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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1940
Page
2
US market notes report hogs scarce with 400 head tested despite light receipts. Prices held near steady with top quotes around 7.75 dollars. Week advances ranged 40 to 50 cents, best steers at 132.50 and heifers at 121.90, cow and bull values up 13 to 25 cents, lambs down about one dollar.
Chicago hogs see limited test prices with top quotes around 775 for select 270 to 300 lb barrows while sow values rise. Cattle receipts near 300 with fed steers and yearlings firm to higher, cows steady to higher, vealers weaker. sheep trade slow with few buyers and mixed lamb行情. Omaha and Sioux City reports show steady to firmer cattle, steady hogs, and sparse sheep sales.
The listing shows various hog and pig weights from 140 to 500 pounds with price ranges from 4 to 640 dollars. It includes farm codes, seller abbreviations, and batch identifiers alongside measurements in pounds and percent figures.
Local hog prices advance 5 to 10 cents across grades with top no fill at 720 dollars. Packers report varied weights and classifications including 159-189 pounds and 140-170 pounds, as cattle prices show demand for choice to prime steers and yearlings in the market.
A Cedar Rapids market brief lists grain prices including wheat and corn varieties with assorted No 1 to No 2 grades, oats, soybeans, and straw. It also covers poultry prices for Springs over 5 pounds and other fowl, plus wholesale fruits and vegetables with multiple items and per unit costs. Hides and leather prices are provided, along with pony and horse values and final market notes.
The Boston wool market showed strength with large sales volume and price gains across domestic wools. Demand led by fine wools, while other grades remained moderately active with creamed comber wools at 34 4 36 cents for delaine and 40 1 2 cents for other grades. Wisconsin cheese quota notices appear for the week of Sept 27 listing prices for daisies bricks cheddars and related dairy products on the farmer’s call board.
Arrivals total 54 on track 142 with U S shipments 236 as supply moderates and demand slows for Idaho russet Burbanks and Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. North Dakota stock eases while prices show mixed levels for other stock including U S No 1 and various regional labels. overall market strength remains uneven.
More than 400 American manufacturers are registered with the munitions control board as actual or potential producers of implements of war.
New York stock market gains on Saturday push the industrial average to a mid May high. Wright Aero jumps 9 points to 109 despite a government order for engines and propellers. Curtiss-Wright also gains. Vulcan, American Can, Inland Steel and others post small advances amid active trading.
Chicago trading shows wheat under mild pressure with Sept futures down and a late rally turning losses into small gains. Other grains stay steady to weaker as corn and rye fall, soybeans down, and shipments with 269 cars on track. Delivery activity hints at liberal wheat deliveries for September.
Cash wheat and corn prices reported with no sales in Chicago and varied bids in Minneapolis. Quotes show No 1 white and yellow grades, red varieties, and several fortifying notes on oats and barley while lard and bellies move modestly.
New York bonds rose into higher price ground as railroad loan demand carried prices up over a point. Small losses appeared later in all and utility sectors amid mixed trading and steady foreign dollar loan caution.
Eureka lodge J O O F members plan an Iowa City picnic Sunday at Sam Whiting’s home on Whiting road. Another group expects to attend the I O O F regional meeting in Davenport on September 7. In Cedar Rapids a pickpocket stole about 175 dollars from a Merchants National bank patron as he exited through Second avenue door after changing a 100 bill.
Willard F Farr aged 87 died at his home 124 Fifth Street SW at 11 am Saturday after a long illness. He lived in Cedar Rapids 49 years and is survived by daughter Mrs Roy Pratt, son Roy F Farr of Chicago, and grandson Douglas Pratt. He was custodian at Madison school for 37 years, retired 1929, and a 49 year member of Trinity Methodist church. Funeral Tuesday at Beatty chapel with Rev W Glenn Rowley. burial in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 pm Sunday.
Sixty women met Wednesday at the Methodist church to organize the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Officers of the General Aid society were elected to lead the new group and draft by laws. Two divisions named Laura Bailey and Kathryn Blinks. Also notes of local visits, teaching assignments, and advertisements appear throughout the Marion item.
Friday games completed the second round at Marion with eight fast teams. Sunday schedule has four 1 pm contests and a 7 pm consolation/final. no advance admission. Community updates include local visits and travels of residents Mrs Hatt, Delbert Pugh, Ruth Culver, and others among Marion families.
New September term filings include divorces for Grace Speake versus Lloyd Speake and Velma Blakely versus John Blakely. Other actions name Ruth Hawkins vs George Hawkins for custody, and several note suits against Honeymead Products. Executor First Trust named in Raftis will. bank receivers and a Lake View bank judgment referenced. The courthouse closes for Labor Day and May term adjourned. a newly appointed second lieutenant described.
GREAT BARRINGTON Mass. John W Morgan has again received the same letter eighty years after it was first delivered in 1859 from New York. A former Morgan resident found the missive in a Boston stamp office and forwarded it back to him.
A bulletin lists multiple faith communities and their services. Baptist church led by Rev L W Inman with Bible school at 9 45 am and communion at 1 pm. Westminister Presbyterian men to lead Sunday service. Catholic Mass at 8 30 and 9 30 am. Christian church evangelism and Faith Building campaign. St Paul Evangelical Lutheran worship and Holy Communion. Seventh Day Church of God sabbath school and preaching. Prairie Chapel and Alburnett Methodist morning worships. Epworth League night. Cedar Rapids associated evangelistic music planned.
Norfolk Nebraska report says Chif ford Laughrey wrestled a large catfish after a friend hauled it onto a rocky bank. Laughrey says his coat snagged on the fish and tumbled into the water, with a recipe for prepared catfish bait found in a coat pocket. The piece notes wartime service totals.
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