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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1935
Page
11
Chicago August 1 AP hog market rises past 11.00 per hundredweight amid tight supplies. Early top at 11.10 with most hogs 10.85 to 11.05. Market notes weekly average July hog cost at 9.49, weight 262 pounds, and limited weekly receipts 4,000 cattle and Toomas 2.84 not relevant.
In late July classified blurbs promote Glasgow Tailors and Schreurs Radio Store with 1936 Philco radios. The baseball section notes Red Kingan of Palace limiting hits while his team edges Pennant, with box scores reflecting eight hits against Summitt.
The Associated Press reports a range of Iowa hog prices by weight class and market locations including Ottumwa Des Moines Waterloo Mason City and general good packers values. Prices span 140 to 350 plus pounds with shifts from 8.60 to 10.55 dollars per cwt and variations by market and weight.
Des Moines report from AP notes U S Department of Agriculture data on hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and 9 packers. Details on prices, slaughter trends, and market directions are summarized for industry readers.
U S Dept of Agriculture notes receipts of 10 000 hogs with 3 010 direct and 4 000 cattle including 1 500 calves. Hogs top at 11 0 with bulk 10 85 to 11 05. light hogs scarce. Cattle show steady fed steers but week end trade softer on orders. vealers strong. Sheep receipts 9 000 with lambs active and higher, yearlings firm. native ewes 2.00 to 3.59.
Kansas City market data show hogs receipts at 1 200 with uneven to higher values, cattle receipts at 3 000 with beef steers around 10 70 and yearling heifers near 9 00, and sheep entries about 2 000 with top native lambs near 8 40 and most around 8 00. Prices vary by weight and class, with several ranges noted for calves, fat cattle, and feeder stock.
U S Department of Agriculture notes 3 000 hogs and 2 500 cattle received with mixed price ranges. Hogs top 10 6 10 90 per cwt for heavy weights while lighter packing households sell around 9 4 9 5. Cattle show calves and fed steers stable near 8 7 10 00. beef cows 4 25 5 50, bulls 4 75 5 25. Sheep at 5 600 head with lambs higher to 8 40 and range feeding lambs up to 7 50.
Cattle receipts 1500 head active at unchanged to strong with prices for 1125 lb beef cattle at 10.75, 858 lb yearlings at 10.40, 700 lb heifers at 9.90, 725 lb loads at 9.10, beef cows around 4.25 to 5.10, cutters 3.25 to 4.00. Hogs receipts 3500 head active mostly 10 to 15 cents higher, top 10.90, midweights 10.25 to 10.70, sows 9.35. Sheep receipts 1000 head including 260 direct, fat lamb bids steady, natives to 8.25, yearling ewes to 1.81.
New York trading showed heaviness in speculative bonds with gains of a point or less in issues like American & Foreign Power 5s and Warner Brothers. Government and rail stocks edged up modestly as steel upturn supports railroad revenue hopes, while Italian and foreign issues moved narrowly.
A dense listing shows numerous stock moves across industries with several gains and losses. Notable entries include Allegheny Am & For Pow and Am Pow & Lt up around 4 percent, Chrysler and Dupont rising, while American Sugar and General Electric show modest gains. The summary reflects a broad market snapshot with volatile shifts and varied sector performance.
In Chicago trading August 1, grains closed near the day’s bottom as Canadian wheat shipments to the United States rose and domestic prices were judged too high by some authorities. Wheat fell 1 1-8 to 1 1-2 with Sept at 93 1-8 to 3-8. corn rose 5-8 to 1 3-4. oats faded 3-8 to 3-4. provisions unchanged to 17 cents lower.
Wheat prices list No 2 red to No 4 mixed with heat damaged notes and yellows. Corn No 2 yellow and No 5 yellow prices shown with sample grades. Oats listed from No 2 white to No 4 white with sample grade. Barley seed values and seed prices for Timothy and Clover seeds. Lard values for tierces and loose lard with bellies noted.
Live poultry receipts 39 trucks with varied prices for hens leghorn roosters turkeys and ducks. Butter eggs and potatoes quotted with firm markets and mixed stock valuations across multiple classes and grades. Futures show butter and refrigerator standards with August and October settlement terms.
Live poultry steady to firm by freight with mixed color and selected lots higher. Eyes receipts total 16 265 cases with firm market. butter and creamery prices rise across grades. cheese receipts at 244 383 pounds hold steady.
Boston August 1 AP US Dept of Agriculture notes steady but spotty demand for fine western grown wools. Prices unchanged from earlier in the week on 64 3 and finer territory wools. Twelve months Texas wools show slight call at 70 to 72 cents secured for average staples and 73 to 75 cents for choice.
Minneapolis Millers beat St Paul 8 to 7 in a postponed American Association game. Milwaukee topped Indianapolis 4 to 3, ending the Indians eight game slide. Kansas City outlasted Louisville 8 to 7 after 14 innings. Columbus idle, creeping on leaders.
Des Moines area baseball roundup notes the Davenport Blue Sox lost a doubleheader to the Cowboys 4 3 and 5 2 with Sioux City briefly tucking away league leadership earlier in the week. Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs split a Keokuk doubleheader as Cedar Rapids won 3 1 and Council Bluffs 10 2. May, Anderson and Dress fueled Cedar Rapids’ 16 hit attack.
Donnie Bush will remain as manager of the Minneapolis American Association club at least through the current season. The decision followed talks with Billy Evans of the Cleveland Indians about Bush directing the club.
Moose and Mulford push their lead with a big fourth inning against DeMolay, aided by two errors and key singles. Satterthwaite’s single breaks up a no hit bid and Presbyterian scoring comes on a C Satterthwaite single. In a separate game Palace Billiards top Pennant with a four run fourth inning after trailing early.
For sale notice lists canary singers at 519 East Fourth, alongside a restaurant for sale. Details are sparse, with basic listing text reflecting two separate sale items.
Ray L. Dean, Muscatine promoter, outlines two tours featuring MLB stars. One exhibits a league all stars team versus a National League select squad starting Oct 3 in Grand Rapids with stops across Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. The second Dean tour brings Dizzy and Daffy Dean and Pepper Martin through the east and possibly Porto Rico beginning after the season, with stops in New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dayton, Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Atlanta, New Orleans, Beaumont, Houston and San Antonio.
A Saturday sale promises a large stock including a bay milk wagon horse, wagon and harness, two quiet ponies, cattle with calves, two Durham bulls, and a large hog group from Illinois. Also furniture for a five room house, hedge posts, chickens and spring fries, farm machinery, miscellaneous items, and fresh buttermilk from the last carload.
Green Bay officials announce Joe Laws, star halfback of the 1933 Iowa team, has signed to play with the Green Bay Packers this season. Laws was a key performer for the Packers in his first year last fall and is kept as a mainstay.
Oskaloosa Iowa report announces Keogh Rash of Burlington will succeed Melvin Fritzel as Penn College athletics director. Rash has led sports at the Burlington Y M C A where his basketball team won 20 games last season. Rash, a 1928 Penn graduate, takes over as Fritzel retires.
The Middle States Tennis Tournament began in Cedar Rapids Iowa with early testing of men’s singles favorites Ed Davis and Dick Rugg winning their first round, while Harris Coggeshall and Carl Smalley were slated for section matches. Thelma Kenefick and Betty Butler led the women’s singles seeds.
A college graduate who arrived at Penn in 1934 following a brilliant Panther athletics career resigned without stated reason. The brief note cites no explanation for his departure and records indicate no further details.
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