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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1925
Page
2
Trading on New York stocks showed broad gains as call money lifted to four percent and investors supported key issues. American Can, Niih Motors, United States Steel, and Iron Pipe led Friday’s advance while textile shares lagged amid steady but cautious demand.
The Chicago grain and provisions market shows multiple futures with fluctuating bids. Wheat, corn, and pork products display varied highs lows and closes across May July September contracts amid mixed demand signals.
Chicago cash grain quotes list wheat and barley prices with multiple grades and samples. Prices show No 1 hard around 1.25 to 1.9 cents, No 2 mixed about 1.24, No 3 white near 1.15, No 4 white about 1.11, No 6 yellow around 2.26, with various tonnage and samples. Barley and timothy prices appear, plus mover and other miscellaneous items.
St. Louis area livestock receipts for January 27 show hogs at roughly 20.75 to 16.65 per hundredweight and cattle with mixed classes: steers about 7.26 to 9.25, cows and heifers 5.25 to 9.00, calves 4.40 to 10.60. Receipts total about 10 506 hogs and 6 000 cattle with varied demand and slaughter weights.
Market notes list prices for horses and mules in Loni on January 27. Horses and chelee drafts priced from 40 to 175 dollars, Southern horses from 20 to 45 dollars. Mules ranging 14 to 17 hands at 125 to 225 dollars, 15 to 16.2 hands from 125 to 200 dollars, 24 to 1? hands at 25 to 450 dollars.
Fragmentary item from Sugar New York dated January 27 notes fluctuating sugar and pominaly values. Mentions raw sugar, cabam and gravulatec with figures like 4.52 and 6.106.265 but lacks complete context or coherent facts.
A terse, unreadable OCR fragment mentions numbers and codes with no clear event or names. The readable facts are insufficient to identify persons, organizations, or a location for a proper summary.
An OCR fragment notes flour price data at Mars Port dated January 27, with garbled text around quantities and brands. The readable portion mentions market activity but lacks complete figures or context.
Weather summary lists local agencies reporting conditions for the past day ending at 1 am. It notes observations from multiple agencies and outlines precipitation, temperatures, and wind data recorded during the 24 hour period.
Receipts total about 55 000 hogs with slow to uneven demand and mostly steady to slightly lower packer bids. Heavier hogs traded to 11.00 with top loads 200 pounds and up. sows and pigs showed varying gains with strong weight slaughter pigs from 4.00 to 9.50. Cattle and sheep also moved higher on fat cows and heavy cattle while lambs and sheep showed late weakness, with analysts noting scarce buyers for lighter offerings.
Kansas City market notes show poultry and produce led by hens at 21 cents, roosters 13 cents, springs 24 cents, brottery 26 cents, and Red River potatoes at 1.50 for 135 units. The report lists Hutter-Creamery entries and a fire BO selection noted in brief.
In Chicago on January 27 prices show active poultry with fowls at 18.425, springs 25, roosters 16 percent, ducks 28, geese 21 22. Creamery extras 37.4 and standards 37 percent with Firsts around 35.4. Eyes lower receipts 8,830 cases. firate 54, ordinary firsts 50 51. Potato trade limited with market steady. receipts 56 cars and total US shipments 506. Wisconsin sacked round whites mostly 1.05 to 1.10. Minnesota sacked round whites 1.05 to 1.10, one ear 1.12.
Jan 27 market report shows higher creamery receipts and active egg and poultry dealing. Creamery fat and butter prices rise while live poultry and dressed poultry figures vary by region and method of shipment. Geese, ducks, turkeys, and eggs list notable weights and prices across multiple categories.
Omaha cash grain report dated January 27 lists wheat prices for No 4 hard at 1.87 to 1.90 per bushel and No 2 hard at 1.86. Corn prices show No 2 white at 1.17 to 1.19 and No 2 yellow at 1.20. Oats are No 2 white 56 1/4 to 57 and No white 55.
Toledo January 27 market note lists Clover seed and Timothy seed with prices and bids. Prices show Jan February 1975 bids up to March 1990. cash and old new terms noted, with Jan 2.20 and March 2.25 bids.
New York January 27 report shows Rio No 7 at 23 Santos No 4 at 28 percent futures easing with March at 20.30 and May at 18.98.
Wheat hit a May high near 1.98 a bushel on export demand and Hungary purchases in Argentina, then retreated with profit taking. Corn and oats followed with mixed moves as wheat rallied later before closing firm in corn and slight gains in oats.
U S Department report from Omaha details hog receipts of 26000 with prices mainly 9.75 to 10.50 per cwt and top 10.55 for butcher weights. cattle receipts 7500 with fed steers and yearlings strong up to 10.00 per cwt and heifers 4.50 to 7.25 for butcher cows. sheep receipts 5000 with western lambs 17.50 to 17.75 and ewes 9.75 to 10.50, markets described as active or steady with variations by weight and class.
University of Iowa coach Sam Derry plans last minute practices as semester exams cut squad time. Varsity scrimmages freshmen and evening sessions continue Wednesday and Thursday while the Indiana game looms Friday night.
U S Bonds closed with Liberty 3s at 101.15 and 4s around 100.25 to 101.29. Treasury notes and fourth 4s traded near 100.23 to 104.26, reflecting varied yields across series.
Instructions advise soaking fabrics in strong ammonia water or kerosene to remove bluing stains, then washing with naptha soap in lukewarm water. Safety steps are not provided and chemical use can be hazardous.
William Mathies, 64, a Collinsville messenger, was held up by several men who escaped with a mail pouch believed to contain 15 900 dollars. He was en route from the railroad depot to the Collinsville State bank to cash Lumahi Coal payroll checks of St. Louis mines.
Eighteen Protestant Episcopal clergymen including two missionary bishops are proposed for the vacant Olympia diocese bishopric. The list goes to Tacoma delegates for the February 3 and 4 convention, featuring Rev Thomas Casady of Omaha and Bishop John Poyntz Tyler of North Dakota.
Seven armed extremists forced entry at the home of Bishop Ignacio Valdespinos of Aguas Calientes City attempting to coerce him to abjure the Catholic faith and declare socialism. They fled after threatening the prelate and were reported to the apostolic delegation.
Brussels reports the second Gordon Bennett cup race will start from Brussels on June 7. Entries close in early May. A solid silver cup valued at 12,500 francs donated by the Aero Club of Belgium will replace the original trophy won by James Gordon Bennett and later owned by Belgian aviator Ernest DeMuyter after wins in 1922 1923 and 1924.
Great Britain issued a challenge for the Davis cup, the world’s premier lawn tennis trophy, as announced this afternoon. Mason City recorded a minimum temperature of 13 below zero last night.
A representative committee will assess radio’s impact on the stage following a conference under the Actors' Equity association. In New York, 11 people died from luminous gas yesterday, including two infants.
A gas leak from stoves in Philadelphia caused four deaths, most likely accidental. In New York two newborn twins, a boy and girl, were born to Mrs Winfield Jesse Nicholls, younger daughter of Mrs William K Van derbilt, on Saturday.
In Oakland on January 27, testimony from Mrs Idica Conkin in superior court alleges women members of a philosophical cult operating from Hickory Hall forced others to disrobe and endured beatings at the hands of fellow women members.
Los Angeles reports that Mrs William Gibbs McAdoo Jr daughter-in-law of the wartime treasury secretary will open a Chintz shop in her Los Angeles home next week. Local newspaper notes the venture cited by the Times.
Washington on January 27 reports a move to replace red tape with white string in most government departments. The economy measure aims to simplify procurement and standardize supplies across agencies.
Washington January 27 The board of tax appeals ruled that ownership of patent rights is in the same category as tangible or material business assets.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson is confined to the executive mansion with a throat ailment and could not appear at the capitol. In her absence her husband James E. Ferguson performed the duties of the governorship yesterday.
Washington awaits decision on how to proceed. The department of justice weighs building its own case against named individuals or urging state authorities to pursue a second proceeding with federal cooperation in the Wee Hawken New Jersey liquor matter.
Cedar Rapids vigil for John T Hamilton former president of Merchants National Bank after heart attack last Saturday. Funeral at St John Episcopal Church at 3 30 this afternoon with Masonic lodge in charge. Banks in city closed at 2 pm out of respect.
Fire of uncertain origin gutted Western Electric Telephone company equipment in Mason City Iowa last night valued at about 25000 dollars. Insurance coverage is only partial leaving substantial loss to the firm.
Des Moines reports the death of Mrs. J. E Foster wife of Dr. Join E. Foster dean of men at Iowa State College Ames Iowa. She passed away yesterday in San Antonio Texas according to today’s disclosure.
United States deputy marshals began a search in Los Angeles for Teddy Hayes, trainer for Jack Dempsey, on a New York warrant charging him as a fugitive in connection with an alleged conspiracy to transport Dempsey Carpentier fight films on July 5, 1921. In Chicago, wheat prices climbed on a vast buying surge.
Prices advanced to a new high while a quarter of 2 a bushel for jig delivery was noted. Reported buyers cited Argentina delaying wheat sales for higher prices as Hungary and other exporters moved toward importer status, signaling a broader price-led shift.
A fire originated in the attic of Henry Land's home in Clinton at noon today and consumed the house and its contents, with an estimated loss around $4,000.
W. J. H. Corcoran a 60 year old Oskaloosa salesman was fatally struck when his car was hit by a Rock Island passenger train about 12:20 PM two miles west of Centerville Iowa.
In Fulton on January 27 a 12-year-old pupil named Harry Parnell lost a thumb and forefinger when a dynamite cap he was pounding in a classroom exploded. Others in the room were uninjured. The caps were found by classmates on a road outside town and brought to the school.
Admah Holtz tracks real estate amid town changes chasing a dream of a king store in the heart of the shopping district. He encounters Mrs Stek and Margaret Peake, learns of a nursing home appeal, and notices the town’s social shifts and a tender plot around the Peake sisters.
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