This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 32 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1929
Page
8
Chicago reports show traders fearing an increase in visible Wheat supplies, sending prices lower. Corn and oats fell or held steady as weather news remained bullish though bullish factors faded, with strong morning activity and large receipts across grains.
The federal farm board announced a credit arrangement to aid California grape and raisin producers. With partners including Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Berkeley Security First National Bank Los Angeles Bank of Italy National Trust & Savings Assn Anglo London Paris National Bank San Francisco a maximum of 9 million dollars will be established with each party supplying half. The Sun-Meld Raisin Growers association and the National Fruit Stabilization Corporation will handle the funds.
Oskaloosa Iowa August 15 1941 efforts to elect Col Robert J Shaw of Sigourney as commander of the Iowa department American Legion will be made by legionnaires of the Sixth district at the state convention in Marshalltown next week. A district meeting last week failed to take official action due to incomplete representation. The departmental convention opens Sunday and continues through Wednesday.
Frank Walczak of Cedar Rapids M.V. league club will be out for several days after an automobile collision near London Iowa last night. Walczak and O C Gardner were returning from Rock Island in a car driven by J G Rick when their car collided with one driven by John Sanders.
Hollywood Aug. 19. Farry Manner, Pitt University tackle from last season, was injured in a free for all fight on Hollywood Boulevard. Three St. Mary's players with Manner were severely beaten after 15 Filipinos attacked the four players with knives and brass knuckles.
Washington reports the French government approved the selection of Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jersey as ambassador to Paris. The item notes U.S. posting moves and mentions other political notes from Des Moines and Indianapolis with limited readable details.
A historical Chicago Board of Trade style price sheet lists wheat corn oats rye and other commodities with bid and bid ranges, receipts, and prices for various grade classifications. Provisions and related prices such as bellies and futures-like figures are noted in a dense column of figures.
New York prices show butter steady at 41 to 44 cents per pound with creamery extras and high firsts. eggs receipts at 12,007 cases with mixed colors and various price tiers. cheese types listed with fats and specials. Chicago market reports include butchers, eggs, cheese varieties, and poultry with multiple price points. Missouri and Kansas City notes document steady butter and poultry values, with turkeys and hens priced by category. overall dairy and poultry trading steady across major hubs.
Prices on hogs at Iowa markets compiled by the Associated Press show varied figures across Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and other packing centers. Receipts at Des Moines reached 3200 with prime and heavies trading around 9.65 to 10.75 while Cedar Rapids listed top bids at 10.90 for 170-220 lb hogs and other weights. Mason City and Ottumwa reported shifts in weights and price ranges with lights around 11.00 and 9.50 to 10.30 respectively across different classes.
New York markets closed higher as United States Steel and peers led advances while oils stayed heavy. Leaders such as American Can, Consolidated Gas, Western Union and Warner Brothers pushed higher. Constellation and copper issues softened on renewed selling. Auburn Auto hit a new intraday peak at 450 as trading remained broadly narrow.
Wheat receipts stood at 1 098 cars with cash No 1 northern at 1.95 and No 2 dark northern at 1.14. Prices for durum and amber types ranged from 1.43 to 1.74 per unit with various grades and reductions noted. Oats No 3 white quoted around 0.40. Delays and fluctuations reflected mid December to May figures.
Grain markets show wheat and corn futures with quotes for No. 1 hard and yellow corn, along with mixed and white oats. St Louis notes unchanged prices for timothy and alfalfa with specific bid ranges and grade distinctions.
Various livestock receipts and totals from 41 markets including Omaha St Louis and Chicago with week and year figures. Cotton in Liverpool and Chicago shows steady prices and higher openings with differing futures for October December January and May contracts.
New York Ag. 19 details irregular demand across currencies. Rates shown for Britain France Italy Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Yugoslavia Austria Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal with varied figures and inconsistencies across listings. The page records a snapshot of daily exchange values and market activity.
Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow in Chicago include hogs at 23,000 and cattle at 15,000. Grain notes list St. Louis prices for No. 2 motor hard and yellow corn, No. 1 white oats, with various bid figures and futures-like shorthand.
Peoria grain prices list includes No 3 yellow paced at 1.03 and No 2 mixed around 1.08 with No 4 mixed also noted. No. 7 yellow quoted at 1.03 and No 3 white oats shown as ac though details incomplete.
Chicago ag market notes show potato receipts and shipments across several regions. Valuable items include 774 cars on track 287 carts and total U S shipments, with Kansas Missouri Nebraska Minnesota and Illinois mentioned in relation to Irish cobblers and round whites. Prices listed include 2.189 and 2.60 per unit with various totals noted.
Minneapolis market notes show flour prices steady with an 92 lb barrel reported and miscellaneous values for bran and shipments. Sugar in New York remains steady with refined beet sugar at about 500e per unit, while other figures appear mixed and partially obscured.
Fragmentary wheat receipt figures show totals for Chicago Avenue 19 INS and northwest routes. Readable numbers include 1,462 578 and 1,462 variants with totals around 4,283 and 2/8B1. Data is incomplete and garbled.
New York traders pushed the bond market higher as convertibles led the rally. American Telephone jumped to 219 after gains, while International Telephone convertibles traded at new highs. Call loans steadied around 7 percent and time loans hovered near 8.5 to 9 percent as investors chased market strength amid stock advances. Rails were firm but lightly traded.
Cattle receipts near 27,000 and hogs around 43,000 set a heavy supply day, with plain cattle sharply lower. Early declines of about 10 cents per unit were seen as buyers pushed for deeper concessions while large numbers of calves and sheep added to a broad drop across sections, with top cattle around 17.00 and hogs near 10.75 to 11.25 per hundredweight amid overall weaker demand.
Receipts totaled about 11 000 hogs and 8 000 cattle with slow activity and weaker prices on heavier weights. Pigs 0 to 190 pounds ranged 8.00 to 10.50, sows steady around 9.50 to 11.75, cattle including steer and heifer classes showed limited demand with slaughter steers 1 100 to 1 300 pounds at 16.75 to 18.78 and cows 7.25 to 11.00, vealers up 60 cents, lambs around 12.25 to 13.15, ewes 5.00 to 5.50.
Kansas City market data for August shows hogs receipts about 12,000 with various weight ranges and top quotes near 41 dollars per cwt. Cattle receipts around 28,000 with calves included. notes on steers heifers cows and vealers with several price bands. Sheep receipts around 15,000 with lambs and ewes showing modest changes in value.
At South St. Paul on Aug 10 cattle receipts reach 8500 with general tone lower except dry feed stockers. Calves about 1400 down. hogs 1500 mixed with lighter weights down and heavier butchers near 11.00 to 11.25. Sheep receipts around 125 and lambs strength around 9.00 with higher grades fluctuating. Desirable cattle and hogs show limited action early.
Omaha Neb Aug 11 Livestock receipts total 14 090 head with hogs at 11 35 top for choice sows and lights around 10 50 to 11 00 cattle and calves mixed with steady to weak tone hogs and sheep detailed prices show steers yearlings bulls and feeders ranging up to 16 08 for heavy yearlings and 13 90 for top veals lambs show lower slaughter stock and feeding lambs around 12 50 to 15 26 current market activity and price spread across stock categories
In Peoria on August 19, cattle receipts reached 150 with limited demand. Prices edged lower for bulk bales and top offerings, as traders noted modest activity in the slaughter and feeder sectors.
Grain receipts and shipments reported for Bronx: cattle receipts around 1,100 with market tone varied. Beef steers and yearlings sold to around 13.40 to 16.60, cows and bulls mixed with feeders steady to slightly lower. Hog receipts about 7,500 with slow trade and 10.78 to 11.00 top. Sheep receipts 700 with native lambs around 19.73 to 12.85 and feeding lambs steady.
Aug 19 Chicago market leaders report closing quota activity on Allied Products American Rad Tet Art MetaWorks and many others. The list includes Borg Warner Kellogg United Radio and Television and Viking Fan among firms noted in the session. The note adds that Rath Packing has closed enlist events in four principal arms for my year.
In Council Bluffs Iowa on August 19 the Chicago and Northwestern railway was named as defendant in a damages suit for sixty thousand dollars filed by Herman J. Worl of Crescent. He claims he lost his eyesight from poisons sprinkled along the railroad right of way to kill weeds.
In St Joseph Missouri on August 19 sales data show cattle receipts at 4,400 with calves and yearlings in limited slaughter demand. Top cattle reached about 13.60 with steady prices for stockers and feeders. hogs and sheep receipts around 10,000 with bids down for fat lambs and feeding lambs around 13.00.
Chirag reports futures closing and storage standards for butter and Decembers, with August and November contracts noted. Liberty bonds in New York show government issue activity. In St Louis, horse and mule prices are listed with ranges for draft and sugar mules, farm mules, and mine mules, including heights and prices.
City council meets in regular session with Mayor Tibbitts. Bids open for sanitary sewer work in Memorial Hall court and Cedar River area. Resolutions approve bids, bonds, and contracts. Various notices, reports, and committee actions recorded. adjournment to follow.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.