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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1925
Page
3
Trading turned bearish early as buyers reduced demand causing wheat to fall several cents with December and May quotes slightly lower. A later London Liverpool spike lifted Chicago prices briefly before a broad retreat. Corn and oats weakened, while hogs supported the provisions market.
New York sugar prices rise 1 32 cents to 3.82 per hundredweight for Cuban sugar duty paid. Desalings in refined sugar show on hand to mouth availability with forma Prices from 5.00 to 5.10 for fine granulated.
Omaha market notes show corn and wheat bids with No 2 yellow corn at 82 and No 2 whitish grain around 36 to 56 per bushel, reflecting market activity for October. The fragment lists price points for Wheat and Corn with various grade identifiers and volumes, indicating a summary of cash grain trading in Omaha.
Minneapolis grain market reports flour prices down 10 cents with family purchase around 8.65 to 8.75 per barrel and bran at 24.50 to 25.00, reflecting softer demand on Oct 31.
Market for poultry and eggs listed with items such as All Leghorn cocks No 1 Old Toms and various turkey categories. Includes prices for No 7 eggs No 2 eggs and horse hides with scattered OCR errors.
Fhe follow tea are the focal ob servations for the past 24 hours ending at 7 o'clock this mornine High Low Rain.
Chicago market summary shows hog receipts about 5000 with mixed weights and prices from 9.70 to 12.20 for slaughter pigs, cattle receipts 1500 with fat steers mostly 25 to 60 lower and varying classes, sheep receipts 2000 with lambs around 15.25 to 15.50 and feeding lambs 16.00, weekly totals estimate hogs 165000 next week and cattle 29000.
In Chicago and St Louis market reports for Oct 31 prices are listed for poultry eggs butter and potatoes. Alive poultry receipts include fowls, turkeys, roosters, ducks and geese with varied prices. butter shows creamery and standard grades. eggs report higher prices. potatoes see strong demand with several regional prices. occasional freight and chick prices noted.
St Louis cash grain quotations show Wheat No 2 around 1.71 to 1.72 plus slight ranges for other classes No 2 hard and No 2 mixed trading near 0.78 to 0.80 Oats No 2 white around 0.40 and higher grades around 0.39 to 0.41 with further fluctuations noted in No 3 yellow and No 9 yellow offerings.
In Fast St. Louis market notices horses shown as good and choice drafts with prices around 60 dollars, choicest southern horses 40 to 70 dollars, and mules listed by size with ranges from 50 to 225 dollars. Entries include 16 to 17 hands at 175 to 225 dollars and smaller mules priced between 50 and 190 dollars.
New York reports Liberty bond prices as of Oct 31 with 3 34s at 99.14 First 4s at 101.28 Second 4Ms at 100.17 Third 4s at 100.28 Fourth 4s at 102.1 and Treasury 44s at 106.22.
Wall Street stocks surged with motor shares driving gains. Studebaker rose after a dividend increase to 5 plus 1,, while Dodge A Willys Overland, Chrysler and Mack Truck shares jumped on strong volume. Rail stocks also rose with Atlantic Coast Line Louisville and Nashville Seaboard Air Line hitting year highs. Pennsylvan ia touched 50 percent. total volume about 1.7 million shares.
Chicago cash grain markets show Wheat No 1 aid at 1.68 and No 2 hard at 1.56. Corn ranges with No 2 mixed 82 82.5 cents and No 4 yellow 81 81.5 cents. Oats No 2 white 39.14 40 cents and No 3 white 38 39 cents. Barley 60 76 percent. Timothy seed 6.75 7.25. Crover semi 21.00 29.50. Lord 15.50. Ribs 17.30. Bellies 158.00.
Hogs receipts about 5 500 with prices mostly steady to 10 cents higher. Cattle receipts 300 with fed steers and yearlings steady and heavy calves up 25 cents. Sheep receipts 350 with lambs and yearlings each about 25 to 50 cents higher.
St Joseph on October 31 reports hogs 3 500 head held steady to 10 cent higher with top at 11.50 and bulk 10.90 to 11.25. Cattle receipts 200 with week totals for steers 6.75 to 11.40, top 15.00. cows and heifers 3.25 to 3.25, calves 5.00 to 12.00. stockers and feeders 5.25 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 500 steady with lambs 14.50 to 15.50 and ewes 7.00 to 5.00.
New York Oct 31 The actual condition of clearing house banks and trust companies shows excess reserves totaling 32,267,200 for the week an increase of 37,108,400 from last week when a deficit of 4,836 00 was reported indicating a strong liquidity rebound in the financial system.
The report notes Rio No 7 and Santos No 4 prices with percentages and futures holding steady. It lists dates and numbers such as Oct 381 and May 1708 in reference to coffee futures data.
In Kansas City the hay market shows a 50 cent drop for best alfalfa. Prices move to about 22.50 to 24.00 per unit with unchanged overall demand amid fluctuating feed costs.
Dr. R A Swanson leaves for Des Moines for a chiropractors meeting and will be gone several days. Mr and Mrs J G Dorsey return home from Brooks after attending W A Buenker's funeral. Mrs Will Ketner and daughter Lucile travel from Des Moines after attending Lawrence England's funeral. Raquelle Coakley attends Drake University in Des Moines while visiting home. Mr and Mrs J Franklin Dale of Denver return after a short visit and trip to Chicago. Mr and Mrs J C Sullivan depart for Los Angeles for the winter. they have spent multiple winters in California. Mrs RR Keating of Mt Ayr, secretary for the Women Foreign Missionary society, attends a conference in Union County and stays with cousin Fannie Baumgardner.
Iowa fell behind early but surged in the second half to defeat Wabash 28 to 7. Key plays included Fry and Hogan drives, a Dauber kickoff return, and a late rushing surge with Cuhel and D Smith scoring for the Hawkeyes. Mr. and Mrs. J M McCormack depart for Manhattan Kansas to visit Loren Jones.
The American Red Cross maintains a national health structure with home hygiene, nutrition, school health, and nursing services. It trained 51 121 students in home care, aided 1 885 schools with lunches, and enrolled 2 800 dietitians while sustaining nearly 1 000 public health nurses and a reserve of 42 002 nurses. The ninth annual roll call runs November 11 to 26 to support these services.
Peter De Paolo won the 250 mile race at Rockingham Speedway New Hampshire on October 31. Twenty one drivers prepared for the postponed event amid predictions of rain or snow with Bob McDonough and De Paolo set for a renewed feud after Laurel Maryland results. Cooper and Frank Elliott recorded 185 mph practice spins yesterday.
Vesta Chapter No 238 C E S will hold its regular meeting at 7 30 p m on November 2.
We express appreciation to friends and neighbors for their kind acts and beautiful flowers after the death of wife and mother. C. B. Hicks and Dorothy.
Mrs R H Cunningham of Centerville formerly Creston returned home Friday after a week with J W Stratton and friends. Mr and Mrs Roy Wiesling of Long Beach spent weeks here at Sam Kiesling home and left Creston Oct 18 for a motor trip home arriving Oct 26. Kieslings spent the summer in Florida and toured southern states.
Tod Browning presents The Unholy Three a New Metro-Goldwyn production at Crest Theatre Sundays through Tuesday. Mae Busch leads with Lon Chaney in a dual role while Matt Moore Victor McLaglen and Harry Earles star in a tale of three museum freaks turning crooks under a pet shop front.
Paramount touts Forty Winks a bigger class of comedy drama with Viola Dana Theodore Roberts and Raymond Griffith leading a setup from Lord Chumley. The Belasco DeMille adaptation blends humor with adventure as a navy plot and missing papers drive the chase from a London home to a navy target in the Atlantic. Cyril Chadwick William Boyd and Anna May Wong appear in supporting roles as the Strand screens Sunday.
Hackamore Henderson stars in A Man Of Nerve adapted from Forty and Found. For forty dollars a month and found he serves at the Fandango ranch until Lorna Gatlin challenges his lack of ambition, stirring romance and Western adventure.
The ad promotes guaranteed $3.95 and $4.95 shoes from Style Arch with immediate inquiries for a big expansion. It invites readers to write The J R Watkins Company in Winona Minnesota and notes backers from a world\'s largest company and a route to daily pay.
Local advertisement for Cornice Works at 109 North Elm promoting roofing sheet metal and gutter services with phone contact 204.
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