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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1936

Page

18

Hog Market Sags as Chicago Receipts Surge

Chicago AP dispatch reports hog receipts Tuesday far surpassed Monday, pushing prices down with most hogs and sows selling weak to 10 cents lower while light hogs held steady. Cattle stayed fully steady despite poorer killing quality as 8,000 head filled packers' needs. yearlings topped at 10.40 and steer carcasses at 9 to 16 cents per pound. Farmers' September livestock receipts totaled 798,765 head with payouts around 24.19 million dollars, hog returns 5.245 million and cattle feeders 16.818 million, the largest cattle fund this year.

Chicago

Chicago Livestock Market Report Receipts and Prices

Hog receipts 15000 with 2000 direct. top 10.40, bulk 10.15 to 10.40 for 190-249 lbs. sows 9.15 to 9.40. Cattle receipts 8000, calves 2000. best yearlings 10.40, weighty steers 9.85, beef cows 10 to 15 cents lower. bulls up to 11.00. Sheep receipts 9000. fat lambs 25 cents lower, best Westerns 8.75, bulk 8.40 to 8.50. ewes 2.50 to 3.50.

Chicago Livestock Chicago U. S. Dept. Agriculture OMAHA U. S S. Dept. Agriculture

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Receipts and Prices Reported

Omaha market notes from AP show hog receipts 6500 steady to 25 cents lower with various weight brackets. calf and cattle classes listed with ranges for steers yearlings cows and bulls. sheep lamb receipts around 11000 with lamb prices noted as low and weak to 25 cents lower.

Des Moines Hog Receipts and Liveweight Quotes

U S Department of Agriculture data show combined hog receipts at 21 confinement yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling 10 700 for the 24 hours ending Tuesday 8 am. Compared with 8 600 a week ago and 5 500 a year ago. Trade was steady to slightly lower with slow activity and some heavier loads. Quotes list pennings by weight class with prices per cwt ranging from 7 35 to 10 20 for various weight categories and packing sow ranges 8 50 to 9 90.

Des Moines U. S. Dept. Agriculture Iowa Minnesota

Cattle Receipts Steady with Mixed Grading at St Paul Market

Cattle receipts 2,800 at St Paul Livestock South St Paul show fed steers and heifers scarce and steady. Grass heifers dull, cows steady, bulls unchanged. Stockers and feeders mostly steady. Prices ranged from 4.00 to 9.50 per hundredweight with better grades from 8.00 to 9.25 for fed heifers and 4.25 to 5.25 for common grass butchers.

ST. Paul South ST. Paul U. S. Dept Agriculture

Market Cattle and Sheep Prices Dip in Monday Decline

Cattle receipts 10 500 with strong demand yet supplies steady to up to ten cents higher. Desirable dealer calves 7 50 to 8 50, top small lots 10 10, weights 190 to 250 listed at 9 75 to 10 00. Fat lambs weak with undertone down, bulk fat lambs 8 50, feeding lambs 5 85 to 7 00. Sheep receipts 7 000, mainly natives and Dakotas, 8 000 holdovers, no fat lamb sales.

Iowa Hog Prices Reflect Regional Variations

Hogs in Mason City show steady to light gains across weight brackets with 140-150 lb ranges at 6.75 to 7.05 dollars and 350-425 lb lines around 8.10 to 8.40 dollars. Ottumwa reports steady to 10 cent declines in many categories, listing 140-150 lb at 7.25 to 7.55 dollars and 500-550 lb at 7.70 to 8.00 dollars.

Austin Hog Market Hogs Decline Five Cents Per Pound

Austin Minnesota prices show hogs five cents lower with ranges for 180-200 pounds at 9.15 to 9.45, 200-270 pounds 9.55 to 9.85, 270-290 pounds 9.30 to 9.60, 290-325 pounds 9.10 to 9.40, 325-350 pounds 8.80 to 9.10, and packing sows 275-550 pounds at 7.40 to 8.60.

Austin Wilson's Good Packers

Hogs and cattle markets soften after price drop

Hogs are weaker on the local market after a 10 cent drop across all grades on Wednesday. The top hog price falls to 9.95 as cattle prices also retreat.

Sheep and Cattle Market Prices From Local Market Report

The market lists sheep at 140-190 lbs for around $8.00 and cattle with choice steers at 1100 lbs and up between $8.50 and $9.25. Reports show various weights for yearlings and cows with ranges from $3.50 to $8.50 for different grades, reflecting late market activity and quality categories.

Cedar Rapids Market Prices for Grain and Produce

The Cedar Rapids listing shows mixed prices for grain such as wheat at 1.05 to 1.10 and corn at 1.70 per 100 pounds, along with oats rye barley and soybeans. It also lists hay straw poultry eggs wholesale fruits vegetables and various hides with prices and unit measures across categories.

Sugar Market Mixed as Raw Gains and Futures Dip

Raw sugar rose five points to 3.40 in New York. Futures for November fell 2.50 to 2.47 and March slid 2.44 to 2.41, while refined sugar held at 4.75.

New York

Flour Market Report from Minneapolis AP

Flour carload lots per barrel in eight pound cotton sacks remain unchanged. Family patent grades hold at 7.30 to 7.50 dollars, standard patents at 6.85 to 7.05. Shipments total 20,802. Pure bran at 23.50 to 24.00, standard middlings 25.50 to 26.00.

Wool Market in Boston Sees Slow Trade on Tuesday

U S Dept of Agriculture notes limited activity in the Boston wool market. Territory wools in original bags showed calls around 57 to 87 cents scoured. Graded fine staple territory wools sold 88 to 90 cents. Fine Ohio Delaine wools brought 35 to 36 cents in grease.

Boston U.S. Dept. Agriculture Territory

Foreign exchange rates across nations and cities

New York AP reports mixed demand in cents for global currencies. Rates listed include Great Britain 9042, France 4.6755, Italy 5.2642, Germany free 40.20, Switzerland 23.05, Japan Tokyo 28.68, Hong Kong 30.69, Mexico City 27.88, and others with various nominal or travel quotes.

Foreign Exchange NEW York Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentine Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal J. E. Bennett & Co W.H. Jump Merchants National Bank Adams Express Hiram Walker Houston Oil Howe Sound Alaska Juneau Hudson Mtrs Allegheny Corpn Hupp Motors Allied Chem Ills Central Allied Stores Indus Rayon Allis Chalmers Inspiration Aine Gan Hebe Ne Bane Hs Amn Car & Fdy Loews Loose Wiles Anaconda Lorillard P Louisville G&e Eas McKesson_Rob Armour Am Marshall Eae Ae Atchison T SF Mathieson Atlantic May Dept Oe Auburn Auto Miami Copper Aviation Corp Baldwin Loco Minn Moline Balto Ohio Kans Tex Barnsdall ‘A Monsanto Beatrice Cry Ace Canada Packard Motors Patino Mines Ches Corp Pierce Pet Piltsbury cGw Pittsbah Plymouth Oil Svc Chrysler Motor Pulterns Gap Cities Services Race Corte Fee News Keith Col. Palmolive Reading Colo Fuelas, Rem_Rand Col Carbon Foe Corp 2Hta Crucible Steel Cudahy Pke Calif Curtis Wright Ind Curtis W Stand NJ Deere & Co Frisco Ave Power Ty Johns Manville Amn Intl Corp Kans City Kayser, Julius Amn Kennecott Cor Amn Rad Kresge Amn Roll Mills Kroger G & B Amn Smelting Lambert Amn Steel Fdys Lehigh Valley Amn Sug Rfe Lehn & Fink Amn Tel Libby Owens Amn Teb Byers AM Ohio Oil Cal Hecla Otis Eley Camp Wyant Owens Nh Cerro de Pasco Peoples Gas Phelps Dodge Ches and Ohio Phillips Pet Stone Webster Douglas Air Studebaker Du_ Pont de Tex Corp Een Ees Tex Gulf S Elec Boat Timken Det Elec Pow. & L Timken RB Elec Bond & S Trans-America Pediten Fox Film Ford England Foster Uni Aircraft Freeport Tex Air Lines Amn Ton Uni Corp'n S Steel Vanadium Gitetes Walworth Gimbel Bros Warner Bros Glidden Co Wes'n Pearyid Ios Caophel Ss - Civiks Ios Caophel Ss - Civiks) U Weeawe Oh Goodyear White Motors Wieneevee Ri Granby Copper Woolworth Zenith Radio Chicago Helleman” Am

Anamosa selects new Wapsi High Herald editors

Dorothy Miller is named editor for the school year at the Wapsi High Herald. Assistant editor is Julia DuMont. Sports editors are Warren Kellogg and Henry Scheer. Music editors are Louise LaChapelle and Har riett Lanner. Kathryn Mc Crea handles humor, Lois Herr features, Rowena Gordon personals, with Gordon and La Chapelle responsible for grades.

Anamosa Dorothy Miller Wapsi High Herald Julia DuMont Warren Kellogg Henry Scheer Louise LaChapelle Harriett Lanner Kathryn McCrea Lois Herr Rowena Gordon Louise la Chapelle

Canadian Export Purchases Lift Wheat Prices

Wheat prices rose with reports of Canadian purchases totaling about 2,000,000 bushels. Liverpool October wheat futures touched their highest since 1930 as domestic flour stocks appeared tight. Wheat closed firmer with December at 1.1414 38 and May at 1.1234 38, corn and oats also advancing.

Chicago Liverpool

Chicago cash provisions report summary

Chicago AP notes mixed grain and feed prices with wheat at 1.1834 for No 2 hard and corn around 1.08 for No 1 yellow. Soybeans No 2 yellow 1.20, timothy and clover seed values listed, lard prices stated. Market quotes reflect lake billing and nominal sales figures.

Chicago

Rail bonds lead market as gains offset slower activity

Buying orders for speculative railroad bonds dominated the market on Tuesday while U S government loans slipped slightly with few transactions. Frisco 42s St Paul 5s and Allegheny 5s posted gains of a half point or more as New Haven 6s rose moderately. International Hydro Electric 6s and related Abitibi 5s and International Telephone 5s advanced, with Hydro Electric reaching new highs for the year.

NEW York Bond Review New York Frisco St. Paul Allegheny New Haven International Hydro Electric Abitibi J. I. Case Deere U. S. Steel Bethlehem American Rolling Mill Chrysler Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck International Harvester Caterpillar Tractor Consolidated Edison International Paper and Power National Distillers American Telephone Western Union North American Santa Fe Pennsylvania Northen Pacific Anaconda Kennecott and Loews

U S Bonds Close With Varied Treasury Prices

U S bonds closed with severalTreasury issues trading at varied prices The 4s 47-52 traded near 119 The 4s 44-54 around 114 5 The 39-40-43 June near 108 4 The 6s 43-47 at 109 6 The 3s 46-49 around 107 2 And the 3s 51-55 about 104 31.

U. S NEW York U.S Treasury

Markets Chronicle Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts

AP reports Chicago market activity with butter receipts at 8 848 unsettled creamery and extra firsts price ranges. Eggs receipts 4 523 firm prices. Poultry movement steady with detailed price changes for hens, Leghorn hens, Plymouth Rock, White Rock, broilers, turkeys, ducks, geese. Potatoes receipts 67 on track with U S shipments 741 and weak demand. prices listed for multiple regional varieties and quality grades.

Chicago Plymouth White Rock Plymouth Rock U. S Idaho Russet Burbanks Washington Colorado McClures U.S Brown Beauties Nebraska Bliss Wisconsin Cobblers Michigan Cobblers Minnesota Cobblers North Dakota

New York Produce Prices Lead Dairy and Poultry Markets

New York AP reports weaker butter receipts at 12 640 and firmer creamery prices for extra and firsts with mixed scores. Cheese offerings total 406 541 steady. Eggs receipts 16 587 firm with color varied and standards at 29 cents. Live poultry steady by freight with Rocks at 18 19 cents.

New York

Chicago Produce Futures Report Summary

Butter futures close with storage standards for Nov 30 and Dec 31 as Chicago AP notes. Eye futures show refrigerator standards for Oct 25 and Nov 26 and Dec 26. Idaho Russets potato futures list Oct price at $1.90 and Jan at $2.40.

Chicago Idaho

Youth Held For Driving Car Without Consent Of Owner

Clifford Harrelson 18 of 311 Nineteenth Ave SW was arrested at 10 am Tuesday and will be charged with operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He is believed tied to a car theft from L R Olney on Sept 18. Accomplices Robert Suchomel 14 and Loren Amspeker 16 were arrested and charged with larceny of an automobile.

Clifford Harrelson Nineteenth Avenue Earl Stanley Harrelson Stanley L. R. Olney Sixteenth Avenue Robert Suchomel Third Street Loren Amspeker Fourteenth Avenue Olney Springville Suchomel Amspeker Hie Manney

Browder Threatens Return To Terre Haute For Speech

Earl Browder the communist presidential nominee says he will return to Terre Haute Indiana late this month for an unscheduled public speech and would defy police to jail him again.

Browder Terre Haute Hartford, Conn Earl Browder Ind

Texas History Collector Austin Man Builds 1000-Book Library

Frank Caldwell a traveling salesman from Austin Texas has assembled a library of about one thousand Texas history books over twenty five years. The vast collection covers early settlements state politics and notable figures offering rich resources for researchers and enthusiasts alike.

Frank Caldwell Austin Tex Texas

Marion Woman Dies After Long Illness

Mrs Herman C Fuhrman longtime Marion resident died Tuesday morning after a lengthy illness. Born Anna Marie Draeger in Milwaukee March 10 1871 she was the youngest of a large family and wed Herman C Fuhrman in 1890. Survived by husband two sons George in the Philippine Islands and August W of California and daughter Mrs Earl Cone funeral set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Yocom chapel with Rev E T Gough officiating. Burial in Oak Shade cemetery.

Herman C. Fuhrman Marion Anna Marie Draeger Christian and Henrietta Draeger Milwaukee Herbert George August Anna Fuhrman Philippine Islands August W California Earl Cone Yocom Chapel E. T. Gough Methodist Church Oak Shade Cemetery

Methodist women divisions plan Wednesday gatherings

The Sunshine division holds a picnic at Mrs. C. R. Creglow’s near Marion with rags to sew. Misses Emma Retta and Belle Courtney host the Gleaners at 2 30. Endeavor picnics at Mrs. J. C. Vernon’s Springville. Loyal division meets at Mrs. Fred Holsinger for a Kensington. Rich Keystone basket winners host a picnic luncheon at Mrs. Frank Gray’s. Rainbow division picnics at 2 30 with Mrs. Ina Dye Minor and others. Comforter division meets at 1 00 for a picnic at Mrs. Howard M. Titus.

Methodist Church Sunshine Division C. R. Creglow Marion Wilbur Shaffer Althea Seager Louis Mekota Emma, Retta Belle Courtney Endeavor Division J. C. Vernon Springville Fred Holsinger Kensington Marvin Edison Herbert Kullander Owen Turner Keystone Frank Gray Robert Oxley Ina Dye Minor C. W. Biggs Harry Horn Howard M. Titus

Linn County Veterans to Meet Oct 14 in Memorial Hall

Eugene Allen of Cedar Rapids plans Linn County Veterans association meeting for October 14 at Memorial hall in Marion. Robert Mitchell Woman's Relief Corps will serve dinner and invites all Comrades and widows of Civil War veterans. Carl Hendrickson of Cedar Rapids to speak. Allen is county commander. Prairie Chapel chicken supper noted.

Eugene Allen Cedar Rapids Marion Linn County Veterans Association Memorial Hall Robert Mitchell

Milroy Announces Republican Rally at Turner Hall Keystone

Keystone official James H. Milroy says a Republican rally will be held in Turner hall Keystone Thursday evening. George Studt will preside and the main address will be given by Carl Lambach, Davenport attorney, at 8 p.m.

Keystone James H. Milroy Third District Turner Hall George Studt Carl Lambach Davenport

Youth Conference At Center Point Aims To Engage 15 24

Mrs. Fred Liddle of Marion leads the older youth conference at Center Point Evangelical Church with Doris Snyder presiding morning session opens 8 30. Registration 60 cents includes banquet at six. Speakers include Rev J Renwick McCullough Rev I E Linkletter Rev Nelson Dreier director O G Herbrecht principal speaker What Seekest Thou. Afternoon speaker Rev Blaine Hyten. Banquet theme Youth's Journey and the Quest. Prizes for largest delegation. Also notes local club meetings and visits with Marion and Cedar Rapids participants.

Fred Liddle Marion Young People’s Linn County Council of Religious Education Evangelical Church Center Point Liddle Doris Snyder Cedar Rapids J. Renwick McCullough Ralph Hall Collis I. E. Linkletter Nelson C. Dreier O. G. Herbrecht Des Moines Blaine Hyten Elmerine Davis Trevelyn White

Birthday Celebration and Club Activities Report

A birthday party featured yellow and white cake with paper hats and candy favors. Local social items note various members and upcoming meetings including Entre Nous tea at Fleming Tea shop Cedar Rapids and several church and club events with chairs and hosts named.

Lois Nancy Barbara Miller Barbara Earl Crawford Anna Jean Forbes Beverly Lutz Joanne Crew Junior Parker Betty Lou Thompson June Galen Decious Theresa Moffatt Michael Agnes Mullaly George Clark Bobby Jean Mullaly Fleming Cedar Rapids R. Lee Taylor

Ad Line Sizes Listed in Various Line Configurations

The note lists line length options from 1.35 to 7 lines and 1.20 to 3.36. It appears to specify ad sizing standards across several formats.

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