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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1965
Page
14
Chicago AP market report shows butchers down 25 to 78 cents, hogs trading mostly 25 to 50 cents lower with tops around 30.25 to 30.75. Slaughter steers 25 to 75 cents lower, with primes and high choices listed. cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange show Dec futures near 27.00 and Feb around 25.90 to 26.95.
New York AP reports the stock market backed away from an early rise and displayed a mixed pattern late in the afternoon. Trading was heavy.
Late stock quotations from New York markets listed many names and percent changes while local legal notices include divorces debts hearings and probate. The Muscatine County circuit entries show settlements orders to pay costs and support actions, plus births and hospital admissions and dismissals.
Leroy E. Thomas 49 of 1614 Logan died at home of heart attack. Former city alderman and insurer, born May 4, 1906 in Muscatine, survived by widow Lilian, two sons, brother, three grandchildren. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Monday at First Baptist. Greenwood Cemetery. Also notices for Charles R. Van Dyke 59 and William A. Petersen 78 with service details. Edward Reynolds 6 and Chicago grain prices.
Hogs 3 000 head with barrows and gilts steady to 25 lower sows mostly steady butchers 190 240 lbs 28 75 29 25 270 875 lb sows 22 24 25 25 24 cattle 500 calves 10 plenty steers or heifers for testing sheep not enough for test. The body is at George M Wittich funeral home services 1 30 p m Monday Rev Emmett Barnes officiating interment Drury Reynolds cemetery. John Fred Brumm Oakville age 92 died at home in Oakville Thursday born September 21 1878 Burlington son of Phillip Brumm Sophie Meyers Brumm married Rosa Fahse in 196. Survived by four children Floyd Brumm Quincy Alvina Leamann Burlington Paul Brumm North Ridge California Inez McLaughlin Denver sister Mary False Burlington seven grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren also. Funeral Saturday 3 30 p m Giles Funeral Home Burlington Rev Donald Klottr officiating interment Prairie Grove.
A petition for a franchise to erect and operate an electric transmission line in Muscatine County has been filed by the Board of Water and Light Trustees of Muscatine, Iowa. The route specifies 13,800 volts three phase delta service from a Muscatine location, with objections in writing due by a set date.
Grain futures in Chicago show mixed moves across wheat corn oats rye and soybeans with changes ranging from slight gains to modest losses. Prices for nearby contracts reflect today’s volatility as traders weigh supply demand and weather risks.
Chicago AP reports moderately active buying lifted nearly all grain futures as traders cited speculative funds and exporters for wheat and corn gains while soybeans and rye edged higher. Wheat December closed around 1.58, corn around 1.24, soybeans near 2.64 with small car movements noted.
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