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Newspaper
The Richmond Palladium And Sun Telegram
Location
Richmond, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
7
A jumble of want ads and sale notices lists numerous requests and offerings. Entries seek live-in help and companionship, work opportunities, training, and job placements. Also advertised are por sale items and business goods, including marketed groceries and real estate.
Stock quotes from New York show mixed activity with Amalgamated Copper American Sugar and several rail and industrial names listed. Major names include M. & St. P. New York Central Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Southern Pacific Union Pacific Great Northern and U.S. Steel with varied daily movements and incomplete figures.
Wheat and corn futures quotes show July and September contracts with open high low and close figures. Oats and hog markets mirror trading activity while cattle in Chicago show receipts around 3,500 with hogs strong and sheep steady. heavy and rough classes noted.
Indianapolis notes grain prices with Wheat at 92, Corn Oats 53, Rye 1, Timothy 3.12.20 per unit. Market in June shows steady prices and supply expectations for local traders.
Indianapolis Livestock market shows rest heavies and good to choice beef cattle with steers heifers and calves listed. Prices range for veal calves and stockers, with sheep and lambs indicated as good to choice and rest yearlings.
Richmond Roller Mills lists grain prices for wheat corn oats rye and bran per bushel per ton with a note of Gold Medal Flour from your grocer in Geneva. The ad shows multiple price points including $26.00 for middlings and 828.00 for sopmmonia.
A fragmented commodity list from Richmond Abattoir shows payment terms for hogs cattle and poultry. It references average weights 200 to 250 pounds and prices for hogs calves lambs cows and sheep. Poultry rates cover dressed young chickens old fowl turkeys and per pound figures. Country produce rates are noted as well as commissioner duties.
Omar G. Whelan notes mixed hay prices as 450 thousand pounds traded at 5108 dollars per batch with good to heavy purchases. Common and rough heifers and cows show varied prices. Oats quoted at 0.47 per bushel.
Advertisement notes the Richmond seed market runge and company offering Timothy aves at a price of two dollars per something, indicating a seed sale listing.
Pittsburg market notes cattle receipts light and steady. Cattle price around 15 dollars per head with totals reported near 7.40. Sheep and lambs receipts light with sheep around 4.320 and lambs about 7.30.
East Buffalo and East Matfajo market listings show receipts for sheep and lambs totaling 2400 head with value 5254 dollars, hogs 5000 head with mixed pig prices around 5 dollars, and cattle entries totaling 3257 dollars across cattle and other livestock. The June 3 report reflects ongoing trading activity at the Cattie Market site with varied prices recorded for sheep, lambs, and hogs.
Toledo dispatch notes wheat and corn prices with figures for 744 Clover Whoherd at 770, Alsike at 15.50, and rye at 82, reflecting a quiet trading day. This market bulletin records grain values and related bids in the Toledo area.
The nightly carousals of a gang of boys, based across the river, have been reported to the Police. The group, known to frequent the juvenile court, has evaded reform school sentences through the leniency of the Juvenile Court judge.
Charles E Henshaw aged 74 died suddenly yesterday at his home 224 South Fifteenth Street of Bright's disease. Survived by wife three daughters Mrs Pearl Mutcher Mrs Ermine Meigen Miss Marguer Henshaw and one son Charles Jr. He worked in a grocery business and was a contractor mainly handling cement work. Funeral Sunday at 2 from the home and burial in Centerville Cemetery. He was a member of the Friends church.
James Idignapolis notes the resignation of Chas Vo McAdams as a member of the Edinburgh commission. Governor Manly accepts the move and names Thomry M Dowlus as successor, with attorney Benoni assisting.
Mrs Frank Meermaty of 36 Seth Fifth Street reported to Poe police that a stranger appeared at her home yesterday evening in an unseemly manner. She called out to the kno ck and when she opened the door the stranger attempted to enter. Police were notified and a description of the intruder was sought.
In a Wayne County court this afternoon a motion to suppress an affidavit accusing Edward Stegall of contributing to the delinquency of Ida Hiffman was sustained. The court noted the mother’s lack of consent and the affidavit’s authenticity. prosecutors will not press further charges. The incident highlights debates over state juvenile law and potential legislative amendments.
Humpe reports good work and Wayne county gains at the Sunday school convention in Vincennes. Vinnie, president of the Waste County Sunday School Association, notes the event's satisfaction and progress. 71.69 new members joined churches last year. State association membership stands at 2, Provincial totals show increases. executive committee reappoints E. W. Hulpenny secretary and George Hurnie state superintendent of teachers and Baldwin superintendent of elementary grades.
In Wayne circuit court Olver S. Plumoye fled suit against Schnehler Carriage Works on a note for 5 dollars. The document, labeled shite 002, bears the signature of BLM. Carpenter, Whi served as nyatrager for the company at the time.
A fragmented report notes that Knox headquarters were established in a disputed area, with references to Chigizo Alabama and Pennsylvania's designation. Details are unclear but indicate a formalization of the Knox presence and potential regional implications.
A garbled excerpt compiles quotes and musings from Mrs. Bosanquet and Tennyson juxtaposed with remarks on wealth and independence. It threads brief lines on income, charity, and reaction to crisis, ending with a boastful yet nervous memory of Tennyson meeting Frederick Robertson.
A Yonkers Statesman clipping captures a humorous exchange between a landlady and a boarder about coffee. The landlady insists on boiling thirty minutes to extract goodness, while the boarder claims someone else got their first $105 easily, hinting at wartime earnings and trades.
Gath Freeman son of Mr and Mrs P J Freeman has returned to this city from Washington DC He graduated from the National Law University this year He will apply for admission to the Warne County bar It is his intention to return to Washington next year for a postgraduate course at the University.
The divorce case of Gabriel Anderson versus Blanch Anderson was on trial in Wayne circuit court this afternoon. The couple are described as Black. Before marriage Blanch Emanuel was known for associations with the police. Adultery is charged.
Washington cablegram reports Dr. Charles Brent, Episcopal bishop of Manila, has declined the chosen headship of the Washington diocese after being recently elected.
business leaders expect heavy local and eastern traffic this year with Northwest and rural routes lighter. Summer rates to eastern resorts begin June 8 and Michigan traffic is projected to surge by month’s end. Panhandle and G R I rail services expand to keep local routes connected, boosting town traffic and adjacent markets. Hewitt joke follows exchange about a wife losing her voice last week and needing rest.
New York on June 5 E Bartel Hall the plaintiff asks police to locate his wife missing for days fearing she is mentally troubled He also seeks the whereabouts of Rev D Q Denham of the Church of the Disciples of Christ who disappeared about the same time The incident may be linked and not a coincidence
Earlham College announces the expulsion of Lawrence Barrett Joseph Furnas and Misses Alice and Dorothy Quimby for a Sunday social outing forbidden by school policy. Barrett was football captain to be and Furnas a top college winner, with the girls valued by many friends.
Lord Lewson asks about historic windmills as Pat recalls two once stood there. Pat explains one was removed to save more wind for Uother, reflecting a playful London Tit-Bits quip about changing windmill numbers and resource use.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle in Quaker City plan the largest Fourth of July event in years. Hundreds of out of town knights are expected for a monster parade from Main Street to Glen Miller park, with a patriotic address. A new ladies temple is announced and a balloon ascent or airship flight is planned after the address, plus greased pole climbing, sack races, and a best Dutch costume contest with wooden shoe dancing prizes.
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