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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1961
Page
11
Stock listings show numerous company names and figures across sectors including Anaconda Armour Ford Mot Gen Elec Goodyear Int Hary T & T Maytag Nat Daley Penney JC Philco Philco Trudays Wilton Woolworth with varied prices and letters indicating market activity on a late trading day.
The record lists traffic fines and costs for several defendants including Glen Alfred Carl, Dubuque on speeding and $10 costs, Vere Ay Pratt, New Liberty with $25 and costs, and a complex car damage case in which Delbert C. Creighton sues Celeste Cronin and Lou Bowman over a 1952 model car collision on Grandview Avenue at Malin Street with claimed damages of $310.60. It also covers divorce counter claims for Helen M. Storms and Dewayne Storms, a default judgment in favor of Ridge Meerdink, Inc., against Leslie and Norma Histor, and multiple divorce suits including Edna E. Staals versus Edwin Staals and Panst Lee Roggenbuck versus Richard Roggenbuck, plus ad-mitttals, dismissals, intoxication and speeding cases, improper registration, and other docket notes with names and addresses listed.
Chicago livestock market shows hogs 25 to 40 cents higher amid active demand. No. 1 hogs around 210 pounds top near 17.50, mixed 190-280 pounds 16.25 to 17.00, heavier lots 250-300 pounds 15.50 to 16.06. Cattle steady to firm with steer yearlings 25.50 to 27, choice 1,175 pounds 26.50, slaughter lambs 17.00 to 17.73, ewes 6.40 to 6.00. Calves not reported.
Omaha livestock figures show higher bids for hogs and cattle with gains in sow and calf categories while calves and steer prices edge up and sheep steady. Chicago potato notes indicate on track arrivals, modest shipments, and steady demand with Reds and Idaho round reds priced around 225 to 240.
Chicago wholesale prices show little change with buyers able to secure steady bids. Higher grades reach about 70 percent of batter standards while whites and middlings trade near current levels as market watchers note modest shifts in some quality categories.
A reader’s notice lists multiple farm closing out sales in December with locations around Durant, Walcott, Wilton, Winfield, and Columbus Junction. Each sale includes start times, owners Leonard Roggenkemp and others, and auctioneers such as Smith Berfick, Duncan, Heindel, and Buckman, with local banks as clerks or trustees.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Chicago, oil products, and seed sales with unclear terms, numbers, and names. The readable items suggest a mid story on commodity trading and local business activity, focusing on markets for oil and seeds in a possibly dated Chicago context.
Obituary notices list Mary Phelps of West Branch 79 with extended illness, born 1882, teacher, married 1806. Funeral at Barker Funeral home with Rev. Clifford Wolfe, burial Springdale cemetery. Also Rainy Russell Wilson 62 of rural Letts, service at Letts Methodist Church, burial Letts cemetery. Mearl Bannick 48 of Cedar Rapids funeral at Turner Funeral Home, born Scottenunty. Atlanta Buckley 91 of Muscatine died after illness, survived by Ray Buckley and grandchildren, burial Drury Reynolds. Susie Alter 86 of Ottumwa, moved between homes, survived by niece Lydia Hollingsinger. services in Ottumwa. Dr T. T. Hoxsey former Muscatine resident buried Rock Island National Cemetery after services in Bradenton.
Market activity showed limited momentum with moderate buying in spots. Oats and soybeans rose while corn and barley drifted. traders noted liquidation at Midwest levels and early afternoon short covering offered some late support. Estimated receipts for carrots and related grains were uncertain amid fluctuating futures.
Wanelle The Wapelie Lodge No 5 AF and AM met in regular session Tuesday evening in the Masonic hall. The following officers were elected: W M L, Elmer Bayes, Ss. W James Ernest. treasurer Robert Stirieman. secretary Eintees Bucher. H E Holver. H W Tilman re-elected as trustee for a three year term. News from Phoenix reports Dean Marshall surprised his mother Myrtle Marshall during a two day visit. Slown to Clintonville, Rie Wad bought a large ore truck for Phoenix and was returning. Mr and Mrs John Gluba of Fort Madison visited their daughter. Mr and Mrs Richard Healey and Mr and Mrs Robert Perryman welcomed a baby girl born in Mercy hospital Burlington.
Philathéa class of the Methodist church met at the home of Mrs Emma Eversmeyer with Mrs Christine Bacone and Mrs John Rockefellow leading devotions. A silent auction of articles made by members raised funds for food plates for the shut ins. Next meeting February 6 after December gathering and no January session.
Classifieds section outlines ad categories and rates for personals to automobiles. It details word counts, time multipliers, minimum charges, and double-tinted 12 point type pricing. Also notes blind ads incur a small surcharge and errors are corrected by the newspaper.
A fragmented notice mentions wholesale cuts of meat for locker or home freezer and a Christmas exchange. It also riffs on Mustatine's High basketball team and West-Je High with remarks about the South End, suggesting local sports chatter and area teams in a brief, period voice.
A string of real estate listings from Kautz Realty Co featuring a three bedroom house with modern kitchen and basement, a duplex with $20.41 monthly rent, a four bedroom home with two baths and central air near Park Lane Golf, a five bedroom house with multiple garages, a one and a half bath bungalow suitable for FHA, a lake view home with fireplace, and a large brick duplex near Muscatine with updated roof and furnace. The ads promote immediate possession and proximity to schools churches and town.
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