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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1926
Page
2
Chicago market notes show wheat sliding as buyers stay scarce despite improved crop forecasts abroad. European cables and better weather in the southwest and northwest support prices elsewhere, with corn and oats also down and provisions steady. Local livestock quotes indicate varied cattle and hog prices, strong demand for select hogs, and steady to higher futures in boxed meats.
St Louis cash grain quotes list prices for wheat corn and oats on June 21. No. 1 red wheat 1.49, No. 2 red 1.46, corn mixed 67, No. 2 yellow 68, white 74. Oats No. 2 white 41, white 40. Mixed 46. Prices shown for various grades with fractions and typos in the record.
Market notes show wheat at 2 cents, corn No. 2 yellow around 7 cents, oats No. 2 white, and Timothy and clover seed values listed. Hay and timothy prices appear with multiple grades and regional quotes from Toledo and Kansas City, including cash imports and various lot numbers.
Wheat supply fell 1.623 million bushels while total supply rose 1.917 million due to price shifts. Norfolk neighbors Nora Sycamore and family from Orient visited Creston Sunday, spending the day with friends at Creston’s gathering.
Daily temperature readings show a range from a high of 69 on Tuesday to a low of 40 on Wednesday. Includes report dates June 15 through 23 with occasional missing data and trace precipitation noted on June 23.
A fragment from a historical page lists various Chicago grain and seed grades with color codes and percentages. It mentions red, mixed, yellow, and white samples with numeric classifications and a Timothy seed entry, reflecting commodity grading terminology of the era.
Livestock market notes show steady to firm cattle and stocker demand with steers around 10. notes include spring lambs trading near 15.10 and clipped ewes between 5.00 and 6.25. Liberty Bond quotations list several maturities with yields near 101 to 114.
New York June 21 prices for sugar remained unchanged with sugar at 4.14 per 100 pounds duty paid to sales. Refined sugar held at 5.40 for granulated grade.
A local notice records a change lowering the barrel rate to 9.35 and affecting related abitments. Officials cite adjustments to patents and land use, with no further details on who is affected or the governing authority.
A fragmented market report lists prices and items such as Old Toms turkey cream manne B40 Cream No 2 beef and other goods. The text references noon timing and various market codes. Names and places are unclear due to OCR garble but indicate food items and market markers.
Wall Street advanced as Union Oil of California led gains in the energy sector while railroad stocks climbed, signaling broad market optimism. Investors saw renewed appetite for industrial equities amid steady trading and favorable earnings signals from transportation and energy firms.
June 21 New York reports butter receipts 9,058 tubs with creameries higher than extras and various classifications. Poultry prices show live birds steady with firmer creamery butter futures and hen and turkey prices varying by grade and weight across regional markets.
Unclear OCR shows horses and mules market with prices for drafts and southern horses, plus mule heights and price ranges. Also lists Omaha cash grain prices including No 2 and white oats with fractional bids and percentages.
In New York on June 21 traders noted firm action in coffee futures with涨 prices for nearby and deferred contracts. The July and December figures climbed as market sentiment remained buoyant amid steady demand.
News flashes list beekeepers gathering in the middle West for a large regional meeting with delegates from Iowa Nebraska Minnesota expected. Prominent industry authorities are on the program as beekeeping topics are discussed and plans announced for future events.
A clipped item reports Mrs. George Jones returning from Clarida after a weekend with her mother Mrs. Beauchamp. Stanley Staunes of Newton spent Sunday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Stranee. Mrs Joe Dwyer travels to Forton and Des Moines for a month’s visit with friends. Mrs A. Bunnell heads home to Burlington after a weekend with her parents on South Myrtle Street.
In a World Advertising Congress address, Philageipma notes widespread ill will toward America and warns that wealth and monopoly fears threaten civil society. He cites jealousy from many nations while acknowledging some grudging dislikes among Poles, Russians, and others.
Des Moines June 21. Sipes of Spehker and Ernest Reed of Missouri Valley, both convicted of murder, won new trial rights through state supreme court decisions. Sipes killed Daniel Detling during a garage bill dispute and faces reprieve from prior death sentence. Reed killed Harry Reet, a Missouri Valley special policeman, and the court upheld his entitlement to a new trial after claims his lawyers could not challenge a juror. The ruling focused on Reed’s claim that jury challenge rights were not properly available.
A mangled body was found on the Chicago Great Western railroad track near Benton Iowa this morning. The deceased, about 45 years old, 5 feet tall, 160 pounds with brown hair and dark blue eyes, wore a blue jacket and overalls. No identification found. spectacles were recovered. Coroner's jury ruled he was struck and run over by a freight train. There are multiple items recounting local visits and travel from Creston to nearby towns.
Classified catalog of want ads with multiple sale notices including top desk Ford pony buggy and live stock. Listings show contact numbers, addresses and brief item descriptions though many words are garbled. Names include Roberts and Son and Wm. C. Nott with locations and phone numbers for inquiry.
Short classified notices advertise office rooms for rent in a building and several apartments. Listings include partly modern six room house near Maple Street with contact 4098 Maple St, modern room with phone 3995 or 609 West Mills, Davenport building units on North Maple Street with Carl Davenport, a modern five room bungalow at 1111 N Elm Street with phone 488 W F Barnes, and a ground floor modern apartment near European hotel or E Goodman at Iowa State Savings Bank.
Wanted notices show a woman seeking a bookkeeper role at the Advertiser office, with instructions to address Q11 and box 662 Des Moines Iowa for references. Additional items ask for a candy salesman familiar with southwestern Iowa and a property trade inquiry for a small Missouri farm.
A misc ad promotes Creston Weekly Advertiser subscriptions at 25 cents a year for out of town delivery to several counties. It lists contact 206 North Maple Creston and urges readers to subscribe now. The page also notes real estate and investment pitches tied to land near a transcontinental rail line with payments and commissions offered by Public Service Sales Corporation in Los Angeles.
Wareham Beauty Shop Agnew Building Phone 163 and Honey Beauty Shop Strauss Dry Goods Bldg Phone 33 are listed alongside Wool wanted. Cresg ton Iron & Metal Co. Inc. Mrs M Sanders and daughter Charlotte of Lenox passed through town en route to Mor town West Virginia for summer visiting with Mrs Edgels and two daughters Miss Josephine and Miss Miriam. They lived home this morning from Chicago after attending the Eucharistic Congress. Miss Josephine left today for Omaha for summer school.
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