This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1946
Page
11
The Chicago market shows steady to strong finishes for strictly good and choice steers while hogs hold at ceilings and lambs ease slightly. USDA reports show receipts of hogs 9 500, cattle 16 090, sheep 2 500 with varied prices across beef and stock categories.
A cluttered page lists personals jackets watches jewelry and beauty services plus home repair and moving ads. Entries include Madeline E Beauty Shop Hair specialist rejoining staff Vincent's Jewelry Store and various repair services from Globe Appliance Co Economy Rug Co and Morris Fur Shop with contact numbers and hours.
Wholesale prices listed for produce include Colorado celery at 81.45 per dozen, lettuce 5.35 per crate, Colorado onions 2.71 per 50, navels 5.89, Idaho Russet potatoes 95, Minnesota Red Triumphs 2.30, Colorado Red Beets 25.65 per 100 lbs, Red River Cobblers 2.60, Texas seedless grapefruit 2.65, Ruby Red grapefruit 4.40, Lemons 7.20 per box, Willow Twig apples 5.00 per bushel, plus various other items and unit prices.
New York stocks declined on Monday amid general selling pressure though late support trimmed early losses. Dow Jones averages closed near the previous level as many industrial issues traded lower while a handful of blue chips held steady. Detailed quotes show movement across financials, utilities, and prominent industrials with notable names such as Allied, IBM, American Can, and General Electric appearing in the list.
Cedar Rapids hog market reports ceiling prices with prime butchers 14.45 and packers 13.70 per cwt. Includes hog, calf, sheep, and cattle quotations with various weight classes and grade labels. Grain and other commodity prices listed. figures vary by yield and condition.
Salable cattle receipts reach 15 000 with 14 000 listed for sale. Slaughter steers and heifers largely steady to higher on top lots, cows steady to strong, bulls near steady. Stockers and feeders active with varied price ranges from feeders to choice beef calves and stocker heifers. Major packers taking moderate loads early, with prices quoted across a broad spectrum from below 10 to above 17 dollars per hundredweight depending on grade and size.
Cattle market reports show steady to strong trading for slaughter steers and heifers with bulk prices for good fed steers around 14.75 to 16.00 and choice weights near 17.50. Cows are varied and stockers steady while hogs stay active with barrows and gilts around 14.50 and sows at 13.75. sheep receipts include fed wooled lambs and slaughter ewes with higher asking prices.
Combined receipts in sterior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ended 8 a.m. Monday show hogs at 44 500 head, down from 57 000 a week ago and 41 900 a year ago. Demand remained active and steady with loads below last Tuesday. Prices quoted for barrows and gilts 160-120 lb at 3.75 to 14.45 dollars, 180-360 lb at 14.20 to 14.45, 270-450 lb at 13.45 to 13.70, and 450-550 lb at 13.40 to 13.70.
Fragmentary OCR lists meat prices and figures for several towns including Waterloo Ottumwa Austin and Des Moines. The text shows price ranges for pod packing sows and general butcher rates with inconsistent formatting and incomplete entries.
New York bond market drifted irregularly lower on Monday with some issues off 1 to 2 points at the final hour. Government issues held near recently established highs while overall activity showed restraint and a general downtrend appeared less steep than earlier.
Chicago and New York produce pricing shows butter, eggs, and cheese with varied receipts and quotations. Butter ranges 92 score to A and CA grades. eggs list multiple classes, secondary prices. cheese quotations sparse. live poultry and potatoes noted with arrivals and regional price spreads.
In Chicago on Monday May rye fell while distant oats moved near ceiling limits amid inflation talk. Wheat, corn and barley closed at ceiling levels. oats barely higher. rye largely unchanged. Cash wheat and oats saw limited activity with barley quoted nominally. Field seeds list varied prices for clover, alfalfa, timothy and other per cwt values.
In Plymouth Wisconsin a shipment of twin cheese blocks and cheddars sold last week at 27 cents per pound. The sale highlights the dairy market activity in the region with buyers showing steady demand for cheddar varieties.
Attorneys informed Judge J E Heiserman that three civil cases would not appear for trial. One case may be dismissed with settlements likely including a noon settlement in the Rickman versus John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance suit over a $1000 policy. Other actions include a probate case and two negligence or damages claims involving a veteran, a death of a youth, and an auto accident with damages sought.
Robert Connett of 945 Oakland Road NE was in St Luke's Cedar Rapids hospital Monday after a broken left leg and fractured collarbone from a Saturday night crash. He rode as passenger with Lewis Merritt of Marion 18, whose car jumped the road near Draport Inn, overturned, and hit a parked vehicle. Merritt released after treatment for cuts and bruises. deputies Harlan Snyder and Larry Condon investigated scene at 12 30 a m Sunday. The rear of Merle Fowler's 1425 Eleventh Street SW car was damaged when pushed into a car ahead.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.