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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
14
Official Tuesday receipts show cattle 7000 hogs 17000 sheep 4000. Hog buyers faced liberal but in line run with steady prices near Friday's top of 10.25. Cattle and lambs show strength with yearlings and light steers in demand and prime show steer lots above 10. Livestock traders note narrow spread between good and common cattle due to demand for light weight steers.
Chicago livestock receipts total 17 000 with cattle and calves strong to steady. Hog prices top at 10.25 with various weight classes around 8.50 to 10.20. Cattle, calves and sheep show mixed demand as yearlings and light steers hold near 9.00 while heavy cows and bulls stay firm. Prime show type steers noted above 10.00 in some lots.
Livestock receipts at St Paul South block show cattle 4300 hogs 4700 and sheep 600 with varied prices. Slaughter steers and cows mostly steady to higher while hogs sell steady to weak amid narrow demand. calves and light stockers mixed with regional price ranges and weekly averages. Sheep July direct sales show few early spring lambs at value level.
Cattle receipts around 4000 yearlings and light steers active and steady to strong, medium and heavy beef steers slow but steady, heifers and stockers steady. beef cows 4.75 to 5.50, stocker cattle 6.50 to 7.25. Hogs receipts 5000 with bids mostly 9.40 to 9.75 for midweights, sows weaker. Sheep 1500 with lambs steady, yearlings around 9.00, ewes down to 3.50.
AP field report from Omaha shows hog receipts 7,500 with most under 240 lbs andtop hog price $9.90. Cattle receipts 17,500 with steady to firm steer and yearling prices. primes at $8.40 for steers and $6.50–7.50 for heifers. beef cows $5.00–6.00. bulls $5.50–5.75. Sheep receipts 4,500 with Idaho lambs holding $11.00 and up.
U S Department of Agriculture figures show combined hog receipts at 20 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ending Monday 8 am totaled 39 400 down from 41 800 last week and 27 800 a year ago. Prices varied by weight with buyers showing steady to slightly higher demand in spots and loading described as slow.
Hogs unchanged in Waterloo. Mason City reports steady, light hogs with 140 to 160 pounds at 8.30 to 8.60 dollars and heavier categories up to 9.70 for 180 to 220 pounds. Ottumwa shows a five cent rise in some weights, with 140 to 350 pounds priced across multiple ranges.
Austin Minnesota markets report a steady to five cent drop as buyers weigh large hog runs. Prices range from 9.35 to 9.65 for 180 to 220 pound hogs, down to about 8.85 to 9.15 for 290 to 350 pound hogs, with sows 275 to 550 pounds around 8.60.
Hog prices remain steady on the local market with the top at 9.70. Cattle values fall by 25 cents.
Market notes list bid ranges for hogs by weight from 150 to 550 pounds and packer prices for different carcass weights. Calf and sheep values appear, with cattle bids including choice steers yearlings and cows, plus general ranges for common and fair quality.
Grain and produce prices listed for Cedar Rapids including wheat oats corn and soybeans with numbers for shelled varieties. Wholesale fruits vegetables and cured hides with per unit prices and crate costs. Includes heavy hens broilers hogs and other poultry prices.
Foreign exchange irregularities list numerous currency rates for Europe and the Americas with Tokyo and Shanghai quotes. In Boston, the U S Department of Agriculture notes demand for territory wool remains focused on fine wool with French combing length at around 83.85 cents, with 85-86 cents for finer lots, and some movement of strictly merino coming blood wool at 70-72 cents.
Sugar markets show raw sugar futures trading with unsettled demand and price fluctuations as traders await further supply data. Market sources indicate ongoing volatility amid global crop expectations and refinery activity.
In Minneapolis, the flour market shows carload lot prices with ongoing listings for standard middlings and other grades. The notice provides figures around 19.00 to 19.50 per unit and mentions family patents and miscellaneous listings alongside an 1898 reference.
Wheat futures steadied on the Chicago board after an early drop sparked by rains in the northwest. July wheat near 84 cents, corn and oats mixed, rye steady. trading muted with some buying tied to a downstate market service and shipping demand cited as a market feature.
Chicago market notes show cash wheat and corn prices across multiple grades with no sales for rye. Soybeans list No. 3 yellow at 87 47/64 to 87 44/64 cents, No. 4 yellow 85 cents, barley feed at 30 44/64 to 48 92/64 cents, timothy seed at 3.00 3.25 per cwt, and clover seed at 13.00 19.75 per cwt.
AP Minneapolis cash grain notes reveal bid prices for wheat corn and oats with several grades listed. Prices cover No 1 heavy dark northern spring No 1 dark northern and No 2 dark northern as well as hard Montana and amber durum grades with arriving and delivered figures and futures-like month quotes for July September and December.
Receipts show butter at 16 442 firm with creamery specials at 28 3. extras 92 at 27 34. firsts 26 34. standards 27 4. Eggs receipts 32 814 firm with local extra firsts at 21. firsts 20 42. current slips 194. storage packed 22 4. Poultry receipts steady. hens 5 lb and under 18 2. over 5 lb 18. Leghorn hens 15 42. Plymouth Rock varieties with mixed prices. roosters 12 2. turkeys up to 16 0 15. ducks and geese noted. Potatoes receipts 207 on track. various U S No 1 4 65 to 4 75 across regions. supply moderate demand slow. quality ranges from heated to fair.
AP report from New York shows eggs receipts at 32 317 with mixed colors and various price points for firsts and middles. Butter receipts 10 858 with softer demand and price ranges for grades, cheese firm at 217 542 thousand pounds, poultry prices seen as weak with live chickens unquoted and turkeys 13 to 20 cents.
A terse Chicago AP futures roundup notes storage and egg fat prices closing mixed with brief standards guidance. Sl 4 287cc and June 22c storage details appear, indicating market movement and product specifications amid uncertain demand.
In New York, a few issues rose fractions and medium to low priced rails like Baltimore & Ohio 4s St Paul 5s Northwestern 434s and Illinois Central 4s drew demand. Government bonds traded lightly with slight price gains and treasury 3s 4s led early gains while France’s gold standard shift loomed as a potential market influence.
The United States air mail system provides direct service to 46 of the 48 states and indirect service to the remaining areas nationwide.
Cedar Rapids Saengerbund president Joseph Stark was chosen as second vice-president of the Central Illinois Iowa Saengerbund at the Saengerfast in Moline. About twenty five Cedar Rapids members attended. The 1937 convention will be in Peoria Illinois. The local Saengerbund plans a meeting next Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. at Ben Hur hall.
U S Steel leads gains with over two points as steel and specialty issues push higher. J S Case climbs nearly six, with several others up fractions to about three. Positive European news and domestic progress aid the rebound, while profits shrink in the final hour.
Published by J. E. Bennett & Co. stock table listing buy and sell figures for numerous companies and commodities. Key names include Adams Express, International Nickel, Allied Chemical, Amn Tel & Tel, Loews, Anaconda Copper, Penn Dixie, General Motors, Ford, Coca Cola, U S Steel, and many others with price quotes and percentage changes. The page also references contact details and office address.
Elgin Fink twenty son of Mr and Mrs C Fink has not been heard from since leaving town at eight p m Sunday on a red bicycle heading to the Henry Bartels farm west of Lincoln where he has worked since February first He did not reach the farm and a sighting near Grundy Center about ten p m could not be confirmed
Miss Marion A Secrist daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles L Secrist of Marion and C Arnold Carlberg son of Mrs Hanna Carlberg of Marion were married Friday in Chicago at the home of Mr and Mrs Nels H Carlberg. The Rev George Ehrich officiated with attendants Miss Alice Carlberg and George Reitz Chicago. The bride wore a white silk crepe jacket dress and bouquets featured red and white peonies. The groom plans to live in Chicago where he is employed.
Blairstown worker Dave Roth injured Monday morning when hit by an automobile one mile east of Belle Plaine. Driver is Fred Coulter of Randall Nebraska. vehicle owned by George Coulter of Elwood Iowa. Roth sustained bruises and severe lacerations after being thrown about fifteen feet.
Rev. Thomas J. Hinkin of Lincoln Nebraska opens a two week series at Sunshine Mission with nightly 8 p.m. services. He directs music and debuts new chorus Send It This Way Lord and a solo. His week topics include A Paternal Reminder The Need of Christendom First Things First Singing in the Major Key Venturesome Faith and A Real Winner Against Tremendous Odds. A Friday children's choir feature is planned.
Fire erupted Sunday night at Greendale Baptist Church during a fellowship service. Firemen found the congregation gathered on a corner opposite the burning building as they sang Count Your Many Blessings.
Mrs Frank McGillicuddy, a longtime resident of the area for 72 years and mother of Ed and Frank McGillicuddy of Cedar Rapids, died Sunday. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 9 a.m. at St Marys Church. She is survived by three sons and five daughters.
Mrs. Glenn Cheadle will host the K B B class picnic supper Tuesday at 6 p.m. assisted by Mrs A D McCann. A meeting for all Methodist church young people and parents regarding the Epworth League Institute will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Attendees at Herbert Chehock funeral in Iowa City Sunday include Mrs. Don Torrence, Mrs. H. W. Wiggins, Miss Josephine Wiggins, Mrs. Neal Bunting, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Winter, Norman J. Waffle, and Mrs. J. T. Christie who cared for Mrs. Chehock after the tragedy. Frank B. Travis travels to Seattle to visit aunt Mrs. N. C. Rice and to Los Angeles for summer work with George Buzza and Bill Rice. Cecil Ross of Los Angeles visits her parents. Mrs. Ralph Maxson, after Mercy hospital surgery, returns home for recovery.
The Child Study club moves its Wednesday 7 30 p m meeting from Mrs. LeRoy Benedicts house to Mrs. I O H Brennemans. Officers will be elected. The rest of the item notes social visits, picnics and honors across the community.
Bishop Edwin F. Lee spoke at a union meeting of four denominations in the Methodist church, outlining Christian work in Sumatra Java and the Philippines. Ralph Hanson Donald Bragg and Mary Ellen Granger sang, with Oxford club choir providing music.
Dinner guests at the G. O. Pyle residence include E. C. Hampton Hazel Hampton Gillmore of Cedar Rapids Robert Oxley of Marion and C. A. Pyle of Hollywood plus Miss Alice Vogel of Rock Island. The Chatterbox Bridge club hosts a 1 PM luncheon at Mrs. W. A. Jacksons home with Mrs. John Larkin assisting. The Oxford club of the Methodist church entertained Marion high seniors at a tea hosted by Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Hall Collis with performances by Lillian Ann Harding Mary Ellen Granger Arla Collis and Catherine Crane. About 25 youths attended with refreshments.
Officers will be installed at a Kenyanorang Camp Fire meeting tonight at the home of Mrs. Fred Lang after a picnic supper at 6. The supper serves as a farewell courtesy to Janet Elder and her mother Mrs. A. J. Elder.
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Announcements list low vitality tonic tablets with introductory price while a moving service at Kenwood Transfer gains local distinction. A young man offers to share travel expenses on a California and west tour. Beauty shops tout blocking service to restore knit garment style and shape at 6131. New Process Laundry and Zoric Cleaners advertised.
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