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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1933
Page
9
Hogs advanced 10 to 25 cents across classes, top at 4.90, amid moderate supplies and a smaller-than-forecast hog run. Cattle and sheep showed firmer tones with steers firm to 25 cents higher, while lamb bids remained light. buyers active on good fed cattle and shippers targeting quality steers.
U S Department of Agriculture reports North Central hog receipts at 22,600 for the 74 hour period ending 8:00 am today, up from 20,400 last week and 16,000 a year ago. Prices gain 10 to 20 cents, with spots 25 cents higher. quotes cover light to heavy hogs with weight-based ranges from 140 pounds to 550 pounds and exclude shipping weights.
The Associated Press notes Iowa hog price ranges by market towns Cedar Rapids Mason City Ottumwa. Prices vary by weight from 149 to 400+ pounds with hogs, sows, and packers priced between about 2.75 and 4.25 dollars per hundredweight.
U S Pept Agr reports Hog prices up to 26c higher for 180 to 350 lb range and top at 4.60 while 140 to 180 lb hogs bring 3.75 to 4.40. sows and stags priced and feeders noted. Cattle and calves trade shows active feeder and fat cattle with modest gains and steady to firm prices. lamb trade slow with mixed bids and some higher yearling quotes.
Local markets show varied prices for cattle and live stock with ranges by weight. Car values and butcher price movements noted, including beef categories from light to heavy weights and recent market shifts.
Chicago livestock market reports show hogs up to 4.90 a hundredweight with varied weights and classes, cattle and calves mixed with gains in some grades and declines in vealers, sheep and lambs slow with bids mostly under 8 dollars. Key figures include heavy steers around 7.25 and 6.75 for different weight ranges, and hogs 140 to 190 pounds around 4.00 to 4.90.
U S Dept of Agriculture data show Kansas City hogs 5 000 head, top $4.60 for 200 260 lb cattle 4 500 with calves 800 steady to strong prices, hogs 160 180 lbs 3 85 4 55, sows 275 550 lbs 3 4, stock pigs 70 130 lbs 2 60 3 25, lambs 7 7 50 per head, yearlings 4 5 50, ewes 1 25 2 25.
AP reports Kansas City prices for butter rise, hens at 52 cents, with packing butter up 15 cents and other produce unchanged in midday trading at Kansas City market.
A brief Chicago Hay Market item reports a hay cargo incident involving one car. The note is terse and lacks details beyond the basic fact of the car and hay presence.
Minneapolis flour shipments reached 23 225 units while prices show pure bran at 19.00 to 20.00 and standard middlings at 20.00 to 21.00 AP report notes price ranges amid steady shipments in the market.
United States government bonds closed with mixed quotes. Liberty 314's at 102.28 and Liberty 1st 414's at 102.50, Liberty 4th 414's at 102.30. Treasury 414's 47-52 at 110.3 and 4's 44-54 at 106.17. Treasury 3% 4'c Kay June at 162.13. Treasury 4's 46-49 at 100 and 3's 51-55 at 99.5.
Speculative bonds showed a tendency to extend reactionary moves as leaders absorbed more gains. Prime issue departments remained firm while electric power, steel, and carload gains failed to shift sentiment. Utilities and communications issues drew little buying, Western Union rose on results, and American Telephone and International Telephone loans stayed firm.
The market shows varied moves with AT&T trading around a strong level while Anaconda and other blue chips move modestly. Investment activity concentrates on key industrial and telecom issues as quotations reflect broad sector shifts.
Rye prices soared with about 25 cents a bushel advance as Canadian rye enters the U S market amid tight supply. Trading highlighted by December rye around 1.04 to 1.05 a bushel and May wheat near 1.15, with speculation on who controls rye supply and shifting bread demand affecting grains.
Chicago wheat and corn prices shown with No. 2 red at 1.0512 to 1.07, No. 3 red 1.0315, No. 1 hard 1.07, mixed and yellow varieties quoted around 0.60 to 1.00 per bushel, oats and barley listed with small fractions, timothy seed at 3.00 to 3.90 per cwt, clover seed 8.00 to 11.50 per cwt.
Minneapolis grain market notes current bids with No 1 white and dark northern wheat prices, durum and amber durum figures, oats values, and futures quotes for July and September. The report lists cash bids and arriving terms with minor variations across classes and grades.
AP report shows varied butter and egg figures with scores and grades for 93, 90 to 91, 86 to 37 ranges. It lists quantities for firsts, seconds, standards, and unsettled goods, plus live poultry and poultry products including trucks, hens, roosters, turkeys, and ducks with scattered counts and descriptors.
New York AP report shows dressed poultry firm and unchanged while creamery prices edge up. Egg totals and potato shipments noted with mixed quality cobblers prices across Missouri Kansas and Virginia markets.
The Eliza township road grader operated in The Bay on Friday. Austin Duesenberry, injured when kicked by a horse, is recovering. Miss Lillian Weikert works for ill Mrs. Leonard Haynes. Ei Gehear of Davenport visited The Bay on business. Miss Helen Haynes sustained a badly scalded hand and was taken to Muscatine for care. Mr and Mrs Preston Peters and son Ernest visited Mr and Mrs Cecil Beverlin. A threshers meeting was held at Frank Mills home. the group plans to start the threshing machine early next week with Joe Schrock handling the separator. Peggy Phillips returned to Muscatine after a week with her sister Mrs Otis Haynes.
Elliott Roosevelt son of the president is expected to file a divorce action against Elizabeth Donner in Reno Nevada. Plans for filing will be disclosed by Roosevelt and attorney Samuel Platt. The complaint may be filed in district court at Minden or Carson City with a possible cross complaint by Mrs Roosevelt and deposition in Philadelphia.
The market edged into firmer territory amid grains firmness and a rally in foreign exchange. Trading volume neared 5 million shares as utilities and chemical alcohol shares rose, rails fell, and some leaders like Western Union and National Distillers gained while Washington signals sparked fears of a potential slowdown.
Numerous residents from Lone Tree and nearby towns visit relatives and friends across Kalona Riverside Iowa City Vinton and River Junction. The gatherings include family reunions and picnics with extended kin such as the Beatty Kirchner Shoquist Schaapveld and Abrams families and travelers to West Liberty and Cranston.
A jumble of rental notices and wanted ads for furnished and unfurnished rooms with baths apartments and houses, plus a 1930 Buick sedan for sale and various wanted items such as an auto reboring machine. Addresses include 313 Cheatnut 315 East 6th 207 West Sixth and 128 West Second. Phone numbers 2378 2198 1588 W and room 201 Hotel Muscatine appear in the notices.
In Moscow five cooks across three workers' restaurants were condemned as enemies of the state for throwing nails glass and wire into food serving spoiled meals and arbitrarily cutting portions. Six other cooks received prison terms and one was acquitted.
The First National Bank of Muscatine Iowa announces closure of its affairs. All note holders and creditors are notified to present their claims to E Bloom, cashier, to settle outstanding notes and claims.
In a quiet domestic scene Barrett plays chess with Elinor and Lida prepares to manage the evolving relationship. The uneasy past with Marcia lingers as he and Elinor navigate civility, hinting at hidden motives and future challenges.
Oklahoma City records 142 degrees Fahrenheit in a sunlit day while official heat hits 107, the hottest July mark. Chicago judge Jospeh Sabath issues a restraining order after Marie Malagoli reports fear of her husband and dream-book warning of death. In Nebraska, a light breeze alters a golf match as A. E. Schultz’s ball nearly misses the cup before a gust nudges it home.
Choice Hereford cattle of all weights offered by John Head of Wapello Iowa. Good young cows with calves at side available at attractive prices.
Used car lot offers a 1932 Plymouth Sedan 1930 Willys Sedan 1930 Panel Delivery 1930 Ford Tudor 1928 Durant Coach 1928 Whippet Coach 1927 Star Sedan 1926 Dodge Bros Sedan plus a 4 wheel trailer and good tires. Agents for Chrysler and Plymouth. Banker Auto Co. Phone 610. Open evenings.
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