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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1929
Page
16
A long indexed record listing numerous landowners and parcel descriptions by section township and range. Names include Rodamar Behenck Whitney Goughnour Lawson Roth Miller and others, with acres and directions across multiple sections and townships, reflecting a detailed conveyance or assessment ledger.
Market notes show heavy absorption by commission houses and professionals for wheat with only moderate losses on the Board of Trade. Liverpool and Buenos Aires weakness gave way to a brief rally on Argentine frost rumors, and September finished strong as receipts rose and demand wavered. Corn receipts and demand influenced nearby deliveries with cash prices steady to lower and later months firmer. Oats weakened with favorable weather for maturing crops offsetting some gains.
Chicago食品 market report shows receipts 317 cars on track 488 U shipments Saturday 1 373 Sunday 47 slow weak. Wisconsin round whites 2200 32 25 Minnesota South Dakota Early Oh ios 2102 Idaho Russets large 3.00 43.
In Omaha Nebraska on September 23 the market lists wheat futures with prices for No. 1 hard No. 2 hard No. 1 northern spring No. 1 durum and No. 1 mixed. Corn and oats prices for various grades are noted with range estimates. Chicago futures show butter and egg standards with December January refrigerator standards and numbers for November and December contracts.
The report lists various bid and price quotations for grains like yellow corn white corn rye and timothyseed with figures for No 2 and No 3 grades along with provisions including lard ribs and beilles and small totals such as 4 28504% and 4 7850 for various items.
Reports from New York Chicago and St Louis on daily commodity prices. Butter eggs poultry and cheese quotes vary by grade and region with fresh and frozen lines and packing stock noted. Hay prices in St Louis show standard ranges for timothy and clover mixes.
Section 34 and Section 26 records show land parcels and owners such as Mary Smith Carl Kalfer Herman Buss Herman Katz John G Kreb Myrtle Steely Elery J Steely John M Fettkether Daniel W King Roy V Barnes Chas Gandoe and Roger W Eddy. Minutes note resolution adopted and motions to adjourn read. Chairman K W Miller and County Auditor F W Esher presided.
New York trading today showed utilities leading an uptick as pivotal shares rose above prior closes. Delco Edison and Columbian Carbon showed strong gains, while Anaconda and United Gas posted solid moves. Chrysler slipped amid broader losses.
Sept 23 reports closing prices on the Chicago Stock Exchange with numerous tickers and utilities names including Allied Products Amer, Am. Rad. Tel., Art Metal Works, Kellogg, Zenith Radio and more. Estimated livestock receipts at Chicago show cattle hogs and sheep totals for tomorrow.
New York reports steady demand across major currencies with rates listed for Great Britain, France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Spain, Greece, Poland, Czecho Slovakia, Yugoslavia, Austria, Roumania, Argentina, Brazil, Tokio and Montreal. Several figures appear garbled or misread in the record.
Early bond quotations showed irregularities with Public Service of New Jersey 414s surging to 100, a fresh peak alongside a record stock price. Commercial Investment Trust Bis climbed above 107, American Telephone 4445 fluctuated narrowly, and International Telephone 4395 fell about 2 points. U.S. government securities held steady with nominal gains while utilities and industrials traded dull and foreign papers lacked notable moves.
Market prices and produce items listed for Waterloo including wheat flour butter eggs lard potatoes and live stock with varied quality notes. Also included are hay timothy and prairie hay prices and hides wool and sheep remarks from local suppliers.
Union Yards sees sales of livestock with consignments from Onicaga. The listing notes included animals and bidders with prices and totals, reflecting ongoing market activity.
Cattle receipts totaled about 20 000 with calves 3 000 as demand remained steady. Hogs rose with 40 000 head received including 13 000 direct. prices 10.65 to 11.25 for various weights. Sheep receipts near 43 000 noted slow trade with fat natives around 14.00 and feeder lambs quoted around 11.75 to 13.00.Market activity varied by class and size.
At South St. Paul stockyards on Sept 23 large receipts included 17 500 cattle 12 600 hogs and 20 000 sheep. Cattle steady to lower with feeders and stockers weak fat cows around 8 15 to 8 75. calves 15 50 to 16 00. hogs generally steady to 10 cents higher with good 170 to 220 lb at 10 30 to 10 80. sheep 30 per cent feeders and fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower with mid to high quality lambs 11 50 to 12 50 and fat ewes up to 7 75.
Livestock totals appear for cattle hogs and sheep across markets in Chicago and neighboring cities. Totals show varying receipts with week over week and year comparisons, listing towns such as St Joseph Sioux City St Paul Indianapolis Cleveland Pittsburgh Buffalo and others.
Iowa packing centers quote hog prices across markets with bid ranges by weight and class. Cedar Rapids lists top prices around 10.06 for 180 to 230 lb hogs and 8.65 to 8.25 for lighter and heavier packs, Des Moines receipts steady to lower with primes and mediums near 9.15 to 9.60, Mason City notes varied best sorted 180 to 230 lb hogs at 10.10 and heaviest at 9.40, Ottumwa shows bids about 9.45 to 9.30 for 230 to 380 lb ranges and 7.80 for packers and 5.20 for sows.
Hogs receipts 6000 with prices 189 to 230 lb $10.43 to $10.65 top. 230 to 200 lb $10.00 to $10.45. 350 lb $9.85 to $10. Plants mostly steady. sow prices down to $8.00 to $8.75. Cattle receipts 3800 calf 400. fed natives scarce. prices around $10.50 to $12.50. western grassers around $9.00. cows $8.60 to $9.75. veal and stocker prices noted. Sheep receipts 500. weak undertone on fat lambs. asking $13.25 or steady for westerns.
Receipts total 13 500 cattle and 6 000 hogs with calves and yearlings steady to mixed. Cows and stockers show mixed changes while grass changes rise up to 11 dollars. hogs top around 1 60 on light demand. sheep receipts 8 500 with fat lambs weak to lower and top feeding lambs near 14 dollars.
Liverpool reports a moderate business day with prices easing. Salas moved 10,000 bales, 4,000 bales received. middling to strictly good ordinary levels quoted, with futures steady including October through May. Nearby U.S. cereas and Minneapolis grain data show varied quotes and receipts, reflecting a cautious trading tone.
Chicago hay receipts show timothy and clover mixes priced around 11 to 20 dollars per unit with alfalfa at about 14 dollars. St Louis reports unchanged horse values with good draft horses near 125 to 200 dollars and draft mules around 110 to 250 dollars across various heights and conditions.
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