Cement prices drop to record lows says market inquiry
Ask Queal notes cement costs have fallen to historic lows while vendors highlight competitive pricing. Industry sources point to soft demand and material surpluses driving the decline.
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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
9
Ask Queal notes cement costs have fallen to historic lows while vendors highlight competitive pricing. Industry sources point to soft demand and material surpluses driving the decline.
Community notes from Wesley and surrounding towns recount Indian Day festivities with visits from residents like Geo B Hall and Tom Tobin, plus several business calls by local real estate agents and shopkeepers. Local auctions, job ads, and church service cancellations are noted alongside regional travelers and gatherings in Titonka Garner and Belmond areas.
Local column recounts movements of residents to Minnesota farms and Wisconsin gatherings, visits by editors, and county fair promotions. Includes family news, a fatality rumor brief, theft joke, and campaign notes from Algona area during Indian Day.
Davison and Hart visit on business, Thos Gray tours Indian Day sights, and Rev Haken to preach in Titonica church. H. C. Armetrong returns from Boise with travel tales. A variety of local notices include hiring, theft of a pocketbook, and republican conference plans in Des Moines. Algona and Wesley notes on attendance and mishaps frame a lively rural news round.
The Ladies Aid Society of the M E church cleared seventy five dollars on Indian Day, about a hundred more than last year. A local youth splits time visiting Burt and Wesley, while voters in Kogsuth County largely back Cummins for U S Senator with Scarabee or Funk for the short term. Campbell family returns from Britt, Ray and A H Wood visit for the celebration, and John Phelpa of the Philippines stops by. The writer notes a desire for more discussion on the Philippines and local land prospects.
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