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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1962
Page
8
Grain futures on the Board of Trade weakened across most contracts as selling pressure reversed an earlier rally. Corn oats and rye fell in early afternoon trading while soybeans held firm. by close wheat dipped and corn, oats, and rye declined with specific December prices noted.
Market notes for Chicago cash grain show no wheat corn oats or soybean sales on December 4. Soybean oil and barley prices appear with unclear figures and a few misstated values. Reading is hampered by garbled OCR text and missing concrete transactions.
County grand jury returned an order Wednesday for Mrs Keller on murder charges as her muni hearing proceeded. She denied involvement and claimed innocence amid disorderly conduct references.
Mobile streets froze into ice as a cold front swept through the Gulf region. Temperatures tumbled to near nineteen degrees Tuesday night, leaving slippery surfaces and hazardous travel conditions in its wake.
Hog slaughter numbers at 9,000 with demand slackening. Hogs mostly 58 to 220 pounds, some at 17.60. Steers graded good to low choice cleared at 25 to 28, weights 950 to 1,300 pounds. Cattle calves sparse test, steers 850 to 950 pounds 25 to 27.50, cows 13.75 to 21.00, lambs steady to lower with native and Western weights 80 to 105 pounds at 17 to 19, ewes 5 to 6.50.
Chicago market bulletin reports USDA arrivals at 34 and on track at 154 with total U.S. shipments at 180. Round reds steady to moderate, russets mixed. Idaho and Washington russets listed with prices, Red River Valley round reds 200 to 225. Heat canned pears noted with syrup and lemon rind. egg freshness tip mentioned.
Obituary notices for Laura Stephenson Stanley Julia Blake Ella Walter and Sarah Brower detail funeral services, burial plans, and survivors. Laura Stephenson Stanley 84 died Tuesday with services at Fairbanks Funeral Home and memorial park burial. Julia Blake 74 died December 9 at Muscatine General. service at Ralph Witthich Funeral Home with Letts cemetery interment. Ella Caroline Walter 1871 2 Route 2 Lone Tree died after two week illness. services at Grandview Community Church with burial at Grandview. Sarah Edna Brower 87 of 414 Monroe Street died at Lippeloes Nursing Home after extended illness. longtime Muscatine resident.
Born January 10, 1875 in Jefferson County Illinois, the daughter of Wiley J and Mary E Snow Hilton. She married Peter M Brower. Surviving are three daughters Mrs Homer Burton Ottumwa, Mrs Albert Nyenhuis Muscatine, Mrs Clifford Warner Palm Springs, two brothers John Hilton Burbank California and Earl Hilton Kansas City Missouri, three sisters Mrs Fred Jones Mrs Ross Gilson Kansas City and Mrs MM Wittich. Funeral services will be at the funeral home with interment Greenwood Cemetery.
The Blue Grass Presbyterian plans a Christmas play directed by Elna Kis and Mrs. Lyall with assistance from Mrs. Henry Stroh and Mrs. Rollo Arp for December 23 at 7730 Bem. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper set for January 6 at Pleasant Prairie and Blue Grass. Pleasant Prairie meeting December 28 after a covered dish supper. Blue Grass meeting January 6. Harold Ellison and wife greet sixth daughter Connie Jane born December 6.
Lt Gov Mooty and a veteran staff worked at the Slabhous in Des Moines arranging Senate preliminaries for the January 14 1943 opening of the legislature. Ruth Mos ex Des Moines Mooty secretary Carroll Lane Milford Senate secretary and Edna Gillespie Des Moines assistant secretary were listed as staff. Chicago Produce prices and parades were also noted in the page text.
Stock list supplied by Me. Davesport in Maine shows fluctuating values across indices. Analysts note modest gains in industrials while transportation and utilities edge lower amid market volatility.
A list of names and addresses appears in the daily report, including Keller at 105 Jackson, Mrs Frank Shannon at 1397 Grand, John Roelle at 10718 Town, Margaret Ervice at 1105 Miles, Leonard McEvoy, Mrs Thomas Master son at 104 E Fifth, Hattie Lee at 1949 Orange, Ralph Fry at Grandview, Charles Clawson at New Boston, Steven Zallmer at 111 Neidig and others.
Two probate notices announce opening of wills for decedents in Muscatine County Iowa. The first names René Fowler and a December hearing in the district court with Florence Heizler as clerk and Wayne Eckhardt as attorney. The second concerns Jonnet E Johnson with a December hearing set, clerk and attorney identified, both notices dated December 1962. Additional items include a divorce decree awarding custody and support, a fraud and warranty-related civil judgment, a custody request in a separate divorce case, and various traffic offenses with fines.
Muscatine County Iowa notice states that on December 5 1962 the District Court clerk publicly opened a will for Wallie B Long and that the will will be proved December 19 1962 at the November Term. Anyone interested may appear and show cause why the instrument should not be admitted to probate. Florence Hetzler Clerk of the District Court Wayne Eckhardt Attorney.
A smoldering fire started deep inside a nine hundred ton alfalfa bin at the Rath Packing Co feed mill in Waterloo causing about 10,000 dollars in damage. Livestock market notes from Omaha report mixed hog prices mostly down, cattle steady, and sheep higher with slaughter lambs rising to about 25 dollars.
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