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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1924
Page
9
The past week saw heavy receipts and falling prices early, then light loads lifted steer and yearling prices about 25 cents from last week. Cattle ranged from common to good with top steers near 11 dollars but most cows and bulls sold between 5.75 and 7.55, hogs steady to strong with packs and speculators active and receipts around 1660.
Market signals show steady to uneven activity for cattle with calves and heifers trading in limited ranges. Prices quoted include calves around 3 50 to 9 50, and cows, steers, and heifers showing narrow movements amid selective demand.
Cattle horses and sheep show varied totals with entries for livestock and related animals. The list includes multiple item lines with quantities and values across categories, reflecting the daily market activity at Sioux City Live Stock.
New York trading slowed in a two hour weekend session with little overall change. Cosden hit new low for the year while Bethlehem Steel and Crucible remained among the weakest steel shares. Volume diminished as steadier industrials like Baldwin American Can and General Electric showed rallying effort late.
Grains closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade led by corn and wheat gains. Storms in the Midwest and reports of crop stress fueled buying, with B. W. Snow noting weather concerns about the crop outlook. Oats rose with other grains, while provisions trading stayed modest but higher.
June 7 Chicago wheat sentiment favors higher prices but lack of interest leaves early trading uneven. Corn shows strength with firmer oats and mixed signals in old crop offers. Wheat July at 14 and September unchanged. December higher. Corn July up 4 percent and September up 4 percent. December up. Livestock and provisions trend lower amid cautious trading.
In market notes numbers show receipts of 1,660 cattle with assorted prices and bids. The report lists weights and sums for various lots including heavy packing and related totals, reflecting uneven trading and price volatility across the session.
Sioux City wholesale butter at 39 cents a pound with butter fat of 37 cents delivered in city. Packing stock priced at 25 cents and various poultry items listed with weights and price ranges. Prairie and alfalfa prices shown, hay grades and prices, hides and miscellaneous livestock values included in the market bulletin.
Readable fragments show steady cattle prices with steers and heifers listed at various bids. Veal and sheep lines appear, with bids around 235 for some steers and other items priced in the 20s to 100s, indicating a fluctuating weekly market.
Wall Street opens lower as the new tax measures improve sentiment for some sectors but adverse weather drags down retail and overall trading. Stocks hover near lows with limited upside as the market digests economic signals and company results.
Quinn homered in the 13th inning breaking a pitching duel to give Grand Island a 2 1 victory over the Elk Horns in Norfolk. Shuppe pitched strong for Norfolk but Anderson faltered in key moments as the series ended with the Islanders taking the final game.
London critics praised Helen Wills as she displayed form superior to her previous outings in exhibition sets at Harpenden. Thousands of spectators watched the American champion defeat F H Jarvis and then outpace D M Grief before tiring late in the match with a final score of 9 7.
A gray green puffer fish defends itself by inflating into a bal loon like shape when threatened, creating a sudden visible display to deter predators.
Classified ads offer a Dart touring car with about one million miles? in fine condition and a hindson speedster. Contact numbers 72018 or 2102 Jones after 6 pm. Also a rear 1 room nicely furnished in a modern home near lith street. Train schedule corrections dated May 1924 appear in the page.
Whitfield Methodist church teams swept both divisions at the annual bicycle meet at the fair grounds. In the senior division Whitfield edged Crescent Park Wesleyan for the team title with 18 points to 15, First Christian 9, Third Presbyterian 6, Trinity Lutheran 6, and Morningside Presbyterian 1. Dale Rasex of Crescent Park Wesleyan led the senior points race, while Liedeman of Trinity Lutheran won junior honors. The junior division saw Whitfield tally 24 points to 15 for Trinity Southernan, with First Christian 10 and Morningside Presbyterian 4.
Chicago June 7 Illinois holds a strong position as a top heavy favorite with eight finalists in the Big Ten track meet opening today at 1 am. Ohio State and Iowa each have five finalists. The trial heats were run yesterday with a fine track and many entrants Olympic contenders likely to challenge records. Non conference schools are entered but not expected to overturn the top point standings.
Davenport authorities search along the Mississippi river for a 15-year-old girl Edith Tomlinson and two high school youths named Frank Liff and Carl Kottong believed to have formed a back to nature camp. A teen girl accompanying them and two other girls missing are suspected to have joined the group or fled to the big city.
Scott County Farm Bureau led by county agent M. H. Hoffman organized one of Iowa’s largest farm tours. About 115 automobiles covered a 60 mile route despite rain threats, with an estimated 500 participants. Key speakers included Charles Hearst and H. R. Smith, while E. L. Quaife and Prof. William H. Lapp discussed cattle hog feeding and poultry work.
Bondurant Iowa June 7 corn growers held an enthusiastic meeting with music from the Mingo band and corn songs. The gathering signaled the start of organization work in Polk County and showed strong farmer support for the Corn Growers' association, judging by Bondurant’s enthusiasm.
Henry bounty Atock reported a new low in shipping prices as hogs and horses were loaded for Chicago. The June 7 notice notes a car of hogs and a car of horses being moved by the shipping association.
Walter Johnson pitched a 3 to 0 victory over Detroit with 4 hits allowed as Earl Whitehill matched him in a strong eight inning effort. Washington built a 3-0 lead through the game, scoring in the first and later innings while Johnson finished with seven strikeouts and a clean sheet.
George Lyons, Pacific Coast league recruit, started his first mound game for St. Louis and toppled Boston from first place with an 11 to 4 win. Boone and Clark homered as Ferguson took the loss.
Philadelphia toppled Cleveland 7-1 as Simmons led the offense with a triple and a double while Meeker earned the win. Cleveland dropped to eighth. errors by Galloway and Gardner marked the fielding miscues.
Opportune hitting powered the world champion Yankees to a 5 to 3 win over Chicago. Babe Ruth homered for the 11th time this season and starred in the field as New York moved back atop the standings.
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