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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1935
Page
11
Chicago July 1 AP Rising temperatures dampened livestock activity today with all grades selling unevenly. Hogs 200 to 230 pounds brought 9.55-9.65, top 9.75. cattle and sheep saw softer bids but high dressed beef kept near last weekend levels. Receipts 13,000 head with major packers handling about 7,000. Temperature pressure slowed trade across cattle, hogs, and sheep markets.
AP reports hog quotations across Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Mason City Watersow Des Moines and more. Prices vary by weight with 140 to 160 lb hogs around 7.60 to 8.50 and heavier weights up to about 9.10 per cwt, with general steady to lower undertones and 48 hour receipts totaling about 25 100 head.
Local grocers pay 18 to 20 cents for eggs and 9.5 to 12.5 cents for poultry. Spring birds quoted 7.5 to 7.8 cents, roosters 7 cents. Hog prices range from 8.40 to 9.15 per hundredweight across weight classes, with packing sows and larger hogs listed similarly. Prices vary by weight tier up to 500 pounds and above, reflecting regional market movement.
Livestock receipts and prices across Chicago and Kansas City July 1 show hogs steady to 10 cents higher with top 9.75 for 200-230 pound hogs and 230-300 pound hogs at 8.85 to 9.40. Cattle receipts around 11,000 in Chicago and 9,000 in Kansas City with higher grades and strong demand for fed steers and yearlings. top weighty steers around 12.00, yearlings 11.50, better grades 11.00 and up. Sheep and lamb receipts near 13,000 in Chicago with lambs steady to 15 cents lower. native lambs around 8.35-8.85, Idaho ranges yet unsold. In Kansas City hogs 2,000 head, top 9.30 for 200-250 pounds. cattle opening fully steady with stockers active and feeders slow. vealers steady and stocker calves around 8.75. Sheep receipts 3,500 with top native lambs 8.25 and most sales 8.00-8.15. Effective July 1 classifications note spring lambs as lambs.
In Omaha on July 1 AP report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows hog receipts around 6,000 head with mixed moves. Prices ranged 7.75 to 9.20 for various weights, cattle receipts about 5,500 head with calves at 9.91 to 10.35, steers and yearlings near 9.90 to 11.35, cows 4.95 to 6.25, vealers and bulls steady to lower, and sheep receipts at 5,500 head with lambs about 8.00 to 8.25 and direct sales noted.
AP dispatch from New York summarizes market receipts: eggs total 20 582 cases with mixed colors and standards, butter 12 509 tubs with price variations by grade, cheese receipts 96 519 lbs with fancy and special categories, live poultry mostly steady by freight including chickens broilers fowls roosters turkeys and ducks with varied prices.
Chicago reports live poultry receipts with prices for hens leghorn roosters and turkeys. Butter eggs and potatoes are listed with varying grades and regional futures. Wisconsin and California item quotes and a note on steady wool prices in Boston with firm replacement market.
New York stock quotations list many names with percent figures such as Gen Elec Gen Motors RCA Sears Roebuck and Penn. The table shows varied percentages and prices across utilities railroads and manufacturers reflecting trading standings.
Reports of black rust in Nebraska as the heaviest and most widespread in 15 years sent grain prices higher. Prices rose on big volume with futures showing gains in wheat and declines in corn while oats and provisions moved modestly.
Chicago grain and seed prices list cash Wheat No 2 red 89 4 cents, No 2 hard 1.00, corn prices No 2 yellow 84.6 cents, No 3 yellow 83 to 85, oats values varied by grade, rye and buckwheat not listed, soybeans absent. Seed prices show Barley feed 45 to 50 cents, Timothy seed 3.75 per cwt with new crop 5.15, Clover seed 12.25 to 18.25 per cwt.
Sioux City cattle receipts 3 500 head active strong to 25 cents higher seers 10.00 11.00 heifers 9.15 9.25 cows 4.50 6.00 cutter grades 3.50 4.25 Hog receipts 4 000 head 5 to 1 percent lower 180 220 lbs 8.75 9.00 top 9.10 sows 8.00 pigs 8.25 down Sheep receipts 1 500 head including 5 direct lambs 10 to 15 cents lower at 8.00 down.
The bond market shows a steady tone with light early trading. Selective demand for low priced rail issues brings moderate advances while most utilities remain firm amid tension in electric power circles and the utility holding company bill nearing final debate in the House.
The Misses Margaret Soll and Bernice Witte hosted a Tarry-a-While club birthday party at Gebhardt cottage Pike Run. A three course dinner and heart shaped candies preceded croquet and fishing. Five hundred prizes went to Bernice Hahnbaum and Helen Eichelberger. Special guests included Monica Robinson Barbara Bach Helen Bach and Henry Witte.
Mrs Arthur Liebbe entertained at 406 Lowe Street for Eunice Bramble's fifteenth birthday. Prize winners in bunce were Aleta Shoultz first, Anna McGrath second, Joseph Lucky consolation. luncheon followed. Attendees included the Bryant and Thomas families, Shoultz, Mahram, Winder, Liebbe, Rolland, McGrath, Foster, and Bramble among others. Meekers return from Idaho vacation to Muscatine after two weeks visiting relatives in Pocatello and Yellowstone trip with Lusk and Yonda families.
Descendants of John Lange plan their annual reunion at Rotary lodge by Staley's lake next Sunday. Herman Lange chairs the gathering with assistances from Harry Lange and Mrs. Henry Heussner along with Mrs. Fred Lange.
The passage notes that Indians and Negroes in Northern Venezuela raid caverns for cave-bird oil, drawn from nests of young birds. The tribes are described as habitual cave dwellers who do not flee during raids, and the oil fat is a key product.
Seven War of 1812 widows continue to receive pensions from the American government as of now.
The document records the formation of Kords Incorporated in Muscatine Iowa under Chap 384 of the 1927 Iowa Code. It outlines purpose to operate drug stores and related goods, stock structure set at $10 000, board of three directors, officers named Henry Lischer A L Offerman Hugo J Lemm, annual meeting on February 2 with first election February 10 1936, and provisions for capital increases amendments and dissolution.
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