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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1948
Page
14
Chicago market reports show choice steers selling at 40.50 a hundredweight a five month high. Hogs extend declines by around 50 cents or more while other cattle ranges hold steady or rise. Iowa and Omaha listings note varied hog receipts and price movements across multiple classes with modest gains for stout heifers and calves.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market were steady to 75 cents lower Tuesday. Prime butchers top at 28.25, packers 23.00, with many weight classes and cattle categories listed alongside poultry and produce prices for various grades and weights. Includes calves, sheep, and grain market figures with assorted fruits, vegetables, and wholesale items.
New York traders showed brisk demand for railway issues at midday lifting rail shares to a majority gain. Overall turnover approached 1.3 million shares as the market held near the prior close.
Chicago prices extended losses as the market absorbed record southwestern receipts while corn and oats saw limited buying for July deliveries. Wheat slipped further toward the close, with July at 2.2834 and oats, rye and soybeans also easing amid damp, unsettled weather and strong export purchases lifting some spots.
Shareholders of International-Stacey 6 percent cumulative preferred and Class A common may trade their stock for Dresser Industries common stock at 50 cent par. The exchange basis is 7.3684 shares of Dresser per International-Stacey preferred share and 0.396 shares per International-Stacey Class A share, under a 1944 plan approved July 21.
AP dispatch outlines New York spot quotations with inconsistent figures for produce. Butter receipts at 1,196,814 pounds show higher bulk carton prices. Chicago produce notes list poultry receipts and prices for various fowl types. Market tones indicate irregularities across items with regional price references and carload totals.
Frank Zuhlke 74 retired railroad carman died suddenly at 230 Twentieth Street Marion. Born June 27 1874 Eldora he married Minnie Vanston March 6 1900 Allison. Surviving wife daughter Leta Hodges Denver sister Bert DeAmmon Mason City. Services Friday 2 pm Yocom chapel Rev James P Gable burial Oak Shade cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday evening.
Community items include a Marion class of 1933 girls picnic plans with Mrs. Roy Scott, carnival sponsorship by Marion volunteer firemen with ten rides, job ads at Marion Cleaners, and local visits. Also notes on hospital visits, travel, and a public notice of appointment of an executrix for H. H. Forbes estate in Linn County.
Public notice and classified details show want ad pricing for 3 Day 3 Lines and 7 Lines with rules about payment in advance. Includes funeral home contact and several Lost and Found notices referencing items like a Ford truck tire and wheel and a dark brown billfold with rewards.
Multiple ads show services from dent straightening and painting to auto work and rentals. Includes references to night wrecker service, jewelry, furniture, roofing, painting, moving, nursing, and job postings. Key entities include Rapids Chevrolet Co, Jack's Store, Rent-A-New-True, Greenberg, Swisher Pavilion, and Kenwood Transfer.
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