Wheat Market Slips as Forecasts Improve Crop Outlook
Chicago wheat prices eased amid forecasts of widespread moisture in the west and southwest, with some rallies as traders eyed Monday's statistics. Export demand for North American wheat was slow, and May and July contracts opened lower before a broader decline spread to corn and oats. provisions also fell as grain and hog markets moved down. Broad bearish factors included snow improvements to the crop outlook in Texas and Oklahoma and a large potential rise in southwest wheat output.
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Chicago
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Omaha Cash Grain Prices Report
Omaha March 27 wheat prices list No 1 hard 1.57 No 2 hard 1.554 1.5544 No 2 mixed 1.55 corn No 2 white 64 No 2 yellow 624% No 3 mixed 62 oats No 3 white 35% No 4 white 38
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Omaha
Weather Notes from Creston Observer Weekday Readings
A government thermometer reading from Creston reports the 7 p m temperature and the night's low. The weekly summaries provide daily highs and lows as observed.
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Creston
Livestock Markets Report From Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago Maron reports hogs stronger with lighter weights and buyers favoring 200 to 225 pound hogs at 11.80 to 12.25. Sows and packing hogs sell in thin ranges while heavy weights bring 10.80 to 12.85. Cattle receipts show steers down with few good and choice offerings and feeders easing. Sheep receipts total 6000 with fat lambs at 14.35 and 13.75 for other classes as week ends. Livestock estimates project Monday hogs 51,000 cattle 20,000 sheep 21,000. next week hogs 150,000.
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Chicago
Maron
Tse Tower
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Omaha markets report March 27 show hog receipts 4 500 with slow uneven trade prices mostly 10 to 18 cents lower. top hogs 12 65 at 160 pounds, bulk 10 75 to 12 50. Cattle receipts 250 with mixed changes and weak to higher. Sheep receipts 500 with wool lambs 25 cents lower, shorn lambs 50 to 75 cents lower, feeders steady and ewes 7 50 to 8 50 with top about 8 75.
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Omaha
U. 8
S. Dept. of Agric
Chicago cash grain market report snapshot
Chicago March 27 Wheat prices at various grades with No 1 hard at 1.67 and No 4 mixed around 65 66. Yellow and white varieties show multiple bid ranges from 39% to 73. Prices listed for rye barley timothy clover seeds and hogs produce lean cuts with lard and rib values noted.
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Chicago
Wales
Cash Grain Prices Reported for St Louis Market
St Louis market notes cash grain with wheat at No 2 red 172 percent per bushel and corn varying by grade from No 4 mixed 66 to No 2 yellow 72. White corn prices range around No 2 white 71 and No 3 White 69 to 76. Omitted figures include oats at No 2 white 42 and No 3 white around 40 to 41.
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ST. Louis
Coffee futures steady with May and July quotes
New York coffee market reports Rilo No. 7 at 17 15 16, No 4 Santos 22 percent. Futures remain steady with May at 7 205 and July at 18 70.
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New York
Santos
Wall Street Grips Wall Street Slumps On Aggressive Selling
Aggressive short selling and a flood of liquidating sales pushed stocks lower across sectors including merchandising, food, and utilities. Many issues fell three to eight points with General Asphalt leading an eight point drop before some recovery in late trading. Total volume around 1,000,000 shares.
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New York
Woolworth
General Electric
Leow-Wiles
Bizscui
Dupont
Famous Players
National Department Stores
Ward
Kresge U. S
Atlantic Coast Line
Dnduy
Liberty Bonds Market Update from New York
The New York Liberty Bonds report dated March 27 shows closes for several issues with varying percentages and prices including 34% for liberties, 10% 4s at 448, 102.7, Second 4145 at 100.25, Third 4145 at 101.5, Fourth 4s at 102.14, U and G 45 at 103.26, U S G 44 48 at 107.30.
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New York
Liberties
Fliat
U.S. G
Chicago and Kansas City Poultry and Produce Prices Report
Chicago market notes show live poultry steady to unsettled with varied regional quotes for fowls turkeys and ducks while butter eggs and potatoes move with mixed gains and Canadian imports. Kansas City reports eggs down and poultry and butter prices easing alongside regional potato values.
Clearing Banks Reserve Surplus Rises Week Over Week
New York reports actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies for the week shows an excess reserve of 15.57 million dollars. This marks an increase of 4.44 million from last week when excess reserves totaled 11.13 million.
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New York
Toledo Seed Prices Move for March Markets
Toledo reports seed prices for wheat and timothy and clover. Wheat No 2 red sits around 1.74 dollars per bushel with bids near 1.68 to 1.74. Clover and timothy seeds show cash and March figures with varied bids across seed types.
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Toledo
Timothy
Market grain and hay prices from Hay Kansas City and St Louis
Hay prices listed for March 27 show No. 1 timothy at 19.50 to 20.00 in Hay Kansas City and No. 2 timothy 20.00 to 23.00 in St Louis. Clover mixed and alfalfa ranges appear with No. 1 clover light at 18.50 to 19.00 and choice western alfalfa at 24.00 to 30.00 across the two cities.
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Hay
Kansas City
St. Louis
Flour Prices Rise in Minneapolis Market Report
Flour prices in Minneapolis on March 27 rose 20 cents with family patent varieties at 9.10 to 9.25 per barrel and total shipments listed at 41 323 barrels. bran priced at 23.00.
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Minneapolis
Corn Markets Feel Wheat Influence In Chicago Trade
Corn market observers note stronger ties to wheat actions with deferred September pressure and July liquidation. Reports indicate limited receipts may bolster commercial demand and ease cash pressures, as outside selling and spreading trades shift from July to September. Minneapolis wheat stocks fell 350000 bushels while corn rose 40000 and oats declined 120000.
Butter Markets Edge Toward Lower Prices Amid Weak Demand
The butter market stayed nervous and unsettled all week with cautious trading. Receivers pressed goods for sale on arrival while distributors met near term needs, stock levels weighed on prices, and sentiment favored declines as storage butter moved slowly into consumption.
Hogs and cattle prices at St Joseph market
Hogs receipts 1 500 steady to 10 9c lower with top 12 50 and bulk 11 00 12 15. Cattle receipts 400 nominal with week bulk steers 8 50 9 75 top 10 15. cows and heifers 3 50 19 25. calves 9 60 11 00. stockers and feeders 6 50 9 00. Sheep receipts 2 200 steady with lambs 11 75 12 75.
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ST. Joseph
Joseph
Sugar market firm with steady prices in New York
The raw sugar market remained firm with no sales reported. Prices held at 4.02 for Cuban duty paid and refined sugar unchanged to 10 points higher, bids from 4.90 to 5.25 for fine granulated. Demand was light.
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New York
Waterloo in boxing and declamatory contest results
George Bourland of Des Moines defeated Ralph Alexander of Waterloo by technical knockout in a pro boxing match. Joe Knipp and Billy Gibbs drew with Cedar Falls rivals. Iowa City entrants won in the southeastern Iowa declamatory contest led by Hertel Kean and Tanswell.
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Waterloo
George Bourland
Des Moines
Ralph Alexander
Alexander
Joe Knipp
Billy Gibbs
Cedar Fal
Iowa City
Burlington
Keokuk
Iowa
Frank Hertel
Delmon Kean
Albert Tanswell
Charles Fisher Remains Active at 91 Birthday
Charles Fisher of 509 South Oak Street celebrates his ninety first birthday today at home. Immigrant from Germany in 1870, he has lived at his current address for 56 years and worked 45 years as a Burlington railroad car inspector. A 6 o'clock family dinner will be held this evening.
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Charles Fisher
South Oak Street
United States
Germany
Fisher
Burlington Railroad
Chileans Criticize U S Mediations in Tacna Arica Row
Arica Chile March 27 The dispute over the Tacna and Arica question deepens as Chileans resist U S mediated changes to plebiscite plans. Chileans accuse Washington of suspending activities during talks while Americans demand a full halt. Registration for the plebiscite was set to begin today amid fears of riots and potential attacks on Peruvians.
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Arica
Chile
Altthough
Peru
Tacna
United States
Detroit Robbers Clash With Police Injure Three in City Wide Shootings
In Detroit on March 27, a street car conductor was fatally wounded by two armed assailants during a robbery attempt at a cigar store. A plainclothes officer killed the robber Leo White, 30, as he committed the hold up. A second officer, Boyd Beder, was found mortally wounded in a gambling house upstairs after a gunfight.
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Detroit
Leo White
Leroy Cobls
Boyd Beder
Carel Denies He Would Be At Atlantic Speedway
Paris reports quote former Crown Prince Carol of Romania denying tests to perform at the Atlantic City opening in May. A royal aide says he received an offer by mail but refused, deeming it beneath his dignity. The spokesman adds a new Romanian party is rising, led by Maniou and Argentoianu with Lupu as interior minister.
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Paris
Carol
Romania
Parisian
Atlantic City
Maniou
Argentoianu
Lupu
Union Will Not Hire Band To Greet 'Big Tim'
Chicago March 27. The gas house workers union votes down hiring a band to greet ex prisoner Big Tim Murphy on his Chicago return. The union will greet him soberly as president but not as a hero. He faces arrest for failing to pay a $10,000 fine or file a pauper’s plea. Deputy marshals will greet the returning labor leader, who spent three years in prison for Dearborn station mail robbery.
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Chicago
Big Tim' Murphy
Gas House Workers
Leavenworth
Murphy
Dearborn Station
Social visits and family news from Greenfield
Miss Edna Huston of Greenfield spent the day here shopping and visiting with friends. Mrs. William Wallace and daughters Betty and Ann of Greenfield were guests in the home of Mary Agnes and Margaret Sullivan at 205 South Lincoln Street. Donald and Edward Fessler of Greenfield arrived in Creston to spend the weekend with their grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Reardon of 804 North Cherry Street, who has been ill but is improving.
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Edna Huston
Greenfield
William Wallace
Betty
Ann
Mary Agnes
Margaret Sullivan
South
Lincoln Street
Wallace
Donald and
Edward Fessler
Creston
Catherine Reardon
North Cherry Street
Three-Fingered Jack Faces Robbery and Murder Charge
William J. White known as Three-Fingered Jack is held on five counts of robbery including an 80 000 payroll heist at International Harvester and murder without bond for Policeman Edward Pflaume's death. He and Thomas Shupe with Robert Lafferty linked to a home invasion and the arraignment set for April 9.
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Chicago
William J. White
International Harvester Company
White
Edward Pflaume
Forest Park
Thomas Shupe
Robert Lafferty
Weekend Travel and Family Notices From Creston
Abilene Kansas visitor O J Benson arrived in Creston for a short visit. I Miss Margaret Pettinger will spend the weekend in Cumberland with relatives. Mr and Mrs W H Morley of Lenox and their daughter visited Creston. Miss Flora Ferguson returned to Lenox after visiting the John Gray home. Margaret Gray and brother James left for Chicago to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs William Staples left for Princeville due to Mrs Staples mother’s illness. William Milnes returned from Des Moines to spend the weekend with his parents. he attends a Des Moines school of pharmacy. Mrs C W Hickok reports her father C W Larson’s serious illness in Chicago. Mr Hickok will go early next week. Mr and Mrs E N Dougherty have learned their son Donald will work at Civic Southwest bank in Los Angeles after leaving Creston three weeks ago.
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O. J. Benson
Abilene
Kan
Creston
Margaret Pettinger
Cumberland
W. H. Morley
Lenox
J. H. Blackmore
Verlene of
Tingley
Flora Ferguson
John Gray
East Irving Street
Margaret Gray
James
Chicago
William Staples
North Sycamore Street
Princeville
C. W. Larson
Mr. Hickok
E. N. Dougherty
West Adams Street
Donald
Civic Southwest Bank of
Los Angeles
Mr. Dougherty
California
Local News Briefs and Social Chats from Creston
Robert Orr of Lorimar visited Creston on business while Floyd Priest of Arispe stopped in for calls. William Lininger of Kent spent Friday with his father C. H. Lininger. Mrs J R Imes of Prescott returned home after a visit. Miss Mable Botkin of Corning returned home after a visit. Charles and Mrs Andrews of Hebron spent Friday in Creston. Thomas L Dougherty arrived from Des Moines after business. Celia Welch of Omaha visited her mother Catherine Welch. Mrs I L McBrien arrived home from a Denver visit.
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Robert Orr
Lorimar
Creston
Floyd Priest
Arispe
William Lininger
Kent
C. H. Lininger
J. R. Imes
Prescott
Mable Botkin
Corning
Charles Andrews
Hebron
Thomas L. Dougherty
Des Moines
Celia Welch
Omaha
Catherine Welch
Welch Apartments
I. L. McBrien
West Adams Street
Denver
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Associated Press
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Chicago Grain & Provisions
Chicago Livestock
Omaha Livestock
Chicago Cash Grain
Cash Market Report
Wall Street
Liberty Bonds
Wisconsin
Idaho
Kasey
Egge
Hennery
Express
Freight
Irain Notes
Minneapoli
The
Fort Madison
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Ilinois
Santa Fe
Enid
Okla
Sinclair Hartley
Garber-Covington Field
Oil Company
Garber-Coyvington
Police and Robbers
Carel
Atlantic Speedway
Union
Big Tim
R. I
Ohio
Bahia Tent
O. C. Lutz
New York Avenue
Creston Implement Co
Mack Ross
Spaulding
F. J. Taylor & Co
Joe D. Wray
North Oak Street
J. C. Richter
Poland
China
A. H. Schrader
Nevinville
T. M. Hayden
R. 1
Creston Weekly Advertiser
Adair
Madison
Clarke
Decatur
Ringgold
Taylor
Adams
Creston Advertiser
North Maple Street
Dodge
Durant
Ford Touring Long Auto CO
Newcome & Matthews the Safe Drug Store
Grace Madden
T. S. DeLay
Davenport
Carl Davenport
Advertiser
S. Peterson Ave
Adam Pickett
North Elm Street
L. A. Hester
Floyd Kratzer
G. A. Swanson
East Howard
Fidelity Abstract & Loan Company
J. W. Richardson
J. Field
Wabash
Premier Art Co
Transportation Annex
Dept
Minn
Interstate Co
Woodman Hall
Lunt
Brookfield
R. A. Swanson
Hester's Shoe Store
N. Maple Street
Agnes Welch
Imperial Cere
N. Elm
Boyce’s
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