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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1925
Page
5
Stocks faced heavy selling with United States Rubber General Motors Chrysler and other rubber and motor shares hitting new lows. Call loan rates and lingering coal strike rhetoric pressured prices while bulls noted easing credit ahead and holiday buying improving some issues led by American Can and Postum Cereal.
Indianapolis bank clearings today reached about 4.28 million dollars with totals for the day at 25.208 million and weekly clearings reported near 46.663 billion. New York and Chicago correspondents show book clearings around 142 million with balances near 0.0, and Chicago balances about 4.0 million.
A fragmented OCR line presents alphanumeric codes and names including Yeon LOB RS and numbers. The readable portion hints at a technical or broadcasting reference rather than a complete event or narrative. Coherence is limited.
Currency data shows modest moves across markets. The dollar price for several currencies edged up slightly including lire, marks, and Sweden, with small adjustments in Holland and Russia. Shanghai and Yokohama figures return mixed results as trading offices report slight gains.
Fragmented market notices list poultry and dairy prices with scattered regional references and dates. It mentions Leghorns ducks turkeys butter cheese potatoes and various regional price figures, plus dairy and grain items, in a disorganized 1920s style ledger.
Grain futures averaged lower in the Chicago Board of Trade session led by wheat. Coarse grains followed with local selling pressing prices while bear-reliant foreign cables and weak export demand aided the downturn. Corn rose on cash buying but faded late. oats and provisions declined on cash selling.
Dec 19 Chicago grain table shows receipts for wheat 23, corn 348, oats 52, rye 4. The text lists mixed figures with several OCR garbles but indicates grain receipts and carrot receipts in a Chicago market.
General grain bids and classifications listed for wheat corn oats and barley with prices. includes No 2 hard No 3 yellow No 4 mixed and Timothy hay values. markets cited Indianapolis Chicago Toledo and weekly flour output note. Prices shown in cents per bushel and dollars per ton with scattered consignments and inspections.
In Indianapolis the tobacco trade remains solid with stable prices versus 1924 and ample quality supply. Hog markets show high pork prices due to a twelve year low in hog supply, with projections of a coming oversupply and price declines. Indiana building and engineering contracts in November rose 23 percent from October, totaling $13.48 million, and eleven month construction reached $130.37 million, up sharply from 1924.
Weather forecast for cotton shipments shows East near freezing while South runs above freezing. West and North regions expect temperatures around Sunnight with readings between 20 and 25 degrees.
Hog prices at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange closed the week with little change from Friday. Light weight hogs sold around 11.50 with a few at 11.60. heavyweights 11.00 to 11.40. sows 9.50 to 10. stags 8 to 9.50. Cattle and calves held steady. steers 6 to 10, heifers 5 to 10.5, cows 4.80, calves 13.50 to 14. Lambs 15 to 15.50, sheep 5 to 8. Top price paid for best yearlings was 14.00.
A composite livestock report lists hogs cattle and sheep receipts across several markets on December 19. Cattle demand shows mixed results with some steers and heavies steady to higher while veal and lighter stock mostly lower. hogs show variable prices and sheep demand as receipts near 2,000. Other city markets report similar activity and price ranges.
The Tilson resolution to investigate alleged manipulation of crude rubber prices by the British Colonial government was favorably reported to the House today by the Rules Committee.
Fragmentary note shows wagers or payments related to wheat and wagon activity in Indianapolis with unclear terms. Mentions Val paying 31 for pounds and references other cranes or men in the scene.
A White Star liner Baltic departed Liverpool for New York carrying six hundred twenty canaries among its livestock shipments. The fragment notes Leaning and Ampere tet as unclear items in the text.
Science editor notes engineers expect future radio reception to rely on home tied sets with no external wires. Loop aerials reduce static but remain bulky. advances aim for inside receivers with no aerial or ground, enabling long distance reception and quieter signals as power grows.
The Department of Communications in Tokyo enforces a regulation penalizing regenerative radio receiving sets for allegedly causing interference with normal broadcasting waves. The measure targets devices deemed to disrupt standard transmission.
For the first time in amateur radio history an amateur station in Germany and another in the United States successfully communicated by telegraphic code.
Geologist Dewey Soper living at Baffinland on the Attic Circle notes clear radio reception from the United States and shares his observations.
Radio listings show several 1925 broadcasts: New York’s philharmonic orchestra at 8:25 P M EST on WJZ. Handel’s The Messiah at 8:30 P M EST on WRC Washington and Lucia di Lammermoor on WIP Philadelphia. Organ Jubilee on WOAW Omaha at 11 P M CST. Grand opera Lucia di Lammermoor with KOA Denver at 7 30 P M MST and Super syncopatora on KOA.
Copyright 1925 United Press describes a 8 P M EST concert from American orchestral society on WEAF and a 9:15 P M EST Christmas program with Jeanette Vereland and others. Also WTIC Hartford gala concert at 8:15 P M EST and Philadelphia Opera The Barber of Seville at 10 P M EST. Additional broadcasts include Dr. 8 Parkes Cadman and the Sunday men's conference on WEAF WTAS WSAI WCAB and WEEI at 3:45 P M EST.
A scrambled radio schedule fragment lists programs on WMCA WOR and stations in Atlantic City Davenport and Chicago. It mentions orchestras and choirs, a States Navy Night, a New York newscast, and a 6 15 PM timeslot with WCCO Minneapolis St Paul orchestra.
The fragment lists wireless broadcast times and station call letters such as Dancing 745-WHT at 8 00 WTAM 8 30 KOA WGY 9 00 KMA WEBH WMBB WREO 9 30 WBBM WJIB WRC 10 00 WGN WQJ WEAF 10 30 KTHS WJR 11 00 WEBH WEAF WFAA WLIB 1145 WDAF 12 00 KGO WJJD KPO.
The page lists radio bulletins and program times across cities including Pittsburgh, Dallas, Chicago, Philadelphia, Nashville, and Washington. It notes orchestras, singers, and dinner music segments with various station calls and time slots.
A vivid remark notes a girl singer brought from an American station whose voice appeared to surround listeners with clarity even her breathing was audible. The observer marvels at the effect, calling it striking for the Artic Circle era.
Readable fragments show a concert scene with bands and soloists in New York Newark and Chicago. Mentions include a Louisviannee Club group and soprano plus piano performances, with venues and radio references from KDKA and WAT.
Radio schedules list several stations and times for concerts and musical programs. Performers include a symphony orchestra and choral groups with mentions of venues such as Davenport Quartet and St. Olaf College events. The fragment references multiple stations like WJIZ KDKA WNYC WEAF KSD WFAA and WJR with various concert lines.
A dense night of radio times across stations WMA WDAF WCAE WOC KYW WRC WIZ WEAF WRBM and others features orchestra performances from How York and Milwaukee area acts, plus Bay area dance tunes and Oakland Glee Club vocalists. Notable items include an Oakland Glee Club vocalise, a Milwaukee 9 35 pm program, and a Mission star lineup with Baritone solos and dance tunes.
A compact snippet lists radio station call letters including Silent Today Central KFDM KFKX KFMQ KFUO WJAD WCRD WHO WOAN WOS WOWL WO Eastern WBZ WCAP WCAU WcX WDWF WEBJ WGR WGHP WHAZ WLIT WOO WTAG WTIC WEEI WJAR Far West CFAC KFOA KLX KPSN KWSC indicating a broad regional sweep of stations.
Sunday December 20 radio listings show varied programming across cities. Entries include church services in Mooseheart East Pittsburgh and Chicago, organ recitals in Louisville, science programs in Chicago, and musical broadcasts on WGN WHT and KFYI venues.
Radio notes list Silent Sunday programming across Central KFKX and Kansas City outlets KEMQ WDAF WMAQ WMC WIL and WOL with no schedules or content details provided.
A dense listing of radio stations and schedules features numerous concerts and religious services. It includes Chicago Iowa City Jefferson and Minneapolis programs with orchestras choral groups piano performances and lectures scheduled from the afternoon through the night.
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