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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1925
Page
2
New York March 11 reports show a renewed buying surge bolstering several leaders. LaClede Gas fell 4 percent while Commercial Solvents B slid 3 percent. Otis Elevator rose 5, General Electric 4, and United States Steel surpassed 123 as call money neared 4 percent. The session closed irregularly.
Hogs receipts 16 500 with prices 10 to 15 cents lower. bulk 200 300 pound butchers 13 30 to 13 45, top to 13 75. Sows 12 75 13 00. average cost 13 37. Cattle receipts 8 500. steers and yearlings higher 10 15 cents. bulk 9 25 10 90. Sheep receipts 12 000. lambs steady 16 60 17 00. heavies dull 15 50. ewe 10 50.
St Joseph March 11 hog receipts 8500 with prices 15 to 25 cents lower, top 13.50, bulk 12.99 to 13.50. Cattle receipts 9500 steady to 10 cents lower, steers 9.00 to 10.75 with top 11.00, cows and heifers 3.50 to 10.50, calves 5.00 to 12.00, stockers and heifers 5.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 3000 slow, lambs 16.00 to 17.00, ewes 9.25 to 10.25.
Omaha March 11 Wheat No 1 hard 1.73 to 1.74 dollars per bushel. No 2 hard 1.71 to 1.74. Corn white 1.11 to 1.12, No 3 yellow 1.72. Oats 0.64 to 0.50.
U S bonds closed with Liberty 3s at 101.18 and various 4s across First through Fourth issues ranging from 100.22 to 104.23. Treasury 4s settled at 100.18 and 104.23 for different series, reflecting mixed yields.
Hay prices listed by grade in St Louis with timothy No. 1 at 22.00 to 23.00 per unit light clover mixed 19.00 to 20.00 heavy clover 15.00 to 16.00 and choice alfalfa 28.00 to 29.00 as of March 11.
Minneapolis reports flour prices up 15 to 20 cents with family patents at 9.85 to 10.05 while bran advances to 24.00 to 25.50.
East St. Louis market reports strong demand for horses and mules with prices listed by size and breed. Drafts bring 150 to 200 dollars, eastern chunks 75 to 100, southern horses 45 to 75. Mules 14 to 17 hands range 60 to 225 dollars depending on height.
Chicago markets report slower hogs with prices down 10 to 15 cents, best hogs around 13.80, cattle trade active with fed steers mostly up 25 cents, heavy weights steady to higher, lambs and sheep largely steady with weights 17.00 to 17.50 for prime lambs. Official estimates show hogs 380000, cattle 10000, sheep 15000.
Chicago March 11 trading reports show poultry alive lower with various percent changes. potatoes dull with 68 cars received and US shipments at 853. Wisconsin sacked round whites mostly 1.00 to 1.10 and Idaho russets sought at 2.40. butter higher with creamery extras at 50 and firsts around 41 to 45. eggs unchanged with 12,136 cases and firsts at 28 to 28 percent.
New York market figures show steady butter receipts at 10 862 tubs with creamery extras around 92 score and firsts 88 to 91. Eggs unsettled with receipts 34 417 cases and fresh extra firsts 30 to 31 percent. cheese firm with 166 609 pounds receipts and state flats. live poultry steady with broilers and ducks by freight and express. Dressed poultry prices mixed with turkeys western and southwestern ranges. St Louis market notes Springs 34, turkeys 35, ducks 25, geese 14, hens 22.
Egge tops at 26 percent with 33 percent selected, Butter-Creamery prices 3 cents higher at 52 53, packing 18. Poultry prices show hens 22, roosters 14, broilers 34, springs 30. Potatoes steady with Red River Ohios at 1.50 to 1.60.
Chicago cash grain figures show varied bids with wheat at No. 2 red around 1.81 percent, corn mixed from 1.08 to 1.22, oats around 50 to 52, rye and barley quoted with sparse data, lard and ribs pricing listed, and a Belgium settlement noted.
Chicago boards retreated as Liverpool prices fell amid heavy arrivals and moisture in domestic winter crop areas. May futures dropped sharply to about 1.80% amid persistent selling. corn and oats followed with declines and provisions also weakened on grain and hog price trends.
Clover seed cash old and new 18.10 March 17.80 Oct 13.50. Timothy seed cash and March 2.95 May 3.05 Sept 3.30. Toledo March 11. Market report lists prices and delivery months for clover and timothy seeds.
New York March 11 raw sugar unchanged at 4.77 with duty paid. Refined sugar also steady at 6.00 and 6.20 for fine granulated grades.
New York reports mixed coffee futures with Goffee Rio No 7 at 21 percent and Santos No 4 at 26 percent. Futures retreat slightly with July at 18.15 and December at 16.63 as of March 11.
Yesterday's results include Ohio U 28 Witenberg 24 North Dakota Aggies 46 U of North Dakota 18 Princeton 30 Dartmouth 19 Fire damaged the F B Downard Jewelry store in Webster City with total losses around 10000 likely from an electric wire Mayor Julius Kohl 66 of North Liberty died of heart failure in Iowa City late yesterday afternoon on an interurban line
Mr and Mrs C R Lusher depart for Heflin Alabama to establish residence. Hatch Motor Co reports Fordson truck sales to Frank Slazek Cromwell Harry Homan Prescott and others with multiple Ford models sold by Edaburn garage to local buyers including Overland and Willys Knight makes.
The Iowa Supreme Court handed down Tuesday decisions from multiple counties including Lee Polk Union and Johnson. Cases cover actions to set aside conveyances enjoin city ordinances foreclosures replevin and fraud in sale among others. Several rulings were affirmed remanded or reversed by Justices Vermilion Stevens DeGraff Faville and others.
The Sunday Pictorial warns English art treasures are flowing to America after the war. It notes Americans bought two million pounds worth of pictures and antique furniture in London last year, with total postwar sales around 55 million dollars. It fears private collections may leave England for American millionaires.
Mrs. Ray Clem and her son Allen returned to their Karney Nebraska home this morning after spending weeks with Mrs. Clem’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peterson of West Montgomery Street.
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine endorses American Forest Week April 27 to May 3. He notes one third of U S forest land is farm woodlots and urges stronger national forestry policy with federal state and local action to stop fires and expand timber production.
In Des Moines lawmakers clash over a two cent versus three cent gas tax proposal. A judiciary committee report endorsed indefinite postponement of both the Bowmen and Bergman bills. The retrenchment and reform committee remains for at least two more days amid sharp debate on distribution of funds.
Mason City guard Charles H. McConnell was unanimously elected captain of the 1925 26 Iowa Hawkeyes basketball team. A sophomore, he plays guard on this year’s quintet. Minnie Ritter of Aplington set a state scoring record with 75 points in a game against Gates Business College. Ralph Pareaut defeated four opponents in a 23 50 match at an athletic card in Des Moines. Iowa swimmers, led by Coach Armbruster, head to Chicago for the Big Ten meet Friday.
Tom Robbins, noted Northwest swimming coach, accuses the Iowa team of doping to achieve second place. Representing Iowa are Captain Ashton Lambert, Lake McClintock, Hoffman, and Stewart in the event.
Marshalltown report from March 11 notes Archiv e Amons of local welterweight class faced Jackie Conway of Minneapolis for 10 rounds with Amons holding a slight edge. Floyd Bowers of Des Moines and Glenn Sage of Marshalltown staged a six round exhibition, while Frank Johnson, a local colored heavyweight, closed strong to edge Bourland, a former Des Moines north high grid star.
In Dubuque on March 11 Cascade high school clinched the class B archdiocese tournament title by beating Sacred Heart of Monticello 16 to 13 at Columbia College. They earned a chance to represent 30 eastern Iowa counties in the national Catholic prep tournament in Chicago next month.
A Dallas News note proposes fixing all naval guns at a ninety degree elevation from the horizontal. The idea aims to standardize fire control and simplify training across fleets.
Hull England March 11 wind jammers are rare with only 125 such vessels in commission worldwide and five British owned. The four master German ship Georg Kemme arrived from Mobile Alabama with cotton after a disastrous voyage marked by a West Indies hurricane that damaged sails and nearly drove her ashore before anchors saved her.
Francis Bourn, a long time Cheshire Cheese patron, counts 72 annual helpings of the famous heavy meat pudding served free at the Fleet Street hostelry each season. At 92, he remains vigorous and has enjoyed this honor for 19 years with notable figures presiding.
Dispatches from the Dutch East Indies describe a peace ceremony among Dyak clans in Borneo. About 4600 Dyaks attended with Dutch and British officers observing war dances and medicine men rituals. The head priest killed a pig and sprinkled its blood to curse revived inter-tribal quarrels.
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