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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1955
Page
3
Chicago AP report shows hogs slumping in slow, uneven trading with 6,000 salable arrivals, while all cattle classes hold steady. Prices list butchers, sows, and weights, with steer and heifer figures across California and Canada inventories. Des Moines receipts and prices for hogs and hog products add context to the mixed regional activity.
Sioux City market reports scarce slaughter stock with calves none. Slaughter steers and heifers scarce. one lot of heifers around 22.25 to 22.75. Stockers and feeders about steady.
Receipts total 700 cattle with calves 50, about half arriving direct to stocker and feeder dealers. Prices on slaughter cattle largely steady with steers and heifers scarce. Utility and commercial cows quoted at 11.25 to 13.25, canners and cutters at 9.50 to 11.00.
Good baled straw priced at 12.00 per bale totaling 414.00. Native wool quoted at 40 cents per unit. A statistic notes that three quarters of Brazil’s 57,098,000 population reside within 100 miles of the coast.
The New York market eased on Friday with losses around three points and scattered one to two point gains as volume dwindled to about 2.5 million shares. Industrials, railroads and utilities show mixed moves while many prominent names and securities appear with fluctuating percentages in the session.
Chicago notes show wheat retiring gains as profit taking weighs on prices. Beans rise on domestic offering growth, while soybeans and rye move modestly with May futures quoted across several price bands.
Chicago AP market notes show mixed grain prices with wheat absent and corn values listed for No 2 yellow at 1.51 1/2 and No 3 at 1.44 3/4, oats varying by grade, and barley quoted around 1.40 to 1.57 with feed at 1.04. Prices annotated for various bean and soy tones reflect wholesale baselines.
Chicago and New York markets show steady to lower butter receipts at 1,472,601 pounds with varied grade scores. Eggs in New York weak and unsettled with receipts 18,199. butter top grades steady, balance barely steady. poultry and potatoes also noted with range prices and stock movements.
Fred H. Reimers 77 retired Milwaukee railroad employe died after a long illness at home in Marion. Born November 16, 1877 in Sabula he came to Marion in 1915 and retired in 1945 after 47 years with the railroad. He is survived by his wife Lois Emmons a son John F. Reimers of Peoria and a brother John H. Reimers of Marion. Memorial services are set for Saturday at 3 30 p.m. in Murdoch chapel conducted by Rev R Franklin Galloway with burial in Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Price list from Penick and Ford listing items such as Pearl Starch and Refined Grits with per bag prices and tank car rates. Includes Dextrine White and Crude Corn Oil with assorted packaging notes and freight terms at the Cedar Revit factory.
The report notes Miss Lawson will spend the weekend with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. I. Lawson at their residence.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bradley of Elkhart Ind and former Marion residents celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with open house at 2700 Third Avenue hosted by son in law and daughter from 2 to 5 p.m. Out‑of‑town relatives attend. three sons and three daughters with families, twenty one grandchildren and seven great grandchildren listed. Also notes on leave from U S S Bayfield, Masons funeral attendance, Hastings family arrivals, hospital updates, and various ads and notices from Marion area.
The Western Big Three urged Russia to have their Vienna ambassadors meet Austrian representatives on May 2 to finalize an Austrian independence treaty. London announced notes to the Kremlin accepting a foreign ministers conference to complete the long-stalled treaty, with the ambassadors set to do the spadework first.
New York AP reports Penick and Ford earned 854,459 in the first quarter of 1955, up from 747,334 in the year-ago period. The 1955 net income equaled 1.16 dollars per share.
A mixed page of Lost and Found notices, rental and service ads, classifieds, and event announcements. Includes lost items and rewards, local service listings for home repairs and hauling, and upcoming social dances and gatherings with contact numbers and addresses.
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