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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1945

Page

3

Steers Hold Steady in Busy Chicago Market Week

Active trading for choice steers with prices steady while other grades slip up to 50 cents. Hog prices unchanged at ceiling levels and sheep move steady to strong. Receipts largest since November, with steers and heifers making up most of the run and cattle values shown across several grade levels.

Chicago

Kansas City and Omaha Livestock Market Report Summary

Slaughter steers weak to 15 cents lower while heifers stay mostly steady in Kansas City. Bulls and stockers mixed as good and choice loads push to around 16.40 to 17.25 per cwt. calves and cows show varied weak to steady trends. Des Moines and Iowa-Minnesota facilities report higher combined hog receipts and steady to weak demand for top grades, with hogs in several weight classes trading around 13.5 to 14.5 per cwt and sows around 13.6 to 13.7.

Kansas City Omaha API USDA TOWA Des Moines Iowa Minnesota Sioux City

Cedar Rapids hog and cattle market report on New Year’s Eve

Prices held steady on the Cedar Rapids market with prime butchers at 14.40 and packers at 13.65. The market will be closed Tuesday New Year’s Day. Categories cover hog weights from 160 to 600 lbs and cattle steer classes with varied dressings and percentages. Also listed are sheep, lambs, hay, grains, poultry, hides, eggs, and wholesale fruits and vegetables with current quotes.

Cedar Rapids

Stocks Lower as Market Reels Near End of 1945 Session

New York trading closed with a weary session as the 1945 market, the year’s strongest since 1928, showed scattered gains but many declines. Dow Jones averages, mixed results among industrials, utilities and rail issues, with around a million shares changing hands and limited activity across bonds and livestock markets.

New York Bond Review Cuba U. S

Chicago and New York Produce Prices Report

Chicago produce markets show nominal steadiness with varied butter and egg quotes and mixed cheese notes. New York wholesale prices list eggs by size and color, with no receipts for butter and cheese, while potatoes and live poultry remain closed.

Chicago New York

Syrian Strike Threatens Rail Harbor Operations

Syrian railroad and harbor workers began a general strike in Beyrouth to press demands for a 40 percent wage rise and an eight hour day. The action halts key transport facilities and signals broader labor unrest in Syria.

Beyrouth Syria

Rye Quotations Bid Sharply Up In Wake Of Britain Purchase

Chicago AP reports foreign inquiries into U S rye and a note that Great Britain bought an undisclosed amount over the weekend spurred brokers to bid prices higher. Wheat closed steady to 4 cents higher. rye rose to 1 3 4 cents. oats and barley moved modestly. Chicago cash provisions list No 2 red and No 2 hard wheat at 179 nominal, oats at 83 cents plus markup, rye at 1.77 1 78, field seeds priced per cwt with timothy at 5.28 to 5.50 and alfalfa around 33 50.

Chicago United States Great Britain Rley Minal

Marion couple wed in Lutheran church ceremony

Miss Lewil Mae Gannon and Marvin E. Rathje married at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Marion Sunday at 8 30 p m in a double ring service conducted by Rev Carl T Wuerffel with 125 relatives and friends in attendance They will reside in Indianapolis where Rathje attends chiropractors school and Mrs Rathje formerly worked for Collins Radio The couple is to live in Indianapolis after their marriage

Lewil Mae Gannon Marvin E. Rathje St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Carl T. Wuerffel Lewil A. Gannon Moro, Ark Forrest Keller Alburnett Helen Lutz Helen Rathie Miss Lutz Miss Rathie Rose Mary Mann Cedar Rapids Arliss Brown Marion William Wahl David Rathie Edwin Werning Newhall Keith Keller Atkins, Newhall van Horne M. J. Rathje Twenty-second Street Lois Lutz 87Th Infantry Chiropractors Indianapolis Rathje Collins Radio Company Jack's St. SE Vincent's Jewelry Store Dorothea’s Guaranty Bank Parker Peng Probasco Jewelry 2Nd Ave Singer Sewing Machine Co 1St Ave Dial Marvin Potter Nixon 3Rd Ave Lovely Lady Beauty Shop First Ave. SE Bishops Artiste Beauty Salon 3Rd St Metropolitan Beauty Salon Paris Academy

Mrs. Alice Williams Dies While on Visit

Mrs. Alice M. Williams 80 widow of Frank E. Williams died Saturday evening in a DeKalb Illinois hospital while visiting her granddaughter. She was born November 17 1865 in Toronto Iowa and married December 28 1887 in Massillon. She moved to Marion 28 years ago from a Clarence area farm and was preceded in death by her husband last November 2. Survivors include two sons and five grandchildren with two grandchildren raised in her Marion home. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 1 p.m. at the Yocom chapel with Rev. James P. Gable officiating and burial in Mayflower cemetery Oxford Junction. Friends may call at the chapel.

Alice M. Williams Frank E. Williams DeKalb, Ill Toronto Massillon Williams Marion Clarence Tenth Street DeKalb Lloyd J Hawthorne Calif Mildred Stanton Cedar Rapids Tilton Yocom Chapel James P. Gable Mayflower Cemetery Oxford Junction

Services Wednesday For Mrs Pilcher 79

Mrs Martha Ann Pilcher 79 died Sunday at 8 45 p m at her daughter Mrs Guy Williams home five miles southeast of Marion Born November 5 1866 in Perry county Indiana she married December 22 1886 at Avena Illinois to J W

Martha Ann Pilcher Guy Williams Marion Perry County Ind Avena Ill J. W

Pilcher Family Rites Set After Longtime Illinois Roots

Obituary notes the 1914 death of Pilcher in Brownstown Illinois and 1932 move to Walker then 1942 arrival in Marion. Survivors include sons R E Pilcher and Jesse G Pilcher. daughters Eva Manes and Julia Ann Williams. 15 grandchildren. three great grandchildren. brother Oliver Sandage. Services in Yocom chapel with Rev J P Gable. burial Vandalia Illinois.

Pilcher Brownstown Ill Algona Yocom Chapel J. P. Gable Vandalia, Ill Williams

U S Chamber To Hold Meeting April 30 May 2

The U S Chamber of Commerce announces its 32nd annual meeting set for Atlantic City from April 30 to May 2 This will be the first annual meeting since spring 1943.

U.S Washington Chamber of Commerce of the United States Atlantic City

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