Wheat and corn futures rally on demand and surplus absorption
Chicago traders eyed export demand as commission houses bought surplus corn while wheat rose 1 8 to 3 8 cents and oats gained amid a cold wave. Feeders in Illinois and eastern Iowa paid higher prices. hog supply and corn feeding concerns supported prices as receipts rose at Kansas City and Chicago markets.
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Chicago
Ill
Gulf of ‘Mexico
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Buenos Aires
Kansas City
Saylor Weichelman Report Quotations Furnished
Quotations furnished by Saylor and Wichelman. 4109 410 Hershey Bidz. Wire connections with Jackson Bros and Co Chicago York. Phone.
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Saylor-Weichelman
Saylor & Wichelman
Hershey Bidz
Jackson Bros. & Co
Chicago
York
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Mixed Across Wheat and Corn
On December 16 Chicago settles wheat and corn prices including No 2 hard at 1.28 and No 2 mixed corn around 84 to 86 cents. Various yellow and white corn grades range from 81 to 89 cents with sample grades at 82 to 81 cents. Oats rye and seeds show values with timothy seed around 3.05 to 2.80 and clover seed from 22 to 29 dollars per unit.
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Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago
C. Rye
Parley
Timothy
Clover
Market Report Notes Mixed Poultry Prices
Market listing shows cent adjustments for broilers and turkeys with varied quotes. Entries include price changes and odd phrasing, mentioning cents per unit and dates.
New York Market Prices Mixed for Poultry
New York market notes show chicken prices around 20 to 30 cents per pound with weak demand. Ducks and geese priced at similar levels, while overall trading on December 16 reflects typical seasonal shifts.
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New York
Gecee
Western
Sugar market steady with no change in raw and refined
New York reports no change in raw sugar with a steady undertone. One sale confirmed at 4.61 duty paid. Refined sugar also steady with refined prices from 5.60 to 6.70 for fine granulated.
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New York
Flour prices and shipments at Minneapolis market
Minneapolis Minnesota December 16 flour prices fell 16c in carload lots with 98 pound cotton sacks quoted at 7.25 to 7.35 per barrel. Shipments reached 47,900 barrels. Bran offered at 31.00 per hundredweight.
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O Poe
Minneapolis
Minn
Hog market steadies as cattle weaken in dull Chicago trading
Hog prices held firm amid rising receipts with 170 to 200 pound hogs at 8.00 to 8.30. Buyers pursued weightier hogs near 8.60 while overall cattle demand softened as weaker high grade steers pressured values. Calves and light yearlings showed lingering demand, but sheep buyers faced steeper concessions as fat lamb prices slipped.
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Chicago
Welch
Eigh
Noa
Welch Prica
Texalleseeccaria-Eentaceh
Fesekahnick
Enenee Ieee
P Tee
Prica
I Ped Lin Nee
Local Poultry and Hog Market Quotes
Local markets report poultry prices from Swift and Co and Iowa Poultry Farm with hens four pounds and over at 17 to 19 cents depending on type and weight. Hog quotations from J P Squire Co show good butchers and packers with prices per hundredweight across weight ranges.
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Swift & Co
Iowa Poultry Farm
3. P. Squire Company
Butter and egg market report from Chicago area
Butter receipts total 4 259 tubs with varied grade prices. Eggs files list refrigerator standards for December and January. Poultry and potatoes shipments show slow demand and steady or unchanged prices.
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Chicago
Til
U. S
New York Produce Prices and Receipts Report
New York December 16. Butter firm receipts 4 650 tubs. Eggs firm receipts 9 068 cases. Fresh gathered extra firsts 47 49 cents, firsts 44 46 cents, seconds and poorer 28 12 cents. Eggs in storage seconds to firsts 29 33 1/2 cents. Cheese firm receipts 129 470 pounds.
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New York
Produce prices ease on poultry and other goods
Kansas City market report from Kansas City Missouri dated December 16 notes firsts at 26 cents for poultry with geese at 18 cents ducks at 17 to 20 cents. Other produce remains unchanged.
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Kansas City
Poultry Prices Steady With Minor Shifts in St Louis Markets
In St Louis on December 16 the market shows eyes and butter unchanged. Poultry prices for heavy hens drop by one cent to seven cents, light hens stay the same, and shifts occur for other categories such as leghorns and springs.
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St. Louis, Mo
Livestock Receipts Mixed as Market Slows in KC
Kansas City market notes show hogs 10 to 15 cents lower on average with tops at 8.20 for 225 to 240 pounds. Cattle receipts about 800 head with steady to weak prices on fed steers and light test on other classes. Sheep prices very slow with fat western lambs at 12.75 to 13.10 and natives 12.00 to 12.50, few sheep offered.
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Kansas City
Hogs Steady to Lower at Omaha Receipts 6000 Head
Omaha Nebraska December 16 AP United States Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts 6000 head with good and choice butchers steady to 16 cents lower light and sowa 15 25 cents lower.
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Omaha
Neb
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Market Reports from South St. Paul Cattle Hogs and More
South St. Paul stockmen see 500 cattle and 3,000 hogs in today’s receipts. Cattle largely steady with some steers at 10 to 11 dollars, hogs around steady to 10 cents lower, best weights 180 to 240 pounds at about 8 dollars, sheep receipts 500 steady, fat lambs around 12.75 with many at 6.50 to 6.70. Calves steady with good lights near 10 dollars. Bulls and cutters mostly unchanged.
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South St. Paul
Minn
A.srtment of Agriculture
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Receipts Reported at East St Louis
Hog receipts total 10 500 head with prices mostly 10 cents lower. Top hogs 8 50 for 160 190 pounds. Underweights lighter at 7 75 to 8 15. Calves 1 000 head and cattle 2 000 head with slow steer sales. Vealers 14 50 to 9 50 lower. Sheep 1 000 head with fat lamb prices trending lower.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Ku. S. Department of Agriculture
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices in Joseph Missouri Market
Hogs at Renepes sell 500 head with market active and steady to 10c lower. top 8.20 for 210 300 lb hogs. 160 200 lb pigs 7.65 7.90. sows 6.75 7.25. stocker pigs 7.25. Cattle receipts 600 head. calves 100. steers steady. Texas grassers 9.50. vealers 12.50 top. cows 6.25 8.25. bulls 6.50 7.00. Sheep 2,500 head. fat lambs at standstill, bid up to 12.75 for good weights. aged stock steady. few fat ewes 6.00 down.
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Joseph
U Se of Agriculture
Texas
Sioux City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts at Sioux City total 1 060 head with slow weak market. Fed steers and yearlings ranged 9.00 to 17.25, bulk 11.00 to 12.25, veals 7.00 to 12.00, bulls 6.00 to 7.75, stockers 7.90 to 9.00, feeding cows 6.00 to 8. Hogs receipts 6 000 head with Prices 7.60 to 8.10 top 8.10, 160 to 200 lb 7.50 to 7.90, 210 to 350 lb 7.85 to 8.10. Sheep receipts 3 000 head bid 25c lower.
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Sioux City
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Naathy
Peoria Hog and Cattle Market Report
Peoria Illinois market receipts total 2,500 hogs with steady demand. Top hog price 8.40 with bulk 8.00 to 8.35. Cattle receipts 150 head with no price details given.
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Peoria
Ill
Weekly Review of Livestock Market
Cattle fell sharply with steer and yearling prices down 75 cents to 1.50, fat cows 25 to 75 cents lower, heifers off up to $1.00, and feeders 25 to 50 cents weaker. Hogs saw 30 to 45 cent declines on better grades, pigs down 25 cents, top week near 8.65, sow losses around 50 cents. Sheep moved 50 cents to 1 dollar lower as heavier weights bore the brunt, Christmas lamb demand placing top at 14.25 with weight ranges 12 to 18 dollars for larger lots.
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Chicago
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wool market active with steady prices ahead
Boston reports wool trading is brisk with large mill purchases and strong scoured wool activity along Summer street. Prices are slightly higher in grease by about a half to a full cent, while contracting in the west shows strength with around twenty million pounds under contract and prices up about a cent per pound in several areas. Foreign markets remain fairly steady.
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Boston
Summer Street
Three Games Booked in Pioneer League Basketball
Three Pioneer club basketball games are scheduled at the Y M C A gym Saturday afternoon with play beginning at 2 o clock. McKinley vs Garfield opens, followed by Jackson seventh grade against Jackson eighth grade at 2 45, and Lincoln eight versus Franklin at 3 30.
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Pioneer Club
McKinley
Garfield
Jackson
Lincoln
Franklin
Strong Demand Lifts Farm and Insurance Stocks High
Bulk buying returns forenoon trading as farm implement and insurance shares lead gains. Case Threshing Machine rises 13 points while Continental and Russia Insurance Fidelity Phoenix International Harvester and Du Pont gain 4 to 6 points. Call loan renewals stay at 4 percent.
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New York
Case
Continental Insurance
Russia Insurance
Fidelity Phoenix
International Harvester
Dupont
Bond market shows fractional shifts with copper issues leading
New York traders watched minor changes with no clear trend as copper bonds posted gains. Anaconda 7s climbed above three points to a fresh high while Andes Copper Mines surged over a point. Continental Can Paper and Gs rose two points near yearly peak, others softened.
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New York
Anaconda
Andes Copper
Continental Bae & Paper G%s
Loew
Denver Rio Grande
Federal
Muscatine Sends Seven Students to Commuting College
Seven Muscatine students enroll in the University of Iowa commuting college in Iowa City, meeting every third Saturday. Participants include Dollie Gertrude Dulgar Margaret Janeee Sister Mary Albertine Semsch Albert Sparling Sister Mary Edna Wagner and Gertrude Katherine Fuller. The 18 courses aid nonresidents and offer regular university credit with home study supervised by faculty.
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Iowa City
Muscatine
University of Iowa
Dollie Gertrude Dulgar
Margaret Janeee
Mary Albertine Semsch
Och Albert Sparling
Mary Edna Wagner
Gertrude Katherine Fuller
Oklahoma Guard Again Called Out as House Struggles Over Impeachment
Oklahoma City December 16 AP National guardsmen guard entrances to the state senate chamber to bar the House from meeting inside. The House had planned to use senate rooms to pursue impeachment charges against Governor Johnston and others. The senate, adjourning to December 28, sits as impeachment court with Chief Justice Branson and Harry Cordell. The adjutant general placed guards at each entrance and before the House hall, while a resolution allows House members to access records and senate rooms.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Senate
Henry S. Johnston
House of Representatives
House
Johnston
Adjt
Charles F. Barrett
Fred Branson
Supreme Court
Harry Cordell
State Board of Agriculture
Probate notices name executrix and administrator
The will of Wilhelmina Gerischer was admitted to probate with Caroline Darby named executrix without bond and H. C. Madden as attorney. Mary McGee is named administratrix of the will of Dan McGee, probate also admitted with M. W. Stapleton as attorney for the estate.
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Wilhelmina Gerischer
Caroline Darby
H. C. Madden
Mary McGee
Dan McGee
M. W. Stapleton
Brown's Bus college team defeats Pleasant Prairie 45 to 18
Brown's Bus quintet built a late rally to rout Pleasant Prairie 45 to 18 on the Blue Grass floor. Pleasant Prairie led 15 to 8 at halftime before Wathan left the game in the third period and Brown's seized control, pulling away to the finish.
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Pleasant Prairie
Brown
Blue Gras
Blue Grass
Wathan
Davenport Rifle Club
Brown’s
Martin
Rf Senekt Obees Ek
Wilson
Eckhardt
Hoben
rEg
Knott
Lgeerereseeeese
FT. PF
E. McElroy
Prater AE
Sissewesdees
V. McElroy
Kretschmar
Light Plant Reports Quarter Deficit of 29.79
The municipal electric light and power plant trustees filed a quarterly report showing receipts of 30 992 24 and expenditures of 31 746 36 for the quarter ending Sept 30, with an overdraft of 29 79. Council members questioned the deficit but were told payments are being made on new turbines and equipment from operating receipts. Expenditures on machinery and distribution additions totaled 10 978 59 during the quarter.
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Municipal Electric Light and Power Plant
Farm Union Speaker Announces Two Meetings
Grant Kennedy Iowa Farm Union organizer says two meetings are planned. He will speak next Monday evening at Prospect Hill School in Wilton township and at Sweetland School the following evening. Meetings start at 7.
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Grant Kennedy
Iowa Farm Union
Prospect Hill
Wilton Township
Sweetland School
Grace Reformed Ladies Aid to Host Program and Lunch
Conesville Iowa announces a postponed Grace Reformed Ladies Aid program and lunch at the church Saturday night. Local pupils display handiwork in Douglas barber shop and Jones store. Several residents and visitors are named among church and community activities.
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Conesville
Grace Reformed Ladies’ Aid Society
C. E. Burnett
Douglas
Jones’ Store
Phillip Dubois
Pierre
S. D
Arthur Schlefeldt
Fern Lovelett
Washington
Alex McCullough
Jerry Klotz
Muscatine
James Holladay
Lone Tree
J. H. Krider
Anna Lou
Gilman Larson
Larson
Almeda McKee
Ernest Wagner
Will Jarrard
Elaine
George van Horn
Verne Folkers
Billy
Clarence Coffin
Virgil Wescoat
Iowa City
Lost Ford tire near Arden on Burlington road
Classified ad notes a lost Ford tire between Arden and Funck's Hill on Burlington, with a reward and contact Letts at 1827.
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Arden
Funck’s Hill
Burlington
Gas main breaks cut gas to 20 Arkansas cities
A break in the Arkansas Natural Gas main south of Arkadelphia deprived 20 Arkansas cities including Little Rock Pine Bluff and Hot Springs of gas on a cold day. Officials said repair likely could not be completed before night.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Natural Gas Company
Arkadelphia
Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Hot Springs
Axe Murderer Hanged After Lettered Last Words
James Hayes, condemned for the axe murder of Mrs. Seve Flatt, was hanged in Springfield. His last words expressed a wish for God's mercy on his soul as he faced the trap with calm resolve.
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Springfield
Ill
James Hayes
Seve Flatt
Community Notes from Kalona and Surroundings
Mrs. George Wagner from Storm Lake visits her mother Mrs Northup who is ill with pneumonia. The Weller Snyders host a Sunday dinner for Iowa City guests H V Beck and W J Snair. The telephone meeting elected an operator from Keota. Washington shoppers include the Fry family and Verda Spucker. W R C observes a homecoming noting twenty fifth anniversary with one charter member remaining. Lloyd Strickler of Stuttgart invites relatives. Dr S J Michanis and family move into a new home in Kalona.
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Kalona
George Wagner
Storm Lake
Northup
Weller Snyder
Iowa City
H. V. Beck
W. J. Snair
Ona
Keota
S. Fry
Verda Spuckere
Washington
Lloyd Strickler
Stuttgart
Ark
C. G. Tilden
Norma
Elmer Michel
Muriel
S. J. Mic
Mexican Slush Fund Inquiry Details Document Provenance
Testimony outlines efforts to verify documents claiming a Mexican slush fund involving U S senators. Key figures Avila Elias and Watson discuss obtaining papers, with allegations of a $15,000 to $16,000 cost and the documents sent to President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg without review.
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Page
Watson
Avila
Reed
Elias
New York
Atalissa lodges elect officers in Masonic and O E S
In Atalissa I a on December 16 officers for Ionic lodge No 122 A F and A M were elected for the year including W M Ve arl Miller S W Hilbert Shicker J W Fred C Collison treasurer Rudy Daedlow and Richard B Watters. A 6 30 dinner and joint installation with Atalissa chapter No 426 O E S is planned for January 5. O E S elects officers during a regular meeting and held a Christmas party and gift exchange. Worthy matron Mary Stucker associate matron Marie Lowenberg secretary Addie Collison treasurer E V Vanhorn conductress Zola Oepning associate conductress Crystal Bolou.
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Atalissa
Ionic Lodge No
A. F
A. M
W. M
Vearl Miller
S. W
Hilbert Shicker
J. W
Fred C. Collison
Rudy Daedlow
Richard B. Watters
O. E.S
Worthy
Mary Stucker
Marie Lowenberg
Addie Collison
E. V. Vanhorn
Zola Oepning
Crystal Bolou
East Lawn Improvement Company renewed and amended charter
Notice states East Lawn Improvement Company Iowa has renewed its corporate existence for twenty years from August 24 1927 and changed articles to extend powers to own real estate conduct business and issue stock. Board size set at four with annual stockholders meetings in Muscatine Iowa. Dated December 15 1927.
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East Lawn Improvement Conmipany
State of
Iowa
Transacsf
Board of Directors
Marcel Upd Rege
Minute Book
Muscatine
East Lawn Improvement Company
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