Chicago Livestock Report Hogs and Cattle Mixed Demand
Hogs 5 000 head with 4 000 direct demand fair on light weights steady to Friday lows. Heavier weights slow with bids weak to 15 or more lower. Sows 50 under late Monday. 160 to 220 lb hogs 7.35 to 7.50. 230 to 240 lb 7.26 to 7.35. heavy weights unsold. Cattle 300. yearlings and light steers down 26 to 75. fat cattle 50 to 100 lower. vealers 1.00 to 1.50 down. Sheep 2,500. market nominal for today. Produce prices mixed. eggs firm, butter firm. poultry steady. Potatoes on track with weak market. regional grain-like prices listed.
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Chicago
Dept. of Agriculture
Des Moines Hog Receipts Fall From Week Ago
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 7 plants in Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ending 8:00 A M totalled 16 200, down from 26 800 a week earlier. Quotations vary by weight class and type with lighter hogs in good demand and heavier weights showing declines.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Minnesota
Grain Price Ranges From Chicago Markets
Chicago grain data shows wheat corn oats rye and fats trading on June 27 with bids for June July Sept and Dec futures. Prices include Wheat at 67 and 57 for July and Sept, Corn around 60 to 61 futures, Oats near 28 to 29, Rye about 38 to 41, and Lard around 8.20 to 8.35 with several October figures.
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Chicago
Cash Grain Close Chicago June 27 Prices
Cash grain values from Chicago on June 27 show wheat bids for hard and yellow varieties at 61 to 67 cents, corn mixed around 58 to 61 cents, yellow and white oats around 28 to 30 cents, rye unavailable, barley 38 to 53, timothy 575 to 600, and clover 1775 to 1875 per unit. Strong entity mentions include Wheat hard two varieties and corn values across multiple grades.
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Chicago
Toledo Seed Prices and Haytimothy Quotations
A Toledo market listing shows Clover domestic prime old 13.60, prime new 13.25, prime choice new 14.00, prime choice old 13.75 with October 13.75 and December 14.00. Alsike cash 14.00. Hay Timothy per cwt 1.25.
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Toledo
Close Clover
Prime Choice
Hay Timothy
Ewt
Grain Receipts Reported Wheat and Corn Totals
Grain receipts show 71 cars of wheat, 269 cars of corn, and 22 cars of oats recorded.
Important Helps for Poultrymen
W. D. Termohlen of Iowa State College outlines profit friendly egg disposal and grading basics. He will speak in Washington County as part of the farm bureau program. The piece covers standardization grading and the shift from straight run sales to grade based marketing, with a note on an upcoming Journal feature.
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W. D. Termohlen
Iowa State College
Ames
Termohien
Washington County
Washington County Farm Bureau
Iowa
East
Descendants of Rees clan hold tenth reunion in Columbus Junction
The tenth annual reunion of the descendants of Mr and Mrs John A Rees was held at the John H Rees home in the Tennessee neighborhood with seventy in attendance. An afternoon program followed a noon dinner. Officers elected included Rowland Rees as president and Richard Jenkins Cotter as vice president. William A Knott, owner of the Kingsbury Inn roadhouse near Fredonia, faced a federal grand jury on bonds of 1000 dollars after pleading not guilty to maintaining a liquor nuisance.
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Columbus Junction
John A. Rees
John H. Rees
Tennessee
Rowland Rees
Richard Jenkins
Ter
Elizabeth Davis
Crawfordsville
Richard Thomas
Willam Rees
Chicago
William A. Knott
Kingsbury Inn
Fredonia
Federal Grand
Davenport
United States
A. G. Bush
Knott
Iowa farm of 1951 foreseen with cows displaced by tech
Ames June 27. Dr. E A White outlines a future Iowa farm where cows are banished as a wasteful asset. Crops dry in fields, electric lighting common in homes, and 3,000,000 farms with electric service possible. He questions cow necessity and predicts fats from vegetables, urging farmers to lead with science.
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Ames
Iowa
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
E. A. White
Chicago
White
Association
Moses
Comedy and songs from a June town gathering
A humorous June 27 report narrates locals Frank Crosby and O M Cuddy with tall corn tales and a pumpkin supper prank. The Sturgeon band near Keota serenades ill Frank Sturgeon while Clinton Coal Co comments on worms as a rural fable unfolds featuring a black hen and a vain rooster.
J C Penney reports sharp price declines across staple goods
The J C Penney Co. announces major price cuts on cotton, silk, rayon and wool items with declines from 29 to 81 percent versus 1929 levels. Cotton goods buy power now equals 1.51 dollars per 1.00, silk items up to 1.72, and rayon at 1.85 purchasing power versus 1929.
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J. C Penney Co
Work Shirts
Allied Hines
J. C. Penney Co
Iowa State News Frustrates Jail Break in Creston
A series of jail break attempts leads to A L Louden’s solitary confinement and bread and water diet in Union county jail. Louden serves six months for DWI while other prisoners receive full rations after the latest escape attempt.
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Creston
A. L. Louden
Union County
Louden
FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS AND DESIRABLE MODERN FURNISHED LABOR
Classified notices report furnished housekeeping rooms for rent with notices from Des Moines and Mason City. Separate items note a fatal baseball accident involving Elmer J. Verba and a boy’s death linked to the Winnebago river. Other brief items cover a father’s solitary confinement, a mutilated body, and a court scolding over a torn parking ticket in Sioux City.
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Des Moines
Elmer J. Verba
Valley Junction
Ife
Pather
Mason City
W. O. Anderson
Leroy Anderson
George Atkins
Frank Nieman
Marshalltown
Anderson
G. F. Cress
Winnebago
Sioux City
Tost
H.W. Milligan
Scott Reiniger
Milligan
C. J. Milligan & Sons Company
District Court
Weidner Elected Most Eminent Grand Master in Minneapolis
Perry W. Weidner, president right eminent deputy grand master, was elected most eminent grand master of Knights Templar at the thirty-eighth triennial conclave in Minneapolis.
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Perry W. Weidner
Knights Y Templar
Minneapolis
Unique hotel offers women men couples floor plan with ROY radio
The facility provides seven floors for women and twelve for men, plus two floors for married couples. Each room includes ROY radios at standard per person rates. Daily rates range from 7 to 25 dollars, with weekly options: single from 38.50 to 125 dollars and double at higher weekly rates.
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America
Roy
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Ray Richardson
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Journal
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Greetfield
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Orient
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Ronald Bradley
Farquhar Oil Company
Loxs
Waterloo
George A. McMillan, Jr
Cedar River
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Opoka
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Roosevelt
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Woods Mfg
Frank McKune
BUSBY
Arthur Duensing
W. I Gallagher
Washington International Co
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T,o
Vietor
Roy Cornelius
Oite
Edmund D. Morrison
Peterson
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