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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1925
Page
3
New York July 14 Confidence in market strength grew as call money rose to 5 percent but no major selling appeared. Freight data showed July holiday week carloadings at a record $64 452, boosting optimism and supporting an opening with a generally strong tone in stocks.
Enoue bank clearing for poneds 14 amounted to 387600 OM with fees of 5380 for Pecay on July 14.
Emily Lloyd a beauty expert and head of the National Schools of Cosmeticians argues that personal appearance can aid mental treatment. She cites experiments in large institutions where insane women were treated by beauty specialists before a mirror with notable psychological effects.
Marketing of the remainder of the Philippine and Porto Rican crops is near complete. Further offers hover slightly below 2 cents, while Cuban raws are scarce above 244 cents. Weather looks less favorable for the growing season and for par and London market firmness hints at poorer continental weather.
Local wagons carrying wheat to mills and grain elevators offered No 2 red wheat at $1 per unit. Other grades sold based on merit.
The Electrical World notes July activity with central station companies driving purchases of construction materials and electrical equipment. Generating and substation gear inquiries point to large orders. one substation equipment order reached about 350000 dollars. Industrial plants, New England contracts, and Southeast hardware trades also show strength.
Alcohol for motor fuel may be produced locally from waste molasses if current experiments prove successful. Researchers say the process could supply a new fuel source and reduce waste, signaling a potential shift in Melbourne's energy efforts.
A group in London conducts a march to highlight art as a tool for liberty. Demonstrators emphasize cultural expression as a form of resistance and call for government support of creative freedoms.
Hog trading at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange rose about 25 cents per cwt with a 7,000 receipts and 712 holdovers. Top hog price reached 14.60 per cwt on light hogs. most sales ranged 14.25 to 14.60. Cattle mixed, fat steers around 12.50 per cwt, heifers about 11, cows 7.50 to 8, calf market steady near 11, lambs top at 15 per cwt. County run estimated 1,300 cattle pens and 90 calves. sheep run around 600.
Grain futures closed with net losses on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat opened easy amid weather expectations and Liverpool demand doubts, then Profiltaking pushed prices down. Oats tracked corn as liquidators subdued demand and provisions traded in a lower range.
Grain table from Chicago market shows July wheat around 1.66 to 1.66 1/4 dollars and corn about 1.86 dollars per bushel with cash and futures listings for oats barley timothy and rye. Prices include various No 2 white and yellow corn types and seasonal contract values for Timothy and cloverseed.
Washington dispatch reports Milton Elrod of Indiana may sever ties with the Democrat. Delayed last issue cited policy revisions as the reason while Elrod hints at a financial motive and possible sale. Denials of departure are not trusted amid factions of anti-Klan Democrats.
The report lists prices for eggs and poultry in Indianapolis and New York including Leghorn hens springers and turkeys with figures 20 27 22 25 cents, butter creamery 43 46 cents, cheese 22 23 23 4 cents, and related farm receipts and market tones across Weland and Ohio. It notes butter firmness in New York with 18 18.30 for lard and mixed poultry values.
A long list of produce with prices for apples grapes pears and berries, plus citrus, melons, and vegetables. Items include Fancy Transparents apples, 40-pound baskets, $1.75 to $2.25. Cherries California 15-pound box $4. Grapes seedless export crate price. Watermelons Florida 60 to 75 cents. Cauliflower California $3.50. Spinach Home grown by the bushel. Onions California yellows $2.50. Tomatoes basket price. Lettuce iceberg crate $5.50.
The Army Chemical Warfare Service announced gas masks for animals including carrier pigeons dogs and horses. The horse mask uses a cheese cloth bag over the nostrils and upper jaw, carried in a breast harness satchel. The dog mask covers the upper and lower jaw. Pigeons use a cage cover instead of individual masks.
At a recent Paris Zoo logical Society banquet guests were offered whale steaks seaweed jelly and sharks fins among the unusual dishes highlighting the event.
In Bath England a baby weighing three pounds at birth was placed in an incubator and given a teaspoonful of milk every four hours. The infant rapidly gained weight with this careful feeding regimen.
Chicago to Toledo and Pittsburgh report mixed cattle and hog receipts July 14. Prices show gains for some classes, with good to choice fed steers rising, hogs steady to slightly higher, and sheep modestly firmer amid uneven demand.
Officials of the Bank of Carbon in Carbon Indiana report a robbery of 3500 dollars. Special doors now open only after the cashier presses a button for townspeople or after a stranger identifies himself. A similar system is installed at the State Bank in Poland.
In Dayton the Darrow Bryan confrontation dominates courtroom drama. Darrow’s anti-evolution attack drew praise from some and ire from others as he warned of bigotry and the danger of banning ideas. Bryan faced taunts from reporters and later embraced by supporters.
The Board of Works on Monday refused to authorize a staff reduction for the clerk in Rainier's department despite his appeal to cut four of eleven subordinates. Rainier said clerks were hired when the department swamped but are no longer needed. Two board members opposed dismissal citing recommendations by William Freeman and Dr. M J Spencer.
Peter Dauman of 752 N Mount St and Charles Dahlen of 22 W Twenty Second St were held on intoxication and drunken driving charges after an automobile accident. Dauman struck a car owned by John Hambright of 316 W Michigan St, parked in front of his home, and Bert Hill of 2034 Coyner Ave reportedly struck a Polk’s milk wagon at Sixteenth St and College.
Police chiefs at a convention defend the Federal Government’s National Bureau of Identification run by Hoover. A resolution opposes any legislation altering bureau control and urges praise for the attorney general. Speakers urge crime prevention, political neutrality in policing, life tenure for good officers, and civic cooperation.
County commissioners plan to house two of four new municipal courts in the courthouse and ask the city to furnish two courtrooms at no cost. The two criminal and misdemeanor courts may stay at the police station to avoid prisoner transfers and reduce city expenses. Civil cases likely move to the courthouse. Remodeling and architectural fees of about 2500 dollars are under consideration.
John W. McCardle chairman of the public service commission warns no further postponements will be allowed. Cases will be set for a definite date and must proceed or be dismissed.
Five individuals faced fines of one dollar plus costs in city court today. The defendants named were Frank Bennett Leroy McBride E J Fulkerson Bert York and Bert Wheatley. In separate news a pocket gopher caused an irrigation dam repair bill of two thousand dollars in Phoenix Arizona.
Frank Singleton of the public service commission dismissed the petition by Price E Graves to start a Indianapolis Mars Hill bus line after Graves testified he sold the line. Attorneys for the Indy Street Railway and South Side Motor Coach opposed the petition. A Mars Hill citizens committee seeks an agreement for the street railway to take over the Mars Hill street car line in receivership and operate it five years at ten cents. If the coach petition passes, the street car contract would expire automatically.
The Indianapolis teachers pension fund merger with the State fund will be discussed by the fund’s board of trustees at a meeting in the school administration building at Meridian and Ohio State. Superintendent EB A Graff is president of the board with Dr Marie Haslop Fred Bates Johnson and Charles L Barry as trustees. teacher members include Laura Donnan Belle O Hair and Elsie Huebner.
A damaged OCR fragment lists multiple names and ages with scattered addresses and hospital references. The text appears to record deaths or memorial notices in a local ledger, mentioning individuals such as Lana Stella Furner and David Woolen among scattered street names and hospital hints, but the details are incomplete.
A fragmentary birth notice lists many names including Harold Proppe, Edith Kay, David O Conn or, and Anna Buschman among others. It mentions households in Norwood, Western and Livingston areas with months or streets obscured. No clear dates or definitive event details are provided.
In London reports July 14, only two donkey-pulled water wells remain in England. One at Kenworth has supplied water since 1660 and continues to operate amid dwindling numbers.
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