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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1924

Page

3

Wale Street Stocks and Commodities Reported Movements

New York stocks opened weak but consolidated gains led by Southern Railway to a yearly high as United States Steel retraced early declines. Trading volume about 400 000 shares. Wisconsin potatoes steady shipments mixed with sugar and butter price movements. Cotton futures opened steady with various months quoted higher.

New York Sothern United States Steel Profconale Variou Pretrnational Telephone Stewart Warner Dupont Pierce O Wits

Milk Production Surges by Seven Billion Pounds in Year

The United States Department of Agriculture reports milk production reached 109,736,062,000 pounds, up from 102,662,221,000 pounds in 1922, with per capita butter and cheese figures rising. Dried seeding output more than doubled to 14,548,000 pounds from 6,027,000 in 1922, while butter consumption averaged 17 pounds per person and other dairy products also show gains.

Recone United States Degacticat of Agriculture Alkins Wan

Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report June 7

Chicago livestock market summary with hog, cattle, and sheep quotes and receipts. Hog receipts about 6000 with varied prices from 5.75 to 7.60 per hundredweight. cattle receipts around 1000 with beef steers and stockers showing mixed gains. sheep receipts about 2000 with prices generally steady and lambs quoted in several ranges.

Omaha Livestock Market Summary June 7 10 8

Hogs receipts 4 000 mostly steady to 5 cents higher with top 6 95 for 220 325 lb and 6 60 6 85 for lighter weights. Cattle receipts 150 beef steers and yearlings uneven or steady high top weights 10 75, shipping cows and calves 10 to 15 cents higher, other classes mixed. Sheep receipts none week comparisons show spring lambs 50 cents lower and fed lambs 75 to 1.00 lower with week’s bulk spring lambs 15 75 96 25 and fed lambs 12 75 14 00.

Chicago Livestock Chicago Dept of Agric Omaha Nebr Dept. of

Markets Close On Saturdays For Coffee Sugar Exchanges

New York June 7 closing notices state the coffee and sugar exchanges and the markets for raw and refined sugar will be closed on Saturdays through June July and August reflecting summer trading adjustments.

New York

Liberty Bonds Market Summary from New York Close

United States bonds closed with Liberty issues showing varied results. Liberty S449 at 100.6, First 4% 8% at 101.2, Second 14 at 100.28, Third 4% at 101.8, Fourth 442 at 101.94, and United States 4% at 102.20.

Liberty Bonds New York United States Liberty United States Government

Dipping Vats Aid Fight Against Livestock Diseases

Iowa State College experts champion dipping vats to combat necro-bacilosis and the insertion disease in swine. The article describes trench-built vats with cement floors and side chutes, usable for hogs cattle sheep and horses, highlighting widespread adoption and practical construction details. It also notes visitors Mr and Mrs F F Randolph of Des Moines in Creston after Shrine convention.

Iowa State College U.S. Department

Chicago Board: Early trade lifts grains amid cool weather

Chicago June 7 corn led the grain markets with a broadening volume as forecasts of rain and cooler weather boosted futures. July corn rose to around 77 percent, while wheat showed initial firmness before easing from the day’s highs. Oats followed corn with gradual gains as July futures moved higher. provisions stayed dull but steady.

Chicago United States

Sporting Youth Racing Page Teaser at Strand Theatre

Reginald Denny stars in Sporting Youth opening at the Strand Theatre. Denny plays a chauffeur mistaken for a racing driver who joins a perilous road race with Laura La Plante urging him on. The film, written by Byron Morgan and directed by Harry A Pollard, promises fast action.

Reginald Denny Hollywood Hills Pictureland Strand Theatre Universal Laura la Plante Denny Byron Morgan Harry A. Pollard

Labor Men to Discuss Needs of 30 Nations

Geneva June 7. Draft conventions for the next international labor conference June 16 outline eight hour day for industry. Topics include leisure time facilities for workers, equal compensation for foreigners, two hour weekly halt in glass work, and bakery night work ban. The plan urges housing, health, and alcohol misuse controls along with transport and education improvements.

Associated Press Geneva International Labor Bureau Washington Labor Conference

Artillery Battalions Fight Mud and Rain Head Toward Fort Des Moines

The Ninth Field artillery battalion moving from Fort Riley Kan to Fort Des Moines was delayed by heavy rain and mud between here and Lenex where it camped Friday night. about 250 soldiers and 200 horses and mules will stay through Sunday. The artillery baseball team will face Creston at the fairgrounds if weather allows, with Dick Speer optimistic the field will be dry for the game.

Ninth Field Artillery Fort Des Moines Fort Riley Kan McKinsey Park Lenex Artillery Creston Dick Speer

Little Miss Kathlene Conway Returns Home

Kathlene Conway leaves Crestyn with her father T H Conway and returns to Burlington today.

Kathlene Conway Crestyn T. H. Conway Burlington

Griffin and McLester Tie The Knot In Creston

Mrs. Alice McLester announces the marriage of her daughter Mabel Lucille to Ralph Griffin of Creston. The ceremony occurred at 3 30 p m Friday at the Corning home of Mrs. James Pennibaker with Rev. James Congdon officiating. The couple, grads of Creston high 1919, plan to live at 50914 North Pine street. Griffin works as an ad man.

Alice McLester Mabel Lucille Ralph Griffin T. C. Griffin Creston James Pennebaker Corning Jame Congdon Frank Cooper Creston High School Clas Griff Dougherty Advertiser Griffin Ditrict North Pine Street

Hickok Nominated for High U C T Office in Des Moines

W Hickok of Creston is nominated for grand junior counselor of the Iowa United Commercial Travellers at the Des Moines grand council meeting Friday. Other nominations include JH Cushman Keokuk grand counselor A H Griffel Burlington grand treasurer Charla W Lockwood Clinton conductor and I C Jenkins Council Bluffs page. Creston members attending plan to invite to hold the 1925 state convention in Creston area. Between 2500 and 4000 members and wives attend the conventions.

W. Hickok Creston Iowa United Commercial Travellers Grand Council Des Moines JH Cushman Keokuk A. H. Griffel Burlington Charla W. Lockwood Clinton I. C. Jenkins Council Bluffs Page Creston Counci United Commercial Travellers

Ten Numbers On Band Program For Sunday

Folkoiny announces the second weekly concert at McKinley Park to be held Sunday at 5 o clock by the Creeton band directed by Charles A Haydes The program includes Show Boy march Festal overture Haze The Secret intermezzo clari Huf Riv erancarsones Gautier lowa Corn Song There s a Long Long Trail Elliott L Re tudentina Spanish Waltz Waldtense Sones From the Old Folk Aed Smile Will Go a Long Long Way Winternal Spirit march Seculi

McKinley Park Creeton Charles A. Haydes Haze Gautier

Admirers Invited to J M Scurr Garden Visit

Garden club members invite the public to tour the J M Scurr gardens at 500 South Park Street on Sunday afternoon June 5 to view a variety of Ins flowers. Announcement comes from the Creston Garden club and Civic Federation of Women publicity committee.

J. M. Scurr Gardens South Park Street Creston Garden Club Puilicity Committee Civic Federation of Women Mirs

Creston Flower Lovers Rally Around Scurr

Creston residents and local horticulture enthusiasts among the town’s most devoted flower lovers rally around prominent figure Scurr, celebrating community gardens, plant exchanges, and seasonal blooms.

Scurr Creston

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