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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1933
Page
9
The hog market in Chicago shows dull trading with 10 000 to packers from 11 000 receipts and a 10 cent drop from Friday. Top hogs sold at 4 50 for 180 320 pounds, packing sows 3 50 to 3 80, and middle grades steady to 25 cents lower than last week. Sheep at 6 000 receipts noted a nominal market with fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower, tops at 8 25 and natives trading 4 to 5 dollars.
The Associated Press notes no change in hog quotations across Ottumwa markets with a range of weights listed from 140 pounds to over 500 pounds. Prices are provided for Ottumwa Waterloo Mason City Cedar Rapids and include several weight brackets and packer classifications.
Des Moines reports 24 hour hog slaughter ending at 8:00 am down to 70000 from 27700 a week ago and 10200 a year ago with demand slow and marketing about average for Saturday. Quotations for live hogs range from 3.35 to 4.25 per hundred pounds depending on weight class and grade.
Hog receipts 11 000 head with 16 000 direct down 10 cents from Friday. Prices range 3 00 to 4 50 for various weights and sow ranges. Cattle receipts 1 000 head. fed steers and yearlings strong, mid grades steady to 25 cents lower, grassier cattle weaker. heifers steady, cows weak, bulls steady. Sheep receipts 6 000 head. fat lambs weak 25 cents and more lower, top bid 8 25, natives and westerns mixed, feeding lambs firm to higher.
Cattle receipts show calves scarce for the week with slaughter steers and yearlings mostly 25 cents lower. Fed heifers steady to strong, fat cows and cutters 15 to 20 cents lower. butcher cows and sausage higher. Bulks for the week list fed steers and yearlings 5.50 to 6.95 per cwt, up to 6.90 for 1375 lb lots, small lots up to 7.00. fed heifers 4.85 to 5.56. beef cows few at 4.50. cutters and...
Receipts total about 2,500 head with weight ranges from 140 to 180 pounds. Prices show variability: vealers to 5.50, top cattle around 6.05, packing sows 3.25 to 4.00, sheep steady with lambs trading near 7.00 to 7.25 and yearlings around 5.00 to 5.50. Overall market softer versus Friday’s levels with several categories down by about 50 cents.
U.S. Dept. report shows 800 head cattle along with 600 direct calves and scattered purchases. Steers and yearlings steady to 25 cents lower, vealers weak, stockers and feeders up to 50 cents higher. Sheep receipts 600 head with lambs near week’s top at 7.85, natives 7.65. Foreign exchange list cites weak demand for major currencies in New York trading.
Minneapolis reports flour at 20 cents lower per barrel in 98 pound sacks with 20 928 barrels shipped. Pure bran and standard middlings listed at 19 50 to 21 dollars. Chicago notes live poultry and butter receipts with varied prices and grades. eyes and potatoes receipts and car shipments. round whites and cobblers show price movement across multiple regions.
Butter receipts total 11 448 tubs with weakness. Creamery butter climbs 22 to 214 percent and 2 cents for extras, 20 20 percent for firsts, 19 percent for seconds, and 20 percent for centralized stock. Cheese receipts 141 819 pounds quiet. Dressed poultry steady, live poultry steady to firm. Eggs receipts 14 737 cases steady with mixed colors and standard grades at 16 17 cents.
Kansas City reports butter fat at 12 to 17 cents with other prices unchanged. Chicago hay market shows no hay and remains nominally steady. Toledo seed market notes seeds unchanged in AP dispatches.
Des Moines Arthur Goerhing of Oskaloosa was killed when he fell from a railroad bridge while furloughed en route home from Atlantic. Cedar Rapids officials were re elected secretary and treasurer of the American Napropathic association. Atlantic funeral plans announced for Mrs Henry G Weber former PEO sisterhood president who died yesterday with services set Sunday. Chicago Gerald Swisher of Leon suffered a severe cut after slipping on rocks at the lakefront. Waukon wrestler Gus Steinburg in critical condition from blood poisoning. Adjutant R J Laird reported election at the state convention in Dubuque.
Chicago markets mixed in late trading with modest gains across grains. Wheat finished unsettled with Sept at 98 3 8 to 5 8 over Friday, Dec at 1.01 3 8 to 1.01 1 2. Corn rose 7 8 to 1 3 8 with Sept at 55 3 8 to 1 2 and Dec at 59 3 8 to 1 2. Oats added 3 8 to 5 8, provisions moved 7 cents down to 10 cents up.
The note lists current prices for corn including No 1 mixed at 92c and No 2 mixed 52c with other mixed grades, oats and rye bids, barley at 40 64c, timothy and clover seeds, and lard at 6.10 with loose price around 7.00, reflecting market quotes.
AP notes mixed grain quotations with No 1 northern at 9244c and No 1 dark northern around 15 percent, amber durum and durum values ranging from 1.01 to 1.15 dollars, corn No 3 yellow at 481 to 4917c and oats No 3 white near 3744 to 38c, reflecting varied futures-like pricing.
Conesville residents Winders and Shirley Ann Winders return from visiting Mrs Settlemire's home and plan to stop in Chicago and Buffalo en route to Glens Falls New York for fairs and friends. Conesville kittenball defeats Nichols 6 0. Amos Owen and Randall Bebb in Chicago for Century of Progress. Ted McDougall returns from World's Fair events.
Fragmentary text mentions Ireland and an Iowa village named Nira with a brief United States reference. The readable portion suggests a regional or travel note but lacks full context or clear event.
For sale items include apples from Reinemund's and a Jersey bull with phone 1917-2. Also used trucks from Muscatine Implement Co and used cars from Shellabarger’s Garage. Lost items include a white gold wrist watch on the steamer J. S. Gertrude Reid with reward at 1253 Halstead and a Woman's Quill & Scroll pin with Friday’s loss and a reward via phone.
Advert reads a home or country housekeeping job wanted for a widow or bachelor. Address given as 704 Demorest Avenue.
The Woman's Home Missionary Society held a broad cast program and silver tea at the Methodist church with over 50 attendees and about $5 raised for missionary magazine subscriptions. Speakers included Mrs. John Collins and Mrs. J W Gruber, with Grace McCormac Mary Helen Lieberknecht and Mrs. George Crist among performers.
New York trade and business continued upward last week with gains spread across sectors. The Dun and Brae Street Review noted emphatic improvement despite minor fluctuations in isolated places and said consumer buying has trailed wholesale and production gains, creating no cause for concern.
District Court notes that E. M. Bristol doing business as Bristol Fisheries is named defendant in a $206.15 suit by H. W. Sharpley based on a 1931 account. Robert Haynes sues M. P. Bomke for $113.38 on an oral contract for transportation. D. W. Bates as receiver of American Savings Bank files a foreclosure for $1,846.38 against Herman and Gertrude Lange and others and seeks the appointment of a receiver to manage the property.
Harriet Flint leaves Atalissa for Lexington to visit Prof W Jennings formerly of Iowa City now at the University of Kew. Wilton hosts Bill Baker home for Sunday entertainments with Will Hines and guests Jack Piersch and wife of Kansas City flight crew. Piersch couple recently ordered a larger plane and returned Friday to Kansas City. Additional Monday guest Mrs Clarence Hines among others.
The Muscatine council approves Lena Simpson’s city property shack with permit, restricts removal on 30 days notice, and keeps squatter structures uniform. Lee Starkfleet receives cigarette dealer permit. bids for storm water sewer at Muscatine slough area set at 3000 dollars. single gravel bid filed by H A Gettert. Weed cutting, street repairs, and hedge trimming ordered. inspector to study hard surfacing at Eighth Climer. Non shatterable glass rule noted for 1935.
Miss Margaret Carlisle of Tipton and Elmer Mills of Madrid spent time with relatives. Cooney learns of telegraph department abandonment at Rock Island depot on August 11. Maxine Smith returns to grandmother Mrs McDonald after visiting cousins. Several families attend Den of Progress with Depping Ehrich Watters Agnew. Stewart Arnold and Adrian Rabe travel to Chicago. Mrs Olive Stiles of Boone visits Rev Loeb and wife.
Sarah Palfrey at 20 subbed for Helen Wills Moody and swept two singles matches and a doubles with Helen Jacobs to give the United States a 3-0 lead over Great Britain. Jacobs defeated Dorothy Round 6 4 6 2 as Palfrey impressed in her first winning international effort.
The Lions defeated the South End A C 11 to 4 in the opener as Bob Kinnan hit a long homer in the sixth and the Lions added three in the seventh. In the nightcap the Butchers beat the Grocers 8 to 2 with a six–run seventh inning. Whitey Schmidt and G. Miller earned the win for the Butchers.
West New York Joe Gnouly 185 pounds outpointed Le Roman 135 pounds in Bayonne New Jersey. Beaumont Snooks Campbell 136 pounds outpointed Jack Cruze 137 pounds in El Paso. Joe Dundee 152 pounds outpointed Romeo Le Mon 158 pounds in California. Joe Teiken 118 pounds tied with Billy McLeod 118 pounds in Stockton California.
Ben Cantwell and Bob Smith pitched the Braves to a double victory over the Dodgers allowing eleven hits. Hank Greenberg drove in all Tigers runs in a 3-2 win over the White Sox. Paul Richards had five RBIs for the Giants against the Phillies.
Key stat leaders include Klein of the Phillies with a .368 batting average and 152 hits 34 doubles and 2 RBIs. Martin of the Cardinals leads runs with 81 and stolen bases with 15. Tinning of the Cubs tops pitching with 82. American leaders list Simmons of the White Sox 150 hits and 96 RBIs, Foxx of the Athletics 30 home runs, and Van Atta of the Yankees 9-3 pitching mark.
Muscatine will be represented at the Iowa department of the American Legion convention in Dubuque Sunday through Tuesday. A sizeable delegation will attend along with the Legion drum and bugle corps and alternates. Delegates and alternates include Warren Davis Ray Dunfer Frank Drake Albert Fischer R. L. Schumacher Hugh Walter Fred Schroeder Charles Davis and Sam Dye.
A Sumatran plant named rafflesia arnoldii grows bloomed to about a yard across and weighs around 25 pounds. It has no stems leaves or roots and relies on a host plant for nourishment as a parasitic organism.
The First National Bank of Muscatine is closing its affairs. All note holders and other creditors must present notes and claims. Dated July 8. Bloom, Cashier.
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