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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1933
Page
11
In Chicago the hog market saw prices drop 10 to 15 cents as buyers remained wary and heavy butcher demand cooled. Early sales ranged around 4.00 to 4.50 with top hogs near 4.50, while supplies in outside markets were heavier than prior weeks. Cattle and sheep traded steady to uneven, with steers around 5.50 to 7.25 and lambs near 7.50 to 7.75 in a slower session.
U S Department of Agriculture reports combined hog receipts for 24 hours ending 8 a m show 23 200 head in interior lows and Southern Minnesota up from a week ago and a year ago. Light and medium weight butchers drop 5 to 10 cents. heavy weights down 15 to 20 cents. sows off 10 to 15 cents. Quotations list a range by weight from 140 pounds to 850 pounds with good and choice quality middling to high values, bulk shipments excluded from quotes.
The report lists live hog quotes for Southern Iowa Cedar Rapids Maron City Ottumwa and others with price spreads by weight from 120 to 500 pounds. Units shown in dollars with varying top bids and packer rates for good hogs and thin packers.
U S Department of Agriculture reports Chicago hog receipts at 23,000 head including 8,000 direct. Prices quoted 170 to 240 pounds range 4.35 to 4.50, down 10 to 15 cents from yesterday.
Reversal in grain trading sentiment boosts values with wheat near daily highs before close. Rumors of a large wheat pool denied as legal steps ease restrictions, lifting confidence and prompting profit taking on some futures. Corn and oats hit daily maximums as prices advance.
Cattle receipts 6 500 head with calves and fed steers. prices mixed by weight and grade with top steers reaching around 7 00 to 7 50 and heifers up to 6 00. Slaughter cattle and vealers show broad ranges with good and choice 550 to 900 lbs at 5 50 to 7 25 and lighter steers selling early near 7 00. Sheep receipts 5 000 head with lambs slow. bids around 7 50 to 7 75 for light to medium lambs and lower for heavier lots. buyers noting a downward trend in newer offerings.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports receipts at Kansas City hogs 5 000 head with prices across weights from 3 00 to 4 05 while sows and stock pigs show lower bids. Cattle receipts 4 000 head with calves and feeders steady to weak and beef steers 5 00 to 6 65 per hundredweight and heifers 4 76 to 6 15. cows and cutters quoted. Sheep receipts 3 500 head with native lambs at 7 25 top and yearlings 4 00 to 5 25. ewes 1 75 to 3 00.
Hogs receipts 9,000 head with steady to 10 cent declines and late sales steady, top at 4.05, various weight ranges listed. Calves 3,300 head. steers and stockers mixed gains to 15 cents, best medium weights 6.25 to 6.65, fed cattle firm to higher. Sheep 4,500 head with steady trend. native lambs around 7.25, ewes up to 7.25, range-fed lambs about 6.40.
Minneapolis AP report notes flour prices at seven to seven dollars and thirty cents a barrel for eight pound cotton sacks. Shipments reach twenty two thousand two hundred eighty six barrels with bran at seventeen dollars to seventeen dollars fifty cents and standard middlings around eighteen fifty to nineteen dollars.
Bond list showed uneven moves with some sections improving while others lagged. Irregularities persisted as rails and semi speculative issues rose on an early stock upturn, while foreign group prices stayed narrow and U S governments edged higher in a quiet session.
The Associated Quotations rundown lists varied moves across major issues. Gillette and Goodrich rise while Pennie Phillips and RCA advance. Hudson, Cities Service, and Ford Motor show smaller gains amid a tight trading day.
Wheat prices range from No 2 to No 4 red and yellow types, with values around 80 to 85 cents. Corn shows mixed and yellow varieties near 47 to 49 cents. Oats, rye, barley, timothy, clover, and lard prices listed for various grades and lots.
Minneapolis market notes receipts 135 cars from a century ago with prices up 1 percent. No 1 northern bids 88 percent. dark northern 13 to 15 percent protein. Montana dark hard at 4 percent, amber durum around $1.02 to 1.06. Oats and corn prices listed with futures months and various grades.
Receipts show 27 trucks of poultry with mixed prices for hens roosters ducks and geese. Potatoes arrive on 44 cars with multiple grade prices. butter and eggs receipts at steady levels. Market notes indicate weak triumphs and moderate trading with supplies steady overall.
New York dairy market reports steady to unchanged across products. Butter receipts total 16 851 tubs with creamery prices mostly unchanged, cheese receipts 114 503 pounds quiet, egg receipts 19 877 cases steady, live poultry and dressed poultry also steady.
United States government bonds closed with Liberty 34s at 102.19 and Liberty 1st 4s at 102. Liberty 4th 4s at 102.20. Treasury 44s traded 47-52 at 110.18 and 4s at 106.20. Treasury 3% notes maturing in June stood at 101.29, with others around 100. Treasury 88 priced 98.16.
New York sugar prices firm at 3.44 in active trading with futures 3 to 8 points higher than the prior close. Refined sugar held steady amid mixed demand signals and a cautious market tone.
Classified ad for Klein Motor Sales Muscatine Iowa lists 1931 Ford for 275 dollars and promotes Studebaker parts and repairs with the store slogan The Best Dollar Value in Our Store and contact at 121 E Front St Muscatine.
New York traders saw a buoyant session with gains of 1 to 5 points in many equities after a brisk 20 to 30 minute rush. Turnover reached about 2,200,000 shares as grains rebounded in Chicago and a handful of favorites held gains while the market paused from earlier advances.
Miss Beatrice Vetter received a pre nuptial shower hosted by Mrs James Lange at 909 Mulberry Avenue. Guests played bridge at two tables with prizes won by Miss Ferris Warman and Mrs Kenneth Mackenzie, then enjoyed lunch as JoAnn drew a wagon gift and an electric clock plus kitchen utensil favors were given.
Vinton James Meyers age 28 of Traer was on parole to Sheriff Nile Morena after he pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. He is alleged to have sold stolen property.
Mrs Laura Reynolds of Cleveland Ohio former Muscatine resident was honored on her birthday by Miriam Rebekah lodge past nobles at the home of president Mrs Della Boston 501 Iowa avenue Monday night A handkerchief and postcard shower marked the event with guests including Viola Snyder Cleveland and Mrs Cecil Mrs Josephine Stineman Mrs Martha Oberhaus and Miss Agnes Chant. Mrs Ethel Stump and Mrs Oberhaus helped serve lunch.
Downtown Protestant churches plan a Sunday night union service at the First Methodist Episcopal Church with Dr. Benjamin Schwartz presiding and Rev. Tom Foglesong speaking. Delegates to Iowa Nazarene convention named leaders for the youth and women's groups. Blairstown barn yard blaze destroys buildings on B F Beck farm suspected to be from spontaneous combustion.
Auction notice for August 19 at the Sale Barn by Emp. About 300 vaccinated shoats with 200 Hamp shire head. Cattle include Guernsey cow and bull, Roan Shorthorn bull, Holstein bulls and several Holstein heifers. Horses accepted. buyers present. Also household goods and other items. Truck rates available. Contact A G Whitaker & Son Gregg & Kate Aust Mr Trust Con Sietara.
A fragmentary page shows multiple for sale notices including furniture piano baby buggy and a marimba plus household goods and fruit. Also a chiropractor listing with address and phone contact.
A brief classified note offers a used car for sale with a license. Contact by phone at 890 to inquire about price and details.
Men wanted for Rawleigh routes serving 800 consumers in Cedar Washington North Henry and Iowa City counties. Reliable hustler can start earning weekly and increase. Write Rawleigh Co Dept IA-56-S Freeport IL. Lost Boston bull named on collar 1211 East Front.
The Anne Adams pattern 1528 features a button trimmed yoke bodice with scalloped seams, puffed sleeves, a flared animated skirt, and a contrasting collar in cotton prints. Size 10 uses 2 1/2 yards fabric and 1/2 yard contrast. price 15 cents for pattern. catalog set at 15 cents. order to Muscatine Journal Pattern Department, 243 West 17th Street, New York City.
A tally identifies 378 important Brazilian waterfalls and notes that 164 of them could yield at least 50 million horsepower. The finding highlights vast hydroelectric potential across multiple regions and supports planning for power generation projects.
Osage Sam Mericle aged 34, employed by the railroad, died in a hospital from severe injuries after plunging about 100 feet down a coal shore in the Great Western railroad yards during duties.
Statistics indicate cancer prevalence is lower in the Far East compared with American and European countries, suggesting regional differences in occurrence and potential risk factors.
State of Iowa Muscatine County opens last will and testament for probate. The Sept or Aug 29 hearing at the District Court June Term invites interested parties to contest. Clerk E C Erwin announces proceedings and Arthur Hoffman serves as attorney.
First National Bank Muscatine announces the closure of its affairs in Iowa. All note holders and creditors are notified to present notes and claims for payment by the specified date. Bloom, cashier, signs the notice.
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