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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1937
Page
4
Chicago reports a modest hog price rally as only 11 000 hogs were received against expectations of 13 000. The top rose to 11 60 with lighter hogs higher, while wholesale pork prices eased 1 to 2 cents per pound amid ongoing demand concerns.
Hogs strengthened on the local market with all grades up about five cents and top hogs at 1.15 dollars. choicer hogs quoted around 1.12 to 1.25 dollars. Cattle market steadies. hay weaker. Wilson & Co market notes show mixed prices for hogs and assorted cattle and sheep in regions, with ranges given for 70 to 550 pound animals and various packing categories.
A dense catalog of market prices for grains, produce, and livestock. Wheat, rye, corn, oats, beans, hay, straw, poultry, fruit, vegetables, and hides are listed with varied prices and unit descriptions reflecting a local wholesale market. Names of items and price figures appear in scattered form.
Heavy selling at the Chicago board of trade sent July and September corn futures down the full four cent limit. Wheat and oats followed with varied declines as cash markets softened and weather-boosted conditions swayed trader sentiment.
Winnipeg market notes show wheat futures with July at 216 and October around 109, while Minneapolis cash grain lists receipts and bids for No 1 hard Montana and dark northern wheats. U S pricing covers corn oats barley rye flax and Chicago cash provisions with mixed quotes for No 1 yellow corn futures and soybeans, flour futures and mill feeds in Minneapolis and Chicago markets.
The report details receipts and prices across dairy butter eggs and potatoes in New York and Chicago markets. It lists specific measurements for creamery butter eggs potato varieties and live poultry with quotes on current offerings and steady to firm tones.
New York markets opened weak and drifted in a trendless zone as combined issues and broad sentiment offered little direction. Bonds commodities and currencies moved with minimal impact while leaders like Atlantic Refining Seaboard Oil Pure Oil and Standard Oil California showed modest gains amid slow transfers and cautious selling from Briggs Mfg and others. Major declines appeared in Dow components including Du Pont Boeing Goodrich American Water Works Consolidated Edison Goodyear and General Electric with a few mixed moves among Chrysler General Motors U S Steel Bethlehem Republic and J I Case.
Monday quotations show a wide range of equities with many prominent names including Adams Express Allied Chemical International Paper Allied Stores Amn Can Johns Manville Amn Tel & Tel Anaconda Armour May Department Store Philip Morris Standard Oil and others. The list reflects diverse sectors from mining to manufacturing and finance across major firms and markets.
Judge HC Ring to oversee a rearrangement of the current law and equity assignment and a new final assignment for the May term in district court on Tuesday at 9am. Includes unrelated financial note on United States bonds in New York and treasury prices.
Miss Molva Irene Sartth wed Lawrence M Werkman in a private Marion ceremony at the bride’s uncle’s home with close family present. The bride wore yellow net with a shoulder cape and carried white carnations. reception and decorations followed. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. S. F Bush of Iowa City and families from Hibbing and Cedar Rapids.
City council heard residents along H Avenue NW from Ellis Boulevard to Tenth Street at a hearing on a paving petition. Delegation split with supporters and opponents. Council tabled the proposition for a week for further check before action.
Nineteen Marian high school students travel to Iowa City for a two day state high school scholarship contest. Names and tested subjects include economics and English correctness across grades, plus American government and Latin. Other items note local illness, social meetings, and upcoming activities at Thomas Park and the Christian church.
Local attorney S V Shonka urged self reliance at Bohemian lodge memorial services in the Bohemian National cemetery. He warned that wholesale citizen demands risk dictatorship and urged keeping government out of private business while honoring forefathers who thrived on independent effort. The cold wind could not dampen a large crowd as 130 lodge members formed a procession to the platform, with music by Jansa's band and Czech school songs.
The girls high school department will meet at the church at 7 pm Tuesday. Mrs. B I Wooldridge returned from Edgewood caring for her 101 year old grandmother Mrs. Mary Wooldridge. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cousin of Paullina visited in the Paul Vore home Saturday. Mrs. Cousin and Mrs. Vore are cousins. St Theresa circle will host a benefit card party at Mrs. Winifred Kohl’s home Thursday afternoon with Bridge and five hundred. public invited. Mr. and Mrs. L M Phelps celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with a Delta Deck picnic and silver gift. Mrs. Carl N Owen is seriously ill with pneumonia. Mrs. W E Smith visited Dr A P Lambert in Monticello. Mrs. Willis Jordan’s pneumonia threat has lessened. Mrs. Alice Phelps of Marion and I A Summers of Conesville returned from a two weeks Seattle trip.
Fragments show multiple beauty salons listing permanent waves facial services and price specials. Advertised shops include Lavogue Beauty Shop Fete Fofooeo 308 10th St BE and Pidima's Barbers and Beauty Shop 610 Ellis Blvd with various perm and facial offers.
Albertus Perry of Morrison tells Cedar Rapids Rotarians Mussolini seeks control of Egypt and Gibraltar to build a new Roman empire. He claims Mussolini has won favor in Egypt and would destroy English power, presenting Arabs as eager for leadership.
City lands in Cedar Rapids ordered weed destruction by June and August 1937. Homeowners must cut or destroy specified weeds or city crews will do so at their expense. Damages to crops from destruction borne by property owners. Dated June 7 1937.
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