Davenport leaders to head Muscatine road paving visit
John Hynes Davenport chamber president and former Eastern Iowa Motor Club head will lead a Davenport chamber and motor club delegation to Muscatine on Wednesday. They attend the community celebration marking the completion of paving on roads 61 and 84.
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John Hynes
Davenport
Chamber of Commerce
That City
Eastern Iowa Motor Club
Davenport Chamber of Commerce and Motor Club
Muscatine
Prices Slump As Heavy Livestock Runs Hit Markets
Chicago AP reports more than 125000 head of livestock in the stockyards with cattle 27000 head first since the month, hog receipts 63000 largest since February, and 35000 sheep. Hog prices fell 10 to 25 cents with underweight hogs selling around 8.25 to 8.40, packers holding back on trading amid large direct hog entries.
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Chicago
Hog receipts rise in Iowa Minnesota area for 48 hours
Combined hog receipts at 22 concentration yards and packing plants in interior Iowa and Southern Minnesota totaled 60 300 for the 48 hour period ended today at 10 a m versus 43 000 a week earlier. Prices ranged from 6 60 to 7 80 per cwt with variations by weight and delivery terms noted.
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Des Moines
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa Hog Prices Across Markets Report
Hog prices at Iowa markets are listed by Cedar Rapids Des Moines Meson City Ottumwa Waterloo and good packers and prime and heavy categories with price ranges from about 5.95 to 7.75 per hundredweight and varied receipts 7800 head in Des Moines.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Local Markets Report Poultry Eggs and Hog Prices
Eggs in local markets bring 33 to 35 cents per dozen with poultry prices listed for heavy hens light hens heavy springs Leghorn springs and stags. Hog quotations from J P Squire Co Muscatine Ia show price ranges by weight from 100 to 140 pounds up to 220 to 300 pounds and beyond with several grade categories.
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J. P. Squire Company
Muscatine
Chicago Livestock Prices Move Mixed Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago livestock receipts amount to 000 hogs 27000 cattle with calves and 35000 sheep. Hogs opened lower and slipped 20 to 30 cents. top hogs $8.49 with bulk around $8.15 to $8.40 depending on weight. Cattle mostly weaker with scarce strictly choice offerings. yearlings and heavies priced down to about $9.00 to $13.75 for various classes. Sheep and lambs show steady demand with feeding lambs firm while standard slaughter lambs range from $5.00 to $8.50.
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Pee Hadass
Atichs Eves
Chicago
U. S. T. of Agriculture
South St. Paul Livestock Market Report
Livestock receipts at South St. Paul Minnesota include cattle 5700 head with steer and yearling runs and price drops across slaughter classes. Calves hogs and sheep show varied bids with most cattle down and hogs easing while sheep see lighter lamb prices and bulk ewes steady.
Hogs Cattle and Sheep Receipts Report Mixed At Omaha Market
Hogs receipts 15000 with 250 direct sales down 25 cents. top 7.85 for 180 280 lb hogs. Cattle receipts 9000 with steadier buyers. fed steers up to 12.00 per cwt, yearlings to 13.50. Sheep receipts 16000 with native lambs 7.25 to 7.50, best fed lambs above 7.75, slaughter lambs around 3.75.
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report
Receipts totals hogs 10 000 head, cattle 21 000, sheep 7 000 with prices ranging for hogs from 7.40 to 7.95 per 100 pounds and cattle mostly steady to higher. Top hog price 7.95 for 200 to 250 Ibs. cattle top 1132 lb yearlings at 13.00, steers 600 to 900 lbs around 10.75 to 13.50, cows 2.50 to 5.75, vealers 5.50 to 7.50, stockers 6.75 to 9.25. Lambs near 7.50 for top, ewes down to 2.75 to 4.40.
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Svenoglefznes Segent
Bae
Ohn Bae
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
U. 8
S. Dept. of Agriculture
West St. Louis
Dept. of Agriculture
Hogs and Cattle Market Report from Peoria
Peoria Livestock market in Illinois reports hog receipts at 40 percent head with prices 10 to 15 lower. top hogs at 8.15 dollars, bulk around 7.80 to 8.10. Cattle receipts total about 200 head with price levels not fully listed.
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Peoria Livestock Peoria
Market Report from Sioux City Livestock Auction
U S Department of Agriculture notes cattle receipts 7 000 head pigs 10 000 head. Cattle market very slow with fat stock weak to 25 cents lower and short fed bids down. heifers and calves mixed with some weights above 13.00 per cwt. Hogs slow to sell with top at 7.85 and general ranges 7.65 to 7.85 for 170 to 280 pound lots and 7.25 to 7.65 for 150 to 170 pound lots. Sows listed at 7.25 to 7.65.
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Sioux City
Iu. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Grain Prices Hold Steady Across United Markets
Chicago reports December wheat deliveries totaling about 15 million bushels with only small price dips. Government stabilization actions absorbed most supplies, Kansas City accounting for 9.267 million bushels. Corn shows buying support and steady cash strength amid renewed industrial demand. oats largely steady and provisions show mixed moves.
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Chicago
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Kansas City
Wheat Receipts Rise for Week at Minneapolis Market
AP reports 160 wheat cars received versus 262 a year earlier with market up 4 day cash quotes list No 1 northern and No 1 dark northern prices in 12 to 15 cent ranges. Montana hard spring amber durum red durum and other classes quoted with varying cents per bushel and May delivery. Corn oats barley and rye prices shown with fractional cents and flax at 1 63 1 70.
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Minneapolis Minn
Montana
Chicago Cash Grain Prices in Wheat Corn and Seed
AP reports Chicago cash grain quotes with No. 1 hard wheat at 64 ec, No. 2 hard 76 ec, No. 1 northern spring 76 ec, corn varying from No. 3 mixed tic to No. 6 mixed 69 ec, No. 2 yellow 75 76 ec, No. 4 yellow 72 74 ec, No. 5 yellow 72 4 73 ec, No. 6 yellow 68 tic, No. 2 white 82 ec, oats No. 1 white 36 44 c, No. 2 white 36 36 1/2 c, No. 3 white 35 34 1/2 c, No. 4 white 74 75 c. Timothy seed 8.00 8.50, clover seed 15.00 22.75.
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Mar
Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago
C. Timothy
Flour Prices Steady in Carload Shipments
Minneapolis flour prices held steady in carload lots with family patrons quoted at 5.30 to 5.49 a barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments totaled 29 126 barrels with bran at 18.50 to 19.00 and standard middlings at 18.00 to 15.50.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago Poultry and Dairy Receipts Report Summary
Chicago reports poultry receipts across 3 cars 13 trucks with fowls 16419c hens 15 18c roosters 15c turkeys 23c ducks 16c geese 14c. Butter receipts 7 021 tubs with firmer creamery extras 32 2c standards 3ic extra firsts 30 3ic firsts 27 28ec seconds 251 26c. Eggs receipts 1 161 cases steady extra firsts 39 40c fresh graded firsts 35 36c fresh current receipts 30 22c.
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Chicago
Egges
Sheep Market Report Shows Slight Declines Amidsteady Prices
steady to 25¢ lower with most at 7.00 to 7.25 and 7.40 for select loads. Sheep receipts total 9,000 head with 200 billed through. market run includes about 200 head. Fat lamb bids drop 25 to 50¢ to around 7.75. Ewes and feeders show firmness to weakness with best heavy feeders around 6.49.
East St Louis and West St. Louis Livestock Receipts Slumping Hogs Cattle
Receipts total about 23,500 head across hogs cattle and sheep with prices mixed. Hogs show 5 to 15 cent losses on most categories while pigs and sows vary from steady to strong. Cattle and calves receipts rise with steers and heifers across weight ranges showing broad price spreads. Sheep and lambs also decline slightly with lambs down and ewes steady to lower.
Potato Prices and Market Totals Reported by Region
Current costs show No 1 russets from Idaho at about 1 70 to 1 95 per cwt with most bids near 1 85 to 1 95. Wisconsin white and round varieties steady with varied quotes while Colorado McClures fetch 1 80 to 1 90 and some frozen stock around 1 60 to 1 65 per cwt.
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Pobchaemanee
Potatoes
Wisconsin
Aera
Idaho
Colorado McClures
Kansas City Produce Prices Listed by AP
Egg prices at Kansas City are $5.70. Butter rates show Creamery at 33c, large quantities 32c, butter fat 23c, packing butter 12c. Poultry includes hens 11 17c, broilers 4 19c, roosters 12c, springs 12 19c.
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Kansas City
Springs
St Louis Produce St Louis Eggs and Dairy Prices Report
Missouri price list shows eggs unchanged at 33c for a dozen. Butter unchanged with creamery extras 34c and standard 29c, firsts 26c, seconds unspecified. Poultry prices mostly steady with geese up 1c, heavy hens 14c, light hens 18c, s 21c, turkeys 23c, spring ducks 15c. Cheese unchanged, Northern twins 18% and 18%4c.
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St. Louis
Missouri No. 1
New York Butter and Eyes Receipts Mixed in Market Report
AP notes firmer butter receipts at 4.457 tubs with higher creamery prices and 92 score extra, while eyes receipts show 11.063 cases steady with varied grades from extras to medium firsts. Nearby hennery browns and whites list multiple price ranges for extra and extra firsts with Pacific coast white figures also recorded.
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New York
Hennery
Pacific Coast
New York Sugar Market Steady with Slight Futures Rise
Raw sugar holds at 3.40 with raw futures up 1 to 3 points. Refined sugar remains at 4.75 dollars.
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New York
Poultry Prices Mixed in New York Markets
New York poultry markets report steady dressed chicken and varying fresh and frozen prices. Chickens range 20 to 32 cents, fowls 16 to 27 cents, turkeys 26 to 28 cents, and western ducks 13 cents, with some old roosters quoted at 14 to 20 cents.
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New York Poultry
New York
Chicago Hay Market Prices From Chicago AP Report
Hay receipts and hay types listed with prices include mixed Timothy Clover and grass at various rates. Notable entries show alfalfa choice Nos. 1 and 2 and prairie top No. 2 with prices around 14 to 17 dollars. samples and threshed bar priced at 10 dollars.
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Chicago
Timothy
Timothy Colver
Timothy Grass
Kansas City Hay Market Receipts Hold Steady
Kansas City hay receipts report 72 cars unchanged for the period, showing no change in market activity.
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Kansas City Hay Market
Kansas City
Stock Market Quiet Affair Today in New York
The stock market drifted in a temporizing session with prices edging higher but volume near the year’s low. No strong news or developments, congress adjourns soon, traders await the president message, and loan calls were heavy while call money held at 2 percent amid month end liquidity needs.
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New York
Congress
Bond Market Drifts With Narrow Gains and New Issues
The bond market opened dull with little movement and sparse corporate domestic pressure. Foreign issues showed a few up-ticks while most activity centered on a small handful of issues. New offerings reached about $11 million, chiefly small municipal issues, plus an $8 million Peoples Gas Light and Coke note offering in Knoxville. November calls totaled $19,126,498, more than twice October, and the January–November total for 1930 ran about 60 percent below 1929.
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New York
Peoples Gas Light and Cok Company
Kago Zo
Standard Statistics Co
Edward Stocker Taken by Death
Edward Stocker died in this city after a long life here. Surviving are his sister Miss Ellen Stocker, longtime librarian at the P M Musser Public Library, a niece Miss Clara Stocker of Duluth Minnesota, and a nephew Samuel Stocker of St Louis Missouri. The body was moved to the Fairbanks Home for Funerals for services at 2 30 Tuesday afternoon led by Rev Father Stanley P Jones rector of Trinity Episcopal church. Burial will be in Greenwood cemetery. Flowers are omitted per family request.
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Ellen Stocker
P. M. Musser Public Library
Clara Stocker
Duluth
Road celebration draws visitors with prizes and free attractions
Visitors from Iowa and Illinois register at Muscatine offices and city hall for chances at prizes including oldest registrants from each state, largest family, top odometer mileage, and greatest distance driven. Grand prize is $10. other prizes are $5 gift certificates. Free doughnuts, coffee, street concerts, and toll bridge access add to the day’s events as county shows run in parallel.
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Iowa
Illinois
The
Muscatine Journal
East Third Street
City Hall
Muscatine
Welch
Third Street
Iowa Avenue
Good Roads
Ilinois
Muscatine County
Muscatine High School
Rotary Club
Muscatine Bridge Corporation
Mississippi River
Banquet Highlights Tri County Conference Attendees
The Tri-County Older Boys and Older Girls conference met at First Baptist Church in Muscatine Friday evening with many participants. Attendees included Ida Mae Hetzler Corrine Hetzler Dorothy Sauer Helen Pantel Inez Brei Marie Bingelli Margaret Kretschmar Walter Grimm Gerald Grimm Vernon Halling Fred Halling Earl McElroy Clifford Pantel Eugene Fitchner and Rev Ernest A Lack plus Myrtle Jenkins Kathryn Jenkins Aretha Paul Edwin Jenkins from Pleasant Prairie. Dorothy Sauer Eugene Fitchner and Rev Lack attended all sessions Friday. Rally week for missions observed at Ziegler Memorial Lutheran church with Advent services and mission focus December 17 through December 7. Other news notes include cast rehearsal for U P S play Always in Trouble, New Era basketball practice led by Fred G Messenger, Ladies Aid all-day session with mission luncheon, Phinindosa club concert by Mrs A C Springborn's Girls orchestra at Community building, followed by lunch benefiting the mission fund.
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Tri-County
First Baptist Church
Muscatine
Ida Mae Hetzler
Corrine Hetzler
Dorothy Sauer
Helen Pantel
Inez Brei
Marie Bingelli
Margaret Kretschmar
Walter Grimm
Gerald Grimm
Vernon Halling
Fred Halling
Earl McElroy
Clifford Pantel
Eugene Fitchner
Ernest A. Lack
Myrtle Jenkins
Kathryn Jenkins
Aretha Paul
Edwin Jenkins
Pleasant Prairie
Aso
New Era
Ziegler Memorial Lutheran Church
Ziegler Memorial Church
Fred G. Messenger
Muscatine High School
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mission
Mission Fund
Phinindosa Club
A. C. Springborn
Adolph
Ladies’ Aid
Delegations Expected for Muscatine Show Week
Visitors arrive for both shows with judging set for Wednesday. Four Muscatine theatres offer two tickets for one on Wednesday, plus Oak Lawn indoor miniature golf. Delegations from Davenport Rock Island Moline and others expected from cities along No 84 and No 61. John Hynes Chamber of Commerce president to lead Davenport group with Eastern Iowa Motor Club members.
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Muscatine
Palace
A-Muse-U
Crystal and Arcade
Oak Lawn
Mulberry Avenue
Illinois City
Davenport
John Hynes
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Eastern Iowa Motor Club
Rock Island
Moline
Much Colder Weather Forecast Sweeps Iowa
The last month of 1930 closed with lower temperatures across eastern and southern Iowa. Mason City logged two below zero, Keokuk reached 22 above, and Des Moines reported 13 above at 9 a.m. as much colder conditions were forecast for tonight.
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Mason City
Des Moines
Charles City
Sioux City
Keokuk
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
District Court Adopts Final Bank Report In Estate Work
The First National Bank as trustee in Nathan Smith's estate filed the final report. A hearing was set for 10 o'clock December 10 before Judge D W Jackson. The court also approved the report in Charles E Molis estate and allowed the executor to hold bequests for minors Margaret Caroline and Jean Molis. The bank bond was fixed at 5000 dollars with Attorney R S Jackson representing the executor.
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First National Bank
Nathan Smith
R. S. Jackson
D. W. Jackson
Charles E. Molis
Margaret Caroline
Jean Molis
Funeral Services for Fred W. Crossley Held at Columbus City
In Columbus Junction area the funeral for Fred W. Crossley occurred Sunday at the Ranolph home in Columbus City. The Rev. S. R. Drake and Rev. W. A. Lamp led services with hymns by E. H. Wegner and others. Pallbearers included G. W. Burns and H. L. May. Attendees from Sioux City Muscatine Gladwin Letts Wapello and other towns joined family members. A report on the Older Boys and Older Girls conference at Muscatine followed the service with program summaries by several speakers.
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Columbus Junction
Fred W. Crossley
Alex Randolph
Columbus City
S. R. Drake
W. A. Lamp
E. H. Wiegner
W. C. Davis
H. Lee Huston
J. C. Richie
Howard Kulp
Merle Crooks
G. W. Burns
H. L. May
R. E. Owens
James Green
William Bolton
C. N. Johnston
Harry Hall
Sioux City
Ransom McKee
James Giesler
Fred Crossley
John
Charles
Gladys
Muscatine
Paul Crossley
Gladwin
William Crossley
Letts
Deppey
Myers
Wapello
United Presbyterian Church
James Robertson
Ina Owen
Mary Louise Wilmering
C. S. Ramsdale
Burdette Johnston
Mystery Shrouds School Girl Death in Gary Indiana
Arlene Draves an Emerson High School graduate, 18, died after an apparent shock following an attack. Virgil Kirkland, 20, Horace Mann football halfback, was held for questioning after admitting an unsuccessful revival attempt and fleeing with three companions who took her to Dr. R. O. Wharton before authorities learned of the death.
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Gary
Ind
Arlene Draves
Chester A. Owen
Emerson High School
David Thompson
Virgil Kirkland
Horace Mann
R. O. Wharton
Farm Bureau training schedule altered for two schools
Two Farm Bureau meetings shift due to this week’s training schools. Miss Grayce Stevens will conduct a music training at Muscatine High School, while Miss Helen Putnam leads a Four-H training on nutrition. Several township sessions move to December 10 or 18 and new trainings on nutrition are set for Moscow and Seventy-Six townships. Dr. Thomas Gardner will speak at South Prairie church program with school children participating.
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Farm Bureau
Grayce Stevens
Muscatine
Muscatine High School
Helen Putnam
Fruitland Township
Fulton Township
Moscow Township
Ed Rexroth
L. E
Moves Against Seating Davis in Pennsylvania Primary Fight
Samuel Vauglain, head of the Davis-Brown campaign, notes the Pennsylvan ia Republican primary features a major governorship battle. Gifford Pinchot defeated Brown while Davis beat Senator Grundy, who had been appointed after Ware was denied a seat due to $700,000 spent in the 1923 primary. Pennsylvania has had only one senator since then.
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Samuel Vauglain
Davis-Brown
Nye
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Brown
Davis
Senator Grundy
Senate
Fisher
Ware
Grundy
Marriage License Issued for Sailor and Clover
A marriage license was issued Saturday by the district court clerk to Elvin Sailor aged 21 of Cedar Bluff and Margaret Clover aged 19 of Tipton.
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Tipton
Elvin Sailor
Cedar Bluff
Margaret Clover
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