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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
2
Chicago markets saw cattle prices mostly 15 to 25 cents lower with top steers at 17.25 dollars. Arrivals included 8,000 hogs, 3,500 cattle and 4,000 sheep as packers processed 1,500 head direct. Grain quotes and regional office details follow.
Iowa Minnesota interior hog market data show 24 hour end figures at 86 a.m. Friday with 24 100 head receipts, up from 16 200 last week and 39 400 last year. Prices listed for various weight ranges from 180 to 550 pounds with goods and choice sows quoted around 13.40 to 13.76 per cwt.
Receipts show hogs 3,000 salable with prices around 14.45 for 240-lb averages and sows and pigs 13.70 to 14.50 for feeders. Cattle receipts 2,200 with mixed bids. steers steady near 18.0 per 100 lbs, cows weak. Sheep and lambs 6 loads western lambs and feeders. fat lambs opening steady with natives 14.00 to 14.25. ewes and cull stock steady to weak around 4.2 to 4.3. Prices listed across Iowa markets from Mason City to Ottumwa and Waterloo with various weight ranges.
The Cedar Rapids hog market remained at ceiling Friday with top prime butchers at 14.45 and packers 13.70. Cattle and yearling prices range from 10.50 to 16.50 with various weight classes noted, and published by J. E. Bennett & Co with W. H. Jump as manager. Friday quotations list numerous stocks and prices across many listed companies.
Readable entries show grain and produce quotes including Old No 3 corn at 1 44 and Old beans at 1 88. New White No 3 eee 3 65c and No 2 oats 1 40 while No 2 barley hits 1 00. Straw hay and baled hay priced around 14 00 to 19 00 with other farm items such as celery potatoes grapefruits hides and calves listed in terse figures.
In a fragmentary item the notice references an unusual incident with ancient people imprisoning fireflies inside coconut shells. No clear bidders or actions are provided.
In New York the market showed a mixed day with special ties and carrier equipment stocks leading gains while many leaders lagged. Prices moved fractionally with gains and losses near the close and total transfers around 700000 shares.
In Friday trading, bonds showed few firm spots among rails and industrials with price changes small and activity slow. U S and government issues were a touch spotty, reflecting a cautious session.
Chicago price activity shows a slight rally in grains aided by talk of a December whisky holiday but fading demand late leads to broad declines. Wheat drops about 1.5 percent to 1.35 a bushel, corn down around 1 percent, oats and rye slip, while barley edges higher on nearby contracts.
Chicago market bulletin lists cash wheat No 2 hard at 168 per bushel with corn oats and barley prices unclear. Seed prices shown for timothy red clover and other forage items with rough figures per hundredweight.
Judge W. L. Eichendorf 55 of the Thirteenth Iowa district died at his McGregor home Friday morning after years of illness and a Rochester hospital stay. Born in McGregor he earned a 1912 Iowa University law degree, practiced locally, and ran the Updegraff office. Surviving wife a daughter Betty Jeanne a brother Harry Eichendorf a sister Lillian Reynolds and an uncle August Kranert. Services set for Sunday at 2:30 at the Eichendorf home.
Cedar Rapids business leaders ask parents and wives to send names and addresses of sons and husbands in German POW camps so presents can be delivered this Christmas. The Gazette outlines the request and aims to locate correct addresses for the prisoners.
Mrs Milo Wenger of 2066 Linn boulevard SE was elected president of the women s section of the Iowa Baptist convention which adjourned at Pella Thursday The Rev C W Harrop will speak on The True Light at the 11 am service Sunday Palo Methodist church Sunday school meets at 10 Pvt Shirley Parsons San Jose Calif added to WAC recruiting staff The WAC will close smaller stations and move personnel to central stations to dispatch reps to smaller towns
Several notices report lost items, including a brown leather purse with money and rations, pink shell glasses, a man’s wallet with identification and money, a black and white spotted sow, a Chevrolet hub cap, a black dress from Craemer’s, and blonde cocker spaniel puppies. Rewards offered. contacts include Mrs Willard Love Cedar Rapids Mrs J F Berry Woolworth Go office H L Clark Loyd Earliller and phone numbers 2 6727 2 6308 2 1456.
A cluttered page lists a reliable bonded pawn broker dealing in guns cameras radios and gear, Katz Jewelry across from the Post Office, Claxton Pharmacy prescriptions, Kresse Jewelry Store selling old gold and watches, Bugacide bedbug treatment, Richards Laboratories, Singer sewing machines for rent, a printing firm, watch and clock repair, and a request for an elderly lady caregiver in a clean modern home.
Receipts show butter and eggs with steady to firm quotes. Cheese buyers seek daisies and longhorns while live poultry prices edge down slightly on turkeys and roosters. Idaho Russet shipments and Wisconsin Chippewas show varied pricing across standard grades.
Irregular live poultry items including chickens rabbits and Leghorns with prices per pound ranging from 35 to 50 cents. Mixed extras and standard grades noted with totals and receipts.
Registered nurse seeks at home work and has done some children's sewing. Contact dial 7472 for details.
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