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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1939
Page
8
The item notes newlyweds checking page two for questions and answers. It lists one example: number one, No. James Edward Oglethorpe. The tone mirrors a light domestic feature with a quiz style, including a named individual as an answer prompt.
A supplementary grant of 6803 dollars from the Public Works Administration was accepted by the board of trustees to finance 45 percent of the cost for a new switchboard at the municipal light and water plant. The project includes bids already received but the contract not yet awarded. Attending were Chairman D. E. Shranger Elmer Busse and William Lindeman.
Funeral services for Thomas Peacock 86 father of J H Peacock of this city will be held tomorrow at Primm funeral home East Moline Hl. Samuel Os good Kees 78 long-time farmer died Sunday after heart disease. services held at First Congregational Church. Burial at Atlantic Cemetery. Mirrors Fought a Battle notes Archimedes sun rays and reflecting mirrors. ATLANTIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION will make town property loans up to $2000 at low interest. see L H Pine secretary. 2013
Combined hog receipts across 20 yards and 10 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 24 hours ending 8:00 am were 22 000 this week versus 24 300 last week and 15 100 a year ago. Prices varied by weight, with barrows and gilts showing mixed to steady quotes from 5.50 to 6.40 per cwt and packing sows trading from 4.40 to 5.30.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Petersen with their family and J J Esbeck visited Leo Esbeck’s home in Andrews from Sunday to Tuesday. Mrs Will Castle stayed over the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W S Jones in Council Bluffs. Carl Wiuff and son of Council Bluffs visited Mr and Mrs Peter Wiuff on Monday.
Elliott report notes Miss Inez Jarboe completed a beauty course in Denver and returned home Monday night. Carriers Burton Wollenhaupt and Dean Long attended the carrier salesmen convention and frolic in Des Moines. Mrs. Floyd Baldwin and son Francis visited Omaha for medical consultation. James Reeves of Belgrade Neb. had dinner with Carrie Harding and Ida Wheeler. Reeves is uncle to the late A A Harding.
A Sunday gathering at Mrs. Barbara Bintner’s Wiota residence included Sister Mary Immanuel of Council Bluffs and sister Marie Celine from Des Moines, plus Mr. and Mrs. John White of Creston, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Shey of Atlantic, and others including Paul Intner of Brayton.
Chicago markets closed with wheat finishing steady to modestly higher after an early advance. July wheat settled around 73% to 74% with various contracts showing small gains and the grain table reflecting mixed movements across corn oats rye and soybeans.
Stocks fell for a third straight session amid foreign and domestic uncertainties. Some gains appeared midday as support emerged. major movers included American Telephone, Chrysler, Westinghouse, and aviation firms. Copper and lead rose on demand signals while many sectors, notably chemicals and rails, traded lower.
Livestock prices show hogs active with 15 000 head at South Omaha including 6 000 directs and cattle rising 10 to 15 cents on medium to heavy weights. Top hogs reach 6 565 per load while cattle see best yearling and light steer values around 10 60 and 10 65 with vealers at 8 50 to 9 25. Sheep remain strong with western lambs around 8 25 to 9 85 and ewes softer.
Butter 19 867 tubs various quality grades listed with percentages. Eggs 24 928 cases with mixed regional price movements and value markers. Cheese Tw in s and varieties at 13 14 percent. Live poultry market steady to weak with turkeys 11 14 cents per pound and other fowl prices noted.
The Greta market listed corn at 66c for wheat at 66c rye at 30c barley at 30c and oats at 25c for No 2 or better. No 2 yellow corn quoted at 42c.
Reading shows Stl 4714 and West Air at 20 percent, Westhse Electric at 99 percent, and another West Air at 20 percent with Woolworth at 47 percent. The partial figures suggest overlapping stake declarations across companies.
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