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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1933
Page
9
Hog prices advanced 10 to 20 cents with active trade as commission men and producers coordinated to sustain the upturn. The 40,000 head run was moderate, with top hogs reaching 3.40 and buyers pursuing demand from packing plants. Cattle and sheep pricing showed mixed movement, with beef values steady to weak and lambs trading near steady levels amid overall slaughter demand.
Des Moines reports hog receipts in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota total 700 for the 48 hours ending 8 a m. Prices advance several cents with mostly 10 cent gains and active demand. Breakdowns list prices by weight from 140 to over 550 pounds, with packing sows priced lower. quotes exclude long haul shipments and shipping point buys.
Prices for hogs varying by weight and market across Iowa cities including Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Des Moines with ranges from 1.35 to 3.00 dollars per pound for different classes such as prime good packers and smooth packing sows.
Market notes show 50 head calf receipts steady and 159 head calves steady. Bulk sales cited at 3.00 per unit with top around 36.50. Prices referenced include 18 to 2 higher and top 335 dollars for a gher.
AP reports hog market receipts at about 40 000 head with 22 009 direct. prices show light weights up 10 to 20 cents from Friday and other weights higher. top price around 3.49 for 180 to 220 pounds. calves and steer and yearling trade steady to down 25 cents.
Local markets show average wheat prices lower with supply data in flux. Eggs bring 14 to 24 cents at grocers while poultry hens fetch 5 to 8 cents and springs 4 to 7 cents. Hog quotations from J P Squire Muscatine list good hogs at 2.00 to 2.75 per pound with various weight ranges. heavy packers at 2.00 to 2.15, and extreme heavy butchers 2.25 to 2.45. Chicago reports enlarged speculative selling pushing wheat down despite a 2.445 million bushel drop in US wheat visible supply, with May at 46 3/4 to 46 7/8 and July around 46 7/8 to 47. Prices for corn and oats also declined.
Cattle steady to higher with good and choice cattle at 550 to 1300 pounds ranging from 3.50 to 5.75 per hundredweight and Heifers and cows priced accordingly. Sheep receipts 26,000 head with native lambs at 5.50 to 6.00 for large sizes and lighter weights at 1.75 to 2.55 for smalls.
Receipts at Omaha as reported by AP indicate cattle and sheep activity with variable demand. Hogs totaled 12 009 head with direct sales and through shipments prominent. top hog price $3.05 with most weights 140 to 620 pounds selling around $2.75 to $3.20. Cattle receipts near 8 000 head showing slow trade for calves and fed steers while yearlings to shippers hold steady. beef cows and stockers largely steady. Sheep run around 6 000 head with lambs 25 cents lower early and best around 5.75 per hundredweight. feeding lambs around 4.85 with no top premium evident.
In Auckland Solomon Island cannibals pay a record 120 monies for a wife, about 1800 dollars, bought on installments. In Duluth Minnesota a new bridge club named the Shoulda club opens with members including professional women and teachers.
Pa trolman Milford Nygren told his desk sergeant quiet is mistaken. He has just become the father of twins at Edgewater hospital. both are boys. The piece notes a Chicago police show where victims identify suspects, restricting admission to victims only to preserve the show’s purpose.
Reports from the London Zoo say several snakes have glass eyes after eye injuries. Keepers fitted the snakes with prosthetic eyes, but when the reptiles shed skin the eyes pop out and must be reset, a humorous problem noted with a boa constrictor.
Oakland firefighter Charles Blanchard paid $8.50 to a local tailor for pants promised in five days. Delays and mis-stitching led Blanchard to sue and recover his money, then, in court, the tailor kept talking and Blanchard bought the pants again.
Edna laments her husband ran off with another woman while Madge counsels laughter as the cure. The dialogue centers on coping with romantic trouble through humor.
AP report lists Wheat No. 2 red at 48 1/8 to 48 3/4 cents, No. 3 red 48 1/4 to 49c, No. 2 white 48 1/4 to 48 1/2c, No. 4 mixed 22 1/4 to 24c, No. 2 yellow 23 1/4 to 24 1/2c, No. 3 yellow 23 1/4 to 24 1/2c, No. 4 yellow 22 1/2 to 23c, No. 5 yellow 21 to 22 1/2c, No. 3 white 23 1/4 to 23 1/2c, No. 4 white 22 1/4 to 23c, No. 9 white 21 1/4 to 21 1/2c, sample 20c. Old corn No. 2 yellow 25 1/4 to 26 1/4c, sample 23 1/2c. Oats No. 2 white 17c, No. 3 white 16 1/2 to 16 2/3c, No. 4 white 15 1/2 to 13 1/2c. Rye No. 2 39 1/2 to 40c. Barley 36c. Timothy seed 2.25 to 2.50 per cwt, Clover seed 6.50 to 8.75 per cwt.
Minneapolis grain market reports 171 cars received this week versus a year ago. Prices for No 1 northern, No 1 dark northern, dark hard Montana, amber durum, red durum, and various futures and cash bids are listed with protein content and percentage quotations. Corn No 2 yellow and oats No 3 white quotes also provided.
Peoria Gram Market Peoria Wisconsin reports cash corn receipts at 82 cents per bushel with declines in yellow corn markets to 21 4. oats receipts include one car at 4 cents lower and No 2 white oats at 14 15 4 cents.
In Minneapolis, flour prices were reported with mixed figures across products. Flours in 9 percent bag sacks quoted at 4.06 to 4.15 dollars per barrel, shipments totaling 21,567 barrels, while Pure Bran listed at 8.50 to 9.49 dollars and Standard Middlings at 88.00 with 8.0 figures.
Market report notes live poultry receipts 23 trucks with hens leghorn and colored springs listed at various prices. Dressed turkeys, young and old toms hens priced. Potatoes receipts 207 cars on track 273 cars. Wisconsin round whites 67 70 cents. Michigan russets 67 24 70 cents. Idaho russets 1.12 1.20. Butter receipts 9 051 tubes with price tiers from creamery specials to standards. eggs fresh graded firsts Jan 18 14 cents storage packed firsts 15 cents. storage standards January 17 cents.
New York market notes unsettled eggs receipts 13 757 cases with mixed color and quality standards. Butter receipts 8724 tubs weaker with various creamery grade prices. Cheese receipts 171127 pounds firm with state and nearby selections noted. Dressed poultry prices show chickens and turkeys with ranges for fresh and frozen goods.
The visible grain supply in New York shows declines in wheat and rye with mixed changes for other cereals. Wheat listed at 533,000 bushels with decreases noted for rye and corn while oats show a smaller shift.
The U S Naval Observatory reports the curvature of the earth to be about eight inches per mile, indicating a gradual drop over distance due to the planet's shape. The notice underscores a long standing geodetic estimate used in navigation and surveying.
Closing quotations show diverse moves with Alleghany Am Steel Falrs Anaconda Atchison B O Beth St Canada Dry Can Pac Case Ches O er Chic Gt W CM StP Pfd 24 C Ri P 4 Chrysler Curtiss Wr Deere pfd Drug Dupont Eastman El Pow Gen El Gen Met Gillette Goodrich Goodyear Grah Paige Gt No pid Hudson Il Cent Int Harv Kennecott Kresge Lig My B Loews Lorillard Mid Cent Mont Ward Nash No Cent NYNH H No Pac Oliver F Packarg Penn Phillips Fet RCA Sears Roe Shell U So Pac St Oil Cal St Oil J Stew Warn Studebaker Tex Corp Un Pac Unit Air Unit Corp U S Rule U S St Warner Pict West E Mfg We Willys Woolworth Ark Nat Gas Cities Service El Bond and Share Ford Motor Ltd Nia Hud Pow new Standard Oil Ind.
New York stocks ended a rally with a final trading session downturn as many issues slipped from fractions to over a point. Decliners included U. S. Steel preferred Auburn and Case, with losses across Al lied Chemical American Can United Aircraft Dupont Consol idated Gas and more. J. C. Penny rose, while American Telephone General Motors Nash Union Pacific Santa Fe and Corn Products stayed steady. About 600000 shares changed hands.
District Court notes an inventory in the estate of Joseph Missel filed with the clerk of court listing property valued at 3712.91 dollars.
David C. Ward left his entire estate to his widow Laura B. Ward in a will filed for probate. Laura Ward is named executrix without bond and will administer the estate.
A week after their wedding Mr and Mrs William Wendlandt were honored at a reception hosted by the bridegrooms parents 494 West Fulham Avenue The evening featured instrumental and vocal numbers with Irma Wendlandt and other family members taking part The gift basket was presented by four young cousins John Miller Jr Donald Grensing Joyce Grensing and Charles Mason Jr The guest list included numerous relatives and family friends from the Wendlandt and Grensing circles
In New York the bond market moved narrowly as investors weighed uncertain economic and political signals. High grade maturities held near peaks while industrials and oils showed modest gains. government deals were quiet and mildly irregular as issuers like American Telephone and Union Electric faced steady to weaker trading.
In Jacksonville Harry Woods a Black man admitted his alcohol problem and asked the municipal court for help for his wife by a sentence to the city prison farm. The judge granted a 15 day sentence to aid his rehabilitation.
A humorous exchange from The Wheel about a portable garage tied to a dog with a cat strolling by, illustrating light domestic wit and everyday mishap.
Orville Trousse 63 a retired civil engineer asked a neighbor to witness his will then went to his room and did not return. He was found dead by bullet wounds in his bed. A note on the dresser asked that his son Orville Jr be notified in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
We thank all who assisted us during the illness and death of Robert Schatte. Helen Schatte and C R Schatte express heartfelt gratitude to family friends and caregivers.
A white toy fox terrier with black spots and a short tail is missing. Finder requests the owner to call to arrange recovery.
Electa Chapter Order of Eastern Star will hold installation of officers Monday May 16 at 8 p.m. at Mason Temple. The meeting is for all members of the Masonic Lodge Eastern Star White Shrine and their families. Wilma Ziegler W M. Special communication of Iowa Lodge No 2 AF and AM Tuesday January 17 7:30 p.m. Work in Second Degree. All Masons welcome. Per order WM.
Ma frets over Sheila’s Geraniums as she dreams of a kitchen future while in New York Trevor Lane and cousin Dick Stanley host a morning after party in a penthouse. Trevor boasts polo ponies yachts and Wall Street clout as Dick skirts the loud social scene and writes plays.
Dick, freshly returned from Harvard, and Trevor visit Joe Paris to recruit performers for tonight’s event. The pair, in polished attire, leave the coffee shop and head to the street, ready for the night's assignments.
Warner Corry, 17, on trial in Chicago for fatally shooting Policeman Edward Smith at John Marshall High School pool after school hours on Memorial Day 1931. His attorney seeks an emotional insanity plea, citing crime novels and gangster films. Jury selection underway after a prior 18 year sentence was overturned by Supreme Court appeal.
A note traces orange blossoms to Moorish origins marking weddings. It says the blossoms symbolize chastity and fecundity for those people.
Aluminum was first isolated in 1838 by Davy and Wohler. In 1886 Hamilton V. Castner of New York perfected a plan of sheet metal.
A hummingbird is identified as the fastest in flight over short distances, outperforming other birds in rapid bursts and quick maneuvers.
A 1953 probate notice announces that in Muscatine County Iowa an instrument purporting to be the last will of David C Ward deceased was opened January 16 1953 and set for hearing February 11 1933 at the district court any interested person may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate E C Erwin Clerk F L Bihlmeier attorney
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