Chicago Markets Hogs Sheep and Cattle Report
Chicago markets show hogs 11 600 head with weights 240 pounds and down steady to 10 cents lower. Heavier butchers and packing hogs steady to 10 cents higher. Top 6 75, bulk 186 to 246 pounds 6 50 to 6 75, 240 to 270 pounds 6 00 to 6 65, 270 to 300 pounds 5 46 to 6 10, 200 to 350 pounds 5 10 to 6 60. Sheep 6 000 head with spring lambs and yearlings weak 1 to 2 6 cents lower. Lambs active, top springers 9 00, bulk to 8 75, good yearlings 7 25. Cattle 7 000, calves 1 200. all grade yearling steers and heifers steady, steers under 1 004 pounds top yearlings 10 00, best heifers 9 65, yearling steers 950 to 9 75. cows and bulls steady to easy. Vealers 60 cents higher at 11 00. Estimated receipts for tomorrow hogs 000, cattle 10 70, sheep 4 000.
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Chicago
Reading of Mixed Corn and Oats Content
Fragmentary agricultural note from Chicago discusses corn and oats mixtures with mixed and white components and percentage figures, but the text is garbled and incomplete. No clear event or outcome is stated.
Chicago Grain Table from August Market Update
Grain figures for wheat corn and oats are presented with May and September quotes. Open and high values appear for each commodity with several percentage figures and date indicators, showing changes and repetition in the Chicago market data.
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Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Report Shows Steady Prices
In Chicago the produce market remains steady with 11,730 cases of fruits and vegetables. Fresh graded quality at 16 percent and extra firsts at 15 percent, receipts 14 percent, dirties 12 percent. Poultry receipts total 44 with market unchanged.
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Chicago
Hidden taxes on used car yearly cost rival weekly tickets
A reader notes that annual hidden taxes on used cars equal the cost of a pair of Uwvie tickets each week of the year, highlighting the steady annual burden for owners.
Kalona community notes and travel sketches in July 1949
Kalona residents share travel plans from Des Moines to the West Coast via St. Paul and Toronto, local farming notes about straw baling and wheat yields, shop chatter at Dean's cafe and harness shop, bank activity at Farmers Savings, and neighborly exchanges. Community life, church reflections, and local business updates reflect small town pressures and daily routines in Kalona Iowa July 1949.
Fresh eggs need careful handling to protect value
A columnist urges better on farm handling of eggs as perishable goods. Despite graded pricing improving returns by 1 to 1.5 dollars per case, many stores discard quality with poor storage and displays. Inspectors found eggs scoring low on freshness amid mislabeling and neglect, stressing that keeping eggs fresh on the farm is essential to maintain market worth.
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Friends Hicht
Chicago
Cleaning and cooling produce for quick cash returns
A short note from Frank Priebe urges cleaning and cooling fruit or vegetables promptly to sell for a cash return. The letter emphasizes that small extra dollars per case add up and signs with his Chicago address dated July 29 1939.
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Frank Priebe
North Franklin
Chicago
Dayton Grove Social Notes and Local Visits
Daytime community brief from Dayton Grove Iowa dated July 31 reports visits by Lyle Oldfield and Josephine to Mrs A E Knotts, a So and Sew club picnic planned at Sunset Park in Washington, and relatives from Mason City Rock Island and Winfield stopping by. It also notes highway commission rock hauling for an underpass project and various calls between residents including the Stephens and Moore families.
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J. B. Moore
Dayton Grove
Lyle Oldfield
Josephine
A. E. Knotts
Sunset Park
Washington
Pearl Chamberlin
Betty Lou
Billie Custer
Mason City
Honey
Rock Island
Elephant tusk weighs 236 pounds in record
A record African elephant tusk is weighed at 236 pounds marking a notable discovery. The find highlights extraordinary size and adds to historic measurements of ivory specimens.
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