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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1936
Page
18
Chicago reports show hog values slipped 10 to 15 cents with spots down 25 cents while top hog bids sit at 10.35. Cattle receipts move higher as lighter weights stay steady and sheep and lambs remain weak under pressure from slow demand and rising marketings.
Chicago hog receipts tally 14 000 with direct sales easing 10 to 15 cents and tops at 16 35 while most 200 290 lb hogs fetch 9 75 to 10 25. Cattle receipts 10 000 as calves 2000 and heavier steers soften about 50 cents. best yearlings up to 10 35 and 9 50 for mid weights. Sheep at 15 000 receipts showing fat lambs weak, natives bidding 9 25 to 9 50, ewes around 2 50 to 3 50 with fat lambs at 8 60 for 64 lb.
Cattle receipts 4500 mostly under 1000 pounds. Heavier weights bid 25 cents lower, best 950 to 1050 pound yearlings at 9.50 to 9.65, 1340 pound beeves around 9.50, cows mostly 4.00 to 4.75, stockers 6.00. Hogs receipts 4500 bids 10 to 15 cents lower, 180-260 pound hogs 9.35 to 9.85, 140-170 pound lights 8.00 to 9.25, sows about 8.60. Sheep receipts 5500, no early fat lamb action, natives around 9.00 for best, fat ewes steady 2.60 to 3.00, feeders slow.
Hogs 10 percent lower than Tuesday's close with prices for good to choice 140-150 lbs at 6.80 to 7.10 dollars and 150-160 lbs at 7.40 to 7.70 dollars.
Ottumwa hog prices show declines of ten to fifteen cents across several weight ranges with bids from 140 to 550 pounds ranging roughly from 6.75 to 9.60 in various bands. Mason City reports lighter demand with Good lights at 140 to 200 pounds and Good packers at 275 to 425 pounds, prices generally between 6.75 and 9.70 per hundredweight.
In Austin Minnesota hog market report a 15 cent drop on sows and 25 cent drop on butchers. Prices listed for 180 to 350 pound hogs range from 8.60 to 9.75 dollars, with packing sows at 7.40 to 8.40.
U S Department of Agriculture Omaha hog cattle and sheep totals with receipts 5 000 hogs 9 000 cattle and 10 000 sheep. Hogs unevenly steady to 15 cents lower under 160 pounds down 25 cents. top 9.85 for 190 210 pound hogs. Cattle bidding weak to 25 cents lower with most fed steers 8.00 9.25 and beef cows 4.00 5.25. Sheep slow with native lamb bids 8.25 8.75 and salable load range lambs 22 loads.
U S Dept Agriculture cattle hogs and sheep receipts at St Paul South St Paul show demand mixed with price ladders. Cattle mostly steady to high and low grades down to 3.25 to 3.65, hogs held near Monday levels with heavier weights lower, sheep steady in mid range with feeding lambs steady and ewes at 2.25 to 3.25.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaling 12 100 for the 24 hours ending 8 a m Tuesday down from 15 400 a week earlier and 6 900 a year ago. Prices show slow butchers 10 to 25 cents lower with light sows off 20 to 35 cents and packing sows 5 to 15 cents lower. Quotations list weights from 140 pounds to 550 pounds with ranges for light, medium, and heavy hogs and packing sows totals.
Hogs fell in the local market Tuesday with declines of 10 to 20 cents across grades. The top price slipped to 9.85 dollars as feed corn also showed weakness.
Wholesale livestock prices listed by Wilson and Co with detailed ranges for hogs by weight and type, plus calf, sheep, cattle, yearling, and cow categories. Notable figures include good hogs 160-170 lbs 7.90 8.20 and choice steers 1100 lbs up 7.75 9.00, with various others across weight bands and classes.
Rail liens held steady lifting the bond market Tuesday with broad fractional gains though utilities and industrials were uneven. Preliminary estimates suggest a 1936 high in freight carloadings for the week ended Sept 19, hinting at a potential peak since 1930. Prices rose for St Paul 5s Illinois Central 4 3 4c Southern Pacific 4s and Southern Railway 4s while Allis Chalmers 4s American and Foreign Power 5s and Youngstown Sheet and Tube 3s gained modestly. International Telephone Western Union and International Hydro Electric bonds slipped slightly. U S governments were mixed in routing. foreign issues largely unchanged.
U S bonds closed with steady prices in New York. Treasury 4s maturing 1944 to 1954 traded around 114.5, Treasury 3 1/2 40-43 near 108.10, Treasury 3s 1943-1947 around 109.10, Treasury 3s 1946-1949 about 107.2, and Treasury 3s 1951-1955 near 105.4.
Wheat led a late rally on the Chicago board of trade with modest volume as outside markets firmed. Sept wheat rose to 1.1634 dollars while corn, oats, and rye posted smaller gains or held steady amid pressure from Liverpool weakness and a sharp September corn decline.
Market listings show wheat futures for Sept and Dec with mixed gains and slight dips. Cash provisions in Chicago include No. 3 hard wheat at 1.18 and corn grades around 1.09 to 1.12, with oats and barley also detailed and local seed prices noted.
Wheat quotations rise 4 to 5 cents with Dec at 1.225 and Sept 1.3415. No. 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 lbs quoted at 1.4255 to 1.59, No. 1 dark northern 59 lbs 1.4159 to 1.4853, No. 2 dark northern 57 lbs 1.3853 to 1.465, No. 1 hard Montana protein 14% 1.3054 to 1.325, to arrive 1.2853 to 1.30. No. 1 dark hard Montana winter 1.245 to 1.26, to arrive 1.225 to 1.24. Hard amber durum No. 1 1.34 to 1.43, No. 2 1.31 to 1.41. Corn No. 3 yellow 1.08 to 1.09, trading basis unchanged, up 4 cents. Oats No. 3 white 41.5 to 45 cents.
Raw sugar held at 3.50 in New York with no spot sales. November futures slid 1 point to 2.53, January at 2.45 and March at 2.44 with narrow changes. Re Stand fine granulated unchanged at 4.75.
U S Department of Agriculture reports very slow demand in the Boston wool market on Tuesday with firm quotations and scant business in many lines. Fine territory wools show moderate demand while staple length graded fine territory wools sell at 88 90 cents secured, bulk fine territory wools at 85-86 cents, and lines largely good French and staple lengths at 87-88 cents.
AP reports regular foreign exchange demands with rates for Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal New York in Montreal and New York in Montreal. N Nominal.
Chicago AP market report shows butter receipts 9,390 with mixed creamery and standard lines, egg receipts 7,146 unsettled with prices unchanged. Poultry movement includes two trains plus trucks with varied hen, Leghorn, Plymouth Rock, and White Rock prices and weights, turkeys, ducks, and geese noted. potatoes receipts 110, on track 355.
Total U S shipments 583 with weak liberal supplies and slow demand for western stock while northern demand is very slow. Prices vary by variety and state with Idaho Russet Burbanks U S No 1 at 2 25 to 2 70 and U S No 2 near 1 80 to 1 85. Washington Russet Burbanks trades at 2 45 U S No 2 1 85. Oregon Bliss Τriumphs U S No 2 1 60 to 1 90. Colorado Red McClures 2 10 to 2 40. Brown Beauties 2 05 to 2 10. Michigan Cobblers 1 70 to 1 75. New Jersey and Pennsylvania Cobblers 2 25. Wisconsin Cobblers 1 75 with fair quality 1 60 and small 1 20. Minnesota Cobblers 1 70 to 1 75 partly graded 1 40 to 1 65. unclassified 1 00. North Dakota Bliss Triumphs partly graded 1 75.
AP reports New York eggs show receipts 14 614 with mixed colors and varied prices for special packs and standard grades. Butter receipts 13 883 with creamery and firsts levels near even. cheese receipts 142 029 steady. Live poultry freight prices steady with broilers and chickens quoted by Rock and Leg Horn categories.
Chicago futures for butter and eggs show rounding date quotes with storage and refrigerator standards. Potato futures for Idaho Russets list Oct and Jan prices at $1.90 and $2.30 respectively.
The stock market rose with fractional gains led by specialty shares as several issues hit six year highs. Trading totaled about 1.55 million shares with notable climbs for Chrysler, Auburn, Woolworth, Douglas Aircraft and others, while some leaders drifted and profit taking was limited.
A Cedar Rapids pricing sheet lists wide ranges for grains including wheat at 1.01 1.06, corn 91c, oats 35 41, rye 90 95c, and soybeans at 1.05. Hay and straw priced, poultry and wholesale fruits and vegetables detailed with crates and per unit costs. Flour market notes Minneapolis AP reports unchanged patent prices and slightly higher patents along with standard middlings and bran pricing.
John Clay was nominated commander at the Marion Legion meeting as election is set for October. Other officers named include first vice commander William Bleakly second vice commander Ed Boyanosky adjutant Allen McElwain and finance officer Lee Fitzgerald. An executive committee of four was nominated and plans for a membership drive and ward captains appointed.
Uruguay severs ties with Spain in protest after reports that three sisters of a Uruguayan diplomat were executed in Madrid. The move follows growing tensions between the two nations over the incident.
It is reported that 85 percent of students in the first five grades receive dental care annually in Hawaiian public schools.
New officers were installed including Mrs. Carrie Reichert as president, Mrs. Oscar Price as secretary, Mrs. Alta Emerson as treasurer, and Mrs. A. E. Blinks as press reporter. The meeting adjourned to reconvene in two weeks with Mrs. Esther Griffiths.
Miss Lucie Louise Munier aged 55 died Tuesday morning at her home in Marion following a brief illness. Born March 27 1881 on a Linn county farm she was a daughter of George Theodore and Louise Roy Munier pioneer settlers. Survived by a brother and a half sister and several nephews and nieces. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 in the Yocom chapel with Rev W E Fisher officiating. Burial in Oak Shade.
The Ministerial Union met Tuesday with President Rev. W. E. Fisher to plan a leadership training school in November. Rev. Ralph Hall Collis was named dean. Four courses will be offered: Old Testament by Rev. Fisher, teaching methods by Rev. Irving E. Wade, primary methods by Mrs. Ralph Hall Collis, and a junior course to be announced.
The Forget-me-not sale for disabled veterans, held Saturday by Camp Fire girls, raised $27.97 per Mrs. Grace Lang. Betty Taylor led with $3.42, earning first honors, followed by Betty Peck with $3.12 for second honors. A Cedar Rapids Disabled Veterans committee presented Mrs. Lang a silver loving cup in appreciation.
Mr and Mrs L M Rusk of Marion announce the marriage of their daughter Mary Ruth Chapman to Richard Eugene Simson son of Mr and Mrs E Simson of 715 Sixth Avenue The ceremony was held Monday in Cedar Rapids at the Nazarene church with Rev E E Russell officiating A wedding dinner followed at the bride’s home Attendees from Marion included Mr and Mrs Eugene Simson S P Leverich and Robert Gill The couple left after dinner for a wedding trip through the south
The Older Boys and Girls pre conference rally of the Christian church will be held at the Marion church Sunday at 2 p.m. The convention theme is Youth and the Abundant Life. Activities include devotions by Carylton Townsend, solos by Verle Breed and Lillian Anne Harding, violin by Gertrude McGrew, address by Cyrus Metcalf, trombone by Gaylord Ward, discussion led by Edward Treft, music by Prairie Chapel and Dorothy Newlin, a recreation period, a picnic supper, and a 7 p.m. song service and worship.
The Cary club gathered for its fall opener at Miss Alva Emerson’s home with thirteen members attending a picnic luncheon. Hostesses Elva Emerson and Addie Shumack assisted. Mrs. Owen Fernow shared an eastbound auto trip while Mrs. Blinks recapped her Dallas trip and the Texas centennial.
Fragmentary OCR ad item appears to be a public notice or classified ad missing details. It mentions lines and reads like an incomplete public sale or legal notice with unclear dates or locations.
Local listings show a sequence of beverage venues including Black North Shrine Temple and Abrams Beer Parlor offering fishbowls and 10 cent beer pitchers as curb service options.
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