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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1927
Page
8
Wheat and corn climbed on steady demand today as selling eased. Large wheat ocean shipments fell 4,192,000 bushels while rain limited corn offerings and prices rose 7-8 to 1 3-Sc. Oats and provisions followed, with smaller holiday loadings and firmer cash corn markets setting the tone.
Quotations furnished by Saylor and Wichelman. Connection with Jackson brothers at the Hershey Building bids noted.
Wheat No 1 northern spring priced at 1.29. Corn mixed varying from 73 to 81 cents with several yellow and white corn grades listed. Oats No 2 white 54 to 56 cents. Rye not quoted. Barley 82 cents. Timothy 3.00 to 3.75. Pork products Lard 11.4 dollars, Ribs 10 30.75, Bellies 11.75. Oliver securities 21.75 to 22.99.
Wheat receipts totaled 183 cars, up from 182 a year earlier. Prices shown include No. 1 northern at about $1.23 and on-track Montana dark hard at $1.22. December to July futures listed from $1.22% to $1.27% with various grades for dark northern spring and dark northern. Corn No. 3 yellow trades 79 to 82 cents, oats No. 3 white 50 to 52 cents.
Peoria grain market reports cash corn finishing 1 cent up with No. 2 yellow around 19 cents, No. 5 mixed 71 to 72 cents, No. 6 mixed 69 to 70 cents, sample grade 68 to 69 cents, and No. 2 white about 52 to 54 cents.
Poultry prices listed by Swift & Co and Iowa Poultry Farm for hens and springs with weight brackets and breed notes Leghorns and blacks. Livestock quotations from 3 P. Squire Co show ranges for good butchers and packers by weight, with prices from 6.75 to 8.40 per cwt.
Butter receipts reach 14,138 tubs with varied grades. eyes steady at unchanged. Egg receipts 6,357 cases show a dull market with slow demand. Potatoes bring mixed prices with Wisconsin round whites at 1.50 to 1.65 and Idaho russets 1.50 to 1.70. Futures drift with December butter storage at 43 and January at 42 3/4 cents.
New York December 238 AP reports price listings for buttares steady receipts totaling 24 549 early receipts. Fresh gathered firsts and extra fancy eggs with prices 34% 3ic to 53 54c. Nearby hennery whites and pullets quoted with varying rates. Cheese firm receipts reach 196 026 pounds.
Kansas City Produce City Missouri reports current receipts for turkeys at 253 32c, other produce unchanged. Prices listed as 36c seconds 26c candied and 35c.
St Louis December 28 AP reports butter market shows no change in price. Quotations for creamery butter remain steady with minor regional variations. Unclear text mentions goose market and other unspecified items amid routine market notes.
Prices listed include heavy hens at 26c and turkeys at 3tc per unit. Ducks and geese show 20 fic and 20 respectively.
New York and Chicago market listings show diverse poultry items with prices for chickens roosters turkeys and geese. Report notes the death of a former poultry exchange leader, affecting market activity and futures outlook.
AP dispatch from York reports raw sugar prices unchanged on December 28 with no sales. World sugar quote shows refined sugar at 5.70 to 5.80 per hundredweight for fine grain with no overall change in the market.
AP reports flour shipments totaled 38,666 sacks with prices ranging from 29.00 to 29.50 per unit at awatom market in Minneapolis on December 28.
New York December 28 AP reports sharp gains in major standard issues and railroads led by United States Steel General Motors General Electric and Rock Island after renewal rate for call loans rose from 5 to 5 12 percent High priced issues show violent swings Midland Steel Products preferred climbs from 300 to 315 Mexican Petroleum jumps 50 points to 300 Brooklyn Edison gains over 11 to 219.
New York December 28 AP bond market held steady as traders avoided risk and awaited developments. Money conditions unchanged, prices moved within narrow ranges except convertible issues. Liquid Carbonic 6s rose to 1359 from 125% while Erie 5s stayed firm and Missouri Pacific bonds softened. Consolidated Gas 5 1 2s faced downward pressure. foreign and U S government lists showed few transactions.
Letts residents report Christmas visits from family and friends across Illinois Iowa and Chicago. Local events include a Loyal Women bake sale and multiple dinner gatherings hosted by the Liebbe and Curtis families with relatives from Cedar Rapids Columbus Junction Henry South Dakota and Washta. A birth is noted as Harold McCormac and spouse welcomed a girl.
Washington reports from Postmaster General New indicate this year's Christmas mails were handled earlier and better than ever. He says the public increasingly understands the value of early mailing and notes records for volume and efficiency at major city post offices.
Greenfield reports the Adair county board of supervisors set January 14 for a special election on a proposed $800,000 road bond issue. The move seeks voter approval to fund road improvements across the county.
Fat steers held steady with active demand while fat cows and heifers sold strong to 1 4 cents higher. Hog market showed firm trade early with prices from 8.65 to 8.80 and a top of 8.85 for heavy butchers. light hogs varied, and sows showed slower packing demand amid weaker pig prices. Sheep and lambs were steady to down 25 cents with prime fat lambs reaching 13.90, bulk 13.00 to 13.75. feeding lambs and ewes remained steady.
Chicago reports Dec 28 cattle hogs and sheep receipts with mixed results. Hog price ranges fall to 7.00 8.85 per cwt, most weights steady to light gains. Cattle show general firmness on fat steers and vealers, while sheep soften 25 cents to 78 dollars per head depending on weight and class.
Kansas City market reports show hog receipts around 5 000 head with slow sales and steady to lower packer activity. Cattle receipts near 7 000 head with beef steers slow, vealers firmer, and bulls and feeders steady. Sheep receipts about 8 000 head with lambs down slightly and clippers around 11 dollars per hundredweight.
Receipts total about 11 000 head with slower demand and prices down around 25 cents. Top cattle reach 8 25 while bulk loads of 200 to 300 pounders fetch about 3 10 to 8 30. Cattle run 160 to 1 pence per pound light calves at 7 75 to 8 10 with averages near 8 29. Cattle strong on bulls and yearlings with feeders firm. fed steers and yearlings show better grades while stocker and feeder calves gain. cows range 7 25 to 9 04.
Readable fragments describe a local notice about a time event and official actions. Names and places are unclear due to poor OCR quality but indicate a public matter with civic or administrative relevance.
Market report from South St. Paul Livestock shows cattle generally steady with bulls firm to higher and cows up to 32.00 per 100 pounds. Yearlings and cutters vary, with packer bids around 12.75 to 13.00 for red wooled lambs and natives. Sheep and lamb indications point to steady activity amid limited bids and uneven demand.
Hog receipts total 9500 head with feeders and stockers around 8.50, pigs mostly 7.25 to 9.75 for various classes, sow and bull groups steady to up 50 cents. Cattle receipts 2000 head with steers and yearlings near 12.40 to 13.76 delivered live. Sheep receipts 5000 head with no sales and fat lambs steady after bids opened about 25 cents lower.
East St Louis cattle and hog markets open dull but show slight gains from yesterday. Hog top at 8.75 with 140 to 150 and 160 to 190 pound lines at 8.60 to 8.65. pigs 7.00 to 8.00. sows largely 7.35. Cattle and calves active with feeders up to 15.50 for calves and steers 10.50 to 14.00. cows 6.50 to 8.25, bulls 7.50 down. Sheep receipts 1,200 with fat lambs opening strong at 13.65 for western 86 pounds. no other sales reported.
Sioux City date line reports U S Department of Agriculture market data. Cattle receipts 2500 head with prices for fed steers yearlings cows heifers cutters veals bulls and stockers. Hogs receipts 8500 head with price ranges for various weight classes, sows stags and pigs. Sheep receipts 5000 head with lamb and ewe prices.
Peoria Illinois livestock report shows hogs receipts about 2,000 head with a steady market. Hog pricing ranged around 8.60 for top ton and 8.20 to 8.50 for bulk. Cattle receipts totaled about 100 head with no price change noted.
Local notes list numerous holiday visitors and travelers in Wellman Iowa including Miss Ida Long from Rensselaer Indiana and families from Sharon Cedarrapids Marshalltown Washington Lexington Durant Pilotburg Blairstown and other nearby areas during Christmas and vacation periods. Several educators and residents are mentioned visiting relatives or hosting guests at homes across the community.
In Chicago on December 28 the Pullman porter niche was filled by 12 Chinese porters on Northwestern Union Pacific crack trains. All but one are Chinese born in America, marking the first time oriental workers occupy this traditional position.
Frederick von Wangenheim, once seen as a potential musician, now a nonpaying guest in McLean County jail and poor farm. The aged vagrant, born in Breslau, lives out his last years playing a rickety parlor organ for deputies, haunting churches for organ music he loves.
Chicago report says two laborers Curt Stough 55 and William Juntunen 48 were found dead in a west side room with a gas jet on. They had been unemployed for a week and appeared to have died about 48 hours prior as a wind from a partly opened window likely extinguished the flame.
Albany Gov. Smith fixed January 5 for clemency hearings for Henry Judd Gray and Mrs Ruth Snyder, both convicted of murdering Albert Snyder, magazine art editor, in Queens Village New York.
Rochester N Y Dec 28 AP for the first time since its organization 29 years ago the American Society of Bacteriologists will be headed by a woman Miss Alice C Evans of the United States Hygienic Laboratories Washington now vice president will succeed Dr Robert S Breed of Geneva N Y as president for next year Formal announcement of her election to be made later
Hubbard Dubois Baskin 79, a fourth cousin of George Washington, died of heart disease at his daughter Mrs. J. E. Davis's Waterloo home during Christmas visit. A Janesville, Iowa, pioneer, he had come to Waterloo for the holiday season.
At a special board of supervisors meeting four property owners petitioned against cleaning and improvement charges in drainage districts No 9 and 10. The session aimed to correct misunderstandings about districts No 1 and No 4. Engineer C H Young reviewed the assessments.
Morrison's strong lineup handed the Muscatine Muskies a 36 to 19 defeat in the second game of the series at Morrison NL Tuesday night. The Muskies won the opener 26 to 25. Skolnik and Mosier fouled out early and Morrison pulled away after the half. Next at Sterling IL.
The Harry Hill murder trial in Ottawa resumed with defense seeking state election on which of five indictments to prosecute. Jury pool of 100 veniremen saw 26 request excusal as proceedings opened today.
Des Moines reports Senator Dan Steck will fly from Washington to Des Moines in February to attend an American Legion officials meeting. The trip underscores ongoing ties between government figures and veteran organizations.
Charles C. Blutts-Despondent, 43, assistant cashier on a Des Moines area farm, is under pressure amid rumors he may be considered for secretary of agriculture. Dante M. Pierce, Iowa Homestead publisher, denies the Washington dispatches. Meanwhile in Guttenberg the estate of E W Beerman reimbursed a $2953 county treasury shortfall found after he left office.
Ten clergy and nuns, Italian and Chinese, were freed near Swabue by the British destroyer Seraph after being held captive for nearly a week by Communist forces. A Chinese convert reported executions and sackings, with captives paraded and later confined in a Communist hotel. Admiral Tyrwhitt ordered the rescue.
Captain Charlie Price aged 63, longtime Mississippi river steamboat veteran, died after a lengthy illness in Memphis. He sailed on major U S rivers, led Para Navigation on the Amazon, aided President Roosevelt during a trip there, and once headed a Congo river transport firm in Africa.
Ernest F. Smith, stepfather of Robert Case, 14, says he will negotiate with kidnappers if the boy is held for ransom. Searchers seized the Lake Michigan shore near Glencoe with coast guards and boats. Maitland, father of the other missing hunter, arrived from Negaunee, Mich.
James S. Keefe dozen 27 years as vice president of the American Steel and Wire Company has been elected president succeeding the late William M. Palmer. Palmer was a director of United States Steel Corporation.
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