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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1927
Page
12
Wheat prices jumped following the U S government crop report anticipation. Wheat closed firm up 5 8 to 11 8 cents while corn rose modestly and oats gained. provisions also moved higher. Weather across the belt favored movement as exports and domestic demand shaded activity.
Chicago markets report No 1 hard wheat at 1 30 and No 1 northern spring at 1 36. Corn prices vary by grade with mixed totals around 78 to 88 cents. Oats rye barley and seed values shown with lard ribs bellies at listed cash levels.
AP report from New York on December 19 notes decreases in total visible grain supply across major categories. Wheat down 306000 bushels, oats minus 475000, barley minus 421000. rye up 211000 bushels and a mixed change overall.
Furnished by Swift & Co and Iowa Poultry Farm the market notebook lists hens four pounds and over at 17¢ from Swift and 17¢ from Iowa Poultry Farm with other weights and breeds priced between 10¢ and 19¢ per lb Eggs at 4ic. Hog quotations daily from J. P. Squire Co show good butchers 300 lb hogs at 8.30 and ranges for other weights from 6.90 to 8.30 per cwt with packers pricing around 7.40 to 7.80.
Chicago AP reports current dairy and poultry prices with 8,782 tubs of creamery butter at 40 to 51 cents. Creamery extras 60 to 61?c. standards 48c. firsts 41 to 42?c. ordinary firsts 32 to 36c. seconds 38 to 40c. Poultry alive steady with various prices for wis, springs, turkeys, roosters, ducks, geese. Potatoes receipts 120 cars with total shipments. no weather market impact noted.
New York reports Butter Firm receipts 6 277 head with creamery items higher. Extras 92 score 52c, firsts 88 91 score 52c, packing stock 35c. Eggs firm receipts 5 748 cases with extra firsts 48 51c, firsts 45 47c, seconds 28 43c. Storage extras 35 36c, nearby whites 48 55c. Cheese firm receipts 95 646 lbs state whole milk prices 29 29 ½ c.
Kansas City notes December 19 AP prices for Butter Creamery products with values for large quantities packing and fats, Firsts and Seconds, current receipts. Poultry listings include heavy hens, night hens, springs, roosters, geese and turkeys with cents per unit.
New York on December 19 reports live poultry prices uncertain with broilers by express 36 to 40 cents and other quotations unavailable. Dressed poultry quotes vary for fresh and frozen items with fowls and turkeys listed but incomplete.
Raw sugar traders reported little activity in New York on December 19 with prices holding near steady. Quotes showed fractions of a cent movement and unaltered ranges for refined and fine granulated sugar amid a subdued market.
Flour market in Minneapolis on December 19 shows unchanged carload prices for family patents at 7.25 to 7.35 per barrel, plus 8 per pound for cotton sacks. Shipments total 40,701 barrels. bran ranges from 30.25 to 30.75.
United States Department of Agriculture weekly hay market review reports quiet trading and largely unchanged prices through Dec. 17. Receipts were moderate and top grade hay remained scarce, keeping prices firm for high quality Timothy and Alf alfa despite thin volumes. At Kansas City and Omaha demand stayed brisk for all grades, especially top alfalfa.
Green Cananea Copper rises as shorts cover commitments while American Machine and Foundry drops 8 points. Greene Cananea Copper advances with shorts seeking cover. A M Byers up 6 points and Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck reach new highs. Call loan renewal rate remains at 4 percent.
New York December 19 AP quiet bond market with few changes. Oils and copper issues led activity while Simms Petroleum 6s rose to a new high and Sinclair 6s Humble 5s stayed firm. Anaconda 7s Andes 7s topped copper group. Philadelphia Company new 58s active above issue price. Fore bonds steady, Italian obligations firmer, Janvanete steady, and Federal securities drew moderate attention with irregular pricing.
Negotiations for selling Central States Power and Light of Davenport to Central Utilities Company of New York are ongoing. The Davenport company provides electricity to 187 communities across Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. Tom Walsh leads Central States Power and Light, while Central Utilities is run by Utilities Power and Light, with operations in 10 states and Canada and service in Clinton and Dubuque Iowa and Indianapolis Indiana.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed the Hawkeye mine tipple near Brazil Centerville Iowa last night. The mine was being cleaned ahead of work under the brotherhood scale opposed by the United Mine Workers.
Des Moines officials urged county authorities to arrest all automobile owners operating cars under 1927 licenses after midnight December 31. The recommendation came from W M Calladay superintendent of the Iowa Motor Vehicle department.
Chicago December 19 AP hogs rose sharply as previous price drops and cold weather trimmed west and midwest hog shipments. Shippers and packers both sought hogs with initial rounds lifting prices about 25 cents. Early trades ranged from 8.35 to 8.65 with 8.80 paid for heavier butchers.
Kansas City market report shows hogs at 5 000 head with gains of 15 to 23 cents, top price 8.30 for 240 to 250 pounds, sow and pig prices listed. Cattle receipts 13 000 head with weak fed steer bids, bulls down 15 to 25 cents, stockers steady to slightly lower. Sheep receipts 5 000 head with fat lambs weak, natives around 12.00 to 12.50, yearlings and woolled stock also noted.
Omaha reporters note mixed livestock action with hog receipts near 5 000 head and prices 15 to 25 cents higher led by top at 8.40 and heavier butchers around 8.19 to 8.25. Cattle receipts total 9 500 with varied demand, top beef steers around 10.50 to 13.00 and fat cows 6.50 to 8.50. Sheep and lambs show weakness for lambs while feeding ewes reach up to 12.25 amid a 7 500 head run.
Chicago December 19 AP U S Department of Agriculture shows hog receipts at 35 000 head with early prices about 25 cents higher. Big packers hesitate on advance. Prices for 210 to 290 pound hogs reported around 8 80 to 8 40 8 75, 160 to 290 pounds 8 50, light types 7 75 to 8 15. Medium to good hogs in 130 to 160 pounds move slowly.
Notes on cattle and sheep receipts with quotes on steer and heifer prices and fat cattle quality. Early heavy cattle bring around 16 dollars, light meat cattle near 10 to 11 dollars, lambs and sheep varied with weight and fat content. overall market mixed with demand fluctuating.
South St. Paul stockyard receipts showed cattle mostly 6.50 to 9.60 per hundredweight with varied demand. hogs 7.25 to 8.25 for light to butcher types, sows at 7.00 to 7.50, pigs around 7.00. Calves 10.00 to 20.50. sheep and lambs weak with fats about 12.50 and lower on culls. overall slow, uneven activity with prices easing slightly.
St Joseph Missouri December 19 AP hog receipts 2100 head market active up to 30 cents higher with top 190 to 200 pounds then 810 to 825 others 7 50 to 8 00. cattle receipts 2600 head calves 400. beef steers yearlings and most fat heifers steady to weak cutters steady bulls 25 cents lower vealers 50 cents to 1 dollar lower top stockers and feeders scarce. sheep 3900 head early activity light fat lambs steady with red wool clip around 12.75 dollars.
East St Louis reports U S Department of Agriculture receipts of 10 500 head with market higher by 15 to 25 cents. Cattle receipts 4 000 head with calves 1 800. general market slow though dealers up 50 cents. medium heifers cows and bulls priced. Sheep receipts 2 000 head with no early sales. market indications steady.
Sioux City Iowa cattle receipts 5000 head market slow steady to weak fed steers and yearlings 9.00 to 17.25 best cows and heifers 7.00 to 14.00 veals 6.50 to 11.00 stockers and feeders 7.10 to 11.00 feeding cows and heifers 6.00 to 8.50 hogs receipts 7990 head market 25 cents higher ten dollar 8.25 bulk 8.09 to 8.25 160 to 200 pounds 7.75 to 8.10 210 to 300 pounds 8.00 to 8.35 sows 7.10 to 7.60 stags 7.09 pigs 5.00 to 8.00 sheep receipts 11,000 head bidding unevenly lower good lambs 12.25 to 12.35.
Peoria reports 3,500 hogs with prices 15 to 25 cents higher. Top hogs bring $8.60, bulk $8.25 to $8.50. Cattle receipts total 290 head with noted gains.
William Marston postmaster and merchant at Gladwin died at Hershey hospital after treatment. Funeral at Gladwin church tomorrow at 2 PM with burial in Columbus City cemetery. He was born April 12, 1857 near Washington and lived in Columbus Junction and Gladwin most of his life. Survived by wife Nettie and three children, daughters Mrs Everett Adams and Mrs George Gabriel, son Floyd, brother George Marston.
Oskaloosa Iowa December 19 AP state representative Will H Crozier and Mrs Crozier were injured when their car collided with another vehicle at an intersection and overturned. Mrs Crozier suffered severe cuts and Crozier head and facial injuries.
Very Rev F J Leonard pastor of Sacred Heart Cathedral Davenport and Very Rev A J Schulte and W P Shannahan both of Iowa City have been made monsignors. Leonard also serves as vicar general of the Davenport diocese. Schulte and Shannahan are former St Ambrose College presidents. Leonard previously led St Mathias Church Muscatine before Davenport appointment.
In Mexico City Lindbergh attended two bull fights and received tributes from labor groups including 100,000 workers. Officials presented congratulations from 180,000 Mexican workers. South American nations show interest in adding Lindbergh to his tour, with Chile inviting him.
A faculty committee at Coe College finds the college honor system a failure in exams and appoints a five member panel to root out cheaters. First offense results in failure, second triggers at least one semester suspension, third leads to dismissal. Des Moines reports Mrs. Erma Williams, charged with slaying an infantryman from Fort Des Moines, is remanded to county jail for preliminary hearing January 16 after defaulting $25,000 bond.
The trial of R. E. Canning, Albia county board member, accused of irregularities in office, has been postponed to January 3 by Judge Lester Thompson of Des Moines. The hearing was initially scheduled for today, but postponement notice was received this morning.
The senate confirmed Dwight F. Morrow of New Jersey as ambassador to Mexico and Henry L. Stimson of New York as governor general of the Philippines.
Classified notice directing all pattern orders to Pattern Dept at The Muscatine Journal Muscatine Iowa includes fields for pattern number address name city state and payment in cents.
Our up to date fall and winter 1927 28 book of fashions previews new. The guide highlights beaded flapper gowns fur trimmed coats and tailored suits with bold geometric patterns and feminine detailing for the season.
Oscar Duncan lifelong Cotter resident died at his farm near Columbus Junction after a two week illness. Born December 22 1871 he married Helen McCrory in 1895 and leaves sons Forest of Chicago and Merle at home plus five brothers and a sister. Funeral at home with burial in Columbus City cemetery.
An ordinance repeals Sections One Two and Three of a prior measure governing motor vehicles used for carrying merchandise and freight over one and a half tons within Muscatine Iowa. The city council adopted the repeal on November 25 1927 and enacts a new provision replacing designated streets for such traffic.
City of Muscatine Iowa adopts amended restrictions section one defines street segments and prohibitions. Section two bans any motor vehicle hauling more than six tons without council permit. Section three bans hauling with iron or hard tires over three tons within city limits. Mayor A B C Benham signs December 15 1927. Attest City Recorder R A Van Dyke.
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