $2 and Idaho $2.50 a bag, sweet potatoes Indiana Jersey $3 per bushel, and various other regional prices.
Three girls ransacked a Broadway M E church cloak room Sunday afternoon taking $3 a pair of gloves and a vanity from seven purses. Mrs Louise Exline 2030 Park Avenue reported the incident to police.
The Department of Commerce announced a favorable trade balance of 684,023,224 for the first ten months of 1928, up from 487,554,020 in the same period a year earlier. Exports reached 4,109,457,904 while imports were 3,425,434,680. October figures were 550,865,835 in imports and 355,403,797 in exports.
A fragmented roster lists multiple individuals and couples with addresses linked to hospitals and city locations. Names include Edward Gannon, Mary Gannon, William Cunningham, Marie Cunningham, Moses Katter, Slenna Katter, Harold Yount, Ethel Yount, Carlton Rydstrom, Sarah Rydstrom, Eden Wheeler, Anna Wheeler, Ernest Liford, Etta Liford, Earl Kinkton, Margaret Kinkton, Margaret Wolf, Stanley Crawford, Laura Hafer, Chester Brown, Mary Brown, Vernand ee Pa, August Schaffer, Ida Schaffer, Mary Atwell, Blanche Bradshaw, Hortense Morrison, Prhomas Carroll, and others with hospital or city placements.
Obituaries listing multiple individuals with ages and causes of death. Includes William P Lodel 59 Central State hospital cirrhosis of liver Carthula Ewing Stout 90 Broad Way cardio vascular renal disease and others. Names include William J Crawford 18 influenza William M McCollum 43 cerebral hemorrhage Ruth Mabel Jobe 50 myocarditis Mary Dorlmus 68 Myocardial disease Daniel P Shay 61 carcinoma Mary Davis 84 influenza Cassie Y Talbott 74 North New Turkey h static pneumonia Sophia Frakes Molter 72 bronchial pneumonia Raymond F Zinkan 39 mitral insufficiency.
Building permits listed include Rosenbarger garage 1109 Parker Jane L Stace dwelling 1133 Grant W L Stace dwelling 1121 Grant totaling 3000. Econ H Jorge garage 4612 East Tenth J M Mits Caring and garage 5525 North Meridian 11000. Co T Boles 2025 East Thirty Soiree 1200. Courtney repair 621 Blake 400. P & Co repair 515 Hudson 200. Campbell Oil Company station Shelby Beecher 2800. F Coble garage 59 North Holmes 330.
The Rev. John W Meynard of the Rome Italy Methodist church told the Roberts Park M E congregation that Mussolini saved Italy and southern Europe from Bolshevism. He said Italy is undergoing a great governmental experiment and the church does not oppose Roman Catholicism. He added the church aims to educate youth and teach Christ.
Mrs. Ethel Norton aged from 3234 Broadway died Sunday morning in De Soto Missouri of pneumonia while visiting relatives. Her husband S L Norton assistant Boy Scout executive of Indianapolis is in critical condition according to a telegram received by local scout executive F O Belzer.
Fourteen passengers on a Gray Goose tri motor Ford Stout monoplane engaged in a cloud hunt above Chicago. Pilot Paul Meng pursued a black cloud at about 8000 feet and the aircraft burst through, rain drops streaking past. The plane then sank into white clouds forming a cloud mountain with sunlit shadows cast on distant clouds.
Army Airman Capt. H. Young, regular army instructor with the Missouri National Guard flying squadron in St. Louis, landed at Indianapolis airport Saturday in a Consolidate PT-1 en route from St. Louis to Dayton.
Captain H Weir Cook and Lieutenant Fred Maibacher of Curtiss Flying Service piloted a Fairchild cabin monoplane to attend the Chicago air show, which closed Sunday.
Lieutenant William Renfrew and Lieutenant Kuhn of the Illinois National Guard departed Indianapolis airport with two Consolidated PT-1 biplanes. The aircraft had been under inspection at Wrightfield Dayton. They landed at Indianapolis airport Friday while en route to Chicago from Dayton.
Miss Dorothy Goodwin and William Murray returned to Cincinnati from Chicago in the Embry-Riddle air mail plane. They attended the Chicago air show this past Sunday.
A Consolidated PT-1 training biplane from the One hundred thirteenth squadron of the Indiana National Guard completed an inspection at Wrightfield Dayton and was flown back to Indianapolis Saturday by Captain Earl W. Sweeney and Lieutenant Matt G. Carpenter. They used a Curtiss C-11 plane with Sweeney piloting the return flight.
Indiana Christian Fundamentals Association convention at First Evangelical Church all day. Rotary Club luncheon at Claypool. Gyro Club at Spink Arms with Charles Miller, city school head, speaking Tuesday noon. Various luncheons led by ACS Chamber of Commerce Mercator Club and others. Lectures include Alsace Since the War by Michenot at Tudor Hall with dinner at Spink-Arms. Phony reports note Christmas New Year meetings shifted to Fridays.
Fehr Elmer E aged 29 husband of Pern Fehr nee Johnson son of Mr and Mrs John C Fehr died at Methodist hospital Dec 10 funeral from Parente 1302 Woodlawn Wednesday 0p m burial Crown Hill. Ryan John H aged 50 husband of Effie C Ryan father of Charles H and John D Ryan died Sunday Dec 9 services at 44 N Sherman Dr Tuesday Dec 11 2 p m interment Crown Hill Cemetery Center Lodge No 23 F and A M in charge. Schneider Thereis A May Dell wife of Carl Harold mother Edith Roy Schneider daughter of Charles E and Myrtle Dell spouse of Jessie Dell died early Monday at 1128 Bancroft Wey Heal ton Park cemetery.
The Solent between the Isle of Wight and England was tentatively selected as the course for the 1929 Schneider cup races. United States, England, Italy and France plan to enter seaplanes in the competition.
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