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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1944
Page
5
Hog marker prices rose in Waterloo with top at 13.40 and butchers around 12.15 to 12.90 for various weights. Cedar Rapids market showed hog prices up about 25 cents with similar ranges, and notes on weights from 166 to 550 pounds and sow categories.
Chicago livestock prices show hogs 15 to 39 cents higher on heavier weights and 25 to 35 cents up on others. Calves, fed cattle, and yearlings steady to higher with cows up 25 cents, bulls firm. Sheep sales steady to 25 cents higher with native lambs around 14.25 and yearlings near 12.75 in a mixed bid scene.
A filled word puzzle from the December 11 1944 issue features a wide array of numbered Across and Down clues. The grid includes references to common crossword items such as animals plants and tools with cryptic notes like Old Norse Works and Moon goddess. The page presents a standard wartime era newspaper crossword moment for reader engagement.
A dense, OCR style listing of market items including eggs, poultry, cheese, receipts, and potato shipments. References to Chicago cents, various weights and grades, and regional dairy and produce pricing with state and farm notes. Entitled items include Leghorns ducks capons turkeys and russets from Idaho Nebraska Colorado Wisconsin Maine and Michigan with mixed condition terms and sales figures.
Grain futures rose on the board with May wheat at a season high led by milling demand and drought pressure. Rye gained further as December activity was light. oats, corn, and barley posted modest advances amid rain, snow, and weak country movement. Milling buyers and lingering weather concerns fueled the upturn while some mills paused awaiting revised price schedules.
Stocks higher and active with bonds steady as U S government issues hover. Wheat and corn advance while oats gain modestly. cotton and barley rise, hogs steady, sheep fully steady in Chicago markets. Morgan’s Confederate raiders referenced in a brief camp paper noting intermittent publishing.
A vintage advertisement invites readers to order the fall and winter issue of FASHION Pattern Service. It lists pattern numbers, sizes, and the price of 15 cents, requesting name, address, size, and pattern number with payment to receive the pattern catalog by mail from 530 South Wells Street, Chicago.
Pattern No. 8632 offers a three piece ensemble including a well fitting jacket and graceful pleated skirt in six sizes 36 to 46. The design provides comfort and youthful appeal for larger figures. Send 20 cents plus pattern number to the pattern service in Chicago. The Fashion issue is a 32 page fall wardrobe guide selling for 23 cents.
Des Moines soldiers, after months away, face shell shortages that affect critical frontline supply. Gov Bourke Hick enlooper welcomed them at the state house before plans to visit the local ordnance plant to inspect reinforced German millbores and discuss anticipated road openings and tank support.
Disjointed OCR notes describe a reduced armored unit from an Ox neutral force with machine guns and heavy cannon. Men mention no planned fight, a marshal named Thompson, and Polish forces pressed to fight or face medical readers. A figure of about 60 shots fired is noted amidst confusion.
Three national winners of the Oklahoma Agricultural Association’s hybrid corn contest were guests at a luncheon. George L. Renner of Sioux Falls was champion in the men’s division with 176.09 bushels per acre and the oldest winner at 67, the first South Dakota champion. Bertha Den Adel of Legon Town was juvenile champion with 145.34 bushels, and Arthur Eugene Else of Elmcreek, Nebraska set a juvenile record at 150.47 bushels per acre.
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