Wall Street Opens With Selling Pressure On Key Stocks
Wall Street stocks weaken in early trading as American Woolen falls 3 percent to 42 and St. Paul preferred declines to 16. Others including American Locomotive, Baldwin, Famous Players, Savage Arms, Worthington Pump, and Stewart Warner drop 1 to 2 points from last night’s close. American Can rises 3 percent to 181 amid strong gas stock buying. Money rates back to 4 percent. overall close irregular.
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New York
St. Paul
Baldwin Famous Players
Savage Arms
Worthington Pump
Stewart Warner
Coll
Omaha Hog and Cattle Market Report Highlights
Receipts total 10 500 hogs up 10 to 15 cents with top prices around 13 90 per cwt. Good weights 150 to 200 pounds fetch 13 25 to 13 75. Sows mostly 13 15 to 13 40. Cattle receipts 1 700 with fed cattle 9 00 to 10 75. Lambs mostly 16 25 to 17 00, light lambs up to 17 00, total sheep and feeders steady.
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report March 13
Chicago cash grain market notes bids and prices for wheat corn oats rye lard and ribs. Prices shown include No 1 hard wheat 184% No 4 hard 1.60 and corn various mixed and white sample grades with numeric ranges and fractional quotes.
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Chicago
Market Reports From St Joseph Auction Lot
Hogs receipts about 2,000 with prices steady to 10 cents higher. top at 13.80, most between 13.25 and 13.75. Cattle receipts 800 with steers around 10.75, cows and heifers 3.60 to 10.00, calves 5.00 to 11.50, stockers and feeders 5.50 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 4,540 steady with lambs 16.50 to 17.00 and ewes 9.00 to 30.26.
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Jose
St. Joseph
Omaha Cash Grain Prices March 13
Wheat No 2 hard 1.58 1.62 with No 2 mixed. Corn No 2 white 1.05, No 6 yellow 0.90. Oats No 2 white 0.47, No 1 white 0.44.
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Omaha
Horse and Mule Market Prices East St. Louis
East St. Louis market reports March 13 show horses good to choice drafts selling 150 to 200 dollars and good eastern chunks 75 to 100 dollars. Choice southern horses around 75 dollars. Mules 16 to 17 hands 175 to 225 dollars, 16 to 16.2 hands 125 to 190 dollars, 14 to 16.2 hands 60 to 80 dollars.
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East St. Louis
Flour Price List Notice
Flour Minneapolis price sheet lists 10c per tower in carload lots and a barrel at 9.75, 98 pound cotton sacks Bran priced 23.00 to 24.00 and otherwise shows catalog terms for family patents and bulk sales.
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Minneapolis
Chicago Livestock Market Report March 13
S Dept of Ag reports receipts 24 000 hogs and 4 000 cattle with mixed demand. Hogs mostly 10c higher. top 14.10, bulk 12.75 14.10, lighter weights 12.80 13.25. Sows 12.75 13.10, slaughter pigs 10.75 12.76. Cattle led by yearlings around 12.00, beef heifers 11.00, best heavy steers near 11.25, bulk steers and yearlings 8.50 10.50. Sheep receipts 10 000. lambs steady with few light lambs to 17.50, good ewe prices around 9.50. Tomorrow’s estimates: hog 4 000, cattle 500, sheep 3 000.
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Cricago Livestock
Chitree
S. Dept of Agi
Chicago Market Reports On Poultry Eggs Butter Prices
Chicago trading notes show live poultry, fowls, springs, roosters, and turkeys mostly down or steady. Butter prices ease while eggs firm with receipts of thousands. Kansas City and New York markets report mixed gains and steady to higher creamery and storage products.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Keggs
Butter—Creamery
Roosters
Bruilers
Springs
New York
Express
Liberty Bonds Prices and Yields in New York Trading
New York reports Liberty bonds closing with varied prices for 3s and 4s across serials. Treasury issues show 4s around 100.15 and 8s near 104.14, reflecting market activity on March 1.
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New York
Liberty
Treasury
Wheat Breaks Sharply in Chicago Market Selloff
Sensational price drop drives wheat to about 1.71 a bushel for May as Liverpool losses and heavy rains buoy crop prospects push selling. May close 1.66 1/2 to 1.67, July 1.49 1/2. Corn and oats follow, with May corn at 1.19 a bushel and oats down to 46 to 45 cents. Provisions also weaken.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Ocean Passage
Europe
Toledo Market Report Notes Seed Prices and Dates
Toledo market report lists Clover seed cash and futures with prices 18.10 for cash and March 17.75 October 13.50 for March 17.75 October. Timothy seed shows cash and futures with March 2.69 May 3.05 and Sept 3.30. The data reflects bid values for upcoming delivery dates.
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Toledo
Hay Prices Steady Across Timothy Clover and Alfalfa
Market report from St. Louis on March 13 shows hay prices steady for No. 1 timothy at 22.00 to 23.00, No. 1 light clover mixed 19.00 to 20.00, No. 1 heavy clover mixed 15.00 to 16.00, and choice alfalfa 28.00 to 29.00.
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St. Louis
Coffee futures settle with Rio No. 7 and Santos No. 4
Rio No 7 215-16 and Santos No 4 26% futures unsettled. July 18.13 and Dac 16.62 reflected. Market notes from New York on March 13.
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New York
Rio No
Santos No
Dac
Sugar Prices Hold Steady in New York Market
Raw sugar remains unchanged with spot at 4.77 and later shipment at 4.84. Refined sugar also stable with fine granulated quotations from 6.00 to 6.20.
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New York
Iowa Sectional Basketball Tournament in Progress
High school basketball opens district play across two classes with boys in four districts and girls in 21 regions. Winners advance to state finals next weekend at Ottumwa for class A and Boone for class B. Games listed from Spirit Lake to Oskaloosa show scores and pairings as action begins. West Waterloo overwhelms Mason City 26 to 15 in Northeastern Iowa tournament opener.
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Mason City
Ila
West Waterloo High School
Iowa
Northeastern Iowa high school tourney opens with strong showing
Mason City hosts the northeast district tournament with Dubuque Cedar Rapids Mason City and West Waterloo among the top contenders. In the morning game Mason City defeated Zearfing 23 to 8 while Cedar Falls War saw Rudd beat Damgont 21 to 16 in class B action.
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Mason City
Iowa
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
West Waterloo
Kory City
Zearfing
Cedar Falls
War
Rudd
Damgont
Sioux City Man Dies After Car Strike
John J Bailey aged 78 died in a Sioux City hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile Thursday evening. Police seek the driver of the death car as investigations continue.
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Sioux City
John J Bailey
Former Greene County superintendent dies at college campus
Cedar Falls Iowa March 13 Henry Roeloffz former Greene county schools superintendent collapsed and died of apoplexy at 8 30 am while crossing the campus. He had arrived with his family from Conrad Iowa last Friday and enrolled his three sons in the training school. He planned to resume teaching.
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Waterloo
Blackhawk County Grand Jury
Harry Bell
Ellsworth Kern
Fred Lt .Milner
Milner
Cedar Falls
Henry
Roeloffz
Greene County Schools
Teachers’ College
Onrad
Ira
Des Moines Grocery Bandit Held Up Store
A lone bandit robbed Bruno Gonzales’s grocery store yesterday afternoon, locked the owner in the ice box, and escaped with $60. Albert MecConkie was arrested this morning, and Gonzales identified the suspect.
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Des Moines
Bruno Gonzales
Gonzales
Albert MecConkie
Children Make Up One Third Of Auto Fatalities
Chicago report shows 32 percent of 20 000 traffic deaths last year were children under 15, per National Safety Council figures disclosed today.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Fire destroys barn on T Block farm near Shellsburg
A barn at the T Block farm near Shellsburg Iowa burned last night causing an estimated loss of 8500 dollars. The fire destroyed feed and 3800 dollars worth of tools. Volunteers from Atkins aided in firefighting. The cause is uncertain with theories of a bird carrying a match or a dust explosion.
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Shellsburg
T. ©. Block
Atkins
Bishop Quayle Buried Today At Dream Haven
The funeral for Bishop William A. Quayle of the Methodist Episcopal church was held at Dream Haven near Baldwin Kansas with a bell ringing as his body was carried away. Quayle loved bells and collected them and the family plans to dispose of the bell after today’s service.
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Dream Haven
Silvester Parmenter
U C C Club Enjoys Five Hundred Afternoon
Mrs Grace Tripp and Mrs Sida Elliott hosted the U C C club at the Elliott home north of Kent. Five hundred was played with Anna Donelson winning first and Nina White second. Attendees included Lizzie Schofield Minnie Worsley Ella Madden Esther Peak and many others. Refreshments closed the afternoon.
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Grace Tripp
Sida Elliott
Elliott
Kent
Anna Donelson
Nina White
Lizzie Schofield
Minnie Worsley
Ella Madden
Esther Peak
Lizzie Sanders
Nettie Peak
Maude Morgan
Edna White
Leona Schofield
Willa Schofield
Clella Hay
Louise Clem
Florence Shanahan
Alice Riggs
Alta Bowers
Rambo
Scarcliff
Patt
Sadie Harrison
Ida Ehliott
Patts Host Little Club Dinner at Lowana Hotel
Mr and Mrs W N Patt 1100 West Adams Street entertained the Little Club Thursday evening at seven o'clock with dinner at Lowana Hotel followed by cards back at the Patt home.
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Little Club
W.N. Patt
West Adams Street
Lowana Hotel
Patt
Birthday Surprise for Leslie Peak at Madden Home
Neighbors and friends gathered Friday evening at Charley Madden’s home to celebrate Leslie Peak’s birthday. Five hundred attendees enjoyed refreshments after Mrs. Esther Peak and Charles Madden won first honors, while Mrs. Ida Elliott and Harvey Sanders had the low score. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Peak, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McAuliffe, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hay, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Elliott, Leonard Schoffield, and several Peaks and Maddens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Peak
Charley Madden
Esther Peak
Charles Madden
Ida Elliott
Harvey Sanders
Lee Peak
Hugh McAuiley
Frank Hay
Arthur Elliott
Leonard Schofield
Harry Madden
Literary Circle Meets With Mrs Davenport at West Mills
The Ladies' Literary circle convened in the afternoon with Mrs. Carl Davenport hosted at 712 West Mills Street.
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Ladies’ Literary Circle
Carl Davenport
West Mills Street
Boxing and college basketball results from Purdue meet
In Masay City March 13 Jackie Conway of Minneapolis outpointed Joe Young of Omaha and Battling Nelson of Fort Dodge knocked out Toughey Connolly of Des Moines in the feature bouts. In Lafayette Purdue beat Wisconsin 32 to 26 to close its Western Conference schedule.
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Associated Press
Masay City
Jackie Conway
Minneapolis
Joe Young
Omaha
Battling Nelson
For
Dodge
Toughey Connolly
Des Moines
Lafayette
Ind
Purdue
University of Wisconsin
Sigma Nu to Meet Coaches After Fraternity Victory
Iowa City report notes Sigma Nu claimed the inter fraternity basketball title by defeating Delta 16 to 14. Six university coaches plan to face the champions next week.
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Iowa City
Delta
Sigma Nu
University
Sam Barry
Rollie Wiliams
Burt Ingwersen
Walter Fiesied
Wayland Hicks
University High
Otto Vogel
Record Falls in Western Conference Swimming Trials
Ralph Breyer of Northwestern established a new national collegiate record in the 40 yard freestyle with 18.6 seconds and a Western Conference record in the 100 yard freestyle at the University of Chicago meet. He shaved two fifths of a second off existing marks, surpassing the previous Northwestern and conference records set in 1923 and 1924 respectively.
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Chicago
Ralph Breyer
Northwestern Nparator
University of Chicago
Breyer
R. Howell
Northwestern
Mount Pleasant Tops New London In Fast Invitational Clash
Mount Pleasant high defeated New London 13 to 10 in the Iowa Wesleyan Invitational basketball tournament watched by a large crowd. Other scores included Lone Tree 24 Fremont 19 Columbus Junction 16 Herdick 15 Brooklyn 16 Marengo 13 and Burlington 15 Muscatine 14.
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Mount Pleasant
Iowa Wesleyan
Mount Pleasant High
New London Basketeers
Lone Tree
Fremont
Columbus Junction
Herdick
Brooklyn
Marengo
Burlington
Muscatine
Waterloo billiard champ Stoneman defeats Mohr 125 to 119
Robert Stoneman pocket billiard champion of Iowa Nebraska and Minnesota beat Elmer Mohr of Waterloo 125 to 119 last night in a close match at the local club in Waterloo Iowa.
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Waterloo
Robert Stoneman
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Elmer Mohr
Stoneman Wins Special Match 125 to 98
The first half play on Tuesday saw Stoneman defeat opponents 125 to 98, making the overall score 250 to 217. Stoneman and Moby recently split two games.
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Stoneman
Moby
Bailiff Heads Home With Murder Suspects
Bailiff R G Goodall brings back C E Carlson and wife from Minneapolis, both wanted on first degree murder warrants in the case of Civil War veteran Michael Featherstone of Iowa Falls murdered on November 4. J W Cooper, local detective, aided in the arrest. Carlson and Edna Carpenter had married in Wisconsin around July and were said to have visited relatives here. Evidence linked to a Dora letter found on Featherstone. Carlson’s relatives say he was in Shade Hill, South Dakota at the murder time.
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Associated Press
Marshalltown
R. G. Goodall
Minneapolis
C. E. Carlson
J. W. Cooper
Michael Featherstone
Iowa Falls
Carlson
H Wife
Edna Carpenter
Ladysmith
Wis
Miss Carpenter
Wisconsin
Commercial Bulletin’s Weekly Report on Wood and Wool Markets
The March 18 issue notes a growing impression in the wood trade that business is dragging on bottom with increased activity expected soon. Wool commerce shows limited quantities and a slightly lower basis, while mohair remains in limited demand and barely steady.
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The
Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Commercial Bulletin
Local residents visit and travel notices noted
Mrs. C. W. Jarvis arrived home Thursday after a Des Moines day trip. Mrs. A. Sheeny left for Red Oak to visit her mother. Mrs. J. E. Brown returned to Des Moines after a short stay here. Mrs. C. E. Grable travels to Elliott for a weekend with relatives. Mrs. A. Keniding to Villisca to see her son Max. Mrs. E. E. Champ to Villisca for a day with her mother. Mrs. Lester Johnson and Mary Krohmer return to Lenox after a visit. Will Shea of Lincoln township spent the day visiting relatives. The Princess Shop re decorated with changes enhancing its appearance. Mrs. Myrtle Day of Nevada arrives for her mother’s illness at 310 North Vine. Mrs. F. E. Haines of Ottumwa arrives to spend the weekend with Mr. Haines at Iowana hotel. Ernest Johnson returns to Ottumwa after visiting with his sister and relatives.
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C. W. Jarvis
Des Moines
A. Sheeny
Red Oak
Herbert
J. E. Brown
C. E. Grable
Elliott
A. Keniding
Villisca
Max Keniding
E. E. Champ
G. H. Pulver
Lester Johnson
Mary Krohmer
Lenox
Will Shea
Lincoln Township
Myrtle Day
Nevada
Henry Kuntz
North Vine Street
F. E. Haines
Ottumwa
Creston
Haines
Iowana Hotel
Mr. Haines
Burlington
Justice Without Mercy Rules in Spanish Court
An official of Bejar near Salamanca was sentenced to a total 308 years imprisonment for falsifying public documents. The Berar law courts fixed about 15 years for each of 21 counts with a $150 fine. The same court recently sentenced a former mayor to 396 years and 27 days. Both men have begun serving their sentences.
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Madrid
Spain
Bejar
Salamanca
Berar
Local residents visit and travel notices from Creston area
Miss Inez Fisher of Redding visits Creston. C O Bagley returns home after a short visit. T Harger attends to business in Creston. D Wilcox Lenox spends time on business. Hedges Des Moines pursues business interests. Mrs J W McCue returns from Des Moines. John Lyon Des Moines arrives for a business visit. Mr and Mrs Fred Wolfe Shannon City attend to business. F H Boggess Red Oak spends time with friends. Henry Webber arrives from Iowa City after treatment. Miss Edith Moone Omaha en route home for the weekend. Mrs A T Everett Council Bluffs arrives from Fontanelle visiting Aunt. Harry Sears family to Des Moines to visit father in hospital. P H Pottinger returns to Des Moines after business in Creston. employed by Payne Motor. Joseph Jennings Wapello passes Creston en route to Maitland Mo for visit. returns soon. Mrs Edgar Howard Columbus Neb guest of daughters visits Clarinda for weekend.
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C. O. Bagley
Jefferson
T. Harger
Grand River
D. Wilcox
Lenox
I, Hedges
Des Moines
J. W. McCue
John Lyon
Creston
Fred Wolfe
Shannon City
F. H. Boggess
Red Oak
Henry Webber
Fourth Birch Street
Iowa City
Edith Moone
Omaha
Arispe
A. T. Everett
Council Bhaffs
Fontanelle
B. Alden
Harry Sears
Margaret
Harland
Mr. Searl
J. W. Searl
Theo. Jennings
North Maple Street
Edgar Howard
Columbus
Neb
Myre
Harry Rex
West Adams Street
C. E. Coen
West Adams _ street
Clarinda
Mary Clark
Howard
Crestop
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Marketi F1
Wall Street
U. S
Agric
Cash Market Report
United States
Red River
St Lai
Liberty Bonds
Board of Trade
Oskaloosa
Clinton
Wilton Junction
Spirit Lake
Estherville
Towa City
Emma J. Harvat
J. J. Carroll
Carroll
Georgia Rayfield
Roy Rayfield
Atchison, Kan
Rayfield
Atchison
Council Bluffs
E. A. Wickham
Washington
Cedar Polis
J. D. Thompson
Thompson
J. F. Cross
Bishop Quayle
Iowa House Furnishing Company
Clarence Ferring
Dyersville
Zillig
Woerdehoff
N. Maple Street
J. C. Penney Co
Ernest Johnson
Tony Mellon
South Walnut Street
Nord Flour & Feed Company
Aseecated Press
Inez Fisher
Redding
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