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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1925
Page
3
Indianapolis credit manager Harry E. Watson of L. Strauss & Company argues prosperity will continue for years and that credit is a useful tool when used wisely. He warns against overuse, noting buying power is unchanged by credit and that luxuries should not drive purchases.
New York stock market holds slight recovery after A C Miller remarks on credit limits. Rails lead with Chesapeake and Ohio up 1 1 2 points to 115 1 2. Industrials higher though late selling drives many to new lows before easing in afternoon. United States Steel dips to 130 1 2 as other major names fall.
Indianapolis banking totals show today’s clearings at 3,028,000 dollars with debits reaching 7,297,000 dollars. This briefing highlights the day’s financial activity across local banks.
A scanned price sheet lists commissions and 40 pound basket prices for apples including Jonathan, Grimes Golden, Delicious, Rome, and others. bananas, coconuts, cranberries, citrus, melons, and various vegetables with per unit, per crate, or per case rates. Several lines show inconsistencies and garbled text from OCR.
Cleveland and Chicago market notes detail poultry prices for heavy express fowls, Leghorns, springers, ducks, and turkeys with varying cents per pound. butter prices for creamery, butterfat payments, and district selling quotes. Cheese, potatoes, lard, sugar, and coffee values listed with regional distinctions and receipt figures.
Beef native steers 500 to 800 pounds range 19 to 21 cents per pound under carcass. hinds and native heifers 300 to 450 pounds 17 to 21 cents. native cows 400 to 700 pounds 10 to 12 cents. pork dressed hogs 140 to 200 pounds 20 cents. fresh tenderloins 55 cents. veal carcasses 70 to 200 pounds 18 to 23 cents. hinds and saddles over carcass 7 cents. mutton spring lambs 25 to 40 pounds 30 cents.
Glen Gaumer nineteen of 401614 E Washington St received a suspended sentence of one to fourteen years after a grand larceny conviction by Judge James A Collins. Clyde White Herbert Marsh and Paul Dehoff were discharged on vehicle taking charges. Local malls and grain elevators offered 1 62 for No 2 red wheat and other grades on merits.
United Press reports fractional declines at the Board of Trade with long wheat offered cautiously. Traders slow to move amid favorable weather and weak cereals. Corn soft, oats unchanged, and provisions prices ease after initial profit taking.
Chicago grain prices show wheat and corn futures with mixed gains and losses for December May and January contracts. Primary receipts for wheat and corn are reported with large contrasts to prior totals and shipment figures alongside rye and oats data.
Police report three youths missing. Bernard Mulholland 15 left 836 Lincoln St. Elmer Romans 5 of 1347 N Illinois St wore dark overcoat brown cap checkered suit and rubber boots. Charles Kinney 34 W North St left home in khaki overcoat fur collar blue knit cap brown trousers and dark tan shoes per Edith Kinney his mother.
The Sanitary Board filed for an injunction in Superior Court Two against the Pitman Moore Company at 1220 Madison Ave. alleging illegal garbage collection in violation of city ordinance. Judge Sidney S. Miller of Superior Court Three had earlier ruled for the board over Jansen Farms, Inc. in a related matter.
About 1,000 attend the grand lodge meeting at the Odd Fellows Building with Indiana members of the order visiting the Greensburg based Orphans Home. F L Behymer of Connersville presides as grand master as officers reports are read and committees formed. Further lodge business to follow later today.
The Women’s Association bazar and food sale at Fair view Presbyterian Church opened Wednesday and runs Thursday with a cafeteria dinner planned Wednesday evening. President Mrs. Oakley M. White and general chair Mrs. M. E. Heiner oversee the event with help from Mrs. Davis Hoarson.
Edgar Hart captain of Murat Patrol invites the public to a radio dance in the Egyptian room at Murat Temple Thursday night. Shriner groups will take part with music by Charlie Davis and his Collegians, broadcast by WFEM. Merchants Heat and Light Company supports the event.
Clarice Bell of 524 Holton Place faces a Thursday morning start in Criminal Court on a single count of first degree murder. Bell is accused of fatally stabbing George Fillmore with a pocket knife after Fillmore, also armed with a knife, allegedly chased him. Bell plans to enter a self defense plea.
Police in Terre Haute Indiana search for John D. Watson 23 alleged driver of the auto that struck and instantly killed Mrs William T Barnett 65 and injured her husband Tuesday evening authorities said.
Bulk of sales centered at 11.55 for hogs with top 11.65 on light weights and 11.75 for pigs. Cattle steady with steers 6.12 to 12.50, heifers 5.10, cows 4. Calves up to 14 with most trades at 13.50 to 14.00. Lambs near 15 with some at 14.75 while sheep steady 5 to 7. Run sizes 1,200 cattle and 800 sheep or calves.
Cattle receipts 134,000 with feed steers generally higher. fat cattle and stockers steady to mixed across Chicago East St Louis and Buffalo reports. Hogs receipts 16,500 with price drops of about 30 cents, while lambs and sheep show active demand and higher top quotes in several markets.
Senator James E. Watson told the Rotary Club at the Claypool luncheon that business men must protect their interests or lose their business to protect. He urged broader, active participation in government and warned that lack of self-assertion has allowed demagogues to fill Congress.
Charles Adragna of Chicago was abducted by two men who forced him to drive toward Indianapolis then to Louisville. His car was found in the 700 block of N Illinois Street with tools missing and liquor cans removed. Police have no further details.
The Girls' Federation of the Third Christian Church will host its annual Vanity Faire Friday evening at the church. A cafeteria supper runs from 6 to 7 p.m. Irene Lewark leads the minstrel show with Marie Wilson as soloist. A play titled Joan Darby is planned with side shows run by Ruby Frakes and Clara Clark. Fay Blankenbaker serves as general chairman.
H. L. Simons was approved for a building permit to raise a brick veneer house valued at $25,000 at 3909 North Meridian Street.
A detailed notice lists births and deaths across multiple families. It includes names such as Doris McMurry and Grace Haunt, with ages ranging from infancy to 86. Hospitals cited include City Hospital and St. Vincent's. causes include pneumonia, arteriosclerosis, and diabetes.
The Calumet Gas and Electric Company of Gary Indiana an Insull firm asked the public service commission to approve its purchase of the Indiana Electric Utilities Company of Angola Indiana for seven thousand six hundred eighty five dollars and seventeen cents.
Leon M. Abbott of Boston will speak at the 60th Scottish Rite convocation and reunion at the Cathedral at Pennsylvania Street. Dr. Walter J. LeSaulnier will introduce Winfield T. Durbin, ex Indiana governor, who will be toastmaster. Samuel F. Hubbard will also speak as marshal.
Funeral services were held today at 11 a.m. for Hugh Dougherty, vice president of Fletcher Savings and Trust Company, with Dr Virgil E Rorer and Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes presiding. Burial follows Thursday at Bluffton after services there at 2 p.m.
The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) states it is in business and organized to make a profit.
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