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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1939

Page

7

Hog Market Slips Near Three-Year Low Amid Slump in Prices

Chicago and Des Moines AP reports show hog values continuing to slide with Thursday averages near a five-year low, as slaughter plants across Iowa Minnesota and surrounding states tally 24 000 hogs and price ranges for various weight classes fall. Farmers in Austin Mason City Ottumwa and Sioux City report softer bids while cattle and sheep receipts mix with ongoing market weakness across regions.

Chicago OWA Alceits Des Moines Asricultures Saida Ismowiterior Iowa Minnesota

Chicago Grail Furnished by Lamson Brothers and Co

H R Mowrey manages Cedar Rapids office at 503 Merchants National Bank Building for Lamson Brothers and Company. The notice lists Chicago Grail furnishings and a phone contact 2 3141.

Lamson Brothers and Company H. R. Mowrey Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank

Hogs drop 15 cents on local market as cattle steadies

Hogs 13 lower on local market with all grades down about 15 cents, top price dipping to 56.20. Cattle market holds steady with figures for Good to prime steers, medium to good yearlings, and various cow and bull prices listed. Calf market shows good to choice weights and bundled prices, while a note mentions genuine spring lambs and buck prices as context.

Chicago AP 'U Thiasdis Oo Paciers OVA Cies Tock OMAHA _ AP 10 Killins Sium Lemos Fredine ST. Paul South ST Paul Fa Selahie Anality

Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices and Produce

A Cedar Rapids market listing shows grain prices for wheat oats corn and beans, hay and straw values, butterfat and cream prices, poultry and eggs rates, fruits vegetables and meats with wholesale prices. Also notes hides and animal byproducts and concludes with a garbled line about glue and horse weights.

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Markets CHICAGO Prices Steady Amid Mixed Dairy News

Markets report unsettled creamery prices and mixed dairy receipts in Chicago with eggs and butter holding, while potatoes show light supplies. Nebraska cobblers soften as U S No 1 unwashed and washed prices adjust. Oregon and Idaho Biles Triumphs noted with limited sales. New York tomatoes report steady butter and cheese prices as receipts rise.

Chicago U.S Buss Triumphs Siebury Stronzer Cemand Sdebho Nebraska C&l Nebraska Oreson Biles Triumphs US Idaho Biss Triumphs US Ander Russet Burbanks US Wnder York New York

Cheese and Wool Markets Mixed in Wisconsin and Boston

Wisconsin price listings show APi-Cheese quoters and dairy products with varied bids while Boston wool market notes scattered sales and moderate volume. Fine wools in Boston sold mostly 67 to 69 cents scoured, twelve month Texas wools 67 to 71 cents, grease and combing wools quoted around 32 to 34 cents with slow demand. Sugar futures in New York declined slightly as refined prices held near 4.30 cents per pound.

Boston API Texas

Declines On Leading Stocks Mark Friday Market

New York reports a weak session as leading stocks fall about 1 to 3 points. Volume runs about half Friday's level with approximately 900000 shares traded in transfers. Steel, auto, rubber, mail order and specialty issues lead the fade while rails and utilities hold modest losses. Brokers cite inability of the industrial index to break the July peak, though political shifts are seen as bullish for the longer term.

New York Lst Wall Street Congress

Wall St Stocks Published by J E Bennett & Co. Fridys Quotations

A dense stock quotation page listing names of bonds and equities in various markets with numerous numeric figures. The text enumerates dozens of companies and prices, including Adams Express Fort Mining, Allied Chemical, Johns Manville, Kennecott Copper, Amn Can, Amn Loco, Loews, Anaconda, Armour & Co, Central, Bethlehem Steel, Continental Oil, Procter Gamble, Union Pacific, General Motors, Westinghouse, Ford, and many other corporations, with bid prices and percentage figures. The layout mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century financial sheet, mixing international and domestic listings.

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Wheat prices ease in light board trading

Chicago prices drifted higher briefly as Canadian crop news spurred demand but late selling trimmed gains. Trading was light with 105 cars of wheat, 29 of corn, and 86 of oats reported. uncertainties over a federal crop loan and holiday-weekend factors kept the pit unsettled.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Liverpool United Kingdom

Bond Market Opens Lightly Higher on Friday

New York bond review notes fractional gains in industrials amid a lightly slipping market. Bethelehem Steel and Consolidated Oil convertibles show modest upticks while Santa Fe and Southern Pacific bonds retreat. U S government issues close mixed with slight declines in some treasuries.

New York Bethelehem Steel Consolidated Oil Continental Oil National Dairy Penn Dixie Cement Texas Corp Ales Younestown Santa Fe Baltimore and Ohio Southern Pacific International Telephone Consolidated Edison United States Allan U. S Treasury

Nine-year-old girl to die from incurable brain tumor

Jenny, a nine-year-old girl from Chicago, is sent home from Mayo Clinic in Rochester after doctors declare her brain tumor hopeless. Despite crowds offering funds, Dr. Alfred W. Adson says the case is hopeless and the child will die with paralysis spreading through her body. Her mother, recently widowed and penniless, sought help as Jenny grew unable to rise from bed and lost the use of her right arm and left eye.

Rochester, Minn INS Chicago Jenny Guy Emma Mayo Clinic Rochester Alfred W. Adson

Desperado Fells From Train Window After Escape Attempt

A 120-man posse hunted the hills north of Santa Barbara for James O Connell, an escape artist, after he leaped from a moving Southern Pacific train Thursday night. He had thrown his guard’s coat over the man’s head, dove through a double glass window, and landed on a road shoulder before slipping into brush.

Santa Barbara Calif Here James O'Connell Southern Pacific O'Connell

Hatch Bill Repercussions Hit Westchester Democrats

In White Plains New York the Westchester county Democratic committee lost its chairman William Cronin who resigned to keep his $6 000 postmaster wage in Yonkers and Teresa V Ball Rye postmaster who earned $3 300 a year stepped down. both quit political activity to comply with the Hatch bill signed by President Roosevelt on Wednesday.

White Plains N. Y Westchester County Democratic Committee Hatch Roosevelt William Cronin Yonkers Teresa V. Ball Rye Beth

Want Ads and Lost Items in Gazette Classifieds

Classifieds list a mix of lost articles including Gruen wrist watch, blue coin purse, a black and gray jacket, a Tipny tin terrier, a gray and white cat near Marion, and other items. Also ads for monuments, mortuary, insurance, moving services, and various sales with contact references and reward offers.

West Otter Creek No. 11 4Th St Morris Sanford Co Elgin Mound Farm The Gazette

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