Hog Prices Rise Amid Tight Supply at Chicago Yards
Hog demand remains strong as heavy buyers push quotes higher at the Chicago stockyards. Receipts across major terminals total about 38,500 with Chicago alone taking in 22,000, top hogs around 7.50, averages near 7.20, while cattle and sheep prices vary by market with gains in East Buffalo and East St Louis and steadier trade in Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East Buffalo
East St. Louis
Buffalo
St. Lous
Parkers
Fred Tres Strane
Carly
Packere
Geur
ST Paul
Dent
Gerade Hotelier
Eie Neher Veaders
Barrow
Enlts
Montana
Cautious trading in grains yields erratic prices on Chicago board
On Monday traders at the Chicago Board of Trade closed December grain contracts with mixed moves. Wheat ranged from 74 cents lower to 14 cents higher, December old wheat at 97142 cents, December new corn up 3% to 7% cents, oats up 14 to 1% cents, December new 58 cents. Open interest remained high for December corn and oats, while futures held near narrow limits. Hog prices climbed to season highs, lifting provisions and pressuring corn. cold wave forecasts spurred buying in corn. Receipts varied with car counts, cash prices largely steady, lard futures at season highs.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Liverpool
Local Hog Market Trends Push Prices Higher
Prices continue to rise at the local hog market with top quotes reaching $720 as buyers seek Veridian and other buyers show strong demand into the midweek session.
Wall Street Ends Year With Modest Gains In Quiet Trading
New York prices edged higher in the final 1934 session as activity remained moderate. Major advances occurred in Consolidated Gas, American Telephone, U S Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors and Case, with about 950000 shares changing hands. Utilities firmed while grains eased. Coca Cola rose and U S Smelting gained in cash trades.
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Consolidated Gas
American Telephone
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Case
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Public Service of N. J
du Pont
Celanese
Radio
Borg Wagner
Scenley
Coca Cola
U. S
US Steel
American Can
Bond Markets End Year On Slight Downturn In New York
New York bonds closed the old year on a soft note with mixed results across issues. Government bonds edged lower as investors paused before year end while Treasuries showed modest losses. foreign issues also faced moderate pressure amid thin trading and shifting sentiment.
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York
Roview
Nfu
Apr
Bend Market
Transac
Greatyear
Ask
Chicago Produce and Futures Roundup
Record snippets show cheese receipts prices and general live poultry markets with steady to firm trends. Chicago futures mention butter egg and potato contracts with noted storage standards and price points for Idaho russets and January through March deposits.
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Treight
Chicago
County Receives 48375 For January Unemployment Relief
Linn county allocates 48375 in federal and state funds for January unemployment relief. County relief director Miss Cora Jacobs says the grant covers part of a 66842 outlay with 2555 cases listed as able bodied unemployed and about 2002 expected to receive work relief. Veterans relief funds are not included.
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Linn County
Cora Jacobs
Des Moines
Soldiers’ Relief Commission
Deaths of Joe S Horsky 39 Veteran Painter Civil War Vet
Joe S Horsky 39 a Cedar Rapids resident died at 113 a.m. Monday at his brother Milroy Horsky’s home after a long illness. He served eight months in France with Troop I Sixth U S Cavalry and belonged to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He is survived by widow Pearl two children Berry Hill and Joseph Jr his mother Mrs Fannie Horsky and brother Milroy. Funeral at Barta chapel Wednesday 2 p.m. with Theodore B Hlubucek officiating. Burial in Bohemian National cemetery with military rites. Friends may call Tuesday evening.
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Joe S. Horsky
Mallory Street
Milroy Horsky
Hamilton Street
Sixth
U. S. Cavalry
France
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pearl
Berry Hill
Joseph
Fannie Horsky
Milroy
Cedar Rapids
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Barta
Theodore B Hlubucek
Bohemian National Cemetery
Obituary notices for Mrs Josephine Cach and Oren Seavers
Mrs Josephine Cach aged 84 died at her Putnam township home near Ely after a brief illness. Surviving are two sons Frank of Cedar Rapids and Joe at home, four daughters all of Cedar Rapids, twenty four grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Burial at Roger's Grove cemetery after a service conducted by Rev Francis Pokorny. Friends may call at Barta chapel Monday evening. Oren Dad Seavers aged 68 died at his Cedar Rapids home after a lingering illness. He married Marian Kraft in 1889 and had a son Carl and two daughters both of Cedar Rapids. Also three brothers and five grandchildren. Body at Monahan chapel with viewing Tuesday.
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Josephine Cach
Putnam Township
Ely
Joe
Frank
Cedar Rapids
Ed Skalsky
A Sopousek
Bessie Clark
Anna Tomee
Roger's Grove
Francis Pokorny
Barta Chapel
Oren “Dad” Seavers
E Avenue
Marian Kraft
National Oats
Carl
If Clemmer
F. W. Berger
George
Fort Dodge
Robert
Pearl
Monahan Chapel
Death of Cedar Rapids resident Treavdd Graham at 27
Treavdd Harlan Graham 27 of 1007 Eighth Street SE died at a local hospital at 8:45 AM Monday after a five week illness. He lived in Cedar Rapids 17 years and is survived by widow Lucille, son Robert Donald, parents Arthur and Mrs Graham of Cedar Rapids, five brothers and three sisters. Funeral services will be announced. friends may call Beatty chapel 7 to 9 PM Monday.
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Treavdd Harlan Graham
Eighth Street
Cedar Rapids
Lucille
Robert Donald
Arthur Graham
Cedar Rayds
Harley
Rosal Graham
Rockford
al Cee
Everett
Thadeus Griham
Latha Flossinger
Jane Corporn
Oleta Tompkins
Tater Friends
Beatty Chapel
Mrs Mallon of Petersville dies of heart attack
Mrs Arthur J Mallon of Petersville mother of Arthur Mallon of Cedar Rapids died Sunday morning from a heart attack at Petersville. Survived by three other children Mrs Pat Quinlan of Delmar, Mary and Donald Mallon of Chicago. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning at the Catholic church in Petersville.
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Arthur J. Mallon
Petersville
Arthur Mallon
Cedar Rapids
Pat Quinlan
Delmar
Mary
Donald Mallon
Chicago
Funeral services for John J Kopetsky
Funeral services for John J Kopetsky will be held at 1 p m Tuesday at the CSPS hall in Solon in charge of the Rev Frank Heinrich Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery at Solon chapel Monday from 7 to 9 pm In the list of survivors the name of a brother Wes Kopetsky was omitted.
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John J. Kopetsky
Csps Hall
Solon
Frank Heinrich
Oak Hill
Friends
Barta Chapel
Wes Kopetsky
Funeral services for Charles B Clark
Funeral services for Charles B Clark were held at 2.30 p.m Monday in the Immaculate Conception church conducted by Msgr. John Motley. Burial was in Mount Calvary cemetery.
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Charles B Clark
Immaculate Conception
Msgr
John Motley
Mount Calvary Cemetery
Sugar Market New York Quiet Futures Mixed
AP notes sugar futures mixed as quiet activity prevails in New York with prices unevenly edged. wheat and flour futures show modest shifts while grains and stock items list varied price quotations across multiple producers and markets.
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New York
Nine Deputy City Assessors Named for 1935
The city council appointed nine deputy city assessors for 1935 on city assessor Dom Feiersisen's recommendation. Six returning from 1934, three to be replaced due to nonappointment. New appointees: M Daniel Helmich, Samuel Geiger, and J A Bundy.
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Dom Feiersisen
M. Daniel Helmich
Thirtieth Avenue
Samuel Geiger
Bever Avenue
J A. Bundy
Burch Avenue
Joe Wavrin
W. C. Bernstorf
Walter R. Payn
Newell PF. Alderman
Seventh Avenue
George M. Armstrong
Ninth Street
Merritt R. Heath
First Avenue FE
Arthur Ff. Mott
A Avenue
James F. Scolaro
Blake Boulevard
James H. Woodside
First Avenue
Public Schools To Reopen Wednesday After Vacation
Public schools and Edgewood schools will reopen Wednesday morning after the Christmas vacation. Schools have been closed since December 21 and Catholic schools will reopen Monday January 7 after the holiday session.
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Edgewood
New York Markets Observe Half Holiday On New Year
New York lead zinc copper and tin exchanges join in a half holiday on Monday. All Canadian and silver markets observe the same. Domestic and foreign markets will close Tuesday for New Year’s Day.
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New York
Burglars Leave 300-Pound Safe Empty in Chicago
Frank Horton finds his 300-pound safe empty after a burglary. The thieves ignored a nearby cash register with $100 inside. Police reported the incident in Chicago.
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Chicago
Frank Horton
Court News Updates on County Treasurer Election Challenge
A election contest involving Milo Sedlacek and James H. Yuill remains unresolved as attorneys expect to close the case Thursday. The board adjourned Dec. 21 to review a voting machine recheck which shows Yuill leading by two votes, while Sedlacek had been seen as the likely winner by 28 votes before the recheck. Differences in machine registries in Maine township and Marion Second precinct accounted for 30 additional votes for Sedlacek.
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Milo Sedlacek
Eighteenth Street
James H. Yuill
Yuill
Sedlacek
Maine
Marion
Stearns Seeks to Keep Office Pending Election Contest
Judge I C Ring approved an 1800 supersedeas bond for Stearns to retain Rapids township justice of the peace seat while his election contest is heard. Contest was dismissed by the board. W J Grunewald, Democrat, to assume duties soon. Stearns, Republican, was filling the unfinished term after defeat as an independent.
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I. C. Ring
Henry A Searns
Stearns
Rapids Township
W J. Grunewald
A. S. Reed
GS. Lightner
Will of Anna Harman probate and relief request
The will of Anna Harman of Cedar Rapids died Nov 23 and was probated in district court with Judge A B Clark presiding. Major bequests go to husband Oliver J D Harman and several relatives with executorship assigned to Oliver D Harman Jr and others. the will dated May 6 1927. A separate district court action by F M Burch seeks removal of soil pipes and sewers connected to his property on Ellis Boulevard NW with defendants Harriet B Pitts Margaret Stark Albert J Stark and Marianna Stark. Burch’s name misprinted as Buresh in a prior Gazette.
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Anna Harman
Cedar Rapids
A. B Clark
Oliver JD Harman
George A. Warman
Elsie Beranek
Minnie Hershey
Josie Brown
Oliver D. Harman, Jr
Daniel W. Warman
F M. Burch
Ellis Boulevard
Harriett B. Pitts
Margaret Stark
Albert J. Stark
Marianna Stark
Bureh
Buresh
Note Suit Dismissed Against Hawkeye Lumber Co
A $9,500 note suit filed by Esther Armstrong and Margaret Armstrong against Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Company was dismissed by the plaintiffs without prejudice at plaintiffs' costs on Monday morning.
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Esther Armstrong
Margaret L. Armstrong
Hawkeye Lumber and Coal Company
Marion couple wed in Methodist parsonage ceremony
Dr and Mrs F T Shadle announce the marriage of their daughter Freda Rose Young to Francis Shadle son of Mr and Mrs George Shadle Estherville. The 5:30 p m wedding at the Methodist parsonage was officiated by Rev John M Walters with Miss Mary Fernow and Delbert Hinch as attendants. They plan to live in Estherville after a wedding trip to Minneapolis.
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H. O Young
Tenth Street
Freda Rose
Francis Shadle
George Shadle
Estherville
John M Walters
Mary Fernow
Delbert Hinch
Fernow
Shadle
Estherville High School
University of Iowa College of Commerce
Sigma Chi Fraternity
John Grieg Grain Company
Montrose Hotel
Cedar Rapids
Virginia Shadle
Iowa City
W. D. Worst
Minneapolis
Marion Stores Closed for New Year Observance
Marion area firms suspend business Tuesday for New Year. Banks and public library shut all day. stores open briefly tonight for customer convenience. Local residents celebrate Or Waffle s seventy seventh birthday and fortieth wedding anniversary, with Billy Thomas turning fifteen. Announced marriage of Susie Ford to Don Wilson Dec. 21 at Anastasia officiated by Rev Green.
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Marion
O. G. Waffle
W. G. Thomas
Norman J. Waffle
Or. Waffle
Mrs. Waffle
Billy Thomas
Susie Ford
Ray Ford
Don Wilson
Lisbon
Anamosa
Green
Methodist Church
Eva Maxson
Lloyd Staab
Davenport Tavern Proprietors Fined In Bettendorf Court
Davenport tavern proprietors William McLaughlin Walter Wiese and Henry Behm were fined 100 plus costs 24 remitted after a Bettendorf court hearing for illegal liquor possession and gambling device violations. Marble machines found at Behm and McLaughlin premises led to gambling charges. portions of fines suspended. Justice Sachs commented on possible law obsolescence and urged legislative review of liquor laws.
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William McLaughlin
Walter Wiese
Henry Behm
G. P. Kuehl
Bettendorf
McLaughlin
Behm
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McLaughlin's
Sachs
Mrs James Smith 77 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs James Smith aged 77 died Sunday at 6 30 p m at the home of her daughter Mrs Fred Jessie in Coggan after a period of ill health since May last year She was born December 22 1857 on a farm north of Prairieburg and married James Smith in December 1876 The couple lived on a farm near Prairieburg then moved to Marion fourteen years ago Mr Smith died in 1933 The family includes seven children Cora Pillard Maude Jessie Minnie Birnside Ida Smith Ruby Truesdale Louis and Lester Smith and Mrs Smith leaves twenty five grandchildren and six great grandchildren
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North Eleventh Street
Fred Jessie
Coggan
Ruby Truesdale
Prairieburg
Louis Smith
Lester Smith
Woman's Christian Temperance Union hears talk on Iowa liquor laws
The Rev S S Smith spoke on Iowa liquor laws at a WCTU meeting hosted by Mrs Clara Wilson on Twelfth Street. Plans were made for World Day of Prayer observance January 10 and many community notices followed, including social events and club meetings around Marion Cedar Rapids and nearby towns.
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Oxford
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