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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1936
Page
10
In Chicago notes the week shows larger receipts across hogs cattle and sheep with prices drifting little. Hogs top at 11.25 with Friday’s high. cattle and hog supplies rose, while government drought programProvided modest demand reaction.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts 4000 with 3500 direct, little trading in many weights, under 220 lb hogs 25 to 35 cents lower, over 220 lb and sows steady to 10 cents lower. Cattle receipts 1200 calves 100. feeders mixed, fat cattle and calves varied with prices down to 75 cents, top fed steers near 9.75, yearlings up to 9.25, stockers 4.50 to 5.75. Sheep receipts 3000 with good lambs steady, other grades weaker, native lambs 10.00 to 10.50, packer tops 10.50, Idaho and Washington spots listed.
USDA Omaha cattle and hogs report receipts and price changes. Fed steers and yearlings up to 9.10 per cwt with varying gains, beef cows 3.75 to 4.50, vealers steady. Lambs 25 to 50 cents higher. hogs steady to 10.70 for 190–250 lb. sows up to 9.15. barrows and gilts up 25 to 50 cents.
U S Department of Agriculture report from South St Paul shows cattle receipts of 2000 with varied changes by grade and weight, hog receipts 1200 with slight declines in lights and butchers, and sheep receipts 2000 with limited gains. Prime heavy cattle and vealers cite strong prices, while lighter weights and low grades edge lower.
USDA market report shows a 4,000 head week with better fed yearlings down 25c, other steers off 25c, fed heifers steady, stockers and feeders little changed. Prices include choice fed yearlings around 8.50, carload ranges 7.00 to 8.00, beef cows generally 3.50 to 4.25 with some up to 5.10.
Des Moines area hog receipts 21 yards and 9 plants totaled 15 700 this 24 hours down from last week while traders noted steady to firm prices on better weights and lighter demand on top sows and feeder pigs. Sheep receipts 300 with steady week trade and lambs up about 50 cents. fat ewes and native lambs seen improving prices with feeders and yearling ewes listed at various bids.
Waterloo hog quotes show steady prices across weight ranges from 150 to 350 pounds with occasional lows and highs. The notes list various categories including good light hogs, good butchers, and good packers with price spreads, while Mason and Tiumwa markets show similar stability.
The Austin market lists steady to mostly 5 cent changes across weight ranges. Prices show typical bid and ask ranges for hogs and packing sows, with figures from 180 pounds up to 350 pounds and packing sows in the 275 to 550 pound class.
Hogs are unchanged in the local market with top prices around 10.70. Bulls canners and cutters show slight weakness while other local markets remain steady.
Market notes show calf prices from 140 to 190 per unit with quality adjustments. Cattle lists include choice steers 1100 lbs and up at 7.75 to 9.00. 1000-1100 lbs at 7.45 to 7.75. yearling heifers around 7.75 to 8.50. medium and common stockers and grass cattle cited with several down payments and price ranges.
A detailed tabulation of grain and produce prices in Cedar Rapids including wheat oats rye corn soybeans hay straw and various vegetables fruits and cured hides with values per unit or per crate. Entries cover heavy hens eggs oranges lemons potatoes bananas lettuce celery cabbage cantaloupes watermelons onions peaches plums pears and hides for No 1 No 2 and other categories.
AP dispatch reports receipts and price stability for eggs and butter with no futures trading on Saturday. Live poultry prices show mixed uplifts across hens roosters turkeys and ducks. Potatoes weekly figures include U S shipments and varied regional prices for multiple Russet and Cobbler varieties.
Corn prices moved in a narrow range on the Chicago board of trade with little news guiding traders. September corn held around 1.04 and futures showed mixed shifts while wheat rose slightly and oats edged up and down in a quiet session amid light trading and scattered buying.
Market notes from Lamson Brothers report Chicago cash provisions for grains and seeds. Food commodity prices include No 1 red wheat at 1.14 to 1.22, corn yellow around 1.09, oats 0.41 to 0.46, rye with no sales, barley 1.22 to 1.25, seed and seed oats listed, and lard and bellies priced at 11.05 and 13.50 respectively.
Wheat receipts 203 cars with prices for No 1 dark northern No 1 dark Montana and hard Montana types listed. Prices range from about 1.12 to 1.47 dollars per bushel with varying protein grades and mixes. Oats No 3 white quoted at 42 1/2 to 44 1/2 cents.
Flour carload lots priced per barrel in 98 pound sacks. Family patents unchanged at 7.70 to 7.90. Standard patents 7.05 to 7.25. Shipments total 27 922. Pure bran 25.00 to 25.50. Standard middlings 26.50 to 27.00.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports a modest improvement in the wool market on Saturday in Boston. Sales were light but buyers stayed active due to pressing needs, with most offerings at the low side of recent ranges. Western wools dominated, with fine and 3/4 blood grades leading and Ohio fleece wool selling around 35 36c grease for fine delaine and staple 42 blood. medium Ohio fleeces stayed steady at 38 39c for combing 3/4 blood and 37 38c for 1/2 blood grease.
AP reports steady foreign exchange demands in cents with listed rates for major currencies such as Great Britain France Germany Japan and Mexico City among others. The bulletin shows nominal values and travel rates alongside cross listings like New York in Montreal and Montreal in New York.
Railroads sparked broad bond advances as Chesapeake Corp Illinois Central Great Northern and New Haven rose a point or more while other corporates posted fractional gains. Italian bonds fell further and Italian bonds pressured Milan City 6s and Rome 6s. Treasury 3s and 4s showed light activity with mixed results.
AP reports New York receipts show butter at 9 648 with prices unchanged, cheese at 55 157 steady, and eggs at 18 636 steady with mixed varieties not quoted. Live poultry prices ease by freight for broilers with other freight prices unchanged.
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In Dallas County Texas during a recent primary voters favored water melon feasts over kissing babies, orchestras, steak fries or morning coffee. An eighth of a melon fed both children and adults, totaling 185 tons, reducing campaign costs and drawing attention to the food driven event.
In Cedar Rapids on Friday afternoon two distant cousins Fred M. Enders of Cedar Rapids and Miss Frances Eggers of Ponca Nebraska met. The gathering linked two branches of the Enders family tracing back to a 19th century split over a Wisconsin versus Nebraska settlement. Enders has researched the lineage and the meeting marked the first family reunion of the two branches.
Stocks finished mixed with fractional to over two point gains as a brisk week end session closed firm. Turnover neared 750000 shares amid renewed bullish sentiment on favorable domestic industrial news and steady recovery. Leading rail and industrial names like New York Central Southern Pacific Union Pacific Santa Fe General Electric and Westinghouse Electric reached new highs signaling continued strength.
The page lists stock prices and changes for numerous companies led by Adams Express, Johns Manville, Continental Oil, General Electric, and Sears Roebuck. It shows bid figures, percentages, and notes for firms across industries including rail, oil, and manufacturing.
Fred L. Phillips 41 of 1630 First Avenue E died at Des Moines Veterans Hospital at 10 20 am Friday after three months illness. He served as private then captain in First division AEF overseas and earned citations. He worked nine years in Cedar Rapids as an underwriter for Mutual Fire and Tornado Insurance. Survived by wife Ruth daughter Marabelle and sisters Mrs Arthur Badlin Mrs Robert Brooks Miss Marie Phillips. Funeral 1 30 pm Sunday Barta chapel Hanford Post American Legion in charge. Burial in McGregor. Friends may call Saturday evening.
Frederick William Schnell 57 a Palo resident since youth died at his Palo home at 11 40 a m Saturday after a two month illness Born in Hanover Germany on Sept 25 1878 he is survived by his wife Rachel two sons Raymond and Curtis three daughters Mrs Lawrence Watkins Dorothy Kathleen his mother Mrs Elizabeth Schnell two brothers William Cedar Rapids August of Woodward and a sister Mrs Leslie W Bachman Cedar Rapids The body will be taken from Beatty chapel to the Palo home for services at Palo Methodist Church Tuesday at 2 30 p m Rev Glenn Boston officiating Burial will be in Palo cemetery Friends may call at Beatty chapel until 10 a m Monday.
City Engineer F. E. Young announced Saturday that the WPA will assign a crew of thirty or thirty five men starting Monday to the sewage disposal plant grading project. The work began last fall but was abandoned in December due to weather after WPA orders redirected the crew to another project.
Wes Tippie of North English was fined $5 and costs in police court Saturday for operating an unclean truck on the streets of Cedar Rapids.
Gilbert Schroeder of 1001 Fifth avenue SE was fined $25 and costs for reckless driving. Joseph Collogan of 1215 Sixth avenue SE and others faced $1 and costs in overtime parking cases. George Dennis paid $1 and costs for parking too near a hotel entrance.
George Frye age 71 appeared in district court before Judge A B Clark for sentence. He pled guilty to a statutory offense and was given an indeterminate term not to exceed three years in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison. Frye was arrested on the complaint of an 8 year old girl. Sentence delayed until Saturday.
Petitions for divorce were filed in district court detailing separations and alleged abandonment. Rudy H. Ovens accuses Ethel M. Ovens of desertion beginning July 1, 1927 at Davenport with her continued absence since then. Agnes Amos seeks divorce from Wes ley Amos accusing cruel treatment and asks custody of their minor child along with alimony from their 1929 Central City marriage.
Elmer Rudd and Ethel Kilts pled not guilty before Judge A B Clark on a statutory offense. Information filed by the county attorney alleges they occupied a house near Weing road SE and were arrested Friday night. Police court records show they pled guilty Saturday to disorderly conduct and were fined 25 dollars plus costs.
Judge A. B. Clark announced Saturday that the May term will close next Wednesday. The decision sets a firm deadline for cases awaiting final action and clears court schedules for upcoming sessions.
Edward Klein and Leocabia Anne White of Cedar Rapids John Breckle and Lillian Castek of Cedar Rapids Frank Wills and Leora Heller of Alburnett Alpha M. Manwiller and Anna Mae Lambertson of Cedar Rapids filed for marriage in Cedar Rapids and nearby Alburnett.
Police enforcement leads to the towing of P. A. Severson’s car in Marshalltown after it was tagged three times for parking violations. Severson paid towing and penalties totaling several dollars before leaving the station. Chief Vlach ordered warrants earlier in the week and said the crackdown would continue.
A toyshop stage on the Arthur school playground drew about 400 attendees Friday night. Betty Delaney and Joyce Rogers shopped a toy store run by Bobby Condon with a Mother Goose and cartoon character display.
A Saturday blaze 50 miles north of Duluth burned 15 000 acres across Markham Palo and Makinen displacing over 100 families. Property and livestock losses were heavy as the Duluth Red Cross mobilized aid and refugees found shelter at Bangor school and Johnson school in Aurora.
Alexander Oumansky, a former Metropolitan Opera and Chicago Civic Opera soloist, directs 136 dancers in a complex square dance for the Last Frontier show at the Frontier Centennial in Fort Worth. The finale features a gyrating group forming a large star. he plans a Lone Star Ballet tour afterward.
Montreal, the second largest North American port, saw 5,725 ships totaling 8,516,042 tons pass through in 1935. Imports rose to 11,654,426 tons, up 328,621 tons from 1934, while port revenue reached 4,041,830 dollars, an increase of 475,322 over the prior year.
Robert Trinkle attached a cable to his waist and was lowered 100 feet into a shaft in Linton Indiana to rescue a police dog that had fallen in while chasing a rabbit.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stewart of 932 Eleventh Street NE on August 7 at St. Luke's Hospital a newborn child joins the family with the initials a-1 in the notice.
In the Marion Golf Club handicap tournament third round, women’s matches saw Leta Marchant beat Ralph Fitzgerald 3 and 2, Al Cash defeated by Gilbert Gordon 5 and 3, and M C Brown over Kenneth Murdock 2 and 1. Men’s play had Koppenhaver over Swaney 4 and 3, Wolfe over Rasmussen by default, and Hutcheson edging Nolan 1 up at the nineteenth. Mr and Mrs R P Bolton of Springville visited the Clarks. Barnes and Keenan returned from California. The Presbyterian church Ladies Aid picnicked at Thomas Park with nine women attending.
Ida Anne Thompson Burgess 50 died at home on West Eighth Avenue after a several week illness. Born December 31 1885 at Morning Sun she married Isaac Burgess December 25 1909 in Marion. Survived by husband two sons Howard Harold and daughter Mrs Harlan Larson plus siblings and seven grandchildren. Funeral at Yocom chapel Monday 9:30 a.m. with burial in Oak Shade cemetery.
Miss Winifred Schrubbe of Decorah was elected teacher of sophomore and junior English at Marion High School by the board of education Thursday evening. She is a graduate of Iowa State Teachers College and sister of Miss Margaret Schrubbe, also an English teacher in Marion who has resigned to take a position at Dearborn.
Frank Flack, who has been receiving treatment at the University hospital in Iowa City, was brought home Saturday.
Miss Eleanor Woodward of Dickinson North Dakota travels to Rudd to visit her aunt Mrs William Biederman after visiting grandparents Rev and Mrs H O Allen. Her parents will join her in two weeks for the return trip.
Six year old Lila Sills daughter of Mr and Mrs Cliff Sills was brought home Friday from St Luke s hospital Cedar Rapids where she underwent an operation for removal of her tonsils and adenoids.
Bertram A play The Basket Venders featuring Mount Zion cast was presented Friday at the Methodist church in a Brotherhood program. Cast included Mrs A R Minish Mrs Charles Wick ham Miss Mildred Mallie and others. The program also offered songs prayers solos duets and an audience sing along with a Benediction by George Kramer. The group heads to Des Moines for a state fair performance under Farm Bureau auspices.
The article argues a fluid, whole swing beats a segmented back swing. It warns players risk disrupting tempo by breaking the motion into parts and stresses natural, continuous motion. An editor's note promotes Horton's booklet and a 1936 copyright.
Hallwood Cafe offers homemade ice cream pints for 15 cents and quarts for 29 cents along with sherbets. Advertises to attract dessert lovers seeking affordable treats.
Mrs. D. B. Storck and her daughter Miss Eleanor Storck, along with Mrs. Fred McShane and Mrs. Carl Secrist, spent Friday with Mr. and Mrs. George Patterson at Lisbon.
Dave Mann has sold his property on Sixth Avenue near Fourteenth Street to D. Fulton and plans to move soon to Springville.
Frank Smythe of Detroit is expected to arrive in Marion Saturday night for a visit with the Gillillan and Tom families. He will stay in Marion for the weekend sharing time with relatives and friends.
Advertisement lists fish bowls for 10 cents and Blue Ribbon picnics at Bismarck Recreation Parlor. It notes a sale or price list from the recreation venue with limited context.
Mrs Frank Allen entertained a group of children Friday at the American Legion pool to honor Sue Allen's seventh birthday. A picnic supper followed with guests Joyce Fosdick Esther Neilson Joanne Gibson Carol Jean Fairley Frances Forbes Lida Lee Mulvany and Sue and Pat Allen.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Kearns hosted a birthday gathering near Marion to mark Mrs Valentine Kearns eighty four and Clyde Kearns upcoming August birthday. Attending were Mrs Kearns William Kearns Mabel Kearns and Mr and Mrs A R Kearns and their Linn Grove family.
Mr and Mrs Andrew P Munsen and their Cedar Rapids in laws Mr and Mrs Franklin Kemp with their son visit Delhi for the weekend. Earl Welsher will join Sunday and Munsen and Welcher will travel to Manchester for the Marion Manchester golf tournament.
Masonic funeral services for William T. White of Los Angeles will be held at the Yocom chapel Monday at 2 30 p m Marion Masons to meet at the Masonic Temple Monday at 2 p m Marion lodge No 6 A F and A M will be in charge Mr White was a member of Progressive lodge No 954 of Chicago.
The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Allen with Prof. and Mrs. Claire J. Woodward and daughter Eleanor of Dickinson N D were dinner guests of the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm F. Miller in Williamsburg Friday evening. The Rev. Ralph Hall Collis returned from Lake Geneva after a two week conference for adult work where he serves as chairman of the pastors advisory section of the International Council of Christian Education.
A roundup of church services in Marion with listings for Baptist St Inman pastor Frank Ward. St Joseph Catholic mass times. Christian and Congregational services. Free Methodist Young People Society schedule. Methodist Episcopal sermon on buying real estate. Presbyterian worship with Lincoln ideals topic. Pauls Rite Lutheran and Seventh Day Church of God note Sabbath timing.
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