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Newspaper
Creston Daily Advertiser
Location
Creston, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1927
Page
1
Chicago Board of Trade observers note most speculators lean bullish on unofficial monthly crop estimates. Wheat gains lead with percent to net higher, corn up, oats steady to higher while provisions swing with hogs and grain.
Chicago market report lists wheat prices by grade including No 4 red No 2 hard and No 1 Northern Spring with rates around 1.33 to 1.96 per bushel. corn values show No 7 mixed and No 2 yellow near 1.04 to 1.08. oats and lard and ribs quoted with small varied figures. overall daily price movement not specified.
Windt No 1 hard 1.28 1.29. No 2 hard 1.26 1.29. No 2 mixed 1.24. Chorn No 2 white 74. No yellow 99 14. 1.00. No 2 mixed Pale Outs No 29 white 46. No 3 white 434 44.
Daily high and low temperatures for Creston are listed for August 26 to September 1 with no precipitation. The report notes today’s 1 PM forecast and includes dates, highs, lows, and precipitation indicators.
USDA Chicago report shows hog receipts 24,000 with uneven trading and rises to 25 cents. Cattle receipts 9,000 with strong gains in fed steers and yearlings. Sheep receipts 40,000 with fat lambs steady to weak and native lambs mixed. Estimated totals: cattle 2,000 hogs 14,000 sheep 11,000.
U S Department of Agriculture notes 7 500 hogs active and higher on light hogs and butchers cows. Cattle receipts 2 800 with steers yearlings and feeders mostly steady. Sheep receipts 16 000 lambs steady to lower with fat lambs around 18 dollars and ewes up to 25 dollars.
Raw sugar in New York showed slight activity with prices up 5 points toward a 4.77 basis for Cuban, duty paid. Refined sugar remained flat to up 14 points with fine granulated at 5.90 to 6.00.
New York on September first shows Liberty bond prices with Liberty First at 418 and 100.10, Liberty Second at 41.8 and 101.28, Liberty Third at 445k and 101.28, Liberty Fourth at 4345 and 114, Treasury 44s recorded.
St. Joseph Sept 1 cash grain prices show No 2 yellow corn at 1.07 and 1.00 for No 2 yellow, No 3 yellow 1.06, wheat No 2 bid 1.49, No 2 hard wheat 1.49, No 2 white oats 0.49, No 3 white 0.44.
Toledo report lists Clover cash imported at 24.50 with October and December domestic prices and imported values, a Timothy cash bid at 1.46, and December toc March 1.95. Prices shown for September 1.
Receipts total 47 cars amid irregular demand as hay shipments in Kansas City show no change for September. Local markets report steady activity despite uneven demand patterns and supply fluctuations.
Minneapolis market report shows flour shipments steady with Bran priced at 27.00 to 27.50 per barrel. Unchanged totals reference 8,814 barrels in the day’s commerce.
Chas A Hayden, music teacher, announces services at 713 West Mills. Contact 582 W. for lessons and inquiries.
Wall Street reports a broad railroad buying push after industrial indecision. Wabash St Louis Southwestern Kansas City Southern and Western Maryland rose 2 to 4 points as investors priced in higher later year earnings. The standing load rate held at 834% and the close was strong.
Chicago and New York dairy and poultry prices and receipts show butter firmer with creameries and several egg categories steady to higher. Potatoes and poultry demand weak, with live poultry dull and dressed poultry quiet. regional quotes cover Wisconsin and Nebraska sacked potatoes, Idaho items, and Pacific Coast whites.
St Joseph Missouri September 1 reports hog receipts 4,000 with prices up 14 to 25 cents and top at 16.90. cattle receipts 1,600 with slow demand and steady fed steers. calves and weaners weak with top at 18.50. sheep receipts 4,000 with fat lamb prices faltering and choicest rangers holding above 12 per head.
Sioux City theaters avert strike with a minute agreement granting five cent per hour pay rise to operators at nine of twelve theaters. Union officials expect deals with two more houses and have operators on duty pending further talks. The scale also provides for ten cent an hour increases in certain categories.
Authorities waited word from Corvallis Oregon where a youth fitting Harry D Hill description was held as a suspect in his mother murder The Corvallis authorities said the suspect matched the description though shorter than the fugitive Hill and gave the name James Parker claiming to be a Chicago metal worker
Archaeologists from the Milwaukee Museum and the Wisconsin Archaeological Society study Black River mounds near Sheboygan. Bones show likely pre cradle board era burials or sites predating common grave goods. Finds include flesh burial, pack burials, and effigy shaped mound remains.
American tourists seeking wild Limehouse adventure are disappointed as Limehouse loses its old atmosphere. The Shangind cafe moved to Soho for regular clientele after inspector Hall, who cleaned up Limehouse, retired from the Criminal Investigation Department.
Second Lieut. Thomas M. Strickler of the One Hundred Ninth Aero squadron brought client T. G. Linnell to Olivia by air for a court case. They landed in 60 minutes, reached the courthouse, and within fifty minutes a verdict favored the lawyer. Ten minutes later they were back in the Twin Cities.
Tech Wash Agsin reports Carnation Walker Hazelwood, a western Washington cow, produced 627 pounds of milk and 48.22 pounds of butter in a seven day test, a new best for three year olds in a weekly test. Last year the heifer set the yearly butterfat record for two year olds at 1200 pounds.
Nicola Tesla on his 71st birthday predicts airplanes and airships will circle the globe powered by light electric motors. He claims power can be sent wirelessly from ground generating stations with minimal loss and cites a demonstration of mid earth transmission with less than one percent loss.
C. C. Corlett is spending the day in Des Moines attending the state fair engaging with exhibitors and viewing agricultural displays.
A rickety Audubon mansion studio on Riverside Drive near One Hundred and Fiftieth Street may conceal undiscovered Audubon bird paintings beneath old wallpaper and lead paint. Expert Alexander A. Kelly notes removal could destroy the art. historian Reginald Solton Pelham recalls related stories. The mansion, over a century old, is planned for demolition for Riverside drive redevelopment with new apartments.
London. The justice of the king's bench holds a premier position in England with circuit ceremony and public honor. Despite high status, the salary has remained at £5,000 a year since the eighteenth century, now viewed as modest amid tax changes and inflation.
Jefferson City firefighters rushed to a dairy barn when Jim Roark phoned for help claiming a fire. They found the call was for a cow stuck in mud. the animal was freed after a hasty effort, with only its head and shoulders visible.
Mrs O Streams visited Des Moines yesterday to attend the state fair events and view exhibits showcasing local agriculture and culture.
Classified listing of items for sale and rent including grapes jelly and phone contacts, a six room house near Jota, furnished room near high school, five eighty acre farms, canned goods, electric washer, student room, Jersey cows, 1926 Dodge coupe, saxophone and case, and livestock. Includes multiple names, phone numbers, and addresses.
A collection of rental notices lists offices, modern apartments, furnished rooms with or without housekeeping, and garages in Agnew area. Specific addresses include 406 North Maple 700% West Adams 809 North Cherry 311 North Sycamore 313 North Pine with contact numbers. One entry advertises 240 Acres six miles from Lenox Iowa with a nine room house, outbuildings, water, wind mill, and fencing.
Classifieds seek day labor and buyers with multiple requests. Young calves and two school girls for room and board advertised, plus five to six room modern houses wanted this week. Rural salesmen openings offered by a Des Moines Iowa firm seeking car owners and quick training.
A note lists two lost items in Creston: shell rimmed glasses and a hand bag with a keepsake watch. Reward offered for return to The Advertiser office.
Mrs Corrine Smith Brock of Dayton asserts she is the legal wife of round the world flyer William S. Brock. Detroit Mrs Brock, known to friends as the other Mrs Brock, challenges the Dayton claim. The Dayton woman furnishes a marriage certificate showing a 1916 marriage in Martinsville Indiana and says they separated six years ago without knowledge of any divorce proceedings.
Miss Mabel Bell of Rochester New York arrived in London from Paris and joined the 112 women seeking to cross the Atlantic with Charles A Levine or participate in the voyage.
Found items include a pair of shell rim glasses with a gold frame. Owner urged to call Adver tiser and pay ford to claim.
Fidelity Abstract and Loan Company and J. W. Richardson advertise farm sales service. They urge landowners to list 380 to 240 acres, offering a buying network and contact at 900 North Spruce Creston or 800-W.
Levine has letters and telegrams from women in Ireland Scotland Belgium Germany and Holland asking to be included in the fight. He cannot accommodate any of them.
Mrs Winnie Griffin of Orient is confined to her home by sickness. Mr and Mrs Will Sternberg and son Charles of Oil Hill Kan left for their home after attending the golden wedding anniversary of their grandparents Mr and Mrs W Fisher.
The city clerk holds all books for the new milk ordinance registrations. Any milk seller must register, including doorstep sellers. Sept 10 is the final registration day, after which unregistered dealers will be halted by the health officer and clerk records will be checked.
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