Markets Chicago Hog Lamb and Cattle Prices Report
USDA market notes show 16 000 hog receipts with prices 20.75 to 21.25 for 170 230 lb hogs and weaker to 25 cents higher for other weights. sheep bids mostly 34 00 down with two loads of shorn lambs steady at 1 50. cattle volumes 4 000 with steers and heifers scarce, cows weak, vealers steady, primes around 39 50 and 28 25 for horned steers, bulls 26 50 to 29 00, cows 18 00 to 24 00, feeding steers 803 00 per head.
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Chicago
USDA
New Years Guests In Fanny Meeks Home
Riverside reports New Year's guests at Mrs. Fannie Meeks home include her sons Glen of Waterloo Elmer and wife of Des Moines and sister Mary Younkin from Mobile Ala. John Rummelhart 76 remains at University hospital after a December ice fall with a broken hip while Harry Hardy 83 moved from University hospital to the Washington County home for continued care. The couple Mrs. Hardy 75 and her husband longtime residents here will be cared for at the new location.
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Riverside
Fannie Meeks
Glen
Waterloo
Elmer
Des Moines
Mary Younkin
Mobile
Ala
University Hospital
Washington County
Mrs. Hardy
Beardsley outlines state reform and highway plan
Beardsley urges a two year survey of future needs for educational facilities and supports a study of state government reorganization and a municipal code overhaul. He backs targets for reform, proposes Minnesota gambling law adoption, sex crime psychiatrist reports, handicapped aid, higher highway patrol staffing, and private garage vehicle inspections. He also calls for faster natural resource conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beardsley
Little Hoover” Commission
Municipal Code Study Committee
Wim
Ile
Minnesota
Bey
Grain table from Chicago open high low close data
Chicago grain table lists open high low and close figures for corn oats and soybeans across March May July and September contracts. It shows prices in the 1700s for corn, around 90s for oats, and around 800s for soybeans with multiple monthly entries and varied bid ask values.
Farm Help Shortage Hits Iowa Across Counties
Mrs. Permelia Lay head of the Iowa State Employment Service says farm help is very scarce in Washington county. A United Press report indicates the shortage exists statewide. The state employment service notes an extreme shortage of farm hands possible as defense industries and the armed services draw labor away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permelia Lay
Iowa State Employment Service Office
Journal
Monte Hale Named His Coldwater Canyon Home Hale's Half Acre
Movie star Monte Hale owner of a Coldwater Canyon house in the San Fernando Valley calls it Hale's Half Acre. A large den will display his collection of old cans and more than 500 badges from his four-film career.
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Monte Hale
Republic
The
Fox Theatre
Coldwater Canyon
San Fernando Valley
Hale
Hal
Demonstration Street Light Shines On North Second
The new blue mercury vapor street lamp near the Presbyterian church on North Second Street draws attention with 14 000 candlepower. Supplied by Line Material Co of South Milwaukee and built with a Ken Rad mercury tube, the 400 watt unit stands 28 feet high and lasts about 1400 hours. Perry Jordan, superintendent of public works, says total cost is about 155 dollars and that maintenance costs should be similar to existing lighting.
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North Second Street
Presbyterian Church
Washington
Line Material Company
South Milwaukee
Ken-Rad Company
Perry Jordan
Public Works
Perry
Iowa Tops Nation in CROP Contributions Drive
Iowa leads the nation in donations to the Christian Rural Overseas Program drive. State director Terrell said Iowans have surpassed $200,000, equating to about 100 carloads of food for the hungry in foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Dis Moines
Harry FE. Tergell
Christian Rural Overseas Program
CROP
Terrell
Change of Face Starts At Osincup Drug Store
Osincup's drug store is preparing a temporary facade while workmen, led by Harry Sowden, replace the doorway. The new double entrance will be moved closer to the sidewalk to create more counter and display space inside the shop.
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Osincup Drug Store
15 Shiploads in One Time
A report notes that 15 shiploads were handled at once, a volume described as 1S times the capacity of the first ore ship built for the grave in 1849.
Private Glen F. Rowe Leaves Wellman for Air Force Duty
Glen F. Rowe son of Mr and Mrs Faye Rowe of Wellman is among 20 Air Force starts from the city. His new address is Pvt Glen F Rowe AP 17304579 Flight 793206th Tn 6 Sqdn Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas.
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Glen F. Rowe
Faye Rowe
Wellman
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Rural Teachers Meet Planned Here Saturday
County teachers will gather Saturday morning from 9 to 12 in the courthouse room. Professor Lester Rumbaugh of Iowa State Teachers College music department will speak.
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Lester Rumbaugh
Iowa State Teachers College
Wayland Church Elects Officers and Local News
Wayland Mennonite church held its annual business meeting naming officers including deacon Jacob Graber and treasurer Laurence Henss. The report lists hospitalizations, property trades, social club events, and travel notes involving local families and residents.
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Joe Barnes
Clyle Mason
Elmer Guenther
White Front
Iowa Yeast Feed CO
Cedar Falls
Klein Khiothing Ko
Tom Randall
Call Howard Caldwell
Sam DeLong
Sanders
Carlstadt
Fred L. Stewart
Sentinel Sales and Service
Little
Washington Transfer
Wayne Marston
Nelson Well Company
Fairfield
George
Clark
North Third
Arthur Good
Eod
Zager Plumbing and Heating Service
Lyle Davis
Call
Farrells Office Supply
A” Ford
Eugene Engel
Brighton
Farrow
Jay Brewer
Bob
Guernsey
Tamworth & Curoe Gifts
Dannie
Yoder
Kalona
David Bradley
Lewis Herin
Fields Motor CO
Dodge & Plymouth Sales & Service
Ainsworth
Tarrow
Delmar Miller
Tull
McDaniels Drug Store
Brooder House
Bob Wiley
Eelipse Lumber Company
Dawson
Durst Feed Store
West Madison
DU Pont Duco
Eclipse Lumber Company
Eldon Conry
United Mattress Company
al Franzen
REA
Gamble’s
Wayne
Huible
Washington Concrete Company
Coleman
Porter Elevator
West Chester
David J. Masson
Tait
Don Custer
Hampshire
Donald Robison
W. Bell
Old Rock Island Depot
Mithie
Rising Brown
Brown's Shoe Fit Co
Hampshire Sons
Western Auto Associate Store
Zelinsky Hardware
du Pont
Martin's Modern Cleaners
Real Buy
Lowa Southern Utilities Co
Firestone
Bell and Gevock
Nicola & Harmon
China
Yearling PO Yar
Milton Ross
Crull & Lee
Geo. J. Breitenbach
M. Willis Richards
Silver Lake
Wayland
K. C. Dance
Amiles
Chicago Livestock
Fanny Meeks
Mrs. Marge Luckey
ChicaGo Grain Table
Carolyn Joan Puwell
John Payne
Maureen O'Hara
Paramount
Technicolor
Wayland Church
Ezra Wittmer
Og Land Mennonite Church
Jacob B E. Graber
C. C. Wyse
William JJ Richer
Mres Hizra Wittmer
Laurence Henss
Max Kauffman
Edward B. Witting
Virginia Myers
Dwaine Hirrcly
Gary Meyer
Meon Kauffman
George Boller
Carol Graber
Jacob Graber
A. J. Wyse
G. Widmer
Peter Kauffman
Iowa City
J. M. Rieh
Henry County Hospital
Joe Nebel
Delbert McGuire
Marion Roth
Edna Widmer
Roth Furniture
Roths
Lloyd Alliman
Will Magdefray
Peter Widmer
Joe T. Wenger
Laurence Shaffer
Olds
Fred Shaffer
Burlington Hospital
Lioyd Kempf
South
Bellefontaine
Ohio
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