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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1936
Page
2
Official Friday receipts show cattle 2 000 hogs 22 000 sheep 7 000. Prices range with best beef above 10.50 and cows around 4.00 to 4.75. Hogs open steady near 9.25 with lighter weights pulling higher bids. sheep bids steady above 9.00 for natives and feeders, with ewes and feeder lambs noted.
Livestock bids held firm with hogs steady to 10 cents lower as heavy marketing and weaker future demand weigh against poultry competition. Top hog price slid to 9.75 dollars as receipts hit 34 000 head and the week total reached 140 000, a two year high. Pork loin wholesale prices rose one half cent per pound helping recover Wednesday’s loss.
Commodity totals show hogs receipts 34 000 with direct 11 000 and prices mainly $9.45 to $9.76 for 150 180 lb hogs. cattle receipts 6 000 with best yearling steers at $19.10 and loads around $11.50 12.00. vealers $7.00 8.50. bulls $5.25. sheep receipts 15 000 with fat lambs weaker around $2.90 down and best around $9.25, ewes $3.90 4.00, feeding lambs firm at $6.60.
Sioux City cattle market summary shows 2,500 cattle and 200 calves received by USDA at Sioux City. Better fed yearlings active and firm with mature steers slow. stockers uneven. Carloads of 1,080 lb yearlings at 11.25 dollars, other yearlings 10.75 to 11.00. Fat heifers and lighter descriptions downtrodden with prices to 700 dollars and below.
Associated Press reports hog prices in Iowa were steady to lower across Waterloo Mason City and Ottumwa. Prices vary by weight and grade, with 140-150 Ibs plants trading around 6.25 to 6.75 dollars in Waterloo and similar ranges in Mason City and Ottumwa for different weight classes and packing categories.
Hog prices fell across weight ranges in Austin Minnesota with 180-200 lb hogs at 8.40 to 8.70 dollars and 200-220 lb hogs at 8.75 to 9.05 dollars. Heavier 290-325 lb hogs traded 8.65 to 8.95 dollars, 325-350 lb hogs 8.55 to 8.85 dollars, and packing sow weights 275-550 lb ranged 7.80 to 8.60 dollars.
U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle receipts 2 900 with mixed trends. Better grade steers and yearlings steady near 9.00 to 11.00 per cwt, fat cows 3.50 to 5.50, calves around 4.50 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 13 000 with fat hogs up to 9.30, sows to 9.00, feeders scarce. Sheep receipts 10 000 with slaughter lambs steady to higher, Wednesday prices around 9.00 for good lambs.
Local hog prices ease slightly while others hold firm as good hogs drop 5 cents to reach a top of 9 dollars 15 cents. Market notes indicate broader regional steadiness with only minor adjustments in select lots.
Cattle prices show choice steers from 8.00 to 11.00 per 100 pounds with varied weights. Chicago cash provisions list wheat up to 1.24 and corn around 1.04 to 1.09 with mixed grades, soybeans 1.31 to 1.34, barley 65 to 80 cents, and timothy seed around 5.85 to 6.10 per cwt. Minneapolis cash grain offers No. 1 northern spring at 1.33 to 1.43 per bushel and No. 1 hard Montana varieties around 1.25 to 1.49. Oats No. 3 white about 42 to 57 cents.
Market listings from Cedar Rapids show grain prices for wheat oats rye barley and corn along with shelling prices for yellow corn and various feed crops. Produce and live stock prices include hens springs cocks stags eggs dairy and wholesale fruits vegetables and cured hides with regional price ranges and crate or bushel pricing.
December contracts drove a weak tone through a steady wheat market with liquidation and shifts in deferred months. December wheat at 1.16 15, corn mixed around 1.04, oats modest moves, soybeans up then little net gain as Illinois harvest progress steadies activity.
New York shares drifted Thursday as many leading issues failed to maintain gains. Dividend flow stayed robust though less motivating. several favorites rose modestly while others fell. Transfers totaled about 2,300,000 shares as bonds and commodities mixed and foreign currencies rose on the dollar.
The Prairie Chapel church women gathered at the home of Mrs. A J Dice to sew for the Ivan Domer family whose home burned Sunday. Dinner guests at the home of the Rev Hubert M Thomas Thursday included Mr and Mrs A J Dice and their family.
The condition of C. C. Carpenter, who has been ill for several weeks, remains about the same.
AP notes firm receipts for butter and eggs with specific class prices and car loads. Live poultry markets show mixed but steady to firm tones across classes including leghorn and Plymouth Rock, with dressed turkeys and No 2 varieties listed. Potatoes show steady demand and varied U S No 1 and No 2 pricing across regions.
Eggs receipts in New York show mixed colors and special packs with firm prices, standards and firsts varying by grade. Cheese receipts total 151 400 with prices steady, creamery and other dairy items firmer, live poultry steady to firm by freight with minor color differences.
Chicago futures for butter and eggs closed with modest gains across months. Butter held at 32 cents, eggs traded with fractional gains, and potatoes saw Idaho russet prices around 2.97 to 3.42 dollars for January and March contracts. Cheese stayed steady at 18 3/4 cents per pound for singles.
Davenport area river stage readings show minor changes with no overall movement. Prairie du Chien and Dubuque display stable levels, while Cairo and Fall River readings indicate modest elevations and declines in the stretch downstream.
The officers of the Methodist Men's Brotherhood will gather at 7:30 PM at the home of Fred C. Newlin for their meeting.
Miss Helen Crane and Miss Marian Van Fossen hosted a miscellaneous shower for Bernice Hillerege on Tuesday evening at Miss Crane's home. Pink rose decorations and a pink green white color scheme, games, refreshments, club songs, readings, a piano solo, and a Thanksgiving-themed program were featured. Attendees included local residents and guests from Cedar Rapids and Springville, with the grouping led by Mr. and Mrs. Umbdenstock and Mr. and Mrs. Bear. the club plans a December meeting at the Michel home.
Joe Cira was a business visitor in Iowa City on Wednesday, engaging with local firms and examining market opportunities during a routine professional visit.
Miss Ella Grant of Milton Wisconsin is spending a few days visiting her sister Mrs George Michel near Marion.
Mrs. Ora Crowner will host a Reading circle Friday at 2 30. Gold rush stories will be shared in response to roll call. Mrs. Ida Hall will oversee the program.
The Jolly Dozen club observes its second birthday at Arlene Guzzle's home Friday evening with a picnic supper as the feature of the event.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Kemp will entertain the Excelsior Agriculture and Literary club Friday. A refreshments committee of Mrs. Kemp, Mrs. Carl Falcon, Mrs. Oscar Martin and Mrs. D. I. Hosk ins is named and the program is in charge of Mrs. K. O. Knudson, Mrs. Carl Wiley, and Mrs. Harry Dunn.
The Marion group gathers at 7 30 this evening at the home of Mrs Addie Shumack for a program led by Mrs A E Miller reviewing act five of Othello.
Robert Foreman returned Wednesday from Clay Center Kansas where he attended his mother’s funeral after her death occurred the previous Saturday.
Interest grows nightly as the Christian church hosts a preaching mission this week. Rev. Irving E. Wade will speak on The Religion of Jesus in tonight's sermon.
Marion chapter No. 183 O E S is invited to a dinner Saturday at 6 15 p m by Malta chapter O E S Cedar Rapids honoring its past matrons and past patrons. Local members are invited to the initiatory work at 7 30 p m.
Mrs. Irving E. Wade Mrs. E. T. Gough Mrs. W. E. Fisher and Mrs. Herbert O. Allen attended a tea at the home of Mrs. H. H. Brownell Cedar Rapids for the wives of Cedar Rapids and Marion ministers.
Electa Circle of the King's Daughters meets Friday at 2 p.m. at Mrs. F A Peterson's home. Peterson conducts the devotional period. Roll call features verses of scripture on thanks. Mrs. Earl Welcher leads the program with the topic "Mary, Sister of Lazarus."
C B F Michel travels to Ames to join a Federation of Iowa Co operatives board meeting. He will help plan the program for the national cooperative institute set for next June.
Mrs M H Biddick will host the Fidelis Circle of the King’s Daughters Friday at 2 p.m. Two comforters will be tied during the gathering.
The Voters' assembly of St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran church will meet Friday at 7 30 in the church. The Rev Theo dore Hinck of DeWitt secretary of missions of the east Iown district and the Rev O Nieting of New hall visitor of the Cedar Rapids district will be the speakers.
Mrs Della Senninger and Mr and Mrs W H Balster and Mr and Mrs Arthur Newman traveled Thursday to Knoxville for a monthly birthday party at the Veterans Hospital.
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 a.m. Thursday totaled 39 700, up from 23 900 a week earlier and 12 500 a year ago. Prices ranged from about 6 55 for light 140 160 lb pigs to about 8 00 9 35 for heavy weights 250 290 lbs, with various bands listed for 160 350 lb ranges.
The Adeliza Daniels circle of the Priscilla guild entertained the Emma Kendall circle at a tea on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Karl Kendall. The event replaced the guilds monthly business meeting and plans were made for a December 2 picnic luncheon at Mrs. Guy Millers home. Dr Glenn Rowley will preach at Prairie Chapel on Sunday November 29 with a communion service and baby baptisms are invited. Mrs H M Thomas will preach next Sunday on the Power of the Holy Spirit. Youth members of the church elected Russetl Hughes president Wayne Carpenter vice president and Mary Bailey secretary treasurer.
Animal market notes show US Dept of Agriculture receipts with hogs steady to 25c higher at top 9.25 for 190-300 lb hogs and 150-180 lb hogs at 8.75 to 9.15. cattle receipts 3,500 with steers 9.00 to 11.60 and cows 4.00 to 4.75. calves 700. sheep receipts 3,500 with lambs 8.15 to 8.85 and top 8.85.
Mrs. A J Markland of St Louis visits her brothers Shelton Boyer of Bayard Nebraska Elmer Boyer of this city and Charles Boyer in Cedar Rapids. Mr and Mrs Harold Bender of Cedar Rapids were guests at a chicken dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs William J Beraneck on Wednesday.
The report lists multiple currencies with quoted cent figures and nominal values in New York. Rates include Great Britain 489 5 16, France 4 655 16, Italy 5 262, Belgium 16 912, Germany 40 24, registered 21 25, travel 22 25, Holland 54 09, Norway 24 58, Sweden 25 23, Den mark 21 85, Finland 2 1612, Switzerland 22 99, Spain unquoted, Portugal 4 45, Greece .90, Poland 18 86, Czechoslovakia 3 54, Jugoslavia 2 34, Austria 18 73N, Hungary 19 80, Roumania .75, Argentine 32 65N, Brazil 8 8044N, Tokio 28 60, Shang hai 29 75, Hankong 30 622, Mexico City 27 88, Montreal in New York 100 1854, New York in Montreal 99 81%. N Nominal.
Mr and Mrs C B F Michel entertained the Pleasant Grove Community club on Monday with forty four members and guests in attendance. A program was presented during the gathering.
Report notes small price adjustments on flour and cotton related items in Minneapolis. Family patents reduce a 98-pound bag price by 10 cents with totals around $6.90 to $7.10 per barrel. Standard patents drop 10 cents to about $6.60 to $6.80 per barrel. Shipments show bran around $32.00 to $32.50 and middlings at $35.50 to $36.00.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette lists consecutive day ad rates and formats for want ads including 2 to 7 line classifieds. It notes prices for one day three days seven days and special rates for work wanted ads and details submission deadlines and methods by phone mail or in person.
U S government loans rose to new highs in a mid day bond market session despite predictions of higher rates. Treasuries like 3 45s and 2 ½s edged up about one eighth to five thirty seconds. Several government guaranteed issues such as the federal farm 3s of 1949 and home owners loan 274s joined the advance while corporate issues including Bethlehem Steel 4 ¼s Loew's 3 12s Northern Pacific 4s Union Pacific 3 42s and Columbia Gas and Electric 5s posted fractional gains. Rail liens like Erie 5s St Paul 5s Missouri Kansas Texas 5s Missouri Pacific 5s and New York Central 5s saw small rises. An Argentine refunding offering of 23 5 million coincided with minor increases in Argentine issues and other foreign bonds also moved up.
Hundreds of turkeys geese ducks and chickens to be sold for Thanksgiving dinners through inexpensive Want Ads under THANKSGIVING SPECIALS classification 33 in the Gazette Want Ad section. Buy a share of this cash business by placing an ad.
U S bonds closed with Treasury 4s 47 52 at 121.30, 4s 44 54 at 116.29, 3 2s 40 43 June at 108.15, 3s 43 47 at 110.20, Treas S 106 5 46 49 at 109, and Treasury 3s 51 55.
Machine quilting dresses aprons quilts for sale at 428 1st St SW Dial 2-1410. Leaving for Los Angeles Nov 22 three passengers share expense New Car 2839. Alteration and repair work by Mr Whitmore at Dempsey's 417 2d Ave E. Rummage sale 1315 3rd St SE Friday Nov 20.
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