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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1917
Page
9
Chicago trade centers on colder forecasts boosting corn prices. Railroads may face delays moving crops, but selling pressure remains light and holiday mood eases activity. Oats track corn gains while small lots keep costs high. government contracts to packers lend strength to provisions as arrivals lag forecasts.
Grain and livestock prices listed for Chicago markets include corn values for No 2 and No 3 yellow at nominal ranges, No 4 Yellow at 31.55, No 5 yellow at 1.45 to 1.57, No 6 yellow at 1.25 to 1.50, oats No 3 white at 79 to 80, rye No 2 around 1.82, barley 1.10 to 1.58, timothy 7.30, clover 20 to 26, pork cuts nominal with ribs at 23.87 to 24.87 per hundredweight.
Chicago market report shows range of prices for grain and provisions with open high low and close figures across commodities. Traders noted daily fluctuations and closing values as indicators for supply demand shifts in the settlement period.
Grain market brief from Chicago Board of Trade members Lamson Bros. shows receipts and shipments for today and last week across Wheat Corn and Oats with figures by region including Chicago Carlots Northwest Carlota and Minneapolis Duluth and Winnipeg. Grain story notes complaints of car scarcity causing relative firmness though top prices not sustained with market closing unsettled at around Me to lower advance.
St Louis market items show futures activity with December and May contracts. Trading notes reference price movements and carrier prices in a tightly clipped archival line.
Prices listed show corn No 2 mixed at 1.67 to 1.70, No 4 white at 1.70, No 2 yellow at 1.75. Oats No 2 white around 0.46. December corn at 1.28, January at 1.273, May at 1.259. Tea? steady. prices reflect commodities trading in Kansas City Mo.
The Peoria grain market shows subtle gains with oats and mixed corn futures rising. Reports from the Associated Press tease small to moderate price increases across several grain categories, noting higher offer levels and varied quotations for feed oats and mixed corn.
The Minneapolis market reports corn yellow No 5 at 1.60 to 1.45, oats white at unknown, flax at 3.336 3.2944 percent. Prices listed reflect a brief wire service snippet from Associated Press Tuonsed Wire.
Market summary from Chicago shows butter steady with 29 49 cents, firsts and ordinary firsts listed, potatoes higher with 90 car receipts from Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan at 1.85 to 2.05, poultry unsettled with fowls at 22 to 24 cents, springs 19 4 cents, turkeys at (text garbled).
Butter receipts reach 7,534 cases with creamery and extras up to 49 60 each. Eggs show 2,105 cases with fresh gathered extras at 69 61 cents and firsts around 56 57 cents. Cheese steady with 2,189 boxes and state fresh specials at 23 23 1/4 cents per pound.
New York market report shows live poultry quiet with no prices quoted. Dressed poultry weak with chickens 35e per pound, fowls 27e, turkeys 36e.
From St Louis markets comes a poultry price list with hens 28 cents, turkeys 36 cents, geese 19 percent, butter at 49 aade, eggs noted. Read as a market brief from the Associated Press wires describing local commodities and pricing.
Chicago reports firm hog prices with lighter arrivals boosting values. Cattle and sheep receipts fall short of expectations across Chicago and nearby markets, with prices showing gains and packer demand steady. Kansas City and Omaha follow suit with higher bids on hogs, cattle, and sheep amid stable to firm demand and improving weather.
Sioux City hog receipts 6,900 head with higher market. Light pigs 16.00 to 16.35, mixed 16.25 to 16.50, heavy 16.45 to 16.66, bulk 16.80 to 16.50. Cattle receipts 1,600 head with higher prices. steers 8.00 to 12.00, cows and heifers 6.50 to 9.25, calves 7.50 to 11.60. Sheep receipts 700 head with steady market.
St Louis market data shows receipts of 8,000 head with higher prices across categories. Cattle and hogs quotes include steers up to 14.25, heifers to 15.50, cows 11.00, calves to 16.00, pigs around 13.76 to 17.15, and sheep and lambs with ewes 11.50 and wethers 12.30.
Kansas City Missouri market notes list assorted prices for produce and poultry items. Various items like eggs and broilers are priced per dozen or per pound with cents indicated. The snippet provides multiple price points such as 44 cents and 23 cents but lacks full item descriptions.
Representative Sales from Onicize Illinois report a mixed market with native steers mostly higher to $1080 and $1170 on certain lots, while prices above $15 rose little. Hog receipts totaled 14,000 Saturday and 187,000 for the week, the smallest in six weeks. Mixed offerings edged up to about 20 cents, with light weights showing some gains. arrivals and price quotes vary across lots.
New York reports stock gains with Canadian Pacific and Atchison up 2 percent, Union Pacific and other transcontinentals rising 1 to 1.5 percent. Copper, Baldwin Locomotive, General Electric, and New York Air Brake advanced, shipping and oil firms rising while Texas Company lagged. International bonds improved, Anglo-French bonds fell, Liberty 43 traded around 97.04 to 97, 8 1/2s near 98.24 to 98.88.
Nichols Ia December 24 revised schedule announced for Nichols high school basketball. A game is set for Friday December 28 against the West Liberty Midgets at Nichols followed by a New Year’s night matchup with Letts high school.
Questions regarding conflict of interest for county exemption board members earning county salaries while serving on draft boards and accepting government pay were sent to Attorney General H. M. Havyner. A second query asks whether county auditors who issue explosives handling licenses and collect 25 cent fees should remit these to the county or keep them as special remuneration. The questions, raised by J. I. Wall, await AG guidance in applicable counties.
Cedar Rapids area reports Linn county surpasses its Red Cross quota with Maine township reaching 1,050 members and expected to 1,200 before night. Washington township nearly doubles its target. Central City to present recently raised memberships to owners at the Community Christmas tree. Cedar Rapids near its 1,200 quota with New Year games at Nichols Opera House and a box social after the Letts game.
Mrs Breckenridge Long wife of the third assistant secretary of a state ranks as a highly accomplished hostess in Washington She invited every Missourian residing in Washington to a 1917 Christmas party Mr and Mrs Long are from St Louis
Industrial Survey committee of the Iowa Council of National Defenses outlines how the public can assist railroads during the national crisis. Recommendations include buying in nearest markets, prepared storage, pooling carloads, prompt unloading, loading to full capacity, arranging immediate shipment, using drays for local transport, and pre arranging waybills to avoid delays.
Auction set for Thursday December 27 1917 features 17 horses including mares of various ages two suckling colts and a suckling mule colt plus 3 milk cows 3 spring calves and a range of farm machinery such as McCormick binders John Deere plows wagons buggies and a gas engine Also about 2000 bushels of hand sorted corn offered. Sale begins at 10 o clock with on site lunch and day‑of terms.
J L O Haver and Gene Fagan named as auctioneer and clerk in Iowa state bank related notice. Details read as fragments, outlining roles and institution involved. Further context unavailable from the fragment.
Local classified notices list half cent per word ads for sale homes insurance and real estate. Items include Burroughs Adding machine c o Wagner books Jersey cow calves and farm equipment plus houses for sale and a hotel restaurant fixtures sale. Marketed by several individuals and local businesses with contact details and locations in Muscatine Iowa and surrounding areas.
Chicago dispatch notes a mostly green Christmas with stubborn local snow drifts in places. Forecasters predicted clouds tonight but no snow, while the Weather Bureau projected a fair and colder Christmas Day and kept expectations light.
London December 24 The British armed steamer Stephen Furness was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Irish Channel official reports say six officers and 95 men were lost. The Stephen Furness, a merchantman of 172 tons gross, built in 1970 at West Hartlepool, belonged to Tyne Tees Shipping of Newcastle and had been refitted for naval service.
Auction lists 13 head horses and mules, cattle including 8 registered cows with calves, 70 hogs with sows bred to farrow soon, farm machinery plus seed potatoes and hay. Sale set for Wednesday December 26 1917 at 10 am with run of the farm to March first and lunch served. W D Harris clerk, Col John Osmers auctioneer.
Elizabeth Leigh, born in Lancashire, crossed the submarine zone to Cedar Rapids with her mother to join her father, Eliabbeth Leigh, at Union Station. The child, unafraid of U boats, described her journey and happiness upon meeting her father and mother. Congressman Dies E R Bathbeck of Ohio dies at home in Akron after long service.
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