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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1963
Page
12
A garbled list of brands firms and numbers appears like a trade ledger from a 19th century page. It mentions Curtiss, Ford, Goodyear, Sears, Sinclair, Texaco, Westinghouse, national dairy, and various numbers and abbreviations suggesting product codes and suppliers without clear context. The readable elements indicate a business notices or advertisement collection rather than a coherent article.
Daily Report lists multiple cases including Harvey Alles waived prelim and bound to district court on an obscured motion pictures related assault charge. Also notes numerous intoxication, speeding, disturbance, and passing stop sign offenses with fines and costs. Hospitals admissions and births follow with a long roster of names and addresses from local towns.
New York AP reports a lower trend in stocks with irregular moves early afternoon as the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls about 2.75 percent at noon. Railways and foreign issues show weakness while Chicago produce prices show mixed wholesale levels in poultry butter and eggs amid market uncertainty.
Chicago market notes show No 2 red and yellow hard wheat prices with varying bids, No 2 yellow corn figures, and soybeans listed as yellow No 2. Sparse OCR yields distorted figures. key entities include Chicago, wheat, corn, soybeans, and grade labels.
Des Moines visitors traveled weekend visits to Columbus Junction area. Collected notes show Miss Tovee Stokes visiting Jan Hedémann from Iowa City, Miss Judy Hawkins leaving for Des Moines to see uncle and aunt Millard Chambers, and F D Smylie returning from New York. Des Moines residents Bruce Gardner and family visited Lester Orr and family for several days last week.
Joe Blo, nation’s top winning paver last year, won the second heat of the pace on Homecoming Saturday at Wapello. He clocked 2:07 in the fastest meet time and captured the top purse of the $350 added race. Lucy G. driven by Harry Mayerhoter also posted a near fast time in the other heat.
Chicago trading closed with generally weak bids across grain futures. July contracts slipped about four cents, soybeans down around one cent, and wheat and corn showing modest declines or stability. Plant receipts estimated with moderate activity across wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and soybeans.
A pre nuptial shower was held at the Bloomington Grange Hall honoring Miss Carol Lee Boorn, whose marriage to Artie Royal is set for August 3 at Wilton Methodist Church. Guests enjoyed a bride game with prizes, gifts from a pink and white table, and refreshments in the honoree's colors. Attendants included Joan Boorn and several Boorn and Pace family members.
Town forecasts average about five degrees above normal with small daily changes from Tuesday through Saturday. Normal highs range from 68 to 77 with lows from 62 to 67. Rain totals near half to one inch with scattered thundershowers, trending more widespread toward week end.
Market notes show hogs steady to lower with some shifts. Prices quoted for 168 to 240 pound hogs range around 19,000 to 19,500 head, sows strong to fully, slaughter cattle and calves mixed with steady to higher trends. Sheep slaughter lambs not clearly listed.
Funeral services are reported for several local residents including Mrs. Helen A. Koepping 62 of Miscatine, Joseph H. Whisler 78 of Walnut Street, Albert Henry Diercks, Arthur C. Powell, Mrs. Charles Hartz, Paul Carlson, Mrs. Nellie Meeker, Kenneth S. Ross, and Mrs. Adaline Harrison. Services were held at St. Mathias church Memorial Park Durant Durant cemetery and Greenwood cemetery with various church officials, veterans groups and pallbearers. Burial details and surviving relatives are listed with locations in Muscatine Durant and Davenport.
The Columbus Community Baseball Team and their fathers and sponsors travel to Chicago by bus on Sunday July 28 to see the Cards and Cubs at Wrigley Field. The team won the Southeast Tower Conference this year. Players include Bob May John Williams John Gabriel Tom Hawkins Jerry Murphy Gene Langstaff Ken Getling Lee Allen Denny Bermett Bill Quigtey Ray Buser Ron Titing Bob Curtis Ken Swain Ricky Snyder and Ricky Peters. Fathers and sponsors: Warren May Jerry Williams John F Gabriel Wayne Hawkins Earl Murphy Warren Langstaff Dale Gerling Gerald Alen Garland Conway Glen Quigley Charles Bilser Don Curtis Louie Swain Vernon Snyder Dick Singleton and Bill Austin.
Grace Milburn is a patient in Room 528 at Iowa City University Hospital. Miss Elizabeth Tayne of Oxden Iowa spent several days last weeks with Mrs Jessié Esmolt y and with other relatives.
Special elections set this week in Wilton and Grandview. Wilton voters choose whether to place the municipal light plant under a Board of Trustees and whether to extend council terms to four years, with two four year terms this fall. Grandview voters decide a franchise for Iowa Southern Utilities at town hall. Budget hearings follow for West Liberty, Ag lis sa, and county Extension, totaling tax asks and staff changes.
AP reports standings and results across the American and National leagues. Key showings include Detroit over Kansas City, Washington beating Minnesota, New York edging Cleveland in a second game, and Chicago losing to Los Angeles. Schedule notes list Tuesday matchups including Chicago at Detroit and Minnesota at Cleveland.
Gibson and Gibeons led the American division after a makeup win while Beach Lumber slipped from a second tie with Carlisle's. Saturday results at Taylor Field and Oregon Park featured Gibson's Buick, Carlisle's Police, and Dog-N-Suds in decisive wins, with detailed box notes and pitchers.
Carlisle's Sports Shop earned runner up in the district tournament at Hills after defeating Happitime of Cedar Rapids 7-6 and Philips 8 of Clinton 3-2, but fell to Robin Sale of Cedar Rapids 10-? in the finals. Robinson pitched all three games and the team trailed 2-0 before tying in the seventh and winning in the eighth. The top two districts advance, with next opponent and site TBA, though action is slated for Friday.
Oakville hosts an evening picnic at the New Boston ferry landing near Oakville for Miss Aurota Gonzalez the LE.Y.5 delegate from the Philippines. Guests include Mrs. Ftances Swan and Mrs. Emogene Brown, with Mr. and Mrs. Keith Hillet visiting, plus extended family from Cedar Falls at the Orville Wehner home. Their mother Mrs. Dorig Wehner is a patient at Burtington hospital.
Swine prices held steady to strong with top quotes near 20 dollars, equal to Friday’s peak and the highest since September. Reports show mixed No. 1 and 2 grades at 19.50 to 20, while a large run cleared above 12.75. Trade was robust on slaughter streets though some decline noted. Prime grade sold around 76.95 to 26.50 for over a million pounds. Hogs receipts 6,500 with varied loads and weights across 190 to 400 pounds. Cattle and calves saw slaughter steers steady to 50 over, several prime loads 1,205–3,300 lb, with mixed high and prime weights. Sheep and lambs mostly steady to 50 lower, spring slaughter lambs 0–21.00 for 100 lb, good to choice 18.50–20.50 for 80–100 lb, shorn ewes 4.00–6.00.
Chicago wholesale market reports arrivals at 2133 with on track totals. Shipments planned Friday 383 and Saturday 246 with Sunday 6 percent. Supplies moderate and demand steady for long whites firm and red varieties. California long whites and Texas red’s noted.
Fragmentary classified section lists farms for sale and rent, boats, vehicles, pets, and services. It includes contact guidance and a phone number for placing ads, incomplete pricing, and scattered typos. The readable parts indicate a community marketplace dynamic with multiple categories in a single ad block.
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