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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1924
Page
2
New York traders covered short positions boosting shares and prices across the exchange. Sugar group strength lifted raw and refined sugar values while Indian Refineries preferred rose sharply to 76, and Robert Reese preferred dipped to a yearly low near 60 amid firmer closing.
Omaha Livestock report shows hog receipts around 14 600 with mixed demand and prices slipping 5 to 10 cents. Cattle receipts about 8 200 with steer prices around 11.60 per cwt for top grades and weaker demand for yearlings, while grain fed cows stay steady. Sheep receipts near 7 500 with spring lambs around 16.50 per cwt and ewes lighter at 12.25 to 19.65.
Chicago market notes show butter prices steady to lower with creamery extras at 39 and 39 for standards and 18 for extra fuets. Poultry demand mixed as shipments held. potatoes stronger on old stock, weaker on new. United Bedties shipments at 39 percent, whites 170185, southern markets quiet. Kansas markets report broilers 8 cents lower with other produce unchanged.
St Joseph Missouri June 10 Hog receipts 6 000, steady 10 to 0 lower top 7 04 bulk 6 9 0 cattle receipts 1 800 active steady to high light herd. cows, heifers 3 75 9 26 calves 6 00 9 00 feeders 4 75 4 Sheep receipts 8 000 lambs 25 market steady sheep lambs clipped ewe 4 25 573
New York prices show U S Government 4 percent bonds at 103 14. June 10 reports list Liberty Bonds and other securities with mixed changes. Commodities headline notes refined sugar steady, coffee futures firm with July at 13.28 and December at 32 29.
Market notes show brokers trading at 20 cents and poultry prices for heavy hens light hens and cocks noted. The report also references horse hides at 2.60 and a brief weather summary with unclear details for the period.
Des Moines wholesale price quotes for week ending June 16 list fruits vegetables and staples with varied per unit prices. Chicago wheat futures jump after government crop estimate cut triggers large early gains, later easing but remaining strong. corn and oats follow wheat higher amid firm prices and foreign demand.
Chicago hog receipts reached 82 000 with declines from Monday's averages across weight classes. Cattle receipts 11 000 showing slow demand and weakness in beef cattle while sheep and lambs posted gains in mostly firm to higher ranges. Department of Agriculture forecast for tomorrow lists hogs 32 000 cattle 14 000 sheep 18 000.
Cattle receipts reaching 000, calves 1500 active with red steers and yearlings rising to 15.50 per cwt. Early top for handyweight beef steers at 10.50, heavy feeders steady, hogs 5 to 10 cents lower with most 6.95, 180 to 325 pounds. Sheep receipts 4000 with native spring lambs up 25 to 40 cents, top 15.75.
In a Iowa State Park Bulletin article naturalist Carlos Avery argues for expanding state parks and preserving water areas to protect wildlife. He warns drainage threatens fish, waterfowl, and habitat and urges eminent domain to create perpetual wild life refuges managed by state and federal governments.
Prices show wethers around 7.50 per head with ewes and lambs noted. small flocks report lambs near 15.60 and sheep around 25 cents higher per unit in Texas markets.
Civic Federation of Woman's Clubs appoints chairmen for the Clean-Up and Garden Club programs for the year. Ward leaders, district supervisors, and youth groups coordinate lawn care, weed control, and trash removal. An upcoming Peony Show in Des Moines June 21–23 features over a million blooms and historic horticultural exhibits.
Lemuel Wires 29 of Aurora I and Ferne White 29 of Creston Illinois obtain a marriage license. Chicago Closing Grain and Provisions lists Wheat futures for July Sept Dec and Corn Oats Lard and Rib prices with mixed changes.
A humorous exchange cites Punch magazine on cabbage color when boiled with a lid. The dialogue features a mother and child debating traditional cautions versus skepticism about superstition in kitchen lore.
About 300 Odd Fellows from 24 lodges gathered in Mt Ayr for a instruction school led by Grand Master Cherry and Grand Secretary Smith. The event conferred grand judge degrees on several members with sessions by Mt Ayr and Creston lodges and visitors from Illinois and Missouri. Refreshments followed the ceremonies.
Levi Archie Fleming of Taylor county faces a federal suit from Sterling National Bank with a petition filed by receiver E M Gillett. The bank claims a promissory note from May 1919 and interest due in 1922 1923 and 1924, seeking judgment for the principal plus costs.
Local Rotarians convened Monday evening at the Lowana Hotel for a regular meeting. Rev Edward Mutchinson rector of St Pauls Episcopal church delivered an engaging talk. A notable display featured peonies from Carl Gehrecke’s greenhouse with guests Rev Edward Hutchison Carl Gehrecke George Kastlin Paul Priges and Ollie Hall attending.
Cotton futures opened steady with July 27 96 and October 25.45 while December 24.82 and January 24.55 and March 25.62 bid. Spot middling cotton quiet at 28.85 cents. Futures closed steady with July 27 86 and October 25 60 25.61 and December 24.87 and January 24.65 and March 24.75.
Rex Beresford argues in Buying the Feeders that most losses occur at purchase. He outlines three key questions for feeder buyers: what to buy where to buy and when to buy. He advises using market reports and central markets such as Omaha Kansas City St Joseph and Sioux City for better selection and quality.
The article analyzes buying feeders direct from producers versus centralized markets, noting price, freight, and dealer margins. It stresses buying when most worth the money, considering seasonality, supply, and the buyer's feed capability to avoid losses from underfinanced stock.
An advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets as a tasty, safe alternative to liquid cod liver oil. It claims a thin nine year old boy gained 12 pounds in seven months and urges mothers to ask local druggists like Newcomb Mathews Blair Brennan York Drug Co for the 60 tablet bottle at 60 cents.
A Detroit reader recounts relief from female disorders after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Blood Medicine. The letter urges others to consult the little book and use the medicines, noting they are sold by druggists nationwide.
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