Retail Trade Shows Improvement Despite Drought Areas
AP dispatch notes industrial activity up to 95.3 from 94.2, highest in six years, with durable goods led by steel as output rises to 71.5 percent capacity. Freight cars on order reach record highs since 1929 amid rising construction and electric power. Grain prices surge. dividend gains widen earnings among major firms. Market wary of drought hurting consumer spending and bread costs.
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Associated Press
Department of Commerce
American Iron and Steel Institute
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cram
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem, Jones and Laughlin
Republic
Ludlum
Inland
Midland
Consolidated Edison
National Lead
Bethlehem Steel
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary Corp
Colic and infant digestion in medical history
A physician recalls Holt and Osler on infant colic, noting undigested food myths and the shift to physiology based explanations. He argues against reducing feeding for colic, emphasizes bellyache pain local to the abdominal wall, and advises stronger, not lighter, feeding while avoiding irritants.
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Holt
Osler
Yester
Pavlos
Cannon
Carlson
Colie
Vitamin B and Infant Digestion Advice from 1936
A vintage excerpt promotes vitamin B rich foods for infant digestion. It asserts that adding wheat germ flour and dried brewer's yeast to bottle feeds helps weak babies thrive. The text also suggests feeding ripe banana at four to five months to prevent constipation and improve nourishment.
Seasonal model lines wiped out by auto industry
Detroit AP reports that in August 1936 the auto industry shows production and distribution trends that hint at nonseasonal demand. Despite high output, many manufacturers anticipate a contraction, yet 1936 prospects remain stronger than 1929. Controlled production and fall introductions stabilize manufacturing and distribution, aiming to sell nearly all produced vehicles.
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Detroit
United States
Canada
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Linn County Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
The Linn County Abstract Company reports conveyances and mortgages recorded in Linn County for July 24 to July 30 and overall July totals. Conveyances and mortgages figures show July comparisons with prior year and month totals, including mortgage aggregates for July 1935 and July 1936.
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Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County
Narrow changes in bond market on muted Saturday
New York AP notes gains of about a point in several industrial and utility issues while most bond divisions show little movement. Total trading reached 4.614 million par value with government bonds contributing 440 thousand as rail liens dip and foreign dollar bonds edge higher.
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New York
Youngstown
Remington Rand
American Rolling Mills
Republic Steel
Southern Railway
Alleghany
Pennsylvania
Nickel Plate
Baltimore and Ohio
Rome
Associated Press
National Biscuit Branch Here Marks 30th Anniversary
The Cedar Rapids National Biscuit company distributing agency celebrates its 30th anniversary marking its founding in 1906. Under P. R. Geyer the Cedar Rapids branch supports a national network of 255 agencies and 50 bakeries with 17 000 employees and daily Ritz production over 29 million units.
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National Biscuit Company Distributing Agency
B Avenue NE
National Biscuit Company
P. R. Geyer
Cedar Rapids
Ritz
Auto industry to invest 70 million in new plants in 1937
Detroit report notes 75 million planned for 1937 to modernize and expand factories. Major projects include a Fisher Body stamping division in Grand Rapids, De Soto plant move in Detroit, Pontiac axle plant, Buick transmission shop, and a foundry revival. Decentralization aims to reduce bottlenecks and shorten model-change downtime.
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Fisher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cleveland
General Motors
de Soto
Corporation
LaSalle
Detroit
Pontiac
Buick
Single Issues Fluctuate On Stock Market
New York traders saw profit taking with no clear trend across sectors. Large caps moved modestly with drought affecting many shares as California Packing and Corn Products led gains while Pillsbury and Greyhound slumped on light volume.
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New York
California Packing
Murphy
Neisner
Grant
Penney
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Collins and Aikman
General Railway Signal
American Car and Foundry
Iowa Securities by the Associated Press assets listing
The notice lists multiple Iowa electric and power firms with bid values and percentage yields including Iowa Electric Light and Power, Iowa Public Service, Iowa Southern Utilities, and United Light and Power companies, showing bids ranging around 7 percent and 6 percent with various price points and bid-ask spreads.
Livestock Receipts Forecast for Monday in Chicago
Unofficial receipts estimates place hogs at 16,000, sheep at 13,000, and cattle between 18,000 and 21,000 for Monday in the Chicago area trade.
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Chicago
Goldsmith as Creator of Great Novel Play and Poem
The critic claims Oliver Goldsmith stands alone in English literature as the author of a great novel a great play and a great poem. The works cited are The Vicar of Wakefield She Stoops to Conquer and The Deserted Village.
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Thomas E. Flanagan
Associated Press Financial Writer
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M. D
Brady Better Baby
Margaret Bourke- White
NEA Service, Inc
Mile Whipple Agency
Insurance and Bonds
American Trust
Dial
David J. Wilkie
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
National Biscuit Branch
ABC
Dickinson Secretarial School
Cedar Ra Savings Bank
Midland Mortgage Company
Merchants National Bank
Robert M. Ross
Universal Service Automobile
Iowa Securities
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Babes
Elec Co
Iowa
Pwr
Southern Util Coe
Southern Util Co
E. Co
Lt. & Co
Unita
Rys. Co. T
Automobile and Fire Insurance “Conscientious Service
AGCY
C. R. Savings Bank
V. L. Dodds
Second Ave
W. T. Sands
Second St. NE
Perpetual Savings & Loan Association
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Third Street SE
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