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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1902
Page
10
A compact financial notice outlines activities involving banks bankers and corporations and individuals. It details filings and solicitations for accounts and related financial dealings across several firms and agencies.
New York April 2 The market shows little movement with United States Leather leading activity and Amalgamated Copper close behind while Colorado Fuel declines. Railroads show modest gains and losses with St Paul and Louisville & Nashville active, but Pere Marquette falls on a single trade. Copper and leather rumors circulate about bond issues and deferred dividends, while the grain and copper outlooks hint at speculative influence and awaiting money market developments.
Washington reports balances in the general fund excluding a 150 million gold reserve. In New York, stock trading shows apathy but a firmer tone, with London quiet and money rates easing. Granger Farwell notes Hocking Valley rail strength from a preferred stock readjustment. leather stocks attract room traders amid cautious outlook until the government crop report due on the 7th.
Cattle receipts reached around 1 000 with quality generally satisfactory and demand for good cattle strong. Steers sold up to 6.00 dollars, heifers to 5.90, cows to 5.75, with wide spreads for fat and feeding types. Hogs receipts about 3 000 with prices higher on opening, while sheep remained steady and active.
The Blair-Baker Horse Company auction led a varied day with around 50 animals, many unfinished horses and a price decline on lesser lots. Cattle and hog markets showed strength in places with high bids on prime stock while receipts and quality influenced overall demand across multiple regions and grades.
The Des Moines City Railway asks the City Council to sell eight tickets for a quarter as fares between 6 and 7 am and 6 and 7 pm. The deal includes a condition that if another street railway firm receives a franchise the fare will revert to 5 cents.
Wheat receipts 99 075 bushels, exports 77 447 bushels. Spot firm No 2 red 59 _ fob. Wheat up on covering, last prices mixed. Corn receipts 15 000 bushels, spot firm No 2 elevator 67. Oats receipts 96 000 bushels, spot firm. Lard firm Western steamed 10.10 10.25, refined firm. Sugar raw 3 cents, refined firm. Coffee spot Rio quiet, mild Cordova 4 12 cents.
Trade in general shows dull activity in St Louis with prices for flour, seeds, corn meal, and fats moving modestly. Wheat and rye rise with No 2 red and No 2 hard futures mixed. pork and lard advance, dry salt meats and bacon climb, and receipts and shipments for flour, wheat, corn, and oats noted across markets in St Louis, Kansas City, and Baltimore.
Markets report wheat and corn prices holding firm or easing in Liverpool Cincinnati Toledo and Chicago. Oats rye and barley show varied activity while butter eggs and cheese move within steady ranges in New York Philadelphia Baltimore and Chicago.
Reports from Savannah Wilmington New York Oil City Montpelier Charleston New Orleans St Louis list rosin spirits turpentine and spirits market bids and steadiness for cotton. A New York interview predicts a sharp rise in cotton prices soon as demand outstrips supplies while a Salt Lake Tribune note discusses spelling lessons amid local tragedy and spelling zeal.
A garbled report mentions an Iowa woman with a maiden name and multiple husbands, references to Sparrow and Quayles, and township residence. The fragment hints at a family with two children or dependents and ends with a stray comment calling the case a bird.
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