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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1925
Page
3
Foreign exchange closed irregular in New York on November 7. Sterling traded around 4.84, francs near 4.05% up, lire at 3.98, marks about 23.80 cents, and other listed rates for European and Asian currencies showed modest movements.
Chicago November 7 Wheat finished lower with a late rally reducing earlier losses. Coarse grains rose and oats stayed quiet. News was light and selling pressure grew as stop-less orders appeared. Eastern longs exited while corn advanced on wet weather delays and commission buying. Provisions were down in scattered liquidations.
Week's final session shows slight gains for choice lambs while calves hold steady. Hog prices eased 20 to 35 cents with heavies at 11.60 and top swine at 11.75, as presents of 7,000 Saturday runs and 649 holdovers influence trading. cattle receipts around 200 steady with steers 6 to 13.50 and cows 5 to 7.
United States Steel shares led a weekend stock surge, hitting a record high around 139 percent as investors poured money into the industrial list. Positive mercantile reviews and optimism about holiday trade fueled the rally, though late-session profit-taking trimmed gains.
Dr. Orvall Smiley testified that a striking young woman, described as 24 to 26 with bobbed black hair and 135 to 140 pounds, calmed D. C. Stephenson during a February visit for nerves. The woman resembled Miss Madge Oberholtzer, though not named, as prosecutors pressed on cross examination about alcoholism and delirium tremens.
County authorities seek the man connected to a dynamite blast that wrecked the car of Leonard Snoddy of Indianapolis. Snoddy and four companions parked the vehicle while hunting near Greencastle yesterday. upon their return the automobile was destroyed Friday.
Radio programs broadcast Fridays on WFBM by The Indianapolis Times from the Severin studio drew applause from fans across Indiana and nearby states. The Victor Herbert Ensemble, George W. Kadel, and Edmund Leane performed solos with Miss Eileen Leane, while Bud Harris of Welle Publishing introduced new songs.
City and regional bank clearings are reported with totals for today and the week. Indianapolis shows 3 585.00 today and 32 000 for the period with 38 567.00 in debits. New York lists 1 115 in balances while Chicago records clearings of 109 700 000 and balances of 8 500 000.
A dense market note lists egg prices and poultry terms for Indianapolis area deliveries, with diverse figures for butter, lard, cheese, and potatoes. It includes state and regional price ranges, moisture notes, and several eggs and fowl categories, indicating fluctuating wholesale levels and regional brand labels.
A scanned commission row lists wholesale to retailer prices for a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Entries include apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, peaches, melons, citrus, leafy greens, and root crops with per basket or per hundredweight pricing and regional sources noted such as California Florida Michigan and Colorado. Named varieties include Honeydew, Del Monte, and Emperor etc.
Chicago primary receipts show corn oats and other produce with varied totals. Numbers indicate mixed commodity gains and losses across soybeans wheat and related items as markets recorded figures around thousand to six figure ranges.
Saturday receipts show 62 cars of cash grain with bids for Wheat Corn and Hay. Wheat prices range around 1.58 to 1.61 at Indianapolis and Toledo notes 1.69 cash for No. 2 Wheat. Multiple car lots listed across No. 2 red No. 3 red No. 2 white and mixed corn and oats with varying lots and samples. Also reports on hay timothy clover and barleys with miscellaneous prices and a weekly flour output roundup.
Indianapolis mills and grain elevators are buying No 2 red wheat at 1.58 per bushel with other grades evaluated on their merits.
Petitions filed in Circuit and Superior Court One to mandate Harry Dunn auditor and John L. Duvall county treasurer to collect levies for police and firemen pension funds of Indianapolis. Police fund trustees seek two tenths of one mill on city taxables. firemen’s complaint asks one fifth of one mill.
Governor Jackson will appoint four city court judges soon balanced by two Republicans and two Democrats. Probable Republicans include Dan V. White and Walter Pritchard. Democratic candidates include Frank P. Baker and Thomas E. Garvin. Possible options for others mentioned include Alvah J. Rucker, with higher offices anticipated.
The State automobile license department will issue more than 700000 licenses in its first installment. Department head Dick Bruning announced they will be out by December 15 and will be green with white figures. A total of 612497 passenger and 93724 truck licenses have been sold up to October.
Police hunt a well dressed bandit who invaded Kin Hubbard's home at Pleas ant Run Blvd, forced him to drive to Tenth and Alabama, and then robbed Jacob Hirt's grocery on Tibbs Ave. Hubbard reported a $400 diamond ring and $175 in cash taken, with ransacking and a threat to leave the ring in the car pocket if he remained silent.
A long list of newborns and parents linked to St. Vincent Hospital and Christian Home hospitals appears, with numerous names and addresses across city blocks. The notice records infant names such as Gerte Walter Mable and Mania Motley, along with parent names like Edward and Madeline Cook, Fisher and Olive Davia, and Harry and Nadine Markey. Addresses include 401 N. Denny and 3179 N. Cap t, reflecting a citywide birth registry and hospital connections.
Mixed obituary snippets list Jerry Hayes aged 68 of 1417 Kentucky and Catherine Gantley with partial address 1532 Bellefon. Nellie Epperson aged 40 is connected to 1 Catherwood. The text includes medical terms and street references with unclear context.
Jack Soden and his wife Bertha confess to killing John Davis with an ax to steal 259 dollars. Police say the couple signed the confession and waited at Davis home while Bertha stood guard. They moved to St Francisville Illinois before their arrest.
The Wa bash Railroad was authorized to acquire the Ann Arbor Railroad by purchase of stock by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Japan Times endorses the Scripps Howard proposal to hold the next arms conference in Tokyo. It argues Far Eastern issues are better addressed in person and that Japan offers fresh insights beyond Washington or European capitals.
State officials met with the State finance committee in closed session to protest salary reductions and reduced staff. Delegations from the Department of Public Instruction and others argued cuts hurt morale and operations, while Indiana State Prison trustees opposed warden salary cuts. Walter Chambers suggested the committee may back the attorney general’s adverse opinion on the cuts.
Prices at city market show potatoes steady after a recent advance. Week-old rates were 6 and 7 pounds for 25 cents, today 4 and 5 pounds for 25 cents. California tomatoes 25 cents per pound, home grown hot house 30 cents, eggs 60 to 65 cents a dozen. Turkeys average 65 cents per pound. Other items: California seedless grapes 15 cents, cranberries 20 cents, lima beans 60 cents, lemons 25 cents per dozen, grapefruit 8 for...
Lucius West 31 colored and partner in a botched hold up at 351 Indiana Ave. is fined 1000 dollars costs and sentenced to 10 to 21 years at Indiana State Prison. Dorfman identified West as the accomplice who beat him. Other defendants include Marshall Copeland Frank Dulin Thomas Nurse and Robert Noble with fines terms and prison placements.
Grover Morgan 18 of 2849 North Keystone Avenue was reported missing by his mother Lora Morgan. He wore a dark suit and brown cap.
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