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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1926
Page
20
Stocks rise with unabated buying despite slight reserve impairment. General Motors climbs to 1474, Woolworth to 164, Baldwin to 114 1 2, American Sugar to 143, B and O to 95 as profit-taking grows around noon. rails show bullish tendency.
The patchwork record notes wholesale prices for butter creamery milk and eggs, with exchanges from Chicago New York and Wisconsin. Cited items include Longhorn turkeys ducks roosters and Leghorns, plus potatoes flour pork lard and assorted poultry receipts and prices.
Mrs. Margaret Goolsby alias Mrs. Margaret O Neal, on her nineteenth birthday, waits in city jail as courts consider bigamy charges after admitting she married Frank O Neal while still legally married to Robert Goolsby. She says drinking and dares led to the situation and bonds were eased to allow her to care for her baby.
Crowds gathered along Lake Michigan to greet Cardinal O'Donnell after a mass with many kissing his ring amid police intervention. The visit includes rest and sightseeing for nine visiting princes, a large civic reception at the Coliseum, and extensive transport arrangements with special trains and housing for clerical guests.
Local Catholics will participate in a Eucharistic ceremony in Indianapolis with at least 5,000 attendees expected. Chartrand is expected to attend the event.
Lisbon reports Gen Gomez Da Costa, royalist commander, has seized the city with troops from Savavey. Premier Mendez Cabecadas withdrew to Republican headquarters, declaring a desire to avoid bloodshed as martial law is imposed and monarchy restoration looms.
Mrs. E. Arthur Ball spoke at the Indiana Association of Park Departments convention in Muncie on the need for continuing park boards despite administrative changes. The program featured K. H. Hinkle, O. W. Douglas, W. P. Gleason, Ray Stubbs, W. K. Brown, and George Plattner, with Governor Jackson expected at a 7 p.m. banquet.
Foreign exchange figures show a $4.96 rate for the pound and a $986,000 balance, with totals around $3,830,000 for official clearings. The report lists currencies including lire marks and rouble equivalents with notes on Tokyo and Shanghai exchange points.
Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rose as bullish weather outlook supported the market while other grains fell from Thursday’s close. Reports of continued rains in the southwest delayed harvests, boosting the September contract, with export business reaching a sizable million bushels. Corn and oats weakened, while receipts remained light and farm stocks large.
Grain table from Chicago shows carlot receipts for wheat rye oats and corn with figures for domestic and September prices. Includes notes on oats barley and rye receipts and price levels for futures and cash at 1.62 1.85 and other cents per bushel.
Fragmentary Cotton Market notes reference government figures linked to July data. The text hints at ongoing rain effects and price activity but lacks complete details or clear outcomes.
Indistinct OCR fragment mentions wheat and elevators with scattered terms like Indianapolis and payment. No clear event or names emerge to establish a full summary.
In New York on June 18 the sugar market shows limited reaction to near term selling. Distant months attract fresh buying as futures fail to be pressured by light offerings in the freight market.
A fragmented listing shows wholesale to retail pricing for fruits and vegetables across California and Florida. Items include 25 pound boxes, various priced crates, and per unit costs for bananas, pineapples, limes, melons, onions, lettuce, and peppers with regional notes and multiple sellers.
A garbled OCR births notice lists numerous newborns by first names and mixed surnames from St Vincent's Hospital and other local churches, naming parents and streets but with many errors. The fragment references multiple babies including boys and girls, and repeats hospital affiliations such as St Vincent's Hospital Methodist and Christian churches, with scattered addresses like 454 Dorrie and 1833 in Pichard.
Fragmented names ages and addresses with medical terms and incomplete phrases. The readable items include ages 40 57 44 and addresses such as 805 Highland and 125 W. Thirteenth. No coherent event or story emerges.
Owen Reilly aged 36 of 1217 Calhoun Street and Charles Walker aged 34 of 1877 Shelby Street suffered facial burns when steam escaped a Big Four locomotive at Beech Grove shops. Walker was struck on the head by a Leenks tea and both men were taken to the Methodist hospital.
At the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange hogs sold mostly steady with some 160 to 200 pound animals at up to 15.15, top 15.10, while receipts neared 1,004 hogs. Cattle show a readjustment as grass fed supply competes with grain fed, with steers at 8 to 10.26, heifers 7 to 10, cows 6 to 6.75, and calves around 12. Lambs 10 to 15, sheep to 7, overall market mixed amid shifting feeds and prices.
Livestock market updates from Chicago Pittsburgh and East St Louis show steady to weak trends for steers and cows with several price ranges. Vealers and calves sit lower as buyers pull back while feeder prices hover around mid teens and occasional highs around 15.50.
Scott Matthews lumber dealer of 603 E T and St Matthews was crushed by a concrete post when his machine was struck by another car near Plymouth Thursday. A woman in the other car was seriously injured and Frank J. 2917 N New Jersey St music proprietor riding with Matthews was slightly hurt. Matthews was planning a birthday celebration today.
Incorporation papers for the Indianapolis Bottling Company were filed today at the Statehouse with capital stock set at $50,000. Directors listed include Ceciley Brooks Mohawk Claude B Marthisville and Carl Rio in Indianapolis.
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