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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 03, 1925

Page

2

Wall Street Stocks Markets See Profit Taking After Renewal Rate Move

On March 3 in New York a volatile advance and the 4 percent call money renewal rate spurred profit taking. United States Cast Iron Pipe slid from its top, Ludlum Steel rose about 2 percent on steel process news, while American Car and Foundry, Goodrich Rubber, Mack Truck, General Electric, Delaware and Hudson, and Loose Wiles Biscuit posted gains of 3 to 4 percent. Trading ran heavy with first hour volume over a million shares, and the day ended strong.

New York United States Loose Wiles Biscuit

Omaha Livestock Prices Move Higher Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Omaha stockyards report March 3 with hog receipts 16,000 and prices up 15 to 26 cents with top near 12.75 for 200 to 300 pound butchers. Cattle receipts 6,000 show fed steers and yearlings strong with loads around 10.60 to 10.90 and a top around 16. Sheep receipts 13,000 list bulk fed lambs at 16.50 to 16.75 and shippers at 17.00, ewe and lamb prices steady to higher.

Omaha Livestock Omaha Dept. of Agric

St Joseph Livestock Prices March 3

Hogs receipts 4,600 with 25 to 40 cents higher, top 22.85, bulk 12.25 to 12.80. Cattle receipts 2,800 steady, feeders 8.25 to 10.75 top 11.15, cows and heifers 8.50 to 9.60, calves 4.50 to 11.70, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 6,000 steady to strong, lambs 16.00 to 17.10, ewes 6.00 to 10.00.

Omaha Cash Grain Prices March 3 Wheat Corn Oats

Omaha reports cash grain bids for March 3 with wheat No 1 card at 1.88 to 1.91, No 2 hard at 1.87 to 1.88, corn No 2 white at 1.22 and No 2 yellow at 1.22, oats No 2 white at 0.66 to 0.68 and No 3 white at 0.51 to 0.52.

Omaha

Hay Prices From J Louis March 3 Auction

Hay and feed pricing listing shows J Louis March 3 with items including No 1 timothy and clover mixes priced between 17.00 and 22.00, choice alfalfa at 20.00 to 30.00, indicating a farm goods market update.

HAY, &J. Louis Hay Firm Aimothy Choice

Chicago Livestock Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices in Market

Chicago market report shows hog receipts 22 000 with prices irregular but up to 12 95 for top 170 pound hogs and 12 00 12 25 for 140 150 pound bulk. Cattle receipts 10 000 with fed steers weaker, yearlings and heavy steers around 7 60 10 50, shipers 14 00 14 50. Sheep 13 000 slow with fat lambs 17 00 17 50 and heavy lambs near 16 75, fat ewes 9 75 10 00.

Chicago Livestock Chicago

Market report for poultry produce and prices

Chicago March 3 stock note shows higher poultry prices with fowls 27 28 cents, springs 30, roosters 18, turkeys 25, ducks 27, geese 14. Butter up with creamery extras 44 percent, standards 44, firsts 38 40, seconds 34 36. potatoes vary with russet prices. Official livestock estimates list hogs 16 000, cattle 8 000, sheep 12 000 for morrow.

Chicago United Staty Wisconsin Idaho Michigan Express Freight Do Freight Kansas City Springs Red River St. Louis

Butter and poultry price listings from New York and Kansas City

Market summaries show butter receipts and creamery quotes, with extras and firsts percentages, and live poultry and dressed poultry prices. Kansas City reports unchanged prices for firsts and selected items, while St Louis notes poultry and butter quotes for March 3.

Chicago cash grain prices and quality grades listed

Chicago cash grain figures dated March 3 show bids for wheat corn rye barley and seeds with assorted grain grades. Prices are given for No 4 hard No 4 mixed No 2 yellow No 3 yellow No 4 white and other categories along with lard ribs billies and timothy and clover seed values.

Timothy

Minneapolis Market Report Brief

Market note from Minneapolis shows slight price changes with FAUR at 8 and 10 cent lower. Family patents quoted around 10.40 to 10.46. Bran product recorded at 23.50.

Minneapolis FAUR

Wheat advances drive Chicago Board of Trade gains on drought and crop losses

Unfavorable crop reports from Kansas and Nebraska lifted wheat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade with early gains of 1 to 2 percent and more after Texas Oklahoma drought notes. May and July contracts closed 2 to 3 percent higher, corn and oats also strengthened on lower farm stocks and livestock feed demand. Provisions firm on hog values and corn ripples.

Chicago Kansas Nebraska Commission Texas Oklahoma India

Liberty Bonds Market Report

New York bond prices show Liberty 8s at 101 and various Treasury issues trading firm. First 4s at 101.15, Second 4s at 100.23, Third 4s at 101.6, Fourth 4s at 101.20, U S Treasury 4s at 100.24, U S Treasury 4 1 2s at 104.22.

Liberty New York U. S

Toledo Seed Prices and Bids Report

Toledo seed prices list Clover seed cash and new bids for March and October. Timothy seed cash bids shown with March May and September values.

Toledo Clover Seed Timothy

Sugar market steady with no sales reported

Raw sugar remains at 474 with duty paid and no sales reported. Refined sugar holds at 600 and 610 for granulated, with similar flat pricing across categories.

New York

Coffee market steadies with Rio and Santos futures

New York on March 3 reports Rio No 7 and Santos No 4 prices at 22 and 26 percent respectively. Futures hold steady with May 1998 and December contracts at 17.25.

New York Rio No Santos No

Letters to The Advertiser recount Booth burial rumors

Shannon City Iowa letter writer recalls that John Wilkes Booth's body was reportedly buried under a flagstone at the Washington Navy Yard after his 1865 assassination. The writer, age 17 at the time, cites accounts from the Washington Daily Star and New York Evening Post and notes four co-conspirators were hanged there.

Shannon City Mditor Daily Advertiser Bowling Green John Wilks Booth Rappahnock Booth Washington Navy Yard Navy Yard Washington Daily Star New York Evening Post Washington E. F. Rundlett

Father Charged in Death of Daughter Near Denver

Dr Harold E Blazer retired physician of Littleton was charged with first degree murder in the death of his 32 year old invalid daughter Hazel Blazer. Prosecutors say he killed her by chloroforming her while Roy E Bishop and Mrs Bishop were away from the house.

Associated Press Denver Colo Harold E. Blazer Littleton Here Hazel Blazer Blazer Roy E. Bishop

College Basketball Scores From Yesterday

Nebraska defeated Drake 18 to 10 Purdue led Illinois 34 to 18 Indiana beat Michigan 51 to 33 Coe won over Carleton 38 to 26 WW status not specified in text

Nebraska Drake Purdue Illinois Indiana Michigan Coe Carleton

Schools to install radios for Coolidge address

The Idea Electric Co and Mc Gregor Bros and Coens plan radio installations in Creston schools to broadcast President Coolidge’s inaugural address. Mrs Raw Smith returned Monday from a weekend visit in Van Wert.

Idea Electric Co McGregor Bros. & Coens Creston Coolidge Raw Smith van Wert

Congress Passes Winneshiek game preserve bill

In Dubuque Iowa on March 3 the House approved the Winneshiek game preserve bill a victory for the Izaak Walton League campaign to keep the Winneshiek tract as a wildlife refuge. The area along the Mississippi near Lansing faces drainage by a previous buyer aimed at agricultural resale.

Dubuque Winneshiek Game Izaak Walton League Winneshiek Mississippi Lansing North Iown Walton League Middle West

Legion Auxiliary Probes Lopez Case In Omaha Hotel

Omaha officials investigate Jacob Russell a Winnebago Indian who lies ill in a hotel claiming he fled Minneapolis veterans hospital in protest over Arthur Frazier who officials say is Mexican and not the missing son of a South Dakota couple Russell a Haskell graduate and World War II veteran says Frazier is Indian and that he shared a room with him The Nebraska American Legion auxiliary led by Mrs J P Jensen plans to take Russell to a government hospital and to study the affair.

Associated Press Omaha Neb American Legion Auxiliary Jacob Russell Russell Veterans Hospital Minneapolis Arthur Frazier Lopez Haskell University Haskell American Legion Auxiliary of Nebraska J. P. Jensen Blair

Inauguration Day Weather Worries Washington

Weather bureau forecasts probable rain in the afternoon for Washington on Inauguration Day. Forecasters withhold exact timing of showers and whether ceremonies on the capital plaza can finish before rain begins.

Associated Press Washington March Weather Bureau Teh Capital Plaga

Accusers Far From Proving Charges Says Mellon

Secretary Mellon writes to President Coolidge that treasury accusers charging irregularities in handling federal securities remain as far from proving their charges as in 1920.

Associated Press Washington Mellon Coolidge Treasury

Third Contest For Brookhart Seat Is Filed

A petition challenges James W. Brookhart's 1924 Senate bid, alleging he repudiated the Republican Party after the ballot was set and aligned with La Follette’s Progressive line. It claims his fraudulent ballot placement misled Republicans and accuses him of deception, dishonesty, and moral wrongdoing to win office.

Washington William Mitchell Army Air Service Senate Coolidge Weeks Mitchell Tomorow General Mitchell Brookhart Republican Party Iowa la Follette State Central Committee Brochart

Brookhart Plans Return to Iowa After Congress Adjourns

Des Moines reports Senator Brookhart aims to return after adjournment to speak on his contested senate seat. He is expected to arrive late this week and address the dispute in several addresses. A brief state stay is anticipated before his visit to South America was considered.

Des Moines Brookhart Iowa Congress Senate South America

Lawyers Debate Road Work Power and Funding

Five attorneys offer varying views on limiting or increasing the road commission’s authority. A four to one vote rejects changing the apportionment system for primary road funds. The lone supporter cites southern Iowa needs more money due to soil and grade conditions. The others warn politics could influence spending by district. No consensus on a division method.

Change Southern Towa Northern Iowa

Seed Potatoes Dipped By Carload Ames

Iowa State College arranged treatment for whole carloads of Red River Valley seed potatoes. A Moorhead backed firm will treat carloads at 10 cents a bushel, boosting value by 75 cents and reducing crop losses. If adopted statewide, Iowa could save about 1.3 million dollars annually.

Ames Iowa State College Red River Valley Commercial Club Moorhead Minn C. L. Fitch Lowa Brookers Iowa Fitch

Debated Gas Tax Use Divides Opinions on Road Funding

Four Iowa residents discuss allocating gasoline tax revenue. Opinions range from maintaining all roads with no paving to prioritizing primary road construction, with nominees proposing split funding between primary and secondary systems and emphasis on farming and local needs.

County Divides Two-Cent Tax Between Roads and Primary Fund

The fifth attorney proposes that two cents tax revenue be split with one and a half cents to county and township roads and one half cent to the primary fund. He favors paying when affordable, arguing lower expenses reduce motor operation costs.

Citizen Play Jury Begins Operations

New York on March 3 reports the citizen play jury has started review of 12 salacious plays. Jurors view each play anonymously and verdicts by nine to three deem works objectionable or require rewrites. Managers learn of trials only when notified to reconstruct or withdraw productions.

New York

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Wall Street Chicago Grain & Provisions Cash Market Report Novoee Chicago Cash Grain Board of Trade The Advertiser RADIO Walsh Montana Naval Reserve Number 2 California Honolulu Howell McNary Oregon Legion Auxiliary N. Maple St Creston, Iowa Angoria Carload
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