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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1937
Page
21
Chicago AP reports higher cattle hog and sheep prices as receipts for Thursday are cut. Official estimates show cattle 5,000 and hogs 15.00 amid tightened supply and market pressure.
Chicago and other markets show gains as hogs rise about ten cents to $10.35 top, cattle inch higher with prime offerings up to 15 cents, and a slimmer run reduces pressure on prices. Dressed beef trades remain sluggish though some wholesale carcasses edge up, with mixed results across regions and more robust demand from eastern buyers.
Hogs on the local market rise 5 cents across all grades with top price at 9.85. Wilson & Co hog market lists prices by weight class for truck hogs and packers, plus calf, lamb, and cattle figures including steers and cows.
A jumble of grain and produce prices appears for Cedar Rapids listings. Items include oats at 90c, corn at 70 lbs, soybeans at 10471 45, and various hay and straw rates, with numerous vegetable and fruit prices and assorted livestock notes interspersed.
Wheat prices moved erratically in active trading as crop damage and cold weather in the winter wheat belt supported gains late in the session. May futures hovered around 1.30 and May corn edged lower, with oats down and foreign buying providing late-hour lift amid a mixed cash market.
Fragmentary text shows mixed terms like New York AP News Market oils metals and futures with numbers such as 25 000 bars and prices around 2 to 4 dollars. The readable parts do not form a coherent event or story.
Market notes show steady to moderate demand across produce and poultry lines. Receipts and shipments indicate varied prices for items including white and red meats, eggs, and dairy. several stalls report stable balances with occasional increases in wholesale fruit and nut entries.
The Keokuk County meet begins in Sigourney with teams from Sigourney and neighboring towns. Notable matches include Seth Foalsh versus Thornburg and Rich Lind's squad facing Sigourney. Other planned pairings involve Delta versus Moet and Mount Pleasant at the event.
Buying waves lifted motors and steels 1 to 3 points on Wednesday as labor news cheered Wall Street. Briggs Manufacturing strike settled. Pittsburgh Plate Glass dispute adjusted. talks urged between GM and union heads. Exchange quieted during the President's address but later rose. transfers around 3.1 million shares. many major names advanced or eased.
Published by J E Bennett Co the page lists wide stock quotes from Adams Express International Harvester Allegheny Corp Anaconda Copper and many others with prices and percent changes. International listings show Canada Dry Paramount and other brands with mixed gains and losses across sectors.
Alfred E. Smith Jr blushed as he testified he was intimate with Catherine Pavlick a hotel tryst on May 6 1933. His estranged wife Betty Smith sat grim faced as defense counsel pressed for details of an after party rendezvous and the alleged extortion involving two men.
Mrs A J Phillips served as installing matron Vera Luhman marshal Emma Thoma chaplain Dorothy Douglass pianist for the new officers of the O E S Worthy Matron Glesner Webster worthy patron Lloyd Walter associate matron Nina Riser associate patron R C Huebner secretary Helen Behrens treasurer Bernice Walter conductress Anna Casten associate conductress Mildred Koevenig Ada Viola Collins Ruth Edith Lawvelle Esther Esther Kenney Martha Marguerite Thomson Electa Thelma Bruce warder Anna Sebastian sentinel Amelia Sander.
Hugh McKillip, one of Atalissa's oldest residents, died Monday. Born October 6, 1854, in Rock Island County, Illinois, he married Ellen Hayes in October 1880. Survived by his children Gertrude Miller Muscatine John near Muscatine Elmer Illinois City Laurence and Leo Atalissa, two brothers John Andalusa Jr. and Laurence near Moscow, four grandchildren and two nephews. Funeral at Cedar Valley Church Wednesday afternoon with Rev. Strong of Nichols officiating. burial in Kline Cemetery near Moscow.
Lost Nation Gardner chapter of O E S held a Monday evening installation in the Masonic hall. Inducted officers include Worthy Matron Mrs Erna Schepers Worthy Patron Paul Schubert Associate Matron Mrs Martha Myatt Associate Patron Frank Myatt Secretary Velma Ruggeberg Treasurer Mrs Laura Kramer Chaplain Mrs Mary Frazier Organist Mrs Alice Christensen Conductress Mrs Eunice Christensen Associate Conductress Marjorie Christensen Adah Mrs Velda Peningroft Ruth Glatha Pithan Esther Mary Seyfert Martha Mrs Irene Mohr Electa Mrs Helen Rutenbeck Warder Mrs Frieda Seyfert Sentinel E E Glick Installing Officer Elmer Schepers Installing Marshal Mrs Florence Dake Installing Chaplain Mrs Pearl Bowman Installing Organist Mrs Blanche Jorgensen
In New York, borrowers gained as the market priced in improved auto strike signals and stronger sentiment. Convertible issues like Central Foundry 6s and Studebaker 6s rose, while government Treasurys drifted down with most issues down modestly at midday. Mississippi River readings show mixed levels across several towns with Davenport near steady.
Mrs Leon Bird will serve the Rebekah lodge as noble grand for the coming year with officers installed including Tillie Meyer L S N G Louise Thoma warden Lottie Gruhn conductress Hazel Ewing chaplain Jessye Schroeder musician Delia Stone outside guard Hattie Casten inside guard Fern Hangartner past N G Melinda Schultz V G Clara Miller RS V G Anna Mae Schultz L S V G Mardella Schultz secretary Meta Schroeder treasurer Mabel Meyer The Star school paper at Postville will be edited by Kathryn Klingbeil Lloyd Luhman with staff and sponsors announced Marengo to host county newspapers Pioneer Republican Journal Tribune and North English Record died and other brief notes from towns including Clarence Baldwin Morley Hopkinton Anamosa Solon Calamus and surrounding areas
A bridge article illustrates careful play in a six diamond contract. It contrasts risky heart ruffs with the correct line of play after winning the club ace, showing that leading a low spade to dummy’s ten six avoids losing heart tricks and preserves discards on diamonds.
At the annual meeting the Marion Congregational church voted to shift the new church year to October and elected H D Allen as minister, Mrs. John T Christie as clerk, B F Mentzer as treasurer, and a slate of trustees deacons and committees. The session noted a substantial financial balance and announced minor changes in club memberships and upcoming activities across the town.
A compact price table shows three day service rates ending with 90 cents, 1.35, 1.80, 2.25, 2.70, and 3.15 dollars. The arrangement implies a tiered pricing structure for a short term plan.
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