Industrial Activity Reaches Six Year High In June
The Associated Press reports a surge in industrial activity with the index rising from 84.2 to 95.3 the highest in six years. Retail trade improves nationwide despite drought as wholesale activity signals a stronger fall outlook. Steel output climbs to 71.5 percent capacity while freight car orders reach highs since 1929 amid drought-driven price increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Department of Commerce
American Iron and Steel Institute
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cram
U. S Steel
Bethlehem, Jones and Laughlin
Republic
Ludlum
Inland
Midland
U Steel
Consolidated Edison
National Lead
Bethlehem Steel
American Radiator
Standard Sanitary Corp
Understanding Colic and Infantile Digestion in Historical Texts
The text contrasts Holt and Osler with modern physiology on infantile colic. It explains that abdominal organs lack pain receptors, critiques old beliefs about undigested food causing colic, and argues for feeding infants adequately. It notes how physiology reshaped medical authority and cautions against harsh remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holt
Osler
Holthe
Pavlos
Cannon
Carlson
Seasonal model lines wiped out by auto industry
The Detroit based report notes that the 1936 auto sector shows demand strong enough to absorb near record production despite a delayed seasonal pattern. Producers credit controlled production and fall introductions with stabilizing output, distribution, and buying habits, predicting near full-year销量 for 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Automobile Manufacturers’ Association
Vitamin B Solutions for Infant Digestion and Growth
A 1936 note promotes vitamin B rich foods for babies. It claims that adding wheat germ flour to bottle feeds, brewer’s yeast to diluted milk, and ripe bananas from four to five months old improves digestion, reduces constipation, and improves nutrition in infants.
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports for Linn County
Linn County Abstract reports conveyances and mortgages recorded July 24 to 30 plus July totals. Conveyances 46, mortgages 26, mortgages aggregate 56 904 62. July compared: conveyances 1936 vs 1935 up. mortgages 1935 136 vs 1936 106. July 1936 mortgages aggregate 236 792 62, July 1935 291 879 06.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Abstract Company
Linn County
TGSD
Senadna Caeetey
Narrow Changes in Bond Market Spark Mixed Gains
New York AP reports a mid summer trading lull with total bond sales at 4.614 million par value. High priced industrial issues including steel firms rose on better earnings. Youngstown Sheet and Tube 34s gained 3. points to 119 amid expansion hopes in July. Foreign bonds were mostly firmer with Cuban 5s up to 52 and Italian and Rome issues higher. AP averages were essentially flat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Youngstown
Hoe and Company First Mortgage
Richfield Oil
International Paper
Childs and Company
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
International Telephone
Southern Pacific
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
Cedar Rapids marks 30 years of its National Biscuit Company distributive agency at 115 B Avenue NE. Founded in 1906, the Cedar Rapids branch under P. R. Geyer forms part of a network of 255 agencies and fifty bakeries, employing 17,000. The local operation uses modern auto trucks for baked-to-order distribution and ships Ritz biscuits produced for Cedar Rapids to area stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Biscuit Company Distributing Agency
B Avenue NE
National Biscuit Company
P. R. Geyer
Cedar Rapids
Ritz
Auto Industry Plans 75 Million Boost In Plant Modernization
Universal Service reports the auto industry will reinvest about 75 million dollars this year for retooling, rehabilitation, and expansion as part of a 1937 program. Projects include a new Fisher Body division in Grand Rapids, a De Soto move to Detroit, a Pontiac axle plant, a Buick transmission facility, and a revived foundry with equipment upgrades. The decentralization aims to ease bottlenecks and shorten the model-change shutdowns despite large spend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert M. Ross
Universal Service Automobile
Detroit
Automobile Industry
Fisher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Cleveland
General Motors
de Soto
Corporation
LaSalle
Pontiac
Buick
Chicago Livestock Receipts Ahead for Monday
Unofficial estimates put hog receipts at 16 000 and sheep at 13 000 while cattle forecasts range from 18 000 to 21 000 for Monday in Chicago livestock trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Stock market fluctuates with profit taking on a muted day
New York stocks showed little trend as profit taking balanced gains and losses. California Packing rose to a peak on inventory boost while Pillbury Flour climbed modestly. utilities were flat overall and several sectors faltered amid drought concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California Packing
Corm
G. Murphy
Neisner
Grant
Penney
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Collins and Aikeman
General Railway Signal
American Car and Foundry
Libby-Owens-Ford and
Starrett
Pillsbury Flour
American Telephone
Louisville Gas and Electric
Zenith
U. S. Gypsum
McKeesport Tin Plate
American Chain
Industrial Rayon
Holland Furnace
Link Belt
Hershey
Greyhound
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Thomas E. Flanagan
Associated Press Financial Writer
Margaret Bourke- White
NEA Service, Inc
Personal Health Service
William Brady, M. D
Brady Better Baby
David J. Wilkie
United States
Canada
Real Estate and Mortgage Reports
Bond Market
Fed Farm
National Biscuit Branch
ABC
Dickinson Secretarial Scheel
Cedar Rapids Savings Bank
Dial
Mile Whipple Agency
Insurance and Bonds
American Trust
Midland Mortgage Company
Merchants National Bank
Iowa Securities
THE
Ste. el. Co
Hi. Go
Ec Co
Iowa
Pwr
Southern Util Co
A. Southern Util Co
Rys
Lt. & Rys
Oliver Goldsmith
Wakefield
Vileage
Automobile and Insurance “Conscientious Service” Gundling Ins
AGCY
C. R. Savings Bank
Vy. L. Dodds Letter Service
Second Ave
W. T. Sands
Second St. NE
Perpetual Savings & Loan Association Home Loans
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Third Street
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