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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1924
Page
7
Chicago trading opened with sharp declines in wheat as traders weighed uncertain export demand and domestic supply. March to December contracts showed uneven moves with some weeks posting losses while others held near support. industry data hinted at strong receipts and fluctuating carryovers.
A fragmented market report shows mixed futures quotes and grain prices with varied bid asks. The text lists numbers for corn and wheat futures, with different grades and buyers, but the exact figures are obscured by OCR errors and garbled punctuation.
Classified ad listing wholesale produce and poultry items including roosters ducks and eggs for sale. Mentions prices such as 4.75 per case and references market terms in a concise local catalog style.
Kansas City grain prices show No 1 hard around 1 210.38, No 2 hard 12271.80, No 3 various bids and whites. The fragment lists multiple grade numbers with mixed prices and asks, indicating a fluctuating futures or cash market reading.
In New York the foreign exchange market shows demand and rate changes with the franc around 4.40 percent and the Belgian franc near 4.210 billion to the dollar, reflecting similar shifts in the currency market.
A damaged OCR fragment lists assorted corn and yellow varieties with prices such as $1.11.9 for No 2 yellow and $1.10 for No 4 mixed. The text is incomplete but reflects common commodity price notation from a Peoria market ledger.
A Friday cattle sale showed steady opening but oversupply pushed late trades lower by 10 to 15 cents. Loads topped at $10.59 with many yearlings near $9.00–$10.00. Grass cows brought $4.90–$5.50, corn fed cows $4.00–$5.00, veals and bulls steady, and feeders around $7.75–$9.10.
Cattle receipts show no strictly choice fed steers. top around $10.90 and weights mixed with locals around $8.75 to $10.10. Sheep receipts about 9,000 with fat lambs steady to strong around $13.00-$13.25. odd fat ewes at $6.50. Hogs 35,000 with moderately active market. near $9.65 per hundredweight.
Cattle receipts around 23.500 head with calves slow and western buyers cautious. Early sales mixed with fed steers steady to weak and medium grade cows weak. stockers and feeders slow. Hogs receipts about 3.50 with limited loads averaging 199 to 230 and lower packer bids. Sows trading around 2. Sheep receipts mixed with natives seen at 13.00 to 13.25 for some pleasant lots. other fed wethers around 12.50 to 12.75.
Fragmentary notices from Bt Joseph Missouri dated August 1 indicate cattle and lamb receipts and market activity with implied pricing data. The readable segment references cattle and sheep and a sales tally, though details are incomplete.
The listing shows various grains and feeds with prices and grades. No 1 and No 2 dark northern oats, yellow corn varieties, and white oats appear with percentages and dollar values. mixed feeds and flax are noted with quality descriptors and price points.
Grain market brief shows No 2 hard wheat quoted around 1.19 to 1.29 dollars with variations across grades. Prices listed include a range from about 1.19 to 1.29 dollars per bushel, reflecting trading fluctuations in the wholesale market.
Water drawn from artesian wells beneath the Sahara yields small carp and other fish observed in the subterranean flow.
Washington D C Aug 1 Government regulation of yardage and feed charges at stock yards is likely after a southern Illinois court upheld Secretary Wallace orders for Peoria yardage. The Packers and Stock Yards Administration can value yards and set yardage and feed rates nationwide and override local valuations. The Peoria court kept Wallace yardage scales but capped hog yardage at nine cents per head while reducing overall yardage and feed charges from 30 to 22 cents per head.
Grain market report from Sioux City shows today receipts and shipments with cash sales for Wheat Corn and Oats. Prices listed for No 1 Northern Winter Wheat No 2 Northern Corn No 2 White and Yellow Oats No 3 White and Yellow across bases Minneapolis Chicago and Omaha.
Tables show the total number of grain cars inspected in and out of the Sioux City market for July 1924 compared with July 1923. The data track imports and exports by car counts, illustrating changes year over year.
A St Louis market summary lists various commodity quotes with different grade classifications. Prices range around 1.00 to 1.40 per unit for colors and grades including red, yellow, white, and mixed varieties.
A weath-beaten cache of twenty two rusting muzzle loading muskets and several copper sabers was found in a sandstone cave on a small island ten miles from Cordova by Emerson Wray, a blue fox farmer. The weapons are said to have been hidden by a Russian landing that startled local sealers.
New York cooling and rail traffic rising spur optimism as stocks open higher led by American Can Baldwin General Electric. Early gains fade slightly on profit taking but overall market strength remains evident with Steel, Amgen, Anaconda and others trading near highs and oils advancing before a late pullback.
Germany celebrates An marsch winning the German Derby, a race seen as parallel in importance to the Louisville derby in the United States, highlighting Black Gold stature.
Kharkoff July 31 report a new island emerged from the Sea of Azov after a maritime convulsion. A geyser of earth and rock erupted for over ten minutes and left a fresh landmass rising from the water near the Azov coast.
Two California sea lions reportedly escaped from a Scottish zoo and were later found wandering a stream about a mile west of Edinburgh as they headed back toward their home waters.
A fragmented dialogue with Joe Williams features quick quips about prizefighters meals politics and a long stray remark about Ellis Island and exposure. The garbled text includes mentions of Coolidge golf and a tailor named Jenkins as well as several incomplete lines.
Sioux City stock receipts show cattle hogs sheep and horses with totals around 42 735 2 438 979 and 567 7 386 46 725. Rail schedule lists departures and arrivals for Sioux City St Paul Milwaukee Burlington Illinois Great Northern and Chicago lines with times and connections. Daily service noted with some routes marked daily except Sunday.
Buckleman Sales Co located at 301 Frances Building handles auctions and business directory listings. Auto 85922 reference included.
Inround floor keeps rooms, two well furnished rooms, one floor, walking distance, light housekeeping. Auto 2341 1 Nebraska. Rentals Pierce D1.
Legal notices advise property owners of plats and schedules showing proposed assessments for paving on West Sixteenth Street from Rows to Rebecca Street and related streets in Sioux City Iowa. The notices call for written corrections by August 93 1924 and warn that unchallenged assessments will be approved.
Steady to weak tones prevail. Caixes at 700, marks 1.27a 10c higher. Bulk shipments around $4.50 to $9.10 for hogs with top at $9.10 and 0.50Ge Ww. Pigs bulk quoted $7.50 to $7.75. Hogs receipts 4,500, sheep receipts 200, market steady for sheep.
Wheat and corn prices moved higher on opening. Chicago Wheat September led with gains while December and May showed smaller rises and corn July or September held steady. Provisions futures traded lower as markets weigh supply.
Property on Market street from West Riv rine avenue to West Sixth street in Sioux City Iowa is listed for paving and includes sections of streets or alleys affected by the improvement. The notice names property owners adjacent to the required parcels and sets August 1924 for the plot and schedule filing with city clerk EF A Garnsey. The notice appears in The Sioux City Register July 31 1924.
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