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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1941
Page
10
Traders report producers curtail shipments boosting hog prices by 15 to 20 cents while cattle and sheep receipts rise. Chicago and Midwest markets show higher bids for barrows, sows, and yearlings. reports note double digit gains for hogs and steady to firmer cattle trade with varied weights and classes reflecting ongoing supply shifts.
Livestock market notes from Sioux City and Peoria with cattle hogs and sheep price ranges. Reports show salable receipts around 2 496 to 3 500 for cattle and sheep, with steers and yearlings trading up to about 12.00 per cwt and hogs near 10.30 for 200 210 lb lots. fat lambs steady to higher in parts.
Local hog prices rise with hogs advancing up to 20 cents and packers 15 cents higher. Beef and cattle values show Choice to prime steers at 11.00 to 12.00 and Good to choice steers around 10.50 to 11.50, with various fat and yearling categories listed and sheep lamb prices noted.
Grain and feed prices list for Cedar Rapids including No. 131 90 No. 3 oats 40c, rye No. 2, barley No. 3 36c, straws. poultry market with chicken and duck prices. wholesale fruits and vegetables with lemons oranges celery lettuce onions and other produce price quotes. hides and animal byproducts with values for calf hides, horse hides, and ponies.
Wednesday quotations show Adams Express Alaska Juneau 274Iis Central 4g Allied Chem Indus Rayon 26 Allis Chalmers 28 Amn For Pow 16 Inti Paper 174 Libbey Owens 2644 Lorillard 16% McKesson 1454 National Biscuit 17 etc. Many industrials and consumer names listed with varied prices on page.
Wool market reports in Boston note increased demand with riots impacting sales. Prices for eroded French combing wools, fine clothing territory wools, and pre-helf blood staple territory wools ranged from 100 to 107 cents per pound scoured, with graded blood combing wools at 94 to 96 cents and one-fourth blood combing at 87 to 89 cents.
New York bond market showed small gains in quiet trading. Governments held steady while corporates such as American and Foreign Power 5s advanced. Foreign dollar loans also rose amid mixed stock activity with utilities and rails trading higher.
New York stocks slid modestly with opening prices strongest, but many industrial leaders fell. The market saw brief resistance in Caterpillar, International Harvester, United States Rubber, and Texas Corporation while United States Steel, Bethlehem, General Motors, Chrysler, Sears Roebuck, Boeing, United Aircraft, American Telephone, Union Carbide, Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific traded under water.
Nervous and erratic wheat trading dominated Chicago futures with a general decline. December futures at 1154-1154? 1/? cents. corn down to 11? cents. oats and soybeans also lower amid liquidation and end-of-day selling. Wheat and neighboring markets mixed in Winnipeg and Chicago cash quotes.
Chicago market receipts show poultry butter eggs and cheese with steady to firm trends. Idaho russet burbanks and other regional potatoes shift in price while New York dairy prices reflect higher butter scores and steady cheese and egg values.
Funeral services for Mrs Helen Coffman Schodde formerly of Cedar Rapids held in Denver and Cedar Rapids with burial in Turner chapel Cedar Rapids. William Henry Lingel died at 81 on his Ely farm after nine weeks illness. funeral at Brosh Solon and burial in Oakland cemetery Solon. survivors and calling hours noted.
Funeral services for Charles H. Bull who died at his daughter's home will be held at 2 p m Thursday in Beloit Wisconsin at the Ross man Uehling Kinzer company chapel. The body will be taken from the Turner chapel to Beloit for the service. Burial will be in Linwood cemetery and flowers are to be omitted. Friends may call at the chapel. No service here.
Superintendent Arthur Deamer says war turmoil in Europe and China does not render histories outdated. Cedar Rapids public schools purchased new geography and history texts for the fall term and will buy more next June. The study notes that European geography rivers and hills persist despite boundary changes.
The Gazette lists telephone accepted ads for Cedar Rapids readers with pricing by ad length and day counts. It notes rates for 11 to 223 words, day limits, and example classifieds including lost items and services offered, with contact DIAL numbers and policy on errors.
David Stewart 70 former West Branch resident died at home Tuesday night after a long illness. Born Davenport Aug 6 1871 he lived with brother Jesse Stewart 2320 Johnson Ave NW. Survived by wife Lydia son Edwin of Elmore Minn two stepchildren Clyde Racey and Mrs Claude Branson both of West Branch three brothers John Peoria Ill Emanual Davenport and Jesse Cedar Rapids and two sisters Mrs Blanche Smith and Mrs Kate Sage Davenport. Funeral held West Branch Friends church at 2 p m Thursday by Rev Taylor Guthrie burial in West Branch Cemetery. Friends may call at Beatty chapel until noon Thursday.
Robert I Olmstead died Monday at his home 220 Sixth street SW. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday in Rohn chapel with Rev. W. O. Eckler. Burial Linwood cemetery. Friends may call Wednesday evening.
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