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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1925
Page
3
Industrial shares hit a new high at closing and opened higher with broad buying. Frisco common led rail gains rising about two points to a peak, while Pan American and Independent Oil traded at new lows amid liquidation and market volatility.
Local bank clearings totaled 2.715 million dollars for Monday July 27 as reported in local financial notes. The figure highlights steady banking activity in the region for the midweek period.
Trade reviews indicate electrical equipment manufacturers see sales higher than a year ago with strong fall expectations. Central stations placed a 650000 dollar order for distribution gear while others ordered lead covered paper cable. WT drought limits water power but service remains steady.
Price list for fruits and vegetables with per pound and crate rates. Items include lemons limes oranges apples and berries with quantities in 40 pound and 32 quart crate sizes. Regional origins noted such as California Mississippi and West Virginia.
In the Sugar Market report from Thomson and McKinnon refined sugar consumption remains well ahead of last year. Sufficient available supplies favor hand to mouth buying as Philippine and Porto Rico offerings weigh on Cuba to move the remainder of its crop above a two cent level.
The document lists wholesale prices for beef pork veal lamb and mutton by weight and cut. Beef hinds and fores under carcass vary by weight, native cows and heifers priced per hundred pounds. Pork includes dressed hogs 140 to 200 lbs and various cuts. veal and lamb show multiple terms and prices.
More than 100 000 doughnuts were sold in one day by Camp Fire Girls of Portland Oregon to raise funds for a new clubhouse. Local wagon wheat is 3 mills and stain aglovetons paying 1 50 for No other grades on their merits.
Fresh and varied poultry and dairy prices listed from Indianapolis and Cleveland markets. Leghorn hens turkeys and cocks priced. butter cheese and eggs quoted with regional notes and supplies. ducks geese and chickens shown with per unit costs. deteriorated OCR yields fragmented city and state references.
Births list many new arrivals with parents and addresses at St. Vincent's Hospital and city locations including 1034 W Twenty-Sixth and 1936 Madison with names such as Jones, Niehaus, Shane, Cooper, Clearwater, Syon, Murray, Croucher, Tipmore, Swinford, Jenkins, Pritchard, Hessman, Boaz, McClain, Yarling, Zeabout, and others. Deaths include John A. McCallie, Leona Lane, David Crouch, Anna Hooven, Frances Cunningham, John Goin, Betty Jane Murray, Curtis Pitman, Hammons, Arthur Laney, Wilna Caylor, and many detailed ages and causes from city and Long hospitals.
Grains finished irregular with wheat and oats dropping after early liquidation. Corn rose slightly as locals profited on gains and hogs softened, while receipts stayed light and oats trading remained narrow.
Chicago market wiring shows July 27 grain quotes with wheat No 1 red and No 2 red around 1.55 to 1.60 a bushel, no firm closing, and mixed values for other cereals. Receipts list carloads of wheat corn and oats, with St Louis and local bids noted.
Hog prices fell at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange with light hogs leading a lower day. Top price reached 14.65 a cwt for lights while most sales ranged 14.25 to 14.50. Cattle calf and sheep trades were mixed withsteady to higher calves and strong sheep and lamb demand. Receipts were around 4,000 with 580 carryovers from Saturday.
Market reports from Chicago Cincinnati Buffalo Toledo Pittsburgh Cleveland and St Louis show cattle and hog receipts ranging from 1 000 to 18 000 head with steady to firmer prices for beef steers cows and calves and hogs trading around 14 to 15 dollars per cwt. Sheep and lamb markets remain active with steady demand and moderate gains in most centers.
Bankruptcy hearing for the Stutz Fire Engine Company of Indianapolis set for 2 p.m. today before referee Harry C. Sheridan at the Federal Court. A petition to dismiss the bankruptcy was filed June 20. the company was adjudged bankrupt on March 13.
Three leading Democratic figures have died within about a year and a half. They shaped not only the recent administration but the nation’s history. The trio—Woodrow Wilson, TJ Filey, Marapalt—represented sharply different ideals and paths.
Marion County faced a dispute over road materials as commissioners resisted state highway engineer oversight. Schmidt accused Gray of coercing with threats to force acceptance of local specifications, prompting remonstrances against Duvall Kasselbaum and College Ave projects. Brown’s tests suggested minimal strength differences between gravel and stone bases, while Meadow Construction urged use of locally sourced gravel. A public hearing was set to resolve the conflict.
Dewey Miller 25 of Wabash Ind was captured in South Bend awaiting Peru police on jail breaking charges. A half dozen officers surrounded his lodging house room and took him without a struggle after he and two companions escaped by a brick wall hole and sheet rope descent.
Estes Duncan, secretary of the State Teachers' Retirement Fund, faced a wall opposed by Dunanan as Dr. Henry Noble Sherwood sought more room. Workmen cut a hole but the wall will be left, Duncan gets a new office and Sherwood gains space.
William Elzreith aged 17 of Portland Indiana will serve fifteen months at Leavenworth Kansas after pleading guilty to passing counterfeit money. He was arrested May 2 and refused to name the source of the coins. Ernest Gugenheimer, 16, also of Portland and arrested with Elzreith on the same charge, is under advisement.
A series of Sunday night auto accidents injured several people. Cyril Minon and Elwood Schweinert faced charges for alleged intoxicated driving and reckless acts. Henry Henderson and Henry Tineking were cited after separate collisions. Others, including Mary Watson and Mary Jean Miller, sustained injuries. charges ranged from driving offenses to failed restraint.
John Hays Hammond, chairman of the government price finding commission, warns miners and operators to avoid strikes and settle wage and condition disputes within the industry. He advises coal reserves but cautions against hurried buying that could raise prices, noting Coolidge is prepared to intervene if needed.
Charles F F Parsons 60 of Danville and Cecil Williams of 015 Kenwood Ave were given suspended sentences by Criminal Judge James A Collins. Parsons pleaded guilty to stealing a 208 radio set from Carlin Music Company 14320 Washington St. Williams allowed to hire defrauded Miss Tressie Kiel 210 Station St.
Colera Weddle, two, daughter of Harry and Mrs. Weddle farmers near Prownstown, drowned Sunday afternoon after falling into a shallow pond where she was watching ducks swim.
Clayton Taylor twenty of 1808 College Avenue was sentenced by Criminal Judge James A. Collins to six months on the Indiana State Farm for grand larceny after being found guilty of stealing an automobile. Charles P. Turner of 1024 North Alabama Street was acquitted on a charge of issuing a fraudulent check.
The notice extols want ads as a quick route to cash by turning unused items into money. It highlights diverse items from rooms for rent to household goods and hundreds of other articles, urging readers to place ads to earn extra income.
Walter S. Chambers, chairman of the Democratic State committee, named a committee to draft resolutions on the death of William Jennings Bryan. Members include Senator Samuel M. Ralston, Thomas Tagsart, Mrs. John W. Kern, and former Senator Evans Woolen and M. E. Foley.
Fire damaged little but endangered the Kosinsko Lodge, a major hotel at Winona Lake, as flames broke out Sunday in Warsaw Indiana.
A Chicago pastor portrays William Jennings Bryan as a martyr of orthodox Christianity. He argues Bryan’s Tennessee battle against secular forces hurt him and that without continued defense of Christian faith America faces ruin. The remarks were made during Indianapolis talks for the National Christian Family convention.
The final Sunday school lesson by William Jennings Bryan features an appeal about a supernatural power governing the world and guiding preaching. It cites Acts 6 15 and discusses God working through men, the rise of a higher place for women, and the spread of the Gospel through chosen messengers.
Report describes unusual events at Wartleigh municipal beach where toes, interpreted as detectives, located supahides for cwlamera after a recent storage blow. Attendants recovered items from the river following a Saturday tempest. recreation director Edward J. McBride says tents are repaired and ready for occupancy.
Four men arrested weekend with small liquor quantities were fined 100 pounds each and given thirty days on the Indiana State Arm, but sentences suspended on payment of fines and costs. They are Wilbette Omran of 1665 W Michigan, Jo Zupan of 2520 W Michigan, Horry Adama of 1243 W 32nd St, and F Majora of 180% N Arsenal Ave.
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