Swine Market Holds Steady Amid Strong Hog Arrivals
Chicago reports 35 000 fresh hogs with 19 000 sent direct to packers. Prices for 160 to 210 pound hogs ranged around 10.60 to 10.75, while light weights drew 10.95 or higher. Cattle receipts totaled 58 200 across eleven markets, down 12 000 from last Monday, with calf demand lighter than expected and a firm price tone overall.
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Chicago
Ian Cette
Asi Ac
Cabteest Svasul
Cabteest Svasul. Oben
SF Cecese Jencey Matwe
Fe Cos Vscpus
Sembee
Weber
Eeces Esceveteneenn
Anpeton
Poultry and Eggs Prices from Local Markets
Local grocers and markets report eggs at 22 to 21 cents per dozen with heavy hens at 15 cents and light hens at 10 cents. Poultry prices list heavy springs at 20 cents and Leghorn springs at 15 cents. Hog quotations from J P Squire Co Muscatine Iowa list prime butchers and packers by weight with prices from 7.65 to 9.95 dollars for various weight ranges.
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J. P. Squire Company
Muscatine
Ron
Iowa Hog Prices Across Markets Report Varied Ranges
The Associated Press lists hog price quotes from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo with primes lights mediums heavies and packers. Notable figures include Cedar Rapids prime lights 9.45 to 9.60 Des Moines prime mediums 9.10 to 9.50 Mason City best lights 9.70 and heavy ranges around 9.29 to 9.50 Ottumwa highs near 9.60 and Waterloo primes 9.60 to 9.99 with packers 7.30 to 8.30.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
U S Department of Agriculture notes hogs receipts 35,000 head with early trading up around 10 cents. Hogs top at 10.95, sow prices 86.55 to 90.15, light weights 10.15 to 10.80, heavyweights 9.70 to 10.60. Cattle receipts 14,500 with light offerings strong, steers 8.9 to 11.5 hundred, heifers 9.0 to 10.75, cows 4.50 to 7.25, bulls 4.75 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 30,000 with mostly steady but feeding lambs unevenly high.
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Eesess Steereesere
Chicago
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Market Lamb Prices and Weights in Brief
The note lists lamb price ranges and weights from 39.25 to 10.25 per hundredweight, noting terms from good to common and feeding lambs at 60 to 75 pounds. Several price points cover light to heavy lambs with descriptions like medium to choice and cull.
Market Report Kansas City Hogs and Cattle Prices
U S Dept of Agriculture market notes show hog receipts about 1 400 head direct with $9.35 to $10.59 per cwt ranges for various weight classes and top at $10.50. Cattle receipts reach 15 000 head with native steers and yearlings strong. prices for cheese steers and various weight ranges listed up to $10.75 for 600 900 Ibs and $8.00 10.75 for 900 1100 Ibs. Lambs steady with top at $9.50 for heavy lambs and others ranging down to $5.00 8.50.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Hogs and Cattle Prices Steady to Higher at St Joseph Market
Receipts: Hogs 3000 active. light and medium weights up 19 to 25 cents. heavy weights up. Top hogs $10.40. 160 to 250 lb bulk $10.25 to $10.40. 250 to 310 lb $9.85 to $10.25. sows mostly $2.25 to $8.75. one fancy light sow $8.90. Cattle 2500 head. calves 200. slaughter steers and yearlings up 15 to 25 cents. best hay late $7.75 to $9.50. top 1263 lb bullocks $9.10. grassers $5.00 to $7.75. vealers unchanged. bulls up 25 cents. stockers/ feeders $6.50 to $7.75. Sheep 4200 head. some Westerns around $9.50. natives $8.60. ewes $3.00 to $4.00.
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St. Joseph
Dept. of Agriculture
South St. Paul
Minn
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Cales
East St. Louis Auction Prices Rise on Hog and Cattle Receipts
Receipts reach 9 000 hogs and 1 500 sheep with most hog prices rising 15 to 25 cents from last week. Sows and pigs show gains. steer and heifer classes rise while cows and bulls vary. Lamb buyers steady with few early sales and lighter lambs at higher bids.
South St. Paul Livestock market notes livestock prices
Cattle receipts 4400 head with steady to higher spots for mid grade steers and some heifers, calves 1300 head dealers lower, hogs 4500 head higher on strong demand, sows leading gains and pigs steady, sheep 4500 head trade slow then steady with fat lambs and ewes/dakota sheep showing mixed prices.
Hog Futures Show Varied Prices Across Lot Types
Chicago August 18 AP hog futures report shows Nov contracts at $9.00 with bids of $10.90 for lights, $10.70 for mediums, $10.40 for heavies, and sow prices at $9.09 for light sows and $8.00 for heavy sows. September figures include slight shifts in some bid and ask levels with notable volume around 2000 and 554 sacks noted.
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Ciicago
Sioux City Livestock Market Receipts Aug 18
Receipts at Sioux City stockyards total 5 000 cattle and 4 500 hogs. Beef steers and yearlings firm to 25 cents higher with good heavy bullocks and fed heifers showing strength. Hog market active with medium and light butchers around 25 cents higher. weights 170 to 240 pounds averaging near 9.85 to 10.00. Sows sold mostly at 10 or higher.
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Sioux City
Rv. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Wheat prices fall as Minneapolis arrivals boost selling
Heavy new spring wheat arrivals at Minneapolis push prices down with 1 519000 bushels added to US wheat supply, while Canadian bank financing for the 1930 pool remains unsettled. Corn and oats also weaken, with weather and crop prospects mixed across the belt. corn yield forecast slips from 1 234 to 1 143 million bushels.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
United States
Ilinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Chicago Grain and Livestock Prices Report
Chicago prices list Wheat mixed across numbers with No 1 red at 88 cents and No 2 red 87 1⁄2 to 87 3⁄4 cents. Corn varied from No 1 mixed 99 cents to No 6 mixed 96 1⁄2 to 97 cents. white and yellow futures shown. Oats rye and seed prices follow, with livestock items Lard ribs bellies posted at market.
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Chicago
Rye
Timothy
Clover
Wheat Receipts and Prices in Minnesota Market Report
Minneapolis stock report lists Wheat Receipts at 1 250 cars down 2 c from last year. Cash grain prices show No 1 northern around 88 4 to 89 4 c with various basis and protein levels, while No 1 amber durum and red durum quotes appear in the 86 to 94 c range. Corn No 1 yellow about 92 to 93 c, oats No 3 white 33 to 34 c, barley around 44 to 54 c, flax No 1 about $1.00 per bushel.
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Minneipolis
Minn
Oinard
Montana
Flour Prices in Minneapolis Market Report
Minneapolis flour market report lists carload lots and family patente quotes at 5.90 to 6.00 a barrel for 98 b cotton sacks. Shipments total 54,266 barrels with bran priced at 25.00 to 25.50 and standard middling at 26.00 to 26.50.
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Minneapolis
Minn
New York Egg and Butter Receipts Report
New York news bulletin lists butter receipts at 4,794 tubs with steady to higher prices for creamery and extra grades, and 12,678 cases of eggs with mixed color lots and varied grading from extra to seconds. Prices shown include 39 1 2 cents to 40 4 1/2 cents for butter, and 17 19 1/2 cents to 34 33 cents for eggs, reflecting current market levels.
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New York
Hennery Brown
West Hennery
Era White
Steady Receipts Report Mixed Currency Totals
The document notes steady receipts across categories with 12 500 cases and 21 22c ordinary current receipts. It references graded fresh current receipts and 37%c fractions, indicating stable financial activity and recurring totals.
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Creamery
Sheep Market Report Shows Mixed Trading Activity
Receipts total about 5 500 head with bulk prices slipping 15 cents to 8 50 for heavy fed lambs. Demand steady to strong for lambs though aged sheep are scarce while fat muttons show limited movement and prices hold.
Peoria Livestock Market Up On Higher Bulk Sales
In Peoria Tl A, about 3,500 head were offered with prices rising. Larger runs included bulk sales reaching 1050 in bids, signaling stronger demand from buyers.
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Peoria Livestock Peoria
Poultry Futures and Market Prices Report
Poultry values listed for fowls over 5 pounds at 7c, under 5 pounds 20c, general run 28c. Roosters trading with day 581 cars, at Sunda fair. State prices shown for New Jersey Missouri New Kansas Wisconsin Minnesota Idaho and others with varied figures. Closing futures include Bees refrigerator standards and utter storage standards for November.
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Sunda
Nebraska
New Jersey
Missouri
Minnesota
Egg and dairy prices in St. Louis market report
St Louis Missouri markets list and price ranges for August 18. Eggs Missouri No 1 at 1 to 23 cents a dozen, butter unchanged with creamery extracts 40 cents, standards 39, firsts 33, seconds 30. Poultry values hold firm with heavy hens 18, light hens 16, springs 24, young turkeys 30, spring geese 6, spring ducks 12.
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St. Louis
Missouri
Northern Twins
New York Sugar Market Steady Across Board
Raw sugar holds at 3.18 with futures near unchanged midday. Refined sugar remains at 4.50 per unit as market shows little movement in New York trading on August 1.
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New York
New York Poultry Prices Dressed and Frozen Listed
New York on August 18 lists poultry prices with dressed chickens at 22 to 36 cents, frozen 20 to 36 cents, fowls 17 to 30 cents, old roosters 15 to 21/2 cents, turkeys fresh 22 to 35 cents, frozen 32 to 45 cents, ducks fresh 15 to 1/2 cent. Live poultry not quoted.
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New York
Bond Market Close Yields And Toledo Seed Prices
United States government bonds closed with Li Y 312s at 100.30 and First 44s at 102.2, plus Fourth 414s at 102.30 and Treasury 44s at 112.21. In Toledo, Clover seed cash domestic trades at 14.75 with October at 315.50 and December at 15.50, while Alsike cash checks 12.00 with October 12.25 and December 12.50.
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New York
United States
Treasury
Toledo
New York Bond Market Mixed Activity On Aug 18
The Edged list bond market showed narrow irregularity and steadier demand for railroad obligations with Pennsylvania 4%s hitting a new high at 102. Rock Island 4s and Chesapeake and Ohio refunding 4s were active while Union Pacific 4s rose to new highs. Utility and foreign issues exhibited mixed, with American Telephone and Postal Telegraph 5s easing and North American Edison 5s firm at a 1930 high.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Rock Island General
Chesapeake and Ohio
Union Pacific
Erie
Atchison
Missouri Pacific
Southern Railway
Consolidated As
American Telephone
Postal Telegraph
Edison
Asas City Power and Light
U. S
Fogelsong Takes Charge of Booth at West Liberty
Rev. Tom Fogelsong pastor of First Christian church and Muscatine county Council of Religious Education traveled to West Liberty to arrange the county Sunday school exhibit for the fair. Several entries have been received and those with suitable articles are urged to send them in immediately.
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Tom Fogelsong
First Christian Church
Muscatine County
Death Toll in Italian Quake Placed at 1475
Rome officials released an order sheet stating 1475 deaths from the July 23 earthquake, down from a prior figure of 2000. The reduction reflected many missing residents whose names were not recorded because they fled to hills or stayed with relatives in other towns.
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Rome
Fascist Party
Urge Midget Golf for War Vets Proposed at Hospitals
Washington reports the Disabled American Veterans urged the Veterans Bureau to install miniature golf courses at Veterans Hospitals. The plan prizes such recreation as good medicine for disabled service men, especially tubercular and nervous cases.
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Washington
Veterans Bureau
Office of the Disabled American Veterans
Veterans Hospitals
Veterans Organization
Honors for Baby Beef at Davenport Fair Go to Louisa Exhibitors
William Hanft of Louisa County led the baby beef entries at the Mississippi Valley fair in Davenport, taking champion baby beef and first in the Angus division. Agnes Fassett of Mercer County won the Hereford division and was named reserve champion. Awards list multiple winners across Angus, Hereford, Shorthorn, and dairy divisions, with Johnson and Scott counties among top pig contest performers.
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William Hanft
Columbus Junction
Davenport
Louisa County
Charles Vogt
Hanft
Agnes Marie Fassett
Mercer County
Angus
William Manft
Alyce Thompson
Mercer
Wendell Morgan
Martin Licht
Roul Brown
George Kunan
Clinton
Anna K. Burns
Johnson
Agnes Fassett
Linus Griffin
Richard Fletcher
Louisa
Knowlton Fletcher
Eugene Fassett
Glenn Wall
Jackson
Rex Hanft
George Fassett
Angus Keifer
Robert Swenson
Hereford
Adelia Hafner
Lee Moffitt
Stuart Gilmore
Scott County
Sherel Neil
Scott
Lantha Neil
Leslie Crow
Lester Ihms
Rex Buffington
Leo Miltner
Sylvester Christiansen
Wallace Hambright
Vernal Haring
Gerald McGary
Robert Fisher
Martin Hiller
Hereford Keifer
Santha Neil
Alvin Meyer
Edward Raim
Lester Johansen
Leland Stock
Rex . Buffington
Shorthorn
Eugene Gookin
Virginia Parkhill
Clarence Koberg
Eldon Jambeck
Raymond Long
Rock Island
Hilton Briggs
Richard
Robert Briggs
Robert la
Guernsey
Robert Sage
Harold E. Schroder
A. Schroder
Earl Kay
Kenneth H. Raub
Lester Kay
Water Haneman
Jersey
Robert Naber
Martin Warren
Elmer Galloway
Allen Robertson
Cassie Voelker
Howard Mountain
Willard Kreiter
Victor Mueller
Alvin Kuhl
Melvin Voelker
Dorothy Reeves
Forrest Robertson
Irma Plambeck
Allen Moeller
Johnson County
Allen Williams
Rowland Griffith
Joe Miltner
Harold Schuett
William Moffit, Jr
Carroll Moorehead
Joseph Miller
Leo Millner
Robert Hauer
Tragedy as Tree Falls on Auto near Astoria
Astoria Oregon August 18 AP two youths from Portland were killed when a four foot diameter tree toppled onto their car on the highway. The fatalities were Jack H Kalpan nineteen and Celia Kalpan twenty one. In Gary Indiana two banks, Mid City State and Fifth Avenue, closed voluntarily as directors liquidate amid hard times and excess paper. A third Gary bank, American State, shut last week after its president died.
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Ore
Jack H. Kalpan
Celia
Portland
Here
Gary Bank
Gary
Ind
Mid-City
Fifth Avenue Bank
Thomas D. Barr
State Bank
American State
Religious denominations in the United States reach large figures
The United States has 212 religious denominations represented by 232000 churches and 44380000 members. The numbers reflect the broad diversity of faith groups nationwide and the scale of congregational presence.
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United States
Rain totals 2.16 inches as Iowa town reports weekend weather
Columbus Junction Iowa records 2.16 inches of rain from Saturday afternoon and early Sunday. A parade of visitors and trips to towns including Calvin North Dakota and Monmouth Illinois fill community notices as reunions and picnics are planned.
County Reports Smallpox Cases Under Quarantine
Two cases of smallpox in this county were included in the list of communicable diseases reported in Iowa last week by the state health department bulletin. The report lists four other new cases in Iowa including diphtheria scarlet fever typhoid fever whooping cough meningitis infantile paralysis tuberculosis undulant fever and social disease with totals for each.
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Iowa
State Department of Health
All Quiet on the Western Front at Fox Palace
Universal's All Quiet on the Western Front directed by Lewis Milestone comes to the Fox Palace theatre Tuesday. The film stars Lewis Ayres Louis Wolheim John Wray and others in a powerful war drama focusing on Paul Baumer and youth’s fate amid the Great War’s panorama.
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Erich Maria Remarque
Fox Palace Theater
Western Front
Paul Baumer
Baumer
Lewis Ayres
Louis Wolheim
John Wray
Sell Gleason
William Bakewell
Scott Kolk
Walter Browne Rogers
Ben Alexander
Owen Davis, Jr
Zazu Pitts
Lewis Milestone
Muscatine Junior College Sees Increased Enrollment Expected
Muscatine’s junior college enters its second year with a projected larger student body in September. Miss Helen, the college secretary, notes strong interest from out of town pupils and overall growth in applications.
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Muscatine
Oe College
Helen
Marshall Field Weds English Social Figure in London
Marshall Field III, grandson of the Chicago merchant, married Mrs. Dudley Coats at Marylebone registry. Field, arriving from New York aboard the Majestic, plans a continental or aerial wedding trip. Coats, a debutante widow of Captain Coats of the Scots Guards, was a Cannes survivor and friend of the Prince of Wales.
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London
Marshall Field III
Chicago
Dudley Coats
Marylebone Registry Office
Field
England
Majestic
New York
Continent
Evelyn Marshall Field II
Charles H. Marshall
Reno
Marshall, Jr
Barbara
Bernice
Coats
Audrey James
Willie James
Captain Coats
Scots Guards
Cannes
United States
Prince of Wales
Death summons Dr A E Kepford
Dr A E Kepford aged 63 former superintendent of the state juvenile home died at Gladbrook following an attack of acute indigestion. He served as pastor of the English Lutheran church in Toledo after resigning his state post two years ago and was active in tuberculosis work. Funeral services will be held in Gladbrook tomorrow.
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Toledo
A. E. Kepford
Gladbrook
English Lutheran Church
State Board of Control
Farmer fatally gored by bull in Illinois
Edward Dripps a 45 year old farmer was fatally injured when a bull he was leading to water knocked him down trampled him and gored him Residents heard screams from his wife and neighbor Duke Flood helped fight off the animal.
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Urbana
Edward Dripps
Dripps
Duke Flood
Early Allocation Will Not Boost Iowa Road Plans
Ames Iowa August 18 AP allocation of 3 3 million dollars from federal aid road money will not increase Iowa paving programs this year or next. Fred R White chief engineer says funds would be allotted Jan 1 1981 and available July 1 1931. He adds earlier allotment enables immediate next year projects but does not raise total funding. By fall end all prior federal aid road allotments will be used.
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Ames
Iowa
Fred R. White
State Highway Commission
White
Gallant Fox to Enter Cup Race
Gallant Fox plans to run in the Saratoga cup at the Spa and follow with Belmont Park entries in the Lawrence Realization and the Jockey Club Gold Cup. After a Travers defeat, the final target remains Zev’s money-winning record of $313,000, with earnings likely exceeding $25,000 in each remaining start.
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New York
Jim Dandy
Travers
Gallant Fox
Spa
Belmont Park
Zev
Big Red
Sir Gallahad III
Fox
Bruins Reserve Win Met by Club Officials Thanks
Cubs reserve Lester Bell, recently acquired, stepped into an emergency role and delivered as managers Joe McCarthy owner William Wrigley Jr and President William L Veeck expressed thanks. Bell joined amid roster troubles and helped secure a win for the club.
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Chicago
Joe McCarthy
William Wrigley, Jr
William L. Veeck
Cubs
Lester Bell
Bell
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