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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1938
Page
22
Friday hog receipts declined sharply to around 6,000 head, triggering a rapid price recovery with top quotes near 8.85 per hundredweight and pork quotations rising. Cattle and lamb markets showed steady or quiet activity across multiple cities including Chicago, Kansas City, and St. Louis with mixed volume and pricing.
U S department reports hog receipts 6 000 with direct 1 500. prices trend 10 to 20 cents higher for medium weights and heavy butchers at top 9 85. Cattle and sheep receipts steady to firm with calves and feedstock mixed. steers generally 7.50 8.35, heifers around 6 50 7 50, cows 5 50 6 25, hogs at Sioux City Omaha and St Paul showing gains for light to midweights, packing sows up to 8 65. Sheep steady with lambs near 9 00 and ewes above 5 00.
Hog prices rise on the local market with top grades at 9.25 dollars a hundredweight after a 20 cent gain. Good packers gain 1.45 dollars while cattle prices hold steady.
A market pricing sheet from Wilson & Co shows bulk hog rates across weight classes including good hogs from 140 to 350 pounds, fast packer and shoulder categories, calf and shelf markets with lamb and cattle quotations, plus rough values for steers, yearlings, heifers, cows, bulls, and canters. Prices listed in the ranges for each category reflect quality and weight bands, with several entries around 5.00 to 9.00 per hundredweight depending on grade and size.
A Cedar Rapids listing details prices for grains and commodities including wheat No 1 and No 2 oats rye barley corn soybeans and hay and straw. It also lists butterfat dairy prices and various meat hides with horse and pony values and related items.
New York bond notes show uneven trading with activity improving slightly in some issues while many inactive carries fall 3 or more points. Government Treasuries mixed with minor gains and losses. corporate issues such as Pennsylvania General and Northern Pacific show declines. weekly trends point to tighter rail sector gains and overall cautious sentiment.
Chicago market receipts for poultry butter eggs and potatoes show steady prices with mixed stock quality. Regional notes include Idaho russet and North Dakota produce with track sales and supply levels, plus Chicago futures for butter and eggs.
Wheat futures rose as Austrian tensions and foreign news influenced buying. May wheat hit 8815 cents while corn and oats gained, aided by midday export activity and shorts covering. Winnipeg and Minneapolis dishes showed mixed signals amid fluctuating cash prices and futures in Chicago and Liverpool markets.
New York sugar prices were steady with No. 3 at 2.18 and refined unchanged. Boston wool sales were small with French combing wools around 60 to 65 cents scoured. combine wools 45 to 47 cents scoured. European exchange rates rose on Austrian independence news, with noon quotes across major currencies and several world markets listed in brief.
A massive garage and filling station under construction in Helsinki claims to be the largest in northern Europe. The complex will house 400 private cars, a truck garage, auto accessory shops, and on the third floor two enclosed tennis courts with seating for 2,000 spectators.
Workmen laying plumbing lines for a model home on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway uncovered a 100 year old marble staircase about ten feet underground. Dated around 1840, the stairway was in perfect condition and included a lintel and ferrules thought to connect the house to the water main, as part of the Philadelphians at Home project.
U S stock market opens with declines of over two points but pulls back. Losses narrow as trading slows and late buy support emerges. About 900000 shares change hands. Weak sentiment follows Whitney failure and tax talk with foreign markets weak on Austro German tensions. Leaders include US Steel and Du Pont among losers. GM and Public Service of N J show resilience.
The page lists a dense array of stocks and prices from Adams to Quaker within Chicago trading, noting quotational figures for numerous companies including Amex Amn, Ford, General Motors, Union Carbide, and Western Union. Individual readings cover rail, steel, oils, consumer goods, and utility firms, with many entries showing percent changes and price levels amid a broad market snapshot.
New Orleans report states Viennese artist Dario Rappaport says Calvin Coolidge was his hardest subject and Herbert Hoover among the easiest. He lists Mussolini Pope Pius XI and Georges Clemenceau as other figures in a wide-ranging study noting Coolidge was impersonal and too cool for his taste.
Classified items list watch and jewelry ads with low price work guarantees from Katz Loan Co. Then a series of want ads seek an experienced maid, housekeepers, a bookkeeper, and other domestic help with box references and contact details. Notices span Cedar Rapids and nearby areas.
Old Timers recall Calamity Jane leaving a town with a lady from the stage for three years. She returned in a long skirt but immediately headed for a bar, drank heavily, and did not resume the attempt at civilized life, according to Charley Fales in Fort Pierre, South Dakota.
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