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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1963
Page
10
Market activity in New York shows mixed performance with Meridian Lynch and Fleet Feliner among listed suppliers, while other ports and providers face volatility. Investors weigh earnings signals and sector shifts as trading closes.
District Court entries include license to wed Stephen Seymour Mosher and Nancy Lee Ruby in West Liberty. Divorce actions: William Wayne Canady vs Mona Fern Canady, custody and weekly support. Violet Matthess vs Kenneth Matthess, custody of five children and support. Mary Ann Smith vs Robert Buane Smith, custody and support. Poole Transfer vs Clarence Budelier damages claim from 1962 crash. Also intoxication case for Earnie Todt and a list of hospital admissions and births.
Grain futures rose as demand picked up with soybeans up modestly after earlier profit-taking. Wheat and corn advanced over a cent, with September soybeans up around two to four cents, while prices for other grains and egg markets showed steady buying and wholesale activity in a Chicago trading day.
Chicago buyers boosted hog prices by up to 25 cents per hundredweight amid active demand as receipts reached about 15,009 cattle 7,000 hogs and 500 sheep for Monday. Prices listed include No 1 2 hogs at 18.30 to 18.65 and slaughter steers around 25.25 to 25.75 for various weights, with sows and heifers showing similar strength. The report notes mixed high choice and prime lots and ongoing brisk trading in multiple animal classes. In Michigan, visitors Mr David Rand and family from Midland called on relatives in Mehaffys, with a large family dinner at Cart Nollan home and visits to several residents in Moline and Lockridge.
An unclear market report notes trading activity and a mixed pattern in early afternoon trading. The Dow Jones average showed slight gains while other indices fluctuated, with no clear leader.
Obituary notices for Clarence Askren Kermit Bridgeford Art Van Boghove Elizabeth McDaniel and others describe funeral services, burial arrangements, and surviving relatives. Details cover Cedar Rapids Muscatine Letts and local churches and funeral homes with dates and burial sites.
Arthur Aller Drake, 11, of Polk City, drowned while swimming Thursday night in Avon Lake with about 30 youths from Saylorville Baptist Church. His body was found about eight feet of water by two 7-year-old girls, Patty Clark of Carlisle and Sheila Peckburn of Avon, members of the same group.
Chicago cash grain figures show Wheat No 3 red at 75 and No 2 northern at 186, Corn price listed as yellow salts, Oats No 1 extra heavy white at 6852. Market terms appear garbled but indicate a grain trading snapshot with mixed numerics and descriptors.
Chicago market report lists potato arrivals and shipments with mixed quality notes. Prices shown for California long whites at 5.00, Colorado round reds at 3.30 and 3.00, Nebraska reds at 3.30 to 2.50, Washington round reds from 3.30 to 5.60, indicating moderate demand and supplies fluctuating across regions.
Mrs. Marilyn Gras ham resigns as Deputy Clerk of Court in Louisa County. Sue Walker is appointed to replace her. Mrs. Mary Wiedler returned Wednesday after three weeks with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. William Seager.
In Oakville district court on Wednesday Harry Frazier pleaded guilty to selling beer to a minor and was fined $200 plus costs. Judge George Van Allen presided. Kenneth Stigge faced a separate district court case the same day and was fined $20 plus costs for malicious injury to a street lamp.
The Durant School head assumes duties in Melcher after three years as Central Dallas Minburn superintendent. His background includes Moor High teaching and coaching football and basketball in Mondamin and Tawa. He cites a slate of family ties in Seymour Town and deputy roles in town governance.
The page lists classified ad categories such as Notions, Card of Thanet, Lost and Found, Lodges, and Professional Services. It explains ad sizing, pricing, deadlines, and submission details, including contact for placing ads and notice about no swimming in Northern Gravel pits with liability limits.
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