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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1935
Page
6
Market summary shows hog receipts in Chicago at 15,000 with 7,000 direct to packers. Prices up 10 to 15 cents, top at 7.65 and higher hogs held at 7.75, cattle 6,000 receipts, strong demand, and light sheep and lambs sold steady to higher.
Coast Guard cutters located the disabled fishing tug Vernon Too amid stormy Lake Huron and towed it to Harbor Beach Michigan. No report was received of another tug that set out from Osinda at noon Monday with a crew of three.
Hogs rise 20 to 50 cents Tuesday with top prices around 7.60. Choice cattle show steady to higher values across weight ranges including steers and heifers, while butcher and common cattle trade weaker. Bulls reach up to 250 dollars.
The Wapsie Valley Cow Testing association records show December feed costs at 258 cents per pound of butterfat and 626 dollars per cow. Clarence Cline’s 21 head Jersey herd led production with 746 pounds milk and 397 pounds fat. hospital herd 3 Holsteins produced 0.04 pounds milk and 0.375 fat. LA Thomas Brown Swiss herd 10 head produced 884 pounds milk and 3.76 fat. Other high herds included Kremer and Robinson.
Official tester Thom Hotchkiss notes in the monthly report that the State hospital herd of Holsteins is large with many good cows. He cites a rule limiting mentions to cows on a twice daily milking schedule and lists several cows producing between 50 and 60 pounds of butter per day, with others in the 70 and 80 pound ranges.
A jumble of names and places appears in a local notices column. It lists marriage licenses for several couples including Smith and Berth, Motiine Clark, and Richard Vick with Elizabeth Rhinehart, alongside unrelated names and scattered phrases about events, speakers, and church notices in Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas.
Edwin Filipi 1829 J Street SW crashes into a parked truck at Third Street SE between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. His father suffers a head cut. mother uninjured. Paul Grier 21 from 818 Eighth Street NW treated at St Luke's for a finger laceration after a car door incident. Charles Sewell 22 of 217 Fourth Street NW admitted to St Luke's with multiple abrasions after being found on Second Avenue and Fourth Street SE.
In Peoria a federal court case challenges section 3 of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Moline Tractor Works faced wage and hour code infractions arguing the NRA was approved without proper findings of fact. Lawyers contend the act’s delegation of power to the President and to trade associations violates the Tenth Amendment and Constitution.
The Vou department notified Senator Duffy that the department has chosen site No 7 on the Mississippi near Onalaska Wisconsin. The location is described as the lower site for the dam project.
ELen lacks confidence in men and advises her daughter to marry someone trustworthy yet warns against trusting him completely. The scene centers on parental caution shaping a daughter's choice in marriage.
"King of Hoboes" Hairbreadth Harry arrives in Cedar Rapids from Tama on a deadhead car to appear at the city jail suite. James Joseph Moan of Belvidere Ill proclaims himself poet and traveler and shows off a safety pin crown and inner tube footwear. The 53 year old Democratic self-styled monarch was elected at a hoboes convention and cites a poem to Governor Clyde Herring.
Fragmented OCR text reports on forthcoming and discharged charges in state courts. Mentions Artois Jackson and Ace Lae Meers among defendants, with unclear dates and locations. No clear verdicts or outcomes are provided.
Fragmentary message references Will Rogers, Santa Monica, guns, fees, and schemes. Mentions people, reverse ic pum, and 3030 WeSess watt op mee comm. Ends with sign off Voth and 325.
Chicago celebrated the New Year with record crowds, 20 000 reservations in the loop, and massive revelry. Bars and Taverns along the Rialto overflowed as champagne and costly liquors flowed freely. One hundred fifty special policemen managed traffic in a downtown celebration costing nearly half a million dollars.
A health piece by William Brady MD explains nervousness stems from physiology, not mood. It urges vigorous self chosen activity, such as shadow boxing or chores, to burn excess energy, restore balance, and replace sedatives with purposeful motion and play.
Veteran engineer Wolfe faces retirement after a 53 year railroading career with multiple lines including Burlington Milwaukee and a brief grocery venture. He began as a telegraph operator at Walnut Hill and in 1887 became an engineer. His memories include meeting Abraham Lincoln in 1865 as a smut boy.
An Indiana woman, 63, died after a months long illness. She was survived by a sister-in-law and multiple relatives. Funeral plans have not been finalized.
Jerome R Lighthart aged 34 died Monday evening at his Freeport home after a two day illness from scarlet fever. He was the son of Mr and Mrs J B Lighthart of 406 A Avenue NE and the brother of Mrs George Huxford of 1250 Elmhurst Drive NE.
The Cedar Rapids police reported light New Year's Eve enforcement with most arrests limited to intoxication or disturbing the peace. No serious charges were recorded as revelers celebrated Monday night into Tuesday.
Peter J Roeder aged 65 died at 12 12 am at his home 1801 Johnson avenue NW after a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow Elizabeth two daughters Mrs Earl Neivas and Mrs Richard Henderson and a niece Adelaid Roeder all of Cedar Rapids. The body is at Monahan chapel pending funeral arrangements.
Funeral services for Oren Seavers will be held in the Monahan chapel Wednesday at 2 p.m. conducted by the Rev. Frank H. Ward. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Funeral services for Donald Marian Graham will be held in Beatty chapel on Wednesday at 2 30 p m conducted by the Rev F J H Ward Burial will be in Linwood cemetery.
City briefs report S G Millburn of Cedar Rapids released to his brother after a police action in Waukon this week involving a motorized vehicle and a Decorah associate. Authorities described the incident as part of ongoing investigations into a staged motor matter.
Reader reports long term slant hives improved after calcium lactate and thyroid parathyroid treatment. Question about calcium and a dairy wine remedy arises, with notes on sugar lemon raisin wine and elder care tea baths. Cited concerns on elderly tolerance and tepid baths for children.
Ruth Dora Kruger daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Kruger of Marion married Arthur Robert Gless of New York City at St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church The Rev Carl E Krog officiated after which twelve guests shared luncheon at Koffron tea room Cedar Rapids Out of town guests included Mrs Martha Semmelmann Peoria and Mr and Mrs Walter Reinsch Riceville The couple will reside at The US Navy family notes and club meetings follow with various local society gatherings and post New Year activities listed for Marion residents for January 1935
Marion teachers who spent Christmas vacation out of town are due back home on Wednesday. The article lists numerous individuals and their holiday visit locations including Central City Akron Cedar Falls Chicago Stanwood Sioux City Decorah Cedar Falls Livermore Denison Alburnett Cedar Rapids Waterloo Sabula Delmar Springville and related relatives.
The item lists numerous ISU students and visitors returning or visiting over the holidays. Names include Eleanor Hanna Charles Hanna Burdette Hanna Mary Hanna Donald Arp Elizabeth Sloss Janet Lothian Myron Berry Robert Hutchinson and others. Also notes Mrs. Lawrence Walker and Donald Patschke traveling to Chicago, Janet Miller returning to Milwaukee, and Miss Mayme Haight Cedar Falls returning home. A Sorosis club meeting is announced and a Chatterbox Bridge club note.
Louise Friedman 65, formerly of Independence, died in Chicago after a paralytic stroke. Her body arrived in Independence Monday for funeral at St. John's Catholic church Wednesday with burial in St. John’s cemetery. She was born 1869 in Independence, daughter of Jacob and Mrs. Friedman, a Independence High School graduate who ran a Chicago dressmaking shop. Survived by brother Chris Friedman and sisters Delphia Friedman and Rose Friedman.
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