Pan American declares 20 percent stock dividend shock in market
Pan American oil and transport company unexpectedly approves an additional 20 percent stock dividend. The move sparks a lively opening in Pan American issues while overall market activity remains near recent levels. Analysts note the dividend stems from the exchange of common and preferred stock linked to Mexican Petroleum, signaling a consolidation of holdings and regulatory commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
New York
Pan American
Shorts
Rails
Jtatter Group
E. L. Doheny
Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company
Mexican Petroleum Company
Indianapolis Bank Clearings Hit Weekend Totals
Local banks report Saturday clearings of $5 452 000 with bank debits at $7 830 000. For the week ending Saturday, clearings reached $21 140 000 and bank debits were $40 556 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Foreign exchange rates listed for December 16
The report shows buy and sell rates for currencies including French, lire, Belgian, marks, Greek, Swiss, guilders, pesetas, Sweden, Norway, and Danish kroner. Cables and demand figures are provided with various cent and percent values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tattes Financial Ixew
Freneh
Guilders
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Curb Market Edges Down After Steady Start
United Financial reports a quiet curb market session with many stocks retreating from early highs. Oils and Continental Can led declines while Standard of Indiana and Kentucky eased, and Delaware and Lackawanna coal touched a new 192 high before slipping back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial
NEW York
Continental Can
Standard
Indiana
Kentucky
Delaware
Lackawanna
Cotton Market Opens Higher In New Orleans Trade
Cotton prices rose in early New Orleans trading with January at 25.10 cents, March at 24.50 cents, May 25.15 cents, July 25.00 cents, reflecting a 2 to 4 point uptick across the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
BP Soc
Wholesale dressed beef prices from Swift & Co catalog
Dressed beef wholesale figures list by Swift & Co with grades and prices. Loins fetch 23c No 3 17c. Rounds No 2 2s 13c and No 8 7e. Neck and other cuts shown with per pound pricing in eighteenth/nineteenth century style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Reeke
Sharp Rally in Grains Closes Near High Crop Records
Grains rallied sharply on the Board of Trade, closing at high figures and only slightly below peak crop records. The late surge followed a revised crop report review, continued Argentine rains, and strong export demand. Provisions closed unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial Chicago
Board of Trade Today
Chicago cash grain futures quotes for wheat corn oats
Chicago cash grain bids show No 2 red wheat at 1.24 1/4 dollars and No 2 yellow corn around 0.76 to 0.76 1/2 with mixed grades varying. No 3 white oats and rye priced near 0.89 and 0.46 dollars respectively. Time notes list over ten dollars at premium and totals around 6 67/5 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dees
Bids Open for Grain and Hay at Indianapolis Board of Trade
December 16 bids show wheat through cilled steady at 1.20 to 1.31, corn easing with several white and yellow grades ranging 66 to 68 cents, oats higher with No 2 white near 44 to 41 cents, and hay prices listed for No 1 timothy, No 2 timothy, and clover. Inspections detail car by car grain receipts by grade and mix, total 74 cars. Prices quoted on a 40 cent basis to New York.
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B&o
Esee
Brie
Lack
Gt Nord
Lehigh al
Wee
Mo Pac Pfd
N_Y_Central
Ees
NY NH
NH & H
North Pac
Ene
Eas
Ee St Paul Pfd
Stl & Sw
Eae
SF Wy
Eee UN Pacific Ene
Wabash Ste
Wabash
Ans c
Aoe
Baldwin i
Airb
Hoy
Elec
Steels
Beth
Elves Wi
Gulf States
Eee
Motorse
A Bosch M
Chandler M
Motors
Kelsey Wheel
Martin Perry
Pierce-Arrow
Stromberg Studebaker
Willys-Over
Minings
Anaconda Amer
Chile
Utah
Amer. Can
AH & L
Endicott-J
Inter. P
Mont. & Wee
Seare-Roe
United Drug
Ind al. S Ee
Am T and T
Consolas
People's Gas
Union
Austin
Sug Wilson~& Co , Ae
Indianapolis Board of Trade
Timothy
Corm
New York
Local hay and wheat prices posted at area market
The local hay market lists loose hay at 17 and 18 dollars with Timothy at 5.16.50 per bale and mixed hay at 14 to 15.80. Local mills pay 1.26 for No 2 red wheat as wagon wheat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
New York Produce Prices Mixed on Dec 16
Market report shows flour and pork weak while coffee and sugar hold. quotes for raw and refined sugar range around 5.53 to 7.35 cents, coffee Rio No 7 at 11 cents, and dairy and poultry prices steady to quiet with milk at 21 to 28 1/4 cents and butter around 54 1/4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial New York
Middle West
Rio
Poulne
I Coast
Chicago Produce Prices Reported for Butter Cheese Poultry
Chicago produce prices list butter creamery extra at 62 1 4 to 62 1 2 cents. standards 50c. firsts 45 to 48c. cheese Twins at 27c. young Americans 26 to 27c. poultry fowls 14 to 19c. ducks 11c. geese 13c. turkeys 35c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antes Financial Cago
Cleveland Produce Prices From Northern Ohio Markets
Market bulletin lists butter in tubs at 50 cents per pound and extra creamery butter various. eggs priced with firsts at 57 to 63 cents. turkeys ducks and fowl noted with prices around 165 dollars per unit for live weight and other poultry items mentioned in New entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial
Cleveland
Ohio
Greg
Bond Trading Slower After Week of Heavy Activity
New York Dec 16 Bond trading eased after a week of heavy activity. Victory 4% bonds languished, easing reinvestment after government redemptions while francs strengthened boosting French government and municipal bond activity. Industry bonds showed caution amid mixed equity moves and copper price news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial New York
Chicago
Northwestern
Freezing and Thawing Hit Wheat Across State
Temperatures ran above normal for half the period and near normal the rest. Wheat and rye look good but suffer some damage from freeze thaw cycles without snow. Chinch bugs and Hessian fly seen in scattered localities. Hog cholera occasional in livestock. farm labor scarce at current wage levels.
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George C. Bryant
Indianapolis Produce Prices and Poultry Listings
Indianapolis produce market lists fresh candied fruit at 48 cents a pound and butter packing stock at 27 cents. Fowls range from 16 to 21 cents per pound with various weights, turkey prices from 12 to 40 cents per pound, ducks and geese noted, squabs at 4.60 per dozen, and guineas per dozen. Local creameries pay 57 cents per pound for butterfat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ile
Indianapolis
Cottonseed Shipments Rise at Mills Census Data Show
Washington December 16 the census bureau announced cottonseed ex nee reshipments received at mills from August to November 30 totalled 2 427 860 tons up from 2 253 974 tons for the same period last year the increase reflects higher output and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial
Washington
Milla
Linseed Oil Prices in New York and Indianapolis Markets
Linseed oil quotations show domestic spot 5c, January to April 87c, May to July 80 83c with foreign spot at 85c nominal. Indianapolis dealers quote raw at $1.01 per gallon and boiled at 03 per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial New York
Indianapolis
Cottonseed Oil Futures Report Shows Steady Market
United Nations exchange notes Dec. contract readings with prices from February through July listed. Spot price 9.60 cents bid. Market steady with 1,700 sales recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Oonciat
Teaceon Demeiner
Eeto
Mare
Raw Sugar Market Opens Firm With Mixed Futures
Raw sugar prices opened firm with March at 3.39 to 3.41 cents and May 3.52 to 3.54, July 3.64 to 3.65, September 3.73 to 3.74 cents. Market closed steady with March 3.40, May 3.62, July 3.64, September 3.72 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Financial Law
By. United
Hogs Rally With Light Receipts On Local Market
The local livestock exchange saw hogs rise briefly with light receipts totaling 5,500 hogs and 700 on hand state supply. Prices closed slightly below the early gain with hogs trading at load price and sows around 7 to 7.25. Cattle were nominal. calves steady near Friday's close. Sheep and lambs held steady with lambs at 15 and cows near 5. Receipts: hogs 200, sheep and lambs under 150.
Commodity Hogs and Cattle Markets Across U.S. Exchanges
Across Chicago East Buffalo East St Louis Cleveland Kansas City and other markets on Dec 16 receipts varied by species with hogs steady to active and cattle mixed. Prices ranged from packing sows 7.15 to 7.70 and steers 9 to 13.75 in various regions, lambs and sheep showing slower demand in some markets.
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United Pinancial
Chicago
Grarling
East Buffalo
East St, Louis
Cleveland
Dee
Baeken
Alver
Kansas City
Estate Tax Assessed on Meyers Estate Approved by Judge
Taxes assessed on the estate of the late Quincy A. Meyers by inheritance tax appraiser W E Rasmussen for Marion County and approved by Probate Court Judge Mahlon B. Bush total $1 598.77. Estate valued at $92 463.78. Meyers was formerly a judge of the Indiana Supreme Court and died December 29 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy A. Meyers
W. E. Rasmussen
Marion County
Mahlon B. Bush
Meyers
Indiana Supreme Court
Indiana CPA rule change favored at Hotel Lincoln
The Indiana Association of Certified Public Accountants backed a proposal to lower residence requirements for the certified public accountant certificate from three to two years. They also urged legislation requiring a high school education or its equivalent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Certified Public Accountant
Indiana
Indiana Association of Certified Public Accountants
Hotel
Lincoln
County approves auto contract for sheriff fleet
The board of county commissioners let a contract to Wangelin & Sharp for three Ford cars and one Fronty-Ford to be used by the sheriff's office. The total price is set at 1 947 dollars 72 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Board of County Commissioners
Wangelin & Sharp
Teachers Frame Bills At Statehouse Session Preview
The legislative committee of the State Teachers Association met at the Statehouse to prepare the program for the coming session. They discussed salary increases, teachers licenses, and proposed new study courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
State Teachers’ Association
Statehouse
White slave trafficking exposed in Indiana conspiracy
Officials in Muncie report uncovering a conspiracy to traffic young girls from Virginia and Kentucky with a base in Muncie and Elwood. A 16 year old from Covington and a Terre Haute girl testified of escape from a Muncie house after being lured with high wages and locked in a room with a Chinaman. Police in Muncie and Elwood plan multiple arrests based on Mrs. Jesse H. McCreary’s information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nderson
Ind
Virginia
Kentucky
Muncie
Elwood
Jesse H. McCreary
Covington
Terre Haute
Club discusses change to dues and initiation fee
A business meeting of the Exchange Club will be held next Friday at the Lincoln Hotel. Montgomery S. Lewis, secretary, announced that amendments to the institution will be discussed, covering changes in the dues and the initiation fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exchange Club
Lincoln Hotel
Montgomery S. Lewis
Marriage Licenses Listed for Several City Residents
A. L. Taylor of 345 Congress Ave. and Reda Button of 32% N. Senate Ave. are among couples issued licenses. Elsie Turner at 330 N. Ulviole Bt. 8 and C. Eversole of Akron Ohio with Rose Weaver at 4448 Winthrop Ave. are noted. C. W. Gibson of 1918 Wilcox St. and Loretta P. Brown of 2042 Sugar Grove Ave. are listed. L. Cook Jr. of Court St. and Arlington Ave. with Dorothy Goepper of 3055 N. Meridian 5 are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Taylor
Congress Ave
Reda Button
Guest Lido
N. Senate Ave
Elsie Turner
N. Ulviole
Eversole
Akron
Ohio
Rose Weaver
Winthrop Ave
Births Reported For Several Families In City
Birth notices list newborns for Myron and Laura Mann at 920 N East James and Mary Woodson at 1928 Fayette Mitchell and Velma Tillotson at Methodist Hospital Charles and Sophia Hittle at 1326 N Tremont Ian and Alma Kennagy at 1122 N Randolph Charles and Ethel Robb at 1520 Garfield Everett and Tadek Wickit at 2848 Burton Earl and Dot Coward at 1732 Madison Menno and Louise Armatutz at 2828 McPherson Ora and Iola Searcy at 2120 Madison Carl and Clara Knuth at 2548 E Seventeenth Robert and Beulah Singer at 3427 W North and a and Margaret Overman at 843 N La
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron
Laura Mann
N. East
James and
Mary Woodson
Fayette
Mitchell
Velma Tillotson
Methodist Hospital
Charles
Sophia Hittle
N. Tremont
Ian
Alma Kennagy
Randolph
Ethel Robb
Garfield
Wits
Everett
Tadek Wickit
Burton
Earl
Dot Coward
Madison
Menno
Louise Armatutz
McPherson
Ora
Iola Searcy
Carl and
Clara Knuth
E. Seventeenth
Robert and
Beulah Singer
W. North
A and
Margaret Overman
N. la
List of Deaths and Causes from Local Hospital Records
The notices list numerous individuals with ages and causes of death including cerebral hemorrhage, carcinoma, pulmonary tuberculosis, aortic stenosis, cirrhosis of the liver, nephritis, mitral insufficiency, lobar pneumonia, meningitis, and chronic bronchitis. Names include Anna C. Wagner, Samuel Wert, Susanna M. Oglesby, Thomas Andrews, Emile White, Elmer Ben Floyd, Helen Casserly, Anna Mounta, Sophia Schortemeter, and John Lewin Smith among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sete Burkett
Long Hospital
Anna C. Wagner
Ewing
Nathan Hutson
St. Vincents Hospital
Mosca O. Flim
Samuel Wert
N. Haugh
Susanna M. Oglesby
W. Twenty- Eighth
Thomas ©. Andrews
City Hospital
Thomas A. Rice
Michigan
Aldine Simms
John Lewin Smith
W. Tenth
Emile White
Elmer Ben Floyd
S. Tremont
Helen Casserly
Keystone
Anna L. Mounta
Sophia Sschortemeter
New Jersey
Building Permits List Dense with Local Projects and Costs
A sprawling run of building permits lists Minnie M Swindler and many others with addresses in the city, noting doubles, repairs, garages, dwellings, and figures ranging from 150 to 8400 dollars. Items include projects at 4407 Central, 5043 East Forty Oarth, 4905 FE Michigan, 1202 W Thirty First, and 248 W Sixteenth. The compilation also mentions Realty Finance Building Co and Bernet Finford Co among others with multi-thousand sums for new structures and extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie M. Swindler
Central
E. Forty- Oarth
Barth
Michigan
Apames L. Penso
Graceland
David Krieger
Thirty- First
Supreme ON and Refining Company
Gastan
W. Sixteenth
Red OG. Paul
Gala
Jonald Christie
Sherman
Backer
N. Sherman
Bornman
Fae van Richards
Brooksae
Sec . McKenzie
Martindale
S. H. Brecount
N. Talbott
An W. Parker
Boyd
Sonce Parker
Holliday
RW. Parker
Eeabaeet Byrket
W. Ohio
Eva Byrket
N. Belmont
E A. Byrket
Knight
Dexter
F. M. Knight
Highland
N. M. Knight
Wid
M. Knight
Seta Craig
Carrollton
Sist
Rhodes
W. Pearl
Realty Finance Building Company
N. de Quincy
Priscian Shen
Bose
Mystery Hatchet Slaying Near Newcastle Remains Unsolved
William G. Shaeffer and wife Susan were killed at their farm near Newcastle on December 6. Officials say evidence is lacking to charge anyone with murder, with investigators considering homicide by unknown persons. A house search found three quarts of whisky. a safe deposit box in Muncie is to be opened for missing diamonds. Ben Brookshire remains jailed. observers doubt his involvement. Witness James Davidson testified Shaeffer failed to meet him at Middletown and noted Davidson’s $700 automobile loan to Mrs. Shaeffer. Police probe possible booze ring ties to the case.
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Felix Bruner
Times
Newcastle
Ind
William G. Shaeffer
Susan
Here
Henry
Delaware
Corner Drake
Shaeffer
George R. Jeffrey
Schaeffer
Muncie
Ben Brookshire
The
Schaeffers
James W. Davidson
Shhaeffer
Indianapolis
Middletown
Lean Davidson
Pennies and Pliers Trigger Two Arrests
Police arrested Murrell Lisby and Edward Russell for vagrancy after finding 197 pennies a pair of pliers a screwdriver and two small tools on them near Dlinois and Twenty-Fourth Streets at 2 am. Lisby claimed the pennies came from a penny-ante game at 4305 ER. Sixteenth Street while Russell said the tools were for fixing roller skates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murrell Lisby
Edward Russell
Chitwood
Bedford
Dlinois
Illinois
Lisby
Sixteenth St
Russell
Police follow new crew in river death mystery
Chicago December reports say police traced shrimp shrieks heard by watchmen to the Chicago River two miles from the scene where Arthur Foster tied to the case is moved from detectives to the sheriff. Mrs Kate Mitchell Trostell remains missing as investigators seek the source of the two cries heard midnight December 2 and linked to her disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kate Mitchell Trostell
Arthur Foster
Trostell
United Press
Mra
Foster
Vegetable broker accused of potato load embezzlement
Jacob Leffler 305 North Pine Street a vegetable broker hired Charles Justice 220 North Noble Street peddler to sell potatoes. Justice returned the empty wagon but not the $35 claimed value and was arrested on embezzlement charges by Detectives Brickley and Finneran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Leffler
Pine St
Charles Justice
N. Noble St
Leffler
Brickley and
Finneran
Hobbs Reelected President Of Indiana Horticultural Society
Hobbs of Bridgeport won another term as president of the Indiana Horticultural Society at the closing session in Lafayette. Other officers elected include F. I. O Dell Cannelton vice president H H Swain West Lafayette secretary treasurer W M Walton La Porte and D B Johnson Mooresville on the legislative committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timosa
Man Fights Custody. Judge Sets Visit Fee and Limits
Bruno L Schelske, a truck driver, faced his wife in Superior Court over divorce and a restraining order. The judge allowed Sunday visitations at a cost of five dollars per visit and required cash payment to the wife, with outings limited to within town. The mother testified Schelske had not contributed to the children's support as they separated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruno L. Schelske
Olive Sr
T. J. Moll
Tire theft reported on Northwestern Avenue
Ray M. Dille of 3039 Northwestern Ave. reported a thief stole a tire valued at $20 from his parked car in front of his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray M. Dille
Northwestern Ave
House backs world disarmament call in naval bill
The House approved a proposal to ask President Harding to convene another world disarmament conference. The vote 251 to 9 adopted an amendment to the naval appropriation bill urging negotiations with former arms conference participants to extend naval armament limits and curb aircraft and submarine construction.
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United Press
Washington
House Today
Harding
House
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Swift Wd Co
Swift Intl
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Nion
Wiles
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Aary Wee
Cevenss
Chicago Grain Table
Chicago Cash Grain
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Cleveland Produce
H. Low
Victory
New Gov Bis
Hage
Uruer
Siat
Hobbs Heads Fruit Growers
Fletcher American Company
Ad Floor Pletcher American Bank Bldg
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Portland Cement Association
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