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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1940
Page
10
Local market reports show hogs unchanged with steady bids across categories. Prices for choice and standard grades, cows and bulls remain steady. week’s listings reflect typical midweek activity with buyers awaiting further demand signals.
Market notes from Cedar Rapids list mixed farm prices and commodities. Wheat, soybeans, corn, hay straw and butterfat values appear with farmer quotations and wholesale fruit and vegetable entries. The fragmentary tally includes poultry, hides, onions, carrots, lettuce, and other farm goods with assorted unit prices.
Readable fragments indicate Wisconsin market coverage with mentions of prices and shifts across February to March. References include regional traders and Boston wholesale channels, noting a general moderation in price increases and market activity.
The report compiles diverse market items and prizes with many entries spanning Colorado Minnesota North Dakota New York and beyond. Notable names include Jim and Evy and several local firms listed with varied values and product lines.
A fragmentary slice shows Wall Street stocks and trading rooms with references to Je Bennett & Co WII Jame manager and a dense run of bank buildings. The text lists many company names, exchanges, and market figures, capturing a period mood of financial activity and daily quote chatter.
Stocks moved unevenly with Steel heavy losses dragging down the market while some coal issues and big names showed modest gains. Trading volume hovered around 600 000 shares as Pacian authentic negotiations and War related disruptions influenced U S Steel Beth Ichem Youngstown Sears Roebuck Douglas Martin Console and others with several utilities and power firms steady or down.
Chicago wheat trading showed nervous, erratic moves with prices down 2 to 2 1/2 cents on the board. Corn and oats traded irregularly, with small receipts and limited export sales noted. Kansas City led soft markets while Minneapolis and Chicago followed.
The notice outlines advertising rates and submission rules for want ads. It specifies in-town and out-of-town charges, box-number handling, payment in advance, and a ten-cent surcharge for out-of-town pind ads. It notes telephone submissions and publication deadlines for the Gazette.
New York bond activity shows demand for utility and tail bonds with mixed results across Treasuries and overseas issues. Reports note British Empire loans and international issues moving with market fluctuations, while Jones Averages reflect varied loan and bond trading alongside public utilities and industrials.
Clinton County Judge J. E. Purcell ordered the grand jury recalled on March 1 to investigate alleged irregularities in Clinton beer taverns. The move followed the arrest of a 15 year old girl in a Clinton tavern and the seizure of liquor from operator William C. Powers who was bound over for alleged sale to a minor. Police were directed to conduct a sweeping inquiry into tavern conditions.
Fourteen year old Larry Baker told his father he is fed up with Allied aid to Finland. The youth, an aviation enthusiast and former military student, plans to go to the war front, asking his father not to report him missing. Bernard Burke, 49, dies after influenza. funeral held at St Patrick's Coggan with burial in St Patrick's Cemetery.
In Kansas City Kansas an 11 year old boy Varis Larsen shouted I am tired of living and killed himself by strangling with a cloth looped around his neck as a door knob. His mother Mrs Agnes Larsen 45 described the family’s months of meager rations and his anger over lack of food variety. A brother returned with groceries bought from an unemployment insurance check five minutes later.
Classified notice announces a rabbit show at 220 First Ave NE from February 29 through March 3. Viewings are welcome and the event is geared toward families and children with various rabbit stock on display.
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