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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1934
Page
8
Chicago livestock market reports higher hog prices with top at 6.10 and gains of 19 to 50 cents as receipts stay strong. Prices across regional markets lift for hogs, sheep, and cattle with steady to higher bids and buyers overtaking supply in a brisk market.
Prices for all hog grades increased by 20 cents with the top for choice hogs at about $535 and packer top near $435. Corn values weakened while receipts at major markets showed varying levels of activity and steady to lower comparisons across regions.
The grain market extended its downward trend amid lower foreign markets and drought relief uncertainty. Wheat and oats declined, corn rose slightly, with Liverpool and Rotterdam moves shaping sentiment as traders priced in government crop forecasts and bullish crop prospects. Provisions remained active and unsettled.
The page summarizes mixed stock market moves with industrials like Bethlehem Steel and U S Steel, along with non ferrous shifts and rail shares. It lists quotations from Adams Express to U S Rubber, plus a large local notice about a Earlville family reunion and a Tama County court lease case involving Bessie Short and the Spooner estate.
A fragmented page notes Aug 4 births at Mercy Hospital and Mercy in various towns, listing families like Mr and Mrs Donald, Mrs Mary Stoner, and the Stoner address. includes multiple obituaries and wedding notices. Also mentions HOPKINTON and TAMA marriage by Justice Carpenter, birthday gatherings in Troy Mills, Kalona and Williamsburg, a car accident near Urbana, and local school hiring updates in Toledo.
The report lists varied market prices and goods with figures like $2 for goods, $550 for a product, and 750 in another entry. Mentions of traders, brokers, and shop names imply a broad market snapshot with multiple entities and locations referenced in a fragmented OCR segment.
Riverside market page lists fruits vegetables and grains with prices such as oranges California grapefruits potatoes lettuce and tomatoes. It includes eggs hens and leghorn varieties with weight brackets and wholesale phrases alongside cryptic codes and fragmented entries.
The fifth annual John and Emer Dudley family reunion gathered Sunday in Cedar Falls. Last of the pioneer Dudley line W C and A M Dudley of Troy Mills attended with numerous relatives from across Iowa and Minnesota including James Powell Walter Baty William Dudley Lydia Long Kuns Frank Dudley and many others from Vinton Cedar Rapids Independence and beyond.
New York AP reports American Telephone and Telegraph directors on Wednesday announce the third regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 on capital stock. The payout totals about 41.9 million dollars to its 680000 shareholders.
Des Moines dispatch reports a man linked to the Fimo bank raid with two women accomplices is identified as Hamilton Dillinger. Authorities say Dillinger, a ruthless gunman, has most of his escapades traced to Iowa.
The Iowa liquor commission purchased 1300 gallons of Iowa wine from the Council Bluffs Grape Growers association under a policy of supporting local industry. The board plans lower retail prices than California wines and signed liquor store lease agreements in Waverly LeMars Belle Plaine Hawarden and Albia with various landlords and monthly rates. Some leases include utilities and take effect September 1 or September 15 with Tama and Emmetsburg under review for better terms.
The eleventh summer band concert led by Paul E Pope joy will be held in the city park Thursday at 8 pm. A long list follows with church and club events including deaths, meetings, visits, picnics, golf tourneys, and social gatherings across Marion with many local residents named.
Berlin reports a 100 day national campaign to cut imports as Germany seeks relief from trade and foreign exchange troubles. Six month 1934 data show imports up 10 percent and exports down 12 percent, with new prohibitive grain tariffs after a drought.
Paris reports Andrew W Mellon paid the Soviet government 1.5 million dollars for Raphael's Alba Madonna from the Hermitage. The painting shows the Virgin and Child with St. John offering a cross, painted after 1508 in Rome. Mellon, a former U.S. treasurer, already owns a notable Raphael collection.
Judge HC Rint postponed Thursday morning sessions due to Maurice P Cahill and Margaret Johnson versus Merton S Johnson funeral. The petition, by stipulation, states if decree is granted the defendant will pay no alimony and has no claim to the plaintiff's property.
Kathrin MM Smith petitions for divorce from Thomas H Smith on cruel and inhuman treatment. She seeks custody of three minor sons, monthly support, and title to furniture and an automobile. The couple married April 3, 1914.
Judge H C Ring of Cedar Rapids orders Clerk Edwin W Lundquist to draw sixty five names to serve as petit jurors for the September term of district court. Jurors to report September 25 at 9 a.m.
West Branch hosts its annual quiz show and antiques exhibit sponsored by the Friends Ladies auxiliary on Thursday. A play titled Dream Land is Home Land will be performed by society members. Mrs. William McCaleb and Mrs. T A Moore oversee the program.
Funeral services were held Wednesday at the Clermont Lutheran church for Knute Groth who died Sunday at his nephew Louie Hovland’s home. Born February 4, 1855 in Clayton County, he is survived by sister Mrs. Olena Erickson of Clermont.
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