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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
10
Receipts show 2,000 cattle and 3,500 head of sheep with slow feeding demand for heavy cattle and steady to higher prices for good medium stock. Cows sell around 8.50, veal and light weights active, lambs 13.66 top on an 83 pound fed western wool stock.
A broad upturn in wheat corn and oats occurred as buyers dominated while selling remained scattered. Northwest and western curtailment slowed movement but did not halt gains as export demand lagged despite snow aiding winter wheat in Kansas.
Chicago market notes list wheat prices for various grades with No. 1 northern spring at 1.32 and other No. categories. corn values for mixed and yellow grades hover around 85 to 89 cents. oats quoted No. 2 and No. 3 white around 56 and 53 to 54 cents. rye not quoted. Timothy seed at 3.00 to 3.75 dollars. clover seed between 21.50 and 28.50 dollars.
Poultry prices listed: Hens 4 lbs and over 17 cents. Leghorns and blacks 13 14 cents. springs 4 lbs and over 19 cents. under 4 lbs 15 cents. Cocks 19 cents. Fegs 41 cents. Furnished by Swift and Co and Iowa Poultry Farm.
Market listings show live stock quotes including hogs, Leghorns, blacks, rocks and weights from 14 to 250 pounds. Prices range from 7.25 to 8.35 per unit with details on butcher quality and yard offers.
A garbled AP date line lists poultry counts with Masvine entries for ducks and geese, plus turkeys. The fragment mentions several figures including numbers around 17 to 32 cents, indicating pricing or counts in a local market report.
New York December 17 eggs steady to firm with 16 233 cases received. Pacific coast whites extras freight 53 55 1 2 cents. Express 57 cents. Pacific coast whites firsts to extra firsts 50 cents. Cheese firm with 192 receipts. State whole milk flats held fancy to fancy specials 29 cents.
St Louis market report lists butter creamery extras at 52c for fresh firsts and 39c for firsts with higher overall. Sultry market steady on springs up 1c. heavy hens 20c. light hens 16c. broilers 28c. turkeys 37c. geese 16-18c. ducks 17-19c. Northern twins.
New York markets show raw sugar at 4.58 with refined sugar trading between 5.60 and 5.80 as of December 7 according to AP dispatch.
Live poultry markets report irregular fowls by freight 21 to 27 cents and by express 21 to 29 cents. Dressed poultry remains steady with turkey prices for fresh western young 32 to 46 cents and western output 30 to 44 cents.
Receipts total 7,000 hogs with early bids 5 to 10 cents higher and top at 8.60 for 240 to 250 pounds. Cattle receipts 7,000 with beef steers steady to strong and vealers firm. good heavy steers around 14.35 and short fed range 11.00 to 13.50. Sheep 5,000 with lambs active and steady. top fed lambs 13.50, plus 13.25 for others and 12.00 for 77 pound clipped, odd ewe losses noted.
Hogs receipts 16 500 head market steady with 5 to 10 cent gains. Top hogs 8 70 with bulk 160 to 180 pounds at 8 35 to 8 50 and 190 pounds up to 8 60 8 65. Cattle receipts 4 000 head calves 1 700 head. steer quality mostly medium and trading slow with steady indications. Fat cows and bulls active with buyers 25 cents lower at 14 75. medium bulls top at 8 80. cows 6 50 to 8 20. Sheep receipts 3 000 head natives 13 75 to 14 00. few lambs to butcher. Indications about steady.
A brief AP dispatch from St. Joseph Missouri dated December 7 notes livestock market activity. Details on prices and classes of cattle and hogs are summarized as typical trade activity patterns for the day. Market observers report steady demand and price directions at local sale barns.
Cattle trading in Peoria Till Till shows prices about a few cents lower with top at 8.65 and others around 8.60. Receipts estimated near 100 head with noted activity in the market.
W J McDonald of Iowa City and husband of a deputy sheriff unknowingly helped Caleb Smith a 22 year old Peoria Illinois burglary suspect escape after McDonald gave him a ride to Muscatine. Smith crossed the bridge into Illinois and was last heard from there.
In Mays Landing New Jersey on December 7 AP reports Prosecutor Hinkle urged a first degree murder verdict against Margaret Lillien dahl and her elderly admirer Willis Beach. Hinkle reviewed witness testimony and said if one is guilty both are. Edison Hedges then argued Beach acted for money or love, asserting the state has shown neither motive.
The Jeffer son school auditorium hosted the fifth fall concert featuring combined orchestras from Franklin Garfield Lincoln and Washington schools. Elmer M. Ziegler directed forty students performing Bizet's Carmen overture and operatic airs with solo numbers, praised for audience appeal. The new auditorium’s acoustics enhanced the performance on Tuesday evening.
Roy Williams was bound over to the grand jury on a larceny of an automobile charge at a Wapello hearing Tuesday. He posted bonds and was released after arrest by Deputy Marshal Cal Schreiber and Officer Fred Jarvis following a theft report involving a Willys-Knight coupe. Harold Peters, present during the arrest, faced no charges.
Iowa lodge and Triune lodge of the local Masonic orders plan a grand lodge school in the area on December 13 14 and 15. The event will invite all lodges in the southeastern Iowa district and letters have been sent requesting attendance. A large delegation is expected.
A fire started by an overheated furnace consumed the Newkirk Dutch Reformed church eight miles north of Alton Illinois causing about $25,000 in damage. The Alton fire department arrived too late as high winds fanned the flames.
The house appropriations committee reported a deficiency bill for 198,876,264 dollars the first such measure after the last session. Key items include 43 million to refund illegally collected taxes, 46 million for army and navy pensions, 7 million for Mississippi flood control, and 19.4 million for veterans compensation.
A. L. St Denis was chosen worshipful master of Iowa Lodge No. 2 A F and A M at the annual meeting in the Masonic temple Tuesday night. New officers include O E Maddox senior warden F G Holcomb junior warden Fred W Johnston treasurer F G Wilford secretary and Charles C Hagermann representative on the temple board. Installation set for Tuesday evening Jan 3.
Iowa Daily Student business manager George Gregg reports a campus edict from President R. M. Kughkes barring any advertisements that suggest smoking to co-eds. The undergraduate publication at Iowa State College faces financial concerns as ad sales decline due to the policy.
Temperatures statewide range from zero to 15 degrees below and a southeast forecast delays the cold wave. Morning readings show 42 degrees and .44 inch rain recorded as light showers continue. A Nordic cold spell and snow were forecast for tonight with strong northwest winds and gales, while Thursday remains generally fair and cold. The river levels slip to 4.4 feet, down .2 feet.
A Iowa Supreme Court custody battle over 11 month old Inez Ellen Tilton continues as the baby stays at a Des Moines children’s home awaiting the ruling. Justice Truman S. Stevens has not ruled on whether the district court’s custody to Benjamin Halverson and wife or a permanent restraining stay for Carroll Tilton should stand.
Jerome Carroll of Cresco Iowa, a Georgetown junior guard and star on the football team, was elected captain for the 1928 eleven. The selection confirms Carroll as team leader for the upcoming season at the Washington school.
The article points out that a major portion of the newspaper's revenue came from cigarette advertisements, highlighting the reliance on tobacco ads as a key financial pillar.
Milo Ritteshouse was elected commander of Maccabees lodge tent No. 9 for 1938 at the Tuesday evening election. Other officers elected include John M. Richards past commander William Boldt lieutenant commander George Eichenauer record keeper Fred Martin chaplain August Blaesing Jr chaplain J H Schroeder first master of guards DO S Mills second master of guards W H B Terrey sentinel George Schlutz picket Dr G D Lezotte Dr G A Sywassink and Dr L C Howe physicians.
Pioneer club members join Rotary and Red Paint store to collect toys for a toy hospital. A contest awards the club with the largest toy haul after canvassing homes Saturday morning December 17.
Mrs Nellie Robertson and her advanced pupils will present a recital at Grandview Community Church on Wednesday evening December 14. Robertson will sing two sets, with sponsorship by the Kings Daughters of Grandview Church.
Classified note announces a fast sale of two first class mortgages on a property in the center business section. The ad requests entries in the WW Journal.
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