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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1926

Page

12

Hogs Firm. Corn Active. Cattle Rally Pushes Prices

Hogs firm on early trading with good support from smaller dealers and eastern shippers. best medium and lightweight butchers reach 12.15. underweight hogs slip. Cattle rally as yearlings and light steers demand rises. yearlings top 13.15, heavy steers 10.50 up. cows and heifers rise, bulls and calves strong. Wheat gains as corn rises. Argentine crop damage and threshing delays noted. hard winter wheat sold for rail to seaboard. 250,000 bushels stored at Buffalo.

Chicago Seaboard Buffalo

Jury "Loaded" in Hall Mills murder trial

The state moves for a mistrial after affidavits alleging juror misconduct and sleeping during testimony surface. Special Prosecutor Simpson cites letters and hotel overheard conversations, seeking a mistrial and potential retrial on Hall case charges if denied.

Jane Gibson Willie Stevens Simpson Somerville Tillman Hall-Mills Alexander Simpson Moore Edward Wheeler Hall Eleanor Mills Frances Stevens Hall Henry Eleanor R. Mills Edward W. Hall Mills

Chicago Livestock Prices. Hogs Cattle and Sheep Traders

Hogs receipts 17 900 head market slow steady to weak top 12 15 paid for 250 to 270 pound weights. Cattle receipts 12 900 head fed steers yearlings active strong to 23 sec higher with top yearlings 12 15 and several loads 12 75 12 00. fat cows unevenly high er stockers around 8 25 bulk vealers 11 50 12 09. Sheep receipts 16 090 head market slow better grade fat lambs about steady holding bulk fat ewes 5 40 to 8 50 feeding lambs weak to lower around 11 59 12 00. Offside farm estimates Cattle 11 000 head Hog 25 000 head.

Chicago U. S. Department of Agriculture

Kansas City Cattle and Hogs Market Report

Department of Agriculture cattle receipts total 569 head with calves 1,400. steers strong with heavy offerings, bulk fed steers around 7.50 to 9.50. veal tops near 16.00. hog receipts 19,500 with overall slow market and mostly steady to higher on some weights. Sheep receipts 6,060 with killing classes steady. top fed lambs about 12.85 and other natives near 12.25 to 12.75.

Kansas City Department of Agriculture

Sioux City Livestock Market Totals Demand Weak as Receipts Rise

Sioux City market reports 5 000 cattle with slow demand and weak filters. Stockers steady. fat steers around 12.50. cows and heifers near 11.9. Veals 4.90. hogs receipts 9 900 with prices around 11.5 to 12.0. sheep 32 599 head and market steady.

Hogs Cattle and Sheep Receipts Reported at St Louis Market

Hogs receipts 12 690 head market slow early market steady ton 12.26 bulk 134 to 220 pounds 12.19 12.15 20 to 129 pound pigs 11.99 12.10 packing sows strong to 25 cents higher bulk 11.00 1 159. Cattle receipts 4 599 head steers strong spots 24 cents higher top yearlings 11.75 best matured steers 10.59 mixed yearlings heifers and bulls steady heifers 6.50 bulls 5.25 600 cows and low cutters 15 25 cents higher cows 5.25 5.75 low cutters 3.65 3.85 good and choice dealers 14.25. Sheep receipts 1 900 head bidding lower on lambs no early sales aged sheep steady best aged sheep steady best armed wethers 7.25 top killing ewes 6.00.

Gaet St. Louis Tipe Department of Agriculture

Market Report St Joseph Missouri Livestock Prices

Hogs receipts 11 900 head market steady to higher top 311 89 bulk. Cattle receipts 3 600 head market steady to weak steers 7 50 to 19 59 cows and heifers 83 54 110 00 stockers and feeders 6 00 8 25. Sheep receipts 500 head market slow steady lambs 12 00 12 85 ewes 5 59 6 50.

St. Joseph ATP

Peoria Livestock Market Report Recap

Peoria Illinois market notes show receipts of 1500 head with prices up to 12.00 for top cattle and veal at 12.99. Breaks include lights around 11.80, mediums near 11.90, heavies about 12.00, packers 10.90 11.00, stags 9.59 10.99. Overall cattle market steady with veal highs.

Petoria

New York Sugar Market Report Dec 1

Raw sugar price at 5.02 Cuban duty pail No sales reported Refined sugar unchanged at 6.95 to 6.25 for fine granulated prices noted for New York market December 1

New York Amr

Chicago grain and feed prices in late 1920s market report

Chicago markets list grain prices by grade for wheat corn oats rye and seeds with ranges for No 3 red wheat at 1.30 to 1.31 and No 2 white oats around 46 to 47 cents, plus rye at 93 cents and seed prices for Timothy Clover and rye.

Saylor - Wickerman Saylor and Wichelman Hershey Bennett & Co Chicago New York Ciose

Corn Receipts Mixed. prices vary on new and old corn

Peoria Illinois dispatch notes 41 cars of corn receipts with market activity rising for old corn and mixed grades. No 3 white 73 cents No 2 yellow 74c No 3 yellow 73c No 6 yellow about 72 to 69 cents No 2 mixed 14 cents No 3 mixed 75 cents sample grade 59 15/16 cents Cats receipts nine cars market is higher with No 2 white 44 46 cents nominal.

Peoria

Local Markets Poultry and Eggs Reported Prices

Local market rates from Swift Co list poultry and eggs with varieties such as Goend springs at 18¢ and Leghorn and black cocks at 10–14¢. Daily quotations from J P Souire Co. include assorted poultry, and bulk buyers are offered price bands from hatchers to heavy packers with per hundred or per load figures.

Swift & Co Goend Springs

Chicago Til Tec Butter and Eggs Market Summary

Receipts show 5 768 tabs of butter with creamery extras at 53c, standards 46c, and frets at 42 44c. Eggs receipts 3 043 cases, poultry alive firm with various items priced per car or unit, potatoes 74 cars on track with shipments 1 08, market slow and dull. Wisconsin sacked round whites listed at 2.25 to 2.40, Minnesota 2.20 to 2.55.

Chicago Ducks Reese Wisconsin Minnesota

New York Butter and Eggs Market Receipts Report

New York market notes show butter receipts at 6.251 tubs with varied prices for creamery products. Egg receipts total 11.995 cases with nearby hennery whites and extras listed. Cheese receipts stand at 120.055 pounds with steady activity.

New York

Divident Stocks Rise Amid Investment Trade Rush

New York December 1 AP. Pools spur speculative demand but most buying focuses on investment grade stocks with solid earnings and higher dividend prospects. Commercial Solvent B climbs 11 points to 234, Texas Pacific Land Trust gains 35 to 1230, Warner Brothers Pictures A and Shubert Theatres weaken, Advance Runnery shares hit yearly lows.

New York Stock Exchange Texas Pacific Land Trust

Thanksgiving Socials Tied to Family Events in North Prairie

Genevieve Rifley of Cedar Rapids visited relatives in North Prairie with her sister and father over Thanksgiving. Local residents hosted dinners and gatherings to mark anniversaries and family milestones, including the Leech fifty sixth wedding anniversary and the Schooley forty first anniversary. Residents traveled for shopping and visits to Muscatine, Morning Sun, and Town City as they observed holiday meals and kinship.

West Liberty Genevieve Rifley Cedar Rapids Roy Kelech Robert Rifley Louise Fred Thorp Downey Mabel Conklin Muscatine J. Vv. H. Nauman Everett Vincent Mabel Chase Town City J. B. Vanhorn al Thomanson P. N. Schooley Earl Schooley Ralph Schooley Clayton Eden Ainsworth C. C. Hampton C. A. Summells Charlie Morrison Madelyn Hormel Frank Hormel Lawrence Rummells George Jewell Will Conklin Mabel A. W. Herring John Anderson Seth Albin Frank Herrold Minnie Roth Agnes Ann Morrison

Letts Social Roundup Notes Thanksgiving Guest List

A Thanksgiving turkey dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lowe’s Letts home brought together many locals including Mr. and Mrs. Max Leiberknecht and others. Roberta Laura Butler returns from Omaha. James Turkington ill but improving. Community events include Home Missionary Society meeting led by Mrs. O. B. Rogers and several Sunday visits and weekend trips among Letts residents and Muscatine/Cedar Rapids visitors.

Austin Laura Butler Omaha J. B. Garrett James Turkington Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church O. B. Rogers William Lieberknecht J. L. Hildebrand B. B. Lintner J.L. Hildebrand S. H. Turkington E C. Turkington B. F. Snyder Roy Paine Ernest Lieberknecht Eland Hugh Sheilabarger Des Moines Muscatine Ella Burnell Floyd Lieberknecht Laurence Estle H. E. Gipple Irene Barnes Floy Eliason Hanson Linderman L. A. Gipple L. M. Hildebrand Charles Musch William Berry Chicago M. L. Shellabarger Lambert Estle Raymond Armentrout Myrtle Griffin Cedar Rapids Laura Griffin Ruth Walter Griffin Little Ruth Clara Wilson Malcom L. O. Hanssen Farmington, Minn Andrew Schultz Harry Austin

Ray Redfern Wins Oats at International Show in Chicago

Ray Redfern of Yarmouth IA won first prize in the oats competition for regions 3 and 7 at the hay and grain show linked to the International Livestock exposition in Chicago. Several other Iowa entrants and a few from Indiana placed in the top twenty, with Gallmeyer Brothers Mechanicsville winning in Shorthorn calves and Walter Binney Mt. Vernon taking Red Polled cattle honors.

Ray Redfern Yarmouth Chicago Redfern Muscatine Tipton Indiana Paul Taylor Mitchelville Forecast Ford A. K. Christianson Newell Morgan Bonzer Liscomb W. K. Walker Holstein Gallmeyer Brothers Mechanicsville Parkview Edna Mt. Vernon Walter Binney Bertran Champion Lottie Adolph Arp Eldridge

Sauerkraut Dinner by Wilton Ladies Auxiliary

The December division of the Presbyterian church Ladies auxiliary will host a sauerkraut dinner Thursday in the church dining room starting at 11 oclock. Tickets available from Mrs Ida Boot at Star drug store or Miss Frances Kelley at the city clerk's office. Dr Henry Hell was a business visitor in Davenport Tuesday.

Wilton The Presbyterian Church Ida Boot Star Drug Store Frances Kelley City Clerks Henry Hell Davenport

Missing Maquoketa teacher sought by Mt. Vernon father

W J Sizer of Mt. Vernon Iowa searches Muscatine for his daughter Myrtle Sizer a Maquoketa schoolteacher missing since November 5. He asks anyone who sees her to contact him in Mt. Vernon detailing her appearance and clothing.

W. J. Sizer Mt. Vernon Muscatine Myrtle Sizer Maquoketa Marion

Electricity use in U S tops fifteen million homes

Electricity powers more than 15 100 000 homes in the United States nearly tripling from six years ago. In Italy many telephone lines are being extended for wider service.

United States Italy

Earth’s core likened to metal-cored golf ball says scientist

Dr. E. D. Williamson asserts the earth rests on a metal core of pure iron or iron nickel with a thickness at least 4,200 miles. Surrounding layers include iron and rock, then rock strata capped by granite at the surface. Tank ships from nine nations traversed the Suez Canal in the past year.

E. D. Williamson Suez Canal

Morning Sun Club Notes and Local News

Morning Sun community brief covers Sorosis Club meeting at Mrs. D Y Graham home. Local students Norma Campbell Dor othy Campbell return to Cedar Falls Burlington schools. Several residents travel to Dallas Ravina Tex Burlington for medical and family reasons. Free December movie at Electric Theatre announced.

Sorosis D. Y. Graham Norma Campbell Cedar Falls Dorothy Campbell Burlington Clyde McElhinney Raymond ,Hutchcroft Mediapolis Herbert Aspelmeyer Leo Nichols Leo Sherman Margaret Rees Frances McElhinney Parsons College Marie Todd Prairie City Helen Todd Prairie Mound Martha Todd Consolidated School Ralph Crawford E. F E. Bazel W. R. Smyth H. c. Brown C. A. McElhinney Dallas Tex Marsh Brown Ross Brown Albert Willson Ravina Merchants of Morning Sun Electric Theatre Howard Cornelius Babe Chicago L. D. McKinney J. W. Briggs Hilton Robert Alice James Briggs Don Stratton Willamette Ind J. L Stratton Cairo Howard McKinney Cora Kilpatrick Wapello Clara Hale Judge Hale

Lola M Wilson drops divorce action against James S Wilson

Mrs. Lola M. Wilson today dismissed the divorce suit filed in district court against James S. Wilson. Cruelty was cited as the grounds. Drake and Wilson are listed as her attorneys. The piece notes a separate statistic: Germany’s unemployed rose to 2,900,000, now down to under 1,400,000.

Lola M. Wilson James S. Wilson Drake& Wilson Germany

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TLE Vances Til Ding Frank Barnhart Elise Parker Justice Parker Chicago Livestock Suerricies Kansas City Livestock Sioux City Livestock Sioux Itr Tapi cCattie Stoeckers East St. Louis Livestock St. Tee Livestock Peoria Livestock New York Sugar Chicago Cash Grain Narley Peoria Grain J. P. Souire Companio Kansas C City HICH Bucyine North Prairie Earth Girliettes VRS Wilson Ezhuman America Associated Press Planet Foreign News
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