Chicago Livestock Market Report An April Price Snapshot
Chicago livestock prices show hogs at 14 000 direct sales and total 28 000 head with 5 cent drops. Hog classes range 2.25 to 3.95 per pound by weight, sows 2.75 to 3.30, and slaughter pigs 2 to 3.95. Cattle and calves total 14,500 with steers 550 to 1500 pounds at 4.50 to 9.75, cows 2.85 to 4.75, bulls 3.00 to 3.85, and stockers 3.50 to 6. Sheep and lambs show steady to lower bids with lambs near 8.50 to 9.50 and sheep 2 to 4.75 per pound depending on weight and grade.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report April 30
Chicago market bulletin notes eggs steady with 41 661 cases received and compo percentages for extra firsts and firsts. Butter market steady with 9 805 pounds received and prices for specials, extras and firsts, plus percentages for seconds and standards.
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Chicago
Grain market table shows varied futures and prices
The page fragment lists grain futures and prices for wheat corn rye and related metrics. It includes months such as May July September and figures like 79% 56% 50% and 28% to 29% with range high and low values, plus notes on year ago and yesterday figures.
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Chicago
Four Die In Iowa Weekend Auto Crashes
Death toll rises in Iowa as four people die and others are critically injured after weekend crashes. Victims include Alfred Miller of Marathon, Mrs. Margaret Kennelley of Des Moines, Caroline Hartung of Council Bluffs, and Mrs. Mike Mitchell of Vail. An Adel collision and a separate fatal hit by car near church mark the toll.
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United Press
Iowa
Alfred Miller
Marathon
Margaret Kennelley
Des Moines
Caroline Hartung
Council Bluffs
Mike Mitchell
Vail
Kennelley
Miller
Adel
Mitchell
Cash Corn Prices and Receipts Reported in Chicago
Cash corn prices in Chicago on April 30 show No 1 yellow 4744 cents per bushel No 2 yellow trading around 47 to 4742 No 3 yellow 46 to 47 No 2 white 49 No 3 white 49 No 2 yellow old 47 No 3 yellow old 47 to 47 No 2 white 50. Receipts total 107 cars.
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Chicago
Over One Million Farm Contracts Signed In Annual Production Cut
About 1,111,160 farmers have signed contracts to cut corn and hog production this year. The AAA says the campaign has ended in major corn hog states and will finish in others soon. Iowa signed 170,000 contracts followed by Illinois 125,000 and Missouri 105,000. Marion county Iowa distributed payments totaling $40,380 with total payouts expected near $365 million.
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Washington
D. C
AAA
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Marion County
News Notes Of Our Neighboring Communities
Community brief items reported by the Journal's subscription representative D. F. Macon. Notes cover local happenings, notable visits, and small-town events across neighboring towns with concise updates.
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J.B. Snider
South of Titus
Our Town
Evening Journal
Railroad dispatchers reunite in Morse key haven at Bettendorf
Four ex dispatchers living at the Masonic Home in Bettendorf form a Morse code telegraph system. They connect rooms with Forrest Treat’s approval to recreate the brass pounding era. One member, J K Waters, is blind yet recalls the old rapid-fire train orders as he taps out dots and dashes.
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Forrest 5S Treat
J. K. Waters
Ottumwa
Burlington Railroad
R. C. Merrill
Milwaukee Railroad
Marion
Iowa
EF F Neal
Washington
Burlington
Rock Island
T. E. Beck
Boone
Chicago & Northwestern
N. A
Mr. Waters
Dispatchers Capture News Bits From Local Papers
Local observer notes daily news flow as telegraph operators relay papers and readers gathered at the Miksch sale in Wellston. Numerous visitors and buyers journeyed to Washington for the weekend sale as vehicles and crowds fill the town.
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Ed Libe
Wellston
Miksch
Carl Mayer
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Evening Journal
Battle Planned Against Chinch Bug In Corn Belt
Agricultural agent A K Hepperly warns of a wide chinch bug front this summer. Bugs survived winter, lay eggs in small grain, threatening significant corn crop injury. Farmers urged to prep by distancing fields, plant chinch bug resistant soybeans beside small grains, and take four preplant steps.
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A. K. Hepperly
Burlington Lines
Fighting chineh bugs in corn fields with trap crops and gas-tar
The text urges early corn planting on prepared seed beds and organized community action. It recommends gas-tar for spraying roosts and hog houses, and suggests a trap crop between small grain and corn to lure and destroy chineh bugs, followed by dust mulch and post-destruction soybeans.
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Sudan
Rail Schedule of Trains and Stops Published
Train timetable details daily departures arrivals and routes for local freight mixed and passenger services. Notes indicate special stops for California passengers county seats El Paso Brighton Fairfield Eldon and other towns with names of agents and railroad companies.
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Fairfield
Eldon
Belkpap
Centerville
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Allerton
Princeton
Spickards
Excelsior Springs
Liberty
L. Goodlander
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