Cedar Rapids Miscellaneous Fragments
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1933
Page
8
Fragmented OCR text from Cedar Rapids miscellaneous items shows garbled phrases and partial words. Readable bits include disjointed terms and numbers, lacking coherent event or item.
Market report notes weak hog prices with declines across regional buyers. Packers and suppliers face pressure as demand softens and price levels fall from prior peaks.
Chicago reports volatile sterling influenced grain prices on the Board of Trade. Wheat slipped 2 to 2.5 cents, corn down about 1.75 cents, oats 1¼ to 1½ cents lower as buyers and hedgers reacted to unsettled monetary conditions and fluctuating quotes.
The report lists Wednesday quotations from numerous stocks and commodities, naming Consolidated Gas and Public Service of New Jersey among utilities easing under new laws for the year. Furnished by J. E Bennett & Co with contact details.
Receipts show butter and eggs with steady, unchanged prices. Quotations for potatoes and other produce drift, while futures for Chicago produce commodities edge in narrow ranges amid mixed demand.
Bond market notes indicate uneven trading with yields shifting as investors react to midweek data. Analysts cite a cautious tone from traders and modest demand at the long end amid concerns over inflation and rate policy.
J M Dinwiddie 81, a Cedar Rapids banker for over fifty years and president of Cedar Rapids Savings bank, celebrated his birthday Wednesday. He worked at his desk from 745 am until after 5 pm and urged pedestrians to obey traffic signals at crossings. He has long served as secretary of the Iowa Bankers Association and treasurer of Coe College, with family plans for a small birthday dinner at 507 Fairview Drive SE.
Fresh shipment Jones Sausage at Hladky's and Sauerkraut supper at First Baptist plus cafeteria supper at Central Park church. W L Harrison fined 15 dollars for speeding. Labor temple to hear Harry Gill tonight. North Western derailment causes short train delay. Two roof fires sparked by chimney embers on Calle tano Beltran and Joe Kovacik homes. Inter-Ocean building sprinkler system inspection found no fire.
Funeral services for John Ham ten Shaver pioneer and early cracker business promoter west of Chicago will be held in the Turner chapel at 2 pm Thursday. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery. Perry Williams, Perry Williams 1710 A avenue NE died at his home at 1139 am Wednesday after six weeks illness. He was born April 1 1876 in Galva IL and moved to Cedar Rapids twenty five years ago. He worked 23 years for Quaker Oats and is survived by his wife two daughters Ruth and Bertha, a son who died in infancy, a brother C R Williams of Peoria IL, and a sister Busie Snow of Galva IL. Funeral announcement will be made later. Friends may call at the Lur ner chapel.
Mt Vernon community notes report a man from Mount Vernon leading a new consistory class. The piece lists local church figures, appointments, and community roles with occasional names and places.
Edward Steele formerly of Cedar Rapids died after a hospital stay in Manning California Burial was planned in Banning He resided in Cedar Rapids most of life and recently in Manning He leaves a sister Minnie Kioof isan Prancie and a niece Ruth Ellis Other relatives include Mrs George Taylor and Janes Chadtonua Funeral services for James Joseph Chadimsx were set for 2 pm Thursday at Tarta chapel conducted by Father de Campbell with burial in Cedar Memorial Friends planned to gather at the chapel Wednesday evening
The court sentenced Hartzell to ten years for using the mails to defraud in a London based fundraising scheme tied to an unrecorded British heir claimed through a Drake estate. Prosecutors depicted a vast operation with hundreds of thousands of dollars claimed as foreign investment and a sprawling record from Elizabethan history to a washerwoman’s $8 investment.
Mrs Tessie Lloyd 23 of 516 B avenue NE was fined 10 and costs after intoxication arrest at 1230 AM near Pet Ritz garden on Third Avenue SE. Her husband Jesse B Lloyd 28 faced the same fine for a related charge after a window kick during a quarrel. The pair were treated for a leg gash in city jail.
Cloudy conditions on Wednesday afternoon stopped Cot Art Goebel from sky writing as planned. He will try again Thursday morning between 9:30 and 11.
State testimony nears conclusion in district court before Judge Mount in the Varner manslaughter trial. Clarence Varner of Cedar Rapids faced charges over the Oct 1 accident near Marion that killed 18 year old Lester Flick, with witnesses noting brake inadequacy and a rear impact as Flick rode along Highway 161.
Judge John T Moffit in district court awards 18 year old Della Elizabeth Kelley a divorce from 22 year old Howard I Kelley on cruel and inhuman grounds. Judge F Ellison grants 6 year old Charles E Arnold a divorce from 60 year old Anna R Arnold on cruel and inhuman grounds. Emmin Gay West awarded a divorce from Richard C West on cruel and inhuman grounds with custody of a minor child and support. The marriages occurred in 1932 and 1910 respectively.
The will of G I Waterbury of Toddville, who died Oct 26, was admitted to probate Tuesday. Bequests go to his wife Ramily Waterbury and his children Yager Waterbury. Yager Waterbury was appointed executor. The will dated Oct 17. The Chandler company of Cedar Napida holds $770.58 judgment in district court against Joseph Steiner on a promissory note.
Local federation speakers discuss Russian youth and state loyalty with a talk by Nelson Vance Russell at Coe College. The page lists varied society meetings, birthdays, church activities, fundraisers, sports results, and notices across Marion including gatherings, choir events, and community drives.
Iowa state railroad commissioners held two citation hearings at the courthouse regarding passenger motor operations between Cedar Rapids and Town City. Northwestern Light and Power faced questions over a 90 day suspension begun December 30 1932 and continued, with requests for further suspension rather than revocation. William F Hendrick and Stanley Jackson defended rights under a certificate and lease, with files citing insurance compliance issues. The full commission including Woodruff Webster and Conway attended.
C R Livingston assistant engineer of the Sixth Town district spoke at the courthouse to supervisors and county engineers detailing the national highway works program. It envisions 90 million dollars for 18 000 road projects and will put about two million men on road maintenance at once with roughly 125 workers per county. Each county will select projects for district approval including cleanup drainage fencing and grading. Also noted was a shift in tobacco market dynamics with substituted brands displacing 150 million pounds of American grown tobacco in 1932.
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