Swine market holds steady amid bullish start in Chicago
In Chicago brokers reported higher early demand for hogs with buyers pushing prices 15 to 25 cents above yesterday. Eastern buyers offered eight dollars with light butchers above that, while shippers and small packers aimed for modest gains. Cattle supplies were smaller across markets as eleven regions posted twenty eight thousand head today versus forty one thousand last week, with traders optimistic yet selective on prime steers.
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Chicago
Avenpauee
Uae
Iowa Hog Prices Across Markets Report
AP market wire covers hog prices at Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo and more. Prime lights mediums and heavies sell in a wide range with packers and sows listed, showing steady to higher trend and varied regional bids.
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Towa
Associated Press
Iowa
Rapids
Des Moines
Mason City
Ottumwa—se
Good Packers
Waterloo
Local Markets Update for Poultry Eggs and Hog Quotes
Eggs locally bring 27 to 30 cents at grocers and markets. Poultry prices show heavy hens at 14 cents and light hens at 10 cents, with heavy springs 14 cents, Leghorn springs 19 cents, and stag at 5 cents. Hog quotations from J P Squire Co Muscatine list ranges from 100 to 260 pounds from 6.15 to 7.55 dollars, with extreme heavy and packers at established bids.
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J. P. Squire Company
Muscatine
Feeds and Freight Quotes by Weight Class and Distance
Quotations show prices per cwt for cattle by weight class 350 to 425 Ibs at 6.60 to 7.0, 425 to 550 Ibs at 6.15 to 6.50, and 6.25 to 6.75 for other ranges. Distances of 59 miles or more and lack of feed or water at delivery affect final sale price, usually adding 10 to 25 cents above quoted.
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle calves and sheep in Chicago. Hogs top at 8.19 for choice 130 to 200 lbs with various weights noted. cattle receipts 7 500 head with steady to higher bids on better grades. calves steers heifers and bulls listed with multiple weight brackets. sheep and lamb reports show market activity with top lamb bids around 5.35 and other ranges across weights. Packing sows and feeder cattle also priced across weight classes.
Hog and cattle market report from Kansas City
Hogs receipts 7,000 head with 1,000 direct and prices mostly higher. Top hogs 7.80 for 199 to 250 Ibs, varied levels for other weights. Cattle receipts 5,000 head with steady to higher bids on better grades. yearlings up to 13.00. Calves, stockers, and feeders show mixed moves across weight ranges. Sheep and lambs receipts 8,000 head with lambs 15 to 25 cents lower, feeder lambs and sheep showing marginal declines and steady trends in some lots.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Dod and Choice
Livestock Prices in St Joseph Market Report
Hogs receipts 5500 head steady to higher top 7.80, bulk 180 lb up, sows around 6.75. Cattle receipts 1200 head calves 400. slaughter steers and yearlings steady to 25c higher, best short fed load at 10.00, medium beef cows 4.25 to 6.0, vealers to 9.00. Sheep receipts 6000, fat lamb bids about 2c lower, best around 7.85, fed yearlings 6.75.
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Chicago
Dept. of Agriculture
St. Joseph
U. 8
Sioux City
of Agriculture
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Reported at Sioux City Auction
Receipts Sioux City stockyards show cattle 2500 head with calves and yearlings up to 14 dollars per 100 pounds in mixed lots. Hogs 8500 head higher on midweek trade with butchers around 7.65. Sheep 7500 head fed lambs steady to 25 cents lower with fat lambs to shippers at 7.85 to 8.00.
Livestock Receipts Report From South St. Paul Market
U S Department of Agriculture market report for South St. Paul Minnesota shows cattle receipts at 2300 head with steady to slow trade and varied prices across classes. Calves 3400 head vealers steady with good and choice grades up to 10.00. hogs 14000 head fairly active and fully steady with tops near 7.65. sheep 4000 head with packers weak to lower on fat lambs and best fed above 7.75.
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South St. Paul
Minn
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Hog Receipts Steady with Top at 7.75 in Omaha Market
Omaha reports hog receipts of 11 400 head with steady to 10 cent higher prices. Top bid 7.75 on 210 to 230 pound butchers. Sows 10 to 25 cents lower with bulk 6.50 to 7.45. Feeder pigs 7.00 to 7.25. Cattle receipts 5 590 head with fed steers and yearlings steady, heifers weak, cows steady to strong. Average cost Tuesday 7.52 per hundredweight.
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Omaha
Neb
TU. S
Grain market in sharp rally Chicago AP
Brisk recoveries in grain values followed an early collapse that sent July wheat to record lows for many traders. Corn saw the lowest prices amid the market move, while wheat closed unsettled with modest gains and losses, as government crop reports loomed.
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Chicago
New
Chicago Grain and Provisions Grain Prices Read Off
AP report lists cash grain quotes for Wheat and Corn in Chicago with varying grades and prices. No. 1 hard wheat at 75 to 79 cents, No. 1 yellow hard 79 cents, No. 2 mixed corn around 66 to 68 cents, with other mixed and yellow varieties priced.
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Chicago Cash Grain
Chicago
Livestock Prices Slip Across Feedlot and Sheep Market
Feeder cattle and slaughter cattle sectors show weakness with vealers steady and stockers slow. Prices range with fed steers $8.50 to $11.00, weights up to $11.85 for yearlings, heifers $7.00 to $8.50, cows $4.50 to $6.00, cutters $33.00 to $4.00, and stocker feeder steers $7.00 to $8.00. Sheep receipts 20,000 head with fat lambs and feeding lambs down 25 cents. wooled lambs $7.50 to $7.80 top, ewes $3.50, feeding lambs $6.85 to $7.15, fleshy feeders up to $7.25.
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East St. Louis
Ar Y—.U. Ca
East St. Louis Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
East St. Louis Illinois cattle hog and sheep market summary from the Department of Agriculture shows hog receipts at 15 000 head with prices from 7 85 to 8 15 per 100 pounds for various weight ranges. Cattle receipts at 3 000 head with slaughter class price ranges and cow and veal values. Sheep receipts at 1 000 head with lamb and ewe price ranges and general market stability noted.
Peoria Market Mixed Hogs and Cattle Receipts
Peoria Illinois AP reports hog receipts near 3,000 with top at 8.00 dollars and bulk around 7.90. Cattle receipts about 200 head with market activity noted.
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Peoria Livestock
Peoria, Ill
Grain and seed prices listed for various lots
The notice shows prices for yellow and white oats and timothy and clover seeds. Values include No 2 yellow at 70 4 7ic and No 3 yellow at 66% 0.468c, No 4 yellow 65 66c, No 5 yellow 63 64'2c, No 3 white 68 69%c, No 4 white 67'4c, No 5 white 63 2 66c, No 2 white oats 31% 32c, No 3 white 7ic, No 4 white 3lc, timothy seed 8.2% at a8.5c, clover seed 15.00 to 22.75.
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Timothy
Flour prices and shipments in Minneapolis report
Minneapolis flour markets show carload prices down 20c with quotes at about 5.25 to 5.35 per barrel in cotton sacks. Shipments total 28 179 barrels as bran sells for around 16.00 to 16.50 and standard middlings at 16.0 to 16.x per unit.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago Market Prices for Poultry Butter Eggs and Potatoes
Receipts show two cars, 16 trucks and multiple fowls including 1344c roosters and 2% turkeys with various pond values. Butter receipts total 3 690 tubs with creamery scores and 26 to 29 cents for firsts and extras, eyes receipts 2 358 cases with grade ranges, potatoes receipts 29 cars with state prices for round whites and russets. closing futures list refrigerator and storage standard prices through February.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Idaho
Egg prices and butter receipts mixed in New York market
New York reports unsettled Egg receipts at 16 264 cases with mixed colors and graded levels from extras to seconds, prices ranging from 14 1/2 to 32 1/3 cents. Butter receipts total 10 798 tubs noted as weak with creamery quotes higher than extra.
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New York
Hennery Brown
Pacific Coast
New York Poultry and Sugar Market Roundup
AP notes poultry prices steady for dressed meat and firmer for alive birds. Chickens roosters and turkeys show varied express and freight prices. Raw sugar holds at 3.25 spots with futures barely higher, refined at 4.65. Chicago hay receipts total 11 cars with no change.
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New York Poultry
New York
Chicago
Share Prices Show Strength
New York AP report notes a selling climax followed by a sharp midday rally. Stocks like Allied Chemical Atchison U S Steel Coca Cola and Case rebounded from lows with several gains of two points or more as call money eased to 2 percent and liquidity improved.
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New York
Allied Chemical
Atchison
American Telephone
U.S. Steel
North American
Eastman
Bethlehem
International Harvester
American Water Works
American Can
Coca Cola
Case
Reserve Bank
Bond Market Slumps as Sellers Outpace Buyers Across Issues
The New York bond market faced a sinking spell with sellers outnumbering buyers in both domestic and foreign groups. Liquidation shaved prices on prime and second-grade issues, leaving the 30 domestic issue averages at their lowest level of the year and since inception.
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New York
Scranton Water Service to Issue 5 Percent Bonds
Signs of an upturn fade as second grade coupons hint at ongoing weakness. Public offerings soon proceed for 1.784 million dollars of 5 percent gold bonds issued by the Scranton Spring Brook Water Service Corporation, a Tri- Utilities subsidiary.
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Icularly Rails
Scranton Spring Brook Water Service Corporation
Tri- Utilities Corporation
New York Bonds Quoted By Muscatine Bank Bond Dept
Quotations for New York bonds furnished by Muscatine State Bank Bond Department as of December 17. The item lists current bid and asked prices for various New York securities and related notes.
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New York
Bond Department
Muscatine State Bank
Old Stone Church History Written
The history details the German Methodist and Pine Creek churches near Muscatine, noting early pastors like Rev. Peter Helwig and the 1839 Muscatine Sunday school inception. It rebuts fiction of a godless frontier, mentions revival in 1861 62, and recounts multiple Sunday schools led by H Eckhardt, H Biederbach and Nick Bohl amid growing congregations.
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Pine Bluff Union Sunday School
Muscatine County
Muscatine
Bloomington
Society of Friends
Peter Helwig
H. Biederbach
Patterson School
Chambers School
Nick Bohl
German Methodist Church Forges Union and Later Decline
In 1867 under Pastor J. P. Faust the Wilton circuit united two groups and began building a stone church midway between two schools. Heinrich Kemper and five sons led the stonework. The dedication day drew Sunday school children from the Old Log school, but by 1905 German services ceased as membership dwindled from emigration and new arrivals.
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J. P. Faust
Wilton
Heinrich Kemper
Germany
America
New Stone Church
Kansas
Nebraska
Plains
Old German Methodist Church
State Police Plan Studied at Iowa Law Conference
More than 150 Iowa sheriffs and county attorneys studied the operation of state police systems in Illinois and Michigan during a three day school at the state house. The gathering included 20 leading officers from nearby states and featured speakers such as Judge Harry Olson and governor elect Dan Turner.
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Des Moines
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
Statehouse
Harry Olson
Chicago Municial Court
Dan Turner
M. L. Harney
St. Paul
Board of Control
Maine
London Fog Halts Noon Traffic Overcast City
London endured a dense fog that blanketed the town at midday causing travel disruptions. Separately Washington reports the value of the nation’s principal farm crops at 6.275 billion dollars this year, down from last year’s 8.675 billion.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Henry Ford Narrow Escape in Auto Collision
Henry Ford the Detroit auto maker escaped injury when his car collided with a Youngstown vehicle on the main street near the public square. Ford, his chauffeur and secretary continued toward Detroit in a new car after a 90 minute delay. Bare of Youngstown claimed Ford's car ran a red light as Bare crossed on green.
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Youngstown, CO
Henry Ford
Detroit
Youngstown
Ford
Washington
W. N. Bare
Bare
Poincare Improves as Doctors See Hopeful Sign
Paris reports rising optimism as Raymond Poincare shows night improvement after vascular spasm. The official medical bulletin says the former president’s condition justifies hope for the future, drawing visits from leading statesmen who depart encouraged.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Poincare
Doctors
De Palma Refuses To Return To Wife In Alimony Case
In Los Angeles Ralph De Palma former racing star was ordered to pay his wife Clara De Palma 200 dollars a month temporary alimony at a Tuesday hearing. Clara cried as De Palma stated he would not return to her after she sued for separate maintenance alleging desertion and claiming he forced her to seek freedom.
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Los Angeles
Ralph de Palma
Postponement Motion Delays Court Issue in Short Session
Pennsylvania financier 25 Million Dreuth Fund Plenty-Hyde leads move to postpone court consideration as Republicans split. Democrats unite against deferment. Borah and Gillett vote against delay. Plan to hear Elihu Root on revised world court statutes. Senate adopts La Follette resolution to invite Woods and other unemploy ment relief officials. Predicts possible Muscle Shoals compromise tomorrow to govern operation of the power plant and nitrate plant leases.
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Pennsylvania
Borah
Gillett
Massachusetts
Elihu Root
Secretary
World Court
Uni
Senate
House
Muscle Shoals
McNary
Senate Conference Committee
Appropriations Committee
Col
Arthur Woods
President
Emergency Employment Commission
Past Masters Confer Degree At Masonic Temple
Past Masters of Masonic lodges conferred third degree work Tuesday night at the Masonic temple for Iowa lodge No. 2 A F and A M past masters in charge. Attending were Muscatine lodge members and guests from Letts Triune lodge and several out of town visitors. Dates for upcoming third degree ceremonies will be announced once set with Triangular lodge Letts taking charge.
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Masonic Temple
Iowa
O. E. Maddox
J. J. Fishburn
Muscatine
J. H. Collins
Letts
Triune Lodge
Out of the City
W. F. Collins
Jess Stephens
A. W. Stonebreaker
W.S. Henderson
Wellman
A. D. Hahn
Rolla
Elmer Chatfield
Wilton
H E. Henderson
Westminster
Iowa Lodge
Triangular Lodge No. 245
Missing Man Farnum Safe With Piute Indians in Death Valley
Ralph H. Farnum a New York theatrical agent was found alive and content with Piute Indians near Furnace Creek Death Valley after a search that began when a pack burro he carried was spotted. Sheriff Harry Goper said Farnum is well and chooses to stay with the Piutes to regain health, declining to reveal his illness.
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Steve Pipe Wells
Death Valley
Calif
Ralph H. Farnum
New York
Furnace Creek
Harry Goper
Inyo County
Farnum
Broadway
Farm Bureau meetings and local social notes in Columbus Junction area
Col Junction Columbus Junction A Farm Bureau meeting was held Tuesday evening at the home of Mr and Mrs H J Oak. Robert Davie Louisa county Farm Bureau agent gave a talk on Farm Accounts and showed movies. A township meeting with good attendance followed and members from Columbus City township attended a Letts banquet Monday evening.
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Columbus Junction
Farm Bureau
H. J. Oak
Robert Davie
Louisa County
Columbus City Township
Letts
Columbus City Township Farm Bureau
Helen Cotter
Margaret John
West Liberty
Paul Klotz
Pauline Brown
Fredonia
Harris van Winkle
James Bickford
Roosevelt Stingley
Chicago
J. D. Helmick
James
Jeanette
L. F. Swank
Oakville
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