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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1926
Page
10
Optimistic Canadian crop news and a drop in Liverpool prices pressure wheat in Chicago trading. Coarser grains follow wheat with heavy selling in September. corn and oats decline while provisions ease on weaker hog quotes.
Quotations furnished by Saylor and Wichelman advertise wire connections with J. E. Bennett Co of Chicago and New York. Includes Hershey Building address and phone for contact.
Wheat varied with No 2 red at 1.37% and No 4 red near 1.30 while No 2 mixed corn hovered around 77 cents. Yellow and white corn prices ranged from about 70 to 78 cents with several grades listed. Oats, rye, barley and seedings show smaller moves, while lard ribs and bellies quoted at mid teens to mid teens dollars.
Wheat receipts show 390 cars with No 2 dark hard at 1.39 to 1.38. No 3 dark 1.29 to 1.37. No 2 hard 1.29 and No 3 hard 1.28 to 1.35. No 2 red eatable around 1.27 to 1.29. Sept and Dec futures listed. Corn prices for No 2 white 78 to 79 cents, No 3 white 77 to 78, No 2 yellow 81 to 82, No 3 yellow around 81 cents. Oats No 2 white 39 to 49 cents, No white 29 to 39 cents. Barley 62 to 64 cents.
Peoria markets report corn receipts of 19 cars with prices easing from No 2 yellow to No 5 yellow across a range from 74 to 78 percent, white wheat receipts at 28 to 32 cents, and oats and related samples showing modest declines as supply and demand shift.
Market notice lists poultry prices from Swift & Co with good springs at 21 cents and Leghorn varieties around 15 1/2 to 23 cents. Livestock figures from J P Squire Co show weights and dollars for butchers, Southern cuts, and packers with total pounds and price points across multiple categories.
Swift & Co reports butterfat output and butter manufacture decline this advance season. Receipts on main markets are lighter and demand remains solid with favorable prices. Chicago Standards at 40 cents down, keg receipts lighter with slight price rise. Chicago Fee Market at 28.5 to 29 cents. New York quotes 31 to 32 cents with little change. Live poultry trade stronger. fowl active with steady prices in Chicago and New York amid firm overall tone. Springs uneven, prices up slightly but likely temporary as farm movement grows.
Chicago reports dairy and poultry pricing with steady receipts. Butter receipts stand at 13 285 tubs while eyes receipts show 12 169 cases. Poultry alive remains steady with 2 receipts.
Receipts show 77 cars on track and 24 cars, with total U S shipments at 590. Market slightly stronger as Kansas and Missouri clear Irish cobblers around 2.85 dollars, heated at 2.60, Minnesota reports early Ohio sales near 2.72 to 2.75, Colorado cobblers around 3.00.
New York on August 21 reports butter steady with 6 928 tubs received and eggs steady to firm with 19 237 cases received. Cheese also firm with 196 426 pounds received.
Kansas City, Mo Aug 21 AP steady prices for several fruits and vegetables with minor gains in some items. Traders note steady demand as markets close with no major shocks to supply or range of quotes.
New York on August 21 reports Live Poultry steady with prices unchanged. Dressed Poultry irregular with prices also unchanged.
Chicago market data shows hog receipts at 5,000 head with uneven demand and prices ranging from 11.25 to 13.50 for various weights. Cattle receipts total 1,000 head with heavies down about 60 cents, yearlings mixed, stockers and feeders firmer. Sheep receipts 1,000 head with fat lambs and natives higher, prices up to 14.95 for top fat lambs. Unofficial estimates project Monday hogs at 40,000 head, cattle 22,000, sheep 20,000.
Receipts reach 300 head calves 100 head mixed with week-ago levels. Fat steers and yearlings stand firm to higher while grain feeders barely hold. Cattle prices range from 5 to 26 cents up for killers and stockers. Horse market slow with weighty butchers weak. Sheep receipts 200 head with lambs 50 to 75 cents higher and ewes around 30 cents lower. western lambs top at 14.40 and natives around 12.75 to 13.25.
East St. Louis Illinois August 21 Receipts for hogs cattle and sheep detailed with price declines and weekly tops. Hogs 6509 head down. top around 313.85 with varied weights. Cattle 350 head mixed yields and price shifts. calves steady to higher on good lots. Sheep 259 head with fat lambs up to 14.25 and cull ewes down to 1.50.
Sioux City Iowa August 21 AP market summary shows cattle receipts at 790 head with fat cattle and yearlings mostly steady to 25 cents lower, top for yearlings at 19.25, hogs down 15 to 25 cents with top at 13.19 and bulk 19.00 to 13.90, sheep receipts 209 head with lambs up 50 cents and ewes down 75 cents to 6.25.
Hogs receipts 2 000 head with market 15 26c lower. Top hogs 13 30, bulk 19 25 to 13 10. Cattle receipts 199 head with weak week figures. best steers 8 25 to 9 75, top 10 00. cows and heifers 2 25 to 9 59, calves 5 50 to 12 50, stockers and feeders 6 50 to 8 00. Sheep receipts 2 590 head uneven. lambs 13 09 to 14 50, ewes 5 00 to 6 25.
Hogs receipts 1,500 head with demand steady to 75 cents lower. Top hog sale $13.66, lights $13.00 to $13.60, mediums $12.85 to $13.25, heavies $12.00 to $12.80, packers $9.50 to $11.00, stags $8.50 to $9.50. Cattle receipts light, market steady, top $14.00.
The Victory highway Denver to California links the Lincoln highway as the western transcontinental route. The American Automobile Association outlines four great ocean to ocean highways with the Yellowstone Trail, Lincoln route, Old National Trails, and the Lee highway as main paths, plus feeder connections through Florida to El Paso.
Arden Iowa August 21 Thursday night's storm was one of the season's worst. William Riggs and son lost a steer to lightning. Threshing work is delayed. Miss Martha Byrne of Chicago visits relatives nearby. Florence and Anna Byrne leave for a few days with their grandmother Mrs Anna Byrne and aunt Mrs Will Noll in Muscatine.
In this ad style note the recommendation to buy soap in large lots for better value and longer shelf life. It emphasizes that bulk purchases seem more appealing while pursuing success rather than after achieving it.
Speculative interest on the long side revived with bullish demonstrations led by General Asphalt common and preferred, rising to highest prices in over five years. The market steadied after a brief earlier slump as U S Steel and General Motors faced renewed selling. Total volume nears 650000 shares.
Columbus Junction Iowa Aug 21 Hubert Simons a Chillicothe business student was in an auto wreck that killed one of ten riders. The car plunged over a hill striking a bridge throwing Mrs Terry and her niece from the vehicle. Mrs Terry died a week later others were bruised. Simons and the others escaped.
Des Moines August 21 AP The 18th cavalry Iowa National Guard under Col Park A Findley laid siege to Ankeny early today and the city surrendered by the enemy after a sharp engagement in which the attackers claimed success and the town was taken without further resistance.
Muscatine county Farm Bureau women will showcase a walnut hand carved model doll house reflecting their five month study course at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 25 to September 3. The exhibit will be shown at the West Liberty fair in Fulton township booth for county residents to view.
Dr. E S Havighurst of Warren Missouri arrives for a visit with sister Mrs H W Munster and plans to preach at the local Methodist church Sunday. A women's executive board social on the church lawn is set for Tuesday evening. Many residents attend the Mt Pleasant fair and others travel for business or family visits.
Iowa State Teachers College graduates from the four year program more than doubled from 1921 to 1926 reaching 182. Tuition for third and fourth year students also doubled. Two year graduates are slightly below last year but about 400 above 1921.
The cavalry regiment moved after 1 a.m. and advanced to the Des Moines river. Bridges were found destroyed by the enemy, forcing a ford. The foe was met at Polk City where outposts were driven in and captured during the drill at Camp Dodge.
Wapello Iowa August weeklong events crown Winfield as champion after beating Grandview 9 to 0 in the final. Earlier games saw Grandview defeat Oakville 13 to 6 and Winfield topple Marymouth 12 to 9. The fair featured horse races, free attractions, and a two-day farmers run with multiple purse events and a mystery pace.
An article cites a report from the Children’s Bureau noting about 22 percent of U S schoolchildren show physical defects with rate highest in preschool years. It urges parental involvement and routine medical exams from ages four to ten to reduce defects through early treatment and hygiene education.
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