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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1903
Page
10
Receipts of grain have improved somewhat but farmers are too busy to deliver at railway stations. Most arrivals come from elevators and storehouses at way stations. Attendance on call is fair and bidding is spirited. All receipts that meet grade are readily disposed of. Wheat is steady with No 2 red at Tic track, Tic on.
Freight notes list No 3 red and No 1 white hay oats and mixed feeds with prices. Oats steady with nominal quotes for No 2 white and No 8 white. Hay Timothy No 1 at 14.5 dollars and No 2 at 12.5. A heat sample totals 4 cars with one rejections, corn and bay offerings detailed in car lots and grades. Wagon market light but 62 loads sold before noon at higher prices per ton and per bushel.
Prices paid by shippers show mixed poultry, meats, and produce including turkeys, ducks, geese, and beef. wholesale and retail candy, nuts, coffee, and sugar items listed with varied prices. Market notes describe inert stock trading, narrow price changes, and potential gold export impacts amid a slow session in New York.
Indianapolis and global money markets report mixed rates with commercial paper at 4.5 percent, call money in New York at 2.2 percent, and time money around four percent. Sterling and Paris and Berlin exchange figures noted alongside silver prices and a Treasury statement for May 6 showing available cash totals.
Live stock in Union Stock Yards Indianapolis May 6 shows cattle receipts around 1,000 with prices weaker overall and scarce demand. Hogs at 5,000 receipts are fairly active but steady to lower, while sheep trading is quiet with spring lambs lower and yearlings firm.
Wheat closed weak with July off and May showing strength on short covering. Corn and oats slipped modestly while provisions gained, led by firm demand from locals and a weekly crop report showing frost damage in the Southwest. Receipts noted at Minneapolis Duluth and local stations, with Chicago futures showing varied moves and cash prices mixed across grains and hogs.
A pair of boarders discuss Wise who eats little as he woos the landlady’s daughter and seeks her mother’s favor. The exchange hints at aimless romance and social maneuvering at the inn.
Market notes from Kansas City Cincinnati and Liverpool show wheat prices firm in Cincinnati and No. 2 red at 65 in Kansas City cash. Corn bids and oats receipts vary, lard and dry-salt meats firm or steady. Whisky steady, futures for July and September noted, with numerous small commodity movements and shipments reported.
May reports Butter and Cheese receipts with mixed prices. Butter steady at 5 519 packages noted, creamery and common to choice varieties mentioned. Cheese receipts 614 steady to easier with full cream and small white and colored categories listed.
Metels irregular in St Louis with weak lead at 4.17 and firm spelter at 5.0. Butter steady in Philadelphia Chicago and other cities with varying egg prices. Wool, sugar, and rosin quotations shift across Boston London and New York markets as reports from several regions detail activity and prices.
Eighteen property transfers recorded yesterday ending May 6 1908 at 5 p m. list includes Alvin Grubeaux to Edith P Sellers Lot 6 Royster’s addition and numerous deeds to various grantees across Indianapolis areas such as Meridian Heights Reagan Park Clark’s North Capitol and Yandes sub. total consideration noted with multipleParcel transfers and associated trusteeships.
In Morristown New Jersey a turkey gifted to Mrs. B Adams contained one hundred one dollar bills and a note from her missing husband, carpenter Joe Adams, who disappeared seven months ago. The stuffing was found as the wife started to prepare the bird for dinner and the money was to finance his return trip from Sister Lakes Michigan. The note promised reunion and a future together, signaling renewed hopes amid a Thanksgiving uncertainty.
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