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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1929
Page
16
Chicago buyers pushed the wheat market lower as rain threats in Argentina pressured prices. Corn and oats slipped in late trading, with cash wheat down about a quarter to a half cent and receipts around 162 cars. Provisions rose as hog futures gained.
A fragmented page lists labor payments for street repair and municipal services including East Street, West Street, and Bridge areas. It cites specific workers such as Brown, Scribner, Hofman, and many others with varied sums, plus line items for a municipal band, planning stores, and music rentals. Grain and provisions sections from Chicago and Minneapolis markets follow, with wheat, corn, and oats quotes and monthly totals.
Dublin reports that the Irish Free State will contest Australia’s candidature for a League of Nations council seat. Officials protest British Commonwealth seniority order, arguing it violates equality agreed at the London Imperial conference and seek the Free State claim instead.
Kansas City scene details Frank Ty Phillips a longtime Spanish teacher who marries Hortensia Cornelis after meeting in Mexico. He will continue speaking Spanish at home, signaling a practical life use of his language after years in Westport high school. plus brief note on a separate Tampa mountaineer job tale and a long real estate transfers list.
Grain trading notes from Omena Nebraska dated Sept 16 show corn and wheat quotes. No 1 hard wheat near 1.96 to 2.14 with other grades listed, No 2 mixed at 2.70, No 2 white corn at 0.63 to 0.65, No 1 yellow at 0.65, oats No 2 white 0.42 to 0.49, and No 7 white around 0.42 to 0.47 per bushel.
Chicago quotes show futures closed with December at 450 eggs and varied refrigerator standards. Toledo seed prices list domestic and imported bids from October to December. Colton futures opened higher with multiple later months advancing. The New York grain visible supply reports wheat up, corn down, oats up, rye up, and barley prices for September December and May across markets.
Chicago report notes livestock sales today in Union Yards with hogs as the featured category. Several buyers showed interest as hogs were auctioned in the morning session, reflecting steady demand in the market.
The page lists Cash and Grains quotes with varying prices and lots. Includes rye timothy seed cloverseed and provisions such as lard ribs bellies with figures like 11.65 and 13.50, and mixed and white corn prices around 1.00 or 1.03.
Market reports show butter and poultry prices in New York and Chicago markets. Creamery butter extras range around 45 to 49 cents, with various firsts and seconds noted. eggs, cheese, and poultry values listed, including hens, springs, and turkeys, across multiple firms and dates.
Receipts: cattle 9,500 with steer and feeder trade mostly steady to 85 cents lower on killing classes. Slaughter steers about $11 down, cows $7.25 to $8.50, heifers $8.25 to $9.25, stockers $9.00 to $10.50. Calves 2,200 bids $15.50 to $16.00. Hogs 6,500, slow. top $10.35, 160-249 lb hogs. heavier hogs under pressure. sows $9.50 to $9.75. Pigs strong at average cost around $4.27 per cwt. Sheep 17,500. native lambs $12.00 to $13.00, ewes $4.00 to $5.00, sellers steady. Estimated Chicago arrivals: cattle 8,000. hogs 20,000. sheep 23,000.
Unreliable OCR indicates a broad buying surge across eastern oil stocks on the New York Stock Exchange after early selling pressure faded. Leaders included Standard Oil of New Jersey and New York, Royal Dutch, with U S Steel and utilities like Radio and American Foreign Power posting gains. market breadth improved with several issues moving sharply higher while several lagged.
Market report shows prices for wheat oats barley flour and produce from Waterloo Milla Co. includes lard potatoes hens springs eggs and hogs with figures for different grades and weights. Listings cover hay straw hides and pelts from local suppliers with ranges for prime hogs and packers under 350 pounds.
Chicago quotations on the exchanges today list Allied Products Am. Sts. Pub. Serv. Am. Rad, Tel. Stroc Art Metal Works and many others. At St. Louis market, hogs receipts total 15,000 with prices up to 10.60 for top hogs. cattle receipts 7,500 with varied steers and cows across price ranges. sheep receipts 2,000 with lighter fat lamb bids and several cullings.
Livestock receipts at Saint Joseph noted hogs 5,000 head with mixed prices and heavy weights leading to top bids around 10.40 to 10.95 per cwt. Cattle receipts 3,900 with slaughter steers steady to higher, cows around 7.00 to 8.65, calves 180 to 360 pounds seen, lambs steady at 6.25, and hog and calf values detailed alongside Liberty Bond quotes from New York for the day.
The report lists irregular and demand foreign exchange for New York, showing rates for Grant British, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Austria, Jugo Slavia, Romania, Argentina, Brazil, Tokyo, and other currencies with varied quotes and cent values. Specific figures include France 3.910, Italy 8.9234, Argentina 42.09, Montreel 99.320, and others.
New York Sept 14 bond market opened uneven with slight gains and losses. International Telephone stock dipped below 200 for the first time in weeks, at 196 monthly loss over four points. American Telephone weak. Atchison Reading Coal & Iron gear indices edged down over a point. Utilities showed mixed movement amid government and foreign groups slight.
Chicago market reports mixed cattle receipts and steady prices amid shortages. Hog purchases rise on tight supply with strong bids. lamb and sheep runs show lighter local receipts but steady to firm prices as outside markets fill gaps. Cattle and hogs reflect uneven demand, with top steers around 17.00 and hogs near 10.50 to 10.75 in various weight classes.
Receipts show hogs 8500 with top prices around 20.50 for 260 350 lb butchers. cattle receipts 27000 with fat cattle strong, yearlings up to 15.75, steers 12.00 16.00, cows 7.75 10.75, vealers 9.00 15.00. sheep and lambs 11000 with lambs weak to 25 cents lower. Chicago hay bids list timothy 12.00 20.00 and alfalfa 14.00 22.00 per ton.
Hogs receipts 8,506 with direct 50 trading around 25 cents higher. Cattle receipts 74,000 with fed steers and yearlings weak to 35 cents lower. stockers steady, top cattle about 14.65 per 1,547 pounds. Sheep receipts 39,000 with lambs 25 to 35 cents lower, slaughter ewes down, native lambs around 12.75 to 19.00 with feeders weak to lower.
Minneapolis flour prices show no change with carload shipments reported at 87 952.05 a barrel for BB-Ib cotton sacks. Shipments total 36 938 for bran valued at 30 504 and 1 00 per unit, reflecting market activity on September 16.
Associated Hog prices reported for Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa up and down. Prices show gains in some weight categories with top quotes around 9.70 per 100 pounds and packing numbers mixed across centers.
Bronx City Va September 16 cattle receipts 14 000 calves none slaughter steers and yearlings slow bids weaker stockers and feeders slow tendency lower bulk grain feds above 12 754014 76 cows 7.00 8.00 yearling stocker 12.90 top heifers 10.25 hogs receipts 5500 fairly active 18 extra higher sow prices 10 25 179 350 lb 8 35 10 18 280 320 lb 9 50 9 95 packing sows 9 00 sheep receipts 9 600 direct slaughter lambs nothing done lower choice above 12 75
Chicago reports 42 car shipments on track for Saturday and Sunday total 1 123 cars with 72 on Sunday. Wisconsin round whites in northern section 2.80 to 2.85 dollars, central 2.60 to 2.70, Minnesota round whites 7.60 to 7.80, Early Ohio russets 2.70 to 9.75, Idaho Russets 3.00.
New York Sugar Market shows little movement as refined, raw, and lump sugars hold previous levels. Raw sugar trades near 4,026 for Spots duty paid while granulated remains around 540 cents per hundredweight with minimal changes observed.
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