Argentine Wheat Market Hits Gains on Rain Doubt and Japan Rumor
Sharp shifts in Chicago wheat, Buenos Aires quotes, and futures show firmness amid rain fears in Argentina. Bulls lead buying while bears warn the crop may miss storage needs this month. December and May futures edge higher as market tests resistance, corn weaker and hogs down. Chicago cash quotes show varied grain values across No. 2 and No. 3 grades. Livestock markets in Kansas City and East St. Louis show mixed results with cattle and hogs uneven but trending lower in spots.
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Associated Press
Argentina
Japan
Prices Reach Across Markets in New York and Chicago
New York reports firm butter and eggs with creamery prices up and high receipts. Chicago shows higher butter and eggs, with live poultry firm and unchanged dressed categories. Bond and money markets reflect steady to mixed results as exchanges list diverse rates.
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New Arem
New York
St Louis
St. Louts
Hogs and cattle prices rise and fall on Chicago market
Chicago hogs receipts 21 000 with light and light butchers mostly 25 40c under yesterday. Top hogs 9.00, bulk lights 8.40 8.85, bulk pigs 6.50 7.00. Cattle receipts 7 400 natives strong to 25c higher, top yearlings 10.85, bulk natives 7.00, heifers and cows steady to higher, fat cattle light to moderate gains. Sheep receipts 24 050 fat lambs steady to firm, western lambs up to 9.75, bulk 9.25 9.50.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
East 8St. Louis
East St. Louis
Omaha
Neb
Idaho
Sioux City Livestock
Sioux City
Ted
Chicago
Stocks Fall After Opening in Mixed Market
New York markets opened weak with United Drug dropping to a new low after dividend news. Independent Steels and other issues also fell while Mexican Petroleum and several majors steadied. The day saw a broad pullback then partial recovery aided by oils motors and rail leaders. call money opened at 6% and closing was strong.
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Associated Press
New York
United Drug
Independent Steels
Jess
Mantor Ralls
Mexican Petroleum
General Asphalt
Southern Pacific
Copper Group
Sumatra Tobacco
Kelsey Wheel
Romsey Preferrid
Gulf States Steel
Pierce Arrow Prey Serred
California Petroleum
Re: Dutch
Virginia
Carolina Chemical
Mous
Central Leather
American Petroleum
Baldwin
Studebaker
Reading
American Smelting
American T. & T
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethleham Steel
Shesapeake & Ohio - Bus
Chicago
Mil & St P
Som
Crucible Steel General Motors
Great Northern
Goodrich Co
I Int. Mer
Marine Tr
International Paper
Kennecott Copper
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pure
Pennsylvania
Thy Rep. Iron & Stesi
Sinclair Cons
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
Union Pacific
United States Hubber
United States Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
Peoples Gas
American Woolen
Midvate Steel
Bees and Chickens Prove One Acre Farm Prosperous
Omaha scene notes an urban acre experiment by Anthony Johnson yielding eggs and honey. Starting with 12 bee stands, he claims one acre suffices to sustain a family, challenging economists who cite 5 to 40 acres. Johnson credits knowledge, system, and tenacity for success amid early setbacks and bee diseases.
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Omaha
Neb
Anthony Johnson
Johnson
Youths Arrested in Car Theft Claim Waterloo Home
Two youths Edward Haynes and Maurice Thommpson, both listing Waterloo as home, are held in Ottawa Illinois with two others in a car theft case. Captured near Troy Illinois after a gunfight in a cornfield. Mike Comski of Pekin Illinois, 30, allegedly confessed to the theft while the others say they were invited for a ride. Police have no reliable identities for the Waterloo youths in the latest city directory.
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Edward
Haynes
Maurice Thommpson
Waterloo, Jr
Ottawa
Ill
Troy
Mike Comski
Pekin
Comski
Waterloo
Virginia tobacco ships amid shipboard pig saga
The Cosulich line freighter Magyarorszag sailed for Mediterranean ports with Virginia leaf tobacco, 1200 hogsheads, plus a problematic pig episode. A crewman kept two pigs for his father, later born piglets on board, delaying landfall due to health certificates and port rules. Seventeen pigs remain aboard as officials balk at landing them.
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New York
Cosulich Line
Magyarorszag
Mediterranean
Newport News
Palermo
Pig
Piz
Magyarorstag
Farm Bureau Picnics Set Near Irma Next Saturday
Two farm bureau picnics planned near Irma at the P. A. Col burn grove with Burton EL Sweet serving sand ice cream and lemonade. Wilbur Farnsworth, Chris Edson, Orville Calkins, Lois Watts and Ava are noted in local move and visits. Revival meetings delayed to Sept 18. An old item mentions West Point engineer company origins.
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Cedar Falls
Lois Watts
Ava
Wateriolo
Reduce Cattle Rates September 20
Washington Sept 13 The Interstate Commerce Commission approved railroad rate cuts on live stock shipments in the Midwest between the Missouri River and the Rockies. The new rates, effective Sept 20, will reduce costs by 1 to 25 cents per hundred pounds on cattle, saving shippers about 10 million dollars annually.
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United Preas
Washington, D. C
Middlewest
Missouri River
Rocky Mounting
Interstate Commerce
Middle West
Farm credits to help Iowa banks explained
Iowa Farm Bureau officials report that Congress approved agricultural credits act funds may be advanced to banks burdened with farm paper. War Finance Corporation head Eugene Meyer expected to Des Moines to form local committees to pass on applications and seek broader direct support for farming finance beyond rediscount rules.
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A. P. Chew
Des Moines Register
Congress
Iowa
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
War Finance Corporation
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Des Moines
C. W. Hunt
Iowa Farm Bureau
Feparation
Towa
Agricultural Credits Act
United States
Tt Ig
Federal Reserve Banks
War Finance
Meyer
Bs Bankers
Wer Finance Corporation
Farmers Feed Corn to Livestock Not For Fuel This Winter
Chicago reports agricultural leaders in major corn states say farmers will burn no corn for fuel this winter. D O Thompson notes no one burns corn. Iowa director Charles Reed cites 30 cent corn margin. Kansas secretary J C Mohler adds Kansas farmers will feed corn to livestock.
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Chicago
D. O. Thompson
IlLinois Agricultural Association
Tinois
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
State Crop and Weather Service
Cain
J. C. Mohler
Kansas State Board of Agriculture
Kansas
Canadian and U S Farm Mortgage Men Meet in Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the eighth annual convention of the Farm Mortgage Makers Association with prominent delegates from the United States and Canada. Kingman N. Robins opens, reports are heard, and talks cover mortgage lending in Canada, tax exemptions, agricultural products, and advertising. Governor Kendall delivers an address at the banquet, with further talks by Bolton Smith and Leslie M. Shaw.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
United States
Canada
Uakers’ Association
Kingman N. Robins
D. Chassell
W. Evan Gray
Ontario
George F. Hinde
Ottumwa
N. E. Kendall
Iowa
Bolton Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Leslie M. Shaw
Secretary of the Treasury
Finance Committee
Frank Eymerich
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
Waterloo to host dairy stock shows and shows week
Waterloo will host Dairy Cattle Congress and International Belgian Horse Show from Sept. 26 to Oct. 2 with Frank O. Lowden likely keynote at Iowa Dairy association banquet. State dairy groups meet, railroads offer half fare within 75 miles, and a polished entertainment program of fifteen acts, a 35-piece band, three orchestras, and vocalists is planned.
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Waterloo
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
American Haalstein-Friesian Association
Iowa Dairy Association
National Dairy Council
Iowa Dairy Council
Iowa Creamery Managers
Towa Buttesmakers
Dairy Cattle Congress
E. S. Estes
CATTLE FEEDING LOSES 175 HOLD
The Farm Editor notes cattle feeding for market in northeastern Iowa faces ruin despite plentiful corn. Many feeders plan to cut back this season as the feeder to finished stock price spread narrows. Western Iowa shows some rebound, but money tightness and prior losses dampen demand.
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Iowa
Delaware County
Delaware County,” Declared County Agent Combs
Oelwein
Charles Junerkas
Rom Bremer
Junerkas
Omaha
Pottawattamie
Shelby
Harrison
Montgomery
Miils
Case
Pat Grady
Dunlap
Grady
Drouth Heroic Rain Helps Farm's Crop Drama
A Washington bulletin from the National Geographic Society frames rain as the key to crops, noting the smallest cotton crop since 1893 and poor wheat conditions worldwide. It explains how rainfall, evaporation, and natural fertilizer supply dramatically reduce costs for farmers, comparing water and fertilizer values to potential man‑made costs.
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Washington, D. C
National Geographic Society
United States
Cedar River park to host women only picnic event
Black Hawk county farm women plan a full day event at Cedar River park next Friday titled a royal picnic. Miss Elizabeth Hudson leads planning with four committee members, starting with a speaking program and "getting acquainted." Admission is a filled basket of picnic ingredients and organizers hint at expanding similar events if this succeeds.
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Black Hawk County
Cedar River Park
Elizabeth Hudson
Bay
Miss Hudson
J. Prnvius
Chautauqua
China
India
Oelwein Infantile Paralysis Cases Recovered
Two paralytic cases near Oelwein have recovered with no new cases. Serum use shows promising results but doctors urge caution after just two cases. Ross Reid post plans Rainbow Division screening at the Orpheum September 27 and 28.
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Oelwein
Ross Reid Post
American Legion
Rainbow Division
Orpheum
Hazleton
Qolweineo Cream Company
Frulinf Packwood
Floyd V. Evans
Crowder
Second Avenue North
Grain Growers and Elevators Enroll in New Corporation
Des Moines reports preliminary steps for the United States Grain Growers' corporation nearly complete. Nine states show activity with 1,466 new growers and 20 elevator affiliations over the past week. North Dakota leads with 2,844 growers. Nebraska adds 285 growers. Oklahoma 186. Missouri 152. Seven associations and 189 members added in North Dakota. Indiana averages six growers daily. South Dakota adds three elevators. Solicitation extends to Oklahoma, Missouri, South Dakota, Kansas, and winds. Campaigns paused for state fairs through September.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
United States Grain Growers’ Corporation
North Dakota
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Missouri
Indiana
South Dakota
Winds
Kansas
Dinner Fundraiser at Local Church Basement
Sept 23 Littleton report notes a fundraiser dinner to be served Sept 22 in the basement of the Presbyterian church. Mrs Mamie Weenie Stemper is easing at the East Perry school. Grace Hayward, long married to a Galloway company member, is on a five year anniversary vacation with her parents in Minnesota before returning home.
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Horton
Earl Hill
William Walsh
Nashua
A. B
Shadbolt
Roland ‘Shadbolt
Mildred Miller
Waterloo
Lé]lian Strausser
Charles Smith
Carl Wilcox
Pred Fleege
Johnnie Youmens
Hays
Zettletom
Presbyterian Church
Mamie Weenie Stemper
East Perry
Heck. Bowler
Isha
McGlaughlin
Grace Hayward
Galloway Company
Aterico
Rose Curtis
Minnesota
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