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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1952
Page
8
The New York restaurant and catering venue Sherry's shut Thursday. The 14 story block long building opposite the Waldorf Astoria is slated for demolition to clear space for a new office tower.
Local ad lists Sta Sweet added items with no meat purchase required. Prices shown include lard at 15 cents per pound and varied items such as canned hams, Pullman ham, egg shaped ham, shanks, sliced picnics, smoked cooked meats, corned beef, minute steak, Ro-Li-Co sliced bacon, bulk pork sausage, fresh side, skinless franks, neck bones, and smoked sausage. Last year hens priced around 45 cents.
Local ad copy touts Swift Premium lamb legs and chops plus 4 to 5 pound spring turkeys for frying, roasts, and caps, with 75 cents per pound. It also promotes freezer containers, New York cream and Swiss cheese, fresh liver and bacon, a seven inch standing rib, and Booths frozen fish and produce at reduced prices for bulk buyers.
Hog prices opened 25 to 50 cents higher but settled steady to 25 cents up for most of the run. Cattle eased up to 50 cents lower and sheep were steady. USDA data show 7,000 hogs salable with top hog prices around 24.50 and steer and cow ranges broadly listed, with light supplies and varied weights priced across categories.
A home on offer features three bedrooms with an automatic oil furnace and electric water heater. The listing mentions a Bendix washer as part of the sale.
Heath Magenis 2?4, son of Dr and Mrs Thomas P Magenis, drowned Thursday night in a Riverside park lagoon near his home. Police pulled the body after an hour search. his parents reported him missing earlier. This marks the second drowning in the lagoon that summer following a June rescue of 18 month Russell Lee Soper.
Heavy hens above four pounds sell at 16 cents per pound while Leghorns and springs over four pounds go for 23 cents. Eggs No 1 fetch 40 cents and No 2 28 cents.
The document lists price ranges for hogs and sows by weight. Truck hogs are shown from 140 to 360 pounds with varying per hundredweight values. Sows are priced from 270 pounds up to 500 pounds and heavier, with a separate range for stags 400 to 600 pounds.
On July 24 1952 the District Court of Muscatine County opened a will for Hubert C Hafner deceased hearing set for August 1 1952 at the June Term in Muscatine any interested person may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate Hanson District Court Clerk Tipton and Tipton Attorneys.
The document outlines a diversified Muscatine Iowa corporation TWRG INC authorized with capital stock of 50 000 and lasting twenty years from July 3 1952 The board will have 2 to 5 directors with officers including a president vice president secretary and treasurer V M Thede C J Rosenberger G H Gentry and Carl Walter will serve as initial directors and officers until the 1953 annual meeting The private stockholders property remains exempt from the corporation debts and liabilities
Classified snippets include positions for display window staff and stock sales beginners at Bartons and Colins, waitresses at Fish n Chips, two clerking roles for 25 plus. plus downtown furnished and unfurnished apartments with gas heat and private baths. Apply letters to E Journal and Bartons Colins.
Fragmentary notes show the county assessor projecting expenditures for the year with figures partially legible. The text includes an amount like 7,060 dollars and references funds and annual budgeting. The readable items indicate a local government financial planning context.
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