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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1927

Page

10

Stock and Grain Market Shows Strength in Dec 2 Trading

Hog prices recovered 10 to 15 cents with demand improving and most sales 15 cents higher than yesterday. Good butchers above 8 dollars, 9.25 asked for select weights, 9.00 to 9.10 paid for some, packing grades 7.50 to 8.00. Cattle receipts about 200 head with feeder dealer demand. cattle near 11.00 to 13.50 for feeders, beef cows 7.00 to 8.50, veal top around 13.50. Sheep receipts 2,500 with lambs around 13.25 and fat ewes 6.25 to 6.50. Official livestock receipts for tomorrow expected.

Chicago John Deere Fordson Oliver Hayes Robinson Harrow Iowa

Corn Prices Rally While Wheat Lags in Busy Market

Active buying and sharp gains hit corn with prices up as wheat lagged. Export business in corn continued at the Gulf, and European corn production was estimated 27 percent below last year. Oats also rose to new highs amid light offerings and larger-than-expected declines in Chicago stocks.

Chicago Gulf of Mexico

Chicago Cash Grain Prices Reported By AP

Wheat prices listed for No 2 hard and No 1 northern spring plus multiple No 2 3 4 5 grades across yellow white and mixed, with various cents per bushel. Oats rye barley and seeds priced, including Timothy Clover and livestock cuts Lard ribs and bellies with dollars and cents values.

Chicago Senate Sie Timothy

Grain Prices and Receipts Reported in Minneapolis

Minneapolis dispatch notes receipts for 241 cars, up from 129 a year ago. Cash bids list No 1 northern and spring varieties around 1.25 to 1.60 dollars, with mixes and grades down to 1.26 to 1.46 dollars. Montana dark hard on track around 1.23 to 1.41 dollars. Corn No 3 yellow about 85 to 90 cents, oats No 3 yellow about 50 to 51.5 cents.

Minneapolis Minn Northern Ark Montana

Poultry and Livestock Prices From Swift Iowa Farms

Poultry items list prices for hens and springs by Swift & Co and Iowa Poultry Farm with hens 4 lbs and over at 17c, light Leghorns 13c, springs 4 lbs and over 19c, under 4 lbs 15c, cocks 10c. Livestock quotes from Hog Association via P. Sautre Co show good butchers 290 lb at 8.15, 200–259 lb 8.15 to 8.50, 184–200 lb 7.80 to 8.05, 250–300 lb 7.40, heavy packers 7.15.

Swift & Co Iowa Poultry Farm 3. P. Sautre Company

Chicago Market Report Shows Steady Butter and Mixed Egg Prices

Butter uncharged with 6 366 tabs receipts and 4 034 cases eggs. firsts 42 46 4c ordinary firsts 32 ic. Poultry steady with various cuts and prices. potatoes slow with 505 cars shipped nationwide. Wisconsin round whites and Red River ships quoted 1.39 1.40. Idaho russets No 1 1.50 1.65. Futures show December butter 42 0.5, eggs 33 0.5.

Chicago U. S Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Red River Idaho

Butter and egg prices move in New York markets

New York prices report steady to firm butter and egg quotes as of December 2. Butter receipts reach 10,763 tubs with varying grade offers from extra firsts to seconds. Egg prices show firm demand with fresh gathered and nearby whites and browns listed, while cheese receipts total 76,064 pounds.

New York Hennery

Poultry Price Report From New York Market

New York prices list live poultry and dressed poultry with irregular rates. Chickens and fowls show varying express and freight quotes. roosters and broilers appear in smaller consignments. Turkeys are noted with regional price differentials for fresh western southwestern southern markets.

New York

New York Sugar Prices Firm on December Trading

Raw sugar in New York rose to 4.52 for Cuban sugar, while refined sugar held steady in the 5.60 to 6.80 range for fine granulated. Market notes indicate firmer tones across the session.

New York Sugar New York

Flour Market Report From Capolis Minn Dec 2

Capolis Minnesota December 2 AP report notes shipments totaling 45 427 barrels as part of the flour market update.

Fiour Capolis Minn de Dechanced

Record of Chicago livestock market prices December report

Cattle and hog receipts reach thousands as hogs show mixed to higher values by weight. Top hog price around $9.10 with 210 to 300 pound lots best, sows and light hogs range 6.75 to 9.10. Cattle trade softer with steers weak to price declines, vealers around 12.50 to 13.00, cows and cutters 5.25 to 6.00. Sheep active for light lambs with best at 14.49 and range 10.50 to 13.75 for others.

Chicago U. S. Department of Agriculture

Kansas City Hog and Cattle Receipts Advance Across Markets

United States Department of Agriculture reports Kansas City signals higher hog prices with top 8.75 for 225 to 250 pounds and light weights up. cattle receipts near 1,200 head with beef steers steady and veal top at 19.75. sheep receipts 300 head steady with lambs 9.50 to 13.00 and yearling wethers 10.35.

Kansas City U. S. Department of Agriculture

Cattle Hog Veal Prices Steady to Higher at South St. Paul Market

U S Department of Agriculture reports cattle receipts at 1690 head with active trade across killing classes. Early sales show mixed steers and heifers at 11.00, medium weight steers to 14.00, cows 6.25 to 7.75, cutters 4.75 to 5.50, bulls down from 7.00, stockers 8.00 to 9.00. Calves 1400 head with vealers firm to 25c higher, hogs 14000 head with modest gains, sows 7.50 to 7.75, lights 7.50, lambs 9.50 and fat ewes 6.00.

South St. Paul Minn U. S. Department of Agriculture

Hogs steady to strong on receipts at Omaha

Omaha Nebraska December 2 AP U S Department of Agriculture hogs receipts 6500 head butchers and light hogs steady to strong packing sows

Omaha Neb U. S. Department of Agriculture

Hog cattle and sheep markets report for Joseph Missouri

Hog prices rose 15 to 25 cents with top at 8.80 for 210 to 320 pound sows. Cattle receipts 450 head with most killing classes steady. beef cows 6.50 to 8.50, veal top 14.00. Sheep receipts 2,500 head, market fairly active and steady. 87 pound fat wool lambs 13.25, Colorado lambs 12.00, fat ewes 6.75.

Joseph U. Department of Agriculture Colorado

Livestock Markets East St Louis Ill Hogs Cattle Sheep

Hogs receipts 11 000 head with underweights 15 25 cents higher and medium heavy butchers 10 15 cents higher. Prices about $9.15 bulk 140 to 150, 190 pounds up to $9.00. Cattle receipts 1 000 head calves 700 head. steers and yearlings light. cows and bulls steady. wealers 25 to 50 cents lower at $15.00. most cows $6.50 to 7.75. few bulls $6.00 to 6.50. Sheep receipts 1 000 head steady with through billings. native lambs $13.75. fat ewes $5.00 to 6.00.

East St. Louis Ill Noreen the U. S. Department of Agriculture

Sioux City Livestock Market Report December 2

Receipts show cattle 1500 head with markets steady. fed steers and yearlings 10.00 to 17.50, bulk short fed 11.50 to 13.25, fed cows and heifers 7.50 to 14.50, veals 7.00 to 12.59, bulls 5.50 to 7.50, stockers 7.00 to 11.50. Hogs 3000 head up 10 to 20 cents. top 8.80, bulk 7.60 to 8.75. 160 to 200 lb 8.00 to 8.65. 250 to 350 lb 8.25 to 8.80. sows 8.00. stags 7.00 to 7.50. pigs 6.00. Sheep 800 head bids 25 cents lower. best lambs 13.25.

Sioux City U. S. Department of Agriculture Chicago U.S. Department of Agriculture Aill Srades Western Rangers

Hog prices rise on light Peoria sale

Peoria Illinois on December 2 reports hog receipts at 3000 head with prices up about 15 cents. Top hogs sold to $9.00 while the bulk moved from $8.60 to $8.90. Cattle receipts were about 200 head.

Weekly Review of Livestock Market

Chicago December 2 AP report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows cattle prices sharp and broad gains across grades with top fed steers at 19.00 and yearlings near 18.25. Hogs and sheep also rise, with mixed weight effects and strong demand from feeders and packers.

Wool Market Shows Wider Mill Interest and Rising Prices

The Commercial Bulletin reports growing mill interest in wool with sizeable transactions in territory and Texas wools of fine and half-blood grade. Prices show an upward tendency as large operators contract in the west, mainly Utah, aligning with eastern market parity. Foreign markets are strong against buyers. A shipping strike halts Ceelong and Melbourne sales and could affect all Australia.

Boston Commercial Bulletin Texas Utah Ceelong Melbourne Australia

Profit Taking Leaves Impress on Dozen-Year High

Canadian Pacific rises to 109 1 2, a peak in over a dozen years, aided by expanding demand and market highs. Profit taking trimmed other shares as the call loan rate was raised from 4 to 4 1 2 percent, with United States Steel United Motors and Montgomery Ward slipping 2 to 3 points.

New York Canadian Pacific United States Steel General Motors Montgomery Ward United States

Bond Market Opens December Trading Steady in New York

Active trading kept prices steady as easy money limited declines. Chesapeake & Ohio 4s rose to about 103 percent, with moderate pressure on Pennsylvania 4s Missouri Pacific 4s Southern Pacific 4s and Florida East Coast 5s. Public utility buying lifted Philadelphia Electric 4s above 100 for the first time this year. Industrials remained quiet while government issues were not heavy.

New York Chesapeake & Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri Pacific Southern Pacific Florida East Coast Philadelphia Milectric

President Coolidge Holds New Mexico Memorial Stone Dedication

President Coolidge stresses national unity and mutual respect among the states while dedicating New Mexico’s memorial stone in the Washington monument. He urges preservation of state integrity, warns against sectionalism, and notes New Mexico’s health climate potential and vast development prospects.

Washington New Mexico Washington Monument Coolidge Idaho

Man and Woman Die After Hotel shooting in Minneapolis

M A Norton a Prescott Oregon lumber company worker died in a St Paul hospital after shooting Mrs Lillian Shackleford of Minneapolis and then firing at himself in a Minneapolis hotel. Police say the incident arose from a lovers quarrel. Norton, from Winona Minnesota, had been unconscious since the shooting last Monday.

St. Paul, Minn M. A. Norton Prescott Ore Lillian Shackleford Minneapolis Norton Winona Minn

Insull Offers to Name Campaign Donors in 1926 Primaries

The Chicago Tribune says Samuel Insull and his attorney Daniel Schuyler offered to tell a senate committee the names of all candidates who received campaign contributions from Insull in the 1926 primaries. Insull’s associates would not confirm the report and Insull never comments on such statements. Senator James A. Reed led the senate investigating committee and was in Chicago for an address but declined to comment.

Chicago The Chicago Tribune Samuel Insull Daniel Schuyler Senate Tribune

Army Air Corps Seeks Faster Pilot Training Changes

The report notes fewer officers from other branches applying to transfer to the air corps, and many who did fail the physical or course. It argues transfers provide little relief since most effective pilots are academy or technical graduates and calls for training method changes. No word on housing conditions in Maj. Gen. Summerall’s first annual staff report.

Air Corps War Department United States Miltary Academy Charles P. Summerall Army

Child’s Coat Fabric and Price for Various Yards

Fragmentary market note lists child’s coat fabric options with yard lengths 2 4 6 and 8 for 64 inch material at 15 cents per yard.

Fall & Winter 1927 28 Book of Fashions at Muscatine Journal

The Muscatine Journal notes orders for the pattern book and date line as the UP-TO-DATE FALL AND WINTER 1927-28 BOOK OF FASHIONS. The piece also covers army budget issues, housing delays, and General Summerall’s remarks on peacetime effectiveness and promotion stagnation.

Muscatine Journal Muscatine Iowa War Department Summerall Congress Pacific Coast White House San Diego Coolidge Washington

Willis Beach to Deny on Stand

The Beach and Lilliendahl families described a long friendly relationship. The defense plans to show brief harmless Peggy Anderson letters and establish Willis Beach's alibi that he was at home during the crime. Witnesses, including Ray Beach and Daisy Beach, testified to Beach's presence at home on the day of the killing.

Beach Lilliendahl Dr. Lilliendahl Peggy Anderson Ray Beach Daisy Beach Ray

Classified washers for sale at Fuller and Hillers

Several used washing machines offered in good condition. Includes a Maytag Multimotor wood tub wringer White Lily hand machine Very Best hand machine Queen Water motor machine. Phone 265 for Fuller and Hillers.

Fuller & Hillers

Calles and Morrow on Tour of Mexico View Favorably

Mexican president Calles and American ambassador Dwight Morrow travel on the presidential train for an inspection tour. Observers see the trip as a first invitation of an American envoy on such travels and a step toward better U.S. Mexican understanding after Morrow took his post.

Calles Morrow Mexico Mexico City Dwight W. Morrow Calles’ Ranch

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