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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1934
Page
6
United States livestock data report larger pork in storage on February 1 than a month earlier and than the same date last year and the five year average. The Chicago market price for 20H-pound pork is noted at $465 per hundredweight.
An OCR damaged fragment references a drug called Bromo Quinuts and an advertising notice. It lists numbers and words suggesting a product ad or medical claim with unclear context and broken sentences.
Butterfat paid at 21 cents a pound by Garrison Creamery for the month of January. Total butter output listed as 92 531 pounds produced during the period with 3645 pounds of butterfat and shipments to markets. Also notes a Marion township corn hog meeting set for Friday at the American Legion hall in Marion, Linn County, from 10 am onward.
Fragmentary OCR mentions varicose ulcers and old sores with unclear names and places. Readers see references to treatment notes and potential medical guidance, but exact details and entities are unreadable. The piece hints at patient care and remedies without solid specifics.
Fragmentary OCR outlines potential reorganization of practice associations across Dakota and Minnesota regions. Mentions key entities and proposals, with unclear details on directors and financial figures.
Farm produce shipped by OS rail cars to market after a 43 day period. The report notes cars loaded with hogs and various produce, with a state agent confirming arrival and receive details. The article mentions farm goods, car numbers, and the speed of transportation.
The Gazette reports a first accurate count at 1221 corn hog contract signers across Delaware county as of Wednesday. Colony Oneida Elk and Delaware townships have completed campaigns and aim to be organized by March 1, with about 50 percent signing early payment riders and 15 to 20 percent signing the 30 percent aid reduction.
Conesville sale features poultry at 40 to 56 cents per dozen Leghorns. Farm auction lists with cattle and equipment including horses milk cows plows and harnesses. Prices noted for corn and farm tools appear in the sale catalog.
The Des Moines Co operative Dairy Marketing association received the milk marketing license effective Wednesday. The license sets minimum retail prices, defines distributor duties, outlines reporting requirements, and outlines a market pool to adjust producer payments. It covers Des Moines and surrounding townships with varied distributor classifications and price adjustments to ensure producer protections.
Anamosa fairgrounds hosts a consignment sale on February 17 at 1 pm featuring about 20 head of horses including farm and market stock, a selection of cattle including calves and heifers, breeding sows, furniture and machinery, and 100 White Rock pallets with 200 Bull Leg horn bullet items. Vendors urged to bring livestock by 10 am and contact EL Brickles or auctioneer Lee Bebee at the office phone 351.
Special to The Carette Ames Iowa farmers and wives want home repairs yet avoid borrowing money. Tabulations from the CWA survey show water systems electric power and general repairs as top requests. Electric power lines often skip farms, and some homes are wired but unused due to high rates, the reporter notes.
A farm foreclosure sale at George Renken's property near LeMars was canceled after authorities learned hundreds of farmers were en route to object. Adrian L. Bowers, federal cancelator, secured the cancellation of the sale scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
Blairstown Grain company at its annual meeting declared an eight per cent dividend on all outstanding stock. Last year’s total sales were 130 344 80 with purchases of 120 327 28, yielding a net profit of 423 36. Officers Henry Siekosr and Herbert were noted.
Friday February 16 at Town Livestock exchange Cedar Rapids C R and Co Stockyards sale Saturday February 17 closing out sale Edward Buresh eight miles southwest Cedar Rapids consignment sale Anamosa Monday February 19 auction George Smith twelve miles west Cedar Rapids auction George Minor miles north of Toddville 245 Tuesday February 20 closing out sale by J A Hidhiska thirteen miles south Cedar Rapids
At the annual meeting in Postville the board of directors announced a five per cent dividend. Merchandise sales last year reached $43,465 and stock sales $112,983. Gross earnings were $12,040.32 with expenses $4,494.09 leaving earnings on hand $7,546.23. Fred Benjegerder was elected president S A Green vice president Euclid Marston secretary Ed Green treasurer and Carl Sander manager.
A span of 15 year old mules sold for 180 dollars at the Albert Hendrickson sale eight miles east of Decorah. A ten year old mare weighing 1600 pounds brought 140 dollars. Milk cows sold at 24 to 33 dollars and yearling steers 15 to 20 dollars. Machinery sold well with a grain and a corn binder each at 70 dollars. Hay 12 to 14 dollars a ton, corn 40 cents a bushel, and eats 33 cents a bushel. Also filed in Winnishick were corn loans totaling 1867.50 covering eight cribs with 4150 bushels of corn in county records.
An old newspaper advertisement touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a remedy for bile flow and scudding toxins in the bowels. It claims improved digestion and renewed attractiveness, warning against laxatives and promising results when used as directed. It cites the 19838.C.M Co. and urges readers to buy at drug stores.
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