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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1934

Page

9

Hogs Break to New Highs as Chicago Top Hits 6 65

Chicago hog prices rise to a top of 6.65 as markets push higher from 10 to 50 cents. Cattle steady with 3,700 at major markets and sheep gaining. receipts show Chicago leading with 9,500 hogs and 9,000 sheep as prices firm at multiple centers including Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

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Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Market Prices

A jumble of commodity prices and listings from Cedar Rapids markets. Includes grains, oats, corn, beans, vegetables, eggs, hides, wool, and various wholesale items with figures and terms scattered throughout the column.

RTE Californis

Grain Market Reflected Dull Trade Wheat Rises Corn Drops

Grains opened dull on the Chicago board with traders awaiting developments. Wheat rose modestly after an early drop as buying support moved prices near Thursday’s close while corn declined and oats and rye stayed largely range bound. Provisions remained firm but lagged hog price gains.

Chicago Board of Trade Argentina Australia Liverpool Rotterdam Barney

Wall Street Quiet After Mixed Week End Trade View

The New York market opened apathetic with little overall change as a few specialties rose 1 to 3 points including Bigelow Sanford Carpet and U S Smelting while others like U S Steel and Allied Chemical posted fractional gains. Wheat rallied after early sagging as cotton steadied and the bond market recovered slowly amid firmer foreign currencies.

New York Bigelow- Sanford Carpet American Agricultural Chemical U S. Smelting Devoe and Reynolds U. S. Steel Allied Chemical American Smelting Santa Fe Case Consolidated Gas

Hogs and Cattle Prices Rise on Local Market Friday Quotations

Fr iday quotations show hog prices higher by 25 cents after Thursday gains with top hogs at 5 55 and good packer at 4 85. Cattle ranges reflect heavy steers to 7 50, pair to good steers 4 00, middling 4 25 to 4 50, and common stock lower. goats quoted 8 to 291 with common shorn stock around 1 30 down.

Grain Movement Adams Express 2 Inspiration 33s Addressograph

A dense ledger style list of stock quotes and prices across many companies. Items include Adams Express 2, Inspiration 33s, Addressograph 8, Int Harv 26'2, Air Reduction 33, Allied Chem 126, Am Can 934, Kennecott 19, Monsanto 10, and numerous other corporate tickers. The page blends commodity prices, market quotes, and brokerage notes with no single narrative, reflecting a busy trading day.

Adams Express Nickel Alaska Junian Tel & Tel Allegheny Corpn Johns Manville Allied Chem Kelly Ingrld Chalmers Kelvinator Amerada Corpn Kennecott Kresse SS Kroger G & B Lambert Intl Corpn Lehish Valley la Am Metals Libby Ouens Lig & Myers B Rad & SS Am Roll Mills Loews. Inc Sue Rig LoriNard P Afetntyre McKeesport Tin McKesson Rob Monsanto Sunern Auto I Murrey So Aviation Benaieet ZutNey Central Aohn Alumir Chicago Borden Co Mike Dee Ty Lamson Brothers and Co Bors Watnet Noranda Mines Sinclair RE. Otshrow Cedar Rapids Brices Mis Nor Pac Merchants National Bank Brooklyn MT North Am Rood Tachor Hogs Ing Burroughs Cal Pke Owens Cal & Hecta Steel Packard Mtrs Cace Pac Park Utah Benney J Phelps Ches & Ohio Phillips Pet Cnsipap Gheo & Now Prostar Ganiket Chio RS & Pg Bob Sveh Chrysler Ruy Cory Goea Cola Gol Gas & Elec Gom Rep Steel Southern Seaboard aSears Consol Gas Qtaservel Inc Consol Shattuck Shell Union Tin Motors Simmons Co Crown Cork Sperry Coro Cudahy Joe Uni Carp Uni Founders United Ry Sox Uust Choadrich U0 S Hudson Motors & W Son & Co A Hupp Mator Woolworth Tis Centrat Indus Roxon Yngtin SA Heilemann Bendix Libby McNevte Berghoft Lynch Corp Borg Warner Marshall Butler Bros Sparks Chevy Burd Prima Edson Seaift

Bond Market Shifts Highlight U S Government and Corporate Issues

New York bond review notes broad moves as corporate issues gain ground amid rising yields and government securities show mixed strength. Treasuries edge higher with Liberty bonds and Treasury notes. investors weigh farm mortgage and sector demand amid fluctuating rates.

New York Bond Review AP -Chanrges Ford Vaorious Os Federal Farm Mort CT Bards Liberty Laverty Firs Sida Treasury Sigl US Stegsary

Death of Maffitt Former Oakville Mayor

Druggist and former Oakville mayor Maffitt dies at his Oakville home after a Friday morning report. He visited Cedar Rapids resident C Tinehan at 1269 Fourth Avenue SF. Survived by widow and son Lloyd Wright Moffitt. Funeral services planned in Oakville Sunday.

OL Maffitt Oakville Cedar Rapids Maffitt C Tinehan Fourth Avenue Lloyd Wright Moffitt Oakvalle

Birth of Eleanor Marie Ang at 151 Haves Street SW

A nine pound daughter Eleanor Marie Ang was born to Mr and Mrs Charles Hales of 151 Haves Street SW. The report notes a dry material production remark about a place in Chi Turkestan and a desert area of 300000 square mites.

Charles Hales Haves Street Eleanor Marie Ang Chi Ucoe Turkestan

Corsets and Corset Alternatives in Women's Health

A reader asks about correcting abdominal laxity and whether a corselette supports health. The author argues corsets should not be worn, promotes core training, and notes modern corsetry origins while urging better physical training for women to avoid restrictive undergarments.

Webster

Daily Walking and Gentle Exercises for Women Health

The article promotes walking three to eight miles daily as the best exercise for women, supplemented by swimming tennis and golf. It suggests housework movement variety and a few simple setting up exercises to prevent flabbiness, with illustrated routines and repetition guidance for morning and night.

Answers on anemia pills and minor rupture remedies

Reader asks about ineffective Bland’s iron pills and whether iron solution is better for anemia. Provides instructions for a homemade iron solution using iron ammonium citrate and an ambulant treatment option for small ruptures, with offer to share a physician’s name.

Copsrisht

Potato Salad Picks In An Inquisitive Family Menu

Lois plans a hot clear soup from a canned stock then serves cold potato salad with hot buttered beans sliced cold meat and tomatoes with cottage cheese stuffing. Dessert options include watermelon or peaches depending on produce from the vegetable man as John David and Lois await delivery.

Lois John David

Nancy Page salad method appeals to family needs in 1934 guide

In a home kitchen vignette, Lois prepares a potato salad with hot-dressed potatoes, cucumber, celery, radishes and hard boiled eggs, varying dressing between mayonnaise and lighter sweet dressings. The piece highlights family health and appeals for Nancy Page leaflets, with a closing note on state birds.

Ann Sun Roger Lois

England Affirms Belgium Safety and Allied Pact Plans

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Sir John Simon says Belgium’s territorial integrity is vital to British security and supports mutual assistance pacts with Eastern European states. A British French staff accord to defend Belgium includes fleets moving to the Mediterranean or patrols in the Atlantic and North Sea, with Antwerp as a debarkation port and coordinated air defense for London and Paris.

Paris INS Great Britain Belgium Europe Britain John Simon House of Commons Sir John Russia France British Isles North Sea Mediterranean Atlantic Antwerp London London Times Channel

City Notes Issue Permit for 395 Memorial Drive SE

Addison H and Hattie Chadsey receive a permit to build a house at 395 Memorial drive SE with a projected cost of 4500 dollars. The item appears in city briefs and personals as a routine construction permit.

Addison H Hattie Chadsey Memorial Drive

Death of Cedar Rapids man linked to heart trouble

William Reed a Cedar Rapids Negro said to have choked on bologna at Oclwein died of a heart attack. Coroner R A Voronal reported he had been treated for heart trouble prior to death.

William Reed Cedar Rapids Oclwein Bologna R. A. Voronal

Mrs Dempster Injured in Stair Accident at Home

Mrs Charlotte Dempster aged 78 of 1015 Fifteenth Street SE fell down stairs at her residence Friday around 2 p.m. Neighbors rushed her to Mercy hospital where x rays were planned to assess her injuries.

Charlotte Dempster Fifteenth Street Mercy Hospital

Gasoline drum stolen from Bemis-Schuck site on First and Eighteenth

Bemis-Schuck Construction reported to police at 11:15 a.m. Friday that a 30 gallon drum containing 20 gallons of gasoline was stolen from its work site at First Avenue and Eighteenth Street SW.

Bemis-Schuck Construction Company First Avenue Eighteenth Street

Local intoxication fines and jail sentences in police court

Ed Reed of 1008 Sixth Street SE and John Balik of 1124 Sixth Street SE were fined 10 dollars and costs each for intoxication and given three day jail terms after failing to pay. Thomas Green of 125 F Avenue NW was fined 10 dollars on the same charge with the sentence suspended on costs. Leonard Pfeifer of 1829 L Street SW was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to intoxication.

Ed Reed Sixth Street John Balik Thomas Green F Avenue NW Leonard Pfeifer L Street

Young evangelist Paul Sexton opens two week revival

Evangelist Paul Sexton an 18 year old former Cedar Rapids boy opened a two weeks engagement at the old city auditorium Monday before the Church of God parish. Sexton an Assembly of God evangelist attended Roosevelt junior high school here years ago and has since trained and conducted evangelistic services across the middle west.

Paul Sexton Cedar Rapids Old City Auditorium Church of God Parish Sexton Assembly of God Roosevelt Junior High Middle West

Iowa City youths nabbed after bicycle thefts

Iowa City repairman William Novotny helped recover two stolen bicycles and arrested youths Howard Manos and Jack McGillicuddy on larceny charges. Manos admitted stealing three bikes with McGillicuddy. both teens were linked to thefts dated July 23 and recovered near a downtown store.

Iowa City William Novotny Howard Manos Sixth Avenue Jack McGillicuddy 406 Avenue Novethy Cedar Rapids McGillcuddy McGillicuddy Manos

Drought Drives Western Kansas Rabbits to Regimentation

In Dodge City a farmer estimates 500 jack rabbits visit his water tank daily, lining up in the pasture to drink. In Montour Mrs. R. K Thompson is elected third and fourth grade teacher, and Miss Wilma Rouse resigns to join Marengo schools as Montour prepares to open Sept 3.

Dodge City Kan Kansas Musgrove Montour R. K Thompson Thompson Wilma Rouse Marengo

Foxy Ferdinand Visits England to Study Birds

Ex-king of Bulgaria known for wartime notoriety arrives in Oxford for Royal Congress of Ornithologists. At 73 he dresses in a mixed outdoor attire and tours Britain with keen interest in bird life aboard the destroyer Windsor. He comments on wartime exile and recalls 1918 abdication.

Oxford London INS Balkans Europe Ferdinand Bulgaria England Britain Royal Congress of Ornithologists Lord Oxford Asquith Rhodes House Windsor Pembrook Dock Germany

Milk Producers Align With One Cent Price Cut

Milk distributors who attended the United Dairies meeting at Cedar Valley Dairy agreed to follow the Cedar Rapids Cooperative Dairy one cent per quart price cut enacted by larger dealers. Cream prices were not cut and a retail cream figure will be kept. a repeat meeting is planned with no date set yet.

United Dairies Cedar Valley Cedar Rapids

Weather notes Cedar Rapids reaches 87 as humidity climbs

Humidity and temperatures rose in Cedar Rapids with a morning cloudiness thinning by afternoon. The temperature peaked at 87 degrees around 1 15 p.m. remaining there at 2 30 p.m. A 24 hour low of 66 was recorded at 5 a.m. The day featured sun breaking through intermittent clouds. The previous day saw a peak of 88 at 4 p.m. and gradual fall to 70 by midnight.

Cedar Rapids Chambers Inskeep Company

California Hunters Target 23000 Deer This Season

California hunters aim at about 23000 deer across state preserves as the season opens August 11. Each hunter may take two bucks in most counties, with Modoc county limiting to one. Officials estimate roughly 400000 deer statewide and the season ends at sundown September 14.

Los Angeles California Modoc State Division of Fish and Game

Petersburg Projects Expand Tourist Access at Battlefield

Two projects under construction at Petersburg National Military Park aim to ease visitor access. The Petersburg-Hopewell City Point Railway lowers grade near Fort Stedman for easier entry, due within 50 to 60 days. A new hard surface road, two and a half miles long and 300 feet wide, between Fort Davis and Fort Wadsworth will traverse historic park areas.

Petersburg Petersburg National Military Park Petersburg-Hopewell City Point Fort Stedman Fort Davis Fort Wadsworth

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