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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1901
Page
7
A M Fletcher Banker offers loans secured by approved collateral. Handles investment securities and accounts for banks bankers corporations and individuals. Solicits business from banks and major clients.
Financial notes show prices generally rising after early profit taking with a firm money market in New York. Stocks including Burlington and Northern Pacific rally to new highs while coal miners and Morgan stocks gain on merger hopes. Bond market stays active with U S threes up 4, and a list of closing bid prices across major issues follows.
Baltimore Cincinnati Indianapolis notes trading activity on wholesale streets remains robust with strong commission row, apples in supply, oranges and cranberries varied, onions and cabbage softening, poultry steady, eggs and cheese firm, butter in demand, and revised quotations for provisions. Grain bids list wheat and corn values, with diverse prices for white and red grades, hay, oats, and miscellaneous commodities. Indiana stockyard and farm markets report cattle, hogs, and sheep prices steady to higher or mixed across major cities, with notable ranges and regional variations.
Instruments filed for record over 24 hours ending March 27 1901 show numerous lot transfers in Indianapolis including parcels in Park Grove West Side and Central avenues. Names include Fletcher Wilson Ray Keefe Owen Stevenson Coulter Hobbs Jeek and Leonard with prices ranging from 850 to 6290 dollars and culminating in total transfers. A Cologne Gazette note adds that Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm will not marry a Catholic but a German or princess.
Listing of wholesale prices for candles beans canned fruits and nuts, oysters, coal and chemicals, then dry goods sheets and textiles. Includes per pound, per ton, per unit figures for items like almonds, walnuts, peaches, pineapples, oats, coke, alcohol, indigo, opium, quinine, soap, soda, and bleached sheetings from multiple brands and mills.
Hog prices steady to five cents lower while hogs firming appears limited. Cattle receipts 750 with mixed grades, steers 1,081 to 1,371 pounds at 4.49 to 4.50, top heifers at 4.50, cows under 4. Also reports lambs 5.50 and strong sheep prices, with stockers and feeders showing varied values across weight classes. Interstate yard in Indianapolis notes steady to slightly higher tone for cattle 1,000 to 1,450 pounds and mixed butcher grades.
Chicago market report shows firmer tone across grains with May corn up 1% to 42 1/2 cents, wheat mixed and oats up slightly. Provisions trade dull then firmer. May pork closes at 15.72 1/2, May lard around 8.12, May ribs near 7.55 as receipts and weather influence pricing.
New York prices for flour corn meal wheat oats lard pork and fats with spot and futures activity. Kansas City Minneapolis Toledo South America Boston St Louis Philadelphia Boston notes on wool and butter and cheese markets. various regional grain and produce prices and activity. poultry and cotton markets with general dull to steady tone. Details include receipts, exports, and bid quotes across multiple commodities and regions.
Trade in General Saint Louis reports flour and grain prices for March 23 with mixed tonnage data. Flour patents extra fancy and straight run twain at 2.50 to 3.25 per unit, corn meal 3.10, lard firm around 3.00, and dried meats and bacon steady. Receipts show substantial wheat, corn, and flour shipments, while Baltimore market notes a mixed trend for wheat and corn with ongoing exports.
New York reports a very quiet crated apple market with broad price ranges across grades. New Orleans sells 5 350 bales with receipts of 10 239 bales and 319 756 in stock. U S mercantile activity soft with uplands and gulf middling prices around 1 16 to 1 per pound. Real estate and repairs listed include several frame and cottage properties on South East Street and Warman Avenue, with prices noted from 100 to 4 902 dollars.
Certificates issued to numerous named individuals across Indiana and affiliated places including Lyons at Soldiers Home Lac Fayette, Erhart in Marion, Showalter in Came nhereville, Gordon in Lowell, Pry in Lafayette, Haliatown, Wirtek in Warsa, White in Valeene, Martin in Ferndale and Widows Marcia Gordon in Lowell. Names appear with varied amounts and locations reflecting 19th or early 20th century patent or pension style notices.
A poorly dressed youth confronts a wealthy older man on a street corner. He asks to see a note supposedly owed by the elder, who then tears the note into pieces and implies the debt is settled. The incident ends with the young man stunned as the elder walks away, denying any real claim.
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