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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1935
Page
10
Thursday livestock receipts showed hogs slipping to about 17 000 head with cattle around 6 000 and sheep negligible. Hog prices rose 10 to 15 cents, top at 9.60, as better grades moved 25 to 40 cents higher on shipper accounts amid overall tighter supplies.
Hogs remain steady on the local market with top 180-270 lb hogs up a nickel at 9.10, while other markets hold. Cattle prices show mixed levels for choice steers and yearlings with varied ranges. grass cattle and canners listed with lower bids.
Grain prices list wheat oats rye barley corn soybeans and eggs with varied per unit quotes. Wholesale fruits vegetables oysters and hides priced, including meat stock and horse hide values, reflecting a typical market ad listing.
Chicago market report shows receipts for eggs creamery butter and potatoes steady with prices largely unchanged. Regional bulletins note typical price ranges for potatoes corn and turkeys with activity moderate and demand weak to fair across several U S markets.
New York bonds show gains with some issues firming. Erie, Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe, and Frisco advance to stronger levels while Baltimore and Ohio, Pennsylvani a issues thinly traded. Savings on utility and rail stocks mixed as yields move.
The readable portion notes a person named Bona Boo as president of a women’s vote group and mentions other names. The fragmentary text lacks clear event details, dates, or affiliations to form a coherent report.
Wheat prices rise on light selling and small buying on the Chicago board of trade. December wheat gains amid limited demand, with corn and oats showing minor moves as traders await government crop reports and monitor export bullishness from international markets.
A garbled market snippet mentions flour and wool markets, prices, and traders in New York and Austria. Names like Aaron and Hegna appear among disrupted lines, with scattered figures and locations including Wood Market and New York 90004.
The market advanced modestly with buyers favoring chosen issues. Aluminum and mining shares showed mixed movement as world silver prices remained unsettled. Major gainers included A O Smith and Radio International Nickel, while losses hit several names. overall volume was around 1.65 million shares.
Market reports show gold currencies trading higher in foreign exchange dealings. The listing includes numerous securities and industrials with wide variations across banks and companies, reflecting a broad market movement.
An early and incomplete transcription notes U S debt milestones with scattered figures and garbled names. The fragment mentions debt totals and dates but lacks clear names or contexts. No coherent events or figures can be confirmed from the legible text.
The article reports a youth brought from an upstate hospital to attend a Bay party was found wounded after a note indicated death by self harm. A reporter followed the note's leads to a designated location where police discovered the wounded youth in a desperate state.
LOS ANGELES UP Harald Johnson 27 died Wednesday as the sixth victim in the shooting spree by N Layman at a WPA project site. Layman fired on relief workers, four men died earlier, Francis Secrist was the fifth. Johnson survived 48 hours with a brain wound before death. Authorities charge Layman with murder and hold him without bond. He claimed he shot them because they were persecuting him.
Marion groups host Christmas parties and fund drives. O O P club feeds 17 at a dinner. new members join Electa circle and Theristriai club honors two. Goodfellows drive collects toys for needy children while a Christmas seal fund targets high mail volumes. Local clubs plan January meetings and festive exchanges.
Dr Edouard Benes foreign minister was elected president of Czechoslovakia to succeed Masaryk who retires at 85. Benes won 340 votes to 24 for Bohumil Nemec as right wing candidate. John Benes, Edouards brother, noted he always believed his brother would become president.
Gen. Juan Vicente Gomez, longtime Venezuelan president and ruler, died in Caracas at 11:45 after decades in power. The veteran leader, aged 78, had steered the country through much of the 20th century, shaping its political landscape.
Fragmentary OCR text notes an inherited Portus case with references to release, restraint, and a person held against their will. It mentions the number 327 SW and various garbled phrases suggesting a legal custody or possession issue.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a date January 7 and names that are unclear. The readable part suggests a note about a hearing or hearing date connected to war finance, but key details are garbled and no clear entities or outcomes emerge.
NEW YORK Mrs Albert Fantsten, private of the peandtast has in the Mauntestate hospital Verdnesdiay suffer from a tenet cement which wes at parted se rious but not erica
Born to Mr and Mrs Frul Serovy at Merney Hospital on December 17 a daughter. Monona Womans Relief Corps elects officers for the coming year with President Mrs Bethel Senior Vice President Mrs James Carroll Junior Vice President Mrs Addieo Egbert Treasurer Flora Davis Secretary Antoinette Tornowske Conductress Elizabeth Smith Assistant Conductress Mrs John Reidel Chaplain Mrs A Kishman Guard Mrs Frank Stetert Assistant Guard Mayme Humphrey Patriotic Instructor Mrs Wl Bernhard Press Correspondent Mrs HC Fox Musician Mrs Gus Colby Color Bearers Mrs James Cunningham Mrs Frank Montgomery Angeline Davis Mrs F L Jarms.
The 1935 Cedar Rapids auto toll record shows 399 accidents 456 injuries and 12 deaths in the listed period.
The Gazette outlines how to format a small type want ad by counting words and lines and then uses a rate table for consecutive days. It notes a 10 cent surcharge for out of town blind ads and explains readers can reply via letter if only a phone number is provided.
Announcements list fresh cut nursery trees in all sizes from HO NURSERY CO and others. Advertised items include grave blankets and wreaths, with seasonal sales at multiple locations such as Morist Ri and Market area stores. parking information noted.
Fragmented ad notices report a purse lost on Oak Hill and 410 Avenue with a $2000 reward offered by the Gazette for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the thief. The text includes stray items such as a roll of bills, keys, a phone, and various business ads, with addresses and names mixed in.
Listings show Ric trains and various items for sale including crafts, knitting, quilting, old gold and jewelry buyers, feather mattresses and cleaning, picnics special, framing, photographs, stamps and albums, windshields, and home services. Local addresses and phone numbers included for direct contact.
A dense string of local beauty shop ads lists prices for permanents waves and treatments. Businesses include Lilian Luchy Beauty Shop DeLuxe Beauty Shop Kennedy's Peacock Paris Academy of Beauty and others with phone numbers and special offers.
Roger Graham and his El Shayna Orchestra perform Wednesday December 18 with floor show prizes and beer on tap. Glenn Boyd's Orchestra appears tonight with Stoneking's Saturday Night. Help wanted for men 17 with some cashier experience. include education and full details. Diamonds antiques and fine lace offered in Want ads. Christmas cash promotions appear.
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