Real Cattle Market News and Industry Commentary
Long note from Eddie Collins on cattle markets from Dec, detailing price swings at futures and stockyards, strikes, and industry dynamics. Mentions Monfort strike, traders, packers, bankers, and beef promotion efforts amid a volatile year with regional sale barns across Montana to Texas. Calls for reader feedback and critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Pruit
Johnny Rogers
Chicago Mercantile
Fargo
South St. Paul
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Monfort
Montana
Illinois
Texas
Kansas
Nebraska
Idaho
USDA
Iowa
Polite Bandits Net Over Million in Windsor Bank Heist
Four masked thieves pulled 1,129,000 in Canadian and U S currency from the Royal Bank of Canada in Windsor in under 15 minutes. Police say the crew, calling themselves by numbers, had a 90 minute head start and used a green station wagon as a getaway clue. The haul was linked to Windsor Raceway receipts with another 800,000 in a vault untouched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor, Ont
UPI
Canada
U.S
Royal Bank of Canada
Gordon Preston
Windsor
Detroit
Detroit River
Local Directory Listing and Odd Incident Report
Production Credit Association at 210 North Iowa Washington Iowa lists Melvin Schneider as manager. Andy Messenger, 10, injured by stray crossfire during a mince pie carol clash outside a Baptist church in Hampstead England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Production Credit Association
Iowa
Washington
Melvin Schneider
Hamnel Hempstead
England
UPI
Andy Messenger
button club meets with mrs young richland
South East Iowa Button club held an all day Dec 9 meeting at Mrs. Bernice Young’s home in Richland with ten members from Keota Iowa City Kalona Brighton and Richland. President Matilda Nordyke led the session and a noon gift exchange followed a program of Christmas or religious themed buttons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richland
South East Iowa
Carroll Morgan
Roy Seaton
Emory Letts
Moffett
Frank Bottger
Alvin Jenkins
Leroy Neece
Tom Neece
Amy
Kirksville
Charles Neece
Iowa City
Doug Snyder
Jacksonville
Fla
Paul Snyder
Pleasant Plain Friends Church
Clay Club
Roy Rogers
Dr. Wolf
Den 1
Doug Harras
Jeff Andeway
Boy Scouts
Jo Harras
Lords
Alvin Hessletine
Bill Burkner
John Hessletine
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
Cletus Yoder
Elizabeth Curtis
Lawrence Me
Keota 5th 6th Graders Present Christmas Play Funin91
Keota Elementary School fifth and sixth graders will stage a Christmas program in the high school gym on December 21 at 7 30 p.m. The play Christmas Funin91 depicts a Gay 90s Christmas Eve with Grandfather’s changing heart. Audience collection supports school trees and costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Sievert Keota
Bertha Gretter
Ed Rebal
Richard Durian
Oskaloosa
Rebal
Keota
Little Red
Santa Claus
Grandfather
Rubio rains trigger cattle rescue and losses in Richland
In Richland, Charles Blakely and helpers saved ninety one cattle as Rubio's rain swelled creeks. They used a boat to move stock to higher ground, but two cows drowned and three animals remained missing after water subsided. Neighbors aided in the effort with multiple names noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Long Richland
Ninty
Charles Blakely
Rubio
Blakely
Dennis and
Swayne
Herbert Blakely
Jerry Hartnell
Pete Jones
Larry Morgan
Kenneth Propst
Bob McCormick
Doyle Hartnell
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Feeders
Jonesboro
Kentucky
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Great Lakes
Utah
Intermountain
Oklahoma
New Mexico
AL Nelson
Cargill
Continental Grain
White House
Boston
Eddie Collins
Professional Directory
Livingston, Day, Kehoe, Meeker & Bates
Robert Day
Everett Meeker
Robert Bates
South B
John C. Owen
East Main Street
Stewart & Shearer
Attorneys At Law
Richard A. Stewart
Paul V. Shearer
West Main
M. L. Tweeton
North Marion
J. R. Bissland
Kalona
Maplewood Manor
P. L. Etter
Osteopathic
Optometrist
John W. Lemmon
Washington, Iowa
Joe Falk
Montgomery Ward & Co
Button Club
Mrs. Young
Mrs. Don Long
Otto Emry
Clifford McCracken
Alice Jones
Leona Jingles
Cedric Wolcott
Marshalls
Washington Evening Journal
Washington County
Ape
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