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Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 10, 1925

Page

2

Wall Street Stocks Show Mixed In Day Of Caution

Wall Street trading today showed cautious stance by leading commission houses awaiting noon United States Steel tonnage data curbing bullish moves and promoting profit taking especially in motor shares. Short selling emerged in autos as reports said sales and production fell while major high grade shares and the southwestern group remained steady. Call money renewed at 3 percent.

New York United States Steel Automobile Group General Electric American Ice May Department Stores Underwood Typewriters Southwestern

Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report

Omaha market figures show hog receipts 9 500 with gains to 13 75 for 200 pounds, average 12.89. Cattle receipts 2 000 with steady fed steers and yearlings, top 13.00, cows 4.00 5.25, veal steady, stockers quiet. Sheep receipts 8 000 with active lambs, fat range 14.75 15.00, natives 14.50 14.75, best ewes 7.25.

Omaha U. S. Dept. of Agric

Chicago grain and provisions market closes mixed

Chicago July grain and provisions quotes show wheat corn oats rye and fats with July and Sept contracts. Prices move narrowly with slight gains in some wheat and lard items while corn and rye hold near prior levels.

East St. Louis Horse and Mule Market Prices

East St. Louis markets report horses selling to choice drafts 150 to 250 dollars while good eastern chunks fetch 75 to 100 dollars and choice southern horses 45 to 75 dollars. Mules range 16 to 17 hands at 175 to 225 dollars, 16 to 17 hands at 126 to 190 dollars, and 14.3 to 16.2 hands at 60 to 100 dollars.

East St. Louis

Market quotes for wheat corn and oats from St Louis

St Louis cash grain prices July 10 show Wheat No 2 red 3.57 No 3 red 1.55 1.57. Corn No 3 mixed 107 No 4 mixed 1.05 No 2 yellow 1.98 1.09 and 11⁄&lt.? unclear 1.19. Oats No 3 white 4814 49.

ST. Louis

Futures steady as July and December contracts quoted

Market figures show July futures at 19 percent and December around 14.74 percent. Prices for Rio No 7 and Santos No 4 coffee are noted, with July 19.00 and December 14.74 references. The brief offers no broader context or outcomes.

New York Rio No Santos

Weather Summary of Local Observations 24 Hours End Morning

Observations over the past 24 hours end at 7 am show a high of 72 and a low of 60 with trace rainfall at BD 95 and 7. No rainfall at ie 73 or 8. No measurable precipitation at set 8 or 8.

Chicago Livestock Markets Report From July 10

Hogs receipts 18 000. fairly active demand, prices up 26 to 40 cents from Thursday. Desirable hogs 180 to 300 pounds 14.00 14.16 top 14.20. 125 to 150 pound pigs 13.26 13.85. Sows 12.50 13.00. Cattle receipts 4 000. steers steady, poor demand, best natives 12.90, 16 loads Texas steers unsold, bulls 9.00 12.50. Sheep receipts 8 000. fat lambs active, natives 15.00 15.50, choicest 16.00. Tomorrow’s receipts: hogs 4 000, cattle 0, sheep 2 000.

Chicago Livestock Chicago Dept. of Auric

Produce and Poultry Rates in Chicago and St Louis

Chicago reports mixed poultry prices with alive fowls at 19 to 24 percent, broilers 15 to 25, springs 32, roosters 15, turkeys 20, ducks 18, geese 18 to 20. Potatoes show 49 cars received. Irish cobbler prices quoted. butter and eggs mostly steady to higher with regional receipts. St Louis lists hen 25, springs 30, turkeys 29, ducks 18, geese 12 to 18, butter 43.

Chicago United States Kansas Missouri St. Louis

Market Prices Report From Kansas City Dairy Eggs Potatoes

Kansas City market update shows butter unchanged at 45 46, creamery packing steady, eggs steady with firsts 30 percent and selected 37. Poultry unchanged with hens 20 roosters 11 and broilers 27. Red River Ohio potatoes at 1.50.

Kansas City Red River

Butter Firm Receipts Varied. Eggs, Poultry Prices Noted

New York reports butter firm with 14 304 tubs and higher creamery prices, eggs show irregular receipts of 19 288 carts and varied whites, cheese remains steady with 284 417 pounds recorded, live poultry prices listed for broilers fowls and roosters by freight and express, dressed poultry including beef steak and chicks noted.

New York Freight Express

St Joseph Livestock Market Report

St Joseph July 10 hogs receipts 5 000 up 25 to 40 cents. top price 13.70 bulk 18.25. Cattle receipts 700 strong. steers 8.25 to 10.50, cows and heifers 3.25 to 10.50, calves 5.00 to 11.00, stockers and feeders 5.25 to 8.25. Sheep 1 200 steady to strong. lambs 12 0 to 14.25, yearlings 6.00 to 7.25.

ST. Joseph

Hay Prices Steady Across Markets with Variations

In St Louis on July 10 hay remained steady with No 2 timothy 16 00 to 18 00 and No 2 light clover mixed 16 00 to 18 00 while No 2 heavy clover mixed sold 15 00 to 16 00 and choice western alfalfa 26 00 to 27 00. Kansas City on July 10 reports hay unchanged to 50 cents higher with No 1 prairie 11 50 to 12 50.

St. Louis Juye Kansas City Hay Prairie

Liberty Bonds Activity Report From New York Market

U S bonds closed with Liberty 34s at 100.20 and various treasury issues across par values. Second 4s at 100 First 414s8 at 102.22 and Third 4s at 101.21 Fourth 4s 102.28 Treasury 48 at 103.30 and Treasury 4s at 107.22.

Liberty Bonds New York U. S Liberty Tresury Treasuury

Toledo Seed Market Prices and Trading Terms

Toledo seed market quotes list several seed types with cash and futures values. Jlover seed shows cash 16.25, Oct 14.70 asked, Dec 14.30 asked. Timothy seed prices include cash 38.70 and Sept 4.00.

Toledo Timothy

Sugar Market Rumors From New York Trade Ledger

New York July 10 raw sugar prices seen heavy with Cuban quotes at 4.24 duty paid. Refined sugar quiet with fine granulated at 5.35 and other varieties around 4. ale 0.

New York

Wheat and corn slide as market ends lower on heat and reports

Chicago board notes downturns in wheat with September at 1.42% to 1.43% after an early decline and later rally. December wheat weak again amid forecasts of heat in the northwest and risk of black rust. Corn climbs on favorable government corn reserve signals, oats stay weak as hog values support the pork market.

Chicago Liverpool

Chicago Cash Grain Prices on July 10

Wheat No 1 hard priced at 1.53 to 1.54. Corn mixed quotes range from 1.06 to 1.44 for various grades. Oats No 2 white 0.48 to 0.50. Rye No 3 at 1.00. Barley and seeds listed with bargain figures. Lard and ribs priced 17.35 and 18.80 respectively. Bel kies 22.20.

Chicago Grain & Provisions Chicago Vly wNo

Omaha Cash Grain Prices Report

Omaha cash grain prices list Wheat No 3 hard 1.49 percent No 8 hard 1.47 percent Corn No 2 yellow 1.08 and 1.08 percent No 3 yellow 1.07 percent Oats No 3 white 0.45 and No 4 white 0.45 percent.

Omaha

Flour Prices Dip as Market Guides Adjust Merchantry

Minneapolis markets report flour unchanged to 20 cents lower with family par ents at 20.00 and bran at 23.00 to 24.00, reflecting limited price shifts in commodity quotes.

Minneapolis

Demands Arrest Of Witness In Looney Trial

Rockland, M, July 10. The state star witness Pedigo is accused of perjury as discrepancies emerge between his prior testimony and recent statements. Allen the Looney defense attorney faces demands to retire from the case amid clashes over Pedigo's credibility.

Looney Associated Press Rock Teland Lawrence Padigo John P. Looney W. C. Allen Pedigo Tindall Hazlett Allen Barbour

Patriarch Militant Opens Annual Session Tonight

In Clear Lake Iowa the thirty-second annual convention of the Patriarchs Militant is formally opened this evening with a banquet for over two hundred. Percy Walker of the Clear Lake commercial club gives the welcome, Major General J A Cutting of Cresco replies, with toasts by Mrs May Welsh Des Moines and Mrs ER B Hill Waterloo.

Associated Press Clear Lake The Patriarchs Militant Percey Walker Clear Lake Commercial Club J. A. Cutting Cresco May Welsh Des Moines ER. B. Hill Waterloo

Farmers report corn ahead of last year in Decorah

In Decorah Iowa farmers report corn in early condition three to four weeks ahead of last year with oats and barley in excellent shape. The notes come from July tenth observations across multiple towns including Des Moines and Iowa Falls.

Decorah Iowa

Russian Worker Rebellion Forecast by Ex-Guard Commander

Des Moines reports Col. Alexander Schwartz, former czarist imperial guard commander, predicting soon renewed Russian worker rebellion against communistic rule. He says communism will not spread to the United States.

Des Moines Alexander Schwartz Imperial Guard Russia

Two Manslaughter Charges Filed Against Harlan Druggist

In Harlan Iowa two counts of manslaughter due to alleged criminal negligence were filed against A L Levendahl a local druggist. Each case carries $38000 bond and will be presented at the September term without a special grand jury following the Spirit Lake inquest into the deaths of Mrs C F Swift and Fred Butts from poisons mistaken for rochelle salts bought at Levendahl store.

Harlan Justice Court A. L. Levendahl Levendahl Spirit Lake C. F. Swift Fred Butts

Dickinson county coroner's jury prompts two manslaughter charges

County Attorney Russell L. Swift announces plans to file two separate manslaughter actions against A. L. Levendahl druggist of Harlan Iowa. One information cites Fred Butts the mail carrier who died from poisoning, the other concerns Mrs. C. F. Swift of Spirit Lake.

Harlan, Ja Russell L. Swift Dickinson County A. L. Levendah Fred Butts C. F. Swift Spirit Lake

Government of Ecuador Overthrown in Quito Bloodless Move

Lima dispatch reports a bloodless military movement overthrowing the Ecuadorian government in Quito. Officials were imprisoned and the scope of the action uncertain, possibly targeting the cabinet or President Cordova. movement described as widespread.

Associated Press Lima Peru el Comercio Guayaquil Ecuador Quito Cordova

Legumes Could Nitrogen Fix On Iowa Farms Says Professor

Iow City July 10 Special to the Advertiser Professor Gilbert N Houser of the University of Iowa says farmers can act as their own Muscle Shoals by cultivating legumes like alfalfa clover peas and beans to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil without Muscle Shoals or commercial fertilizer. He explains legumes host nitrogen fixing bacteria on roots and inoculation is needed if soil lacks nitrogen, urging planting peas beans alfalfa and sweet clover to build soil nitrogen naturally.

Iow City Gilbert N. Houser University of Iowa Henry Ford Houser Ford Muscle Shoals Prof

King Will Address Swedish Church Conference in Stockholm

Stockholm hosts August gathering of 700 Christian leaders, including 160 U S delegates, for the Universal conference on Christian Life and Work. Archbishop Nath an Soderblom heads the committee as King grants a welcome, with sessions across auditoriums, Parliament, and private estates.

Associated Press Stockholm Sweden United States Nathan Soderblom Royal Palace World Alliance For Promoting International Committee of the Conference of Christian Life and Work Universal Conference Academy of Music Haga Skansen Visby Gotland

Omaha youth returns home after grandparent visit

Jordan Miller of Omaha returned home this morning after spending the past week visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs Frank S Miller and Mr and Mrs M J Jordan. He will stay a few days with them.

Jordan Miller Omaha Frank S. Miller M. J. Jordan Mr. Miller A Will

MacMillan to Delve into America's Early History in Far North

Commander Donald B. MacMillan plans Arctic expeditions from Etah to Utah and Greenland to map and photograph routes and establish an air base near Cape Thomas Hubbard. He aims to illuminate early North American history by studying Norse and Viking settlements around Disko Greenland, including 120 farm houses and 21 churches.

Associated Press Chicago Donald B. MacMillan Labrador MacMillan Utah Greenland Cape Thomas Hubbard North Pole Polar McMillan Disko Eric the Red

Diploma for High School Work is Goal of Man 57

Baxter Tennessee July 10. Baxter Seminary in Putnam county reports 14 graduates this year with 110 students in attendance. One man aged 57 has pursued high school work to earn the diploma, while others are older or in early years of study. Most students work to pay tuition with cornmeal flour meat and beans.

Associated Press Baxter, Tenn Baxter Seminary Putnam County Cumberland Plateau Tennessee Harry L. Upperman Upperman

Endeavors Urged to Aid World-Wide Prohibition

Ernest H. Cherrington urged Christian Endeavorers at the thirtieth international convention to push world wide prohibition. He called the liquor problem a world problem and warned of a powerful international liquor minority opposing the Eighteenth Amendment. He urged spreading the gospel of prohibition to make American prohibition permanent.

Portland Ore Ernest H. Cherrington Westerville Ohio World League Against America

Two Charged With Illegal Transportation of Liquor

P Holander of Denison filed an information in Justice Bliesman s court against George O Neil and Hunch back Whiting of Sioux City charging illegal transportation of liquor. A Denison man bought a large quantity of supposed alcohol for 800 dollars and found each gallon can contained a small amount of alcohol with water filling the rest.

Denison P. Holander

McKee Faces Barton In State Golf Semi Finals

Sioux City reports describe tight matches in the state golf tournament. Robert McKee of Des Moines and Dr. Paul Barton of Fort Dodge were even after nine holes in a 36 hole semi final while Arthur Bartlett of Ottumwa led Ted Payseur of Dubuque by four after nine on another semi final.

Sioux City Arenin Bartlett Ottumwa Robert McKee Des Moines Paul Barton Fort Dodge McKee Barton Bartlett Payseur Arthur Bartlett Ted Payseur Dubuque Soux City

Iowa Vegetable Crops And Fruit Promising

Des Moines July 10 The condition of vegetable crops in Iowa is very good and fruit crops are promising in the monthly crop condition report by the Iowa Horticultural Society and the crop reporting bureau. Fruit quality is described as excellent with exceptionally good size. The report lists condition percentages for many crops including apples pears plums cherries strawberries grapes raspberries currants peaches early and late potatoes cabbage onions sweet corn tomatoes watermelons cantaloupes cucumbers and more.

Associated Press Des Moines Iowa Iowa Horticultural Society Crop Reporting Bureau

Quakes Shake Western Montana Cities

Multiple tremors were felt in Helena Great Falls Three Forks Manhattan and Billings with no widespread damage reported. The strongest shock hit Three Forks lasting about two minutes as residents fled outdoors amid scattered brick debris from prior quakes.

Associated Press Helena Mont Montana Great Falls Three Forks Manhattan Billings

Foreclosure Suit Over M B S R R Prolonged by Decree

Muscatine Iowa July 10. Litigation in the foreclosure suit over the Muscatine Burlington and Southern railway is halted by a decree signed by Judge D W Jackson. The order gives personal injury claimants the bulk of the $35 100 sheriff sale price. Several railways plan to appeal to the state supreme court to apply the purchase price against their claims.

Associated Press Muscatine Muscatine, Burlington and Southern Railway D. W. Jackson Supreme Court

Two Hanged For Murder of Officer

Sam Quentin, Calif., July 10. Thoms Bailey, 22, and Lewis Perry, 19, were hanged at the state prison here today for the murder of Glenn Bond, a Los Angeles policeman. The hangings had been delayed for an hour to permit a final appeal to the state supreme court in San Francisco, which was refused.

Associated Press Sam Quentin Calif Thoms Bailey Lewis Perry Glenn Bond Los Angeles State Supreme Court San Francisco

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Wall Street Omaha Livestock Cash Market Report Craam Owenes Tnes Board of Trade Patriarch Militant Fred Beauchamp Roeswell City State Board of Optometry John Hammill Beauchamp John M. Hanson Iowa Falls J. T. Long Washington Executive Council Council Bluffs George N. Hall Dayton, Tenn Burlington William A. Hiltw Edward Litzrodt Fred Kostmolosky Fred Beddow Nebraska Swedish Far North M'Kee M.B S.R.R
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