Stock and Grain Markets Report Sluggish Hog Prices
Chicago and Iowa hog markets show lower price levels as receipts rise. Packers and dealers are less active, shippers buy hogs 200 pounds plus at 15 to 25 cents under yesterday's averages, with light weights and pigs showing smaller declines. Iowa quotes show 7.10 to 7.75 per hundredweight for various weights, with sow prices down amid higher receipts and weaker fresh pork demand.
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Chicago
Iowa
Des Moines
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Minnesota
Iowa Hog Prices Across Markets Reported by AP
The AP notes varied hog price listings across Iowa markets including Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo and others. Prime hogs mediums heavies lights and packers show prices from about 6.75 to 7.60 per hundredweight with regional receipts and grade notes.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Ceder Rapids
Des Moines
iSc
Mason City
Ottumwa
Waterloo
Hog Futures Chicago Market Report Summary
The report lists hog futures with prices around 8.15 to 8.25 dollars. It notes 32,009 head with 7,000 direct, slow demand and lighter offers. Extreme top prices reach 8.25 for packing sows about 7.00.
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Chicago
Dept. of Agriculture
Srantinadeen
Poultry and Livestock Prices From Local Markets
Local grocers quote poultry and eggs at 30 to 33 cents. Poultry items include heavy hens at 14 cents, light hens 19 cents, heavy springs 14 cents, Leghorn springs 10 cents, and stags at nominal cents. Hog quotations from J P Squire Company list prices for various weights from 100 to 300 pounds, with ranges from about 6.45 to 7.70, and extreme heavy butchers around 7.00 to 7.40.
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J. P. Squire Company
Muscatine
Wheat and corn retreat after early gains in Chicago markets
Wheat and corn briefly rose in Chicago trading as gov ernment sponsored buying nudged prices above prior quotes. The gains faded as profit taking pulled values back. July wheat showed a temporary 2 cent climb, while corn receipts reached 1 443 000 bushels with eastern demand steadier and prices closing mixed.
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Chicago
Farm Board
Here
New
Market Prices Report for Livestock and Hogs
Receipts and price ranges for cattle calves hogs and sheep across weights and grades. Notes include bids for steer and heifer categories from good to common and momentum toward lower prices on short feds, with specific figures for slaughter cows bulls vealers and stocker cattle. Also includes feeding lambs and fat lambs price guidance and yard totals.
Sioux City Livestock Markets Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Cattle receipts about 3 000 head with better grade beef steers and yearlings steady while stockers and feeders active. hogs receipts 11 500 head with early bids around 7 80 for medium weights. sheep receipts 6 000 head with steady fat lambs and strong feeders. Prices listed for various weight classes and animal types from stockyards listings.
Kansas City Market Hogs and Cattle Receipts Mixed
Hog receipts reach 12 000 head with direct sales and varied grades from 200 to 350 pounds. prices range from 5.00 to 8.00 per hundredweight across weights and quality. Cattle receipts total 6 500 head with killing classes weak to unevenly lower. steer and heifer prices span 4.75 to 13.50 depending on weight and grade. cows and vealers show broad ranges amid slow demand. Lambs and feeder lambs also listed with multiple weight bands and price points.
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Kansas City
I.s. O. Dept. of Agriculture
Cattle and Hog Markets See Mixedmovement at South St Paul Sale
Cattle receipts 2590 head with slow to 2 lower on short fed steers and stockers mostly 7 to 9 dollars. Cows 4 to 5, heifers 5.25 to 7, bulls 4.75 to 5.25. Calves 4500 head dealers steady with better grades 8 to 10. Hogs 17000 head 20 to 30 cents lower. bulk 7.70 top 7.70. pigs and lights 7.65 to 7.70. packers sow 6.75 to 7.97. Sheep 6000 head wack bid on slaughter lambs. desirable grades near 8.00 to 8.25. feeders 6.75. better grades 3.00 to 3.50.
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South St. Paul
Minn
U. S. Agriculture
Cslves
St. Joseph
V. S. Dept. of Agriculture
S* Louis
U. S
Rowoute
Sheen
Lembs
Hogs, cattle and sheep receipts drift with slow markets
St. Joseph Missouri and East St Louis reports show hog receipts around 10 000 and 16 500 head with slower bidding. Prices edge down for butcher hogs and sows while cattle calves and vealers see lighter demand and lower figures. sheep fat lambs steady to lower with fair offerings and varied weights across markets.
Unfilled Steel Orders Rise for U S Steel in November
New York AP reports United States Steel unfilled orders increased 157,853 tons in November to 3,639,366 tons. October backlog was 8,481,763 tons, with September 30 at 3,424,238 and August 31 at 3,508,204 tons. November 30, 1929 stood at 4,125,345 tons.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Share Prices Move Lower As Market Dips
The New York stock market flirted with a three year low, slipping after an initial rise as persistent selling outweighed steel gains and copper prices failed to hold at 12 cents per pound. Call money held at 2 percent with little outside market concession at 11 percent.
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New York
Bonds Slip as Offerings Dominate Market News
New York bonds maintained a downward trend with less liquidation than yesterday. Domestic issues stayed at year low prices as second grade bonds hit a two year low while gilt edged issues retraced gains. United States government bonds softened and foreign issues showed mixed movement with some European and Latin American bonds rebounding.
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New York
United States
Chicago grain prices steady on futures and spot quotes
Wheat and corn prices printed for various grades led by No. 1 hard at 78 79 1/2 cents and No. 2 hard at 78 cents. No. 1 northern spring at 79 1/4 cents, mixed at 79 1/2 cents. Oats range from 35 to 37 cents, timothy seed at 8.00 to 8.25, clover seed 15.00 to 22.75.
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Chicago
Flour and hay market reports from Minneapolis and St Louis
Minneapolis AP reports flour shipments at 33 357 barrels with bran at 17.50 to 18.00 and standard middlings at 17.00 to 17.50. Kansas City hay receipts and St Louis hay market figures noted as unchanged in the AP dispatches.
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le x
Minneapolis Flour
Minneapolis
Minn
Kansas City
Care
Chicago Poultry and Produce Receipts Mixed Across Markets
Chicago market report shows receipts for poultry and potatoes with steady prices for fowls and ducks. Butter and eggs at steady to unchanged levels, while New York holdings report varied egg prices and mixed colors for regular and extra first grades across multiple classifications.
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New York
Hennery Brown
Hennery
Pacific Coast
New York Sugar Market Steady Among Brief Poultry Notes
AP reports raw sugar steady at 3.39 for spot. raw futures up 2 to 3 points. Refined granulated sugar unchanged at 4.75. Brief poultry section mentions New York stock market chatter with no changes in poultry prices.
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New York
St. Louis Produce Prices by Grade and Bird
In St Louis market reports hens drop 1 cent while young turkeys rise 2 cents. overall produce levels unchanged aside from these poultry shifts. The update reflects AP transmission from St Louis with pricing by category.
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St. Louis
Missing Iowa Couple Sought As River and City Dive Intensify
Iowa cities pivot to search for Helen Schoener Shaner and J Everett Sapp after Sapp’s bullet ridden car and bloodstained clothes are found near South Beloit. Rockford officials plan to dynamite Turtle Creek if bodies lie beneath ice while Monticello locals report conflicting sightings of Shaner.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Helen Shaner
J. Everett Sapp
Rockford, Til
Sapp
Miss Shaner
South
Beloit
J. I. Smith
Elgin
Ill
Shaner
Schoener
Monticello
Rockford
Turtle Creek
Santa Claus Will Come Early Friday
A brief fragment describes Santa arranging his helpful reindeer roster for an early arrival. The text lists Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid with others left up north to assist in heavy hoisting duties.
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Santa Claus
Comet
Vixen
Cupid
Reindeer
Donner
Blitzen
Prancer
Dancer
Dash
Iowa Bank Holdup Suspects Nabbed in Robbery Sweep
A statewide dragnet nets Iowa bandits and accomplices in bank robberies. Baer, serving time in Minnesota, confesses to the 3300 hard labor holdup at Hardy's Peoples Savings Bank on Sept 18 and implicates Rosenmeyer and Henderson. Fango, linked to Strawberry Point and Garnaville raids, is returned to Iowa under guard. others await hearings or trials.
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Rosenmeyer
Iowa
Bank of Luverne
Henderson
Glen Fango
Union Trust and Savings Bank of
Strawberry Point
Cliff Larson
Clayton County
I. E
Sharp
Scott
William Pete Clifton
Watseka
Garnaville
Fango
Clifton
Lll
John Walker
Joseph Ashbee
Dubuque
Ashbee
Lancaster
Wis
Glen Haven
Gardner, Ill
Patrick Gorman
Paul
Huron
S. D
Prairie du Chien
Gus Hartman
John Searight
Burlington
Frank Dashineau
Derby Clearance Association
Albert Costella
Des Moines
Myron Martin
Clarence Perry
Harris Damon
Allison
Inter-Church Group Forms Boys Work Council
Ten city churches meet at the YMCA to organize an Inter-Church Boys Work council. Lloyd Dutro is president with Ray Reesink as vice president and William Jeschka as secretary treasurer. An executive council includes Fred Hahn Burton Mark and others. a survey of boys in each church is planned with a December 15 meeting set.
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Boys’ Work Council
First Methodist
First Baptist
First Congregational
Presbyterian
Musserville Methodist
German Methodist
First Christian
Friends
Grace Lutheran
United Brethren
Lloyd Dutro
Ray Reesink
William Jeschka
Fred Hahn
Burton Mark
Eugene Magnus
J. J. Fishburn
Aaron James
Albert Froehner
Irwin Peterson
George Payne
Harry Hyde
Ed Horst
Bids on Paving Being Studied in Iowa
Iowa State Highway commission reviews low bids totaling 2.718 million dollars for paving and related work across Audubon Crawford Floyd Johnson Madison Washington Hamilton counties. Union Construction of Des Moines leads on the largest item paving 16.454 miles in Hamilton County at 463,138.73 dollars.
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Ames
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Audubon
Clayton
Crawford
Floyd
Johnson
Madison
Washington
Hamilton
Cass
Mills
Pottawatamee
Des Moines
Jewell
Story County
Johnson County
Washington County
Central Engineering Company of
Davenport
Riverside
U. S
Eskimo Family to Visit Muscatine With Husky Team
The Eskimo family and six Husky dogs will visit Muscatine arriving with their group. Miss Merrie Christmas will join the party at Grand Marsh Minn Wednesday to entertain children. The crew plans to reach Muscatine by 10 Friday morning and tour downtown to meet kids before moving on.
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Muscatine
Merrie Christmas
Grand Marais
Minn
Reds Scourge Grows Serious Across China
Dispatches from Hupeh report 20 000 red forces nearly overrun provincial troops and extend into Honan with killings looting and arson. Reports say tax officials executed and leaders portrayed as merciless capitalists, while communications remain disrupted.
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Morris J. Harris
Hankow
China
Hupeh
Honan
Kuomintang
Henan
Gas electric train blaze at Columbus Junction
The Rock Island gas electric train heading north caught fire as it pulled out of the engine room at 2 PM. The engine was extinguished and the mail removed, some of it water damaged. Damages could not be estimated this afternoon. Authorities suspected a backfire or short circuit as the cause.
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Columbus Junction
Rock Island
Huge Gas Pipe Line Project Aims 950 Miles From Texas to Chicago
Engineers from Swedrup and Parcel visited Muscatine area earlier this year as surveys for a large cross river gas line proceeded. The plan calls for 22 inch mains buried at least three feet deep with drainage tile repairs covered by the construction firm. The route, part of a 950 mile system extending toward Chicago, may involve multiple crossings of the Mississippi to ensure uninterrupted service if any pipe is damaged. No word yet from Iowa Electric on connecting to Muscatine's gas system.
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Swedrup and Parcel
St. Louis
Muscatine
Texas “Panhandle
Chicago
Mississippi
Insull Interests
Iowa Electric Company
Columbus Junction Selects Officers for Coming Year
The Whatsoever society elected officers at the Tuesday Methodist church meeting. Mrs. William Hull was chosen president, with Mrs. F. G. Baker as vice president, Mrs. Charles Jennings secretary, and Mrs. E. H. Wiegner treasurer. Forty-two attended and a pot luck supper preceded the session.
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Columbus Junction
Wiliam Hull
F. G. Baker
Charles Jennings
E. H. Wiegner
W. R. Luckey
Henry Kemp
W. A. Lamp
S. A. Dwinell
Charles Hanft
Henrietta Salmon
W. A. Samp
Philathea
Central Presbyterian Church
R. E. Huber
Huber
Ray Moody
Edith Marshall
W. J. Rice
Helen Crosby
Arian Rowe
Golden wedding anniversary near Columbus Junction
About 75 people attended the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs C D Browning at their home south of Columbus Junction. Attendees included E G Browning Letts Ben Browning Bessie Buffington Muscatine Walter James Wapello and grandchildren Carleton Moore Billy Moore and Mary Maxine Hull unable to attend. Afternoon songs featured old time tunes with Mrs W A Lamp on accompaniment.
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Columbus Junction
C. D. Browning
E&. G. Browning
Letts
Ben Browning
Bessie Buffington
Muscatine
Walter James
Wapello
Carleton Moore
Billie
Mary Maxine
David Hull
W. A. Lamp
Town Bank Closed by Directors in Murray
Murray State bank shut down by its directors citing frozen assets. The bank held a capital of 50 000 dollars and deposits around 500 000 dollars as of June 30.
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Town Bank
Murray
Murray State Bank
Plane Refuels From Car Demonstration in Alameda
An airplane in Alameda demonstrated refueling from an automobile. The auto moved into the wind as the plane approached and, at similar speeds, the pilot nosed down to hook a gasoline can held up by a car occupant.
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Alameda
Cal
Santa to Visit West Liberty for Saturday Parade
Santa Claus will appear on West Liberty streets Saturday at 2 PM with a kids treat. He will also visit a free Strand theater picture show later, and returns next Saturday for a second 2 PM visit before Christmas. Local events include a Gibson sale at the sale barn, Rotary Club talks, and Frances Jack being honored by the Quill and Scroll society for journalism achievements at West Liberty High School.
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West Liberty
Santa Claus
L. R. Reid
Clair Brooke
Strand Theater
Gibson
P. N. Gibson
Hampshire
Rotary Club
Masonic
W. L. Watters
C. H. McDermott
T. E. Fountain
Supt
K. C. Smith
Walter Mackey
Mr. Fountain
Sam Buckman
W. G. Esichenaur
S. A. Sargent
Davenport Club
Elmer Ziegler
Muscatine Club
Joe Heath
Fred Yawker
William Harrington
Frances Jack
H. C. Jack
Quill and Scroll
Honorary Journalistic Society
Ruth Thompson
West Liberty High School
Miss Jack
Move to Launch New Primary Road Across County
Keswick Thornburg and Montezuma muscatine would be the logical trading center for the greater part of the territory covered. Its improvement would benefit the towns served and the nearby communities along the 88 mile route. The road follows the Western railroad corridor and would provide all weather travel for residents. The Muscatine board of supervisors discussed the initiative after a turkey banquet hosted by Fred and Mrs Schroeder of the Wellman Hotel attended by about 309 people.
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Keswick
Thornburg
Montezuma
Muscatine
Muscatine Board of Supervisors
Fred Schroeder
Wellman Hotel
Pitchforth
Pheasant Hunter Nets Triple Birds After Two Shots
Cedar Rapids noted hunter Ben T. Sorum spent most of the day after pheasants with two birds. A crash shattered his windshield as he sped home. A pheasant fell into the car and Sorum ended with three birds from two shots. In Fairfield Glen Manning, 10, suffered a broken arm from a tree fall.
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Cedar Rapids
Ben T. Sorum
Sorum
Fairfield
Glen Manning
Susan Manning
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