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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1925
Page
2
In New York trading, stocks fluctuated with rallies and declines as buyers stepped in near prior lows, the American Can dividend announcement triggering a late session selling wave and a higher call money rate. Despite volatility, high priced issues rose and the market closed strongly with continued buying.
Omaha market roundup shows hogs down 25 cents from Monday with receipts 9 000 and top hogs at 12.60. Cattle receipts 7 000 with fed steers and yearlings active and prices mostly 9.00 to 10.60 for bulk. veal and stockers also listed. Sheep receipts to 10 500 with lambs 14.75 to 15.25 and ewes up to 9.25 while heavies ease.
St Joseph market on March 31 showed hog receipts at 3,000 with prices 12.25 to 12.69 for bulk, cattle receipts 2,500 steady to lower with steers 10.50 to 10.75, cows and heifers 3.50 to 10.25, calves 4.00 to 9.00, stockers and feeders 5.00 to 18.25. Sheep receipts 5,000 slow with lambs 4.00 to 10.25 and ewes 5.50 to 9.75.
Powerless market snapshot shows refined sugar at 5.80 for fine granulated and raw or cash market sugar at 4.65 with duties paid. Report dated March 31 at 12 oclock noon.
Official livestock data shows hogs receipts 13 000 with mixed values across weight classes from 10 50 to 18 00 per cwt and firm light weights. Cattle receipts 10 000 with steady to slow demand and mixed prices from 8 75 to 11 50 for fed steers and yearlings, fat cows 5 00 to 7 50. Sheep receipts 14 000 with fat lambs steady to higher, 15 50 to 15 75 for good to choice, lighter weights around 14 00 to 14 50. Tomorrow's estimates: hogs 11 000 cattle 8 000 sheep 10 000.
Market notes from Chicago show varied activity across produce and poultry. Alive fowls and eggs steady to higher on select items, potatoes dull with slow morning trading, milk markets unsettled with creamery extras and firsts prices quoted.
Prices and receipts across New York St Louis and Kansas City for butter eggs cheese and poultry shown. Butter creamery values range near 47 47 and 49 50 with varied packing and storage figures. Eggs and poultry prices reflect fresh and processed goods with regional spreads and dated markets.
Omaha cash grain figures list wheat at No 2 hard 1.40 and No 3 hard 1.40 11.40 percent. No 6 dark 1.43 8. Corn prices show No 3 yellow 5.95 and No 3 mixed 92 94. No 4 mixed 62. Oats No 3 white 42 and No 4 white 42 percent.
In Minneapolis in March flour prices fell 40 to 80 cents per barrel in carload lots with family patents quoted at 8.10 to 8.15 per barrel. Shipments listed at 29 097 barrels while bran is priced at 23.50 per unit.
The state athletic commission granted permission for Stanislaus Zbyszko to wrestle Wayne Big Munn in Philadelphia on April 15 to a finish.
The Chicago Board of Trade reports a sharp early decline across grains with May wheat dropping to 1.404% and a broad selloff in corn and oats. After an initial panic, a late rally occurred as profit-taking and weak Southwest crop news eased pressure.
Past St. Louis March 31 reports strong demand for horses and mules. Draft horses fetch 150 to 200 dollars, eastern chunks 75 to 100, southern horses 45 to 75. Mules range 60 to 225 dollars with heights 5 to 17 hands and 14.8 to 15.2 hands yielding 60 to 100 dollars.
W 1 Big Bill Atkinson famed line man of the 1900 Hawkeye eleven is critically ill with throat cancer in Iowa City hospital. Iowa's ten opens season with Coe on April 18 after postponement. Veterans Dorsey Swartz Lutz lead Hawkeye squad. Five Hawkeye track stars enter Penn Relays led by Phelps Hancock Handy Daube and Daine. Senators seek rebound against Giants with Mogridge Marberry and Russell to pitch.
St Louis price bulletin lists wheat grades with bid prices around 1.63 to 1.66 for No 2 red and other varieties. No 2 mixed and No 3 mixed hover near 1.00 to 1.04. Oats for No 3 white trade at about 44% and No 4 white around 41%.
New York securities report shows Liberty bonds finishing with 3 percent at 101.9, First 4s at 101.21, Second 4s at 100.28, Third 4s at 101.16, Fourth 4s at 101.29, U S Treasury 43 at 100.19, and U S Treasury 4 4s at 104.22 as of March 31.
Clover seed cash and March 16.60, Oct 13.25 bids. Timothy seed cash and March 2.90, May 3.00, Sept 3.25. Markets tracked from Toledo on March 31 with bid figures for futures and cash prices.
Emma J. Harvat loses reelection to J. J. Carroll in Iowa City, where Carroll wins 2876 to 2781. The city marks a shift to a male mayor after a Democratic landslide that secures eight of 11 offices. Other Iowa results include Marion electing O. M. Carson mayor and Fort Dodge reelecting Findlay and two commissioners.
Cromwell H. S. junior class performs The Spark of Life for a second time in the community hall tonight. Eight boys compose the spring track squad with practice begun for a home meet planned April 17 or 24 featuring dash, shot put, javelin, mite relay, broad jump and high jump. McClellan Brown, second in javelin at Fairfield last year, is rounding into condition. Darline Foster, John Kepner, Opal Stickels, Treva Linthbown and Superintendent Price attended convocation Friday.
USDA bureau tests show eggs frozen and stored for almost nine years keep nearly full vitamin A potency. Feeding experiments with xerophthalmia rats indicate 0.1 to 0.25 grams of frozen eggs daily improve or cure eye disease and restore growth, slightly faster with fresh eggs. Tokio earthquake relief notes the Daibutsu bronze Buddha of Kama Kur a is reseated after a year of restoration.
New York notices Rio No 7 and Santos No 4 beans traded as futures steady. July futures up to 17.27 cents per pound and December at 15.95 cents per pound amid quiet market activity.
Night notes report Matt Bading 35 taken to hospital for the insane after beating his wife during a period of violent insanity in Vinton. Ames reports Gerald Wood hull of Oklahoma City elected captain of the 1926 Iowa State College wrestling team. Des Moines notes Willie Ritola, famed Finnish runner, set to appear at Drake play carnival. Also Des Moines items Representative Forsling of Sioux City named to state trenchment and reforms committee to replace Rankin of Keokuk.
Des Moines city officers Chris Hansen and Lafe Jones, suspended heads of the garbage department, denied before the council any city responsibility for the purchase of a truck tied to fraud charges.
Des Moines reports County Attorney Seeburger notified assessors of five townships to levy mule taxes totaling 2600 dollars on properties used for the manufacture or sale of liquor.
Iowa City report states John Mc Clintock captain elect of the lows swimming team won the pentahlon with 460 total points. He set a new university record of 6 353 10 in the 500 yard swim, one event in the pentahlon.
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