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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
7
The market rose as investors bought heavily in rail and industrial shares after steady bank rates. United States Steel led gains with a 16 point swing to 180, while motors and railroad groups surged, and C&O climbed to a record 116 1/2 as overall sentiment firmed.
Indianapolis clearings for today totaled 2,967,000 dollars while another regional figure reached 6,083.0 dollars. The bank activity reflects daily cash flow levels across local institutions.
From Cuba and the London market there is no clear drive to advance prices, hedges are removed, speculative short covering supports futures. Available sugar is limited at 2 percent, refined prices show a tendency to fall, and the outlook suggests taking profits on bulges rather than sustained advances.
Chicago and New York markets list varied dairy and poultry prices. Creamery butter around 44 to 50 cents. poultry receipts include fowls, ducks, geese, and turkeys with multiple price points. potatoes from Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho and Ohio cited. regional notes from Cleveland and New York reflect midweek shifts and steady butter.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous produce items with 40 pound baskets and per unit prices. Items include apples, bananas, oranges, grapes, citrus from California and Florida, berries, vegetables like carrots and cucumbers, mushrooms, onions, peas, tomatoes, and potatoes with varied prices and origins.
Native steers 500 to 800 lbs and 300 to 250 priced per carcass. Hinds and native heifers range 10 to 12c per pound over carcass. Breen hogs 140 to 200 lbs, tenderloins and saddle cuts listed. Spring lambs 25 to 40 lbs at 30c per lb.
Local wagon Wheat merchants report payoffs tied to grain elevators and their merits. The brief notes earnings and comparative returns for farmers and shippers in the regional market.
Bears pressuring opening trades at Chicago, wheat leading lower with weak demand and few bids. Corn tracks wheat, oats lag, while provisions hold steady amid cautious sentiment.
Florida pineapples sell at 40 to 50 cents each as first market appearance. Sassafras from northern Indiana brings 3 bunches for 10 cents. Eggs steady at 75 cents a dozen. choice turkeys 65 cents a pound. Prices include Idaho potatoes 4 pounds for 25 cents, celery 10 cents, lettuce 15 20 cents, oranges 50 cents a dozen, tomatoes 30 cents a pound, beans 15 20 cents a pound, cranberries 20 cents a pound.
Eight hundred delegates attended the closing session of the annual State meeting of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The sole contested post was Grand Warden won by Frank E. Huston of Salem. Other officers named include Joseph G. Long of Logansport as grand master, H. F. Hardin of Marlem as deputy grand master, George P. Bornwasser of Indianapolis as grand secretary, William A. Morse of Frankfort as grand treasurer, and L. A. Handley of Richmond as grand trustee. Behymer received the retiring grand master jewel and becomes representative to the sovereign grand lodge in Philadelphia next year.
Leaders of the Missouri Synod in America launched a drive from Valparaiso Indiana to raise advance pledges to 300000 by November 29 for the Valparaiso University endowment. A Lutheran general canvass from November 29 to December 6 seeks 883000 in total gifts following the university's purchase by Lutheran church members.
CHICAGO Nov 19 reports primary receipts Wheat 1,368,000 vs 2,029,000 prior. Corn 796,000 vs 576,000 prior. Oats 510,000 vs 533,000 prior. Shipments listed. Carlots receipts: Wheat 8, Corn 170, Oats 42.
The sixtieth semiannual convocation of the Valley of Indianapolis Scottish Rite met at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Officers named include President Samuel L. Bassett and vice presidents Earl L. Jackson Clifford Haworth and Alva J. Adams. Edwin F. White was secretary treasurer and Harlin J. Vallentine chaplain. Leon M. Abbott praised Masonic progress. Samuel F. Hubbard spoke at the banquet.
Louis R. Bryan 44 of 1310 Union St is held on charges of receiving stolen goods and failing to report goods sold at a junk yard. Detectives say Bryan bought brass stolen from Harry Epstein 520 8 Capitol Ave. John Ward 23 colored 1841 N New Jersey St and Forest Handlen 30 of 501 N Senate Ave are charged with petit larceny.
Entries mention births and hospital connections including Methodist hospital, Provident, and names such as Michael Trinkley, Anna Trinkley, Gertrude Jackson, and Ruth Shoemaker. References to 1897 and 2008 dates appear amid scattered names and addresses, suggesting a historic record of birth notices and related hospital affiliations.
Deaths include Fliza Jane Zeek 81 of 2316 Gale arteriosclerosis and Lavina Wing 74 at City Hospital with bronchitis. Also listed are Andrew Wood 78 and E 67 of city hospital with pneumonia and pulmonary tuberculosis. Hospital addresses include Central Indiana Hospital and 1134 N Bellview Redcar 10138 La Grande.
A light hog run of about 6000 head saw steady to higher quotes. Hogs mostly sold around 11.60 to 11.75 with top 11.75 for choice lightweights. sows 10.25 to 10.75. Cattle active with steers 6.12 to 12.50, heifers 5.10 to 10.50, cows 4 to 7. Lambs steady near 15 with tops around 14.75, lambs 13.50 to 14. Calves strong up to 14.50, most 13.50 to 14. Receipts about 500.
Chicago and Pittsburgh market rundowns show cattle and hog prices mixed as receipts rise. Livestock shifts include steers and heifers with softer prices in Chicago, heavy demand for lambs in some markets, and varied hog pricing. notes from Toledo and Cleveland reflect similar trends and weak to steady movement.
John Murphy of 743 West New York Street was convicted on a drunkenness charge by Special Judge Thomas E. Garvin. He was ordered released to Sunnyside Sanatorium in Oaklandon Indiana for tuberculosis treatment, with a $10 fine suspended upon paying costs. Murphy, unable to post the fine, remained in jail.
The 1919 Indiana Legislature authorized a $1,500,000 Victory Hall for Allen County to be built in Fort Wayne but the State Supreme Court ruled the act unconstitutional.
The public service commission nears a rate making figure for Indiana Bell. Edward W. Bemis cites depreciated values and toll lines totaling about 28 million dollars plus working capital. Dischinger places the cost at 32.2 million with exchange property and toll. The two views imply a final valuation difference of around ten million dollars.
State Chairman Walter Chambers led a gathering with over 100 on a Democratic push to counter the Ku Klux Klan. Judge Herdis F. Clements urged revival of Jeffersonian and Madisonian principles as he and others warned of Klan political plans and the need for strong candidates in Marion County and the 1926 senatorial race.
An encyclopedia feature describes bears as timid yet capable, with sharp claws and powerful forepaws. They are omnivorous, climb trees, swim well, and hibernate in winter. Cubs are born during the mother’s hibernation, usually two per birth. Bears inhabit North America Europe Asia and parts of Africa, with four distinct North American species named.
Receipts show a 1925 hog loss of over 544,000 compared with 1924 per the Daily Live Stock Journal. Experts cite low 1924 hog prices as discouraging pig farming, with corn prices influencing farmer shifts away from hogs. Prospects foresee a large hog run next season.
The Indianapolis Street Railway Company began the first thorough bus line service this morning. Routes run from Monument Circle to the Speedway and from the Circle to Emerson Avenue. Ten cent fares with one cent transfer privileges apply between street cars and bus lines.
Indiana Bell announces a new direct long distance circuit linking Indianapolis and Peoria Illinois. The 255 mile line will be available starting Friday morning.
John A. Westfall, 42, shows improvement at his home after being struck by an automobile driven by Reverend F. B. Diekhoff, 550 N. Rural St. The crash occurred as Westfall rode his bicycle and the victims remain under medical care.
Washington dispatch by Raymond Clapper describes a rising economic South driving Democrats toward conservatism. New wealth from Birmingham Atlanta Florida power and Muscle Shoals is shifting the party away from liberal progressivism toward stability, threatening the old Western Eastern balance ahead of 1930s elections.
The Reverend M P Burns urged expansion of home missions to save middle class urbanites from decline and death. Reports noted 585 donation applications in 1925 totaling 636308 and stressed rural and suburban church extension. Dinners and talks featured speakers W W Alexander D D Forsyth G B Dean with Friday sessions on Wesley foundations and evangelism.
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