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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1933
Page
9
Moderately higher supplies failed to boost the fresh loin market. Hog prices declined by 5 to 19 cents with top at 3.20, as packers bought lightly from concentrates and bids fell early then steadied. Cattle and sheep trade showed mixed results with uneven demand and a larger run than expected, while eastern markets improved slightly.
Peoria Illinois reports hog receipts with prices around 4.50 per head steady to lower. Average sale values cited at 315 for bulk and top 25 dollars. smaller receipts in centre and Calice markets noted with steady trends.
Prices listed for Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines show ranges by weight and grade. Best hogs and prime cuts command about 2.0 to 2.60 per pound with light to heavy categories varying by market and weight.
Combined hog receipts at 25 concentration yards and packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ending 9 am today totaled 17 200, down from 56 400 a week ago and 22 400 a year ago. Prices steady to mixed, with per weight ranges listed and bulk ton basis quoted. Heavy shipping restrictions noted as hogs bought at shipping point excluded from quotes.
AP dispatch from Chicago shows US Dept of Agriculture receipts of 28 000 hogs including 2 000 direct with mixed grades as prices mostly 5 to 10 cents lower and assorted weights from light to heavy. Cattle receipts 9 000 with yearlings and light steers steady and heavier weights offering varied prices. early top yearlings around 7.25 with limited demand for steers.
Local grocers pay 14 to 24 cents for eggs. Poultry prices list hens 5 to 8 cents, old roosters 3 cents, springs 4 to 7 cents. Hog quotations show good hogs 100 to 140 lbs at $2.00 to $2.55, 170 lbs $2.55, 180 lbs to 190 lbs $2.55, 220 to 260 lbs $2.50, 260 to 300 lbs $2.35 to $2.50, heavy butchers $2.05 to $2.35, butcher packers $2.00, heavy packers $1.75 to $1.90.
Slaughter cattle and weaners sold across weight classes with prices: steers 559 to 1500 lbs ranged from 4.25 to 7.25 dollars, heifers 550 to 750 lbs at 3.25 to 6.25, cows 2.25 to 3.25, bulls 2.85 to 3.75, vealers 2.50 to 6.00, stocker and feeder steers 2.15 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 17,000. bidding weak to lower with natives at 6.25 for lambs, 4 to 6.50 for 4-lb to 6-lb lambs, 5.50 to 6.35 for 90–98 lb, and 1.25 to 2.25 for all weights common grades.
U S Department of Agriculture report from Omaha shows hogs 10 500 head with prices steady to 5 cents lower and top at 2 80 for choice 19 lb lights. Cattle receipts 6500 head with fed steers and yearlings mostly steady to higher and heifers and cows steady to weak. Sheep receipts 10 000 head with slaughter lamb bids down about 25 cents and feeders stronger. best feeding lambs 5 75 to 10 50 with natives around 5 00 to 5 25.
The Methodist Sunday school elected officers for the year led by Eugene Borchardt as superintendent and G. G. Bellamy as assistant superintendent. Other posts include John Loeb secretary Lester Pike assistant secretary Mrs G G Bellamy treasurer Nina Quimby pianist Marguerite Kirchner assistant pianist Albert Nash librarian Lavonne Richter assistant librarian Mrs Fred Hummel superintendent of crate roll, and Mrs Bertha Nash treasurer of missionary fund. Former resident Mrs Barbary Detwiler dies in San Francisco. Funeral held there Monday. she was sister of E J Brown of Nichols.
Conesville notes announce a revival starting next Sunday evening with services at local churches for two weeks led by Rev. H. C. Druse and Rev. E. Jasmann. The item also lists a string of local and visiting residents and recent travel to Cedar Rapids and West Liberty.
Wheat prices climbed about 2.5 cents on forecasts of a cold wave. Traders cited a Chicago crop expert’s note that winter wheat conditions in the southwestern growth area had deteriorated since the government December report, which showed the weakest national winter-wheat condition since records began in 1863.
Chicago Wheat futures and grain prices list No. 2 hard No. 2 mixed No. 3 mixed and yellow varieties with small changes. Oats No. 2 white No. 3 white No. 4 white feed cobbled. Barley prices at 2a and seed quotes for Timothy and Clover per cwt offered.
Minneapolis AP notes wheat receipts at 78 cars versus 50 a year ago with overall market up about 27 percent. Cash prices for No 1 northern and dark northern grades listed with protein premiums, and amber durum offerings. May and July futures quoted.
Minneapolis AP reports steady shipments with 29,386 barrels of Fiocur and Evan Pure priced at 8.50, 9.00, while Standard Middlings fetches 7.50 to 8.00. Market notes reflect stable trade with these commodity lines in the region.
Chicago AP report shows live poultry receipts at 49 trucks with steady prices across hens leghorn and colored varieties, turkeys ducks and geese listed with fractional cents. Butter and creamery products show mixed small gains and losses across grades, with butter receipts at 11 873 tubs and creamery items varying by score. potatoes and other produce interact with fluctuating U S shipments and regional stock prices.
Butter to 24 879 tubs. creamery demand higher. Cheese receipts 875 201 lbs, eggs 29 569 cases unsettled. White eggs varied with regions showing best open market offers. Dressed poultry steady to firm with fresh roosters and turkeys listed.
Mrs. Alice Phelps of Marion visited the Summers home in Iowa City while Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Phelps joined her for a brief stay. Leander McKee returned from Lansing Michigan after a month with his sister Mrs. Fannie Henck. Stacy Todd and Mrs. Bess Reynolds attended Henry Bennett’s funeral in Muscatine. Harvey Graham visited friends there Sunday.
A compact rundown of daily quotes lists many major names with varied results. Alleghany Am Steel Am Tob Anaconda Atchison B&O Beth Steel Canada Dry Case Ches O Chic Gt W Curtiss Deere Dupont Gen Mot Gillette Goodyear Hudson Int Hero Kennecott Kresge Loews Lorillard Nash NYNH No Pac Packard Penn Phillips Pet INS 575s 45% Shell Sears St Oi Cal St Oi NJ Studebaker Tex United Pac Unit Air US Steel Warner Pict Westinghouse Willys Woolworth.
Late trading activity picked up as buying enthusiasm pushed prices higher. International Harvester Allied Chemical U S Steel Continental Can Santa Fe Union Pacific gained 2 to 3 points with U S Steel preferred and Case up about 40 points. Montgomery Ward Sears United Aircraft added large fractions while New York Central Pennsylvania Southern Pacific Nash American Telephone and Westinghouse Electric rose by a point or more. About 1 200 000 shares changed hands.
New York reports steady bond prices with profit taking in top grade issues after peak levels. Foreign government maturities, notably Germany, Colombia, Austria and Italy, show renewed strength with sizeable gains in loans. Austral ians British and Japanese ease slightly as railroad liens hover.
Moscow reports describe the critical illness of Maxine Bailey at home, visits by Jensen and Roberts families to Davenport, flu confinement for Robert Owens, and various Sunday visits by Wood, Barkalow, Dahnk, Wilson, Slater relatives. Other gatherings include Bailey family members hosting visiting kin from West Liberty and Muscatine.
A dense listing of NBC broadcasts from 7:00 PM to 12:90 AM featuring musical clubs, choirs, soloists, orchestras, weather, market reports and various program segments. Includes names like Anne Hard, Flying Fingers, Cantone Tea Garden Orchestra, Westminster Choir, Judy and Jane, and Swanee Serenaders.
A daily Webm schedule lists programs from Schlagenhauer to Correy Lynn and Ben Pollack with several orchestras and talk segments on January 11. An insert notes a new French bombing plane with interchangeable landing gear allowing land or water travel, amid a weathered transit page.
For rent modern cottage call 2782 J or 2750. For rent modern house call 1163 M. For sale multiple vehicles and equipment including a 1930 Chevrolet sedan 225 dollars a 1931 pickup 125 dollars a 1930 A coupe 225 dollars two International dump trucks 100 dollars a team wagon and harness Walnut Street Feed Yard 223 Walnut.
Stated meetings of Washington Chapter No. 4 R A M and Webb Council No 18 R and S M set for Friday January 13 at 7 30 pm for the installation of officers Companions welcome Special communication of Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M Wednesday January 11 at 7 30 pm work in the First Degree All Masons welcome Per order W M
Anastacio Vega of El Paso Texas faced a 30 day sentence for a prohibition violation after a $100 fine. He sought a month to pay, arguing his wife would soon give birth. The judge granted the delay, but Vega still had to report to the federal detention farm.
In the Southern District of Iowa Davenport Division Herschel J Schmidt bankrupt No 6268 notice of first meeting of creditors on January 21 1933 at 10 am in the Referee 612 First National Bank Building Davenport Iowa creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and transact business Creditors not required to attend but should file sworn claims Note Referee and Trustee seek creditor cooperation for speedy administration of the estate.
In Bankruptcy No. 6267 Davenport Division Iowa notice to creditors announces adjudication on Dec 27 1932 and first meeting of creditors set for Jan 21 1933 at 10 00 am in the Referee's office 612 First National Bank Building Davenport Iowa Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a Trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct related business.
In Bankruptcy No 6271 to the creditors of the above named bankrupt the county and district state that on January 5 1933 a notice is hereby given regarding Walter Ibs bankruptcy proceedings in Davenport Division before W.
The record states the party was duly adjudicated bankrupt and that on the ninth day of the month in 1933 an oath was to be sworn before a notary public, indicating formal bankruptcy proceedings and authentication steps.
Special execution directs sale of lands and tenements of multiple Kile heirs and others, issued by Muscatine District Court. The sale will occur Saturday February 4 1933 at the Court House door Muscatine Iowa, описание property includes all of the south sixty.
The southeast quarter of section 33 in township 78 range 2 west, Muscatine County, Iowa, will be sold to satisfy a special execution in favor of L. A. Andrew, Superintendent of Banking, State of Iowa, and Receiver of the American Savings Bank of Muscatine. Sale starts between 9 and 11 in the forenoon on December 11, 1932, at Muscatine, Iowa. Nesper, Sheriff of Muscatine County.
The Burlington Muscatine and Northwestern Railway Company filed December 19 1932 with the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington DC an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to build from Fruitland to Oakville Iowa 18.44 miles rehabilitate Oakville to Rock Island Junction 19.25 miles operate over the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway from Rock Island Junction to Burlington 3.20 miles and run the entire Muscatine to Burlington line 49.94 miles across Muscatine Louisa and Des Moines Counties Iowa dated Muscatine Iowa December 27 1932 and signed by E L Tobie president.
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