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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1936
Page
10
Chicago prices remained largely steady with scattered hog sales and small receipts. Reports show 15 000 to 25 000 hogs receipts for Tuesday and 12 500 sheep over five days, with top hogs at 11.55 and sows 8.75 to 9.60, cattle and lamb markets also showing gains versus last week.
Chicago prices show hog receipts 3 000 with direct 2 500 mostly steady. top hog 11 55. cattle receipts 500 with calves 100 and steers/ yearlings up to 25c. fat cows and bulls higher. lambs and yearlings 50 75c higher. week ending figures show lambs up to 10.35 and natives/ westerns $8.75 10.35 for sheep and feeding lambs $6.50 8.50.
AP report from Omaha shows cattle receipts 150 with calves 50 and cattle prices varied. Fed steers and yearlings mostly higher, cows up to 25c, bulls to 25c, stockers and feeders steady. week totals indicate higher dealer prices and mixed sheep and hog bids with lambs 8.75 to 9.50 and ewes around 2.50 to 93.75, odds in other categories.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts 900 show strength in most slaughter steers and fed heifers with grass stock steady. Hogs 700 mostly steady with top 11.10. lambs 75 cents higher. feeder weights and range fat cattle reflected varied prices across categories.
U S Department of Agriculture reports receipts at Livestock Exchange with fed yearlings higher and mature steers up to 25 cents. Fat stock and stockers mostly steady to higher with several rounds of light feeding cattle and calves trading around 6.50 to 6.65. Sows and lambs show varied but generally steady to firm demand, with notable top bids around 10.90 for butcher weight hogs and lambs trading near 8.75 to 9.35.
United States Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Lees for the 24 hour period ended with receipts tallied across the region.
At a.m. Saturday hogs were 13,900 head, up from 11,400 a week ago and 9,500 a year ago. Prices mostly steady, Friday’s average cited, spots 50 lower, undertone slow, weekend loading very light. Quotations show lights 140-160 lbs at 8.60 to 10.00, 160-180 lbs 9.50 to 10.85, 180-200 lbs 10.55 to 11.15, 200-220 lbs 10.80 to 11.25, 220-250 lbs 10.75 to 11.25, 250-290 lbs 10.35 to 11.10, 290-350 lbs 9.80 to 10.60, sows 275-350 lbs 9.60, 350-425 lbs 8.70 to 9.35, boars 8.25 to 8.85.
Hog quotes from Mason City show prices easing for lighter hogs and holding for heavier weights. Good lights 140-150 lbs bring 8.25 to 8.55, 150-160 lbs 8.75 to 9.05, good butchers 180-200 lbs 10.60 to 10.90, 200-250 lbs 10.70 to 11.00, good packers 275-350 lbs 9.00 to 9.30, 350-425 lbs 9.0 to 9.0, with OTTUMWA reports unchanged.
Hogs in Austin Minnesota show a steady market with good to choice 180 200 pound hogs trading at 10.60 to 10.90 per hundredweight. Heavier 200 325 pound hogs range from 10.35 to 10.75, 325 350 pound hogs 9.75 to 10.05, and packing sows 275 to 550 pounds bring 8.25 to 9.25.
Hogs continue steady on the local markets with no changes in any grades. The top price holds at 11 dollars while local grain prices trend higher and other markets stay steady.
The market lists fat lambs at 8.75 to 9.00 for preferred weights and quality. Choice steers range from 7.75 to 9.00 per cwt for 1000 to 1100 pounds, with prices varying by size and grade. Also shown are yearling steers and heifers with varying values, plus prices for grass cattle, canners, cutters, and bulls.
Grain prices list in Cedar Rapids includes wheat priced at 1.00 to 1.05 per bushel, oats 0.35 to 0.41, rye 0.95 to 1.00, barley 0.62 to 1.00, corn at 0.93 to 1.03, soybeans at 1.10, and hay straw prices. Wholesale fruits and vegetables show oranges 5.50, lemons 6.50 to 7.00, potatoes 1.00, bananas 5.4 to 6.0, lettuce crate 3.60 to 4.25, celery 0.45 to 0.50 per dozen, cabbage 3.75, onions 1.35, peaches 1.00, prunes 0.85 to 0.95, California grapes 1.85 to 2.00. Hides and animal products list various cured hides and horse prices, with full tails and glue noted.
Butter and eggs receipts and prices unchanged with no weekend trading. Live poultry receipts from 19 trucks show mixed changes across breeds and weights, while potatoes see steady Idaho russets and varied U S and regional prices with no market Monday.
New York AP notes eggs receipts 14 489 firm mixed colors whites browns and duck eggs unchanged. Butter receipts 9 673 firm prices unchanged. Cheese receipts 57 773 quiet and unchanged. Live poultry receipts irregular with freight prices unchanged by express fowls Leghorn 10 15c others unchanged.
Prices show small advances in domestic corporates and some Industrial issues on light trading. Rails, Allis Chalmers and Walworth headlines edge higher while United States government bonds soften with fractional losses. Foreign issues remain quiet aside from Poland gains.
Chicago market notes buying of nearby corn as fears of a month-end squeeze lift prices. September futures closed near unchanged to up one cent, with robust open interest over 6.6 million bushels. Wheat and oats fluctuated, aided by Liverpool and Winnipeg tone, while Argentina price signals and rains in Iowa Nebraska swayed selling.
Grain prices and market quotes from Chicago and Winnipeg are listed with Sept and Dec contracts for wheat oats rye and barley. Cash wheat and corn prices are given by grade and quality, along with soybeans barley milled products and lard and bellies prices.
Minneapolis AP reports higher wheat receipts as No. 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 Ibs sells at 1.36 to 1.43 dollars, No. 1 dark northern 59 Ibs at 1.35 to 1.42, 58 Ibs at 1.34 to 1.41, and No. 1 hard Montana 14 percent protein at 1.24 to 1.26. No. 1 red durum 1.09. Corn No. 3 yellow 1.07 to 1.08.
Currency values across nations remained unchanged in New York trading with figures listed for Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia Austria Romania Argentina Tokyo Shanghai Hongkong and Montreal among others.
Boston reports activity easing while demand centers on finer wool. Ohio fleece prices are quoted for various grades from 35 to 38 cents per pound in grease, with 14 and 16 blood staples and combing grades included.
Minneapolis flour market update shows carload lots priced per barrel in 98 lb sacks with Family patents at 7.55 to 7.75 and Standard patents at 6.65 to 6.85 dollars. Shipments total 14,739 with pure bran 24.50 to 25.00 and Standard middlings 29.00 to 29.50.
The rails pushed the market higher on Saturday with gains across leaders and solid closes. Transfers reached about 700000 shares amid a holiday market with some profit taking but overall buying vigor offsetting absentees. Progress in economic recovery supported stock accumulation and investor confidence remained steady despite foreign uncertainties. Delaware and Hudson, Baltimore and Ohio, Santa Fe, and N Y Central stood out on the upside.
Major firms from Southern Pacific to Coca Cola appear among improving issues with U S Steel Bethlehem and General Motors among others. Export copper rate rose to 9 77 cents per pound the best in five years while carrier bonds advanced and government securities eased slightly. Commodities and currencies posted mixed results.
A long list of stock quotations and percentages across numerous companies and sectors is presented, highlighting prices and changes for a broad array of firms including Adams Express Hiram Walker Houston Oil Allied Mills Amn Steel and many others. The column reflects market activity on a Saturday, compiled by Mose Merchants National Bank with J. E. Bennett & Co. as publishers.
The Tommy Loughran Ray Impellitiere boxing bout in Oakland was postponed from Monday to the night of Sept 16 by State Boxing Commissioner Edward Geary after physicians advised on an injury to Loughran’s left eye from a sparring partner.
The county records list several couples obtaining marriage licenses. Names include Milo B Pospisil and Bessie M Baker from Cedar Rapids. Glenn A Blaine and Vera Redding from Cedar Rapids. LaVerne Leeks and Helen Gage from Marion. George Ortell of Riverside Illinois and Edith Sebrecht of Cedar Rapids. John Aberling and Ruth M Beale from Tama. Carleton Dunlap Stoddard of Jesup and Alberta Hoppe from Cedar Rapids. Mason Stine and Maxine Kamberling from Lisbon. Harold Ortell of Riverside NL and Virginia Hebding of Lyons NIL.
Funeral services for John Adam Bruch a longtime Cedar Rapids barber will be held Sunday at 2 p m in Beatty chapel led by Rev J Renwick McCullough. The body will be moved to Tipton for burial following services.
Mrs. Bess Armond Green of Columbus aged 53 died at a local hospital shortly after a cerebral hemorrhage struck her in her car while she traveled with L. W. Jones and Miss Josephine Harlow to visit her brother Leon Armond in Venice California. Survived by her mother, sister, and two brothers. Body to be moved to Columbus for services and burial.
Louis Stanek of Ely died at a local hospital at 4 45 p m Friday after a week's illness. Born in Cedar Rapids December 13 1872 he lived in Ely for thirty years where he ran a general store. He is survived by his wife Frances Zvacek two children Velma L and Louis Jr two sisters and two brothers. Brief services set for Monday at 2 p m in the Barta chapel and 3 p m in the Czech Reformed Church with burial in Truhlar cemetery.
Jacob C. Baurle died at 6 05 p m Friday after a long illness in Cedar Rapids where he had lived since 1907 He was born September 23 1866 in Untergronengen Gaildorf Wurttemberg Germany and came to the United States in 1883 He leaves three brothers Christian and Frederick in Germany and George in Schenectady NY and three sisters Mrs Herman Hanneaman and Mrs Sophia Preudre in Germany and Mrs Mary Maher in Schenectady He was a Knights of Pythias member Funeral services will be at Turner chapel Tuesday at 2 p m Burial in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery Friends may call the chapel Knights of Pythias to meet at the Pythian hall at 1 30 p m Tuesday to attend the services.
Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Hallquist 68 of Denver died at a local hospital at 9 40 a m Saturday after a short illness while visiting her son Victor E Hallquist 1312 Fifth Street Southwest She was born in Sweden January 16 1868 and is survived by six children Ruth Van Tassel Esther H Barnett Mable Etheridge Katherine O'Brien and Harold E Hallquist all of Denver A sister Mina Peterson of Cambridge Massachusetts and a brother in Sweden also survive She belonged to Grace Methodist Church Denver the Gleaners Sunday School class and Columbia Circle Neighbors of Woodcraft Friends may call at Beatty chapel Sunday evening.
Mrs Addie Baker 55 died at 11 20 p m Friday at her Cedar Rapids home 77 Seventh Avenue Southwest after a stroke last Sunday while at church She lived in Cedar Rapids forty years Her husband John died February 1936 She is survived by daughter Grace Wilson at home She was a member and past matron of Bethel AME and Rebekah of the Order of Eastern Star Funeral at Bethel AME Tuesday 2 30 p m Rev J J Evans officiating Burial Oak Hill Friends may call Johnson funeral home
Geneva reports 408 rabies deaths in 1933 from bites by dogs jackals wolves and cats among 118 062 bite victims. One human death from a cow bite and more hyena and leopard bites noted. New York and Paris saw high bite counts with no fatalities. Non Europeans suffered higher rabies deaths than Europeans.
Eva Gertrude McIntosh seeks a divorce from Howard Judson McIntosh in district court on cruel and inhuman grounds. They married July 24 and she asks to resume the maiden name Eva Gertrude Kephart. A separate action by Armstrong Paint and Varnish Works against John S. Davis Co. for 377.64 filed Feb 7 was settled and dismissed with prejudice.
In Sandusky Ohio Louise Dean Meyer aged 90 seeks nullification of a divorce awarded to her husband 31 years ago to establish her claim to a pension as widow of Civil War veteran Henry Dean. The filing aims to overturn the former decree and recognize her widow status for pension eligibility.
Mrs Blanche Noyes a famed pilot who flew John D Rockefeller Jr joins three other women flyers in a $1 100 000 WPA effort to install roof top airmarkers every 15 miles nationwide Phoebe Omlie heads the group and the pilots include Louise Thaden Helen Rickey and Helen MacCloskey Noyes learned to fly in 1929 from her husband Dewey L Noyes airmail and racing pilot
J W Kelly of Jackson claims to have driven an automobile longer than any living man. He first drove in 1892 in Indianapolis, the car built by Charles Black, a carriage maker. Since then Kelly has owned twenty two automobiles.
The article explains that a slower, rhythmic backswing improves driving distance and accuracy. It notes that fast action often causes faults and that expert players demonstrate a calm pace, taking time before the swing to avoid rushing.
A Friday birthday party for Shirley Jean Collis celebrated her tenth with colored balloons and games led by Anla Collis. Relatives and friends, including Jane Newlin and Donna Helbig, attended as Mrs. Ralph Hall Collis presided at refreshments. Also noted were local grocery hours, trips, and arrivals involving the Collis and Neill families.
Guests at the W. A. Ladd home during the three day Labor Day holiday include Mrs. John Uhr of Omaha Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of Morley Mrs. F B Schroeder and Albert Schroeder of Des Moines Mr. and Mrs. S A Ladd of Chicago Mr. and Mrs. D A Ladd of Springfield Ill Mr. and Mrs C W Ladd of Joliet IL and Mr. and Mrs O W Ladd and their two daughters of Toledo The visiting ladies are daughters of the Ladds and the Ladd sons D A Ladd O W Ladd O S Ladd spend the holiday with their parents each year.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dennis hosted a Friday dinner in Ames honoring Mr. and Mrs. Harley Lee of Knox Indiana. The Lee family relation to Mrs. Dennis was noted. A reception at the Crains Mount Vernon home followed. Ellwood Beiber and his mother visited Ames to discuss Ellwood’s plan to pursue a master’s in chemistry at Iowa State. The Marion public library will be closed Monday for Labor Day observances.
A local church column details Sunday worship times for numerous denominations including Baptist Unified Christian Union Free Methodist Cedar Ridge Free Methodist Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian Christian Endeavor and St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran with sermon topics and Sunday school supervision. Evening services and midweek prayer are noted where listed along with choir organist arrangements.
Detroit AP report says Michigan Republican leaders demanded a senate committee probe into allegations of excessive campaign spending and use of federal funds. Howard C. Lawrence claimed more federal money is being spent in the campaign than Michigan Republicans could raise, as investigators looked into about 3,000,000 dollars for Michigan's primary on September 15.
Miss Rose Coleman aged 19 of Rock Island died from injuries after a Friday night auto crash near Milan. Police said she succumbed Saturday morning at a local hospital.
Mr and Mrs George Kindle visiting in La Crosse Wisconsin will return tonight en route Wisconsin they toured Niagar cave near Decorah Rev Irving E Wade and his son Virgil spent week in Des Moines on business and returned Friday night Dr and Mrs Kenneth Wears and two children of Ellsworth visited Rev and Mrs Wad today in Iowa City Presbyterian Ladies Aid met Thursday for a picnic lunch with Mrs S A Fontaine sixteen members present Rev A G Lagerquist from Des Moines will speak at the Baptist church services Sunday sequentially.
Mrs Charles Montgomery hosted eleven members of the United Missionary Society of the Christian Church on Friday. Mrs Fre Lang led the devotional service. Articles were read by Mrs C A Dykes Mrs Montgomery and Miss Metta Bunge. Refreshments were served.
The Past Noble Grand association met Friday with Mrs. Glady Ballard. Assisting hostesses were Mrs. Alma Zimmer, Mrs. Evely Fleisher and Mrs. Hazel Slausser. Refreshments were served.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Papes have returned from a motor trip through Colorado and Wyoming.
A Lake family descendants reunion was held on Friday with a prcni supper at Miss Lizzi DuMont's home. Attendees included Mrs. Jessie Curt of Madison Wisconsin Mrs. Norm Rames of Chicago Mrs. C. Owen Mrs. J. B. Howell Mr. William Elliott and Miss Ma Lake of this city.
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