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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1925
Page
3
Steady accumulation of oil shares kept prices rising in morning trading on January 26 while steel, motor and textile issues slipped. Commercial Solvents advanced to 1914? points with renewed buying in low priced carriers. Colt money hovered around 3 percent as mid day demand grew, market closed irregularly.
United States Department of Agriculture data shows hog receipts at 18 000 with slow demand and prices 15 cents lower. Hogs weighted 200 to 250 pounds yielded 10.60 top, 9.35 to 9.50 for 140 to 150 pounds, and feeder pigs around 7.25 to 10.50. Cattle receipts 7 000 with steadier prices for veals, while bulls and stockers drifted lower. steer and yearling trade up to 15 to 25 cents higher. Sheep receipts 8 400 with Western lambs selling 17.35 to 17.60 and feeding lambs around 17.00 to 17.35.
Hogs receipts 11,000 with prices 10.75 to 16.65, cattle receipts 2,200 with steers 9.00 to 10.25, cows and heifers 3.25 to 9.00, calves 4.00 to 10.50, stockers 7.75. Sheep receipts 6,000 with lambs 17.00 to 17.85 and ewes 9.00 to 10.25.
At St Louis on January 26, horse market reports good to choice drafts selling from 125 to 175 dollars. Eastern chunks 40 to 50 dollars, southern horses 20 to 45 dollars. Mules 16 to 17 hands 175 to 225 dollars, 15 to 16.2 hands 125 to 200 dollars, 14 to 15 hands 25 to 50 dollars.
New York market update notes sugar prices with refined grade steady at 6.10 and 6.25 for fine granulated, an unchanged at 4.52 and 6.25 noted for refined sugar as duns paid. The report records minor fluctuations and current price bids in the commodity desk.
Market note from Minneapolis records a flour price uptick with a 10 cent increase across family patent grades from 10.10 to 10.20 and bran at 30.00.
The wing presents the local observations for the past 24 hours ending 7 p m yesterday. Data describe conditions and notable measurements recorded by the observers.
Chicago livestock market summary for January 26 shows hog receipts at 86 090 with varied prices across weight classes, cattle receipts 17 000 and steers 11 50 to 11 00 per cwt for heavyweights, sheep receipts 19 000 with fat lambs around 18 00, and official tomorrow estimates: hogs 46 000 cattle 10 000 sheep 11 000.
Chicago and New York markets show firmer butter and eggs with creamery extras rising while general poultry demand remains slow. Receipts include 124 carloads of poultry and 4,974 cases of eggs. fowls, ducks, and geese priced across freight and express options.
The visible supply of American grain showed changes with Wheat down 2,589,000 bushels, Corn up 3,037,000, Oats up 440,000, Rye up 651,000, and Barley down 629,000 on the latest report from New York.
In New York on January 26 bonds closed with Liberty 344s at 101.17, First 4%4s at 101.26, Second 44S at 100.30, Third 4%s at 101.14, Fourth 4s at 101.29, U S Treasury 48 at 100.22, and U S Treasury 44 8 at 104.26, indicating steady demand across issues.
In St Louis on January 26 price quotes show steady wholesale levels for feed commodities with No 1 timothy and light clover mixed listed at 22.00 and 23.00, and choice kafl alfa at 30.00 and 31.00 per unit. The figures indicate stable demand and uniform pricing across reported grades.
Chicago board of trade reports record high May wheat prices for the season with gains early and late in trading. Rye deliveries reached new highs while corn and oats weakened, and overall futures closed unsettled with slight declines. Provisions showed little change.
President and Mrs. Coolidge sail with friends on a Sunday afternoon and overnight Potomac cruise before returning to the White House in Washington. The Women's Peace Union opens Western Hemisphere offices to push a constitutional amendment banning war and armed forces. A separate Burma case grants an appeal for Buddhist priests and a layman linked to the assault on American missionaries.
President Ales Sandri of Chile will return only if guaranteed that his presence will restore concord and allow a civil government above partisanship. Other items include a Trinity Church property suit by Edwards heirs, a London marriage of Mare Klaw to Blanche Harris, a Sinclair gasoline price hike, Texas Senate rejection of child labor amendment, Standard Oil price rise, and Leonard Carbet facing fraud charges after a Utah death.
Chicago cash grain quotes list multiple commodities with price ranges for wheat corn oats rye barley timothy seed cloverseed and fats including lard ribs and hams. The data shows No 2 red wheat at 2.10 and No 3 red at 2.06 to 2.09 with other grades and mixed lots priced across the board.
Wheat and corn prices listed for various grades with weights and price ranges. No. 4 hard wheat entries at 1.85 to 1.87 per bushel and No. 2 hard at 1.85 to 1.86. Corn No. 3 yellow 1.17 to 1.18, No. 4 yellow 1.11 to 1.14. Oats No. 3 white 55, No. 4 white HAIG M.
Toledo report lists Clover seed with cash terms for January February 1975 and March 1990, including old and new lots. Timothy seed priced cash terms for January and March 3 and 25, with dates and amounts noted.
New York coffee market reports Rio No 7 at 23 percent Santos No 4 at 28 percent. Tees easy for futures with March 201 and May 19.35.
The Associated Press reports Owen J. Roberts argued before the District of Columbia Supreme Court that the defendants delay in challenging Walshs radio remarks was an afterthought. Defendants including Albert B Fall K E Doheny and Harry F Sinclair contend Walshs remarks on oil cases should have been available to grand jurors during naval oil leases indictments.
Harry Leonard known as Bat thing fights Benny Gershe in a 12 round featherweight bout in Cleveland tonight. In Chicago Springfield and Quincy join the Three Eyed league, expanding the circuit from six to eight clubs.
Ogden Utah January 26 relatives of Leonard R Carlstedt of Moline Illinois insist on positive identification before disposition of his body They say earlier reports of his death were false Carlstedt killed himself in a hotel lobby after being arrested on swindling charges His wife and young son were with him in Moline Illinois relatives will pay burial expenses in Ogden and have demanded conclusive proof of death.
In Wightman IIa on January 26 a gas lamp toppled during a hold up, trapping Harry Williams as two robbers looted the store of $200 and escaped. Williams freed his wife upstairs, but flames wrecked the interior before they could be controlled.
Metz and Nancy report Father Bergey a wartime chaplain attacking Herriot's clerical policy. Bergey vows energy if fight is forced and urges unity of Catholic families from Metz to Nice. Meeting supports embassy at the Vatican and freedom for religious congregations amid national loyalty statements. Geneval De Castelnau warns against attacks on loyalty and says they will oppose such attempts by force if needed.
A strained speech quotes a leader declaring readiness to take to the streets if communist doctrine spreads. He says they abhor war yet see multiple ways to wage it, signaling a hardened stance in the era's ideological clash.
Dr Sun Yat Sen head of south China government was taken to a hospital in Peking for an operation to relieve an abscess of the liver. His condition is described as serious. He had traveled to Peking to confer with General Chang Tso-Lin and other leaders on reviving the Chinese government.
Des Moines January 26. Water Auditor J C Maclune announced charges by the Vinton city council over irregularities in a pair of state examiners expense accounts were investigated and as a result the examiners were dismissed from state service.
Examiners are no longer in state employ after findings by Vinton city council that expense accounts exceeded actual costs. They have reimbursed the city, and Mr. McClune indicated a complete reorganization of the examiners' force could follow his investigation in Vinton.
Eyewitnesses recall a Saturday night gunfight in Herrin with Deputy Sheriff Ora Thomas firing the fatal shot at S. Glenn Young, a Ku Klux Klan raider, and Young killed by Edward B. Forbes and Homer Warren.
Maquoketa Iowa reports 11 year old Frank Banhart son of a local merchant died from injuries after his bobsled upset Thursday forenoon and struck a telephone pole. He was an only son.
A historical film note from a period studio records details for The Season Greatest Novel of Marriage the Golden Bed produced by an early film company. The entry lists a release context and studio association with a brief production mention.
Admah Holtz revels in a growing town storefront glow as his candy business expands. He hires Jo, ups production with a taffy puller, and eyeing a broader reach from Scudderville to Cincinnati, while balancing pride, reputation, and shifting family dynamics.
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