This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1934
Page
10
U S farm income from sale of products AAA rents and cattle sales totalled 662 million in September up from 581 million in August. The September figure reflects 686 million in product sales with 76 million in AAA benefits and cattle sales.
Auction at A T Bens Cedar Rapids Iowa listing 5 cattle including 1 calf, 45 hogs, farm implements such as a 6 ft binder and plows, power machinery including a Fordson tractor and Ford generator. Items include household goods, potatoes, and a 1926 Fordson tractor in good repair. Conducted by Town State Savings Bank Clerk with Dial contact.
Farmers in Linn county show large sorghum output this fall with about 5 000 gallons total from L A Moore’s Central City mill. Output runs 100 120 gallons daily. three to four days remain to finish. Other producers include Jesse Lenox and Mart Woodard each around 3 000 gallons.
Government plans to purchase 2 000 000 pounds boosts butter demand in major markets. Prices for 92 score butter rise from 27½ to 28 cents per pound, with continued strength driven by fresh production reports and large government relief purchases. Egg supplies tighten as October receipts lag, while country egg auctions and poultry prices show up and down movement. Turkeys and live poultry resist a clear trend as retailers target October to spring sales. Potatoes show oversupply with large nationwide crops and strong digging yields.
Albert Thiher, owner of 120 acres near Garrison, born in Damascus in 1880, describes arrival in 1901, early debt, and moves to farming in 1913. He explains land in Syria, taxes, and government crops, plus his views on overspending, credit, and his Republican stance. He discusses faith, family, and views on corn programs and drought effects.
Linn County Farm Bureau schedules a week of meetings and trainings. Notable events include a program of work meeting in Marion with Dr. K. W. Stouder of Ames on Monday at 1 pm, and county 4-H livestock rally at Memorial Hall in Marion Friday evening.
The Rock Island line inaugurated an improved evening service to speed dressed turkey shipments from Wellman. Maplecrest Turkey Co with A C Gingerich reports about two carloads daily, mostly to Atlantic seaboard markets. One carload equals 1 800 dressed birds. A live turkey carload for New York Orthodox Jewish trade was sent Friday. Season output expected to exceed 120 carloads. Turkeys are pen fed on nearby farms.
In Jones county Ladehoff of Scotch Grove defends 1933 title and wins 1934 meet with 1645 pounds. Griem of Clarence runner up, Remington of Martelle third. Ladehoff to state contest near Waterloo on Nov 1. In Cedar county Vaundon Williams of Mechanicsville wins with 2334 pounds, a county record in eighty minutes. Lehrman second, Johnston third. Mather, Jr. places ninth. Roberts of Moscow also husked though not eligible for placing.
Closing out sale by Jay D Richards at Prairieburg six miles south and another by Joe Lana twelve miles southeast of Cedar Rapids. Auction listings note farm equipment and household items for liquidation.
October 21 sale near Williamsburg by C F Watts features cattle and sheep with M E Tanner organizing. November 1 lists Page and Bowman feeder cattle sale at Beverly, with C F Watts again involved.
Mechanicsville hosts the Cedar county corn husking contest with Tipton team led by Wil lard Albaugh and Garmon Rob inson taking first after husking 2230 pounds. Mechanicsville High School with 2125 pounds narrowly earns second, while Stanwood High School at 1926 pounds finishes third with E Domer and E Von Behren as representatives.
Public auction begins 12 30 p m Wednesday October 31 selling 2 head of horses 8 head Guernsey cattle 23 Hampshire hogs and a full line of machinery plus miscellaneous articles. Owner M E Tanner Auctioneer A M Lampman Palo Savings Bank Clerk.
Twenty five Aber deen Angus bull calves aged two to four months sold for 40 to 60 dollars each at the H. D. Miller farm auction near Morley. Buyers traveled from Aledo Illinois and Lafayette Indiana. Seven unbilled heifers were offered to meet demand. Gene Fagan of Cedar Rapids served as auctioneer.
Alfred Fobian of Arlington received two carloads of 670 Montana range lambs this week to be fed on contract. He operates a large winter wheat field that benefited from recent rains, supporting feeding operations.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.