Market news: Chicago hogs steady as steers rise on receipts
Chicago livestock prices show hogs top at 13.75 with sows down 10 to 15 cents while choice fed steers and yearlings gain about 15 cents. Receipts across multiple midwestern markets include 18,000 hogs and 7,000 cattle with mixed demand and uneven trading. Descriptions cover Des Moines and Omaha reporting internecine shifts in weights and prices.
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Chicago
Choice
WFAI
YOWA
Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Bam
Omaila
Omaha
Sioux City
SIOUN_CITY
Tully
Miscellaneous Wisconsin Cheese and Mississippi River Stages
The item lists Plymouth Wisconsin cheese entries for December 2025 including Twins of cheddars 2334. It also notes Mississippi River stages with La Crosse at 4.4 stationary and Dubuque at 7.3 stationary, Davenport 3.2 falling, and Keokuk 2.7 rising.
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Plymouth
Wis
Mississippi River
Des Moines
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
Chicago Prices and Receipts Mixed Across Poultry Dairy and Produce
Market reports show firm poultry receipts with leghorn hens at 23¢ and cocks 19¢ while eggs remain weak with mixed category prices and Idaho Russell Burbanks at 3.15 per unit. Butter prices in New York hold firm and wholesale live poultry prices show steady ranges for ducks, geese, and capons amid variable demand.
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Chicago
North Dakota Bills
Cobblers
Wisconsin Chippewas
New York
160 Suits Stolen In Store Robbery
STANHOPE AP One hundred sixty men's and boys suits were taken early Tuesday from the Henry Jacobson clothing store by thieves who broke the front door lock. The only other loot appears to be a handful of neckties. The loss is not insured. It was the fourth robbery at the store in 25 years.
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Stanhope (Ap
Henry Jacobson
Hamilton County
Sherry
E. R. Lear
Jacobson
Hog Prices Down On C. R. Market
Cedar Rapids market reports hog prices easing to 25 cents with top at 13.45 for 200 to 270 lb hogs. Listings cover hogs by weight class, packers bids, cattle and calf prices, and sheep market context for the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids market prices for meats grains and produce
The Cedar Rapids market list shows prices for meats oats wheat rye corn soybeans and hay with May and straw, alongside poultry and wholesale fruits vegetables farm items and livestock prices. Notable figures include corn at 1.04 per bushel soybeans 1.80, lemons 7.45 per crate, potatoes 3.15 cwt and hides at 12 11 12 4c depending on grade.
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Hennerles
Texas
Wheat Futures Fall After Opening Upswing
Wheat and rye futures retreated more than a cent from earlier gains as local houses and liquidations pressured the market. Oats and barley also declined with May wheat at 1.65 to 1.63 for July. Cash wheat and corn quotes varied with No 4 yellow and sample trades noted, while field seed prices for timothy and red clover showed modest shifts.
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Chicago
Praha Rebekah lodge meets Friday at Sokol hall
City briefs note Praha Rebekah Lodge No. 5 will convene Friday at 7 30 p m in Sokol hall. Other items report a Pine Bluff Ark trip for Mrs G I Tinkham, a 6 year old undergoing an appendectomy at Mercy hospital, and the Dav ienport district ODT office planning conferences at the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
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Praha Rebekah Lodge
Sokol Hall
Davienport
ODT
Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
Stocks Shift Into Reverse As Market Dims In Early Trade
Merchants National Bank building report notes overall market weakness after five gains, with many issues slipping from the open. Volume runs near 700,000 shares as trading softens, while select specialties attempt to resist the decline. widespread fractional losses and a quiet close mark Tuesday's session.
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New York
Slander suit filed by Blanche Brannaman against Armstrong Clothing
Blanche Brannaman sues Armstrong Clothing and its president Robert C. Armstrong in district court seeking 10000 damages claiming on December 11 1943 at the Armstrong store fourth floor he falsely and maliciously accused her of stealing gloves in front of others.
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Blanche Brannaman
Armstrong Clothing Company
Robert C. Armstrong
Sues for His Son 7 in Personal Injury Suit
Dale Taylor on behalf of his seven year old son Dereld sues Builders Material Inc and Neil Lane in district court seeking 466.80 after a truck driven by Lane struck Dereld as he crossed Fifth Avenue SE between Eighth and Tenth streets.
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Dale Taylor
Dereld
Builders Material, Inc
Neil Lane
Taylor
Lane
Fifth Avenue SE
Eighth
Tenth Streets
Cedar Rapids Teachers Seek 5 Percent Pay Hike
Cedar Rapids Federation of Teachers Local 716 asked the board for a 5 percent salary increase effective Jan 1 1944. The request aims to raise salaries 15 percent above the basic schedule as the cost of living rose about 43.9 percent from 1941 to 1943. The board will consider the union’s letter, while also approving hiring Clem Carney as a teacher coach at 1760 annually and increasing coach Clarence Paulson’s pay by 300 per year.
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Cedar Rapids
Board of Education
Clement C. Carney
Clarence Paulson
Roosevelt
Tama Men Jailed for Liquor to Indian Girls
Two Tama men were sent to Linn County jail in Cedar Rapids after failing to post 500 bonds in a U.S. Commissioner hearing. William B Hood 32 and John R DeLay 18 were charged by H P Davis with taking one fifth of a gallon of wine and one fifth of brandy to the Sac and Fox reservation near Tama on December 13 and giving it to two Indian girls in violation of federal law.
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Tama
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
R. L. Whelan
William B Hood
John R. DeLay
H. P. Davis
U. S. Indian Service
Tree Trimming Charge Dismissed by City Court
Judge Harry S Johnson dismissed a charge against Joseph Quigley for trimming trees without a permit in police court on Tuesday. Quigley, living at 52114 Eighth Avenue SE, pled unfamiliarity with the local arborist ordinance. The case arose after branches overhanging the street were trimmed, with the ordinance requiring a permit and a bond due to public safety concerns.
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Harry S Johnson
Joseph Quigley
Eighth Avenue SE
Quigley
Deaths Emil Mikulas and Linda Lou Watson
Emil Joseph Mikulas 43, machinist for Cherry Burrell, died at home after a brief illness. Born Cedar Rapids December 10 1900, he was married to Mary Kurka. Survived by wife son Kenneth George Mikulas brother Joseph L Mikulas and uncle Louis Husak. Funeral plans pending. Linda Lou Watson newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard Paul Watson died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Survived by parents three sisters and two grandparents. Private services set for Wednesday in Turner chapel.
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Emil Joseph Mikulas
Cherry- Burrell Corporation
Fifteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Mary. Kurka
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Mt. Herman Lodge
Linda Lou Watson
Richard Paul Watson
Fifth Street
Linda Lou
Roshell
Sharon K
Janette
Ola Watson
William Hudson
Marshalltown
Turner Chapel
Services for William E Page Cedar Rapids Carpenter
William E Page a carpenter of Cedar Rapids who worked over 30 years died Saturday. Services set for 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. Grant F Anderson officiating. Burial in Central City cemetery. Friends may call at Turner chapel.
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William E. Page
Eighth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Grant F. Anderson
Central City Cemetery
Obituary Notices From West Los Angeles and Cedar Rapids
Word has been received of the death of Robert F. Eastman in Veterans hospital West Los Angeles California. He was born in Cedar Rapids 44 years ago the son of Mr and Mrs Harlan G Eastman now of Long Beach. Burial was at West Los Angeles Relatives advised that a son born in Coleman Texas Monday to Pfe and Mrs Milo W Vorba died shortly after birth Pie Vorba is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Vorba 1814 I street SW and his wife is the daughter of Sam Bedra 1129 Brown avenue NE Services for Mrs Carl B Burger 407 Ninth Avenue SW who died Friday will be conducted in the Beatty chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. by Rev W C Porter Burial will be Cedar Memorial cemetery Friends may call Beattys
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Robert F. Eastman
Veterans Hospital
West Los Angeles
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Harlan G. Eastman
Long Beach
R. E. Wilson
The
Gazette
Coleman
Texas
Milo W. Vorba
Vorba
Frank Vorba
I Street
Sam Bedra
Brown Avennue
Carl B. Burger
Ninth Avenue SW
Beatty Chapel
W. C. Porter
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
Stanley Andrews Reported WIA in New Guinea
Staff Sgt. Stanley Andrews, son of Mr and Mrs Lisle Andrews, route 2, was slightly wounded in action in the New Guinea area on December 12. He enlisted in the air corps in 1940 and has served in New Guinea for 23 months.
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Stanley Andrews
Lisle Andrews
New Guinea
Andrews
Air Corps
Reuter, Scuttler of German Fleet, Dies
The German DNB agency reported Vice-admiral Ludwig von Reuter aged 75 died of heart disease on Tuesday. He ordered the scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919.
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London
DNB
Ludwig von Reuter
Scapa Flow
Mixed Lost and Found and Advertisements Listing
A collage of lost items seeks owners including a black silk corded pocketbook with ration books, a 5 month old black cocker named Mike, a sterling charm bracelet, a girl’s Holmar wrist watch, brown suede gloves, and various billfolds. Also ads for Katz Katz Jewelry, Ace and Jack stores promote clothing and gifts, with notices from Milner F Kulhavy and Probasco Jeweler plus service ads for sewing, insulation, and watches.
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Mike
Dorothy Thompson
Vinton
Towa
Keen Money
Feso
Lillian Dvorsky
1St Ave
Judy
Harry Boyd
Nat Kresge
S. Ree
Tyler
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Associated Press
Gond Butchers
Mason C. Waterloo
Ottumwa
Austin
Issa
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Merchants National Bank
Hide & Fur.co
C. R
City Briefs
G. I. Tinkham
Fourth Avenue SE
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ne Heaty
James Reed
James Burwinkle
Vincent H. Burwinkle
Avenue NE
Mercy Hospital
Teachers Salvage Sewings Club
Martha and
Ruth Griffith
Twenty-first Street
Den 6
Pack 4
Joseph J. Schultz
Fourth Street
Denner Eugene Huber
DeWayne Burmingham
Richard Harover
Eugene Huber
Javon Schultz
DeWayne
Burmingham
Walter Phelps
Thomas Wharton
J. EB. Bennett & Co
W .H. Jump
Telephone
Adams Express
Kennecott
Allied Chem
Kresse
Allied Stores
Kroger G & B
Allis Chalmers
Libby McNeille
Libbey Owens
Lig & Myers
Lockheed Amn Roll Mills
Loews, Inc
Amn Smelting
McKesson
Amn Steel Fdys
Marshall Fid
Bax
Maylax Ale
Armour
Nor Amn Avia
Borden Corp
Pac Gas & E
Tore Warner
Packard Mtrs
Briggs
Paramount
Bucyrus Erle Aes
Penlek & Ford
Ee Benest Burrouens
Philco
al & Heelo Aes
Pepsicola
Cannon Dry
Phillips Pet
Pittsbah
Proctor Gamble
Ghes & Ohio
Chrysler
Radio Coro
Gora Calatiana
Sears Iteebuck
Gons Edison
Eebyel Inc
Simmons Co
Socono
Motors
Sole Bern
Crown Drug Ay Sperry Corn
Crucible Steel
Bee Deere & Co
Stew Warner
Aor
Studebaker
Pee Nemex Corp
Elee Autolite
Elect Boat Me
Gen Baking
Liniken
Timken R_B
Fox Film
Gen Electric
Union Carbide
Gen Gas
Big Union Pac
Qata Motors
Goebel Brewzy
Uni Drug
Goodyear Tire
Uni Gas
Graham Paige
U S
Inti Nickel
Wilson & Co A. Intl
Woolworth
Ind To & T
Youngston S
Johns Manville
Zenith Radio
Buller, Bros
Quaker O
Aker O Pr
Swift & Co Pni Chicago Corp
Swift Intl
Comw Edison
Walereen
NEW York Bond Review
North Western
Armstrong Co
F. E. Fluegel
Hedges Company
Killian Company
St. Luke’s Hospital
Consumers Coal Company
Ruth Kurtz
Bankers Life Insurance Company of
Nebraska
Clement E. Plamadore
Bos
Watson
Vorba Infant
Burger Services
Reuter
Charles Aten
KATZ
Katz Jewelry & Loan
Postoffice
Ace’s
First Street
Jack’s
Milner F. Kulhavy
2Nd St S
West
Probasco Jeweler
2Nd Ave
Palace Theater
Indy
L.A. Lower
2Nd St
Mary
Claxton’s
Letitia
B. Runyon
IWE
Personal
Higley
Vincent's
H. K. Schaefer
Ted
1St St
First Avenue SE
Dial Pa
Paris Academy
Dial
Lillian Suchy
Ruth Thompson
Violet Sojka
Silver Leaf
Magnus
Don Roberts
Orch
Duke Ellington
Orchestra
Grand Cafe
Trianon
WGN
Don Reid
Don Giover
Foxhead
Frank Xgereer
Stan Stanley
MON Thur
Just J
Novak Heating CO
Morris Fur Shop
Granby
Eeert
Charlie’s Law Service
14Th Ave
12Th Ave
Exchange
Walter Ehlers
Bod Myers
Fred Young
Leo J. Smith
Gale
Reliable Man
Honeymead
WMC
hownec+ting
Honeymead Products Co
10Th Ave
10Th St
Quaker Oats Company
Davis Cleaners
L. W
MYERS
Kinney
Royal Laundry
J Street
Wilson Ave
Firtland Boulevard
First Ave
16Th Street
Oakland Ave
35Th St
Westwood
Johnson Ave
Calders van & Storage CO
First ST. NW
Hotel Roosevelt
ACME
SUPER
Sth St
Harry Carney
8Th St. SE
Super Service Oil Co
Red Crown Bowling Alley
3Rd St
Major Oil Co
Joh
Martello
Clarence Miller
Kilian Company
Care Gazette
Carryinn
Fuenco
Marvin Williams
Paramount Theater
First ST. SE
Post Office
Wilson & CO
3Rd Street
L. Lamb Sales Co
1St St. NE
Bell Captain
3RD_ ST. SE
John Snetzlar
A Avenue
Western Union
A. Petersen
Second Ave
LaPlant - Choate Mig. Co
Troy Laundry CO
2Nd St. SE
Java Room Hotel
Montrose
New Process Laundry Co
R. J. Monroe
Iowa Electric Licht 'É& Power Co
Taft
Robb
Peoples Savings Bank
Sranick's Bakery
Petsawashen
Kozy Inn
Pastry Indy
Kozyno
Sramjek’s Bakery
Dickinson Secretarial School
SS SS Sa
Ve Autos & Trucks
8Th Ave
1St Street
6Th St
Scavic
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