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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1902
Page
7
A sprawling OCR style page lists prices for coffee blends and groceries like beans spices and lard, followed by detailed live stock market quotes from Indianapolis and other markets. It records cattle hog and sheep prices, weekly receipts, and market directions with many entity names and figures.
Trade remained slow after the Fourth of July, with little change in fruit, vegetables, and grain quotations. Wheat and corn stayed firm, old Irish potatoes scarce, wagon market offerings light but prices sustained, and diverse commodities from meats to nuts listed with steady wholesale quotes.
A dense docket from multiple courts lists judgments and motions. Cases include Elder vs Bretney: plaintiff awarded 176.20 and costs. Allen vs Doan: claim allowed for 15. Koons vs Alcen: guardianship dismissed. Henley vs Henley: divorce with costs. land appropriation with Hoffman reassessed. Ellis et al. quiet title with sale and deed approvals. Clarke & Clarke fees for services. Jones vs Jones partition with sale and deed approvals. criminal docket shows nolle prosequi in Cassaday/Hampton murder and various motions.
Appellate notices list cases including Chicago Eastern Illinois Railroad Company versus John F Snyder and Pennsylvania Company versus Catherine Dickson with appellant's briefs and applications for extensions of time. Petition granted sixty days from date.
Ardmore I T July 6 Grave trouble between cattlemen and Indians in the Choctaw nation is feared after the killing of nearly no cattle in the past week. The dispute centers on non citizens owning more than ten head of cattle, with cattle owners accused of violating the law and provoking hostility.
Indianapolis and New York money markets show clearings and balances across major cities. Weekly national totals rise 5.7 percent from last year while London Paris Berlin rates and Spanish bonds are noted. Treasury balances in Washington report available cash of 201,265,056 dollars plus regional bank figures.
New York daily banks report for five days and the week ending today list changes in gold holdings. The statement highlights Paris as accumulating gold reserves and hints at possible liquidity movements toward New York financial centers.
The New York associated banks show a cash decrease of 2,159,100 with specie down 517,700 and legal tenders down 1,671,400. Loans rose 317,011,400 while deposits increased 2,518,100, and reserve required grew 704. The surplus reserve stands at 10,084,725, with daily bank clearings at 75,000,000. Concerns about out-of-proof figures and gold exports to France are noted. Also, Miners Union President Mitchell at Wilkes-Barre condemns duty-work miners and insists on terms of miners' demands for any settlement.
The Liverpool market shows spot wheat and corn firm with mixed American goods trading, various futures quoted. Savannah notes firm spirits of turpentine and rosin with wide price ranges, while Wilmington reports no activity in spirits and steady rosin. Montpelier records crude petroleum spot prices in several varieties and related crude products.
New York July 3 poultry market reports show live firm and unchanged prices for dread irregular broilers and fowls with turkeys at 1 cent. Kansas City July 5 eggs steady with Missouri and Kansas stock clearing, some loss off, cases returned.
From Sundays Journal July 6 items report a major earthquake in Salonica European Turkey with heavy property damage and many deaths. Also notes Lara Salisbury plans to retire from the Cabinet after the King's coronation expected in October.
Washington letters report that Congress rejected several public improvements for the capital but approved a White House renovation totaling 500 441 dollars. The article notes 475 445 for repairs and decoration after starched debate led by Speaker Cannon and questions about future presidents needing extra space.
Union Traction Co of Indiana presents May 235 1902 timetable with routes to Anderson Muncie Marton Alexandria and Elwood. Regular departures begin at 4:35 a m hourly to 5 p m and limited trains run to Anderson with direct connections to Elwood. June 30 190% introduces combination passenger and express cars from Westland Street station at 5 15 p m and 5 28 a m from West Maryland street. Freight and combined passenger and express cars operate on Georgia and Meridian streets with specified arrival and departure times.
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