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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1927

Page

10

Market Roundup: Feeds and Livestock Prices Fall Slightly

Latest stock and grain markets report 50c lower with other classes steady. Bulk fed steers around 11.00 to 14.00, good at about 15.00, veal tops, bulk stockers and feeders near 9.00. Sheep receipts 8,009 head. lambs 25 to 60c lower, odd lots steady. Fed lambs about 13.40, others 13.00 to 13.30. Natives 12.50 to 13.00, shorn yearlings 9.60 to 10.00.

Omaha Neb U. S. Department of Agriculture

Wheat Prices Slip on Lower Demand Across Markets

Chicago action shows wheat closing 5-8 to 1-8c lower despite a 2,223,000 bushel drop in US visible supply. Export demand from North America weak. Liverpool quotas soft. Argentine news bearish. Corn and oats also ease with mixed intra-day moves and light hog declines.

Chicago United States North America Liverpool Inlard

Saylor Weichelman Report Quotations

Quotations furnished by Saylor and Wichelman. 409 410 Hershey Building. Wire connections with Jackson Brothers Company Chicago York. Phone.

Saylor-Weichelman Saylor & Wichelman Hershey Jackson Bros. @ Co Chicago — — York

Wheat and grain futures report from Chicago markets

Chicago markets show prices for wheat corn oats rye barley and seeds with varying grades. No. 3 red wheat at 1.36% to 1.36% per bushel and No. 2 hard at 1.29% to 1.31% reflect today’s session alongside numerous yellow and mixed grain bids and seed values across multiple grades.

Chicago

Grain prices steady on mixed corn and oats markets

Peoria markets report corn closing unchanged with several grades listed at 6c to 8 1/2c and yellow prices from 82 1/2c to 86 1/2c. Oats hold steady with No 2 white at 55c and No 4 white at 53c.

Peoria Til

Grain Visible Supply Changes Report

New York December 12 AP report shows changes in U S grain visible supply. Wheat down 2,222,000 bushels. Corn up 146,000. Oats down 923,000. Berley? barley down 929,000.

New York

Local Markets Poultry and Fees and Livestock Quotations

Local markets list poultry prices from Swift & Co and Iowa Poultry Farm for hens, springs, leghorns, blacks, and cocks with 4 lb plus rates. Livestock quotes from 3 F P Squire Company show good butchers and packer price bands by weight ranges across 180 to 399 pounds.

Swift & Co Iowa Poultry Farm Squire Company

Butter and egg market reports from Chicago dust cold

Chicago market notes show butter receipts 10 579 tubs with mixed values for creams and firsts, eggs with 5 539 cases, poultry supplies including springs and turkeys, and potatoes with carload shipments and regional prices in Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota and Idaho. Revenue outlook notes storage and refrigerator standards for December January and February.

Chicago U. S Wisconsin Minnesota- North Dakota Idaho

Butter and Egg Prices Hold Steady in New York Market

New York reports steady butter with receipts of 5 913 pounds and varied creamery prices. Eggs show unsettled market with fresh and storage categories ranging from 24 to 58 cents per dozen, including extra firsts and nearby whites and pullets at multiple price points.

New York Pullets Osie Rooncry

Kansas City Prices Reported for Dairy and Poultry

Kansas City dairy and poultry prices listed in a Dec 12 report show creamery butter at 52 cents, large quantities 48, butter fat premium and firsts 49, seconds 26, chilled current receipts 38. Poultry notes include heavy hens at 20 cents and light hens at an incomplete rate.

Kansas City

Odd Poultry Yard Totals From Scribner Auction

Fragmentary OCR reports varied poultry counts with roosters 19 to 7 percent, ducks 10, geese 15, and turkeys 15 cents in a local sale listing.

St Louis Market Report From December 12

St Louis market update lists produce and poultry pricing with fresh firsts at two cents lower, creamery extras at two cents, and poultry prices for heavy hens living and eggs and broilers. It notes unchanged poultry values for live hens and various fowl.

St. Louis

New York Poultry Prices Report

Live poultry and dressed meat prices listed for New York markets. Fresh chickens 22 to 37 cents per pound, fowls 18 to 31, frozen 17 to 30, old roosters 16 to 22, fresh young western turkeys 32 to 47, southwestern 30 to 45, southern 33 to 62, ducks western 20 to 29, geese western 21 to 26.

New York Poultry New York Dressey

New York Sugar Prices Mixed in Quiet Trade

Raw sugar quotations from New York show Cuban cane at about 5.60 to 5.80 per cent for fine granulated grades amid quiet trading conditions and weak demand.

New York

Flour Prices and Shipments Reported in Minneapolis Market

Minneapolis flour market notes flour steady at 1. Unchanged in carload sets. Family patents quoted $7.35 to $7.45 a barrel in 93 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 37,594 barrels. Bran priced at $30.50 to $31.00.

Minneapolis Minn

Prices of Hogs Again Go Lower in Chicago Market

Chicago December market reports show hog receipts official at 63 000 with prices declining but not sharply. Early buyers secured discounts around 10 cents, most sales $8.25 to $8.40, with top hogs at $8.75 and others $8.35 to $8.65. cattle and sheep also show weaker values amid overall lower livestock prices and selective concessions in the alleys.

Chicago Ill Bocemeneess Binthanwsiasda Weichke Preice Cpp Heeak Adlemedas Dsudesoaereuns ENZA Oro

Chicago Livestock Prices Dip on Mixed Trade

Chicago market reports show hogs at 63 000 head with prices 10 to 25 cents lower than Saturday. Cattle receipts 21 000 head, trading uneven with beef steer demand weaker. Sheep demand slow with lambs around 14 to 14.25 dollars and fat sheep modestly firmer.

Hogs and cattle market report from Kansas City

Kansas City market report shows hog receipts around 9 000 head with slow trading and prices 15 to 25 cents lower than Saturday. Purchases for stock pigs range roughly 7 50 to 9 25, with practical top around 8 49 for 260 pounds. Cattle and calves receipts total about 19 500 and 4 000 respectively, with short fed steers in liberal supply and trade very slow as bids fall early.

Kansas City U. S. Department of Agriculture

Livestock Receipts Report In Omaha Market Declines

U S Department of Agriculture reports receipts for cattle hogs and sheep in Omaha Nebraska. Hog prices steady to lower with loads down to 8.00. Cattle receipts 11 500 head with prices for fed steers yearlings and beef cows shown. Sheep receipts 15 000 head with lambs and ewes priced and noted declines in lamb values.

Livestock Prices Mixed as Week Opens in South St. Paul

Cattle receipts reach 8000 with uneven gains erased and steady early prices. Calves around 11.50, hogs 7.50 to 8.00 with peso lower than last week, sows steady, pigs near 7.50, average 8.15. Sheep receipts 9000 with fat lambs around 13.00 and ewes at 6.75 to 4.00 for culls.

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

Hogs Cattle And Sheep Markets Reported At East St Louis

East St Louis dispatch reports hog receipts at 18 500 with prices 25 cents lower top 8 55 and mid range 8 15 to 8 50. Cattle and calves 6 000 and 2 500 head respectively, market steady with vealers 14 75, steers 9 75 to 10 50, cows 6 50 to 8 00. Sheep receipts 2 500 with lambs 14 35 on one deck, otherwise inactive. market steady to lower.

East St. Louis Til U. S. Department of Agriculture

Market Recap From St Joseph Live Stock Sale

U Receipts 5 000 head market active with cattle and sheep showing declines. Cattle bidding 15 to 25 cents lower on beef steers and yearlings. bulls and veals little changed. cows weaker overall with bulk at 6.50 to 9.00. Sheep saw limited activity with fat lambs down 25 cents and fat ewes topping at 6.25.

St. Joseph U. S. Department of Agriculture

Cattle and Hog Receipts Slow. Prices Mixed in Sioux City Market

Cattle receipts 5500 head with slow to steady demand across grades. Fed steers and yearlings mainly $10.00 to $18.00, bulk $12.00 to 13.56. feeding cows and heifers $6.00 to 10.00. Hogs receipts 9009 head, prices 25 to 35 cents lower, tops $8.15, bulk $7.75 to 8.15. Continuous mix of weights and cattle types shows softer hog values.

Sioux City Department of Agriculture

Stock market gains on buying orders push prices higher

Gains of two points or more dominated trading as buying orders surged ahead of weekend votes on the O'Fallon railroad decision. United States Steel unfilled tonnage rose and money rates stayed low while excess reserves grew in the banks despite gold outflow. Pierce-Arrow preferred Wright Aeronautical and Porto Rican Tobacco B rose up to six points. Call loan renewal rate remained at four per cent.

New York O'Fallon United States Steel Pierce-Arrow Wright Aeronautical Porto Rican Tobacco

Bond Market Quiet As Rail Offerings Dulling

Quilet presided over a steady bond market with light trading volumes. Easy money remained the main support as railway liens such as Erie 5s and Missouri Pacific 58 held near year peaks. General Motors acceptances edged down while West Shore first 4s slipped. U S government obligations were easy with few deals. French issues showed firm tendencies amid irregular foreign activity.

New York Erie Missouri Pacific General Motors West Shore First United States

Fatal Auto Accident Near Stanton Neb

Stanton Neb December 12 Ted Klopp of Bloomfield Neb was instantly killed and William Buskirk of ONeill Neb seriously injured when their car turned over in a ditch west of Stanton last night Buskirk is in a hospital with slim chances of recovery

Stanton, Neb Ted Klopp Bloomfield Neb William Buskirk O'Neill Stanton Buskirk

Mrs Meredith Reports Lost Diamond Brooch in Washington

Mrs Edwin T Meredith of Des Moines says her husband former Secretary of Agriculture Edwin T Meredith misplaced a valuable diamond brooch between Dupont Circle and the Mayflower hotel in Washington where she was staying.

Washington Washington, D. C Edwin T. Meredith Des Moines Secretary of Agriculture Dupont Circle Mayflower Hotel

Whitacres Celebrate Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary in West Liberty

West Liberty Iowa December 12 paragraph notes Mr and Mrs Maurice Whitacre marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and cake. The couple, born in Ohio, married December 12 1877 in Iowa City and later moved to West Liberty thirty five years ago. Their children Ray Whitacre W S bank president and daughters Mrs W R Tharp and Mrs Paul Anderson attended with families. Grandchildren Mrs Clyde Kirby and Maurice Anderson also present.

West Liberty Maurice Whitacre Whitacre Ohio Iowa Aquilla Whitacre Downey Meads Towa City Whitacre and Hogue Ray Whitacre The Peoples State Bank W. R. Tharp Paul Anderson Clyde Kirby Washington, Mo Maurice Anderson

Former Resident Killed in West

Columbus Junction Iowa Dec 12 Mrs John Riley of Columbus City received a message Sunday morning saying that her son Carl Sutherland was accidentally killed at Shelby Montana No particulars about the accident were received The body will be buried there Sutherland was 44 formerly resided at Letts He is survived by his mother two brothers and a sister Lee and Mrs Lenore Smith in Nebraska and Sherman in Kansas

Columbus Junction John Riley Columbus City Carl Sutherland Shelby, Mont

Question Right of Senate Body Continues Hearings

A Senate panel signals ongoing inquiry into the Calles fund and the Elias issue. State Department has avoided the embryo controversy but leans toward the Mexican ambassador's stance. Public hearings are set to begin Thursday.

Senate Calles State Department Elias

Radio audition winners chosen prompt a grand opera path

The piece cites first prize winner Miss Davis described as a lyric soprano destined to become a mezzo. She dreams of singing Aida and plans to train in an eastern conservatory after staying in New York. Fellow winner Evans, a school teacher, seeks Curtis Institute scholarships in Philadelphia.

Reinald Werrenrath Yeatman Griffith George Ferguson T. Tertius Nobre Vladimir Oe W. G. Hay Pierre V. R Miss Davis Aida New York Eastern Conservatory Evans Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia

Oklahoma War Taken to Court

The article recalls a 1920s Oklahoma capital clash as the governor mobilizes the guard to bar the capitol before a House session. Units from the 179th Infantry and a machine gun company move under Proclamation by Governor Johnston, while charges against Johnston and Cordell prompt impeachment recall.

Guard Capitol House of Representatives 179Th Infantry Charles F. Barrett Johnston Adjutant General Harry B. Cordell State Board of Agriculture McPherron J. C. Walton Walton H. Tom Kight Lower House Kight Oklahoma

Bygone Days Brief Sketches in Muscatine Journal Files

A compact look at actors and events from Muscatine's past drawn from Journal files. The sketches recount notable figures and moments, offering a snapshot of a bygone era through archival notes and concise anecdotes.

Gas pipe laid on Fifth Street and street lights planned

Journal files recall plans to substitute gas for kerosene with a pipe laid on Fifth street between Mulberry and Walnut and two street lights to be added as severe cold looms, plus Muscatine coal famine past.

Fifth Street Mulberry Avenue Walnut Street Journal Muscatine

Funeral Service for Armatrong Bong Delivers Tragic Notes

An inquest into the death of a boy linked to a kerosene fire concluded that the cause was an accident from oil ignition while trying to start a blaze. The body was taken to Robert McKay's funeral home. Relatives in Colorado await word on Mrs. La Fever's arrangements after her death, with no inquest planned.

Armatrong Bong Robert McKay Rock Island Colorado Sam Perry John Bivens John Haney Rick Lenz Ross Anderson Ethel Attie McKay and Key la Fever Carl Unsworth Buffalo Prairie Aledo Collins

Longley Speaks on Church Work and Canvass Beginnings

Summary of church activity: Bishop Harry S. Longley of Des Moines addressed Trinity Episcopal confirmation, urging member duty and loyalty to Christ and church. Nine were received. The First Congregational and Mulford Congregational churches launched their annual every-member canvass led by M. L. Davies. Additional sermons and services occurred at First Baptist, First Friends, and First Methodist Episcopal churches with notes on mission slides and national Anti-Saloon League meeting report.

Christ Harry S. Longley Des Moines Iowa Trinity Episcopal Church Longley Church of Iowa First Congregational Mulford Sodom Vernon L. Shantz First Baptist Church Africa First Friends Church Viola Smith E. A. Bentzinger First Methodist Episcopal Church Washington, D. C

Thieves Rob Traps Near Letts Reported

Letts Iowa December 12 trappers in the area report thieves robbing traps and sometimes taking the traps themselves with no clues yet. E C Turkington shipped five car loads of Hereford bulls on Friday night three from Letts two from Columbus Junction one load to Missouri and four to Texas with Harry Hazlett as caretaker.

Letts E. C. Turkington Columbus Junction Missouri Points Texas Harry Hazlett West Liberty

Grade Crossings Up To Railroads To Be Built Under State Contracts

State highway commission at Ames will award paving drainage and bridging contracts for the West Liberty to Johnson county line road with two overhead rail crossings. Construction must begin by April 1 1928 with completion by November 1 1928. Railroad agreement with R E and P needed before crossings can be built.

West Liberty Johnson County Lne Co. R.E. & P. Railroad Company State Highway Commission Ames State Commission Columbus Street Elm Street Nichols

Letts High School Hosts Tenth Performance of An Old Fashioned Mother

The Home Builders' class of Sweetland Methodist Episcopal church presents the three act comedy drama An Old Fashioned Mother at Letts High School Thursday evening. This marks the drama's tenth presentation by the Sweetland class.

Sweetland Methodist Episcopal Church Letts High School Sweetland

Poultry Show Awards Report From Morning Sun Iowa

The Morning Sun lists poultry show prizes with multiple firsts for Mrs W C Weinrich Mrs Velma Todd George Croson Mrs Lee Harris and others across breeds including Ill Red Brahma White Leghorn White Wyandotte Black Minorca White Pekin Geese and Toulouse Geese with awards in cock cockerel pullet and pen categories and notable winners Mrs Weinrich and Mrs Todd leading top honors.

Morning Sun Reds W. C. Weinrich Velma Todd Cockerel Robert Tindall Pullet Ieee Lee Harris

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