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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1925
Page
5
Edward Mantel of 3935 North Meridian Street ranks first in the Hoosier Athletic Club new members contest. Mantel is noted as one of the club’s most active members as the drive for new members continues.
New York November 24 Sharp declines in yesterday's trading left many stock list levels attractive for short covering. Replacement buying by strong interests and tentative tax bill approvals helped steady the general list early, with United States Steel at 128 and Chrysler at 180 leading rebounds. By noon, many issues recovered as weak holders sold to stronger hands, steel and other leaders rising amid improving market tone. Call money remained at 4 percent with favorable business developments reducing bear risk.
Bank clearing figures show today’s total at 36 055 000 with November 24 noted. The report lists total debits and balances for the banking day.
A historical price list shows commissions and wholesale rates for fruits and vegetables. Items include 40-pound baskets of Jonathan apples at $1.75, Grimes Golden, Delicious, King Davids, and others. tropicals like Cocoanuts Jamaica at $6.95 per 100. Citrus and berries with prices in dollars per basket or per hundred. vegetables such as Artichokes California at $1.75 and Cauliflower Colorado at $3.25. assorted produce across regions with per unit and per case pricing.
Market chatter cites an unusually low crop forecast from authoritative sources, signaling potential weakness in the forthcoming harvest. Analysts anticipate a sharp impact on new crop options as markets price in the reduced yield and supply constraints.
Wholesale meat prices list native steers 500 to 800 pounds with fores under carcass and hinds over carcass, native heifers 300 to 450 pounds, native cows up to 700 pounds, veal, spring lambs to 40 pounds, and assorted carcass prices varied by cut.
Regular meeting of the Rainbow Division Veterans' Association will be held in Superior Court Three at the courthouse Wednesday at 6 p.m., R. E. Murphy secretary announced. Local mills and grain elevators in Gairinepolis pay for No 2 wheat with other grades priced on their merits.
Wheat prices opened sharply higher on the Chicago Board of Trade, advancing four to six and a quarter cents amid reports of Argentine crop damage and stronger Liverpool prices. The market surged with a buying rush after a 40 cent Liverpool advance, while corn paused and oats eased. Provisions held steady without notable movements.
L C Collins former banker from Hunter was pardoned after a town referendum in a 35 to 17 vote by 500 residents. He faced embezzlement charges and the pardon followed recommendations from the prosecuting attorney and sentencing judge.
Births list numerous names with family relations and addresses, including Sterling, Hitler, McHugh, Wiebke, North, and McHugh households, plus Methodist affiliations and multiple street crossings. Deaths chronicle ages from 30 to 81 with varied causes and hospital or home locations, including Capitol, Meridian, Calhoun, Hillside, and Tacoma entries, concluding with city hospital notes.
Washington story notes domestic troubles of Congressmen and potential reshuffling of committee chairs. It cites Rep. Frank D. Scott, Rep. Wallace H. White Jr, and Rep. John W. Langley amid divorce cases and a large public building program.
Georges Le grand, the famed Paris confidence man, was arrested after pitching a perpetual motion silver fox farm scheme. He planned to buy two silver foxes, fatten them, strip their skins, feed them to progeny, and profit from skins. Police intervened before purchase. The following day his office received flood of shares bids and a 100,000 franc check.
Lawyers organized in national and state bar associations condemn the policy of motor clubs offering free legal advice to its members.
At the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange cattle and calf sections showed strength. Cattle run around 1,190 with steadier prices. steers at 6.13, heifers 5 to 9.75, cows 4 to 6. Lambs strong and steady to 25 cents higher, some at 15 to 15.25. sheep 5 to 7. Calves up 500 to 1 higher, top veals 14, most 13.50 to 14. 700 head sold quickly.
Market reports from Pittsburgh and St Louis include cattle prices slow to active with various weights and classes noted. Prices for hogs and calves listed. Buffalo and other regions show mixed receipts and steady to strong trends as buyers and sellers adjust to demand.
United Press reports Marion County farm property values fell from 53 275 429 in 1920 to 38 821 557 presently. Farms dropped from 1 681 to 1 668 and farmers from 2 855 to 2 452. Farm acreage shrank from 198 970 to 164 219 in five years. Next Grand Prix race set for Miramas near Marseilles on June 28 with 911 2 inch cars and two seated bodies 81 inches wide.
Commissioners said bids for the flood prevention project would be advertised and work start soon, likely in two weeks, with city and county sharing costs. The plan includes a Morris Street bridge, levees, flood walls, and river channel work to deepen the White River, aiming to handle water beyond 1913 levels.
State entomologist Frank Wallace leads a bug militia defending crops from pests. He notes flies eat San Jose scale and control plant lice with lady bugs, essential to tomato and peach yields and preventing ruined bushes and tasteless produce.
An article describes parasitic patterns, noting big Spinx moths and their larval maggots living under the host's skin, then emerging to spin cocoons on the back. The fly seldom completes the moth transformation, crippling reproduction. Also mentions potato bugs and a wingless snout beetle preying on them, illustrating friendly insects in nature.
Ed Lochery presents a resolution urging equal tariff protection for agriculture alongside labor and industry. W H Settle re elected president Lewis Taylor vice president and Mrs C W Sewell named secretary. Federation backs state income tax and endorses cooperative marketing and education while pressing for county agent cooperation and anti unfair taxation.
Time special reports the U S stance on wartime apparel for Japanese officials in Washington. It notes Americans refuse to manufacture gloves socks long underwear and nightshirts for Nipponese officials here while acknowledging the average Japanese person is small and would need unusually sized clothing.
John Taylor of 487 BE South 81 was injured early today when struck by a truck during a race crank. Authorities described the scene as a mishap with the vehicle making contact as Taylor operated the crank, with medical units responding promptly.
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