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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1937
Page
8
Pre holiday doldrums hit Chicago livestock markets with little price change across cattle and sheep. Hog prices fluctuated unevenly with lighter weights up modestly while 225 to 240 pound hogs slipped. supplies were ample but buyers steadied as wholesale pork prices rose slightly.
Local hog prices slid 10 cents across all grades on Friday with top quotes falling to 7.90. Wilson and Co reported mixed moves in other livestock sectors while corn edged higher.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids including wheat oats corn soybeans and hay. Poultry and dairy items appear with weights and prices along with wholesale fruits vegetables and general market offerings.
New York AP reports a varied trading day with brokers noting gains in some issues and losses in others. Treasuries showed modest shifts as prominent corporations like Chesapeake and Ohio, Rock Island, and others moved differently on a volatile session.
Wheat futures rose in a light pre holiday trade at the Chicago board of trade with wheat up 0.73 cent. December at 9.57 cents, corn down 0.5 cent to 45 cents, December 59 cents, and oats up 0.5 to 324 cents. Bulls cited Winnipeg gains and strong Liverpool results as factors.
Market brief listing Winnipeg prices for Owen and orange crops with VAT rates and July due figures, plus Chicago cash provisions for wheat corn and livestock, and Minneapolis cash grain receipts with no 1 heavy dark northern wheat values, yellow corn and oats quotes. Includes multiple commodity prices and futures notes across these regions.
In Boston last week wool trade shows slackening demand and irregular prices yet notes growing confidence from stronger foreign markets and improving domestic foodstuffs. Graded combing fleece wools hold steady around 32 to 39 cents with narrow activity on quarter bloods and three-eighths blends. Mississippi River conditions reported Davenport rising 2 inches while foreign exchange markets in New York show quiet turnover with slight dollar demand shifts across major currencies.
Live poultry receipts steady with unchanged prices. Butter and eggs limited, market conditions mixed with creamery outputs quiet. Cheese receipts unavailable. market steady to firm with mixed pack colors and varying firsts seconds and medians. Futures data shows no sales and bid levels around 21.
In New York Friday speculative buying focused on armament stocks while Christmas carols rang near the stock exchange. Aircraft, steels and related issues led gains as the rearmament theme resurfaced with Panay bombing details and plans for army and navy expansion. Despite some strong performers, many sectors slipped and rails posted declines amid mixed bond and commodity action.
Published by J E Bennett Co the Friday quotations show wide ranges in stock prices across banks railways and consumer goods firms. Key entities include Adams Express Inter Tel Tel Alaska Juneau Allegheny Kennecott Libby Owens Kroger American Can Lehigh Valley and Union Carbide with varied gains and losses across sectors. The list blends prices for Amn Tel Tel Coca Cola General Electric and many others reflecting a bustling market snapshot.
The GoodSellows host a Marion children’s Christmas party Saturday at 10 30 am in the Garden theater with short subjects cartoons and vaudeville sketches plus treats. A long donor list funds the event and area residents share news of church programs council purchases and holiday visits across Marion Iowa in December.
Sam Regalie hid most of his cash in a shoe box and pretended surrender of $20 during a Christmas week robbery at his Chicago suburban shoe store. A second thief stole the box containing $150 after the ruse, while Regalie boasted of his plan to another customer.
Birth notices list newborns for Hanson in Edgewood read SW a daughter on December 22 Mercy hospital Stallman in Fairfax a son December 23 Mercy hospital Anderson 913 Eighteenth avenue SW Jason December 23 St Luke's hospital Bonner 1021 Tenth street SE a daughter December 24 St Luke's hospital The warbler family of birds are mediocre singers.
A garbled text fragment describes a telephone company and refunds, mentioning an appeal and potential service issues. The readable words reference refunds and a town or company context, with unclear names or dates. The passage appears damaged and lacks cohesive facts to establish a clear event.
A cluttered page of ads and notices greets readers with beauty shop greetings, moving services, jewelry and diamond listings, travel bureau offers, and holiday well wishes. Local services include Cedar Rapids Transfer & Storage, May'B Cut Rate Drugs, and Kennwood Transfer while ads promote diamond mountings, jewelry repair, and elder care.
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