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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1926
Page
9
In Chicago, August 23, wheat rose after early losses as corn advanced on rain and lack of sun. Cash corn demand stayed solid with firm trading basis. receipts around 60 cars. Provisions held firm in sympathy with hog values as oats and eggs showed modest gains and cheese stayed firm.
Report quotes furnished by Saylor and Wichelman for Wire Connections with Co Chicago and New York. Names and references appear in the fragmented item from the era.
Corn receipts total 31 cars with prices up to 78 cents for No 2 yellow and 73 cents for No 6 yellow. No 2 yellow higher at 78 cents. No 5 yellow tic. Sample bids listed. Oats receipts 24 cars with No 2 white at 40 cents and No 4 white at 24 cents.
AP market brief from Kansas City on August 23 lists wheat receipts at 529 cars with various grades and prices, including No 2 dark hard at 21.30 to 1.38, No 3 dark hard 31.29 to 1.37, and close quotations for Sept and May. Corn prices for several grades show mixed cents per bushel with multiple close values, while oats and rye are noted with White and mixed categories and several bids and closes.
Poultry prices list good springs 2 cents each with light and black leghorns at 15 to 19 cents and cocks at 8 to 23 cents. Hog quotations daily from J P Squire Co show good butchers at 300 pounds 11.69 and 259 pounds 12.40, 180 to 200 pounds 3.99, 254 to 300 pounds 9.75, and 300 pounds up 9.40.
Butter receipts and price ranges listed for creamery, eggs show higher bids for live hens and turkey prices, and potato deliveries are noted. Market activity described as trading only fair with weak overall sentiment. specific regional prices cited for Irish cobblers and various butter standards for August through December.
Kansas City notes from August 23 report prices for dairy and poultry items. Creamery extras hold at 44 cents, packing 23 cents, firsts 30 cents, seconds 25 cents, heavy hens 22 cents, lights 16 and one half cents, springs and broilers 1542 cents, roosters 3 1/2 cents, Kaw valley potatoes at 1902 dollars per hundred.
New York on August 23 reports butter receipts totaling 6 278 tubs. Creamery butter prices climb above extras with bids at 42 and 43 cents per pound. The market shows firmer tones as buyers push for creamery output.
Chicago records U. S. Department of Agriculture receipts with hogs at 25 000 head and prices mostly 15 to 25 cents higher. Top hogs 13 75. good 200 to 240 pound ranges around 13 49 to 13 65. packing sows 10 25 to 10 75. Cattle receipts 29 000 head with higher fed steers and yearlings. bulls steady. Sheep receipts 18 000 head with fat lambs higher. Idaho and Montana early sales noted. top natives to small buyers 14 75. bulk 14 25 to 14 50. Unofficial tomorrow estimates: cattle 8 000. hogs 22 000. sheep 15 900.
Kansas City market report shows cattle receipts at 24 000 head with yearling steers around 10 50 and heavy steers near 9 50. hogs at 6 000 head with top around 13 00. sheep receipts 7 000 head with lambs steady to strong and natives feeding at 12 25 to 13 50. Colorados held at 14 50 and Texas wethers quoted at 6 75 to 7 23.
Receipts reported at 7,000 head for cattle with steady to higher prices and fats firm at $8.00 to $10.25 for stockers and yearlings. hogs up 15 to 25 cents with tops at $13.25 and most sales $12.75 to $13.20. sheep and lambs seen steady with lambs at $14.25 and ewes at $6.25.
Receipts total 12 900 hogs with slow trading as early bids rise. Top lights 169 to 189 lb at 14.09, 14.90 for 200 to 250 lb. Cattle receipts 6 000 with plain weighty steers slow, natives up 15 25c, western steers steady to 15c higher, yearlings and heifers firm, cows 5.09 to 6.00, vealers 15.25 to 15.50. Sheep 5 5090 head, market steady, lambs 14.25 top, bulk 14.00, ewes 4.00 to 6.99.
Hogs receipts 4000 with price gains to top 13.40 and bulk around 10.25. Cattle receipts 2309 with steers to 19.00 and cows and heifers up to 9.26. Sheep 4009 with lambs 13.25 to 14.50 and ewes 5.25 to 6.25.
Peoria Michigan August 23 report shows hog receipts about 2000 head with prices top 13.60, medium 13.25 to 13.60, heavies around 12.00 to 13.15, packers 8.45 to 11.00, and stags 8.75 to 9.25. Cattle receipts light with market steady to strong and veal top at 14.00.
James O Hoffman aged 55, a prominent local insurance agent, died of heart failure yesterday afternoon at his Iowa City home. Funeral services will be announced by his family.
U S Steel drops to 148.5 after bear attack fears. United States Cast Iron Pipe and United States Industrial Alcohol slide while Pullman Woolworth and others dip. General Motors lifts U S Steel to 159.5 as call loan rate remains at 4.5 percent.
Conesville residents and visitors note several trips and visits. Roy Jean family returns from St. Louis with two children. Enid Schloeman from Norway visits friend Gertrude Coffin. Various locals travel to Davenport Kansas City Muscatine Chicago and Blakesburg for fairs relatives or camp.
Wilton Iowa August 23. The Sugar Creek township Presbyterian church marks its sixtieth anniversary with over 100 members gathering for services. Rev Thomas Roberts of Oregon Missouri led Sunday School, a noon basket dinner followed, and afternoon addresses featured Rev R N Dice Raleigh Iowa and former pastor A G Martyn Independence Iowa. Evening programs included children’s performances and a closing musical by Neal J Logan and Mildred Schwartz.
A sugar plantation on Negros Island in the Philippines covering about 2350 acres was recently sold for 239000 dollars. The buyers are unnamed in the report, and the transaction size reflects a modest price for a large land parcel in the era.
The notice lists visits and travels of many local residents and guests. Highlights include Miss Maude Slater from Chicago visiting two weeks, Carl Schiele and John Boden families returning from a western auto trip, and various families at the West Liberty fair. Also mentioned are health updates for Miss Agnes Ruess and Dr. W B Jayne’s father, plus multiple weekend gatherings and trips to nearby towns.
Rates for classified ads in the Muscatine Journal set in SMZi type and large type with per word charges. Discounts apply for cash or five days after last insertion. Guide words required. light face type only. display ads not allowed in classifieds. Closings and deadlines stated for each insertion.
Through this medium we wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their kindness during the sickness and death of Mrs. Joe Hartman also those who donated cars sent flowers the opivan and Mrs. Daw for the singing Joe Hartman Mr and Mrs Bert Lukenbach and grandson Lysle Lukenbach Mrs Ed Holton Will Lukenhbach Jake Lukenbach
Notice states that McKee Button Company is organized under Iowa law with principal office in Muscatine. It outlines its business to manufacture, buy, sell, and distribute buttons and related materials and to own or operate manufacturing facilities and related securities. The document details powers to loan, pledge, vote, and manage assets for the corporation and its affiliates.
Multiple rental notices offer six room cottages and modern houses with various amenities and contact numbers. Following the rental items, a long-form corporate charter outlines powers, share restrictions, director terms, debt limits, stock transfer conditions, and dissolution dates for a Iowa corporation dated August 16 1926.
Lakeside Hospital Training School for Nurses at 3424 Rhodes Avenue Chicago offers a three year program for young women to become graduate nurses with constant lucrative employment after graduation and an allowance during training. Write for particulars.
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