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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1927
Page
1
At Chicago June 13 the corn market rose sharply amid a 2 148 000 bushel increase in the visible supply. Wheat moved unsettled to higher as oats rose modestly and provisions gained. Rain and cool weather pressured corn, with July delivery easing versus September and deferred buying increasing.
Chicago cash grain prices show wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and seeds with multiple grades and bid ranges. Values include No 1 hard wheat at 1.51, corn mixed and yellow prices, oats white grades, barley around 85 97, timothy and clover seed prices, lard and butterfat figures.
St Louis market notes wheat and corn quotations dated June 14. Wheat and corn futures and cash grades are listed with various quality codes and prices including No 2 yellow at 99 and No 2 white at 8.99. Oats prices show No 3 white at 48.35 and No 4 white at 45.46.
Wheat No 1 hard 1.41 1.49 No 2 hard 1.41 1.52 percent No 1 mixed 1.40 Corn No 2 white 60 14 No 2 yellow 91 938 No 2 mixed 90 Oats No 2 white 49 4914 No 3 white 48 484
Daily readings show highs from 64 to 86 with lows between 51 and 85. Precipitation recorded on two days with none on most others. Data spans June 7 to June 13, detailing 7 entries including dates with figures and notes on rainfall.
Chicago livestock prices show steadier hogs with gains and weaker lambs. Cattle demand strengthened as arrivals fell. steers mostly 10 to 15 cents higher with some buyers advancing to 12.00 to 13.09. Hogs 160 to 210 pound averages 9.10 to 9.25, top 9.30, porkers softer in parts, sows and light pigs trading lower. Sheep bids weak with fat lambs slipping from Friday quotes. Receipts: cattle 7,000 hogs 29,000 sheep 11,000.
Omaha market report June 1 notes hog receipts 5 500 with prices up to 9 05 for 160 220 lb hogs and 854 9 00 bulk 220 325 lb hogs. Cattle receipts 6 500 with fed steers and yearlings up 10 24 cents, heifers leading gains. sheep receipts 8 000 with lambs and yearlings 50 to 1 to lower and native sheep down to 15 15 85 per hundred.
Washington Jay It notes held by New York fed member banks on June amounted to 3,118,429,000 dollars compared with 28,061,891,000 the prior week the Federal Reserve Board announced today.
St Joseph June 12 newswire shows hog receipts 4 500 with prices 15 to 20 cents higher, top 9 00. Cattle receipts 2 500 with bids 10.25 to 12.00 for steers, cows and heifers 4 00 to 10 00, calves 6.00 10.50, feeders 7.0 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 3 500 with market slow and lower, spring lambs 15.50 16.75, clipped ewes 5.00 5.75.
Clover cash imported bids 12.00 for Oct and 16.75 for Dec. Domestic 16.65. Timothy cash old 2.45 and new 2.55. Toledo, Ohio.
Chicago and New York market notes show mixed poultry and produce. alive poultry steady with varied prices, potatoes receipts and stock trading fair to dull. Butter and cheese prices hold with creamery and hensney products reported. egg and poultry figures include multiple regional items and stock levels.
June 18 market notes list hay grades with prices for timothy clover and alfalfa. No. 2 timothy ranges 17.00 to 19.00, No. 2 light clover 17.00 to 19.00, No. 2 heavy clover 18.00 to 19.90, choice new leafy alfalfa 23.00 to 24.40.
Flour unchanged in carload lots quoted at 8.45 to 8.55 a barrel in 50 pound sacks. Shipments total 1 402 barrels with bran at 27.50 to 28.00 per unit. Prices given for Minneapolis market activity dated June 11.
The visible supply of grain in New York as of June 13 shows Wheat down 2 508 000 bushels, Corn up 2 858 000, Oats down 169 000, Rye down 448 000, Barley down 137 000.
Fragmentary text mentions Mark G Thornburg and Joseph M Street with titles Chief and Wap in relation to Sioux City. Readable bits indicate names and locations but no clear event or outcome.
Miss Roberta Scriminger left for Colorado Springs to visit her sister in Omaha until her return. Catherine Mawson accompanied her as far as Omaha. Several Creston residents were noted in town and visiting nearby towns, including Charles Klingensmith in Cromwell and Mr and Mrs Roy Miller in Prescott. Lillian Rhodes and Irene Hill arrived in Creston for summer visits, and Margaret Lucille Brady returned from Omaha to spend two weeks with her father. Hubert Burgan remains home ill from Doge Grocery.
Munich reports a man named Scheinberg boasting he fathered 87 children. His first wife produced four quadruplets seven triplets sixteen twin sets for a total of 69. After her death he remarried and had eighteen more children.
The St éfansson, the explorer, reports that during almost seven years in Arctic regions his diet was 100 percent meat for most of the time.
The article describes Charles Lindbergh's New York reception after his Paris triumph. Mayor LaGuardia and crowds praised his historic flight as a symbol of courage. Lindbergh led a city hall ceremony and joined a downtown parade past Tombs prison amid cheering spectators.
Charles A. Lindbergh lands at Mitchel Field New York from Washington after crossing the Atlantic. He transfers to an amphibian, departs for quarantine, and then sails up the Hudson bathed in celebratory welcomes. A parade along Broadway honors the aviator and his Spirit of St Louis.
New York greeted Charles Lindbergh with a thunderous parade and gold lamp cross across Forty-Second Street. Mayor Walker and city officials joined the ceremony at city hall as Lindbergh received the city medal amid elaborate bunting and crowds from coast to coast. Lindbergh’s mother accompanied him from Washington and the five day celebration began with a record stock exchange spectacle and a crowd-packed waterfront welcome.
Results list many players from Creston Shenandoah Atlantic Bedford Pedford and others posting scores from 89 to 192. Notable entries include Loren Reekner 192 and Leo Healy 133 with multiple Creston players rounding out top scores.
Mrs. Katherine Ebner, 83, widow of William F. Ebner, a former McClellon Ja. farmer, died after being burned while starting a fire in her cook stove. Neighbors found her body Sunday evening in her home in Council Bluffs Ta.
Adolph Ladegard of Coulter Iowa is in critical condition after a Goldfield pilot E. Cleveland drove their plane nose down into a corn field near Lake Cornelia on Sunday. Cleveland escaped with minor injuries.
Jennie Klein of Murray shopped in Creston. Mrs. C. N. Walker of Des Moines returned home after staying with her daughter Mrs. Art Pinkett. Mrs. H. J. Lewis left for Hopkins to visit the Lewis family, accompanied by her daughter Gertrudy. Miss Mary Godrich returned from Des Moines after a weekend there. Mrs. Stanley Tiffany of Chicago arrived to visit her mother Mrs. Richards and relatives.
The body of Mrs. Lory L. Price, missing since January 18, was found in an abandoned coal mine shaft near Marion Illinois. Sheriff Oren Coleman identified the corpse as Price, noting she wore a purple dress matching missing wardrobe items.
Governor John Hammill concluded a Washington trip where he met with President Coolidge and observed Lindbergh’s New York to Paris reception. He planned to study newspaper coverage and issue a statement on Iowa’s stance toward 1928 presidential candidates.
Commander Richard E. Byrd said he will depart for Paris in the tri motor plane America at the first break in good weather after the Lindbergh reception ends in New York. He accompanied Colonel Lindbergh from Washington as part of an escort group of planes.
The Union county board of supervisors held its regular monthly meeting at the courthouse. Only routine business was expected, with the session likely to take two days to complete the work.
A large audience attended Sunday night as Miss Minnie Steele preached under the tent on the old White City grounds. Despite unsettled weather, the evangelist spoke on The Test of Discipleship drawing broad interest from attendees.
Julius Dennis, a paper buyer, was stabbed in the back during a dispute over 25 cents worth of waste paper with a Black paper owner. Dennis was hospitalised and billed for his medical expenses. the owner said the quarrel ended when Dennis refused to prosecute.
Red Star oil stove and chiffoniel. Phone 1273. Strawberries by the crate. Delivered. Phone 1138-J. Lawn mowers in sharp, good condition from $2.50 up. Chas. A. Johnson, 403 N. Vine.
Multiple rental notices advertise modern rooms and garages in Agnew building and nearby. Listings include furnished and unfurnished apartments, six room houses close in, a one room suite at 312 North Division for 2 dollars weekly, and a two or three room light housekeeping option with utilities, all with contact details.
Wanted help at the Creston Cafe. Wanted to rent a desirable apartment or house. Wanted to pick strawberries and cherries on the share. WANTED salesman with car to handle this territory calling on jobbers and dealers. Auto accessory that sells on sight and repeats. Go on connection for a man with ability. Gerko Mfg. Company, So Bend, Ind.
A loose strand of pearls was lost Wednesday night between 400 S Maple and 507 S Pine. A brown leather billfold with about 50 to 60 dollars is also missing. Call 805 if found and return to Daily Advertiser office.
Davenport residents flocked to the new city airport on Saturday with about 400 taking to the air as 1,500 gathered in the afternoon. More than 2,000 flew from the Tri-Cities field at Moline offering aerial rides.
A Farmall tractor demonstration will show corn plowing and other farming tasks all day Tuesday at the Howard McCracken farm ten miles northeast of Creston. The exhibit aims to prove tractors can replace heavy farm equipment for plowing cultivating corn cutting hay and operating grain binders.
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