Recovery Gains Seen In Industry As Orders Surge
The Associated Press reports a continued recovery with high plant activity and several mills operating beyond capacity using old equipment. Steel, auto, and electrical goods led output while wholesale and consumer demand remained strong despite fears of higher prices. Railcar and equipment bookings climbed, and quarterly earnings rose across 220 firms.
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Ni York
Associated Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Japan
Latin America
Alfred P. Sloan
Building Activity and Business Changes in East Iowa Towns
Across eastern Iowa towns merchants and residents report purchase, renovation, and expansion. Columbus Junction owner M. E. Fisher buys the Commercial hotel and plans a garage. Lisbon sees John Carpenter acquire a south side house and lot at auction. Decorah hosts Larsens Clothiers purchase and modernize their store building. Sigourney notes Henry Friday building expansion for Ford and a new Whitlock Dairy building under construction. Earlville welcomes new restaurant operators in the old post office building. Anamosa reports active new homes, store remodeling, and new tenants including a five and ten cent store and a grocery-meat shop. West Liberty reports H. E. Carr purchasing the Negus property on East Fourth Street.
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Larsens Clothiers
R. A. Engberitson
Sigourney
Henry Friday
Ford Motor Company
Whitlock Dairy Company
Earlville
James Hasek
la Porte
Ernest Sawyer
Anamosa
Harry Rhodes
Lee Lanner
Ted Brickley
Joe Allison
Albert Headlee
Bill Larson
Frances Patton
G. H. Monroe
L. F. Lovet
Clyde Chipman
Main Street
Carroll Blood
Booth Street
Warren Rees
Potgy Frazier
E. B. Fenton
Ed Gotsch
Greenfield Township
Frank Johnson
Fred Day
Gerald Peet
Emma Place
Addie Walker
Leon Lewis
Local Property and Business Transfers Across Towns
Notes show home and business changes in several towns. Chimney Experts At Work and the Sick family occupy the Armstrong estate on North Calhoun in WAUKON. In TIPTON Wayne Henry sells Gamble store to O Bannon with possession around November first. POSTVILLE Lyle Kurdelmeier buys Shell Oil station from Louis Kasht with Nov. 1 take over. Kasht moves to Waterloo. McGREGOR Kenneth Woerm purchases W H Hagensick property. Frank Russell and Son named as contractors for a frame bungalow in WAUKON for D Duggan's daughter.
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Waukon
D. F. Duggan
Claude Lane
Frank Russell and Son
Postville
Lyle Kurdelmeier
Shell Oil Station
Louis Kasht
Kasht
Waterloo
Albert Lubke
Clermont
Fred Ruckdaschel
Smoke Stack Trimmers Revamp 25-Year Veteran
A Chicago Consolidated Chimney crew rebuilt a 200 foot Penick and Ford stack by trimming to 90 feet and brick rebuilding. Eleven men worked from the top down using cables and braces to reach heights of 170 feet, facing wind and heat as they replaced crumbling upper sections after a 1919 disaster.
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Pson
Cedar Rapids
Penick
Ford
Douglas Starch Works
Consolidated Chimney Company of Chicago
Earl Marshall
Chicago
Marshall
Building to House Plumbing Shop and Apartments
A local project plans a plumbing shop on the first floor with living space for the Woerm family above. Al Woerm partners with his son to operate the business and occupy the upper story as apartments.
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al Woerm
Local Securities Prices Indicate Recent Transaction Ranges
The following quotations are not firm bids and offerings but show price ranges of recent bond transactions. For interest in unquoted issues, contact the financial editor at The Gasette in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Gasette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Week's Most Active Stocks Outlook on a Strong Market
The market began last Monday with New York stocks reaching new highs for the year though the Dow Jones averages failed to break the former high, prompting late week selling. Despite brief backing, the high level of business supports optimism for further gains unless new governmental news alters the trend. The report lists the 15 most active stocks.
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New York
Cedar Rapids Calf Market And Farm Prices
The Cedar Rapids market lists calf selection 140-190 lbs at 8 to 9.50 dollars, dairy and market lambs 70-190 lbs priced by quality, grain prices for wheat oats rye and corn, hay and straw values, butterfat quotes, Leghorn and other poultry weights, fruit and vegetable prices including lemons oranges celery and cabbage, and hide market rates. includes wholesale fruit and vegetable items with notable figures and unit prices.
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Pancy
Wheat Prices Forge Up On Active Demand
Active demand on the Chicago board of trade drove wheat up 1 to 1 1/2 cents, reaching the highest in over a month. Other grains followed with gains as drought and poor moisture in the southwest boosted buying, while world reports from Argentina and Australia signaled crop stress and frost.
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Chicago
INS
Chicago Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Argentina
Chicago cash grain prices and feedstuffs report
Chicago cash provisions list grain and feed prices with samples and quotes for wheat corn oats soybeans and barley plus rye clover alfalfa timothy and bellies. Prices shown include No 2 mixed corn 61 1 2 cents No 1 yellow 49 1 2 cents soybeans No 2 yellow 90 1 2 cents alfalfa and timothy values also noted.
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Chicago
Minneapolis Cash Grain Prices and Receipts Report
AP Minneapolis note reports Saturday wheat receipts at 133 cars versus 135 a year ago with higher quotations. No 1 hard red northern ranged around 88 to 91 cents, No 1 dark northern about 90 to 95 cents, hard amber durum and red durum quoted. Corn quoted 44 to 46 cents, oats white 23 to 34 cents, barley 35 to 57 cents.
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Minneapolis
Risc
Hen Gark Northern
Chicago Produce Markets Report Mixed Butter Eggs and Potatoes
Receipts show firmer butter and eggs with varied but steady prices. Idaho russets and Nebraska Triumphs hold steady to firm with modest supply and fair demand, various U S No 1 prices quoted for burlap or cotton sacks and per cwt.
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Chicago
ATOES
U. S
Idaho
Nebraska
Northern
Burbanks
Nebraska Bliss
Colorado
North Dakota River Valley
Bliss Triumphs
Ohio
Eis
Butter and dressed poultry market report
New York butter receipts total 265 997 with prices barely steady. Creamery butter grade extra 92 score at 2814 28. firsts 26 27 cents. seconds 23 25. mixed colors and standards show varied prices. Dressed poultry price levels generally steady with fresh and frozen prices unchanged. Live poultry by freight and express remains nominal with no sales.
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New York
Bids Open for Springville School Boiler Room Additions
Bids for the boiler room and additions to the Springville school will be opened at 2 p.m. on November 6 in the secretary of the board of education office in Springville. Specifications are available in the office of Mark Anthony, Cedar Rapids architect.
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Springville
Board of Education
Mark Anthony
Cedar Rapids
Smelter Price Report From New York Markets
New York metal price notices show delivered cent per pound rates for Saturday trading. Electrolytic and export copper details are irregular with several garbled terms. best Saint Louis price listed as 6.50 per pound, New York 6.00. Aluminum virgin around 20 and quicksilver quoted at 145 to 150 dollars per 176 pounds.
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New York
Chicago Grain Quotations Furnished by Lamson Brothers
Grain quotations for Chicago provided by Lamson Brothers and Company. The service notes contact details, including phone number 2 3141, and identifies H. R. Mowrey as manager of the Cedar Rapids office located at 503 Merchant National Bank building.
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Chicago
Lamson Brothers and Company
H. R. Mowrey
Cedar Rapids
Merchant National Bank
Permits Issued for Homes and Buildings Last Week
Local blog notes a week of activity with numerous permits granted for remodels and new structures. Notables include WwW. J. Haworth and William C. Messner reporting several dwelling projects and commercial additions across multiple avenues and streets.
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J. Haworth
Ninth Street NW
William C. Messner
B Avenue NE
Kate Christensen
A Avenue NW
Georgia Bell
C. F. Blaine
Second Avenue
W. H. Lackman
Meadowbrook Drive
Roy Niffenegger
Country Club Parkway
Linn County Conveyances and Mortgages Report
Real estate and mortgage ledger for Linn County lists 39 conveyances and 34 mortgages from Oct 20 to Oct 26. Total mortgages amount to 56,975 dollars, compared with 40 conveyances and 41 mortgages a year earlier totaling 457,900 dollars.
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Linn County
Linn County Abstract Company
Cedar Rapids Bank Clearings Reach Near October High
Bank clearings in Cedar Rapids for the week ending Oct 28 totaled 1,400,679.93 dollars, continuing a 12 week streak ahead of last year's figures. The week prior recorded 1,080,179.60 dollars, while the peak for the year was 1,456,754.50 dollars on Oct 21.
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Cedar Rapids
Markets At A Glance: Stocks Quiet and Bonds Mixed
United Press summary notes stocks lower and quiet while bonds and U S governments show irregular movement. Curb stocks are irregular, Chicago stocks mixed, foreign exchange easy against the dollar. Cotton futures firm, grains active in Chicago with wheat up about 4% and corn steady, rubber futures lower.
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United Press
U. S
Chicago
George Smith Buys Home at 2310 B Avenue NE
George Smith of 409 Twenty third Street NE bought Peter J. Buch’s home at 2310 B Avenue NE and will take possession on December 1. The sale was arranged through Malcolm WY Bolton and Company.
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George Smith
Twentythird Street
Peter J. Buch
B Avenue
Malcolm WY. Bolton and
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