This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 41 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
2
Wall Street on March 12 saw buying support lift over 76 issues with rails contributing much of the gains. Confidence returned as favorable dividend prospects in Southwestern’s rail group boosted demand for those carriers while oils equipment steels and motors showed strength and Wilson issues weakened. Call money firm at 4 percent. Closing was strong.
Receipts: Hogs 10500: prices mostly 15e higher than Wednesday close with top 13.75 for 200 200 lb butchers. sows 12.85 18.15. light pigs 12.00. slaughter pens 10.50 11.00. Cattle 11800: feeders weak to lower. bulk butcher cattle 5.25 8.75. veals 10.50 top. Sheep 10000: lamb bids 15 25 cents lower. early top 17.00. heavy lambs 15.50 16.50. ewes 10.00.
Hogs receipts 4,000 with top 16.70 and bulk 10.50 to 10.60. Cattle receipts 2,500 steady to weak. steers 9.75 to 10.75, top 11.00. cows and heifers 3.50 to 10.00. calves 5.00 to 12.00. stockers and feeders 5.50 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 5,000 strong. lambs 16.25 to 17.25. ewes 9.25 to 9.26.
East St Louis buyers see strong draft horses priced from 150 to 200 dollars and good eastern and southern stock from 45 to 100 dollars. Mules reach 225 dollars for 16 to 17 hands, 125 to 190 for 16 to 16.2 hands, and 60 dollars for 14 to 16.2 hands.
Sugar prices and refinements noted in New York report with figures on Kawengar Mnchanged at 4.77 and refined uncleared costs at 6.20 for five granule units. Duty paid.
Fragmentary item lists prices and items including flour and Bran with small amounts and per unit costs. The readable portion mentions a 60 cent price and a 22.00 figure, but full context is missing.
Local observations for the last 24 hours show temperatures ranging from a high of 61 to a low of 22 degrees. No rainfall reported on any day. Readings include March dates with specific highs and lows and no precipitation.
An old adette claims 6r Jacobs Oj cures back pains joint aches and muscle stiffness for 65 years and promises immediate relief. It touts a universal remedy with claimed unmatched effectiveness and rapid results.
Hog receipts total 28 000 as buyers sit inactive. top hogs about 14.00 with mixed weights quoted 12.00 to 15.65. Cattle and sheep also report weak to steady demand. top steers around 11.90 with lighter stockers 7.00 to 8.00. Livestock totals forecast hogs 24 000 cattle 4 000 sheep 5 000.
Poultry prices show varied gains with fowls 24 percent springs 31 turkeys 23 ducks 28 geese 18. Butter prices ease with creamery extras 49 percent standards 49 percent eggs higher with receipts 7 731 cases. Potatoes trade moderate and market steady with shipments 740 cars for United States. Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota prices listed for sacked round whites and reds with regional ranges.
Market bulletin from Kansas City dated March 12 reports firsts at 26 percent and selected at 33 percent. Butter-Creamery price up 3 cents to 52 53, packing 18. Poultry items list roosters 14 broilers 34 springs 30. Potatoes 10 to 15 cents lower, Red River Ohio price range 1.30 to 1.45.
On March 12 Butter- BKasy receipts reach 10 779 with creamery extras and firsts in mid forties to fifties percent ranges. Heegs Steady posts 20 666 cases with fresh gathered extras firsts and storage packed around 30 to 31 percent. Cheese Firm reports 125 848 pounds with state whole milk flats fresh fancy and average run figures in mid twenties. Live Poultry shows fowls and roosters by freight and express with various percent figures. St Louis market lists springs turkeys ducks geese hens and Egge at varied percentages. Butter prices noted at 50 percent.
Chicago grain and provisions report lists open high low and close quotes for May July and Sept contracts across Wheat Corn Oats Rye Lard Ribs and Bellies. Prices show modest shifts with several contracts edging up and down in a busy trading day.
Reports of widespread showers in Texas and a Kansas rain or snow forecast weighed on grain futures at the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat closed unsettled with modest declines, May at 1.81% and July near 1.57, as pressure from export demand and moisture expectations influenced trading. Oats and corn showed mixed moves with oats firming on domestic use, while hogs supported higher provisions.
Chicago market report lists Wheat with various No 2 red and hard grades, Corn prices for mixed and yellow and white categories, Oats across white grades, Rye, Timothy seed, Clover seed, Lard, Ribs, Helhies with quoted figures and ranges for March 12.
Omaha March 12 cash grain prices show No 2 hard wheat at 1.73 and No 5 hard at 1.69 with mixed grades around 1.70 to 1.71. Corn prices list No 3 white 1.11 to 1.12 and No 3 yellow 1.12 to 1.14 with No 2 mixed 1.13. Oats No 2 white around 51.
Hay quiet trading with timothy at 22.00 per unit and 238.00 for No 1 timothy. No 1 light clover mixed at 19.00 and 200. No 1 heavy clover mixed 15.00 and 16.00. Choice alfalfa quoted at 28.00 and 29.00.
March 12 in New York U S bonds closed with Liberty 3 percent at 161.14 and 101.18 for First 44, Second 48 100.26, Third 4s 101.17, Fourth 44s Hi 25, U S Treasury 48 at 100.18 and Treasury 4348 at 104.20.
Toledo on March 2 lists Clover seed with cash price 18.15 and March 17.85 ask, Oct 13.60 bid. Timothy seed shows cash 2.95 and March 3.05 and Sept 3.30 bids and asks. market reflects mixed old and new prices with varying maturities.
New York reports coffee futures holding firm with Rio No 7 at 21 percent and Santos No 4 at 26 percent. July futures at 18.36 and December at 16.85.
George Mulligan of Orient spent Wednesday here attending to business and visiting among friends. W H Brady of Brady Food market arrived home after market week in Omaha. Henry Howe of Orient arrived in Creston after attending Hopkins Bros stock sale at Council Bluffs. Mrs B Ryan of Peoria, visiting with her parents and sisters, returned home this morning and also visited Corning.
The House killed the senator's bill to abolish the joint committee that meets during recess to advise the executive and handle emergency administration matters. Senator Fulton argued the budget director could take over its duties. Additional measures included restricting the use of the title detective, boosting reporting on auto theft, parole photographs, and a Marshall county tax for county building upkeep.
State House in Des Moines hosts ex-lawmakers from across Iowa as they reoccupy seats and re enact scenes from the fortieth special session. Governor Hammill presides with Jack Price Percy Holdoegel Charlie Dutcher Byron Newberry Ray Scott and others in attendance. A planned state radio bill from last April and a repeal of the license fee on motor vehicles are discussed as the calendar awaits action.
Washington March 12 tribute to General Joseph Wheeler, noted cavalry officer, was paid by Representative Edward B Almon of Alabama at the unveiling in Statuary Hall. Julia Wheeler Harris drew the veil as witnesses recalled his West Point education and service from Kansas and New Mexico to the Confederate army and later U S Cavalry in Cuba.
Cedar Rapids reports the death of Joseph Navartis, a farmer six miles east of town, from poison after drinking mash allegedly doped or tainted. A raid found mash and kerosene in barrels. authorities question whether federal agents tampered with it or if the wife warned him.
Miss Winifred Sheridan has resigned her position in the office of Dr. Cleve Coakley. The move is noted in local notices and affects staff at the clinic.
Members of the American Legion Auxiliary held a regular meeting Wednesday evening at the home of Mrs M F Stever 705 West Adams Street.
The Jolly Afternoon club was entertained Wednesday by Mrs Howard Knapp at 405 South Vine Street. Eleven members and six guests attended. Mrs Lyman Morgan and Mrs Fay Stranach won the honors with five hundred. Refreshments followed.
The Joy de Vee club and husbands surprised Mr. and Mrs. Len Abbott at 909 West Montgomery on their thirtieth anniversary. A community dinner followed by cards marked the evening. The Abbotts married March 12, 1895, with engineer Mr. Abbott on the Burlington route and Mrs. Abbott active in local clubs along with daughters Miss Beatrice and Miss Margibbie.
Mrs James Cronin of 207 Sequi Lincoln street hosted an evening party with a number of friends. The guests enjoyed cards and dainty refreshments during the event on Wednesday at her home.
A Wednesday gathering at Mrs. B. J. Pitman’s home drew 17 women for the local Clothing Project led by Mrs. Frank Ickis. The group learned the second year’s first lesson and made silk and organdy flowers, ribbon rosettes, ruckrack, yarn and braid crafts, with lunch served midmorning. Participants included Mrs. Bernard Eklund, Mrs. G. R. Bell, Mrs. J. C. Gustin, and others. visitors were Mrs. Chas. Kurzhals, Mrs. Berry Mackey and Mrs. S. E. Fell.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Johnson at 309 North Oak street hosted the Jolly Dozen on a Wednesday evening. Guests enjoyed bridge and dancing followed by dainty refreshments.
The Stokes trial in Chicago features Milton D. Smith leading the state as the jury nears a verdict. Smith accused W E D Stokes, NY millionaire hotel owner, of conspiracy to defame his wife, while defense attorney J C Rathbun argued the motive is to use a woman to sway jurors and punish a fellow citizen.
Mrs. Emily Tolenaar, 76, fled a house fire in Council Bluffs last night. Her hair was singed but she escaped, though $900 in cash paid by a grandson to settle a debt was destroyed in a sack hanging by the kitchen stove.
William Copeland aged 72, terminally ill with cancer, killed himself with a rifle last night. His death was found this morning when his brother Albert called at the Winthrop residence where the man lived. Copeland had repeatedly threatened to take his own life due to his illness.
A testimonial from A M Latshaw of Oil City Pennsylvania praises Parry Vegetable Compound for jaundice and a run down condition. He reports weight gain from 188 to 206 pounds after about a year of use and notes he stopped in April. The ad invites requests for a copy of A True Story and notes Creston store Newcomb and Matthews sells the medicine.
Washington reports the Treasury will deliver to Senator Couzens a notice of an arbitrary profits assessment tied to his 1919 sale of Ford Motor stock. The Treasury may withhold one day to allow a waiver of the statute of limitations.
The van guard of Iowa track will depart tonight for Evanston to run in tomorrow's preliminaries of the Big Ten indoor meet. Coach Bresnahan takes Captain Coulter Beatty Roberts Sorenson Kohl and Van Ness with Canby Rice or Tysor. Friday evening Phelps Phelps Marchi Knindt Dauber Daine May and Everingham خواهند leave for the meet.
An advertisement touts Marmola Prescription Tablets as a safe easy weight loss method. It claims steady results with no starvation or violent exercise and directs readers to buy from local druggists or mail order from Marmola Company Detroit Michigan.
Mrs. Cook suffered years of gas and nervousness until Adlerika eased her stomach distress. The ad claims Adlerika relieves gas unless decayed causes and acts as an efficient intestinal evacuation, solving constipation with quick action and no griping. T. E. York, Druggist, 117 W Montgomery St. advert.
Mrs C E Shaw arrived home from Denver after two weeks with relatives. She attended the wedding of Miss Elizabeth Shaw. Mrs Elizabeth Headlee of Osceola arrived in Creston from Massena and will stay with Mrs H B Giffey at 216 Myrtle Street during her visit.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.