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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1935
Page
8
Report shows continuing tight hog supply with curbed demand in Chicago. Prices firming amid reduced volume, with representative sales noting lighter runs, higher last week than current, and steady to rising quotations.
A Cedar Rapids market listing shows grain prices for Wheat Oats Barley and Corn with multiple quantities. Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices include Oranges Lemons Bananas Strawberries and Cabbage with various weights and dollars per unit. Livestock section lists hides and cattle values with price notes and grade classifications.
Unclear market chatter from Chicago shows mixed signals with commodity prices and financial instruments fluctuating. Traders weigh supply data and external factors as headlines blur into a cautious session.
Wheat prices moved sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade with May wheat near 907.0 as traders weighed heavy rains and wet conditions. Corn and oats followed volatile trends while cash prices rose and delivery reports varied.
U S stocks cooled profit takers as metals rails and several specialties gained while utilities showed weakness. Major names like General Motors Chrysler and American Smelting saw modest advances with transfers around 1.15 million shares.
Fragmented OCR reads suggest a New York area update with scattered mentions of dates, numbers, and names. The legible parts reference events, locations, and figures, but the text is largely garbled and lacks coherent narrative or complete items.
Federal Judge A Lee Wyman sustained a demurrer in a Cedar Rapids case by fourteen former Toledo Peoria and Western railroad employees claiming $30 000 each for lost jobs and seniority in a 1929 strike. The action was dismissed for misjoined parties with potential separate suits to follow.
Ed Pokas and J D Augus tire, both of Cedar Rapids, were fined 300 dollars and costs each by Judge H C Ring on a liquor possession charge. Both pled guilty April 23 with sentence suspended upon payment plans by June 1. A prior liquor raid on April 5 led to the case.
Mrs W H Roberts 68 of Linn county died at 736 Central avenue after a prior operation. Born July 15 1866 in Knox county Ohio she moved to Linn county as a child. Funeral planned at Yocom chapel with Rev John M Walters officiating. William J Jones 66 died at 480 Seventh avenue from a heart attack. Both graves at Oak Shade cemetery. A Parent Teacher association formed at Lincoln school with officers and many members. Community clubs held meetings and socials at various venues with teas, breakfasts and programs led by local leaders and students.
Arthur McMullen of Quenemo Kansas earned his way through the College of Emporia by peeling potatoes. He worked in a batch bunch peeling about 110 pounds daily and totaled more than five hundred thousand potatoes over four years.
Mrs. Sarah Sphar of Castalia died from burns suffered after a roofing compound can exploded during an accident last Wednesday. She passed away Tuesday morning at Castalia after the incident and subsequent injuries.
Fort Madison Iowa AP Eugene Mahoney acting relief captain at Anamosa was appointed deputy warden of the state penitentiary at Fort Madison by Col Glenn Haynes. He will succeed E D Lee who resigns effective May 31. Mahoney previously worked with the US prison at McNeil Island Washington.
Cyrus Miller aged 74 living three miles southwest of Anamosa shot himself through the heart Tuesday morning. Despondency over ill health was given as the cause. Coroner not summoned. He leaves a wife and one daughter Mrs George Grass field.
The notice urges readers and advertisers to exercise caution when arranging automobile transportation with individuals. It advises exchanging references and conducting careful investigations before engaging services.
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