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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1925
Page
3
Stocks rose with brisk demand in New York as oil issues led the advance. Pan American hit a new high for the present bull market at 75, General Petroleum stood at 49 1 2, and overall industrials gained as the market showed renewed buying power despite potential next month risks.
May wheat closed at 1.92 and opened 1.95 to 1.97 amid selling tied to possible investigation of May wheat jump over 2.00. Coarse grain and corn followed downward while oats and provisions weakened. Hog prices moved higher despite the grain decline.
Chicago Feb 5 report shows mixed grain quotes with wheat around 1.65 to 1.62 and corn and oats figures varying. The page records price points and percentages for several contract months, including May and July positions, with scattered entries across multiple grains.
Local brief notes a community event featuring wagon wheat and oats in preparation for a harvest festival. The fragment mentions supporters and a meeting place, with potential scheduling details to be clarified.
The list shows various tank wagon oil prices and brands with cents per gallon figures such as Sinclair Diamond Crystal and Bright Spot Energée Cleaners. Prices range from about 6c to 19.5c with multiple brand names including Sinclair and Diamond.
A fragment lists coal and coke prices including anthracite at 16.50 per two tons and coke at 10, with stray figures such as 7.75, 606 2505, and 456.50. The text also mentions 50c a ton extra and miscellaneous numbers and initials.
A dense catalog of materials with prices for Portland cement cloth lime finish stucco plaster and wood products. Items include 80 and 85 pound sacks of cement cloth lime and lime finish, various sizes of pine and redwood boards and clear shingles with numerous prices per unit or bundle.
Fragmentary OCR item lists prices for tinning supplies and coke. Entries include per pound and per hundred weight figures with unclear descriptors, indicating a ledger-like note of material costs and quantities.
Local wholesale price list shows steel pairings and coil prices. Base material blue and gray finishes, No. 83 priced 95 per 100 pounds. Describes coil rolled bars and associated quality terms with unit pricing.
Os peckeng jane 2a Summer vier details a cylinder and engine issue or plan. The fragment names an unnamed project or event with unclear context and no clear outcome. Further readable facts are limited in the source.
Market listing shows diverse fruits and vegetables with varied prices per unit. Items include apples all varieties, citrus, berries, melons, leafy greens, root vegetables, and staples with prices quoted per bushel, box, crate, box, or hundredweight across multiple regions.
A list of marriage licenses shows Thomas W. Karch and Bessie L. Davison both of 2147 Olney. Joe Ridgeway and Marthe Lamb of 317 Ene A Smith. Bonnie Houser of 310 8 West. Otis Keyes and Sylvia Rhodes of 1244 West. Joe Frank Grant and Mary Edwards of 406 W. McCarty. Roosevelt Hicus and Estherest of 2210 Miller. William Powell and Susie Colter of 1625 Leon. William George Rathsam and Jamie Rogers of 450 W Tenth. and Anthony Wilson with Selma Silvers among others awaiting ceremony.
A mixed obituary and birth notice lists many names with addresses including Orville and Dora Zook 435 S Alfred am laces Gideon 59 xP Bede and William and Emma Westerman 2712 Dearborn. It records deaths such as Charles Stake 82 with acute dilatation of heart and Edward a T Kent 55 with carcinoma. The clipping combines numerous family entries and medical causes.
Market notes show eggs at various delivery prices in Indianapolis and New York with steady to firm trends in poultry and butter. Fresh meat and dairy items list price ranges across regions including Veland and Ohio markets, detailing fowl, cheese, and butter receipts and standards.
A garbled record lists numerous building permits and repairs across multiple addresses including 3309 E Tenth 434 N Pine and 1427 W Court. Entries reference Trust Company remodels furnaces reroofs and garages with sums like 1500 200 and 885 noted alongside firm names such as Development Company and Shelhorn Company.
Ottawa report notes 1924 inspections registered 20 000 silver black foxes at the Canadian National Live Stock Record, doubling the yearly total. Prince Edward Island ships 4 000 live foxes last year, many to the United States.
State Representative Clark of Marion County introduces a bill to raise pay for inspectors, judges, and clerks to 3 dollars per day for a twelve hour shift. The proposal aims to improve staffing for primary elections.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions pots prices and linseed oil with garbled terms. No coherent event or entities to anchor a news item.
Hog sales at Indianapolis yard show heavy hogs leading at $11.25 with top price. light hogs steady near $11.10 to $11.15 for 250 lb and heavier stock gaining 5 lb per hundred. Cattle and veal held firm with steers around $8 to $9, fat cattle $5.50 to $6.25, veal $15.50 to $16 top, lambs steady around $15 to $18, and ewes near $8.50. Receipts: hogs 8,500. cattle 1,200. veal 800. lambs 300.
Market reports show live stock receipts and prices across multiple cities. Cattle and hogs varied by grade with feeder steers steadier and packers buyers active. sheep and lambs mixed with some declines noted. Prices ranged with cattle mostly in the 9 to 17 dollar range and hogs around 9 to 12 dollars, depending on quality and location.
Readable fragments mention Blue Gore Gold Bonds and 36 inch items. Names such as Cameron and Colina appear in unclear context. The text resembles a catalog snippet or classified line listing with measurements and product references.
Aggie Myers, the longest serving woman convict in America, has been paroled after 21 years at Missouri State Penitentiary for killing her husband. Now 42, she faces a changed world, reunites with a sister, and hopes her prison plant will bloom as a sign of renewed springtime.
A city hearing drew a crowd as officials weigh opening or closing Oriental Street after elevation work. Ford and Chamber of Commerce warned keeping the street costs could drive the Ford plant away, labeled a bluff by opponents. Gustav Schmidt admitted not checking night traffic fearing threats, and residents pressed for retracement.
Police investigated a hold-up near Elwood Indiana in which fur buyer M Ballenger of Alexandria said three unmasked bandits robbed him of 300 dollars Wednesday. The incident was reported February 5.
Opponents led by Senator Lindley of Kingman Republican moved to kill the proposed child labor amendment to the Federal Constitution in the Indiana Senate. A joint resolution set the matter for a special order with a committee report offering no recommendation. Lindley, who champions local government, outlined broader anti federal aid plans, while Senator Nejdl of Whiting planned an old age pension bill to curb poorhouse costs.
John Cready, 23, of 817 Coffee Street, was arrested at Goedel Brimson’s home on Division Street Brunson after allegedly striking his mother Mrs. Carrie Cready and knocking out two teeth. He faced charges of vagrancy and resisting an officer and was being questioned about recent robberies.
Officials from state county and city health departments met Wednesday to discuss relocating the social disease clinic from city hospital to the old medical school building at Market Street and Senate Avenue.
Congress today screens Stone for the Senate in an open session while committees press ahead. Couzens continues probe of prohibition unit. Banking resumes Pepper McFadden banking bill hearing. Judiciary weighs routine measures.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson investigated the death of 38 year old Charles Jones of 964 English Ave. He was found on a lumber pile at Balke Kraus Lumber Company yards Wednesday night. Liquor poisoning was listed as the cause of death.
Engineers from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Indiana Engineering Society will meet February 19 and 20 at the Sev Erin. The event concludes with a dinner dance.
Courthouse workers have formed bowling teams to stay fit for dull tasks like recording ponderous documents and circuit duties. In the photo Capt Tillie Brooks stenographer for Circuit Judge H Flood Miss Blanche Morgan and Mrs Estella are pictured with other courthouse staff members at Recreation alleys.
Nome reports no new diphtheria cases for a day as Dr. Curtis Welch and Miss Emily Morgan oversee serum treatment. Serum arrived by dog team from Nenana aided by a dramatic 650 mile dash, with calls for more serum to finalize outbreak control.
Charles Northern nineteen of 801 Marion Street was identified by detectives as a Navy deserter linked to a September 8 1923 auto theft. Earl Northern and Joseph Smith, arrested with him, received one to fourteen years at the Indiana State Reformatory.
A dynamo spark is blamed for a powder explosion that wrecked the Victor Photo Specialty Co mixing mill in Gary Indiana injuring foreman F E Bennett who is expected to recover. Other plant sections were damaged and windows shattered with total loss about 3000 dollars. A similar blast leveled the plant three years earlier.
Los Angeles police widen a citywide search for the kidnapper and killer of Nina and May Martin eight and twelve. The girls vanished last August and their bodies were found Wednesday on the city outskirts, spurring renewed efforts to capture the suspect.
Timee area reports another suspected sleeping sickness case as Albert Barber, 17, is hospitalized with a two week illness baffling doctors. Diagnosis points to the disease and echoes last fall's outbreak in La Porte County.
Representative Ridenour of Auburn introduced a bill to make importing officers from other states a misdemeanor. The act would carry a fine up to 1000 dollars and a possible six month prison term for violations.
The body of T J McConnell a 57 year old salesman for the Kingan Packing Company of Indianapolis was brought to Seymour for burial after he was fatally injured when his auto left the road at a sharp turn near Oolitic on Wednesday.
Charles Draner aged 30 of 123 N Noble St and Henry Hiel aged 58 of 604% EB Washington St proprietors of a blacksmith shop at 17 N Liberty St dueled over their work. police intervened and detained both men.
Judge Delbert O. Wilmeth discharged Miss Zelina Smith of 185 W. Thirty-Third St for driving thirty miles an hour after she testified she was not speeding. The ruling centered on her account of the incident and the court accepted her word over the charge.
Evansville report details the death of Carrie Fredericks aged 33 after her dress caught fire while adjusting a stove pipe.
Coroner Paul F. Robinson states the death of Amanda Fitzpatrick aged 45 at 1947 Yandes Street occurred Tuesday after a coughing fit triggered by snuff use. No foul play suspected.
Police seek Arnold Staton aged 16 of 1102 North Alabama Street missing since early Wednesday after new clues prompted a renewed search.
Robert Hanly 33 colored of 1251 Yandes Sr. stands trial in Criminal Court today for the fatal shooting of Gr Pemberton on November 4, 1924. Pemberton died a week later from his injuries.
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