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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1960
Page
14
A garbled OCR fragment from a Chicago grain market page mentions soybeans corn and barley with stray numbers and colors. It reads as a chaotic list of grains and weights or prices, lacking coherent context or full detail. The legible items suggest commodity terms but no clear events, dates, or entities.
Market report shows arrivals 1041 with total U S shipments Friday through Sunday. Moderate demand. early noon trading on the Board of Trade mixed with declines in wheat and weaker carrot track sales. Carlot receipts: wheat 26, corn 281, oats 17, barley 55, soybeans 23.
Cattle receipts about 5,000 head and hogs around 9,000 noted for Tuesday with mixed 1-3 and 2-3 hogs at 17 to 18 per hundredweight and top butcher hogs near 1850. Slaughter steer and veal sections show higher ranges up to 29 for prime steers, with cows and bulls offered between 11 and 19, while lambs and calves range in the mid-teens to mid-twenties depending on grade and weight.
Requiem high mass for Emma Chamberlain was held today at St Mathias Church with Rev Father Welsh officiating. Organist Abn Owens led the choir and seventh and eighth grade girls under Mrs Margarida’s direction. boys included Mike Wheeler Steve Tripmacher Bob Brecht Philly Schumacher and Steve Weber. Burial was at Greenwood Cemetery. Funeral directors Riley handled arrangements.
A probate notice in Muscatine County announces a hearing on the last will of August Brossartan with a December date and 1960 hearing term, plus a sheriff sale by special execution against Mic Baker with property in North Wilton to be sold January 6, 1961, at the courthouse in Muscatine. The notice names E Lorensch Hetzler as clerk and June Garvin as deputy, with attorney Wayne Seskhandy involved.
Financial rounded list shows gains for General Motors Am Mot plus declines for several firms including Goodyear and US Steel. Energy and industrials move with modest shifts across listings such as IBM Bell, DuPont, Pennies, and Union Pacific. overall market activity remains cautious amid varied sector performance.
December 22 23 and January 8 schedule of farm sales at multiple locations in Columbus City Columbus Junction Muscatine West Liberty and surrounding areas. Auctions list owners operators and local bankers with start times at 10 a.m. or noon and include closing out sales and a Holiday Angus Production Sale. Detailed farm locations include Eli White farm Twin Knolls Farm Muscatine Highway 38 route 94 and nearby towns.
Chicago wholesale buying prices rose, with mixed whites and mediums at specific per pound rates. Live poultry receipts totaled about 3,000 pounds, including white rock fryers and hens, with prices listed for turkey figures and variants.
Fragmented OCR note references Omaha livestock and slaughter figures, with scattered terms like USDA, slaughter, sheep, and 1795 numbers. The text is garbled, showing fluctuating prices and quantities such as 5,000 sheep and 17,000 units, but details are unreadable. The item lacks coherent events or clear entities.
Large store promotion lists maple living room suites in chartreuse lacquer oak dining sets and upholstered chairs, a yellow child’s piano, baby beds with teething rails, complete blonde nursery suite, hospital bed rental, solid walnut bedrooms, oak kitchen cabinets, rugs, bunk beds and playpens. Includes S H Green Stamps and store hours through Christmas at Batterson's location.
Compact one floor homes with breezeway and garage on landscaped lots. Several properties offer three to four bedrooms, full basements, gas heat, and modern kitchens with automatic dishwashers and disposals. Many priced under 25 000 with terms and down payments. contact AM 23 8010.
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