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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1935
Page
16
In Chicago the wholesale hog market remained at 12.00 with top bids at 12.20 as demand for fresh pork cuts kept prices steady to modestly higher. Receipts reached about 10,000 hogs with active buying, while cattle and sheep also showed gains in scattered regional reports.
Swine prices rise modestly with all grades showing gains and top hogs reaching 115 dollars. Poultry prices also advance across most grades in the same market report.
A readout lists varied farm goods and prices in Cedar Rapids including wheat oats corn barley and barley substitutes. It notes produce prices for hens leghorn springs and cocks with assorted fruit vegetables and wholesale items such as hides glued products and horse components.
Market snapshot from New York and Boston shows varied activity with prices around 799 per unit and minor shifts in futures. Trade reports mention bids and offers, with limited clarity on specific commodities and parties involved.
Fragmentary text mentions New York area finance and mortgage items with scattered numbers and dates. No coherent event or entities clear enough to identify a specific news item or outcome.
Wheat prices rose on the Chicago board as strength in foreign and domestic markets spurred buying. September futures climbed amid gains in Minneapolis and Winnipeg, with cash sales up and receipts reported, while corn oats and rye also posted advances and provisions remained firm.
Buying waves swept Wall Street as shorts rushed to cover and bullish buyers pushed many issues to new yearly highs. Gainers included American Can, Du Pont, Columbian Carbon, American Telephone, Chrysler, General Motors, U S Steel, Westinghouse, Bendix, Douglas Aircraft, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Bethlehem, Phillips Petroleum, Sears Roebuck and others with about 1.9 million shares traded.
Published grain quotes and market movement notes list Adams Express and many other equities, with prices for various commodities and companies. The item includes references to grain receipts and exchanges, alongside Chicago and Minneapolis market data and prices from Merchants National Bank building offices.
In Washington AAA workers report a bizarre tale from the old post office building. A trap caught two large rats and the cat. the rats supposedly cowed the cat before rescue. The incident is framed as a strange anecdote amid political intrigues and odd notes about a singing fish and a peculiar humming from its air bladder.
A meeting of 60 Iowa cities and towns with municipal electric and power plants asked Governor Clyde L. Herring to reorganize the state planning board. The resolution denounced the board’s progress report on electric utilities as unfair and propaganda for private utilities, urging removal of board members affiliated with private companies.
Local attorney E A Johnson warned Lions at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon that granting favors to one class risks government decay. He urged careful, non impulsive constitutional amendments weighing merits and dangers for all people.
Nellie Lucille Fishel of Linn county died at Oakdale sanatorium at twenty two years nine months. She is survived by her parents and several siblings with services set for Palo Methodist church. Ada R Hepker Ella M Davis Florence Gibney also mourned with funeral details and burial planned in Palo and Muscatine area cemeteries.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Bowers will be conducted at her sister Mrs Henry Wichman home in Malcom Iowa at 2 p.m. Friday. Burial follows in the family lot in Malcom. Friends may call at Beatty chapel from 7 to 9 p.m. today.
The Chicago market notes steady to firm prices across hens leghorn chickens and broilers with wholesale butter and egg receipts. Wisconsin and Idaho potato stocks show mixed firm to declining values. cheese and egg price ranges listed with milk products futures. Major entities include CHICANO PRODUCE Chicago, Wisconsin stock, Idaho russets, Bliss Triumphs, North Dakota Triumphs.
The Sunshine division met with Mrs. Frank Zuhlke with twenty members. The comforter division gathered with Miss Lula Toms and ten members. New president Mrs. Edward Manson led the session as plans for the year were laid and sewing followed. Other groups held picnics and meetings across Marion with guests, relatives, and church activities noted.
The Ament dry goods store led by A J Ament and James Murray opens Friday in the B F Mentzer building at 1175 Seventh avenue after a redecorated space and expanded departments. The old Elliott building store closed today after operating since May 7 1931 with Miss Mary Chalmers as guest of honor at a kitchen shower hosted by Miss Gladys Johnson near Atkins.
Ed Van Gorkom of 1921 Mount Vernon road Cedar Rapids escaped injury Wednesday when his eastbound car on Sixth avenue turned onto tracks at Tenth street and was struck by a Milwaukee freight engine. He did not see the train until on the track. The car was badly damaged.
Babe Ruth, a baseball icon of 21 major league seasons, received a lifetime pass from National League president Ford C Frick for all NL games. The announcement highlights Ruth's enduring legacy in the sport.
Out of town readers may answer Gazette Want Ads by writing to The Gazette Want Ad Department. The Gazette will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion or misprint.
The Methodist church official board will meet Friday at 6 p.m. in the church dining room for a picnic supper. The last business meeting of the official church year will follow after supper. Mrs. Grant Comstock and Miss Bess Boyles, sisters of Mr. Boyles, linger in the city with relatives in Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee before Miss Boyles departs for next week.
Public advisory warns readers and advertisers to exercise caution in automobile transportation with others. References should be exchanged and carefully investigated to prevent risk.
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