Livestock Prices Mixed as Receipts Run Light in Midweek Trade
Chicago market shows light receipts keeping cattle and hog prices steady to higher. Cattle gains to 25 cents with prime fed steers topping at 10.35. hogs up to 10 cents, with wholesale pork prices slipping slightly. Iowa Minnesota and St Paul listings report steady to higher bids, while Omaha and Des Moines markets show similar softness in some fat lambs and mixed shifts across weights.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
Minnesota
Avenport
J RR
Cruzan
Dial
Sioux City Livestock Market Summary
Sioux City AP reports cattle receipts 1,500 with gains to 25 cents. beeftypes top around 8.25 per pound and 6.75 to 7.50 for lighter loads. Hogs receipts 3,000 with prices steady to firm. top hogs near 8.90. sows to 8.00. Sheep receipts 1,000 with fat lambs steady and red wooled skins mostly 8.25 to 8.50 or higher.
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ST. Paul
South ST. Paul
U. S
Cent
Omaha Livestock
Omaha
UG 8
Dept. Agricultures
Sioux City
U.S. Dept. Agriculture
Local Porkers Continue Upward In Hog Prices
The Wilson Co Hog Market reports a broad price rise across hog classes. Good hogs in various weight ranges show prices from 6.00 to 9.50 per hundredweight, with heifers and cows also listed and a general market for calves, sheep, and cattle.
Cedar Rapids Miscellanieous Market Prices Listed
Grain prices for Wheat Oats Rye Barley Corn and Soybeans published for Cedar Rapids with figures for No 2 and No 4 yellow corn. Hay Straw butterfat hens and stags prices listed along with wholesale fruits vegetables and hides including beef hides and horse hides with pony and glue hides noted as half price.
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Chicago
Bond Market Moves Mixed on Wednesday In New York
U S treasuries slipped while foreign dollar list showed a mixed pace. Philippine Railway 4s rose over a point and a half and Porto Rico American Tobacco 6s gained nearly nine points near noon. Alleghany stamped 5s of '50 rose about two points with several issues advancing fractionally.
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New York
API
U. S. Treasuries
Philippine Railway
Porto Rico American Tobacco
Alleghany
Consolidated Edison
S. Goodyear
Great Northern
Chicago Produce Markets Mixed Prices and Strong Idaho Russets
Chicago and New York produce trade shows varied demand and prices. Creamery firsts rise moderately while eggs and live poultry receipts shift, potatoes face slow demand with liberal supplies. Idaho Russets hold firm at US No 1 prices while Wisconsin and North Dakota lots show light activity. Chicago futures list butter and cheese with mixed high and low ranges and limited sales.
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Chicago
Idaho
Florida Bliss
New York
Mississife es Riner stages Davenport
The fragment notes a Hastings prep race with multiple place names and race times including La Crosse Prairie du Chien Dubuque Davenport St Louis Cairo Memphis and various rise figures. The text is garbled but lists results and changes across several locations.
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Mississife
Pressure on Wheat Futures in Chicago Trades
Early weakness at Winnipeg and brighter winter crop prospects pushed wheat futures down on the Chicago Board of Trade. May wheat fell to 93 1/2 cents, corn was mixed to modestly higher, and oats declined around 1/4 to 3/4 cent as limited demand and resting orders slowed declines. Export demand supported some shipments abroad while rain and favorable forecasts buoyed the winter wheat belt.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Chicago Board of Trade
Spain
Vladivostok
Liverpool
Sugar and Wool Markets and Foreign Exchange Rates Report
New York sugar futures eased with March No 2 dropping from 2.21 to 2.19 per cent. Boston wool sales were scattered with small to moderate volume but price tone steady to firmer. European currencies declined modestly against the dollar in noon exchange quotes with rates listed for major European and international centers.
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New York
Boston
USDA
Foreign Exchange
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belafum
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
Switzerland
Spain
Portugal
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Jugasiyaia
Austria
Hungary
Roumania
Brazil
Free
Tokio
Shanghai
Hongkong
Mexico City
Montreal
Railroads Junk Many Branches To Save Money
Washington report outlines how truck competition and mine or factory closures drive railroad abandonments. The Interstate Commerce Commission records show 100 to 200 miles of track being abandoned after years of operating deficits. The National Trucking Association cautions truck revenues are large but not all inclusive of total transport income.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Trucking Association
Congress
Stock Market Quiet After Leaders Fall On Slow Trading
The New York market opened indecisive as small offerings pulled leaders lower and trading slowed to a near standstill near the close. Only modest gains appeared among a few issues while 170000 shares traded on the old board in the morning amid broad caution and expectations tied to Washington policy.
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New York
Washington
Senate
House
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
American Can
American Telephone
New York Central
U. S. Rubber
Goodyear Tire
Johns Manville
Westinghouse
du Pont
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Sears Roebuck
Allis Chalmers
Chesapeake and Ohio and
Chesapeake Corporation
Wall Street Quotation Sheet Highlights Broad Market Listings
Daily quotations from Adams Express to Zenith Prods show mixed results across rail, steel, auto, and consumer sectors. Notable names include Kroger, Allied Stores, Anaconda Copper, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, and Westinghouse, with several firms posting fractional gains and others showing declines amid midweek trading.
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Bedemasts
Merchants National Bene
Adams Express
Keninesatt Goar
Alaska Juneau
Kresger Allegheny Corp
Kroger É
Allied Chemp
Lambert i Allied Stores
Lehigh Valley
Allis Chalmers
Libby Owens
Lis
Myers
Loews, Inc
Speartard
McLellan
Marshall
Mathieson
Miss” Cape
Amn
Amn Steel
Tel
Mont Ward
Amn “Inc
Natl Bellas
Armour, Co
Atchison T. & F
Atlantic
Aviation Corp
Nat Pow & IL
Baldwin Loco
Y Central
Balto
Ohio
Barber Co
Nor Pac Barnedail
Fore
No Am Co
Bendix
No Am Avi Beth Steal
Ohio Oil
Bian Knox
Otis Steel
Boeing Airp
Packard Mtr
Bohn Alum
Paramount Borden Cois’ Park
Utah
All Bore Warner
Patino Agnes
Begs Mie
Ben SF Seuiegts
Burroughs Ade
Penney JC
Cal & Hecln
Peoples Gas
Calumet IL
Philips Pet
Camp Wyant
Pitts Screw
Gan Pac
Gamble
Pullman Co
Berro de Pasco
Radio Corp Cirtalpetere
Sit
Keith Chea Goron
Reo Motors
Chesser
Mer
Safeway
Eeved
Coca Cola
Schenley
Col Palmolive
Seaboard Owl
Ervel Povack
Saoreny
Pac R R
Motors
Por Rico
Sperry Corp
Joe Lead Crucible Steel
Cub Am
Cudahy
J Deere and Co
Frisco
del L and W
Aia
Warner Douglas Air
Stone Webster Du Pont_de
Studebaker
Eastern
A Tex Corpns
Eastman Rod
Tex Gulf
Tex Land Tr
Thompson
Tidewater
Bond & S
Timken
Erle
Fisk Rubber
Traneamerica
Ford England
Fox Film
Freeport Tex
Uni
Uni Air Lines
Gane Uni Corpa
Gosbel
Goodrich
Goodyear Tire
Graham Paige
Virg Caro
He Hat Corp
Ward
Hayes
Warner Brox
Hecker
Maryld
Houston Oil
Hudson Motors
Hupp Motors
Weshie
el Ils Central
Ils
Inspiration
Hydro
Minin
Nickease Soe
Te ‘el
Zenith Radio
Manville
Zenith
Chicago
Mid-West Corp
Chicago Corp
Edison
Bwitt, Co
Cord Corp
Walgreen Dexter Co
February grain trading hits two year low on Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago reports February grain trading at a two year low with 424,102,000 bushels traded. Wheat futures averaged 15,744,000 bushels daily, the lowest average since February 1936, as trading compared with January’s 693,096,000 and last year’s 906,956,000 bushels.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Marion Mothers Club Elects Officers at Mexican Fiesta
Mrs Bernard Schenken was chosen president and Mrs James Fairley vice president at the Mothers club alumnae Mexican fiesta in Memorial hall. Thirty six women attended with Mexican costumes, candles, and music.
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Bernard Schenken
Mothers’ Club
Memorial Hall
James Fairley
Robert Hess
Lester R. Boettcher
Margaret Michel
Schenken
Marion
Harley Bowser
Cedar Rapids
Paul Kruger
Robert Hyde
Fred Lutz
James Fitzgerald
Paul Beach
Bowser
W. E. Peddycourt
Walter Reinsch
Kenneth Hoeck
Edwin Beadle
Eric Smith
Harvey Gipp
Walter Morrison
George Keyes
John Lines
Delbert Pugh
Minnesota studies curb cold spread with 2000 tests
University of Minnesota researchers led by Dr. Harold S. Diehl and Dr. A. B. Baker test six cold preventives on 2000 cooperating students. Results by year end will reveal which preparations have real merit in preventing colds, including a vaccine aimed at head colds.
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Diehl
A. B. Baker
The
Health Service
Local Announcements and Lost Pets in Cedar Rapids
Lest & Found of Cedar Rapids hosts the program. Des Moines pair Ralph and Mrs Harley visit J. F. Coakley home. Found dogs include a female springer spaniel and a female Irish setter pup. humane shelter seeks homes for others at 700 C Ave NE. Lost pets: bulldog female screw tail white stripe on head named Pat. wire haired fox terrier female moth old with reward. black and white male dog named Pepper. several missing items listed in brief announcements.
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Humane Shelter
Beauty Shops Advertise Permanents and Dine
A collage of beauty shop ads promotes permanent waves and services at numerous salons including Mary Nell's, Paramount, Helene, Mac's Beauty Shop, Stella's, LaVogue, and Kennedy's with prices ranging from under a dollar to several dollars. The Gazette notes its policy on honest help wanted ads and provides classified rates and examples for jobs and farm work inquiries.
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Fredetics Wave
Igwa Theater
Dorothea Krebs
Mer
Mary Nell
Paramount
Stella's
Dial
PERM
F.w
Mac's Bty
2D Ave. W
Helene Beauty Shop
Kennedy
LaVogue Big Shop
Ijrd Ave. E
America
Uel Novak Heating CO
Hawkeye Tin Suar
Roosevelt Transfer
Wave
C. Karr
el Ae
P ‘Ave
Cinders Kutchera Coal CO
Third Generation Takes Over Family Newspaper
John South Lewis becomes manager of the Woodville Republican, Mississippi’s oldest paper, continuing a four-generation lineage dating back to founder W. A. Chisholm. The note outlines past editors and ownership, including the Lewis family and Hartleys, with a referenced real estate lot sale of $650 dated 11-19-37.
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Woodville
Miss
John South Lewis
Woodville Republican
Mississippi
Lewis
University of Mississippi
Louisiana State University
W. A. Chisholm
The
Republican
John S. Lewis
Robert Lewis
John R. Gardner
Woodrow W. Hartley
C. E
Abbie P. Hartley
Orig Lisbon
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WILSON @ CO
Wilson's
Texas
Peter Fox Sons Co
Merchants National Bank
Telephone
Minneapolis
Montana
Samson Brothers & Co
R. Grey
Wall St
Gazette
Marion News
Frances Miller
Martha Ann Young
Zella Mae Fenlon
Helen Lagerquist
Loyce Schenken
Barbara Seger
Jean Clapp
Virginia Seger
Shirley Miller
Geraldine
Louise Smith
Mary
Evelyn Paula
E. L. Kohl
Oxford Junction
J. T. Gallivan
Theristrial Club
J. T. Christie
Anna W. Gray
Glens Falls
N. Y
W. R. Powell
Earl Welsher
O. O. P. Club
E. T. Gough
Randall Gould
George’ Richmond Grose
Tenth Street
L. C. Munier
Anna Claus
F. T. Fox Lodge No
B. of
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Grace Starr
Grace H. Starr
the Christian Church
Archie Milner
Lucile Douglas
Brotherhood
E. C. Hamm
Will Grassfield
Asia
Sylvester Curtis
Guy Berlin
LaVerna Crew
City Council
Seventh Street
W. C. Givens
Milwaukee Railroad
First National Bank
Amelgo Club
Amego Club
Hallwood Cafe
E. J. Miller
Schlitz Bock
Legion Hotel
Joyce Dearborn
King’s Daughters
Benefit School Dental Fund
Presbyterian Church
Edith Hagerman
Linn
W. H. Quass
Ralph J. Kendall
St. Petersburg, Fla
Mrs. Kendall
C. D. Stickney
Ray Anderson
Lions Club
Michel
Mr. Anderson
Canada
Sam Walker
East Eighth Avenue
Tennyson Club
Delbert J. Pugh
E. A. Lagerquist
Pierrepont Noyes
C. W. Rollins
K-V Cafe
Methodist
Teresa Naso Meci
Osceola Lodge No
William £. Elliott
Fred M. Blakeslee
Ze E. Bromwell
Ida McCy
King's Daughters
Willis Jordan
Sixth Avenue
Perkins Hospital
Diana Fret Club
Paul J. Fiedler
Fourteenth Street
A. C. Maxwell
Ralph Harley
J. F. Coakley
Fersons
the Gazette
Pountain
Larry Pe
Loan CO
She 3Rd
MAT
Kenwood Transfer
Probasco Jeweler
2Nd Ave. SE
WMT
KRNT
KMA
West Indies
Caribbean
Hawaii
Hawkeye Travel Bureau
Merchants Bank
Eas
Bell T
Cecil G. Book
F Ave
H. EK. Schaefer
Kresge
Acme
Richards College Pharmacy
Baker Butsch
7Th St
Allied van Lines, Inc
Lynch Transfer & Storage Co
Geo. B. Ludy
Allison
P.O
Nfleer Sign. Co
National Cleaners
2Nd Ave
Yellow Cab Co
J. H. Martin
6Th St
Gertrude Campbell
Thea. Ride
Myron Dolph
Yyror Dolph
C. R. Knitting Co
Sara Park
ST. BE
2Nd St
16Th St
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Call_Edison Pharmacy
Mautz
Walter Neal
S. Decorat
Reas
Washington Ave
Duster Bros
Cedar Rapidsz
Service Bureau
Teachers’ Bureau
Emery
Higley
Central Employment Agcy
Granby
Pidelity
Jereiekoes
What Cheer
Wantaden Armers
Eads
Baer
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