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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1927
Page
10
Cattle receipts 4 500 head and 3 000 head of sheep. Good fed steers of medium weight active 15 to 25 cents higher with scarce heavy steers. Vealers and calves steady. stockers unchanged. Sheep market steady to 10 cents higher with fat lambs fairly active. variations in price noted for western and native ewes. Prices listed for various weight ranges and grain market figures.
Chicago markets saw winter wheat rise on fears of limited snow protection while corn futures edged up on expected U S export demand. Traders noted Europe may need 68 million bushels from the United States before next summer, with mixed domestic receipts tempering gains.
Traders fail to push hog prices higher as market receipts fall, with hogs trading around 8.65 to 8.75 and top at 8.85 for quality. Cattle and sheep trade shows strength but demand is limited, steers around 18.00, heifers near 7.60, lambs weak under 12.59, feeder lambs down 25 cents, and stock yards closed Monday December 26.
Chicago grain prices show mixed results with No. 2 to No. 6 corn varieties ranging from 77 to 87 8c, No. 2 white oats at 56 4c, and lard and ripe belly quotations listed as $11.50 and $12.75 respectively.
Poultry prices furnished by Swift and Co and Iowa Poultry Farm show hens four pounds and over at 17 to 19 cents per pound depending on type, springs four pounds and over up to 19 cents, leghorns and blacks around 13 to 14 cents, cocks at 10 cents. Livestock quotations from Squire Co list good butchers 299 pounds at 8.30, 209 to 259 pounds at 7.99 to 8.39, 189 to 260 pounds at 7.65 to 7.80, good medium packers 250 to 300 pounds at 7.40, and good heavy packers at 6.99.
Butter receipts 3 604 tubs. Creamery extras 59c standards 48c extra firsts 4742 48c firsts 42 44c seconds 378 4 Edges unchanged. Poultry alive steady receipts 5 ears fowls 17 21c springs 24c turkeys 29 25c roosters 18c ducks 18 23c geese 19 23c. Potatoes receipts 52 cars on track 249 total U S shipments 410 demand slow market dull. Wisconsin sacked round whites 1.59 1.65 Minnesota 1.490 1.59 Idaho 1.56471.65 partly graded 1.35 Closing futures standards December 42% do January 42%c. Fees Refrigerator standards Dec 28% fresh gathered firsts Jan 375 sc. Go Feb 27% sc.
Pacific coast whites and extras receipts total 11 052 tons with freight 53 54 cents. Cheese firm receipts 86 348 pounds.
Variosity Produce in Kansas City reports heavy hens at 1.50 to 1.60, ducks at 19 to 21 cents, with other produce holding steady as of December 21. AP dispatch notes poultry prices show slight shifts while overall market remains steady.
Live poultry prices show irregularities with Chickens and broilers listed by freight and express at multiple cents per pound. Dressed poultry notes include fresh young westerns and regional grades with varying prices.
Raw sugar activity dimmed with prices at 4.65 cents. Refined sugar also unchanged with fine granulated at 5.70 to 5.80 cents.
Minneapolis flour market bulletin shows shipments unchanged at 44 519 barrels with prices listed as BPran 30.00 and 29.50 though some figures appear garbled. The brief notes December 21 and AP attribution accompany the market data.
In Platteville on December 21 a dynamite blast on a road near Cuba City killed Edward Meyers of Elk Grove and severely injured Frank White of Peoria and T. M. Smith of Freeport. White and Smith were taken to a local hospital. Meyers leaves a widow and five children.
Hog receipts reach 21 000 head with uneven demand and steady to strong finish for 189 lb hogs. lighter weights down. Packers pay 7.34 to 8.85 for various classes. bulk hogs around 8.10 to 8.85. Cattle receipts 6 600 head show sharply higher fed steers, bulls barely steady. shipper sales 14.50 to 16.75 for medium weights. Sheep receipts 11 000 head with lambs steady to slightly lower. ewes weaker, feeding lambs inactive.
U S Department of Agriculture reports 5000 hogs received in Kansas City Missouri on December 21 with prices up about ten cents above Tuesday’s average. Stock pigs steady.
Omaha stockyards receipts mix shows hogs steady with top $3.40 and bulk groups 8.25 to 8.46. Cattle receipts 3,300 head with fed steers and yearlings firm to modestly higher, various weights quoted up to 14.60 for light steers and 14.50 for weighty steers. Sheep run 6,000 head with lambs strong and best fat ewes around 6.50, feeding lambs to 12.25.
South St. Paul Minnesota reports cattle receipts at about 2000 head with light supply and generally steady to slightly higher prices. Calves 2500 head steady to 25 cents higher. hogs 20000 head opening slow but near steady with lights and sows around 7.50 to 8.25. sheep 2000 head bids steady with slaughter lambs around 12.25 and heavy weights 16.50 to 11.00.
Receipts total 13 600 hogs and 2 590 cattle with mixed movement. Hogs show components from 140 to 180 pounds at 8 35 to 8 50, 190 to 220 pounds at 8 65 to 8 75, with a load at 8 80 and light hogs down 25 cents. Cattle include calves 1 900 head with steers higher early to 11 50, cows 6 00 to 8 00, other trades mostly steady. Sheep receipts 2 000 with lambs 12 50 to 12 75 and yearlings around 10 00 plus fat ewes 5 00 to 6 00.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hogs receipts 6900 head with mixed gains, steer prices up to 14.25 for 1253 lb beef steers, fat cows 6.25 to 8.50, veal at 11.00, sheep with fat lambs active and prices 12.00 to 12.50 for Western wool ewes and 6.75 top for aged stock.
U S Department of Agriculture reports receipts of 9 100 head with cattle prices up to 15 cents higher for killers and steady stockers while fed steers and heifers ranged to 14 09. Hogs receipts 11 900 with a weaker tone and top at 8 25. Pigs and sows also listed with varied prices. Sheep receipts 2 000 with prospects noted.
Peoria Illinois December 21 A P reports hog receipts at 4000 head with a strong market. Top price 8 65 and bulk 8 25 to 8 60.
The United States Senate halted work and adjourned until January 4 for the holidays after paying respect to the late Senator Jones of New Mexico who died overnight. The House also paused activities for the day in homage to the late senator after a brief 35 minute session. Representative Morrow of New Mexico praised Jones' record.
Continental Insurance furnished the sensation by waking trading with big gains. A M Byers Greene Cananea Copper and Calumet and Arizona moved 4 to 5 points frequently. Continental Insurance rose 32 1 2 to 341 Fidelity Phenix Insurance gained 11 to 206. International Harvester hit 252 4 with new high. Call loan renewals stayed at 4 percent.
The market offered over 130 million in new issues with a large portion oversubscribed. The Peruvian National loan of 59 million and Sinclair Oil 42.6 million bonds were quickly taken. Prices in listed bonds remained steady amid easy money, copper issues softened, and railway liens stayed dull.
Brief services at noon completed the entombment rites for President Harding and his wife. Their bodies were moved to the Harding memorial in Marion Ohio from the temporary tomb. Dedication of the memorial is set for next June with President Coolidge to deliver the address.
Al Capone speaks on bootleg crime and touring plans while facing a concealed weapons charge at Joliet. He mocks prohibition and notes a future trip, hoping to avoid attention, with a quiet holiday ahead and possible travel south after.
In Columbus Junction Iowa on December 21 Opal Lavery daughter of Chester and Mrs Lavery wed William McConahay son of W S McConahay at the Presbyterian parsonage. Rev C E Burdine officiated with Mrs Russell Wykert and Mr Wykert as attendants. The bride wore pink georgette. The bride taught in Cairo schools the past two years and is a Columbus high school graduate. The groom is a farmer from near Winfield Mississippi.
Pierre December 21 AP Under a late advisory committee resolution the South Dakota agricultural equality committee vowed to pursue federal legislation deemed beneficial to state farmers. The group discussed many farm aid proposals and showed consensus on the McNary Haugen bill and inland waterways development. The resolution endorsing McNary Haugen was adopted but later reconsidered.
R E Reuling was promoted to president of the "33" club at a Tuesday night meeting at Hotel Muscatine. New officers include George Hinshaw as first vice president Matthew Westrate as second vice president C E Ewen as secretary M B Guthrie as treasurer A paper on The City Manager Plan of Government was read by Harry Hahn and Carl Umlandt led current events discussion.
About 55 000 eastern railroad firemen and enginemen await a Christmas raise of 30 cents a day for passenger firemen and 35 cents for others after a Denver mediated majority ruling. The unions fought for a dollar daily raise while executives consider contesting the decision on the board's post December 5 status.
W. Car roll aged 91 and Mrs J Taylor aged 79 wed recently in North Fitzroy Australia marking another milestone in long marriages.
Cowie of Chillicothe Missouri father of Mrs. E A Sparling 1608 Mulberry avenue died at his home Tuesday news reached Mr Sparling superintendent of schools Mrs Sparling went to Missouri Thursday for his illness Funeral services set for Friday Manila proposes free school books for primary and intermediate pupils Egypt passes law banning printing of scurrilous articles against religion
The pattern offers sizes 4 6 8 and 10 years. An 8 year size requires 1% yard of 654 inch material for the blouse and 1% yard for the skirt plus facings on collar and cuffs. Price not stated.
Pattern No. Pattern No. features a tea style overview in the fall and winter 1927 1928 fashion booklet. Enclosed is a catalog reference with era specific garments and design notes for couture and ready-to-wear.
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