Stocks Open Higher on Steel Gains and Oil Pressure
The market opened with a confident tone as Europe relief plans and optimistic reports buoyed trading. Industrials led by steel rose, Gulf States Steel to new highs, while Texas Company and oil stocks faced selling after a brokerage failure. overall, twenty active industrials averaged 95.13 and rails 4.59.
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Wall Street Jornal
New York
Washington
Steel
Wall Street
Texas Company
Tulsa
Small gains mark steady curb market
After a irregular opening the New York curb market steadied with minor gains. Continental Can rose to 42% a, Moth? Oil near 43, Stutz Motors up to 18, New York Telephone preferred 112% high, Durant Motors 73 and Durant of Indiana 18% high, New Mexico Arizona land active 2% to 4% before retreat, National Supply 56% to 57 on issue.
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United Financial
New York
Continental Can
Manmoth Oil
Stutz Motors
New York Telephone
Durant Motors
Durant
Indiana
New Mexico
Arizona Land
All grains open sharply higher in Chicago trading
Chicago December 18 All grains opened sharply higher on the Board of Trade as cold weather in the winter wheat belt spurred damage fears. Domestic demand and strong export activity underlie gains with England buying wheat and corn while rye and wheat move to the continent. Local receipts listed.
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United Financial Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
England
B. Goodman
Minneapolis
Local Hay and Wheat Prices Featured at Market
Local hay prices range from 14 to 18 dollars with Timothy at 15 to 16.50 per bale and mixed hay at 14 to 15.50. Corn prices listed as New 70e and old toe. Local wagons report wheat payments around 1.2 dollars for No. 5 red wheat.
Kind Hoosier costs Cleveland teacher five hundred dollars
Miss Virginia Murphey, a Cleveland schoolteacher, was duped by a man with an Indiana license who offered a ride to town. He steered her to a hotel, pawed the furs, and after dinner promised $200 for the fur goods. The car vanished and the man did not return.
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Cleveland
Virginia Murphey
Murphey
E. Fortieth St
Clemenceau Faction Rejects Ruhr Invasion Plan
Paris dispatch reports Clemenceau loyalists oppose Premier Poincare’s proposal to invade the Ruhr basin for German reparations. Andre Tardieu advocates productive customs levies instead of military occupation. Poincare faces opposition in the cabinet and the chamber, while a pro invasion bloc in the chamber aided Briand’s downfall. He is expected to brief deputies on London talks and the January allied meeting in Paris.
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Hudson Hawley
United News
Paris
Georges Clemenceau
Poincare
Ruhr
Andre Tardieu
Clemenceau
London
Millerand
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Briand
Hogs and cattle prices rise at local stockyards
Sluggish receipts and light state supply push hog prices up a dime while cattle and calf markets edge higher or hold steady. Veal tops at 12 dollars, most calves 11 to 11.60. Lambs weak with ewes around five dollars. cattle ranges listed from 7.25 to 10.50 for various classes.
Live Stock Market Prices Western Beef Cattle and Hogs
United Financial reports Kansas City market data for hogs cattle and sheep with receipts and price ranges. Hogs bulk 7.85 to 8.10 heavies 7.75 to 8.05 producers 8.00 to 8.15 pigs 6.75 to 7.50. Cattle receipts 13,000 market steady prime fed steers 10.25 to 13.75, dressed beef steers 5.50 to 10.25, western steers 5.25 to 9.75, cows 4.6 to 6.25, heifers 4.25 to 9, stockers 4.50 to 7.75, bulls 2.50 to 4.50, calves 4.50 to 9. Sheep receipts 6,000 market steady lambs 14 to 14.85, yearlings 10.75 to 12.75, wethers 7.75 to 8.50, ewes 6.25 to 7.50, stockers 12.50 to 13.
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Jesse
United Financial
Kansas City
Western architecture denounced by Cass Gilbert
Cass Gilbert, designer of the Woolworth Building, denounces Western architecture as sordid and ugly. He expects little improvement in architecture under the Volstead act, adding that a small inspiration could spark better design.
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New York
Cass Gilbert
Woolworth
Mr. Gilbert
Gilbert
Linseed Oil Prices at Indianapolis Dealers
Indianapolis dealers quote linseed oil by the gallon with raw at 1.01 dollars and boiled at 1.03 dollars per gallon indicating current market rates for raw and boiled varieties.
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Indianapolis
Wolf Pack Traps Couple In Car Near Larimore
Miss Lena Lawson and Swen Swenson, trapped five miles from Larimore, set fire to their clothing and car to scare off a pack of wolves. The flames lasted until dawn, after which they fled to a nearby farmhouse and survived the night.
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Larimore
N. D
Lena Lawson
Swen Swenson
Swenson
Miss Lawson
Births in local area list many new families
A long OCR fragment lists numerous birth announcements with parental names and addresses including Herbert and Mamie Vogelsanz, Raymond and Ruth Hawkins, Edwin and Sarah Lay, and many others. Several entries mention hospital births at St. Vincent's or Methodist Hospital, with addresses on Lexing ton, Sheffield, Belmon t, and other streets.
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Herbert
Mamie Vogelsanz
S&s. Keystone
Raymond
Ruth Hawkins
Maryland
Edwin
Sarah Lay
Good
Stanley
Veraischotcher
S. Sheffield
Ephrim
Mary Buckner
Lexington
Deaths of Local residents list multiple causes and ages
A local obituary list reports deaths of John Scott 83 at Park of carcinoma Ormy Celester Baker 73 at Woodlawn cerebral hemorrhage Rosair Phillips 62 Naomi sclerosis Flora Blackburn 82 Bradburn carcinoma Cicero A Bartlett 78 Deaconess Hospital pulmonary embolism John H Macklain 75 Methodist Hospital chronic parenchymatous as William Bailey 25 Cornell pulmonary tuberculosis William L Lee 69 Minerva chronic myocarditis Joseph C Condon 82 Fall Creek Blvd arteriosclerosis Lewis Edward Cornell 19 days Arch premature birth Thomas F Reeves 56 McCrea and Louisiana chronic interstitial nephritis Mary Mahan 87 N Rural arteriosclerosis Harold Taylor Selvage 23 Broadway pulmonary tuberculosis.
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John Scott
Park
Ormy Celester Baker
Woodlawn
Rosair Phillips
Naomi
Flora Blackburn
Bradburn
Cicero A. Bartlett
Deaconess
John H. Macklain
Methodist Hospital
William Bailey
Cornell
William L. Lee
Minerva
Joseph C.condon
Fall Creek Blvd
Lewis Edward Cornell
Thomas F. Reeves
McCrea
Louisiana
Mary Mahan
Rural
Harold Taylor Selvage
Broadway
Thieves Loot Newark Grocery Worth 3000
Burglars break into Hugh Kennedy’s grocery at Blackhand Newark Ohio and cart away the entire stock valued at 3000 dollars leaving only a hot stove with fire banked for the night.
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Newark
Ohio
Hugh Kennedy
Blackhand
Woman 80 Begins Third Set of Teeth in Laurel
Mrs. Rebecca Rawhauser, 80, of Laurel in Chanceford Township, is cutting her third set of teeth. The report from New York dated December 18 notes the unusual dental milestone in an elder resident.
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New York
Rebecca Rawhauser
Laurel
Chanceford Township
Harding backs sales tax for veterans bonus plan
President Harding signaled support for financing a veterans bonus via a sales tax, relayed by Col. C R Forbes to the Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering in Cincinnati. The group endorsed the sales tax, excluding foodstuffs, and DVW and others pledged action, suggesting Congressional support may be feasible next year.
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Times
Cincinnati
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Col. C. R. Forbes
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Col. Forbes
C. Hamilton Cook
Buffalo
N. Y
American Legion
Col
Forbes
Purse Stolen From Car Believed At Lunch Room
Miss Anna Chatham of 823 Blake Street reports a thief took her purse from her automobile parked in front of a lunch room. The loss includes ten dollars. Police are investigating the theft.
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Anna Chatham
Blake St
Boy Robber Kruger Sentenced to Long Juvenile Term
Albert Kruger a 16 year old from Richmond Hill was sentenced to 30 to 39 years in Sing Sing by County Judge Burt J Humphrey. He had pleaded guilty to robbing Patrolman Schultz's home and Beatrice Turner with a revolver after earlier delinquency charges and a Vermont head injury incident.
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New York
Albert Kruger
Richmond Hill
Sing Sing
Burt J Humphrey
Kruger
West Corinth
Humphrey
Chauncey Schultz
Schultz
Beatrice Turner
Dana Wallace
Liberty Bonds Firm on Bond Market This Week
New York December 18 The Liberty 3% issues showed firmness at the start of the trading week with the Liberty 3 148 rising to 100.80 from 100.56 as others stayed steady. Copper bonds remained active with gains in Cerro de Pasco 8s and Chile convertible 6s and 7s amid expectations of higher German purchasing power and strong world demand.
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Chile
Briennecott
Ctah Copper
Houston Oil
Invincible Oil
Pan-A. P
Sinclair Teee
Texas Co Oe
Tt Union Oil
Fs Industrials— Allied Chem
Allis-Chal
Coca-Cola
Oo Meat & Ward
Ss. In
Woodward
Con
Col. Gas . Act
Lea Gas
United Financial New York
Germany
Cerro de Pasco
Cold Snap Boosts Chicago Livestock Prices
Cold weather at the Chicago stock yards lifted prices across hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs traded 15 to 20 cents higher with 40 000 receipts and 4 000 direct from other centers. Cattle receipts totaled 23 000 and the market held steady to stronger while sheep were steady with 18 000 receipts.
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United Financial Chicago
Chicago
Atrone
Indianapolis Produce Offerings Include Fresh Poultry Deals
Indianapolis prices list fresh poultry items with discounts on leghorn stock and various sizes of capons and fowls. It notes turkeys including young toms and hens with weights around 12 pounds and up, reflecting a busy produce market.
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Eeseeere
Dressed Beef Prices From Swift & Co Wholesale Sellings
Wholesale selling prices of dressed beef from Swift and Co. are listed for various cuts including ribs loins chuck and plates with No 2 and No 3 grades and prices in cents per pound.
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Swift & Co
Cotton Market Opens Firm With Higher December Futures
In New York cotton trading December 158 opened firm with December at 25.75 cents up 28 points while January rose 16 points and March reached 276.00 cents. In London futures prices showed steady demand with openings and highs listed for January March futures.
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Financial York
Jan- SS
Police Try to Arrest Man in Own Home
New York December 18. Police surrounded a house after reports of a prowler ransacking East Side homes. A man inside claimed ownership, saying he lived there and was just looking for a drink when officers arrived.
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New York
East Side
Surgery Separates Siamese Twins Ruth and Sylvia Zarelsky
Brooklyn doctors report a successful operation separating Ruth and Sylvia Zarelsky born November 2 in New York. Dr Phil Mininberg led the obstetrics specialty team. The twins were conjoined at the chest with one head under the other's chin and weighed five and three pounds.
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New York
Ruth
Sylvia Zarelsky
Brooklyn
Phil Mininberg
Pays Dime For Ride Stolen 12 Years Ago
The auditor of the Sterling Dixon & Eastern Electric Railway Co. received 10 cents in stamps from a man in Berrien Springs Michigan for a ride taken over twelve years ago without paying. The original fare was five cents.
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Dixon, IL
Sterling, Dixon & Eastern Electric Railway Co
Berrien Springs
Mich
Local Property Listings For Garages and Walls
Listing shows owners including William H Block at 50 N Illinois ng Indianapolis Garage with gas tank valued at 6500 dollars. Elizabeth R Hilgenberg at 2636 Bellefontaine 400 dollars. Oscar X poner at 4922 Washington Blvd 10000 dollars. H A Purnell at Fifty Second and Win wall. Dace W Flickinger at 211 Broadway 350 dollars.
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William H. Block
N. Illinois
Indianapolis
Charles Volrath
WN. Kealing
Elizabeth R. Hilgenberg
Bellefontaine
Oscar X. Poner
Washington Blvd
H. A. Purnell
Wall
W. Flickinger
Broadway
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Dearborn
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Victor and Vocalion Records
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Liberty Bonds
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