Hog prices rise at Chicago stockyards amid strong demand
Active demand for hogs in Chicago stockyards pushes prices higher by about ten cents. Receipts across five terminals total roughly 30 000 with Chicago handling about 20 000 as top prices reach 4 90 for best hogs and 6 70 for cattle averages. Steelman, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and East St Louis show varied but generally firm to higher activity.
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Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
East Buffalo
East St. Louis
Amt. Inc. Aye. Amt
Amt
Chicago Livestock
Dept Agricultures
Srrore
Otter Cope Spas
Naurace
TNA Lion
Kansas
Cincinnati
Local Market Rises for Best Hogs and Steers
The best hogs show gains on the local market with choice grades up a nickel and top figures around 420. Packing hogs range 300 to 340 pounds at about 415, with premiums paid by quality. Sheep and cattle also move, with steady cattle prices for heavy steers near 6.60 to 7.70 and yearlings around 4.60 to 5.00 depending on quality.
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Omaha Livestock Omaha
St Pyer
Gerade
Lambs V.a
Sinclair
Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Prices for Farm Goods
Grain prices for wheat oats rye barley corn and mill supplies. Poultry and eggs including hens broilers and leghorns with per dozen and per hundred weights. Fresh produce and vegetables with crate prices and vegetable items shown. Hide and leather prices listed for various grades and animal types.
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Kennery
Markets Chicago produce market notes chaotic OCR
Fragmented OCR text from Chicago markets shows scattered references to dairy and poultry pricing, grade notes, and supplier codes. The readable bits point to commodity receipts, grade descriptors, and shipment mentions amid garbled figures and stray letters.
Bond Markets Siphoned Into Bold Review Of Open Trade
A garbled financial note describes bond markets and a bold review of open trading. It mentions New York AP dispatches, investors, a knee action wheels demo, and various figures in a chaotic, OCR like render.
Cash Offerings of Wheat Stop Bullish Wave in Grain Pit
Bullish excitement on the board of trade faded as foreign markets faltered and cash wheat offerings surged. Wheat closed up around 5 to 11/2 cents, corn slipped, oats down. early highs gave way to a mixed session with heavy selling offset by demand. Receipts and cash prices varied, with Winnipeg and Canada reports bearish and later some stabilization in prices despite wide initial swings.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Canada
Foreign Exchange News From New York Market
Fragmented OCR text shows chatter about currencies and rates with scattered numbers and place names. The garbled items reference Norway and patterns of foreign exchange trading amid unclear context.
Wall St Stocks Turn Moderately Reactionary in Dull Trading
New York stocks opened dull with modest losses for rails and major names like Santa Fe New York Central U S Steel American Telephone and Chrysler. Transfers around 450000 shares.
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NEW York
Santa Fe
New York Central
U. S. Steel
American Telephone
Chrysler
Chicago
Borden
Coca Cola
Hercules
U. S
du Pont
Allied Chemical
McIntyre Porcupine
Bethlehem Steel
American Can
Western Union
Columbia Gas
Consolidated Gas
Westinghouse
General Motors
American Commercial Alcohol
U. S. Industrial Alcohol
Southern Railway
N Y Central
Union Pacific
Howe Sound
National Diststers
Schenley
Lightner suit against Sisters of Mercy settled
A mortgage foreclosure action by W H Lightner against the Sisters of Mercy was settled and dismissed after out of court negotiations begun last week following depositions to set a rental value for Mount Mercy under state debt relief law. The mortgage was renewed for five years in January 1933 with reduced annual payments and the Sisters paid the costs of the action.
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W H Lightner
Sisters of Mercy
Mount Mercy
Deniis Ponzi Seeks Pardon to Halt Deportation
Boston AP reports Governor Fly rejects Charles Ponzi's petition for a pardon to block his deportation to Italy. The former finance figure known as the wizard of finance faced removal proceedings, and the denial ends his bid to stay the deportation.
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Boston
Joseph B Fly
Charles Ponzi
Wizard of Finance
Ponzi
Italy
Dalton Pleads Not Guilty in Rail Spur Theft Case
In Louis, Frank Dalton pleads not guilty after testifying he bought a railroad spur from a man named Barron and that the 41000 pounds of rails were purchased in good faith and removed from ties.
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Louis
Frank Dalton
Dalton
Barron
Johnson recounts NRA aid to farmers and midwest tour
The report details NRA backed gains in employment and manufacturing payrolls through May 1934, with farm purchasing power rising from 50 to 85 percent of prewar levels by June. Hugh S. Johnson arrives in Waterloo IA for a midwestern tour to promote the NRA and defend the New Deal against political attacks. Local officials and lawmakers welcome him at the dairy cattle congress hippodrome as national recovery day celebrations unfold.
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Senator Borah
NRA
Hiram Johnson
League of Nations
al Smith
Herbert Hoover
Waterloo
Hugh S. Johnson
Corn Belt
Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress
Herring
Clyde L. Herring
Iowa
General Johnson
United States
A C Wilford
Johnson
Frances Robinson
Col
Robert Lea
Washington
Women Lawyers Form Own Bar Association in Kansas City
Nine years after two women were denied entry to the Kansas City Bar Association, they and twenty-five other women attorneys incorporated the Women’s Bar Association of Kansas City. It aims to promote study of law, social fellowship, combat discrimination in law, and cooperation with all lawyers on ethics. President Gladys J Miniace leads the group. Tiera Farrow and Louie M Byers helped secure incorporation.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Bar Association
Women's Bar Association of
Gladys J Miniace
Tiera Farrow
Louie M Byers
Sea Captain Declares Cannibals Amiable
Rochester AP report quotes Capt. Edward A. Salisbury who has spent four decades in remote regions. He says cannibals resemble four year olds and can be managed like children with distractions. He disputes boiling pots and claims cannibals prefer enemies as meals.
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Rochester
N. Y
Edward A. Salisbury
Cities Adopt City Manager Form Says Study
The University of Chicago Press reports 425 U.S. cities and six counties now use trained managers. The authors say the typical city manager is a college-educated 47-year-old with public service experience, serving about five years in the current post.
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Chicago
United States
University of Chicago Press
Clarence E. Ridley
International City Managers’ Association
University of Chicago
Orin F. Nolting
Association
Boston Marriage Licenses Show Good Increase
Boston reports a rise in marriage intentions in the first half of 1934 compared with 1933, totaling 770 more filings. In June alone 864 intentions were filed, eight eight more than June 1933, signaling a strong upturn in marriages.
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Boston
Great Outfielders Through Baseball History
Listing famed outfielders from past and present with teams and years. Highlights Cobb Ruth Speaker and a Boston Red Sox trio, plus 1921 Giants and 1911 Indians players. Includes questions and a 1934 copyright note.
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Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Tris Speaker
Speaker
Hooper
Lewis
Boston Red Sox
Pittsburgh
Waner Boys
Lindstrom
Ross Youngs
Emil Meusel
George Burns
Giants
Joe Jackson
Jack Graney
Joe Birmingham
Cleveland
Sam Thompson
Billy Hamilton
Ed Delehanty
Phillies
Jimmy Sheckard
Art Hoffman
Frank Schulte
Cubs
George Browne
Mike Donlin
Sam Merles
Wille Keeler
Joe Kelly
Walter Brodie
Baltimore
Dode Paskett
Mike Mitchell
Bob Bescher
Reds
Fred Clarke
Beaumont
Sebring
Pirates
Rogers Hornsby
Marion Mourns Mrs Ira L Jones Former Marion Resident
Mrs Ira L Jones died in Olympia Washington Tuesday after a year long illness. Born Sept 3 1890 in Central City she grew up in Marion and attended Marion High School class of 1907. She married 1914 to Jones who died six years ago leaving four children and a family in Cedar Rapids and Marion. Services will be held in Olympia Sunday and body brought to Central City for burial. Local clubs and golf events are noted along with community notices and various visits and appointments.
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Ira L. Jones
Marjorie Clark
Marion
Olympia
Wash
P. O. Clark
Central City
Marion High School
Jones
Order of Eastern Star
Congregational Church
Bernice
Stanley
Lynn
Gordon Jones
Cedar Rapids
Sabra Reed
Adelaide Avery
William Cunningham
Adelaide Jordan
Chicago
Clark
Miss Jordan
Rain Delays as Hornell Mayor Pleads for Silence
In North Hornell New York farmers gathered at the church to pray for rain during a drought. Mayor Philip Rockwell and local officials tried to maintain business despite the loud prayers. An executive asked the church to desist so municipal affairs could continue. Then a train arrived ending the scene.
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North Hornell
N. Y
Philip Rockwell
Rockwell
London Gold Leaf Adorns Big Ben Clock Face
London workers high above the street apply 24 carat gold leaf to Big Ben each day. About 250 dollars worth of gold is used daily, with each hit covered by a three inch square of pure gold to brighten the parliamentary clock.
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London
Big Ben
Houses of Parliament
South Africa
Mechanical Voice Enables Editor to Speak Again
Athens Tenn. up a mechanical voice helps Fred F. Wankan editor of the Daily Post Athenian talk after losing his voice two months ago from larynx removal. He inhales through a throat tube and exhales through his mouth with a reed vibrating to form words. He hopes to speak without the apparatus later.
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Athens, Tenn
Fred F. Wankan
Daily Post Athenian
Wankan
City Briefs and Personals Highlight Local Incidents
Firemen responded to an alarm at Cherry Burrell Corp plant due to low water pressure. no fire reported. W A Ninemaker reports a theft of sixteen gallons of gasoline from two cars and other small items from his unlocked garage. Jerry McMeel reports a bad check incident involving a 30 year old man who bought an inner tube with a $13.25 check drawn on a Waterloo bank.
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Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Ninemaker
First Avenue E
Jerry McMeel
Rockford Road
Waterloo
E. L. Martin
McMeel
Heat Waves Elevate 1000-Foot Eiffel Tower
Engineers report an extremely severe heat wave caused the 1000 foot Eiffel tower to extend about 11 inches from sunrise to sunset. The unusual expansion prompted measurements and analysis by the technical team.
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Fla
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Omaha
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Eighth Avenue
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Iowa State Teachers College
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