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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1935

Page

8

Hog Prices Jump Up To 9 50 Market Arrivals Reduced By Midwest Storm

A Chicago AP report notes hog prices rose to a top of 9 50 per hundredweight as weather closed routes across the Midwest. Receipts: cattle 6 000 hogs 9 000 sheep 9 000. Demand and higher prices spread to other markets as deliveries slowed.

Omatia Omaha Tapi U_S Dept. Agriculture NOGS ST _ PAUL SOUTH ST_ PAUL Chicago S Dept Pat Sinclair Bog Bincleir's Chicago Quotations, Co Lamson Brothers & Co R. Eisbrow Cedar Rapids Merchants National Bank Ing Winnipeg Wheatoper Suly

Local hog market tops $9.00 as prices jump

Local hog prices rose sharply on Tuesday with all grades gaining 25 cents. The top price climbed to $9.05 per hundredweight, the highest since October 1930, signaling a strong market for pork producers.

Towa Des Moines Dept Aericulture Minnesota

Grain market fluctuations driven by weather and stocks

Chicago trading showed erratic grain prices as factors clashed. Wheat rose about a cent, corn dipped slightly, and oats held steady. Dry conditions in key belts supported prices early, later cooled by rail stock downturn and liquidations.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Stock Exchange Longs North American Kansas Nebraska Texas Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Grain Plains Liverpool

Bread antiquity unearthed by Field Museum finds oldest loaf

The Field Museum of Chicago reports discovering a 3500 year old loaf of bread in Fayet. The ancient bake indicates early wheat and barley use and sheds light on Mesopotamian culinary practices. Researchers date the artifact to a Bronze Age period and note its preservation.

Field Museum of Chicago Fayot

Grain Market Summary and Prices for Wheat Corn and More

Chicago price quotes show APCAST wheat No 2 at 1011, No 1 hard around 116, No 2 hard 80, mixed No 3 around 101, corn No 4 mixed 82, No 3 mixed 81. Soybeans 2 sellers 122, barley 742.17 for 50 sacks, timothy seed 90 bags, lard tierces 1328, cash prices listed across multiple grain lines.

Cincago Cassie Chicago

Bond Market Notes From New York Review

The New York bond market saw scattered selling and mixed results. Treasury and corporate issues traded near par with small concessions, while a few issues held stronger gains or losses amid ongoing demand and policy signals.

York NFW Federe Tre Treasury Do Beeld Joan Iwans Pacific Gas Iime

Fire in Lockport Business District Causes $100 000 Loss

A blaze swept Lockport New York’s business heart causing about 100000 dollars in losses. Firemen faced strong winds freezing temperatures and snowfall as they fought the flames for hours before containment.

Lockport N. Y

Wall St. Stocks feel pressure as rails slide in late trading

Renewed pressure on rail shares such as Santa Fe Union Pacific and N Y Central unsettled the market in late trading with losses of a point or more while volume expanded on the decline. Sugar stocks and scattered specialties posted moderate gains amid a generally mixed day.

NEW York Santa Fe Union Pacific N. Y. Central Commonwealth Southern Preferred Prime Corporation U. S Sugar Borg-Harner American Safety Razor U. S. Smelting Westinghouse General Electric Freeport Texas American Can U. S. Steel General Motors Chrysler Montgomery Ward Case American Telephone Consolidated Gas Johns-Manville Baldwin Locomotive Common Preferred

Jap Group Invades American Embassy

Members of a super patriotic society gathered outside the police station near the American embassy and threatened a hunger strike until police returned their skull and crossbones flag. The emblem was seized after they invaded the embassy Monday to protest the Arizona alien land bill. Police refused, but the Patriots pressed their demand on Tuesday.

TORIO INS Super-Patriotic Society Arizona

Airmail Rates Rise On England to South Africa Route

Airmail poundage increased by 49 percent on the England to South Africa service for the quarter ending June 30, 1934, in comparison with the same period of the previous year.

England-South Africa

Fiancee denies lover’s deeper ties in tragic air crash case

Jane Du Bois died with sister Elizbeth after leaping from a plane near Upminster Essex. Kathleen Blakely, engaged to Flight Lieutenant John Forbes RAF, says Forbes showed no evidence of deep affection for the Du Bois sisters. Letters hint at casual acquaintance and possible engagement breakup.

Watford, Eng INS Jane du Bois Naples Kathleen Blakely Watford John Alexander Charles Forbes Messina Jane Elizabeth Upminster Essex Forbes Charles Miss Blakely du Bois

Barrow and Parker kin found guilty

In Dallas a federal jury found Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker kin guilty for aiding and harboring the infamous outlaw duo. Defendants included Clyde Barrow’s mother Comie Barrow and Bonnie Parker’s mother Emma Parker along with other relatives.

Dallas Tex INS United States District Court Clyde Barrow Bonnie Parker Comie Barrow Clyde Emma Parker

Death notices Blanche Kofron

Mrs Blanche Kofron wife of Louis A Kofron Twenty eighth avenue and J street SW Cedar Rapids died at Oakdale sanitorium at 205 a m Tuesday after a lingering illness She was born in Omaha Oct 10 1886 and resided in Cedar Rapids thirteen years She is survived by her husband one son Richard L Cedar Rapids two sisters Mrs N A Espegren and Mrs Arthur Klopp both of Omaha and three brothers Arthur Podolak Aurora Ill Kenneth Podolak Raymond Wash and William Podolak Des Moines She was a member of Cedar Rebekah lodge the Eastern Star of Council Bluffs and the American Legion auxiliary Funeral services will be held in the Polansky funeral chapel at a time to be announced later.

Blanche Kofron Louis A. Kofron Twenty-eighth Avenue J Street Oakdale Omaha Cedar Rapids Richard L N. A. Espegren Arthur Klopp Arthur Podolak Aurora Ill Kenneth Podolak Raymond, Wash William Podolak Des Moines Cedar Rebekah Lodge Eastern Star Council Bluffs American Legion Auxiliary Polansky

Funeral for Dan Skatt in Janeba Brush chapel

Funeral services for Dan Skatt will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Janeba and Brush chapel conducted by the Rev. F H Ward. Burial follows at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 7 to 9 p.m. at the chapel.

Dan Skatt Janeba and Brush F. H. Ward Oak Hill Cemetery

Supervisors Reject Bids On Oil And Gas

Linn county board rejects all bids on gasoline and oil for county needs after opening fifteen bids last Thursday deemed unsuitable.

Linn County Board of Supervisors

Marion table tennis champs crown Kellams over Coffman

Stan Kellams won the Marion table tennis title Monday night defeating Joe Coffman in five games 19-21 17-21 24-22 21-12 21-18. Coffman had earlier beaten Ken Murdoch and Kellams overcame Dr. H. O. Young in the earlier rounds.

Stan Kellams Marion Joe Coffman Coffman Kellams Ken Murdoch

Campaign to Block Utility Holding Legislation Stirs Protests

Washington reports investigators seek to identify authors of a large propaganda campaign against the Rayburn Wheeler bill to dissolve public utility holding companies by 1940. mail floods congressional desks, mostly from New England, while Rep Rayburn asserts organized pressure from holding companies.

Washington Thomas Cochran Benjamin Cohen New England Sam Rayburn Tex Rayburn Cochran Cohen Robert E. Healy Securities and Exchange Commission Federal Trade Commission

Chicago Produce Market Report Summary

Chicago markets show varied receipts with butter, eggs, and cheese steady to higher. live poultry firm with mixed weights. New York and Chicago futures reflect steady butter and egg prices, with storage standards and grade specifics noted for futures trading.

Chicago Efeddiac U. S Wisconsin Idaho Russell US Rock Springs Rock — Brotlers New York Ciicago Produce

Gazette Want Ad Rates and Ordering Details

The text outlines how to count lines for a want ad and apply the rate table for consecutive publishing days. It lists prices by ad size, days, and lines, plus a 10 cent surcharge for out of town ads and instructions for responding to blind ads via mail.

Io Lnes Gazette

Presbyterian prayer meeting moves to W T Jackson home

The Presbyterian church schedules a Wednesday 7 30 prayer gathering at the home of W T Jackson instead of the parsonage. Also notes funeral service for Rev W E Fisher in Montrose and a church business meeting at the manse Thursday evening.

Norman Waffle Tennyson Club Delbert Pugh Federation of Women’s Clubs Public Library The Presbyterian Church W. T. Jackson W. E. Fisher Montrose Mrs. Fisher

Lost and Found Notices From Local Listings

Multiple notices report missing items including a black and white female Springer Spaniel with puppies, a blue truck stake, a pair of glasses, a suitcase with baby clothes, a set of keys at National Cleaners, and a lady's driving gloves. Rewards offered and contact numbers provided for each item.

Inquire National Cleaners 2Nd Ave Williamsburg Lady's

Personal ads mix with retail pleas in Gazette listing

The Gazette personal section offers a mix of advertisements and notices from 25.00 REWARD for exposing immoral want ad activity to various vendors. Listings include trusses, abdominal belts, clothing alterations, drugs, book shop pitches, tailoring, stamp sales, repair services, and free theater tickets. Multiple names and addresses appear in a dense, fragmented page.

The Gazette May Drug Company Case B. P. Franks 2Nd Ave Paramount Theater Gazette Office SF Rosenthal Hall-Ekfelt Richards Col Phcy Worpere Bazaar McDonald Universal Book and Bible Hse John C. Winston Co Linn Co L. J. Levey Elizabeth Buchanan DAVIS Granby Ride Ginsberg’s 1St St H.C. Hart Metropolitan Harbor C R. Knitting Co Tom Mason 3Rd Ave Richards College Pharmacy

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