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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1937
Page
9
Chicago cattle prices surged to a peak of 13.85 per hundredweight as demand strengthens. Hog prices showed little change with tops near 10.60, receipts below expectations, and Canadian cattle arrivals continuing under the reciprocal trade rules.
Iowa hog prices across Mason City Ottumwa Cedar Rapids and Waterloo show steady to unchanged trends. Weight ranges and bid prices for light to heavy hogs are listed with NBC style figures reflecting market segments and packing terms.
Des Moines reports total hog receipts across 24 hours at 23.4 percent below prior week and year. Prices remain near Tuesday’s levels with light slippage across classes. loading slow. Quoted ranges cover light to heavy weights with sow and pig prices noted, based on bulk trades and shipping point weight exclusions.
Stock table fragment lists company names and percentage figures such as Am Can 118, Ref 93, Sugar Ref 55, Tel and Tel 184, Anaconda 53, B and O Ys Beth Steel 74, Borg-Warner 75, Chrysler 115, Std Oil Calif 44, US Steel 76, Ford Mot Ltd 7, and others with varied percentages indicating prices or changes.
Local grocers post current prices for poultry and hogs. Heavy hens four cents per pound, leghorn hens eight cents, heavy springs thirteen cents, hogs range from about eight to ten dollars per hundredweight depending on weight and grade, with extra heavy and butcher packers priced accordingly.
Jan 6 Chicago market notes hogs 20 000 head with 8 000 direct most 180 to 270 pounds at 10.35 to 10.50. best sows 10. Cattle 11 000 and calves 1500. market active and unevenly higher with strong to 25 cent gains for good and choice steers yearlings and many heifers and beef cows up. Sheep 11 990 with fat lambs in demand, undertone firm, native and western lamb bids around 10.25 to 10.65. ewes around 41.25 for feeders.
Hogs 2,000 head. No directs. demand uneven, steady to 10c higher than Tuesday. Top $19.25. 180 lb hogs up to $10.00, better 140–170 lbs $9.10–9.90, sows $9.50–9.75. Calves and cattle: fed steers and yearlings steady. fat cows slow. stockers and feeders slow to steady. Three loads choice yearling steers $15.00–15.12, heavy steers around $12.50, short feds $8.00–10.50, yearling heifers $10.25, dealer picks $11.0. Sheep: killing classes 15–25c higher. top fed lambs $10.00. typical $9.75–10.10. clipped lambs $8.75, slaughter ewes $5.
U S Department of Agriculture report shows mixed to higher bids in Omaha. Hogs at 6 500 head steady to 10 cents higher with top at 519 20 and various weights priced from 7 50 to 10 15. cattle 4 500 with calves steady to 25 cents higher and steers 9 75 to 12 75, heifers 7 50 to 11 50, cows 4 50 to 6 50. sheep 5 500 lambs steady with stronger demand and lambs 9 50 to 10 00.
Butter values mixed with unsettled creamery specials and various grade figures dominate the Chicago market summary. Eggs show weakness in extra firsts with specific local grades. poultry prices for leghorn hens and turkeys vary by weight and type. potatoes and other staples include track shipments and regional price ranges. Futures close with specific monthly standards for butter eggs and potatoes, reflecting light demand and steady to weak markets.
Egg prices show mixed unsettled market with varieties and standard checks ranging from 20c to 29c. Butter and cheese hold firm with creamery butter at 86 36 percent and cheese unchanged while live poultry prices stay steady or ease by freight.
Foreign exchange in New York on January 6 shows steady demand for various currencies. Rates listed include Great Britain at 491, France 4.673, Italy 5.26 and multiple other currencies with domestic and international units noted.
The text notes that salmon logically return to the same stream to spawn, as they typically do not stray far from their freshwater birthplace near river mouths. The emphasis is on their homing behavior and limited migratory range.
Chicago markets see corn and wheat slip as late selling pulls prices down. May corn drops 2.25 cents from intraday highs while May wheat holds around 1.31 3/4 per bushel, with July futures also lower and overall provisions steady to unchanged.
Cash wheat quotes range from No 2 hard at 1.41 1/4 to No 2 northern spring at 1.40. Corn shows No 4 mixed around 1.09 to 1.12 and No 3 yellow 1.10 to 1.12. Oats list No 1 white about 55 to 56 cents, with other grades near 54 to 54 1/2 cents. Soybeans No 2 yellow around 1.25 to 1.58. barley and Timothy seed also shown with varied prices.
New York bonds show further declines in U S government obligations and mixed moves in corporate issues. Treasuries ease slightly while railroad and utility issues post varied gains and losses, with South American and German bonds dipping modestly and traders in a waiting mood.
Boston wool prices climbed as buyers with urgent needs covered requirements. In Ohio fleeces sales closed at 45 46e grease for fine Delaine, 46 47e for staple combing 12 blood, 54 for combing blood, and 50c for combing 1% blood. Some remaining lots had grease prices raised 1c to 2c above selling prices.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands covers all costs for Crown Princess Juliana’s German bridesmaids. The bridesmaids include Elizabeth Zu Lippe, Sieglinde Zu Lippe Bies terfeld, and Sophie of Saxe-Weimar. Passport issues and Nazi restrictions plagued their travel before funds were provided.
The American Legion team from Muscatine will clash with New Era Regulars in the feature game of a Friday night doubleheader at home. A preliminary junior matchup opens the program at 7.
Mrs. E. C. Tagney mother of Mrs. Homer Mueller of the Hotel Muscatine died at her Spencer, Iowa home at 5 a.m. Funeral plans remain undetermined. Surviving are husband, seven children including Earl J. Tagney at home Fred Tagney Des Moines Mrs. Lloyd Booth Carroll Ia Helen Tagney Ft. Dodge and Mrs. Mueller Muscatine.
A Burlington man, Claude L. James, 60, shot Mrs. Lulu B. Mitchell in her home after entering from a back door. He then turned the shotgun on himself, dying later at St. Francis hospital. The attack left Mitchell gravely injured and seeking care at Mercy hospital. An inquest was delayed due to her serious condition.
Ice on roads forces postponement of the high school basketball game between St. Mary's of Muscatine and St. Mary's of Moline. No new date set yet.
Mrs. Bessie Scherer of Wagner South Dakota died at 4 13 p m Tuesday at the Baker Institute after eight weeks illness. She was born August 17 1875 at Bon Homme South Dakota daughter of John and Josephine Frederick. Surviving husband C F Scherer eight children two sisters seven brothers. Body to be shipped to Wagner tonight by Fairbanks Home for Funerals for burial there.
Funeral services will be held here tomorrow for Francis A. Becker, 73, North Side Republican leader who died Tuesday from injuries after a fall at his home on December 21. Born in Davenport, Iowa, Becker moved to Chicago in 1893 and led the party for years.
A sale listing features several classic vehicles including 1935 Chevrolet Truck L. W. 1 A 3 International units, an International Panel, a Ford Pickup, a 1929 Ford coach, and a 1928 Pontiac.
Titus Company offers prompt money to loan on farm and city property. Heavy spring corn fed chickens dressed on order costing $1.00. Call 2255-J.
Cranston 4-H Homemakers Club of Cedar and 76 townships will meet at Miss Elna Bailey’s home next Saturday. Cranston community church services Sunday include Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church at 11 a.m. Dr. S. S. Smich to deliver sermon titled Proved Weapen. Oak Grove Christian church also holds Sunday school at 10 a.m.
A Republican committee man for 30 years and in 1915 named chief examiner of the city civil service commission, he was involved in real estate business. He is survived by a son and three daughters.
County officials announce township meetings in Muscatine county to explain the 1937 agricultural conservation program. The Cedar Rapids briefing covered program changes including three acreage bases for soil depleting conserving and neutral crops.
Midway Sale Company presents a home bred Belgians and Percherons auction listing 48 head with plans for 100 plus including fillies mares in foal geldings mules and ponies. Inspected by state veterinarian with solid transport guidance and light feed charge. R F Smylie manager phone 120.
The Louisa county grand jury plans to submit its report to the court this afternoon after a morning inspection at the county home. Investigative work was completed Tuesday afternoon. The panel includes foreman O. C. Buffington and members Harry Boyd, Lee Reed, Don Parsons, W. W. Martin, T. M. Hanft, Gerald Mentink, with Mary Ellen Nugent as clerk.
Funeral services for 83 year old Fred Mesch were held at 2 p m at the Lutheran Homes chapel. Rev William Klein officiated. Burial followed in the institution cemetery. George M Wittich Funeral Home arranged the rites.
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