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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 03, 1927

Page

4

Grain prices fall as Chicago Board of Trade sells off

Grain prices slide across all pits as investors cite renewed Illinois state control talk and prospects for Canadian and northwest wheat. Wheat and corn lead declines with September futures near day lows while oats follow, provisions little changed amid heavy short covering and fading demand.

Chicago Chicago Board of Trade Illinois Canada Northwest Kessinger Springfield

Chicago grain and seed prices show mixed futures guidance

The Chicago cash market lists wheat and corn with numerous No. grade prices across mixed and yellow varieties, plus rye not quoted. Barley, timothy seed, clover seed and lard to bellies futures trade at specific quoted levels.

Chicago

Grain price listings from St Louis market June 3

IT, LOUIS CASH GRAIN lists wheat and corn prices with No 2 red at 1.51, No 1 hard 1.50, mixed and yellow varieties around 1.01 to 1.04, No 2 white 1.04, No 3 white 1.04, oats No 2 white 514 percent, No 3 white 49.

Louis Cash Grain St. Louis

Liberty Bonds Market Summary Dated June 3

New York June 3 Liberty bonds closed with values: 4s at 100.31, First 4s at 103.00, Second 4s at 100.11, Third 4s at 100.30, Fourth 4s at 103.29, Treasury 3s at 105.28, Treasury 4s at 108.28, and do 4s at 113.27.

New York Liberty Treasury

Seed Prices Report From Toledo Market

Toledo seed price notes show Clover cash imported at 12.50 with October futures 16.65 amid domestic Der at 16.65. Timothy seed lists cash old 2.50 and new 2.60, dated June 3.

Toledo Timothy

Weather summary for Creston shows weekly temperatures and precipitation

A government thermometer record from Creston reports the daily high and low temperatures for the week ending June 3. May 28 had 78/50 with trace precipitation, May 31 74/40, June 1 76/47, June 2 73/57, and June 3 69/56 with no precipitation recorded.

Creston Observer Pri

Chicago Livestock Market Reports Mixed Hog and Cattle Activity

Chicago livestock notes show hogs steady to strong with prices for fat hogs at 9.40 to 9.60 and top hogs near 9.65. Cattle receipts around 3,000 with steers high to 10.50, butchers steady to 15 cents up, sheep light buyers cautious as 19,000 sheep and lambs sold. Estimated tomorrow's receipts forecast cattle 300 hogs 6,000 sheep 4,000.

St Joseph Livestock Market Report June 3

Hogs receipts 8 000 steady to 10 cents lower top 9 25 bulk 9 20 9 75 cattle receipts 600 market steady to low bulk steers 9 00 10 00 cows and heifers 4 00 9 50 calves 5 00 9 50 stockers and feeders 7 50 9 00 sheep receipts 2 500 market higher to 25 cents lambs 15 25 ewes 5 00 6 25

ST. Joseph

Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report

Hogs receipts 11,500 with slow demand and declines 10 to 15 cents. Early hog sales 160 to 210 pounds 9.00 to 9.15. 210 to 250 pound butchers 8.85 to 9.00. 250 to 340 pound butchers 8.40 to 8.85. sows 7.50 to 7.90. Cattle receipts 1,500 with mixed changes. steers 9.00 to 9.90. beef cows 6.75 to 8.25. bulls 6.25 to 6.75. veal top 1.00. Sheep receipts 30,000. lambs 25 to 35 cents higher. Idaho lambs 17.00. natives 16.50. yearlings 14.75 to 14.85. ewes up to 6.00.

Chicago U. 8 California Omaha U .S. Dept. of Agric Idaho Fed

Flour market quotes rise in Minneapolis shipments

Flour prices advance 10 cents in Minneapolis as carload sales show 8.70 to 8.80 a barrel for nine and a half pound sacks. Shipments reach 37 741 barrels with bran at 28.00 to 28.50.

Minenapolis

Sugar prices drift lower in New York trade

Raw sugar opened the day down 1 16 cent to 4.77 a hundredweight for Cuban duty paid. Refined costs held steady with fine granulated at 6.10 to 6.20 a hundredweight.

New York

Des Moines Man Sails for Kansas City After Weekend Visit

James Searl of Des Moines and his brother Harry Sears spent the weekend in this city with the family and then left for Kansas City to cover 100k in business matters.

James Searl Des Moines Harry Sears Kansas City

Wall Street Suffered Another Bear Market Spell

The New York stock market faced renewed bear selling with early gains erased by mid day. Banks loaned about 25 million dollars while the cash rate stayed at 4 percent. Several major issues dropped 4 to 6 points and U S Rubber fell to the lowest since 1925 with a weak close.

New York U. S

Produce and Poultry Prices and Shipments Report

Chicago and New York market notes report mixed receipts and prices for poultry and potatoes. Egg and butter figures show steady to lower trends, with various regional stock and shipping data, including fowls turkeys broilers and geese price ranges and creamery butter levels.

Chicago United States Alabama Texas Louisiana Georgia South Carolina Minnesota Wisconsin

Weekly Review Livestock Markets Chicago June 3

Cattle saw a mild liquidation as corn gains crimped outputs with fat cows down to 6.75 7.75 and heiferettes 7.00 8.00. Hogs moved higher for heavy weights while lighter sizes lagged, and sheep markets posted limited gains despite a slow dressed trade. Miss Margaret Searl leaves for Lorimer to spend the summer with relatives, after which she will visit grandparents the Searls.

Chicago

Flyers Honor Lindbergh As His Visit Ends

Paris reports Captain Lindbergh ending his farewell visit with honors from King George and the English people before returning to the United States. He will sail aboard the light cruiser Memphis to be welcomed by President Coolidge in Washington D C. He landed at Le Bourget after a fog delayed flight from Kenley and attended a luncheon for 300 aviators in Paris before visiting a Swedish church and meeting Swedish officials.

Paris George Lindbergh France Cherbourg New York-to Memphis Atlantic Potomac Coolidge LeBourget Field le Bourget Linbergh Bo's de International League of Aviators Lafayette Escadrille Count Ehrensward Sweden Herrick Whitehouse Yount Legation

Salem Lutheran Church schedules Swedish services and programs

Morning worship at 11 00 a m in Swedish. Sunday school at 10 30 a m with a short Missionary program. Evening worship at 8 00 p m. All welcome to attend services led by student pastor PMIL R Carlson.

Pmil R Carlson

St John’s Evangelical Church Sunday Services Notice

St John’s Evangelical Church schedules 9 30 a m Sunday school 10 30 a m German service Holy Communion 7 30 p m English service A collection for the district treasury will be taken at both services Everyone is welcome Pastor J E Birkn d r

J. E. Birkndpr

Hay Prices and Receipts Across Kansas City and St Louis

Kansas City reports steady hay receipts at 63 cars with alfalfa No.1 15.00 to 16.50, old No.1 18.50 to 19.50, timothy No.1 15.00 to 15.50, prairie No.1 18.50 to 14.50, light clover mixed No.1 14.00 to 14.60. St Louis notes unchanged No.2 timothy 17.00 to 19.00, No.2 clover mixed 17.00 to 19.00, heavy No.2 clover mixed 18.00 to 19.00, and choice alfalfa 28.00 to 29.00.

Hay Kansas City Alfalfa Timothy Prairie Clover St. Louis Choice Alfalfa

Omaha Cash Grain Prices Report

Omaha on May 8 lists wheat prices for No 1 hard 1.44 to 1.46, No 3 hard 1.40, No 1 mixed durum 1.85. Corn prices show No 2 yellow 96 to 96.5, No 3 yellow 96 to 97, No 3 mixed 92, with oats No 2 white at 61.

Omaha

Butcher Held In Hunt For Woman Killer

Chicago police questioned Michael Hirsch an 82 year old butcher's helper in connection with the strangling of Mrs Mary Sietsema found slain in her bungalow. Hirsch claimed two visits with meat deliveries and blood on his shoes a wire cut on his hand a key to the Sietsema home and cords similar to lamp wiring were found on him. The gorilla suspect with a 138 murder record was ruled out.

Chicago Michael Hirsch Mary Sietsema Hirsch Sietsema

Greenfield Births Weddings and Memorial Day Observances

Mr and Mrs G B Don Carlos welcomed a daughter Darline born May 24 weighing seven pounds Miss Mary Peckham of Fontanelle wed Wednesday June 1 to Lloyd Stuart of Avondale Memorial Day services at the opera house featured Rev J W Hastie and a mixed choir Mrs Maria Silverthorn and Mrs Hl Drew and daughters of Creston visited Greenfield A baby clinic sponsored by the farm bureau reported twenty five babies examined Roy Carley and family visited in Winterset Walter Strausser and family moved to Anita Mrs Barnes and daughters to Cedar Falls for teaching duties at Iowa State Teachers College Geo DTD Musnaker and family planning a California summer trip Adair county eighth grade graduation set for high school Tuesday June 7 with 113 graduates.

G. B. Don Carlos Darline Mary Peckham Fontanelle Lloyd Stuart Avondale Maria Silverthorn Hl. Drew Creston Greenfield Opera House J. W. Hastie J. M. Ireland Tabor Earl McCreight Farm Bureau W. H. Cable and Willis Indianola Spet Roy Carley Winterset Walter Strausser Anita

Talmage Social Notes Highlight Local Visits

Visitors and callers fill the week in Talmage with entries for Murray residents the Lee family and a timeline of neighbors dropping by homes. Names include Vernon Lee Miss India Goin J W Goin Clarice Ames Benjamin Justice and others with occasional mention of travel to Des Moines for summer school and Lorimer doctor Ayres home calls.

Russell Siddens John Pardon India Goin Guilford J. W. Goin Clarice Ames Benjamin Justice Aton Helen Thornburg Pauline Pettett Belle Holcond Maggie Rachel Thornburg Emma Mary Afton John Pettett Alice Albert Goin Charles Ames Dr. Ayres Lorimer Talmore Edith Thompson Des Moines

Springfield Woman Leads Fight for Eight Hour Day

Representative Lottie Holman O'Neill of Illinois presses a new bill after a defeat to cut women's work hours from ten to eight daily and then to a forty eight hour week. Social workers decry laggardness in labor legislation as the state resists amending the current maximum for women workers. A note adds on kitchen efficiency with triple aluminum steamers and a gas savings claim for a 5 cent cigar.

Springfield Ill Lottie Holman O'Neill Illinois Penn

Correct Answers The Correct Answers i 2 Smith W Brookhart

Fragmentary OCR text mentions Smith W Brookhart and Mrs William Milchrist Sioux City with scattered words Urban Red Faber Eldora McGregor August. No clear incident or event context to summarize into a full card.

Smith W. Brookhart William Milchrist Sioux City O. A Urban Red

Attractive Burlington Home Wedding Joins Florence Mehmken and John Boden

Miss Florence Mehmken daughter of Mr and Mrs George Mehmken of 1026 Ash Burlington wed John A Boden son of Mr and Mrs Lea Boden of Creston and now of Burlington. Rev J Stanley Decker officiated at the Burlington home ceremony followed by a dinner and a pink white green decor. The couple plans a Nebraska wedding trip and home at Colonial Apartments North Sixth Street Creston residents previously.

Florence Mehmken George Mehimken Ash Street Burtington John A. Boden Lea Boden North Cherry Street Burlington J. Stanley Decker St. Paul's M. E Edith Mehmken Walter Platte Hal Jamison Lohengren Leamon Thompson Gladys Boden Boden Creston Mehmken Company C. B. & Q. Railroad Nebraska Colonial Apartments North Sixth Street

Study Farm Surplus At Co-Op Institute

The American Institute of Cooperation summer session in Chicago June 20 to July 30 will study farm surplus solutions through cooperative business. William M. Jardine and Herbert Hoover will monitor the institute’s work as debates cover cooperative marketing, price stabilization, production volumes, and service to producers and consumers. Lectures will run four weeks at Northwestern University with about 1000 attendees, covering grain cotton tobacco livestock dairy perishable foods and poultry handling.

American Institute of Cooperation Chicago William M. Jardine Herbert Hoover Commerce Wieboldt Hall Northwestern University School of Commerce

For Sale Advertisements From Creston Area

Classified notes list items for sale including tools, plants, vehicles, furniture, livestock and a six room house. Items include concrete mixer, tomato and pepper plants, a Dodge sedan, day bed, Tudor Ford, farm animals, leather furniture, and a six room modern house on West end. Names and contact details include Creston Tron and Metal Co Inc, Victor B Holliday, Walter Spriggs, John F Golden, and addresses in Keokuk Iowa and nearby Creston.

Creston Tron and Metal Co., Inc Call West Devoe J. C. Penney Y Company Creston Victor B. Holliday High St. Keokuk Iowa Tudor Ford Ford Walter Spriggs West End John F. Golden First National Bank

For Rent Office rooms in Agnew building and more

Classified rental notices list multiple accommodations in the area. Items include office rooms in the Agnew building at 303 North Walnut and 10 to 12 more units such as unfurnished and furnished apartments, modern rooms, light housekeeping rooms, and sleeping rooms. Contact numbers are given for each listing.

Agnew North Walnut McGregor Bros, & ‘Coens N. Cherry St West Montgomery North Vine

Wanted notices blend seek calves to roomers in small ads

Short classified items include WANTED young calves phone 26R52 and WANTED young lady seeks work 1088 J plus WANTED roomers and boarders desirable phone 859 W amid misc small ads

Also Mentioned on This Page

Board of Trade Liberty Bonds Cash Market Report Omaha Livestock Wall Street Keys—Steadier Weekly Review Livestock Margaret Searl Harry Searl John Searl J W. Searl Salem Lutheran Church ST. John’s Evangelical Church Greenfield News Talmage News Vernon Lee of Murray B. B. White Mehmken-Boden Co-Op Thos.l.cheetham & Son West Adams Waters Hat Shop McKinley Park Bath House Candy Sale Kelly Honey Beauty Shop Strausg Dry Goods Crestmoor Golf Club North Lincoln Zee Munson West Mills Street Garrett Music House B. F. Emery Thayer Hawks Nursery Co Wauwatosa Wis Fidelity Abstract & Loan Company J. V. Richardson E. F. Tackett Princess W. Montgomery &J R. A. Swanson Hester’s Shoe Store N. Maple Street The Allen Hatchery Creston Iron & Metal Co., Inc
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