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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1933
Page
9
Chicago markets show light hog receipts around 5,000 to 6,000 with 60 percent sold to packers. Open market hogs mostly steady to 10 cents lower on 200 to 300 pound cattle, with most sales at 4.60 to 4.70. Cattle remain nominally steady to 50 cents higher. steers average 6.25 and top at 7.50, while lambs and yearlings rise about 75 cents with best ewes around 8.60.
The 24 hour period ending 8:00 am today shows 100 hogs received across 25 plants in the interior Midwest and Southern Minnesota, far below last week and year ago. Prices range from 3.20 to 4.35 per hundredweight across weights, with light weights 140 to 160 lbs at 3.35 to 3.85 and heavier categories up to 4.35 for 200 to 220 lbs and 220 to 250 lbs.
Cattle receipts 1,000. steers and yearlings mixed gains and declines across weights. Hogs 6,000 total with steady to lower values. lambs and yearlings up to 75 cents higher. feeding lambs 6.25. native ewes to 3.00. Top steers 7.50 per cwt, varieties ranging across weights and classes for week ending Friday.
U S Department of Agriculture report from Omaha shows hogs steady to 5 cents lower with top at .25 and sows down about 10 cents. Cattle and calves mixed with fed steers and fat cows higher, vealers strong, grain feds up to 4.75, cutters 2.25 to 2.60, bulls 3.00. Sheep and lambs higher with lambs 50 cents to 1 dollar up, ewes and feeders firm, week totals around 7.85 for fat lambs.
Fragmentary market note shows cents per unit with values 47 to 11 and a reference to 55. The text lacks clear entities or full context, leaving the exact items and dates unspecified.
U S Department of Agriculture notes direct hog receipts around steady with Friday's averages. Hogs mostly direct sold 180 to 180 pounds fetch 4.35 to 4.55 with top 4.55. packing sows 3.35 and down. Cattle receipts 300. beef steers and fed heifers mostly higher. Yearlings and stockers show gains. top yearling price 7.10. veal tops 5.50. Sheep week totals 50. lambs up to 8.00, yearlings around 6.00, ewes to 2.25.
Conflicting currents swirled in New York with early rallies giving way to liquidation and uneven noon prices. Transfers reached about 4.8 million shares as shorts covered aiding some gains while margin pressures limited progress. Grain markets showed Winnipeg wheat and rye down, cotton slipped before support. bonds mixed. notable gainers included U S Steel and General Motors while American Telephone and Du Pont led losses.
New York agents report a firmer tone in high grade bonds with improvements from fractions to two points in key issues like Alleghany, Baltimore and Ohio, Illinois Central, Nickel Plate and Pennsylvania. Some issues such as Great Northern and Missouri Pacific traded weaker. Industrial and utility sectors show mixed moves while British French and South American bonds gain slightly. U S governments mostly rise.
United States Government bonds shown with multiple series and bid prices. Liberty 314s at 102.23 Liberty 1st 44s 101.24 Liberty 4th 44s 102.30 Treasury 41s 110.1 and 47-42. Treasury 4s 44-54 at 106.9 Treasury 3% 40-43 June 102.15 Treasury 3% 46-49 100.12 and 3s 51-55 99. Pee we
No games were scheduled at Oregon Field on Sunday. South End A C sought an opponent without success. Monday night features the Automatic and Golden Glow at 6 30 p m and the County club outfit at 8 p m against an unannounced opponent.
Massachusetts inventor Isaac Babbitt developed the patented babbitt metal in 1839, providing a durable bearing material that aided early industrial machinery and contributed to metalworking innovations of the era.
Trading ends with uneven results as Alleghany and American Steel trade higher while American Sugar and AT and T move lower. Am Tob and Gillette show fractional gains amid thin volume and profit taking.
A fragmented OCR list shows seed numbers colors grades and percentages such as yellow white and red entries with various quantities and values. The readable items include No 1 No 2 No 3 and No 4 mixed or yellow kernels plus percentages like 89 88 and 49 percent.
Minneapolis flour prices show a 10 cent drop with carload lots and family patents quoted around 7.35 to 7.45 per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 23 839 tons with bran at 19.00 to 19.50 and middlings at 20.50 to 21.00.
Chicago AP reports varied farm prices and commodity futures with U S shipments strengthening while supplies remain light. Potatoes target Missouri Kansas Cobblers range from 2 65 to 2 75 per cwt with Idaho Triumphs at 3 50 and Virginia North Carolina Coxbl ers at 5 25. Butter and egg futures mixed with standards and carrots listed. live poultry prices and regional carload receipts noted.
New York AP report notes eggs at 17 875 unchanged across regular mixed colors whites and brown, butter at 7 866 steady, cheese at 370 835 quiet. Dresed poultry weak but unchanged. live poultry quiet with no freight quotations. all express grades unchanged.
The Associated Press tally lists leading figures: batting average Klein of the Phillies at .370, runs and RBIs by Klein with 68 and top marks in doubles 128, homers 18. Martin leads steals with 15. Vaughan triples for Pirates with 12. Foxx hits 26 homers for Athletics. Walker 17 steals for Tigers. pitching leader Allen of the Yankees at 8-2.
A 400 to 500 crowd watched YMCA and YWCA swimming and life saving demonstrations at Weed Park. Ruth Hazlett Gladys Crosley Ellsworth Lindley Boweman Sweet led life saving acts. William Kruse capped the program with fancy diving. Boys and girls races featured numerous winners across backstroke, freestyles, diving, and relay events.
The Elks defeated the Moose 9 to 1 as Jim Lange hit a fourth inning homer and Jim Figg led with four hits. Melvin Metz allowed three safeties while St Mathias made ten errors, aiding the Elks offense. Box scores follow.
Twenty one Muscatine golfers from the country club prepare to travel to Washington on Sunday afternoon to resume the inter city series with the Washington country club team. The Muscatine squad aims to continue the competitive rivalry and improve their standing in the series.
Fragmentary OCR list includes Jack Satogio Dr. E L Emerson Dr H G Johnson Charles Meerdink Harold Figg Ronnie Mueller Bud Fairall Jack Theeapeon Chet Richards Walter Molis F K Rambo Floyd Jones John Roach William Umilanti Stewart Narvis Claire Oakley Tony Snyder Jack Regan Homer Roy Kautz Bert.
A jumble of small ads lists items for sale and wants: a Remington portable typewriter at 25 dollars, toy Boston males, household furniture, washings, a fresh cow, dinner boarders, an old Ford truck and a Plymouth coach, business opportunities in wheat and corn with a 10 dollar option, and contact notes for Traders Grain Service in Chicago.
Baseball leaders shift as Jimmie Foxx and Chick Fuller rise in the standings while Al Simmons and Joe Cronin drop. Jimmie Foxx falls to .368 but remains AL leader with 18 hits, 29 doubles, 81 RBIs. Jimmie Foxx leads a spread of top hitters across the majors.
Lou Gering of the Yankees clouted his 18th homer and added a triple and single against the Indians. Huck Betts of the Braves blanked the Cardinals with three hits. Earl Whitehill of the Senators pitched steady ball and collected three singles to beat the Tigers. Moore of the Giants connected for a triple and four singles. Bruce Campbell of the Browns hit four singles against the Athletics. Paul Derringer of the Reds held Brooklyn to seven hits and kayoed them.
Lenore Kight of Homestead PA, a 20 year old rising star, swept the 100 meter, mile, and 440 yard freestyle events at the National A A U championships in Jones Beach, aiding her team’s defense of the 880 yard relay title and setting a world mark in the 440 yard. Eleanor Holm of New York broke the world record in the 300 meter backstroke pursuit, as Katherine Rawls prepared to defend her medley crown.
The Professional Golfers' Association proposes allowing Ryder Cup members to play without sectional qualification while keeping the Aug 8-13 tournament schedule. Shute and Hagen could return from England to compete at Blue Mound, but prize money of 9000 dollars would be withdrawn if all Ryder Cup stars do not participate.
A brief note reports Ed White Sox pitched six hits and Ned six fans for the game.
Equipoise the leading American turf horse faces Gallant Sir at Arlington Park in a mile and a quarter race with 135 pounds and a large expected crowd. Plucky Play and Gallant Sir are strong rivals as weights shift from last year’s upset, while Whitney's colors saddle a dark horse runner. A new stethoscope innovation measures heartbeats and mood during the race buildup.
State of Iowa Muscatine County opens probate for the will of Mrs. Eliza Grafe. Hearing is set for August 2, 1933, at the June Term of the District Court, Muscatine, with any interested party able to appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. C. Erwin, Clerk. Drake and Wilson, Attorneys.
By general execution the lands of Ella Fry Garner in Muscatine County Iowa are set for sale. The sale is scheduled for August 16 1933 at the Muscatine Court House door between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 11 a.m. the property Lot 9 in Block 23 City of Muscatine. The sale funds go to Harry J. Eckhoff. Sheriff F B Nesper notes the date July 14 1933.
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