Live Block hogs and cattle market report from Chicago
Market summary from Chicago shows 40 000 hog receipts including 17 000 direct and 13 000 cattle with calves and 18 000 sheep. Prices vary by weight and class with bid ranges for hogs 150-350 lb and 250-500 lb sows, cattle top heavy steer quotes near 7.75, calves around 8.25, slaughter sheep lambs around 9 to 10.50, and ewes 1.75 to 3.00 for common stock. Note adjusts June 1 categorization for new crop lambs and yearlings.
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Chicago
Iowa Hog Receipts Steady Despite High Week's Totals
Combined hog receipts at 28 concentration yards and eight packing plants in interior Iowa and Southern Minnesota for the 48 hours ending 8:00 A M were 35 800 compared with 438 600 a week earlier Markets in most sections were about steady with last week’s close Receipts at interior stations were moderately light and trading today fairly quiet at most stations
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Des Moinesta
Iowa
Minnesota
Hog price quotations by weight and type from bulk market
The record lists live hog quotations by weight class from light to heavy, including 140 to 550 pounds with price ranges. It notes bulk transactions establish these quotes and that long haul or shipping point weights can alter realized selling prices.
Chicago Produce Market Report June 1
Chicago notes slight market shifts across categories. Butter steady with 28 514 tubs receipts and 23 percent to 28 percent gains in extras. poultry steady with mixed weights and turkey gains 20 to 23 percent. potatoes track 408 cars with shipments Friday 1 124 and Saturday 893 as market remains dull. Alabama Louisiana and Texas price movements highlighted with Idaho and Wisconsin quotes.
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Alabama
Louisiana
Wisconsin
Grain Market Snapshot Chicago June First
Chicago grain brief highlights price ranges for wheat corn and oats with July and September contracts shown. The report lists open high low and close figures and percent changes across contracts for WHEAT CORN and OATS with occasional HTM and Dec data.
Cold Weather Damages Conesville Melon Crops
Cold weather and frosts in the Conesville area damaged watermelons and cantaloupes over the last two weeks. The Iowa Melon Growers Association will supply resistant seed at $1 per pound to replante damaged fields, with late starts hampering about 600 acres. J. J. Porter at the Conesville experimental station and the Muscatine County Farm Bureau office will distribute seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Conesville
Lowa Melon Growers’ Association
J. J. Porter
Muscatine County
Chicago Cash Grain Prices June First Update
Chicago cash grain prices list wheat and corn with various hard and mixed grades and percentages, sample grades, and car counts. Rye barley timothy clover values listed. wheat 262 cars, corn 126 cars, oats 2? cars.
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Cash
Chicago
Cadhivain Close
Toledo Seed Prices Update
Market notes list grain and forage prices for Toledo on June 1. Prime old and new seed corn values appear with futures noting October and December settlements, plus Alsike hay and Timothy hay per hundredweight.
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Toledo
Clauver
Prime Choice
Alsike Cash
Hay Timothy
Ewt
Cantaloupe Gift and European Melon Origins
The article notes cantaloupe likely derives from cantaloupe in Italy where melons first grew in Europe. It mentions a fee collected in Armenia regarding the melon’s origin.
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Cantaloupe Island
Italy
Europe
Armenia
Decoration Day Returns Bring Wide Rural Turnout
Mayers and families travel from Missouri and Chicago to join Decoration Day observances in town. The Washington band performs in Ainsworth as locals gather for memory services. Dozens from Crawfordsville, Monmouth, and surrounding areas attend, with many in town late Saturday amid warm weather and lingering rain.
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Washington
Ainsworth
Monmouth
Stanley McConyel
Washington Rural Route Band Night Draws Crowds
Saturday events in Washington feature a hometown band performing to cheering crowds. Residents note good music, cars around the square busy, with Grandfather’s Clock drawing special praise from Mr Coffey and Dave KilgoreS. Visitors Les Wallace and others arrived, while Merle Gallagher and instructor altered course from Ohio to California, pausing for home visits. The Evening Journal readers in nearby states praise Iowa crops in fine condition after rain, with unusually calm storm activity for June.
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Washington
Mr. Coffey
West Chester
Dave Kilgores
Wellman
Merle Gallagher
Ohio
California
The
Evening Journal
Iowa
Iowa Classis to Convene at Conesville Church
The Iowa Classis gathers June 2 to 4 in the Reformed Church at Conesville with speakers including Rev. Burghalter Tiffin Rev. Boomershine Maquoketa Rev. Faust Oskaloosa Rev. Grueningan Tipton Rev. Druse Nichols and Rev. Jasmann Conesville The Women’s Mission Society will run programs Wednesday afternoon and evening R H Clark of Stratford Tex visits his brother Charles Clark Arthur Phillips street commissioner has painted the fire plugs
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Iowa
Reformed Church
Conesville
IsJtune
PD. Burghalter
Tiffin
Ohio
F. D. Boomershine
Quoketa
L. S. Faust
Oskaloosa
Gruenigan
Tipton
Druse
Nichols
Jasmann
Women's Mission Society
R. H. Clark
Stratford
Tex
Charles Clark
Arthur Phillips
Local Notes from Columbus City Area
A collage of town news items covers visits, family ties, and events in Columbus City and surrounding areas. Highlights include Mrs. Charlotte Wilmering hosting relatives, the Hendricks family visiting France to visit a son’s grave, 4-H livestock tours in Louisa County, a sacred concert at Salem Welsh Presbyterian, and multiple travels and community happenings involving residents and former locals.
Arraignment Planned for Glen After Recovery in Hospital
Glen remains in a Muscatine hospital and will be arraigned for carrying a revolver. Karl, accused of firing the shot that struck his brother, is held in Louisa County jail awaiting Glen's recovery. The sandwich shop where the shooting occurred was closed by Louisa County Sheriff George Oaks. Miss Harriet Lieberknecht visits relatives in Mt. Vernon as Rudolph Votroubek spends the weekend with his father. Members of the Women's Relief Corps will craft wreaths for Memorial Day graves. The Louisa County Medical Association plans a heart and lung clinic in July. Miss Hilda Marsden returns from Belle Plaine after teaching fifth and sixth grades. Paul Sweitzer of Mt. Vernon visits Mrs. Lieberknecht and Ruby Lieberknecht. Dean Dodder of Letts recovers from injuries after a fall from a water wagon during tomato-planting work, requiring five stitches. Ms Zona Simmons of Evansville, formerly of this town, visits the Davis home en route to Mason City for a high school graduate. Mrs. Della Votroubek of Solon visits Mrs. J. Bollenback. The Rev. W. H. Parker and Mrs. Parker, Mrs. Earl McBride, and Miss Margaret Williams run the Daily Vacation School at Cotter, closing June 1 with thirty pupils.
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Glen
Muscatine
Karl
Louisa County
George Oaks
Harriet Lieberknecht
Harold Williams
Mt. Vernon
Rudolph Votroubek
L. Votrombek
Women's Relief Corps
Louisa County Medical Association
Hilda Marsden
Belle Plaine
Paul Sweitzer
Jacob Lieberknecht
Ruby
Dean Dodder
Letts
Max Lieberknecht
Dedder
Zona Simmons
Wvansville
Ind
W. H. Parker
Earl McBride
Misa Margaret Williams
Cotter
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Chicago Livestock
Iowa Livestock Market
Madison Street
Hol Myall
Don Applegate
C. EB. Lemley
D. FE. Macon
Chicago Grain
King’s Herald
America
Journal
D. F. Macon
Roy Libe
Mutsler
Carrelton
Missouri
May Keller
Wan
Wooley
Reese Davis
Tom Jones
Harley Rhea
Clint Rhea
Crawfordsville
Rogery Colthurst
W. D. Simkins
3. P. Beatty
Lexington
HU. D. Emery
William Miller
Keota
Les “Allace
Iowa City
South
Rank McClelland
Illinois
Martha
Earth
Piccard
Soucer
Gray
Everest QI
PayLoa
August Piccard
Charles Kipfer
Kipfer
Apollo Soucek
Hawthorne C. Gray
U. S. Army
Henry Berdo
Ainsworth Elevator Co
J. D
Deere
C. A. Ruebsam
B. J. Wilmering
Peoria
Ill
Charlotte Wilmering
Columbus City
N. T. Hendricks
Clinton
France
Clinton Hendricks
Carma Duncan
S. Lyle Duncan
E. L. Quaile
Iowa State College
Ames
Arthur Weber
Detroit
J. W. Pigman
Norma Giffey
C. M. Hill
Yellowstone National Park
Salem Welsh Presbyterian
William James
James
Isaac Abbott
C. A. Stephens
Walnut Street
Charles Getts
Bert Reed
Cass County
Neb
Columbus Gazette
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Philathea
Presbyterian Sunday School
Elva Fox
Nora Fox
James Burke
Davenport
Fox
Wilcox
Delaware
Pr P. F. Mitchel
Oklahoma
Littrell Brothers
Marjorie Paxton
William Thomas Brown
Sidney Newnam
Commercial
Columbus City Cemetery
Columbus Juunction State Bank
Grandview
Warren A. Martin
Grandview Savings Bank
Bert K. Lewis
Wichita
Kas
Bert L. Lewis
Leo Wagner
Fredonia
Karl Wagner
Glen Wagner
Freedonia
Wapetlo
Ed Mayhew
Washington Street
van Buren
Geo. W. Stewart Estate
W. H. Jackson
Kalona
Eod
Ooahd Street
Nets
Charles Vandorn
West Tyler Street
San Francisco Chronicle
W. S. Reister & Sons
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