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Newspaper

Indianapolis Times

Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1928

Page

4

Wheat Prices Fall While Corn Rises On Chicago Board

United Press dispatch from Chicago reports wheat prices slipping today on the Board of Trade due to record North American stocks and expected foreign crops, while corn advances and oats are irregular. Visible wheat supply nearing 130 million bushels. corn stocks around 2.5 million. Corn belt receives heavy weekend rains. cash interests shift from December oats to May.

United Press Chicago North America Board of Trade United States Canada Northwest

Commission Row Prices to Retailers Fruits and Vegetables

Price list from Chicago noting wholesale to retailers for a wide range of fruits and vegetables. Items include Apples from Indiana at 2.50, Bananas 2.25 to 2.50, Grapes from California 1.50 per crate, Melons and Citrus with varied rates, and vegetables such as Artichokes 1.50 a dozen, Cabbage 2.00, Cucumbers 1.50 a dozen, Onions 2.25 per 50 lbs, Tomatoes 3.50, with regional origins from California Michigan Ohio Jamaica and more.

Indiana Colorado California Concord Michigan Jamaica Albertas Washington Nevak Marti Utah Ohio

Butter and Cheese Prices and Market Quotations

Wholesale butter prices No 1 50 51c No 2 46 12 48c Butterfat 48 49c Cheese wholesale loaves pimento etc price list with multiple regional quotes. Egg, poultry and potato receipts and futures on Chicago Mercantile Exchange list. Includes volumes, grades, and regional price ranges for butter eggs cheese and potatoes.

Wisconsin New York Indianapolis Bu United Press Chicago Minnesota North Dakota Red River South Dakota Idaho United Press ICAGO Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Local Listings Read Like Friend and Family Names

A jumble of paired names and addresses appears, listing couples and individuals such as Clara Cronberg, Leola Smiley, Dottie Maneus, Wilma Hedges, Josie Green, Elmer Striebeck, Kathryn Willmann, Phillip Vickery, and multiple others, interspersed with street numbers and hospital mentions. The fragment resembles a community roster or directory snippet with numerous personal entries and locations.

Boyscores Clara Cronberg Guil“Liesi Leola Smiley Westeen Dottie Maneus Sylvia Dan Court John Mildred Pridemore Valley Roger Mammie Reed Luthera Econet Nora Aggers Per

Obituary Notes and Sugar Futures Slide Open

The report lists numerous decedents with ages and causes such as lobar pneumonia chronic myocarditis cerebral hemorrhage and toxic goiter. It also notes sugar futures opening steady with December January March and September contracts quoted up to 101 points.

William E. Meyer East Michigan Carrie Dunn City Hospital Jennie E. Clapp North Goodlet Hiram Casey Terry Barrett Liga Krauch St. Vincent's Hospital Josephine Phillips McHenry Pennsylvania Martha E. le Fevre Audubon Road Lula Morton Christian Hospital Joseph Werning Ohio Catherine Deal Walker Peter Barker Harles H. Brittain Nellie Brown Robert F. McDonald McKinney Charlotte Hizer Stella Catherine McKeand Olive Larie L. Michael Joseph Frank Campbell Cty Hospital United Press New York

Sunset Trails Realty reports successful district lot sale

Officials of Sunset Trails Realty Company announce a successful sale of Sunset Trails district lots at silent auction weekend. Remainder of lots to be sold under the same plan. Office on Circle remains open. Property extends north, west and south from Sixteenth Street and Tibbs Avenue.

Sunset Trails Realty Company Sunset Trails District Sunset Trails Sixteenth Street Tibbs Avenue

Old Pay Own Way Survey on Elder Dependency

An official survey of 14 815 people over sixty five finds that less than a quarter are kept by relatives or charity. Charitable institutions account for less than 2 percent of support.

Washington

Hog market weakens at city yards amid large receipts

Hog receipts topped 7500 as market dropped 10 cents from week highs. Prices ranged from 9.40 to 9.75 for various weight classes with top at 9.75. Cattle, sheep, and lambs were largely steady with modest gains in good lambs. fat ewes and sows eased to mid ranges. Chicago hogs reported 42000 receipts and slow trade.

Chicago Enone United Press Buffalo Pittsburgh Cincinnati

Livestock Markets Mixed Across U S Hogs and Cattle Prices

Times Special reports heavy hog receipts across Chicago and Louisville with steady to slightly lower trends in the east. Cattle and calves show meager better grades and overall weakness among stockers. Sheep demand softer with moderate feeding lambs noted. Prices and ranges listed for hogs cattle calves and sheep in multiple cities.

Louisville Rane

Cotton Futures Open Higher In New York Trade

Cotton futures opened in New York with the December contract at 19.65, up .08. The market shows gains as traders weigh early demand signals and financial market cues.

United Press NEW York Aig Nha F UW

Stock Market Outlook Urges Prudent Reduction In Holdings

In New York on October 22 a market commentator argues that stocks are not valued by production costs but by public sentiment. He warns against piling into rising issues and urges cautious selling to shorten exposure before a likely late bull-market pullback.

Thomson & McKinnon New York

Local Briefs Highlight City Events and Crime

A roundup of Tuesday city items notes diverse events from the Midwest Motor Truck Congress to numerous luncheons and club gatherings. It also reports three bicycle thefts, a pistol firing incident, a pigeon race winner, and local council attendance plans.

Midwest Motor Truck Transportation Congress Manufacturers’ Building Associated Master Barbers of America Lincoln All Any Waters Club Claypool American Chemical Society Chamber of Commerce Mercator Club Lucheon Spink-Arms Gyro Club Purchasing Agents’ Association Severin Universal Club Columbia Phi Gamma Delta L’alliance Francaise Spink- Arms University of Michigan Indianapolis Medical Society Athenaeum

Prohibition Worker Pussyfoot Johnson to Tour India and Cities

The Prohibition League of India reports William Pussyfoot Johnson will arrive in Rangoon in February and tour Ceylon Madras Bombay Ahmedabad Peshawar and Lahore to promote prohibition.

India Pussyfoot United Press Calcutta The Prohibition League of India William Pussyfoot) Johnson Rangoon Ceylon Madras Bombay Ahmedabad Peshawar Lahore

Major Stock Issues Show Higher Prices on Open

Major stock markets rallied at the opening led by International Nickel surging 5 points to 184. Nevada Consolidated hit a new high around 30 1/2, while General Motors and Steel posted gains. Freeport-Texas slipped to 43 1/2, and Nigeria Copper demand supported copper shares as activity rose in the sector.

New York Stock Exchange Today International Nickel General Motors, Steel American Freeport-Texas Missouri Kansas Texas Barnsdall A Nevada Consolidated Radio Corporation Steel General Motors Chrysler Missouri Kansas Texas Consolidated Gas Anaconda Cerro de Pasco Kennecott John Manville A. M. Byers Great Northern Ore National Tea

Banks and Exchange Figures From Indianapolis and New York

Indianapolis clearing activity shows debits of 6.409 million and clearings of 3.974 million. In New York on Oct 22 bank clearings reach 641 million with a 129 million balance and a 105 million Federal Reserve credit balance. Foreign exchange opened steady with demand sterling at 16s and francs at 3.90, lire at 5.23, belgian franc at 13.81, and other quotes around 23. adic.

New York United Press Clearing House Federal Reserve Bank Belga Santkes

Chicago Welcomes Graf Zeppelin and Party

October 22 Chicago greets Dr. Hugo Eckener and the Graf Zeppelin crew with a warm welcome. The party meets Mayor Thompson, tours the boulevard, attends a dinner, and plans departure for New York at 9 p.m. Crowds fill the station and stadium as Japanese lanterns spell Gut Heil.

Hugo Eckener Chicago William Hale Thompson New York

Dinner menu linked to possible identity in gas death

Police seek to identify a well dressed woman who died of gas poisoning in a midtown hotel after registering as Miss Sloan. A 1915 Beta Delta chapter Kappa Psi dinner menu found among her effects may prove the key, while a scratched name on her baggage and a mutilated letter hinder identification.

United Press NEW York

Misses Al SEE Hoover Visit Missed by Silent Lobby

Dr. George W. Staton, 94, waited in Methodist hospital lobby to glimpse presidential candidate Al Smith and the visiting procession for Tom Taggart’s room. Plans altered. Staton then looked forward to meeting Hoover, recalling past votes for Lincoln and expressing steadfast support if living. The Statons have been married sixty two years.

George W. Staton University Court al Smith Tom Taggart Anita Scott Smith Taggart Hoover Dr. Staton Abraham Lincoln

New Star in Messier 33 Distances Galaxy Yardstick

A nova discovered by a Hamburg Observatory astronomer in Messier 33 promises to refine distance measurements to the nearest spiral galaxy. Dr. Harlow Shapley of Harvard notes the nova in Triangulum helps determine the nebula’s distance and dimensions, with a current estimate over 700000 light years away.

Science Service Cambridge Mass Hamburg Observatory Bergedorf Harlow Shapley Harvard College Observatory International Astronomical Bureau of Copenhagen Messier Dr. Shapley

City adopts step to buy municipal air field

Corporation Counsel John W. Holtzman states the adoption of a resolution to acquire will set the legal process for purchasing a municipal airport reserve. The 1920 statute allows city ownership while 1921 amendments permit leasing ground. appraisers will be named after the resolution. A public hearing and bond request follow, with an independent site review ordered by Mayor Slack for Site 30 north of Ben Davis. City council supports the bond issue, with about 30 000 dollars in the 1929 budget for operation.

John W. Holtzman Works Board Oren S. Hack Holtzman L. Ert Slack Ben Davis Citizens Committee Council

Welch Elected President of Indiana High School Press Association

Mathew Welch of Vincennes was elected president at the seventh annual Indiana High School Press Association convention. Mildred Rogers of Lebanon was named vice president and Betty Osler of Hammond the secretary at the concluding session.

United Preea Franklin Ind Mathew Welch Vincennes Indiana High School Press Association Mildred Rogers Lebanon Betty Osler Hammond

Ayres Company Hosts 1200 At Employee Dinner

Ayres & Co will entertain about 1,200 employees at a dinner in the Riley room of the Claypool tonight. Surprise entertainments, songs and yells by store groups are planned. A moving picture of the new eleven story building will be shown. Dancing will follow. Guests of honor are Twenty-Year Club members with twenty years service. Club members receive three weeks vacation and a $100 gift from the firm.

L. 8S. Ayres & Co Claypool Ayres

Talking Movies Given Stinging Rap in Britain

London audiences discuss the new talking pictures amid mixed reviews. Critics dislike the talking film format while performers fear job loss. Musicians debate Hollywood talkies and English language impact. The audience applauds a Martinelli aria and Jolson numbers in the talkie program, signaling strong interest in the new art form.

Britain England All England New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Martinelli Metropolitan Opera Company Metropolitan Opera House al Jolson

Hoover, Smith Campaign Tours Build Toward Final East Drive

Campaign log describes Herbert Hoover preparing for a final eastern swing with a Madison Square Garden speech. Alfred E. Smith returns from campaign work in the south and middle west to Albany then Boston, planning a Hartford parade en route. Robinson and Curtis plot broad regional drives as political tempers flare over mudslinging by Democratic leaders.

United Press Herbert Hoover New York Madison Square Garden Alfred E. Smith South Middlewest Executive Mansion Albany Boston Hartford Conn Smith Hoover Joseph Robinson Robinson Dakotas Iowa Minnesota Illinois Indiana Ohio West Virgin

Indiana Klan Names Jupe Huffington Grand Dragon Leader

An affidavit signed by Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans and filed by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia lists Indiana agent Joe M Huffington of 2262 North New Jersey Street Evansville as the acting head of the Klan in Indiana. He requested the Indiana grand dragon title be dropped, saying he had not been elevated to the actual post.

Hiram Wesley Evans Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Georgia Frederick E. Schortemeier Indiana Joe M. Huffington North New Jersey Huffington Evansville Klan

Beech Grove Considers New Bus Route Plan

Commissioner Howell Ellis of the public service commission and Beech Grove officials will inspect a proposed bus route petitioned by the Beech Grove Traction Company. The line would run from First Ave to Seventeenth Ave on Albany St. Peoples Motor Coach Company objects, arguing existing service covers the area.

Howell Ellis Public Service Commission Beech Grove Beech Grove Traction Company Ellis Statehouse First Ave Seventeenth Ave Albany St Peoples Motor Coach Company

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