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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1925
Page
3
New York November 28 The stock market opened firm but surrendered gains as the list declined from early highs. Motors led the retreat as traders shifted to profits and the market drew back from Friday’s sharp advance. Sulphur rose $2 a ton giving some support to the week’s close.
Bank clearings show a weekly total of 680 083 000 with a daily figure of 13 938. Debits for the period reach 30 288 000 in reported figures. Regional totals include York, Daligihy Rov, Eko, Bawaba, and Chicago clearings with varying amounts.
Foreign exchange notes show the dollar holding in New York trading with listed rates and conversions. The fragment mentions a value of 4.62 and references Dutch currency in Holland as part of updated quotes.
Fragmentary text references Liberty Bonds with unclear details, numbers, and a percent rate. It mentions New York and a dated line November 28, but the context and full terms remain unreadable.
Market notes show varied prices for live poultry, eggs, and dairy products across Indiana Ohio Michigan and New York regions. Prices for leghorns springers and hens are listed with multiple grade distinctions and regional quotes. butter egg and cheese values are recorded along with miscellaneous items like ducks geese pigeons and milk prices.
New York coffee prices during November show a low of 10.75 per 1g with market activity noted across futures. Traders monitor supply factors and demand signals as the market consolidates recent gains.
Fred I. Willis of the Indiana Central Rubber and Supply Company predicts a 20 percent advance in automobile tire prices between December 1 and January 1 while noting no further rise before spring. Casings and tubes have surged, crude rubber up 500 percent, with shortages and Stephenson restrictions shaping value trends. Plans for an American rubber plantation aim to ease costs in five years.
Prices for fruits and vegetables including Northern Spy apples at 10 pounds for 149, raspberries at 7 pounds, cranberries, artichokes from California at 1.75, cabbage 13.25 per hundredweight, icebergs 30, spinach 4.50, and tomatoes in a case at 5.00. Names of sellers such as Peter Plant and Hubbard appear with varied items.
Prices listed for native cattle varying by weight and cut, including beef steers 600 to 800 pounds at 18 to 20 cents per pound carcass, heifers, cows, and pork to 200 pounds at 20 cents per pound, with several weight ranges noted.
Grain futures closed weak in a short session on the Chicago Board of Trade with Wheat leading the downturn. Prices traded erratically with a few brief rallies before averaging lower as bearish foreign news weighed on bulls. Corn selling through commission houses met resting orders while oats and provisions fell in sympathy.
Grain table items show prices for wheat corn oats rye with various months including Nov Dec May and Jan. Receipts data and price figures are listed for Chicago on Nov 28 with multiple fractional quotes and comparisons to prior values. The fragment includes scattered numbers and abbreviations indicating futures bids and cash values.
Market notes from Indianapolis Board of Trade with wheat prices No 2 red 1.68 and No 2 hard 1.74, oats and Timothy hay values, feed oats and various white and yellow corn grades, inspections listing car counts and grades, Ohio November figures, with mixed grain futures and storage notes. Prices and lots cover wheat corn oats timothy clover and hay.
Hog prices showed an irregular end of week at the Indianapolis Livestock Exchange with heavies weak and lights rising to 12. From 11.88 to 12 dominated most trades while lightweight hogs hit 12. The cattle section saw small receipts and steady to weak trading with steers around 11. Heifers at 5 to 10.50 and cows near 4. Lambs topped at 16 with most sales 15.50 to 16 and sheep steady at 5 to 7. Calf market held at 15 for top years with most at 14 to 14.50. Receipts were around 7 000 hogs and 500 cattle and sheep combined.
Complex price listings show live stock activity across multiple western and eastern markets with cattle receipts and higher quotes for steers heifers stockers and calves. Reports include buffalo and Pittsburgh figures with detailed ranges for cows calves and sheep and lambs.
In New York trading, simultaneous with a crow estimate indicating Cuba could require about 4.1 million tons, prices drifted as traders booked profits. Opening advances of three to four points gave way, and by close the market was unchanged to a few points lower as traders discounted favorable conditions.
A county official resists moving from the courthouse basement to the fourth floor as four municipal courts prepare to open January 1. Swails and aides oppose atticlike quarters citing rats and cold, while county officials discuss relocating to a downtown office. The plan places two courts at police headquarters and the others in courthouse space.
Police seek three suspects who issued bogus certified checks totaling nearly $4,000 to cover bets on Notre Dame versus Nebraska. One check for 3500 dollars was drawn on the Hoosier State Bank and signed by Ben C. Wells. The trio exited town after Nebraska beat the Hoosier eleven.
St Johns alumni group with about 1000 members will gather Sunday morning after church services in the school at W Georgia Street and S Capitol Avenue. The 1926 year book will soon be distributed, listing members and facts about the organization dating to 1867.
The will of the late Mrs. Clara A. Wefler filed in Probate Court today bequeaths all real estate valued at 3000 dollars and personal property at 1500 dollars to Center Lodge No. 23, Free and Accepted Masons, in gratitude for support after the death of her husband Perry Weiler.
George O'Connor secretary announces the Highland Golf Club annual dinner and meeting of directors and members. Election of officers will be held and members will discuss entertainment and athletic features for 1926.
Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders organize a Dec. 15 event at Cable Tabernacle to be addressed by Dr. S Parkes Cadman. Cadman leads the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, an organization of about 20 million American Protestants.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe wheat shipments with mentions of red wheat and elevator pairings. The readable items reference Asta and paring related terms, suggesting a trade or storage observation in a grain market context.
Toy departments attract shoppers as Christmas demand rises with buyers like C. H. Trueman noting a shift to better American made toys. German dolls and French fine toys remain sought after, while Germany supplies smaller mechanical toys and toy pieces.
The State printing board awarded a two year contract to William B. Burford Company, current holders and low bidders across all classes. Burford must also cover unspecified work, with the agreement effective December 2.
Prosecutor William H. Remy filed a suit in Superior Court Four against Louis Thomas Peter Simick and owner Mrs Annie Borinstein seeking abatement of a public nuisance. The complaint targets a three story dwelling house and restaurant at 444 W Washington St alleging conditions harmful to public welfare.
In Ashington the NEA reports that the 8 to 9 pm period sees the most pedestrians struck by autos, while 5 to 6 pm has the most auto accidents. Analyzed 6,742 incidents attribute peak causes to theater and party rush, low visibility, and carelessness.
Detroit figures show auto tire thefts have doubled since March as crude rubber costs climb. Stolen cars are often stripped of accessories and second hand tires have become scarce due to higher tire prices.
Evansville Indiana November 28 Fifteen hundred Southwestern Indiana teachers in annual conference elected Emery Couts Pike County school superintendent president Other officers Miss Anna Kriege Boonville vice president Miss Ethel Hall Dubois County recording secretary Charles Olmstead Evansville treasurer
Articles of Incorporation filed with the secretary of State list capital stock at $10,000. Incorporators are Carlos E. Harrison Clyde Beem and Charles E. Thurston. The business will be located at 8634 Roosevelt Ave.
The State board of accounts reports net recoveries of 139196.26 for the year ending Sept 30 1925 and a total 3060708.97 since 1909. Of the recovered funds 2623890.24 funded department expenses leaving 436818.73 net.
Bowman presses for four more routes while the public service commission blocks eight of his requested lines. The street car company operates feeder routes to suburbs and several through lines, with twenty one buses in service and six on the Speedway City to Circle route. Additional lines are planned on Madison Ave and from Fifty-Second St to College Ave as permits loom.
The Public Service Commission upholds a Beech Grove ordinance banning buses from stops on Beech Grove Traction Company streets. South Side Motor Coach Company plans a permanent injunction suit in Superior Court Five to challenge the ruling. Judge Moll had issued a temporary order blocking enforcement, later rendered ineffective by the commission decision. Commissioner Artman’s vote split delayed action, then shifted in favor of the street car line. The coach company may revise its Beech Grove schedule in response.
The notice lists births for Kenneth and Stella Hamblin with scattered address fragments and dates. It also mentions Thelma Pierpont and Helen Mesinge with fragmented locations, reflecting a small, uncertain public notice of newborns.
Fragmentary obituary lines list individuals with ages and causes such as heart disease and chronic kidney conditions. Places include Liberty, Columbia, and city hospital wards. some entries reference jail or custody. The legibility is poor with several garbled names and addresses.
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