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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1949
Page
3
Chicago hog prices rise to levels not seen since late March with gains of 25 to 75 cents per hundred pounds. Cattle advance modestly amid steady to higher calves and mixed sheep and lamb demand. details show varied ranges for butchers and sows, with several load lots noted and feeder stock holding steady.
Cattle receipts include about ten cars fed to dealers. Good to choice steers 1 359 lb 26.25. 1 504 lb steers 25.50. 1 158 lb fed steers 26.49. Cows range 16.50 to 18.25, vealers 23.00 to 29.00, bulls to 22.65, odd choice veal up to 30.00.
USDA cattle sale notes strong demand for slaughter steers and heifers with steady cow bids. cattle, calves and stockers mixed. Medium and fed steers and yearlings brought 24.00 to 25.50 dollars, some 25.50 to 26.00 for top lots. medium to low good fed heifers 24.00 to 24.75. medium down around 23.00. cows 18.00 to 19.00. canners anddy 15.00 to 17.
Prices on the Cedar Rapids hog market rise a quarter. Prime butchers top at 20.00, packers at 17.75, with cattle and calf markets showing varied bids across weight ranges and classes, plus fruit, vegetable, and grain quotes and market averages from Bennett & Co. through Dow Jones Averages.
NEW YORK AP reports the stock market slid toward its yearly low Friday with small losses and many issues holding at Thursday close or edging up. Turnover ran around 700000 shares as prices sagged slightly.
Feeds and packers report varied cattle quotes with loads unloaded at southern Minnesota plants and multiple Iowa facilities. Prices listed by weight range show barrows and gilts and hogs trading around eighteen to twenty dollars per hundredweight amid regional activity and inter-state movement.
Chicago market reports early Friday declines across grains and fats as Crains soybeans and lard fall, wheat down 14 2 percent, corn and oats slip, rye lower, July contracts mostly weaker.
Chicago market notes show corn prices across several grades from No 2 at 8 5 to 1 37 with various decimals, oats listed with No 1 heavy mixed and white varieties at 66 to 70 percent, barley priced between 1 08 and 1 38, and soybeans listed as none.
Market 25c higher with top at 20 25. Butchers show weight brackets 160-170 lbs at 17 75, 170-180 lbs, 180-200 lbs at 20, 240-270 lbs at 19 25, 300-330 lbs at 18 76. Additional ranges 270-330 lbs and 800-880 lbs listed with varying values.
Plymouth Wisconsin reports no sales and two bids unfilled for dairy products. The listing includes a car colored cheddar at 30c a pound, a lot of 550 boxes white cheddar at 30c, a car colored single daisy at 32c, and a car colored Longhorn at 32c.
Cattle receipts about 200, calves 50, cattle around 1,225 pounds. Feature steers steadier in open but fine grades move up to about 25.75 per hundredweight. Other offerings are limited and the market remains nominally unchanged.
Market up about fifty cents with top hogs at 20.25. Butchers and sows show varied bids across weight classes from 330 pounds to over 500 pounds. Prices range roughly from 15.75 to 19.75 per hundredweight depending on size and class.
Live poultry receipts total 25 trucks with mixed hen prices and weights. Butter and cream items show unsettled to steady markets with varying grade prices. Potatoes arrivals on track with moderate supplies, whites in demand and reds steady. Bliss Triumphs priced at about $5.50 to $6.25 in Alabama and Arizona, long whites in California around $3.85 to $4.50.
The report lists butter prices with grades AA to C and various percentages, eggs with sizing like extra No 1 large, and several cheese varieties with wholesale figures. It references American whole milk, Cheddars, and Brass from 1947 1948, noting miscellaneous price figures and product descriptions.
Roosevelt junior high boys win the city track and field title with 66 5/6 points, Franklin 50 5/6, sweeping seventh to ninth grade events. Grove sets high jump record at 5 feet 3% inches, surpassing Ferguson's prior mark.
Cornell University library reports 1.35 million volumes with 50 000 added in the last year. Librarian Dr Stephen A McCarthy provided the figures.
Reliable estimates place the number of coin-operating vending machines in the country at about 3,009,000, excluding coin-telephones and parcel lockers.
Cedar Rapids council of social planning backed a new senior citizens group modeled after Kalamazoo Michigan. Capt Kyle studied that program before launching the Cedar Rapids unit.
Sixty seven Marion seniors received diplomas in the 76th annual commencement as Dr. Byron S. Hollinshead of Coe College spoke on education’s purpose. The program included a band concert, processional, invocation, choir, and diplomas awarded by Supt. C. B. Vernon and board president Paul E. Rose with Principal J. F. Swartzendruber assisting.
A joint assembly awarded perfect attendance certificates for the year to students across grades. Names include Lloyd Parton Frieda Nesetril Judy Meroshek Billy Peck Joan Drenkhahan Carol Goodrow Jimmy Wheeler Douglas Ozias Joanne Byse Stewart Carsner Janice Kent Jim Roberts Tom Mohr Kenneth Silker Diane Weaver Susan Shearer Raymond Fuller Kathryn Meroshek Paul Stimson Jane Kent Terry Conglin Albert Sperrino Jr David Konigsmark Marvin Hilmer Donald Freytag Stephen Carsner Mary Ann Fuller Shirley Camp Sharon Soden Edward Clark Linda Zrudsky Ronald Clark Johnny Shearer.
Vern White was reelected president of the Cedar Rapids men s bowling association at its annual meeting. Officers Frank Stanek Kenny Wagner and F T Stephenson were also re elected. New officers Bob Prucka and Cliff Teepla were named as vice presidents. Executive directors Gil Martin Ralph Evans Wayne Minek and F S Grandy were named. The group discussed electric eye foul lines for the coming season and debated the site of the next city tournament.
Capt W W Kyle of the Cedar Rapids Citadel announces a senior citizens recreational program for those over 50. The initial meeting is Friday at 7 pm at 1123 Third St SE with a Sloane School of Music program and Home League volunteers serving refreshments.
Rates listed for six and seven line ads across 1 to 8 days with various price points. The Gazette notes consecutive days pricing, small type ads, advance payment for out of town notices, and that ads run until publication Saturday or Sunday.
Multiple missing item notices from a city area include a black and white Springer spaniel named Midge missing since Wednesday with the dog nicknamed and contact numbers for return, a green billfold lost near a carnival with keepsake reward, an engraved purse from Mirror Lounge, and a striped umbrella left on a City bus with a reward offer. Personal notes also mention vacation time.
An old advertisement announces a sale at Buresh Motors and Jack's Store offering athletic shirts, knitted shorts, and window shades and venetian blinds. It promotes complete service and prompt help, with contact details and a cleanup reminder.
Dense classified blurbs feature fur storage cleaning repairing clocks nursing home space pickup and delivery services, alterations and tailoring, jewelry offers, ride shares, remodeling, lawn care and trades. Listings name shops and phone numbers across multiple streets and neighborhoods.
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