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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1903
Page
3
Union Stockyards Indianapolis reports hog receipts higher than usual with improved quality and variety. Prices rose modestly amid active bidding, while cattle receipts also increased with steadier to higher prices. Regional results show stronger cattle markets in Pittsburgh and Buffalo with varied stock types and futures mixed.
Grain and commodity wires report a broad mix of prices across Western and Eastern markets with butter, eggs, and cheese under steady to firm moves. The overview highlights Western creamery butter and New York creamery prices, with regional notes from Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Savannah.
The report lists cattle receipts and bids across multiple categories. Prices for good to prime cattle range from about 1.06 to 1.50 per unit, with stockers and feeders and cows showing varied values. Receipts noted with market mostly steady to higher, including western and southern stock categories. lambs and sheep show firm to higher values, with Western lambs and native stockers cited.
Day of trading excitement as cotton opens strong with 3 percent rise and 51 points. Prices spike to multi year highs on Sareene influenced gains from New Orleans and reports of bullish speculation by New Orleans bulls seeking control of remaining crop. interior handlers face shortages amid high demand.
Panama becomes a nation and postmaster general Anema floods the market with stamps printed across Colombian issues. Seven denominations now exist with red blue and green inks and varieties in perpendicular horizontal diagonal and inverted orientations. collectors worldwide chase these new issues as revenue rises with demand.
In Tonopah Nevada miner William F. Peck built a two room house from beer bottles, about twenty by sixteen feet, using dry mud as mortar. Over ten thousand bottles form thick walls nearly a foot wide, with green bottle colors creating a pleasing effect. Peck, his wife, and two children have lived there for four years despite cold winters.
The report notes W F Loree may become president of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, with Oscar Murray seen as his probable successor at the Baltimore and Ohio. Rumors link Cassatt and major Pittsburgh financiers to the shift as board members and policy reshuffles unfold across rail lines.
Wanted male help to recruit for Sunday Journal routes in Indianapolis Indiana. Two cents profit per paper sold. Regular customers grow with added two colored supplements a four page comic and four page home supplement. Papers available at the office or from listed salutation points with refunds for unsold issues. Showcases by Dickman and Grabhorn Indianapolis address and contact.
Judge Baker ordered receiver Volney Malott to pay 63500 as interest on outstanding mortgage bonds of Terre Haute and Indianapolis Railway. Stiles attends Cincinnati freight meeting. J D Stuart named assistant freight auditor of Santa Fe. Monon officials in Dayton. Hitz detained by ill wife. Canada Southern and Pere Marquette ratify running rights. Algeo discusses with Frank Reed in Chicago. Crockett leads Terre Haute and Logansport division.
F 8 Dickson of the Federal Telephone Company has completed negations for selling the controlling interest of the Lima Telephone Company to a Lima businessmen syndicate. The deal will close this week.
The Chicago Chronicle extols red-haired women as bright, warm, clever, and skilled cooks and dressmakers. It claims they brighten homes, deter solitary life, and possess practical advantages like dense thatch and reduced baldness, citing global comparisons and quirky anecdotes.
New York Commercial recounts Herbert Spencer interior life and routines in London and Scotland. It notes his dictation bursts with exercise breaks, long walks, and social ways, including leisure at the Athenaeum Club and theater visits. Friends later funded his work with 7,064 dollars and a gold watch.
Vital statistics column lists births and parent names with street addresses including Gaston Newsom Ida, Maggie McIntire, Richard Underwood, Mary Underwood, James Bowlen Lena Bowlen, Acee Carsten Bertha Carsten, Kate Strode, Pyem Ross, H Botts, Mra H A Knoop, Della Moore, George Miller, Lottie Miller, Marshall Ames, Maggie Endis, Joseph Fallebuch, Frances Fallebuch, Nichols Bauerie, Lotta Bauerie, and others with street addresses such as 1523 Brooker, 68 Wallace, 21 Broadway, 1536 Cornell, 441 Agnes, 4M Prospect, 2 Blake, 21 Blake, 628 Downey, 11M Spann, 178 McKim, 50 Belmont, 45 Belmont, 72 Warman, and 54 Lincoln.
Marriage licenses include Burley Hillman with Rosa Kincaid and Asa Carico with Cora Carroll among many entries. Obituaries note multiple deaths with ages and causes such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and heart failure, listing addresses like 1443 Hates street and 1112 East Market street, plus details of survivors and medical terms.
Indiana newspaper timetable notes the Indianapolis transit network with details on departure times from Indianapolis to Muncie Anderson Alexandria Wood, Tipton and other points. It lists limited and express trains, through cars from Lafayette to Lebanon and Indianapolis, and connections at Ason. The schedule covers hours from 4:35 am to late evening with frequent hourly departures and special through-car services.
The document outlines a transit service with departures from an early station toward Martinsville and intermediate stops. Timings include hourly cars with express and local legs, a 12 pm service to Mooresville, a 1:10 pm departure toward Martinsville, and evening runs to Mooresville with last cars around 7 pm. The schedule mentions fare notes and connections to Indianapolis routes and general station details.
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