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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1944
Page
8
Chicago reports livestock receipts and hogs steady to higher with lightweights up 25 cents while heavies hold. Cattle quality weakest of the season with medicines markets steady to strong, calves and sows mixed as receipts vary by region. Des Moines and Sioux City summaries reflect similar trends with hogs largely steady and cattle and sheep fluctuating in price and demand.
Iowa hog prices reported with good butchers and weights from Mason Waterigo Ottumwa Austin. Prices shown for 160 to 500 pound ranges, including 170 180 200 330 and 360 pound categories and sow prices. Also includes Chicago and New York produce prices for butter eggs cheese and dressed poultry.
CHICAGO AP Wheat showed strength amid a quiet market with rye oats and barley rising in sympathy. May wheat held at the ceiling price while July reached a seasonal high. Oats and barley advanced modestly, with rye up as well and various cash provisions listed for barley and field seeds.
Fragmentary Wisconsin market lines and misc items list arrivals rises and changes in places like Davenport and Dubuque with garbled figures. Reads as scattered notices with undefined products and outdated abbreviations.
Market report shows packers five cents lower while butchers stayed steady on Cedar Rapids hog market. Top hog price is 12.90 for packers and 13.55 for butchers. hog weights range from 160 to 500 pounds with various good to prime classifications. Cattle section lists steers and heifers values from 9.50 to 15.00, cows and bulls priced, plus sheep and lamb notes and call market figures.
Grain prices for No 2 and No 3 corn and soybeans, wheat, rye, and straw and hay values. poultry market delivered prices including hens, eggs, and other items. fruit and vegetable wholesale prices for Florida citrus and apples. hides and raw materials. New York bond review notes modest demand for higher priced corporates, Public Service Electric & Gas 2047 bond trading at 224 1/2.
Anna G Streets files in district court for divorce from Roy F Streets partner in Modern Equipment. She cites cruel treatment. Married December 19 1923 in Cedar Rapids. They have one son Eugene. She seeks homestead at 2428 First Avenue NE, all household furniture and permanent alimony of 50000 dollars.
Judge G P Linville, presiding April term, releases the docket with cases set from April 11 to April 26 including Biiney vs Culver, Carson Pirie Scott vs Murray, Nichols vs Lovely Lady Beauty Shop, Elliott Addressing Machine Co. vs Page, Mendenhall vs Dodge and C A Bradley estate, Hasbrouch claim, Janney Semple Hill Co. vs Maxson, Weininger vs Weininger, North Linn Savings Bank vs Grim, Sutcliffe vs Boland, Milner vs Kemper et al, United State Bank of Cedar Rapids vs Wearding, Watson vs Nielson, Norton vs Shepardson. Also executor Arthur H. Griffin named for Lelia E. Griffin estate. administratrix Mary Catherine Swanson named for Claude Earl estate. Emma McGowan estate administered by Merchants National Bank. Arthur H. Conrad, guardian for Julius Conrad, sues Ver L Sheets in district court for $174.60 and 7 percent interest from March 3, 1943.
New York led a mild stock market recovery with specialties driving a tentative upswing. Trading remained slow from the opening, finishing with a modest gain in late action, and near close prices were only moderately mixed amid a 600,000 share daily volume, among the year's lightest.
Mrs Flossie Sturgeon remains at Mercy hospital after a March 13 skull fracture. City Plan Commission meets at city hall 7 30 tonight. Holy Week causes King's Daughters circle to skip Thursday. George Tanner and Richard Pike win kite prizes in Cub Pack 26 event. AHEPA Cedar Rapids chapter meets Wednesday 8 pm at the Hallenic Orthodox church. St Pauls Methodist to hold Holy Thursday communion at 730 pm with four vested choirs. 1100+ communion attendances last year. Y M C A surgical dressings room to close Thursday night. Msgr Molloy to address Holy Week meaning at Iowa theater 1245 pm. Mt Mercy choristers sing. no admission. McKinley school students perform Oh Johnny in an assembly.
A humorous exchange critiques daily inspections with a sharp remark about joining the marines, reflecting a playful attitude toward military discipline. The line highlights bold language and suggests resistance to routine scrutiny. The source preserves a lively period voice and characterful wording.
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