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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1926
Page
10
Heavy receipts push cattle and hog prices down as hog run reaches 65 000 the biggest of the year with hogs off 25 to 100 cents. Steers near 9.00, yearlings scarce, cows and heifers steady, canners and cutters ease. Calves weak, lambs packers pens at 12.25 13.00, feeding lambs slow sellers, aged stock steady to 6.75.
Wheat turns up after a 4.5 million bushel U S visible supply decline, exceeding expectations, offsetting bearish Argentine crop reports. A cold wave looms, snow cover is scarce, and wheat closes 3/8 to 13/4 higher while corn and oats gain modestly and hog prices weaken.
Chicago livestock market receipts total about 65 000 hogs, with prices down roughly 24 cents from Saturday. Hog trade mixed with large producers inactive, feeders steady to lower, sows and pigs showing declines. cattle receipts near 29 990 with mixed trade and some weights off. sheep receipts 20 908 with softer prices on lambs and ewes overall.
U S Department of Agriculture reports Kansas cattle receipts at 17 590 head with yearlings rising 25c while short fed steers hold steady. Hog receipts 12 900 head with market slow and prices 25c lower. top 11 60 for 220 to 250 pounds. Sheep and lambs total 6 000 head with lambs steady to 15c lower and top at 12 40.
The Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts at 20 000 head with prices 15 to 25 cents lower and top at 11 7. Bulk weights 160 to 199 pounds. Cattle receipts 6 500 head with calves 2500 head. steers and yearlings steady to firm, cows and low cutters down slightly. Sheep receipts 2 900 head with irregular market and top lambs at 13 50, ewes around 6 00.
Sioux City market report shows cattle receipts at 4509 head with varied prices for steers yearlings cows and heifers plus canners and cutters. Hogs receipts at 9600 head with prices ranging from about 10 to 11 dollars for various grades. Sheep receipts 1009 head steady to 25 cents lower.
Live stock receipts at Joseph and surrounding markets show hogs about 6 000 head with prices 25 to 40 cents lower, top 11.38 and bulk 11.15 to 11.50. Cattle receipts 4 000 head with steady to lower market, steers 8.00 to 11.25, cows and heifers 3.75 to 10.09, calves 4.50 to 9.50, stockers 6.25 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 2 000 head with steady to weak market, lambs 11.75 to 12.50, ewe 5.30 to 6.50.
Peoria looses cattle and hog receipts show market softness with top hogs at 11.50 and lights at 11.25 to 11.46. Mediums reach 11.27 to 11.50, heavies 11.20 to 11.50, packers 9.50 to 10.75, and stags around 10.00. Light cattle receipts stay steady with top near 12.00.
Report notes quotations connected to Saylor and Wicherman amid questions about a sailor and the J EF Bennett Co. firm ties. Companies involved span Chicago and New York with iWire connections. Public inquiries seek clarity on the matter.
Wheat and grain futures listed with various grades and bid prices in Chicago. Corn options show multiple mixed and yellow varieties with prices around 64 to 78 cents. Oats barley and seeds noted with unit prices, plus lard ribs and bellies priced to close.
Local market items show poultry with good springs at 19c and light Leghorn and black at 15c to 19c for hens. Cocks 1c, eggs 14 0c. Hog quotations from J P Squire Company.肉
Butter receipts total 19 400 tubs with creamery extras at 12c and standards 48c. Firsts at 42 4ic, ordinary firsts 37 4ic, refrigerator extras 33 4c. Poultry supplies listed with live birds and eggs. potato car shipments noted. future market given for fresh gathered firsts and storage standards for January and February.
Prices from Kansas Missouri reflect butter at 50 cents, packing 22 cents, butter fat 42 cents with 2 cent premium for extra quality. Eggs Firsts 42 cents, current receipts 40, seconds 36. Poultry heavy hens 31, light 10, cockerels 24, roosters 11, white ducks 20, turkeys 38. Potatoes Red River Ohios 2.75 to 2.90, Brown beauties 2.65 to 2.80, Idaho russets 2.65 to 2.89, Red River cobblers 3.65 to 2.85.
Raw sugar held at 35.08 for Cuban duty paid while refined sugar remained unchanged between 6.20 and 6.40 for fine granulated. The market closed steady in New York trading on December 13.
New York December reports state Gene Tunney may continue as an actor after Attorney General Ottinger informed the boxing commission that Tunney violated no law. The champion had been arrested for sparring in a vaudeville act, prompting a state inquiry and subsequent clearance.
Black and white bob tailed hound missing in the vicinity of Geneva school house. Finder call 1223-B.
Charles F. Bladel, 65, a Rock Island grocer and former city council member, was shot to death in his store Saturday night when three bandits opened fire in a robbery attempt. The killers fled in an automobile, with reports on the car’s model varying. Frank Bladel, the grocer’s son, witnessed the incident briefly from behind merchandise.
Washington defeated Lincoln 11 to 8, McKinley swamped Jefferson 24 to 4, and the Franklin-Garfield Pioneer club beat Jackson 5 to 4 in a hard game at the YMCA gym. Next week McKinley-Washington play at 2, Franklin-Garfield-Lincoln at 2 40, and Jackson-Jefferson at 6. Yea. Uruguay hosiery mills run 24 hours to meet strong stocking orders.
Edgar Hildebrand 61 a well known West Liberty resident died at his home four miles south of town after a brief illness. He leaves a wife two sons Harry and Guy six grandchildren and siblings. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 pm from the M E church with interment at Oak Ridge cemetery. The IOOF lodge will conduct graveside rites.
Grandview Iowa December 13 Mrs Vera Jackson Mrs Harry Young Mrs Ralph Cross and Mrs Harold Krahl members of Sigma Cappa club entertained the members and their husbands at Mrs Krahl home. J M Brockway and Heinz field man are here contracting for tomato ground for next year. They hope to locate a station here. Rev A A Couser Cedar Rapids and Rev L A J Smay Wilton were business callers here Monday. Frank Moran moved into H Gast tenant house Monday. W E Reed called here by the illness of Mose Guthrie returned to his home at Half a Monday. The Misses Mary Bick and Nola Renz hosted their Sunday school class at the home of the latter Rev Bamford and family of Cairo were here Monday. A Miss Hall Lone Tree engaged to finish the term of school at Forest Hill vacated by resigning teacher
Funeral services for John Ripson a Wilton township farmer who died suddenly Wednesday evening were held Saturday at 2 p m from his home three miles east of Wilton Rev S A Gilbert officiated with singers Miss Frances Kelley Miss Grace Austin F A Martin and S S A Gilbert The interment was in Durant cemetery Maggie Hebard 83 celebrated by daughters and friends at a birthday dinner in honor of her mother Martha Hebard at the home of Mrs Maude Sherberger and other locals. Iowa State College honor student Jennie Nelson among 12 to attend national student conference in Milwaukee Wis Dec 28 to Jan 1. local notes include Mrs Henry Hell visiting Davenport and Mrs F B James returning from Davenport. Mayor Benham presided over city meeting. various city business and property assessments discussed with appointed boards and engineers.
The City Council held a special session in Council Chambers on December 9, 1926 at 7:30 p m to receive objections to the assess ment per a motion from November 20, 1926 and proceed with the review.
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