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Newspaper

Creston Daily Advertiser

Location

Creston, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1925

Page

2

Wall Street Stocks Rally As Railshares Rise On Dividends

Speculative activity centers on railroad issues with favorable dividend expectations. New York Central climbs 2 points to 118 1 2 as several railroads including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Lackawanna, Gulf Mobile and Northern, and Pittsburgh and Western advance on anticipated year end dividends. Buying remains selective with Remington, American Express, Famous Players, Manhattan Pricings Supplies among gainers while United Industries and Alcohol reach new highs.

Ince New York Central Atchison Hitnels Central Lackawanna Gulf, Mobile and Northern Gulf, Mobile and Northern and Peorip and Pasern | Frisco Baltimond Ohio Remington Cy Pregéed Steck

Omaha Livestock Market Report with Mixed Price Movements

US Dept livestock data shows hog receipts near 10 500 with prices rising up to 10.20 for small butcher weights and 10.65 for prime lots. Sheep and lambs see steady to higher bids while veal and cattle sections show varied gains and declines across feeder and weight classes.

Weather Summary from Bete Miler Local Observations

The report lists past two hours ending at 7 am with temperatures ranging from 42 to 62 and no rainfall recorded. Observations show highs near 62 and lows near 42 across the period with clear or none rainfall indicated.

Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Report May 4

U S Department notes receipts at 36 000 hogs with strong trade 5 cents higher underweight hogs up 5 to 10 cents big packers inactive. Cattle receipts 20 000 with heavies most declines and vealers down 50 cents. Sheep receipts 16 000 with fat lambs opening 25 cents higher. Official tomorrow estimates set hogs 15 000 cattle 12 000 sheep 15 000.

Chicago U. S Dept. of Agric

Poultry and Produce Market Report Chicago May Day

Prices on poultry eggs and butter move with steady to higher tones. Live poultry and fowl prices are listed across categories with regional variations and U S shipments reported alongside produce receipts and stock levels.

Butter and Poultry Prices in New York and Kansas City May 4

New York reports creamery butter receipts 7 104 tubs with higher extras and various scores, fresh gathered eggs and storage packed lots, cheese steady with state flats and milk runs, live and dressed poultry prices listed. Kansas City notes butter unchanged and poultry rates, with assorted eggs and potatoes prices. Tallis region shows hens, springa, turkeys, ducks, geese with corresponding butter and egg figures.

Chicago United States Wisconsin Idaho Louisiana Elise Triumphe Florila New York Hennery Whites Hennery Hennery Browns Express Kansas City Red River

Horse and Mule Market Report from East Louis

East Louis market report lists horse prices for draft to choice drafts 150 to 200 dollars and good eastern mule 75 to 100 dollars. Mules 16 to 20 hands 175 to 225 dollars, 15 to 16 hands 125 to 200 dollars, 14 to 19 1/2 hands 85 to 108 dollars.

East Louis

Wheat futures rise as ocean stocks fall and Liverpool lifts prices

Sharp reduction in wheat aboard ships boosts New York Chicago prices. May wheat opens at 1.61 and July at 1.50 to 1.51, rising to 1.61 and 1.53 respectively. A 3.4 million bushel drop in U S visible supply drives further gains with May closing 1.61 to 1.62 and July 1.09 to 1.09. Corn and oats follow wheat. hog strength supports provisions.

Chicago Liverpool United States

Chicago cash grain prices and grain seed bids reported

Chicago market page lists Wheat No 2 hard 1.64, No 3 hard 1.60 to 1.64. Corn varieties mostly 1.01 to 1.12 per bushel with mixed lots. Rye 1.18, Timothy seed 6.75 to 6.25, Clover seed 19 to 27, Lard 15.12, Ribs 16.37, Hellies 18.62, and related bids for other grains and seeds.

Chicago Otts Rye Harley—So Timothy Clover Ribs Hellies

Grain exports rebound in United States from prior week

The commerce department reports grain exports for last week totaled 6,628,000 bushels, up from 4,843,000 the prior week. Wheat 1,818,000 bushels. rye 4,083,000. oats 442,000. corn 77,000. barley 218,000.

Washington United States Commerce Department

Wheat and corn price quotes from St. Louis Grain

St. Louis cash grain prices dated May 4 show wheat at No red 1.96 and other grades from 1.65 to 1.80. Corn bids include No 2 mixed 1.06 and No 9 yellow 1.13, with No 3 yellow 1.10 to 1.11. Oats quotes list No 2 white 48% and No 3 white 46% to 47%.

ST. Louis

Visible Supply Drops in Wheat Corn and Oats

The visible supply report for New York on May 4 shows declines in multiple grain categories led by wheat down 3,499,000 bushels, followed by corn 2,397,000 and oats 1,592,000. Rye fell 1,730,000 and barley 23,000 bushels.

New York

Liberty Bonds Markets Report New York May 4

U S bonds closed with Liberty 3s at 101.0 plus, First 4 1/8 at 102.4, Second 4 percent at 101.12, Third 4 1/4 at 101.31, Fourth 4 percent at 102.11, U S Treasury 4s at 101.19, and U S Treasury 4s at 105.18 amid trading.

Liberty New York U. S Firet U. S Treasury U.S Treasury

Coffee market update from New York May 4 1914

Rio prices and futures for Santos indicate steady outlook. Report lists Santos No 4 at 23 percent, with July futures at 16.35 and December at 14.76, reflecting current market conditions.

New York Rio Santos

Toledo Seed Market Prices Listed

Toledo on May 4 reports Clover seed bids of 16.30 for cash and 13.50 for Oct and 13.35 for Dec. Timothy seed quotes show 3.00 cash and 3.50 for Sept.

Toledo Clover

Flour prices and family patents show May market note

A May market brief notes unchanged flour prices amid a listing of family patents and varying figures such as 8.90 and 24.50. The fragment suggests price stability with minor shifts and a set of associated patent references.

Famous Trish Band May Tour America

Dublin reports the Free State Army band has reached high artistic skill and can compare with Europe’s top military bands. It has drawn strong crowds at the Theatre Royal and in provinces, and American friends urge a U S tour to Irish centers, with defense and finance ministers to consider the plan.

Associated Prose Dublin Free State Army Europe Theatre Royal United States Defence and Finance

Omaha cash grain prices for May 4 report

Uilna Bea May 4 cash grain prices list wheat and corn figures. No. 1 hard 1.3944, No. 2 red 1.5418, No. 3 mixed 1.56. Corn No. 2 white 1.03, No. 1 yellow 0.88, No. 3 mixed 0.99. Oat No. 2 white 0.45, No. 3 white 0.44 0.454% Mh.

Omaha Uilna Bea

Hay Prices Reported by St Louis Market

Hay firm listings from St Louis on May 4 show No. 1 light clover mixed at 19.00, No. 1 heavy clover mixed at 16.00, choice alfalfa at 30.0, with Timothy at 21.00 and 22.00 in varying lots.

HAY St. Louis Hay Firm Timothy Choice Asfalfa

Giants Manager McGraw Sidelined With Mild Cold

John Mc Graw manager of the New York Giants is confined with a slight throat irritation and will be out a day or two per his physician. The brief bulletin comes from New York on May 4.

New York John McGraw New York Giants McGraw

Second Reading of the Gold Standard Bill in Commons

London May 4 Winston Churchill chancellor of the exchequer moves the second reading for the bill returning Britain to the gold standard. Discussion expected to occupy two to three days with Philip Snowden planning to move rejection on grounds of precipitate action and potential unemployment. Controversy over silk duties and possible tax abandonment features prominently.

Associated Press London Winston Churchill House of Commons Great Britain Philip Snowden Treasury

German Village Solves Flag Display Dilemma

In Gross-Solechen Germany on May 2 a village uses four color strips with snap fasteners to adapt flag displays. By hiding or exposing colors the village can show republican black red white, monarchical black white red, or Prussian black white as needed. This system lets officials switch displays quickly for varying occasions.

Associated Press Gross-Solechen Germany

Former Bavarian Royals Congratulate Hindenburg Election

Former Crown Prince Rupprecht Prince Leopold and other Bavarian royalty sent congratulations to Field Marshal von Hindenburg after his election to the German presidency in Munich Bavaria on May 4.

Associated Press Munich Bavaria Rupprecht Leopold Field Marshal von Hindenburg

Vastly Entertaining Life Described By Times-Republican

The piece reflects on life as rapidly changing and endlessly entertaining, noting daily need to adapt attitudes and business to constant novelty. It expresses craving for new sensations with each breakfast as a central theme.

Marshalltown Times-Republican

Unitarian Centennial Observed In Boston May Week

Boston hosts the centennial celebration of the American Unitarian Association with European guests and major speakers. Notables include Rev. Nicholas Jozan of Budapest Rev. Norbert Capek of Prague and Rev. J Cyril Flower of Cambridge England. The centenary sermon at Sanders Theatre features Dr Paul Revere Frothingham. Senator William E. Byrd of Idaho attends the Laymen's League meeting.

Associated Press Boston Europe American Unitarian Association Pritish Foreign Unitarian Association London British Society Sydney Jones Liverpool British and Foreign Unitarian Association Unitarian Laymen's League England Ireland Transylvania Hungary Czechoslovakia Nicholas Jozan Budapest Unitarian Norbert F. Capek Laymen's League

Diabetes Kills Spanish American War Captain Aldrich

Charles S. Aldrich 52 banker and lawyer of Elmwood Nebraska died suddenly at church services. A former Cedar Falls resident and husband of writer Bess Streeter Aldrich, he led Company H Forty-Ninth Iowa in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He previously served as clerk of courts in Cedar County and spent two years as U S commissioner at Nome Alaska after moving there 25 years ago. His diabetes had plagued him for years.

Associated Press Marshalltown Elmwood Neb Charles S. Aldrich Tipton Bess Streeter Aldrich Cedar Falls Aldrich Company H Forty-Ninth Iowa Cuba Cedar County Alaska United States Nome

Start War Against Rum Runners Tuesday

New York May 4 Units from the coastguard along the Atlantic seaboard including the Gresham Seneca and Mobmave were mobilized at the Clifton base on Staten Island for a campaign against rum fleets off New Jersey to Connecticut. The fleet of more than nine armed motor craft 40 to 60 feet long will go to sea tomorrow under orders to shoot first and investigate afterward.

Associated Press New York Atlantic Seaboard Gresham Seneca Mobmave Clifton Staten Island New Jersey Connecticut

Bankers of Group Eight Hold Convention

Davenport Iowa May 4 Five hundred Iowa bankers met here for the twenty second annual convention of group eight Bankers association The morning was given to committee sessions and the main business session opens this afternoon with addresses by P J Thede group president C J Wohlenberg president of the Iowa Bankers association Attorney Grilli of Davenport and others Congressman F D Letts of the second Iowa district will be the principal speaker at the banquet this evening

Tne Associated Press Davenport Iowa

Kansas City Man Goes On Trial For Murder

Roscoe E. Warren stands trial in district court for first degree murder in the shooting death of John C. Deskin on October 13, 1924. Deskin was killed during a Rocky Mountain Club directors meeting where Deskin read a resolution seeking Warren’s removal for alleged irregularities in his accounts. Both men were prominent locals.

Associated Press Kansas City Roscoe E. Warren John C. Deskin Deski Rocky Mountain Club Warren Deskin

Peace speech by US ambassador at Pilgrims club

Ambassador Houghton, in his maiden London address to the Pilgrims, outlined the foundations for lasting prosperity and peace, urging that American help must come with Europe’s return to good faith and a peace built on restraint to avoid future wars. He warned that aid may cease if peace is not based on goodwill.

U. S London Houghton Washington America Europe Germany France Marshal von Hindenburg England Dawes Ambassador Houghton Great Britain Baldwin Duke of York MacDonald Belgium Japan Portugal Brazil Archbishop of Canterbury Amery Auckland Geddes Samuel Hoare Lord of Craven Lord Astor

Dakota relays field features 625 athletes in five states

Sioux Falls May 2 reports ideal weather as the third annual Dakota relays draw a record entry of 625 athletes from high schools colleges and universities across South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Iowa and Nebraska. The track conditions were described as good.

Sioux Falls S. D South Dakota North Dakota Minnesota Iowa Nebraska

Locals Compile Weekend Travel and Social News

Mrs. Elizabeth Mix left for Wyoming Illinois to visit a ill relative. Marvin Van Syce returned from Indianola after his grandfather J F Wellens funeral. Walter Wilson came from Burlington after visiting his parents. Hugh Tramp of Omaha came to spend the day with his parents H L and Mrs Tramp. James and Jack Moran attended Creston Marysville game in Marysville Missouri. Mr and Mrs Fisher took a cottage at the Country club occupying Carl Nord’s White Cottage. Bernard Hermesmeyer of Groom Texas returned home after visits in Illinois. Mrs John Haney left for Des Moines to attend the Town hairdressers convention at Hotel Fort Des Moines. Doctors report a sewing needle in a girl’s arm.

Elizabeth Mix Nori Jarvis Street Wyoming Marvin van Syce Indianola J. F. Wellens Walter Wilson Burlington James H. Wilson Hugh Tramp Omaha H. L. Tramp North Cedar Street James Jack Moran Marysville Fred Fisher Country Club Carl Nord Bernard Hermesmeyer Groom Texas Illinois John Haney Des Moines L. W. Cook Afton S. Sandstrum Corning Gladys Simpson Platte Township Britt Holmes Lincoln L. J. Hughes A. P. Haley Villisea D. KR. Hawkins J. W. Willey Elsie Bridgewater Mr. Ford Nort Seeley Purlington Creston L. &. Sternberg Patricia Lacie Ann Corydon Eliza Curl Maxine Madge Eugene Carroll E. Long Thayer John Musmaker Orient George Carr Carr Mary McCunn North Cedar Street Frank Miller Howard C. Miller Henry Keintop Neb Vaughn Silvers Chariton Charles Parks John Coleman Marzette Richards Aurom Ill West Mills Street J. H. Martens A. Donahue Catherine Martens South Elm Street Fred Hines Harry Edaburn Hines Overland

Sunday School Picnic Sparks Girls Athletic Club

A class of Methodist Sunday school girls enjoyed a picnic at McKinley Park on Saturday afternoon hosted by teacher Miss Hazel Cook and assisted by Miss Frances Dwyer. The highlight was a track meet with all participants and enthusiasm led to the formation of a girls athletic club to meet regularly at the Methodist church.

Methodist Sunday School McKinley Park Hazel Cook Frances Dwyer Methodist Church

Romah Society Holds Frien dly May Basket Party

The Romah society gathered at Miss Frances Andersons home on North Oak Street Thursday evening for a cheerful kid party. May baskets were exchanged and the occasion was described as very happy.

Romah Society Frances Anderson North Oak Street

Surprise party honors Mr and Mrs Hepler after wedding

Mr and Mrs George Hepler recently married were surprised at a party Thursday evening hosted by Mrs C B Hepler north of the city. Friends gave them a miscellaneous shower and the night included dancing cards and refreshments to close.

George Hepler

Births Noted For Two Local Families This Week

Mr and Mrs E F McEntry of 210 South Myrtle report the birth of a baby girl at Greater Community Hospital this afternoon. Mr and Mrs Herman Rurode of 406 North Maple announce the birth of a baby boy at their home on Saturday morning.

E. F. McEntry South Myrtle Street Greater Community Hospital Herman Rurode North Maple Street

Blumer and Borland Wed in Corning Ceremony

Miss Lydia Blumer daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Blumer of Kent and Kenneth Borland son of Mr and Mrs W A Borland 503 North Pine were married this morning at Corning A wedding trip to Denver will take them to establish residence in town Dr L W Cook of Afton visited here Sunday and other locals called for various reasons as Creston residents attended church and social events today

Blumer-Borland Lydia Blumer Sam Blumer Kent Kenneth Borland W. A. Borland North Pine Street Corning Denver Colo

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