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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1936
Page
12
Chicago AP reports unofficial Monday livestock receipts Hogs 14000 cattle 19000 sheep 18000. Hog prices slipped early week with top at 10.60 while most sales lagged. light hogs and sows weaker. Cattle receipts higher. feeders firm. yearlings up. Fat lambs rise as packers compete. top near 10 dollars.
US Department of Agriculture market notes show hog receipts around 1,000 to 1,800 direct with top quotable 10.60 and varied weights, sows weaker. cattle receipts near 2,000 with steadier medium weight and heavier steers while beef prices stay largely dull. calves lean toward higher prices for yearlings, vealers softer. Sheep receipts 4,500 with fat lambs 25 to 40 cents higher, native and western lambs top around 10 dollars, feeding lambs steady to firm, ewes and yearlings mixed or lower.
U S Department of Agriculture notes weekly receipts and price ranges for cattle sheep and hogs. Cattle include fed steers yearlings and heifers with varied gains and losses by weight. beef cows and bulls priced and occasional tops cited. Sheep and hogs show mixed movements with lambs and feeders varying across weight classes and regional buyers.
U S Dept of Agriculture reported 3000 cattle and 900 hogs at St Paul. Light steers sold higher by 15c or more. heavier steers weaker. Good and choice fed cattle and yearlings commanded from 8.25 to 9.50 per cwt, with best steers up to 8.00 and high quality heifers 7.50 to 9.50. Hog receipts steady, 80 lb to larger, with prices around 9.55 for 190 lb range, others 7.00 to 9.75 depending on weight.
Slaughter lambs command 8.75 to 9.00 for early bulk. Friday bulk by grades 9.75 to 9.00, common 6.50 to 7.00. Fat hogs around 3.50, native and Dakota feeding lambs 6.50 to 7.25. Receipts show 15,000 head with Monday to Friday comparisons. heels in pricing show higher slaughter lambs by about 50 cents versus last week.
Sioux City AP report shows cattle receipts 500 and hogs 300 with mixed price movement and sheep receipts 600. Fat yearlings up to 25c higher while mature steers and grass cattle dip. best yearlings near 9.75 and Feeder cattle around 4.25 to 7.25. hogs steady with top around 10.25. sheep trading mostly steady to 50c higher with native lambs near 9.50 and ewes around 3.75 to 6.50.
Combined hog receipts at 21 concentration yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 12 000 in the 24 hours ending 8 am Friday, down from 12 800 a week earlier and 6 100 a year ago. Prices ranged by weight from 7.65 to 10.35 dollars with heavy weights 250 to 350 pounds at the upper end and sows quoted up to 8.95 dollars.
Waterloo hogs rise up to ten cents with good to choice weights listed from 140 to 350 pounds. Ottumwa shows gains of up to 1.0 per cwt in several classes. Mason City reports mostly five cent lower trades with varied weights, reflecting market adjustments across three Iowa markets.
In Austin Minnesota the hog market shows 200 lb and heavier hogs steady to higher in spots with lighter weights unevenly lower. Price ranges include 180-200 lb at 9.50 to 9.80, 200-250 lb at 9.75 to 10.05, 250-270 lb at 9.60 to 9.90, 270-290 lb at 9.40 to 9.70, 290-325 lb at 9.20 to 9.50, 325-350 lb at 8.90 to 9.20, and packing sows 275-550 lb at 7.60 to 8.60.
Light hogs lost ten cents on the local market Saturday while other grades held steady and the top price remained at 10.15. The local corn market slipped one cent and other local markets stayed steady.
Market notes show calf, sheep and cattle prices with various weight ranges and quality. Entries list choice steers around 7.75 to 9.00 per hundredweight, yearling and common categories, plus grass cows and canner bulls with quoted down payments where present.
A list of commodity prices from Cedar Rapids covering grains such as wheat oats rye and corn with various grades. also includes hay straw poultry eggs and wholesale fruits vegetables and staples with unit prices and package sizes. rounded figures and some OCR errors present.
A moderate Boston wool market last week saw steady to firm prices across most fleece and territory lines. Fine and half blood grades remained firm while percentage blood wools climbed. Ohio wools quoted on grease basis ranged around 35 36c for fined delaine and higher for staple and co blood varieties, with slight variations within the given ranges.
AP dispatch notes carload flour prices in 98 pound sacks with family patents and standard patents unchanged at seven dollars to seven dollars twenty cents per barrel. Shipments totaled 13 369 with pure bran and standard middlings priced at twenty three to twenty six dollars per barrel.
Wheat futures on the Chicago board rose early as Liverpool lagged North American declines and Winnipeg guided gains. Prices ended mixed with wheat up and corn and oats mixed on profit taking and shifting expectations for December contracts. Foreign weather reports and reduced Argentina pressure shaped trading.
AP price report lists cash markets for corn oats soybeans barley and flax in Illinois and nearby regions. No. 2 dark hard cash hogs and lard and bellies are quoted with prices and bid ranges.
Minneapolis reports wheat receipts 30 cars. Trading basis unchanged with quotes: Sept 1.37, May 1.21, cash No. 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs at 1.40 1.47, No. 1 dark northern 59 lbs 1.39 1.46, No. 2 dark 57 lbs 1.36 1.44. Corn No. 3 yellow 1.08 1.09, oats No. 3 white 42 45c.
Active buying of railroad loans accelerated trading in the listed market on Saturday with utilities slipping slightly and industrials rising. Southern Railway 4s and Frisco 4 14s stood out while North American 5s Pacific Gas 5s and American and Foreign Power 5s eased on minor fractions. Convertible loans advanced with Youngstown Sheet and Tube 3 4s and Alcoa 4s adding. Foreigns benefited from light support for Poland 7s and Norway 6s.
U.S. government bonds closed with Treasury 4s at 114.50 and Treasury 3s across several series trading around 109.90 107.00 and 105.10. The bulletin lists specific bid levels for 3s from 43-47 46-49 and 51-55.
AP reporting New York receipts show butter unchanged while eggs and live poultry also hold steady across several grades. Poultry prices span broilers rocks and leghorns with turkeys ducks and fowls broadly quoted. chickens remain unquoted.
Chicago AP market notes show butter receipts 7,520 pounds with varying grades, and live poultry receipts at 7 trucks while potato shipments total 716 U.S. cars. Idaho russet and Washington burbank potatoes display price ranges from about 1.90 to 2.80 per cwt with color and quality issues noted.
A catalog-like listing details No. 1 fine quality serge and related fabrics at various prices. Entries note brands such as Sassado Bliss Triumphs and Wyoming, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Minnesota cobblers, with price ranges from about 1.65 to 2.50 per unit. Some items marked as partly graded or partly show slight decay.
Crigagg Feanue futures show mixed results with butter futures holding near storage standards and egg fat contracts easing. Potato futures conclude with Idaho russets priced around 2.30 per unit for January delivery amid revised refrigerator standards and November settlements.
Buying batteries of advances lifted a wide range of issues with several leaders hitting new highs. Transfers approached 800000 shares as activity rose for the first Saturday session in over a month. Leaders included Santa Fe Delaware and Hudson Atlantic Coast Line Northern Pacific and U S Steel among others.
A long list of stock quotes appears under Saturday's quotations, including Adams Express 13 percent, Inspiration 11 percent, Alaska Juneau 16, Allied Stores 1234, Kayser Julius 25, Natl Biscuit 31, Boeing 29, General Motors 68 42, U S Steel 2, Wells Fargo 71, and many others across banks, oils, utilities, and manufacturers. The page also notes Wise Merchants National Bank building and contact details.
AP reports quiet foreign exchange markets with varied cent readings. Currencies listed include Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Switzerland, Portugal, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, Austria, and others with miscellaneous notes on travel and nominal values.
In 1933 England's tramway undertakings drop to 135 from 161 in 1932 as trolley and motor buses begin to oust tramcars across the country.
Mrs. W. W. Richards of 2117 Washington Ave SE had a tonsillectomy at St Luke’s Hospital Saturday morning. Coats relined. Room 9 over Kresge’s. Miss Ruth Bunce of 619 Fifth Ave SE left for the University of Iowa to start as a liberal arts freshman. Bob Hahn, son of Mayor F. K. Hahn, returned to the University of Iowa to continue post graduate chemistry work.
The Rev. Elton D. Wells of Trinity Methodist church will depart Tuesday for the annual Methodist conference at Marshalltown and return the following Monday.
Alice Brainerd notes violets bloom again in her yard at 718 Tenth Avenue SW after spring cleaning. New shoots have emerged for the fall flowers, signaling a fresh cycle for the garden.
Datis Robinson suffered a lacerated chin and injuries to the middle finger of his right hand when his hand was caught in grain elevating cups at the Hamilton Seed and Coal company wholesale office. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital for first aid and released.
Lamir Frank Klepach seaman U S N son of Mr and Mrs F Klepach 1015 Thirteenth street NW attached to U S S Raleigh ordered to Spanish waters as flagship of new European squadron. He enlisted November 24 1934 after attending Wilson High School.
Mrs Mary Howlett Gilbert longtime Cedar Rapids resident died September 4 in San Diego California after a long illness. Born in Cedar Rapids she was daughter of George Howlett former local postmaster. Survived by three sisters and three Cedar Rapids cousins. Funeral and burial were in San Diego.
Kenneth Norris aged 32 of Ryan received an indeterminate one year term to Fort Madison state penitentiary after a substituted information for operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He had pled not guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle on August 3. Norris was arrested in Arizona late July with a car identified as belonging to W. C. Treft of Coggon and returned by deputies Radebaugh and Larry Con.
John Stodola aged 66 of near Palo was indicted by the September district court grand jury and pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. Judge H C Ring fined him 300 dollars plus costs on Saturday and ordered release during good behavior after payment of 150 dollars toward the fine. Stodola was arrested by local police on June 27.
Dale Wheeler of Marion pled not guilty before Judge H. C. Ring on Friday in district court. Bond of 500 dollars was posted. He is accused of converting funds allegedly collected for W. W. McCray doing business as the Allied Chick store.
Friday's district court grants divorce on cruel and inhumane treatment. It includes Catherine Schaefer from Lee Schaefer, age 31, married April 12 1928, and Cordelia Fisher from Wilfred D Fisher, age 42, married August 14 1920.
The Gazette reports heavy rental demand with 10 to 50 calls daily from renters for houses apartments and rooms. Home furnishing demand is strong as well with Want Ad users praising results and urging readers to place ads by dialing 2-1121 or visiting The Gazette office.
Simple children’s dress pattern 4177 by Anne Adams designed for ages 2 4 6 8 and 10 features short or long sleeves a yoke panel four pleats and Peter Pan collar. Make in printed cotton or challis for fall and wool crepe or jersey for winter. Pattern costs 15 cents and ships from Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Depart New York.
Local church listings provide service times for multiple denominations in Cedar Rapids aligning Sunday schools at 9:45 or 10:00 and worship at 10:45 or 11:00. Notable speakers include Rev Hin kin and Dr Albion R King with programs from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. plus midweek prayer and choir sessions.
Mary J. Oxley receives deed for lot 99 section Evergreen at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. The record notes subracial restrictions and a payment of $350 dated August 11, 1936.
The Concord Agriculture and Literary club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Kearns Friday evening with Virginia Jackson and Bonnie Carey performing readings and piano solos. About fifty guests attended. October to December committees were announced. Visitors included the Huths with daughter Ethel and the Lewis family.
Electa Circle of the King's Daughters met at Mrs. John Cone's home on Friday. Mrs. Andrew P. Munsen led the program on Sarah, Abraham's Wife, with Mr. Glenn Kinser guiding devotion. Sara Lynn Mavis of Cedar Rapids joined the baby band. Twelve members and one guest, Miss Jean Thomas of Toronto, attended. Next gathering set for October 2 at Mrs. L. R. Blinks's home.
A Christian church gathering Friday evening at Center Point included Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Irving E. Wade Dr and Mrs R E Leidigh Mr and Mrs Archie Milner Miss Esther Luse and others in a men and women pre convention session.
Mr and Mrs D B Stoufer and daughter Lucy B and nephew Jack Stoufer of Council Bluffs visit Mr and Mrs Carl Fernow near Marion. Misses Della and Clara Beall of Omaha stay longer. others return Sunday. They arrived Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Herman Koch and their daughters Marie Ellen and Genevieve depart Saturday for Greenwich Connecticut where Marie Koch will live for a year with Miss Tillie Koch an Edgewood school instructor in Greenwich.
Mr and Mrs Roy Oliphant and Harold Morrow left Saturday for Detroit after spending a week with Mrs Earle Boyd, the sister of Mr Oliphant, at her home.
Mrs Mary Hanna and her daughter Eleanor and son Charles joined Mr and Mrs C M Hanna at Manchester to celebrate their forty third wedding anniversary and Mr Hanna's eightieth birthday with a group of guests.
Mr and Mrs Harry B Hammond hosted the Excelsior Agriculture and Literary club with a piano solo by Mrs Guy Martin and a talk on Neighborliness by Rev Ralph Hall Collis. Fidelis Circle of the Kings Daughters met for a picnic luncheon and voted to send a cabinet to Fort Madison and fund dental hygiene in schools. Other items note illness recoveries, a Rogers school reunion, Sauerkraut day, and forthcoming Townsend and Methodist church events led by Allen Edwards.
Mr and Mrs Park McCalley who visited Mr and Mrs Harold Ford at Laurens returned home Friday They traveled with the Ford couple on a motor trip to Minnesota and South Dakota.
The Ladies Aid and Missionary societies of the Presbyterian church held a joint meeting on Stewardship. Cedar Rapids speaker Mrs P W Jacobsen led the program while Mrs S A Fontaine and Miss Alice Wallace presented a playlet. Supper for about fifty followed by divisions two and three.
The Marionette Four-H club met at Cath erine Reinheimer’s home with Mary Jane Davis presiding. Ten members attended and reported the year’s work during roll call. Members present included Catherine Reinheimer leader and several assistants and guests attended by name.
Marion Cone is confined to her home due to an attack of appendicitis.
John T. Massey and wife transfer to G J Albright a portion of Lot 2 and Plat 120. John Enabnit conveys to Lillian Dolan in Sec 20 85 6. Security Laws Co to Neil C Clark and Clara L Clark joint tenants. A C Trowbridge to Lena K Schaefer. Bessie Comley to George H Phelps. H N Boyson to Edward and Josephine Tellin. Hugo W Demuth to J M Franks. Transfers dated 9-36 and earlier, with nominal consideration.
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