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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1927
Page
2
In Chicago June 15 corn advanced amid a cooler market while wheat fell on responsive Liverpool cables and weather signals. Traders delayed moves awaiting Springfield regulatory action as oats tracked corn and provisions showed mixed shifts with hog values dipping slightly.
Wheat bids ranged with No 1 hard around 1.50 and No 2 hard near 1.48 while mixed futures showed 89 to 97 cents for various grades. Oats and barley values were listed with No 2 white oats 50 to 52 cents and barley around 5.96. Lard at 12.70, ribs 12.25, bellies 14.25.
Wheat and corn prices listed in St. Louis trading on June 15. No 2 red wheat ranged 1.49 to 1.52 and a half. No 2 hard at 1.48. Corn prices show No 2 mixed at 98 with variations and No 2 yellow around 1.01.
Omaha cash grain report lists No. 1 hard wheat at 1.52 with smutty grades at 1.39 and 1.44. Corn prices show No. 2 white at 8.93 and No. 2 yellow around 9.4 to 9.6, No. 1 mixed at 9.0. Oats quotes include No. 2 white about 0.50 and No. 3 white near 0.49.
Hay market report from St Louis dated June 15 shows No 2 timothy 17.00 to 19.00 per unit, No 2 light clover mixed 17.40 to 19.00, No 2 heavy clover mixed 18.00 to 19.00, and choice new leafy alfalfa 23.00 to 24.00 per unit. The figures reflect current wholesale prices for timothy, clover, and alfalfa varieties.
The 7 p.m. reading and the night's lowest temperature are recorded weekly by the government observer in Creston.
Chicago reports light hogs down 5 to 10 cents with under 200 pound weights hardest hit while heavy hogs and prime cattle hold steady to firm. Cattle see steady to higher demand for heavy steers and yearlings. lambs steady with Idaho and native grades near 17 dollars. Receipts total about 40,000 across hogs, cattle, and sheep.
Omaha June 15 report from U S Department of Agriculture shows hog receipts at 10 000 with prices mostly 15 cents lower than Tuesday. Early sales 160 to 210 pound hogs, 210 to 300 pound butchers, packing sows to 8 00, average cost Tuesday 8 07. Cattle receipts 7590 with steers 9 75 to 12 00, heifers 9 25 to 10 25, cows 6 75 to 8 75, veals to 12 60. Sheep receipts 500 lambs 25 to 5 cents lower, natives 15 00 to 15 25, ewes top 13 25.
Weakened marginal accounts from yesterday's decline were liquidated after prices rose today. Bulls reclaimed leadership and pushed several favorites higher. Notable gains include Commercial Solvents B 8% and New York Central among others. U S Rubber shares faced renewed selling pressure with common at 39 1 2 and first preferred at 92 4. Call loan rate stayed at 4 1 2 percent. Closing market remained strong.
Chicago market notes show mixed poultry and potato receipts with price ranges for fowls broilers turkeys and ducks. Butter egg prices drift and creamery and storage grades noted. New York reports steady eggs and higher butter prices alongside varied egg prices and regional hens.
Hogs receipts 7,500 with prices steady to 10 cents lower, top 8.90, bulk near 8.65 to 8.85. Cattle receipts 3,500, steady to weak. steers 9.75 to 11.70 with top 12.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 10.34, calves 6.00 to 11.50, stockers and feeders 9.00. Sheep receipts 4,000. lambs 15 to 50 cents lower, spring lambs 15.00 to 16.50, clipped sheep 6.00.
U S bonds closed with Liberty 31442 at 100.26 First 44s at 102.51 Second 4145 at 100.13 Third 44s at 100.26 Fourth 41438 at 103.22 Treasury 3% 3 101.19 do is 108.14 do 4148 113.7
A hospital bound Mrs. Ansley Bowers says twelve men in three cars beat her and her 15 year old son on a lonely road accusing them of Ku Klux Klan involvement. Four men were arrested and Nathan Bedford Forrest denied Klan participation calling the tale a possible impersonation by unknown men. A local business leader noted the town’s rumor mill and police interest faded after five days.
New York reports new low records for the year as raw sugar futures fall by 1 32 of a cent to 4.52 delivered. Refined sugar prices hold at 6.00 620 for fine granulated sugar.
Flour prices quoted in Minneapolis show unchanged rates with 98 pound cotton sacks at 8.35 to 8.45 per barrel. Shipments total 32 319 barrels with bran at 27.00 to 27.50.
Trade bulletin from Toledo lists Clover cash imported at 13.00 with October bid 16.75 and December 16.65, Timothy cash aid 2.45 and new 2.55 with December 2.75. Domestic and imported grain figures reflect market quotes as of mid June.
Mrs Louise Bell comes back to Lincoln after spending several days with her mother Mrs A L Roberts at 1005 East Loward Street.
Cedar Rapids June 15 Major George L Berry president of the International Printing Pressmen's Union and Rodney Brandon grand regent of the Loyal Order of Moose led the Iowa State Federation of Labor convention. Berry urged unity among employers and workers while noting a noisy minority seeks to confiscate property and wage warfare. Brandon compared English and American labor conditions as delegates awaited the resolutions committee report.
New York Central raises its annual dividend to eight percent with a two percent quarterly payment, up from seven percent. Michigan Central boosts semi annual to 20 percent from 17.5 percent, payable July 29 to stock of record July 1. Big Four railroad declares two percent common dividend and one and a quarter percent preferred quarterly, payable July 20 to stock of record July 1.
Des Moines reports corn planting advancing in western Iowa with early fields cultivated twice and about half once. Many areas still replanting and some acreage shifted to soybeans, cane and other catch crops while buckwheat area grows in northeast Iowa. Cut worms harmed new sod. weather has improved crop prospects with hay and fruits in good condition.
Los Angeles on June 15 reports plans for a $10,090,000 air passenger line linking San Francisco Los Angeles El Paso St Louis and possibly Mexico City. Ford tri motor all metal 124 passenger planes to be used. First craft to fly in from Detroit in July with Edsel Ford as passenger. Backers include Los Angeles and San Francisco businessmen. A St Louis air corporation may be formed with Col Charles A Lindbergh asked to lead.
New York chemists in the chemical warfare service tested over 1000 poisons against 150000 cotton weevils. Reported by H W Walker and J E Mills and issued by the American Chemical Society. Sixty two compounds matched or beat calcium arsenate, but only twenty two harmed few plants, and just five are commercial prospects.
A historical report details attempts to attract or repel boll weevils to calcium arsenate and whether making it tastier would boost poison uptake. Gas poisons proved largely ineffective and weevils could survive without air for hours. Best results came from a thin spray with a low arsenate percentage that did not injure plants. The research ran from 1924 in Georgia Florida South Carolina and Alabama with weevils stored in cold storage for study.
Archaeologists uncover walls in Samarkand that may be part of Timur's palace. The remains show frescoes and rich ornamentation suggesting a grand residence tied to Tamerlane's campaigns from the Volga to the Ganges. Legends say he returned with spoils and 90 elephants.
The report shows Waukesha county herds produced 309.8 pounds of butterfat per cow, far above the U S average of 160 pounds. Authorities credit persistent testing better dairy practices and improved home life for the high records.
Tokio reports that fifty fine Japanese dolls will be shipped to American children before Christmas. The initiative by the International Children's Friendship Association of Japan honors gifts from American schoolchildren. Each prefecture contributes one doll. total cost around 30,000 yen. Funds will be raised by soliciting one sen from attending public schoolchildren. Educational authorities supervise doll manufacturing.
Des Moines reports Iowa farmers harvest a new oat variety Togold developed from a single plant by Prof. L. Co. Burnett of Ames. After twenty years of work by the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and the U S Department of Agriculture, Togold shows high yield potential, stiff straw, and stem rust resistance with an average acre yield of 68.3 bushels versus 64.3 for Iowar.
Miss Ethel Duvall of Arkansas City urges women to pursue pharmacy for service and financial gain. She bought a near bankrupt drug store 15 years ago and grew it into a thriving Kansas and northern Oklahoma enterprise, reinvesting profits into real estate and bonds.
Mrs P H Martin and Miss Ann Wigman leave for Chicago after an extended Green Bay visit with Mrs Martin's daughter Mrs John Sullivan and family. Granddaughters Mary Agnes and Margaret Sullivan join them for a Green Bay summer. Mrs Lee Grant improves at 214 South Pine. Wesley Canada arrives from Des Moines to spend summer with Mr and Mrs Lewis Hartman at 218 South Pine. Grace Grippin returns home from Fort Wayne after visiting Mrs Sam Baker. Mrs John Holmbs and Violet North Henderson arrive to stay with W D Holwes. Miss Stonebraker from Chariton returns after visiting Mrs Moffitt. Mrs J K Hawkins and Marian Hawkins, en route to Billings, visit Mrs Hawkins's son Will in Cheyenne. Claire Button Kinkead remembered here. Mrs J W Wallace of 805 12 West Jefferson returns from Waterloo with daughter Mrs George Harris. trip includes Detroit and Toronto.
Funeral services for the Right Rev Daniel M. Gorman Catholic bishop of Idaho were held in Boise with Archbishop Edward Howard of Portland presiding. The Right Rev McLenihan of Great Falls reviewed the bishop’s life, noting his 1918 presidency of Dubuque College in Dubuque IA.
London reports Mrs. Corbett Ashby, newly named president of the Women's National Liberal Federation, denounces the term surplus women as unjust. She asserts that only drones are surplus and a working woman contributes brains and wealth, deserving respect and autonomy. she also seeks a Commons seat and leads the Women's International Suffrage Alliance.
Raleigh June 15 Poultry production is at its lowest during the summer and needs care for best results warns Dr D F Kaupp head of UNC poultry department Hens average about 15 eggs a month Breeding is over and it is wise to sell all old male birds and keep the rest separated Infertile eggs keep better than fertile eggs.
Slaughterhouses in the Los Angeles area kill and dress 25 000 to 50 000 rabbits monthly for market. Demand outpaces supply. in 1926 over 1 000 000 dollars worth of dressed rabbit moved through L A. hotels and restaurants serve it with pork and beef. Breeders in Southern California keep 1 000 to 5 000 rabbits due to profitability.
Isaac Wiles of Weeping Water Nebraska spent 186 dollars to clear stumps on 10 acres of waste land. He obtained 800 corn bushes worth 480 dollars in the first year and his land's value increased to three times its former worth.
Classified advertisement lists items for sale including Aster plants telephone 1135 W a 1926 Ford Coupe phone 97 millet seed $1.60 per bushel by D M McMaster and a cows valued with a house and garage to rent via Mrs Mary Swartz 210 East Union.
Multiple rental listings and wanted ads for Agnew and Cres ton area. Unfurnished offices and apartments available in McGregor Bros and Coens building. Three room modern furnished unit near 605 West Mills. Private entrance and no children policy. Also seeking a man with truck to represent a company in Cres ton territory and a home for aged or semi invalid persons.
Pair of chains on Creston Cromwell road require return contact L F Godden Cromwell. A Prown dog named Brownie is missing and offers a reward. Call 68 through Kert.
Notice to the public from C. E. Danielson secretary warns that Summit Lake is privately leased by the Creston Country Club. Poachers will not be tolerated and memberships are affordable for anyone wishing to join.
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kindness during our hour of sadness and for the beautiful floral offerings. Your kindness will never be forgotten. May the Lord bless you. Mr. and Mrs. Wixom and Family. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Boyer and family. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Gidley and Family.
Local buyers P E Kelly and Floyd Kretzer seek two carloads of sound wool. Other notes mention Mr and Mrs S T West of Lenox visiting Creston, Wallace Shinn returning from University of Michigan for vacation, Byron Cresswell of Lenox shopping, Joe Killingsworth and Jack Darby attending Golf Club events, W M Frazier's Ozark Mountains vacation, and Mrs E M Underwood visiting relatives before traveling to Woodburn.
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