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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1920
Page
5
The corn market showed an easing tone at the start before a late uptick as May and July futures fluctuated. Prices moved through shifts in demand and receipts with May remaining the stronger contract despite overall cautious trading. hogs and lard provided steady bid support, while general activity stayed moderate.
Receipts at Omaha Neb show 9 500 hogs higher with top 14 80 and bulk 13 30 to 13 50. Cattle receipts 3 500 steady with prime 13 00 to 14 25 and calves 14 00 to 15 50. Sheep receipts 9 000 with lambs 84 pounds around 19 75 and yearlings and ewes in lighter ranges.
Sioux City Iowa delivers receipts for hogs and cattle with prices ranging from 12.00 to 14.60 for hogs and 5.00 to 12.00 for cows and calves, plus a block of classified ads for farm, poultry, and equipment listings, storage services, and used cars. The page also includes Chicago and Peoria grain quotes, local auctions, and real estate and business-for-sale notices.
Chicago market report shows hogs firm with gains up to 25 cents, receipts 26,000. Cattle receipts 6,000 and steady, with varied prices for steer, heifer, cow and stocker categories. Poultry and butter markets mixed, with eggs and poultry prices noted for Kansas City and St. Louis markets.
East St. Louis on February 25 shows hogs higher with prices top $15.00 and bulk $13.60 to $14.85. packing sows steady to $12.49. Cattle receipts 4,000 with steers at $9.00 to $15.50 and heifers around $7.25 to $12.00. cows and feeders listed. Sheep receipts 500 with lambs at $11.75 to $20.40 and ewes to $18.50. steady to higher tone overall.
New York opening shows volatile speculation with higher money rates. Losses of 1 to 5 points occur amid initial offerings in steels equipment metals and shippings while several majors like Republic Lackawanna and Crucible steels Chandler and General Motors falter. Industrials such as American Woolen Endicott Johnson and Industrial Alcohol rally briefly but overall prices hover near lows as money quotations await first calls. Bond activity is weak with Liberty 3 1/2s trading at a new low.
Liberty bonds in New York show 2.55 percent with total sales around 85.00. Sugar futures or nominal prices listed as 10.15 for raw sugar and refined ranges 15.00 to 16.00, with notes on centered values and grading.
In New York Magistrate Ten Eyck notes police innocence after detectives Charles Anderson and William McCafferty raid a garage and burst into a room where cries of Shoot, Kill and Home were heard. They find only twenty men at a table with two small cubes, and release the occupants.
In Sharon Pa Mary 11 found a package with $4270 the life savings of Mr and Mrs Dzuruiak after seeing the money drop in the street near her home She hid 24 gold pieces in a flashlight and planned uses for the wealth A business man alerted police and Mary will receive a $200 reward.
In Los Angeles 16 month old Howard Rogers, survivor of the Southern Pacific wreck at Acton, is believed to be the youngest person interviewed under such circumstances. Asked how the accident happened he answered with five words, “ten! Toot! Choo! Choo!” and told his story in that rhythm.
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