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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1936
Page
18
Chicago reports steady beef prices despite heavy supplies with top steers near $10. Hog quotes range up to about $11.25, while lambs hold around $10. Slaughter and price trends reflect larger cattle and hog runs versus last year across multiple markets including Waterloo Mason City and Des Moines regions.
Chicago livestock receipts total 38,000 with hogs at 16,000 and cattle 8,000 and sheep 7,000. Hogs largely steady to 10c lower with top at 11.25 and many carcass weights 180-250 lbs. Cattle show steady to strong demand for best steers to 10.00 top, lew. lows 6.00-7.00, calves improving in value. Sheep slow with most bales 9.25-9.75 for slaughter lambs and 2.25-3.25 for slaughter ewes.
Cattle receipts 4,500 with steady to higher prices for fed steers and heifers. hogs 6,500 with slow trade but some gains to 10.85 for top butcher lots. sows steady. Sheep receipts 2,000 with weak undertone and packers bidding 25 or more lower on fat lambs.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended Tuesday morning totaled 11 800, down from 17 400 a week earlier and 6 900 a year ago. Prices varied by weight, with light lights 8 65 to 9 65, 160 to 180 pounds up to 9 60 each, and heavier classes ranging to about 10 90 to 10 70 for 220 to 290 pounds.
The U S Department of Agriculture reports 2,500 cattle at St Paul Lovestock, with slaughter steers higher by up to 15 cents. Choice medium weights reach 8.65, most grain fed bids range 7.00 to 8.25, stockers steady, butcher heifers 4.25 to 5.25, grain fed 6.00 to 7.75, lower grades weaker.
AP report from Austin Minnesota shows hog markets steady with prices by weight: 180-200 lbs at 10.15 to 10.45, 200-220 lbs at 10.00, 220-250 lbs at 10.20 to 10.50, 250-270 lbs at 9.85 to 10.15, 270-290 lbs at 9.70 to 10.00, 290-325 lbs at 9.50 to 9.80, 325-350 lbs at 9.20 to 9.50, and packing sow prices for 275-550 lbs at 7.90 to 8.85.
U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts around 6000 with top at 10 90 and 170 to 250 lb hogs trading 10 70 to 10 85 porkers. cattle receipts about 8000 with steers and yearlings 7 50 to 8 85 and cows 4 00 to 5 00. vealers 6 50 to 7 00. sheep receipts 750 direct and bulk lambs 8 75 to 9 50 finish 9 50 top.
Hogs are unchanged on the local market with no grade changes on Tuesday. The top hog price holds at 10.75, and other local markets report no changes.
The market lists various livestock prices including lambs 70-90 lbs around 9.00, choice steers 1100 lbs up at 7.75, 1000-1100 lb steers at 7.75, medium to good 7.45 to 7.75, yearling steers 900-1000 at 7.75 to 8.50, grass heifers four to five dollars, dry lot cows around 5.00 to 5.75, and canners and cutters about 3.50 to 5.00 with down payments noted.
Receipts for butter show unsettled market with creamery specials around 93 score and various levels of extras and firsts. Eggs receipts steady with prices unchanged. Poultry prices mixed across hens leghorn and broilers with several weight classes and turkeys. Potatoes on track with steady Bliss Triumphs and mixed regional No. 1 and No. 2 prices across New Jersey Maryland Washington California Idaho Oregon Pennsylvania and other regions.
New York dairy market shows cheese receipts at 457 14 with mixed color packs at 28 32 cents and various grades unchanged. Live poultry prices firm by freight list include broilers at 19 20 cents and Leghorns at 17 cents, with fowls 20 21 cents and other freight unchanged.
The Chicago market shows butter futures closing with storage standards noted. Idaho Russets futures rise to 2.60 for January while October quotes reach 2.24 per bag.
Chicago AP bulletin lists hay and straw prices across grades Timoth y Clover and alfalfa with No 1 19 21 No 3 12 16 and rail and truck rates. Rye straw at 9 10 oats and wheat straw 6 marsh hay 8 4 per ton with various consignments and price postings.
Corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade rose late after early profit-taking and a bullish government crop report. September corn at 1.03 3/4 dollars, wheat down, oats up, lard firm. Winnipeg hedge selling capped gains, then a late rally as locals bought back in.
Furnished by Brothers & Co with H. R. Mowrey as manager, Cedar Rapids office lists Chicago API cash wheat and corn prices, beans, barley, timothy seed, clover seed, and lard quotes. Prices cover No 2 red wheat to sample grades, various yellow corn, white corn and beans, old and new barley, and seed values.
Minneapolis AP notes 91 wheat car receipts down 4 percent with No 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs at 1.3854 to 1.4354 and No 1 dark northern 59 lbs at 1.373 to 1.385. 58 lbs at 1.3633 to 1.381. fancy No 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein at 1.285 to 1.3038. No 1 dark hard Montana winter at 1.2144 to 1.2434. hard amber value around 1.47 to 1.68. No 1 red durum. corn No 3 yellow at 1.6 to 1.0. oats No 3 white at 0.425 to 0.44.
New York AP reports raw sugar unchanged at 3.65 per hundredweight for spots. Futures show active trading with a steady undertone and refined sugar 4.75 a box for fine granulated.
In Minneapolis AP reports thin market activity for flour carload lots with 98 pound cotton sacks. Prices show patents down about 10 cents and standard patent 25 cents lower, with shipments around 23,198 and bran prices near 24.50 per unit.
A list of foreign currency rates in cents for many nations and cities including Great Britain France Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City with Montreal and New York cross rates. The figures show nominal and registered or travel notes where applicable.
U S Department of Agriculture notes scattered demand for fine territory wools on Tuesday. Short French combing lengths quoted at 81 482 cents scoured. inferior wools at 80 cents. Average to good length French combing at 82 484 cents. old French combing and staple lengths steady at 86 487 cents.
New York bond desk reports light trading with domestic industrials lifting slightly while U S governments posted mixed results. Italian issues gained about three points as the bond market shows modest changes across several issues including Allis Chalmers and Pure Oil while some rails and utilities eased and various treasuries traded with small moves.
Leonard Whitman and Anna Belle Cole of Mason City. Archie L. Nation of Dysart and Lois Strohbehn of Buckingham. Gerald E. Faust of Earlville and Mildred R. LaShorne of Dubuque. Ben Putman of Waterloo and a Johnson of Kansas City.
After early irregular trading on Tuesday the market recovered somewhat as steel demand rose. Late afternoon gains and losses were about even with U S Steel Bethlehem Crucible Steel GM AT&T American Water Works American Can NY Central Pennsylvania Union Pacific Baldwin Locomotive Allied Crash etc. Fractions to a point down included Standard Oil of New Jersey Case Western Union Continental Can. Wheat slid, corn rose slightly, cotton firmed. Bonds mixed. foreign exchanges steady.
Published by J. E. Bennett & Co. and W. H. Jump, this Tuesday quotations page lists Amn Pow and Lite figures, various Amn stocks, rail and steel names, and multiple corporate prices. The dense roster includes Amn Smelting, Nash Motors, Beatrice Cry, Phillips Pet, Coca Cola, General Motors, Ford England, Gen Elec, U S Steel, American Can, and many others with percentage changes and price markers.
Tipton defeated Anamosa 27 to 21 at the local course to conclude a Sunday golf contest. Charles Willey led Tipton with 72, followed by Clyde Kuhn 80 and Ray Burkett 82. Eight foursomes played as Tipton hosts the Eastern Iowa golf tournament next Sunday with eight teams from Anamosa Manchester Marion Mount Vernon Monticello Maquoketa West Liberty and Tipton.
Iowa City. George Frohwein former Iowa star beat Mike Schnoebelen 5 and 4 to reach the final at Iowa City Country Club. He shot 34 on the front nine and will face the Buxton–Hain winner for the county title.
Harry Leonard, a right hand outfielder, has been acquired by the Cedar Rapids Raiders and will report immediately. Leonard previously refused to report in a class D league and has been playing semi pro ball in northwest Iowa with Algona, one of the top teams in the region.
Alexander W. Spalding 89 longtime Cedar Rapids police veteran and Civil War soldier died at 821 Eighth Street SE after a lingering illness. Born December 16, 1846 in Baltimore, he served with Company D Forty-seventh Iowa volunteers. He joined Cedar Rapids police April 1 1889 and retired May 1 1916, later serving briefly as a park officer. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Spalding, funeral Wednesday at Beatty chapel at 3 p.m. with police pallbearers and a Legion bugler at Oak Hill Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m.
Mrs. Elmer Brown dies at 73 after a long illness in Burlington hospital. Born Ollie Heck in Jefferson County Illinois, she later lived in Mount Pleasant and Wapello and taught rural schools. Survived by husband Elmer and two sons John and Arthur, two grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday in Wapello with burial in Burlington. In Columbus Junction the Green families reunion draws 65 attendees. Wyoming Historical Society to meet August 21 in Onslow with transportation topic. Wiley reunion in Backbone State Park marks seven living siblings among 76 attendees. St Martins church in Cascade hosts Rev James Supple’s first solemn high mass after new decorations.
Mrs James Fee and Mr James Fee welcome a daughter born August 10 at Mercy Hospital. The family is listed at 1800 Fifth Avenue SE.
Elizabeth Roberts 82 and Margaret Rogers 68, lifelong North Wales natives and sisters, met Monday at the Medinah club in Chicago. They had not seen each other since 1904 when Mrs Roberts and her minister husband moved to Iowa. The Rogers family, now visiting Chicago, trace roots to Council Bluffs and Pittsburgh.
Marion lodge No. 6 A F and A M. conducted the service for William T. White of Long Beach California a retired Milwaukee railroad employee. Rev Ralph Hall Collis officiated with pallbearers William P Secrist Frank J Cleveland John Raymond W K Lothian Milo Bagley and William B Nelson. Burial followed in Oak Shade cemetery family lot. Out of town attendees included Mrs White Long Beach Calif Mr and Mrs Harry Eckstrom Raymond and Curtis White Mr and Mrs James Fairbanks Everett Fairbanks James Jordan Chicago Mrs Elmer Crane Mrs Walter Keck Miss Blessing and others from Maquoketa Mr and Mrs Curtis Jenkins Paul and Katherine Ales Lost Nation Mrs Maude Hartman Anamosa Mr and Mrs Milo Bagley Cedar Rapids.
Annual water carnival at the American Legion pool features races for children and teens, a women's open race, old man’s race, novelty events, and a 2:30 program of exhibitions. Marion band concert 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and a closing fire dive by John Stark. Local swimmers provide entertainment.
Marion relatives report the death Monday of Mrs. L A Taylor in Long Beach California. Her daughter Mrs L A Blinks flew from Kansas City and wired from Burbank. Mr Blinks also traveled from Kansas City by plane. Mrs Taylor once lived in Marion and was born Lissa Railsback. The couple moved to Long Beach after Mr Taylor sold his farm implement business in 1915 to son-in-law L R Blinks. Funeral for Marion lifer Isaac Burgess held at Yocom chapel with Rev C O Monroe officiating. Pallbearers Frank Russell A T Hanson Fred Schultz Leslie Wells and other relatives attended from Cedar Rapids Sioux City Palo. Mrs George Bristol and Mrs Dan Cory host Miss Gladys Johnson shower. O W Ladd and daughters Carol and Jean visited from Toledo.
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The Cedar Rapids and Marion Railway Mail association meets Friday at 6 p.m. in Thomas Park pavilion for a picnic supper. Postal clerks and families invited. attendees should bring a covered dish and their own silverware. A son weighing five pounds four ounces was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Elmer Fisher near Springville at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Eight London churches contain works from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, highlighting the era's continuing influence on city sacred spaces.
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