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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1936
Page
9
Chicago cattle and hog markets show strength from beef demand despite heavy supplies. Top steers reach about 10 dollars, hogs around 10.75, with cattle slaughter records noted and sheep prices easing slightly as natives and lambs trade near 10 dollars.
A fragmented Cedar Rapids page lists various agricultural items including grain, wheat, corn, fruit produce, and hides. It mentions prices and quantities with unclear OCR errors but reflects a local market or commodity catalogue style from the period. The scattered entries include references to berries, fruit categories, and general farm products.
Hogs are steady on the local market with no changes in any grades Tuesday and the top price holding at 107 dollars. Other local markets reflect similar stability. Calf market shows good to choice for 140-150 lb weights. Sheep market notes lamb prices around 76 to 95 dollars, with weights and allocations varied. Cattle market lists steer and heifer ranges with 1000-1100 lb yearlings and mixed costs across grades.
Chicago traders pushed corn futures higher after early profit taking cooled the market. The government crop report was bullish but below expectations, sparking a late rally as local buyers stepped in. wheat eased while oats and rye fluctuated in a volatile session with bids from Winnipeg and Chicago cash quotes listed.
The page lists various market items including sugar prices in New York and grain values in Minneapolis, with figures for certificates and shipments. It also shows foreign exchange rates for Great Britain Germany Portugal and other regions, plus assorted commodity prices and travel era notes.
Bond traders in New York weighed prices and yields as the market absorbed data and bid levels hovered near firm ranges. The day featured mixed results across treasury notes and corporate issues with activity concentrating in mid to long maturities as investors sought duration and credit risk signals.
A notice lists marriage licenses granted to Taonard Whitman and Anna The de Cale of Mason City, Speae Po Nation and Ia Steet. Corl d Po Byte of harivitle and Moed Ro LaStorie of Dubuque. Potro oof Waterloo and Fursateth Johnson of Kansas City, Miu.
US stocks swung around to near flat as late demand for steel shares steadied prices. Major names including U S Steel Bethlehem C rucible Steel GM American Telephone and Steel firms plus Allied Chemical faced gains and losses with movement scattered across steel autos and utilities. Bond markets mixed while commodities edged lower on wheat and corn. trading remained volatile amid broad sector shifts.
Tipton defeated Anamosa 27 to 2 at the local course on Sunday. Notable scores include Charles Willey 472 and Clyde Kuhn 63. Foursomes and the Tipton club plan to host the annual Bester Lowe golf tournament next Sunday with ten players from teams including Anamosa Manchester Marion Mount Vernon Monticello Maquoketa Veret Liberty and Tipton.
George Frohwein, former Tow a University football and basketball star, advances to the Johnson County golf final at the Iowa City Country Club after beating Moe Schnoebelen 4 and 3. Frohwein shot 34 on the last nine holes and will meet the Buxton-Hain winner for the title.
Harry Leonard joins the Cedar Rapids Raiders as a right handed outfielder and will report immediately. Leonard had been with the Raiders this spring but did not report in class D and was released. He had been playing semi pro ball in northwest Iowa with Algona, a top team in the region.
Alexander W Spalding 89 a Civil War veteran and longtime Cedar Rapids police patrolman died at 6 pm Monday at 821 Eighth Street SE after a lingering illness. Born December 16 1846 in Baltimore he lived in Cedar Rapids 57 years and served in company D Forty seventh Iowa volunteers. He joined the police force April 1 1889 and retired May 1 1916. later worked as a park policeman. Survived by a daughter Elizabeth Spalding. Funeral Wednesday at 3 pm Beatty chapel conducted by Rev H A Crumb with police pallbearers and a bugler from the American Legion at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 pm Tuesday.
Obituary notices from Wapello and area towns report the death of Mrs. Ollie Elizabeth Brown 73 in Burlington after illness born 1863 in Jefferson County taught in Henry County schools married Elmer Brown and survived by husband two sons John P and Arthur with two grandchildren funeral at Keck in Wapello burial at Aspen Grove Burlington Also reported are Green family reunion at Columbus Junction with 65 attendees and officers elected for 1937 picnic, Wyoming Historical Society meeting in Onslow with transportation program and prime supper, Wiley reunion in Backbone State Park with multiple descendants, and St Martin Church in Cascade celebrating Rev James A Supple high mass with ceremony details.
A daughter was born to Mrs. te Sie steel Me Poupe Fee JRO Pott and family at Merey Hospital on August IU. The new arrival is welcomed by relatives and friends.
Elizabeth Williams Roberts aged 82 and Margaret Williams Rogers aged 68, lifelong North Wales natives who settled in Pennsylvania, were reunited Monday at the Medinah club in Chicago after not seeing each other since 1904. The sisters were separated when Elizabeth's husband Rev R P Roberts moved to Town in 1908. Mr and Mrs Rogers are visiting Chicago while Godwin and Roberts spouses reside in Marion.
Masonmne lodge No. 6 A F and A M conducted funeral services Monday at the Yocom chapel for William T. White a retired Milwaukee railroad employee from Long Beach California. Rev Ralph Hall Callis officiated with pallbearers William P. Secrist Frank J. Cleveland John Raymond W K Lothian Milo Bagley and William B. Nelson. Burial was in the Oak Shade cemetery family lot with out of town attendees from Chicago Maquoketa Lost Nation Cedar Rapids Amamoasa and Long Beach California.
The American Legion pool hosts a Friday water carnival with noon opening and 2 30 pm non varsity races for children and a women's open race plus an old man’s race. The Marion band performs from 7 30 to 8 30 pm followed by diving exhibitions, an Olympic pageant, children's diving, games and a fire dive by John Stark. Local swimmers and divers organize the program.
Obituary notices report the death Monday of Mrs. L A Taylor in Long Beach California, with family details from Marion. Funeral services for lifelong Marion resident Mrs Isaac Burgess were held at Yocom chapel with Rev C O Monroe officiating. Local club meetings and social events listed include Rebekah lodge activities, showers, and gatherings in Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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