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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1933
Page
9
Hog prices fell 5 to 10 cents as demand for dressed pork remained weak. Top hogs hit $4.70 with many good weight hogs $4.50 to $4.70. Cattle sold mostly steady from $5.25 to $6.25. lambs and yearlings showed strength with natives steady to higher and top lambs around $8.00.
Prime hog quotes posted from Waterloo Cedar Rapids Mason City Ottumwa with price ranges by weight. Notable figures include 180 to 260 pounds at 3.55 to 4.00, 260 to 340 pound hogs around 3.70 to 3.85, and packers priced down to 2.99 to 3.40 in various weight classes.
U S Department of Agriculture notes 24 hour hog market totals in interior towns and southern Minnesota. Prices vary by weight from light pigs to heavy processing hogs with ranges quoted and demand described as very slow. Bulk transaction quotes and long haul weight shrinkage noted.
Receipts reach 25 000 hogs with prices mostly steady to down a penny from yesterday. Top hogs at 4.70 per cwt for 290 lb and 140 190 lb pens range 4.00 4.60. Cattle receipts 2 000 head with fed steers at 4.50 6.25. slaughter cattle 3 000 5 900 lbs mostly 5.75 7.50. vealers 3 50 9 00. Overall market mixed as buyers adjust to lighter demand.
Daily quotations list hens at 7 to 9 cents, old roosters at 4 cents, and hog prices by weight bands from 100 to 300 pounds ranging roughly from $2.10 to $4.20. Marked as local grocers markets with packers and butchers’ price ranges.
Market report shows medium to good cattle prices from 3.25 to 6.00 for various grades. Cows, bulls, cutters, vealers, and stocker values listed with weight ranges. Sheep receipts 6000 head with lambs active and bids led by packers, top $8.00 for high grade lambs, other weights and grades with broad ranges.
Kansas City livestock receipts show hogs 4 500 head with mixed bids down to 4 50 for 200 250 lbs. cattle receipts 800 head with steers 36 25 to 75 and fat cows 3 75 to 3 15. sheep receipts 2 500 head with lambs 6 75 to 7 25. Butter and other produce unchanged.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports cattle receipts 2200 head and sheep 5009 head at Omaha with varied bids. Cattle trade flat to steady with mixed quality. top steer and heifer prices around 5 to 6 dollars, lighter weights lower. Hog market shows 15 to 20 cent declines late with top around 4.30 per hundredweight and average costs near 4.15 Thursday. Sheep bids steady with native and range lambs 7.00 to 7.25, ewes and feeding lambs noted.
Minneapolis reports a drop in flour prices by 10 cents per barrel for carload lots with family patents at 8.55 to 8.65, while Pure Bran and Standard Middlings show prices ranging from 19.00 to 21.00 per barrel in 984 cotton sacks.
The report covers week ending July 13 with cattle prices mixed to higher led by fed steers and yearlings gaining 5c, cows up 25c, and bulls 15-25c. Hogs rise 5-15c with top near 4.90 while sheep and lamb prices fall 65c to $1.00, with lambs weaker and fat yearlings down. Receipts higher, buyers active on shipper account, notable wagon-loads and regional price shifts noted.
New York stocks show varied moves with gains in Gen El and several utilities while other names such as Phillips Pet and United Founders post mixed results. Gas and power sectors also swing with notable activity across multiple firms.
Abrupt upturns pushed wheat prices to record highs as public buying surged. Winnipeg quotations reversed from weakness, with Canadian crop fears rising as temperatures dropped to near freezing. Futures closed buoyant near session highs with July and September contracts mixed amid gains in corn oats and provisions.
A catalog of commodity prices including various grains and seeds. Chicago market values show No 1 red, No 2 hard, mixed and white wheat at around 1.0 to 1.1 per unit, oats and rye figures, barley at 55 76c, Timothy seed 3.50 3.90 per mt, and Clover seed 8.00 11.75 per cwt.
Chicago AP reports steady live poultry receipts at 34 trucks with varied prices for hens roosters turkeys and geese. Butter and eggs show large receipts with mixed price ranges for creamery and graded eggs while potatoes trade slowly and futures reference butter standards for July and November.
New York produce totals show butter receipts at 14 510 tubs with a gain of 24 to 25 cents per tub and cheese at 94 888 pounds firm. Whole milk flats up to 15 law c per quart while eggs rise to 1 326 cases with mixed colors firsts at 15 cents and mediums 39 pounds at 13 to 14. Dressed poultry remains quiet and unchanged.
In New York the bond market saw a slight retreat after Thursday’s heavy turnover. Traders shifted from rails to industrial liens with generally firm prices. Goodyear 5s U S Rubber 5s and Goodrich 6 1/8s led rubber issues while copper, steel, and utility bonds posted mixed gains as transport and other sectors showed uneven activity. Government securities remained largely steady amid quiet trading.
United States government bonds advanced in early trading as investors reassessed yields and demand for Treasuries remained cautious amid a mixed economic backdrop in New York.
New York reports easy demand in cents for several currencies. British and Argentine rates noted alongside Germany and Denmark, with Japan Tokyo and Shanghai quotes. Mexican and Montreal exchanges listed amid broader foreign exchange activity.
Heavy showers today forced the postponement of the formal opening of the Oregon street lighted kittenball field. A new opening date will be set for some time next week, but the exact day was not announced.
Muscatine Tennis association schedules two weekend matches at Musser park courts. Iowa City visits Saturday, Davenport hosts Sunday in inter-city play. Musky netmen seek first-season win over Iowa City and to even the score with Davenport. The junior team also aims to complete its home-and-home versus Davenport. Players include Hratz, Asthalter, Harper, Shaw, Weis and Runyon.
New York markets swung with profit taking and uneven prices as volume fell to about 5 million. Specialties led gains then faded while a late wheat rally did not spark interest. bonds remained firm and several stocks gained 1 to 2 points.
Concord and Columbus Junction social guests include Mr and Mrs Will Whicher and family along with visitors Miss Gast Miss Lurline Asher and Miss Helen Dallmeyer at Cedar Rapids. Osborn Kansas and Muscatine residents entertained at the Egebert Shellabarger home. Russell Newell visited friends. George Hur of Livonia Missouri sues Henry Weithers of Colfax for alienation of affections. Thirteen high speed airplanes entered for the Deutsche race in France on May 28.
Judith Allen, 21, once known as Marie Elliot and Mari Colman, confirms she is married to wrestler Gus Sonnenberg. She says they wed March 12, 1931, in New York and that she plans a divorce, noting she no longer loves him and wanted to end the masquerade. Sonnenberg disclosed the marriage while recovering from a bout at St. Vincent's hospital.
Detroit match saw Jim Landos 200 of St. Louis throw Pat O Shocker 222 of Salt Lake City in 44 00. In West Springfield Joe Savoldi 202 of Three Oaks Mich defeated Charley Hanson 209 of New York in straight falls. Toronto bout had Earl McCready 229 of Amulet Sask defeated Sandor Szabo 204 of Hungary two falls to one.
Classified notices list multiple rental ads for 6 room modern houses with garage and near Hershey avenue, rooms with baths, light housekeeping rooms, downtown garage, 8 rooms with bath at $10 monthly, 5 and 7 room houses, and smaller 3 to 4 room homes. Also wants include machine quilting, auto reboring, grain cutting, mortgage loan inquiry, and job offers for Penny Hershey bar machine route. Contact details include 2278, 602 East Fifth, Glick's Economy Store, 313 Chestnut, 315 East 5th, 726 Sampson, 908 East, 1041 Hershey Ave, 1344, 2894-W, Crown Sales Co., and Davenport Farm Loan association.
Cincinnati born veteran spitball pitcher Jack Quinn, 48, is seeking another major league berth after being released by the Reds. He pitched for the Dodgers in 1931 and 1932 after stints with the Athletics Yankees and others, totaling about 6,000 innings and 211 wins in a career begun in 1903.
Vancouver reports a potential first non Canadian winner as four reach the semi finals of the Canadian amateur golf championship. Ken Black 20 year old son of Shaughnessy Heights club pro competes against Seattle’s Harry Givan while Frank Dolph of Portland faces Albert Campbell of Seattle. The only American to win the title was Eddie Held of New York in 1929.
A field of 15 three year olds was entered for the Arlington Classic with 35 000 added over a mile and a quarter at Arlington Park. The race appears wide open with Mr Khayyam and Patonia Derby winner in contention while a New York entrant Sarada attracts attention after a 1 37 mile today and a 1 49 4 5 for the extra furlong.
Lucile Robinson of Des Moines and Betty MacPeak of Mason City advanced to the women s state golf championship final at Sunnyside Country Club Waterloo Robinson defeated Mrs Herb Mucha 6 and 5 and MacPeak beat Charlotte Ames 4 and 3 The 36 hole title match is scheduled for Saturday with Robinson the defending champion
Johnny Verger hit a ninth inning homer to lift the Giants past the Cardinals 3-2. O'Dell Hale drove in four for the Indians in a win over the Athletics. Phil Collins held the Reds to two hits in 3 1 2 innings for the Phillies. Red Kress contributed a triple a double and two singles for the White Sox in a win over Washington. Bill Jurges helped in three double plays for the Cubs against the Dodgers.
The association to creditors and note holders, located in Muscatine Iowa, is winding up. All note holders and creditors are hereby notified to present notes and claims for payment. Deed Tay Sk EM bloc, Cashier.
Four law violators appeared before Judge D V Jackson and pled guilty to county attorney's informations. Harold E Wilson of Davenport arrested near West Liberty received 30 days in county jail for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Thomas House of Muscatine was sentenced to three months for lewdness. Herbert Campbell and Charles Meyers of Aurora also received three month terms for lewdness.
In the District Court of Iowa Southern District Davenport Division Referee W A Newport presides In the matter of M P Pace and Walter G Haynes doing business as Haynes Bankrupt Notice is given creditors of Lee County and District that on July 13 1933 they were adjudicated bankrupt and the first meeting of creditors will be held July 29 1933 at 10 o clock am in 612 First National Bank Building Davenport Iowa Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a Trustee examine the bankrupt and transact other business Note creditors attendance not required and cooperation requested to speed administration and distribution of estate.
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