Wheat values suffer setback as rains ease demand
Wheat futures fell after a large rise in the U S visible supply and persistent selling by a leading Chicago speculator. Corn and oats declined with further rains in the corn belt and liberal old corn supplies in Illinois and Indiana. Provisions dropped as hog prices fell, with wheat closing 1 3 8 to 17 6 lower and corn and oats down others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States
Fair Commission
Illinois
Indiana
Quotations Furnished by Saylor and Wichelman
Brief note on 409 410 Hershey bid referencing wire connections with J. E. Bennett & Co. of Chicago and New York, including a phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saylor
Wichelman
Hershey
J. E. Bennett & Co
Chicago
New York
Grain price rundown from Chicago markets on August day
The report lists commodity prices for corn, oats, rye, barley, timothy seed, clover, and livestock products with bids for No. 1 to No. 8 grades and sample grades. Prices include corn mixed and yellow variations, oats mixed, white, and yellow, rye, barley, and lard rib and bellies, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
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Ryre
Peoria Grain Receipts Reported By AP Leased Wire
Peoria August 16 AP grain receipts show corn market down slightly with 68 cars and varied No 2 yellow prices from 67 to 68 cents and No 4 yellow around 77 cents. Wheat receipts include 3 cars with minimal price detail.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Grain notes show wide Canadian wheat yield estimates
Chicago Aug. 16 AP disarray over Canadian wheat prospects spans estimates from 179,000,400 to 324,009,900 bushels with government figure at 316,000,000. European exporters warn yields will be lower than expected. Saskatoon statistician questions new acreage allowance while Iowa corn damage persists amid heat and dryness. Illinois reports generally favorable corn. oats may average 30 bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tll
Storm Lake
Iowa
Ilinois
Local Markets Poultry and Eggs Report
Poultry prices from Swift & Co list good springs at 22c and Leghorn and black at 11c for pullets and 18c for hens. Eggs quoted at 21c. J. P Squire Company reports daily livestock quotes including good butchers 309 lb at 11.60, 250 lb at 12.69, 189–200 lb at 13.00, and packers 250–309 lb at 9.75, 309 lb up at 9.49.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift & Co
Good Springs
J. P Squire Company
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago
Chicago produce notes show butter receipts at 11 101 pounds with creamery extras at 40 1 2 cents per pound and firsts around 36 37 cents. Eggs receipts total 14 372 cases with firsts near 58 60 cents and ordinary at lower levels.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Market Report Shows Steady Trade For Poultry and Produce
Receipts totaled 11 cars for fowls with varied prices across categories including broilers at 24 to 29 cents and turkeys at 34 cents. Potatoes moved on 160 cars with 230 on track, total U S shipments 374 cars Saturday and 37 Sunday. Cheese prices unchanged and produce futures show butter and egg standards for upcoming months.
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U. S
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
Agricultural price report from Kansas City police wires
Butter unchanged with creamery extras at 43 cents and packing at 23 cents. Eggs steady with firsts at 28 cents and seconds at 23 cents. Poultry unchanged with heavy hens 22 cents and other items ranging to 27 cents for broilers. Butter fat steady at 3 cents per pound with a 3 cent premium for extra quality. Kaw valley potatoes quoted at 2.00 to 2.50 dollars per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Kaw Valley
New York Market Prices For Poultry The Latest
New York on August 16 reports live poultry prices with ranges for dressed poultry and various cuts. Chickens fres h and frozen, fowls, old roosters, and turkeys both fresh and frozen are listed with specific per pound costs.
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Associated Press
New York
No Hay Market Reported in Rainy Kansas City
The Associated Press dispatch from Kansas City dated August 16 notes no hay market activity due to rain, with trading stalled and buyers delaying purchases as weather hampers fieldwork and transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Live Stock Market Report Chicago August Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices
A detailed USDA via APwide report from Chicago shows hog receipts at 48 000 head with demand strong for light hogs on outside orders and top at 13 60. Heavier hogs and sows fall 25 to 40 cents. Cattle receipts 33 000 head with fed steers down 25 to 40 cents and stockers relatively scarce. Sheep receipts 14 000 head with fat lambs unevenly higher and culls steady. Estimates tag cattle 19 000 hogs 26 000 sheep 17 000 for tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Cattle receipts 23 000 head calves 6 000 head slow demand for brain fed steers and yearlings. Yearling heifers at 9.75. light grassers 6.00 to 6.90. stockers and feeders strong 7.85. vealers 11.50 to 11.90. Hogs receipts 8 000 head uneven market. top 13.00 at 199 lb. most sales 11.15 to 13.60. Sheep receipts 5 000 head lambs strong to 25 cents higher with western Kansas at 13.85 and Idaho natives around 13.20 to 13.90.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Kansas
East St. Louis Market Roundup Hogs Cattle and Sheep
East St. Louis stockyards report hog receipts 4 000 with 25 cent lower trade. cattle receipts 10 500 with slower bidding and mixed bids. sheep receipts 23 000 with fat lambs steady to 25 cents higher and cull lambs and ewes varying. Top hog price $13.50. cattle tops at $14.00. fat lambs $13.75.
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Associated Press
East St. Louis
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report from Sioux City
Sioux City market data shows cattle receipts at 12 000 head with steady to 25 cent declines for killers and 35 cent lower for stockers. Fat steers and yearlings bring 7.50 to 10.25, hogs top at 12.55 with price ranges down to 9.00 for stags, sheep lambs at 13.60 and ewes at 7.00, reflecting a slower market across livestock categories.
Livestock Prices Dip at St Joseph Auction
St Joe Missouri August 16 AP Hoes receipts 4599 head market mostly 25 cents lower top 13.00 bulk 10.25. Cattle receipts 3809 head market steady to 25 cents lower bulk of steers 16.50 19.25 top 19.00 cows and heifers 3.25 9.00 calves 5.00 11.00 stockers and feeders 5.59 8.00. Sheep receipts 490 head market steady lambs 12.59 14.00 ewes 6.00 6.76.
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Associated Press
St. Joseph
Hogs and Cattle Prices at Peoria Market
Peoria market reports hogs receipts about 3 000 head with prices 25 to 40 cents lower. Early top at 13.15, lights 12.65 to 13.00, mediums 12.60 to 12.85, heavies 11.85 to 12.50, packers 9.90 to 11.00, stags 8.50 to 9.50. Cattle receipts liberal with dull to lower trade. veal top 14.00.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Til
Rail stock surge lifts leading industrials on Aug 16
Many top industrials faced strong demand as rail shares pushed active issues up 1 to 3 points with Jersey Central up 12. Atchison New York Central Norfolk and Western Baltimore and Ohio and Northern Pacific hit year highs. Tobacco Products and Pullman rose about 5 points while General Motors fell 3 and Dupont 5 before recovering on a dividend announcement. Call loans held at 4.5 percent.
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New York
N. Y
Jersey Central
Atchison
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Baltimore and Ohio
Northern Pacific
Pullman
General Motors
Dupont
Nine State Cases Dismissed in District Court
Judge D V Jackson dismissed nine state cases Saturday on motion by County Attorney C R Stafford due to lack of evidence. Defendants and charges included Kate Green liquor nuisance Fred Royster maliciously injuring a building Art Flood selling intoxicating liquor Harry Phillips maintaining intoxicating liquor Arthur H Holmes possessing intoxicating liquor I J Williams larceny by bailee Otto Schwedel bootlegging Robert Shaner operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated William Duncan transporting intoxicating liquor.
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D. V. Jackson
C. R. Stafford
Kate Green
Fred Royster
Art Flood
Harry Phillips
Arthur H. Holmes
I. J. Williams
Otto Schwedel
Robert Shaner
William Duncan
Mrs. L. L. White, Muscatine Music Teacher, Dies
Mrs. L. L. White age 63 of 413 West Fourth street died at Hershey hospital at 9 last night after a week of illness from intestinal influenza. Born February 21, 1864 in Richmond Virginia, she was daughter of Samuel and Marguerite Gallispia. Survived only by husband Professor L. L. White. Funeral arrangements pending at Meyers Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. White
West Fourth Street
Professor White
Hershey Hospital
Mrs. White
Richmond
Samuel
Marguerite Gallispia
Stroke Fatal to Mrs MAdams of West Liberty
Ella May McAdams 70 of West Liberty Ia died at home after a stroke suffered three weeks earlier. Funeral 10 AM Tuesday, burial in Victor beside husband William McAdams 1868 1908. Survived by son Claude Madison SD daughter Daisy Mitchell SD two grandchildren and brothers Dr George Amos Speers Wellman and Ed Speers Atalissa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Ella May McAdams
Victor
William McAdam
Ella May Speers
Fairport
William McAdams
Claude
Madison
S. D
Daisy
Mitchell, S. D
Rochester
Minn
George Amos Speers
Wellman
Ed Speers
Atalissa
Funeral Services Held For Henry Powell
Funeral services for Henry Powell were conducted at Wittich Funeral Home and Illinois City Methodist Church with Rev. L C Larson in charge. Interment followed at Buffalo Prairie Cemetery with pallbearers Leslie Hayes J C Hayes Kenneth Powell Vaughn Powell Allen Powell and Bert Powell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Powell
Bellevue Hospital
Wittich
Methodist Episcopal Church
Illinois City
L. C. Larson
Buffalo Prairie
Leslie
J. C. Hayes
Kenneth
Vaughn
Allen
Bert Powell
Bygone Days: Muscatine Through The Years
Five wagon loads of melons left Muscatine for Davenport with cantaloupes at 1.25 per dozen and watermelons at 1 to 2 per dozen. A Woodmen lodge celebration drew almost 16 000 visitors, with railroads adding coaches and hotels over crowded. An A L Huessney worker buried in a sewer ditch on Walnut street narrowly escaped death. C A Bradley, former Kansas Aggie, named captain of the local Independent football team coached by Jack Ralston.
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Davenport
Woodmen Lodge
A. L. Huessney
Walnut Street
C. A. Brandley
Kansas Aggie Grid
Jack Ralston
Wheat yields 50 bushels per acre in Muscatine slough
Arden Iowa reports varied wheat yields after recent rains. W W Legler harvested two acres at 30 bushels per acre earning $1.48 per bushel. Roy Masonholder and Clyde Goldsberry averaged 50 bushels on reclaimed Muscatine slough land.
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Arden
W. W. Legler
Roy Masonholder
Clyde Goldsberry
Burlington Road
Muscatine
Ernest Meeker
Chicago
Catherine McCarty
J. E. Furlong
Iowa City
Omaha
Neb
Riverside hosts a flurry of visitors from near and far
Riverside Iowa August 16 tomato growers ship to Heinz in Muscatine. Several residents visit relatives here or vacation with family across Iowa and neighboring states. Visitors include Florence Waldschmidt Loraine Jordan Gene Doll Helen Flanagan Anna Knebel Bernadine Brown and others.
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Riverside
Riverside Tomato Growers
Heinz Company
Muscatine
Florence Waldschmidt
Town City
Joe Waldschmidt
Town
Loraine Jordan
W. Cupp
Burlington
Gene Doll
Iowa City
Frank Lafourek
Helen Flanagan
Frances
Albert Strabala
Stuttgart
Ark
Woman’s remark on reduction exercises and husbands
A humorous line notes some women appear to struggle with reducing themselves as much as their husbands struggle to please them. The quip plays on gender roles and dieting stereotypes with a light tone.
Classified ad seeks harvest workers for onions
Wanted men boys women and girls to harvest onions call 867 W or 1960 3 or apply Weed or River road farms H J Heinz Co.
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H. J. Heinz Co
Conesville Friends and Travelers Return Home
Mrs. Mary Noland came back from two years in Marysville Kansas. Local residents visited friends this week while others planned moves and returns from Madison Wisconsin Chicago and Muscatine. Several families and relatives were noted visiting and traveling with mentions of Heinz workers and a local farm purchase.
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Conesville
Mary Noland
Marysville
Kas
C. A. McCarn
C. A. Pope
Myrvin
West Liberty
McCarn
Los Angeles
Walter Shoquist
Lone Tree
Jeanette McGur
George Honts
Charles Opel
Robert
Katherine Letterman
Miss Letterman
Heinz
Muscatine
Will Jarrard
Elaine
Burlington
Donlan
Theodore Hartman
Letts
Hartman
A. W. Douglas
D. C. McKee
Warren Abbott
Harley Orr
I. A. Summers
Marion
Alice Phelps
George Chown
Albert
Nichols
Kenneth Bullis
Mediapolis
Wellman Social Roundup Topics Include Visits and Meetings
Miss Thelma Williams of Des Moines visits Wellman for a week while Miss Gretchen Royal of West Liberty and Miss Garret of Sigourney also stay with local friends. The Ladies Aid meets at the Methodist church and District Supt. Longnecker leads the quarterly conference. Ira Wells announces a public sale of household goods as the family plans a move to Anaheim California.
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Wellman
Thelma Williams
Des Moines
Gretchen Royal
West Liberty
Dr. Speer
Garret
Sigourney
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
Longnecker
Ottumwa
Methodist
J. J. Ward
Illinois
Ira Wells
Main Street
Anahiem
Calif
Women's Home Missionary Society
Wellman Park
Henry Durian
Mesdames Hunter
Mesdames Hunter and Messenger
Ed. Micksh
Washington
L. E. Gardner
A. J. Nichols
Hauenstein
Beatrice, Neb
Cedar Falls
Margaret Fobes
District Court Estate Actions and Appointments
Elmer Truitt named administrator of the estate of Henry H. Truitt who died July 31. Drake and Wilson are attorneys. An inventory filed in the estate of C. W. Sabbath with Walter Sabbath as administrator. J. G. Kammerer is attorney. Edward M. Bowman appointed guardian of his sister Amy Bowman, both beneficiaries under Henry S. Bowman will. Robert Brooke is attorney. Annual report of Elwood W. Smith trustee of John G. Wales estate approved. J. E. McIntosh is attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Truitt
Henry H. Truitt
Drake & Wilson
C. W. Sabbath
Walter Sabbath
J. G. Kammerer
Edward M. Bowman
Amy Bell Bowman
Henry S. Bowman
Robert Brooke
Elwood W. Smith
John G. Wales
J. E. McIntosh
Radio Program Listings Across Many Stations
Radio schedule listing dozens of stations WSAI WPG WIP WBBM and more with mus ical orchestras bands stories dances and talk programs throughout the day and night. It lists times from 45 p m to 12 30 a m plus weather market notes and special features like Eveready hour Aunt Jane and The Gold Dust Twins.
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Edison
WSAI
WPG
WIP
WOAW
WADC
KMOX
KDKA
KYW
KFNF
WAAM
WBBM
WBAL
WCX
Ais
WJR
WCAU
WEAF
Eveready Hour
WGN
WWJ
WJAR
WGR
WCCO
WEEIL
WTAM
WTAG
WCAE
WFI
WOC
KSD
WENR
WGBF
WGBS
WHB
WJJD
WLS
WMAQ
WMAC
Piccadilly Players
WOK
WORD
WRC
WJZ
WGY
WREO
WLW
Burnt Corkers
KFI
KPRC
KOA
WBAP
WBZ
WGHP
WHAS
WHO
Whitney Trio
WMCA
WRNY
KFAB
Nebraska U
KLDS
WCBD
WEBH
Uptown Theatre
Fornica Symphony
WJAZ
Bob Davis
WEEI
WCSH
WMBB
WNYC
Civil Service
WSAT
WSM
WSOE
Burpan Holmes
CNRA
KTHS
KMA
KPO
Sayonara
WHN
WOI
KNX
KGO
KGW
KHJ
KPSN
WKRC
Chubby Lieber
KFOA
Seattle Harmony Kings
WSB
CNRY
WFAA
WHT
WMC
WJJC
WDAF
WQJ
Edgewater Club
CNRV
Gold Dust Twins
Mt. Morris
Ill
Tom Thumb
Merry Ola
Crescent Macaroni & Cracker Company
Davenport
Iowa
Illinois
Arly
Chicago
New York
Nepal
L. W. Forman
Ortun
Local notices from Wilton honor 85th birthday and visits
Mrs. A B Kelley hosted a dinner for her husband celebrating his eighty fifth birthday. Numerous local families and guests joined the event. The Grace Reformed church missionary society held an August meeting at the vestry with Rev A H Schmeuster speaking. Various residents were reported visiting and traveling, with Scout Camp plans announced for Wilton youths.
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Phipps
Susie Scharrer
Mary Bennet
John Bannick
Bennett
Mathias Bannick
Laverne
Minn
George Bannick
Edward Mooney
Emma Murphy
Davenport
Kate McNulty
George Miller
Two Harbors
Elizabeth Miller
Clifford Bacon
Waverly
Frank W. Martin
David Taylor
Robert McBlain
Paul and
LeRoy Smay
Harold Grunder
Robert Lauser
Harold Johnson
Wilton Boy Scout Troop
Lone Tree
L. C. Winters
Carlton
Moline
Keota Storm Strikes Homes and Streets
A Friday night windstorm in Keota Iowa tore a large tree limb through the J E Young home damaging plaster and roof but the family was away. Debris littered 46 streets as rain and wind disrupted power and telephone service while workers bailed water and halted school excavation. Oats yields are reported high with some fields at 70 bushels per acre and others around 50 to 65. C D Kirkpatrick cites 79 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keota
J. E. Young
Youngs
C.D. Kirkpatrick
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Europe
Saskatoon
Sask
New York Poultry
Kansas City Hay Market
Chicago Livestock
Ial
Kansas City Livestock
East St. Louis Livestock
Sionus City
Lavestock
Sioux City
Egres
St. Joe Livestock
Peoria Livestock
Wall Street
M’adams
The
Muscatine Slough
Wellman News
Cornucopia Club
Masonic Temple
South Dakota
Thompson’s. Seed Store
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