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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1933
Page
9
Hog receipts failed to lift prices and the market stayed near steady with 4.60 to 4.75 dollars for good hogs as demand slowed for dressed products. Cattle trade showed limited demand with steers and heifers uneven, shippers active on select loads, and lambs trading around 8.35 dollars for top native types amid a generally weak to steady tone.
Des Moines reports 24 hour hog receipts at 8:00 am totaled 8000 head, down from 23,700 a week earlier. Prices vary by weight from 120 to 550 pounds with declines of 10 to 15 cents, markets in Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and surrounding areas show steady to lower quotes for light to heavy hogs and sows.
Chicago hog market shows 16 000 head with direct entries 5 000 and prices steady to 5 cent lower. Packing sows down 10 cents. top hogs 375, 200 to 300 pounds 160 to 190 dollars, light 140 to 160 pounds 3 75 to 4 50, heavy 250 to 290 pounds 4 40 to 4 70. Hay receipts steady 275 to 550 pounds 3 40 to 4 15. light weights 100 to 130 pounds 3 75. Kansas City notes springs and calves with cattle receipts at 7 000 head.
Market notes show prices moving slightly with grocers and markets quoted between 7 and 11 cents, while related items range from 7 to 9 cents. The fragment mentions ES VES TM OCE in an unclear context.
At Peoria Illinois hog market receipts reached 3500 with prices topping 4.70 per unit and bulk around 4.50. Cattle and calves saw 200 head each with steady demand and top prices of 6.00.
Omaha buyers received 12 000 cattle and 8 500 sheep with light demand and mixed quality. Cattle offered calves yearlings and cows with prices mostly steady to higher for top lots. sheep saw strong to 10 cent gains in feeders and steady killing classes with range lambs trading around 7.30 to 7.50 and clipped lambs near 7.00.
U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts at 2 500 head with openings steady to 5 cents higher, closing 10 to 150 lower. Top hog price $4 45 for 200 to 250 Ibs, cattle receipts 600 head with mixed weights and prices, vealers $3 00 to $5 50, stockers $4 50 to $5 75. Sheep receipts around 6 thousand head with lambs steady to 15 cents higher, natives $7 75 for best, yearlings $4 00 to $5 60, ewes $1 25 to $2 25.
In New York the bond market saw ongoing activity in the secondary division with irregular price movement. Rails faced gains earlier in the week and some utilities drew interest while most issues moved within fractional losses. high grade issues and utilities posted modest advances while foreign issues and government securities remained dull or restrained.
Am Rice, American Toob, Anaconda, Atchison, Gillette, Sears Roebuck, Warner, Woolworth, and Woolworth listed with varied fractional gains. Also noted were United Founders, United Gas, Cities Service, Ford and Stand Oil among utilities, metals, and power stocks.
Chicago markets eased as forecasts of cooler conditions in Canada and possible Dakotas showers cooled demand. Wheat and rye dropped to the day’s lows, with July at 99 and September 102 1-8. Corn and oats also slipped, while provisions fell 20 to 150 cents.
Chicago markets show No. 2 red wheat at about 1.0141.014% and corn variations with No. 1 mixed near 55% to 56% cents per bushel. Oats and barley posting modest bids while Timothy and Clover seed values range from 4.00 to 12.00 per cwt. No rye sales reported.
Wheat receipts were 96 cars with prices falling about five cents from a year ago. Cash quotes listed No 1 northern around 1.03 to 1.06 dollars, No 1 dark northern 14 percent protein about 1.03 to 1.06 dollars, No 1 amber durum up to 1.15 dollars, and futures for red durum around 1.01 to 1.04 dollars. Corn No 3 yellow 46 to 48 cents. Oats No 3 white 38 to 39 cents.
Chicago AP reports steady live poultry receipts including hens leghorn roosters and turkeys with assorted prices per pound and grade. Butter eggs potatoes and cobbler markets show steady receipts and quotes with futures for butter and storage standards noted.
New York reports: Butter receipts 12 155 tubs unsettled with centralized creamery 90 score 2214c packing stock. cheese receipts 137 973 lbs firm. eggs 13 758 cases irregular with mixed colors and special packs. dressed poultry irregular and unchanged.
Week shows declines across most fat cattle grades with strictly choice and prime steers steady to 25c lower and common grades down to 25c. Bulls gain 10 to 25c while hogs drift 5 to 15c lower then rebound. sheep and lambs fall 50c to 75c with tops near 8.50 for natives and 8.35 for westerns amid thinner late-week demand.
Joe Hauser of Minneapolis hit his 50th homer in the first game of a doubleheader with Milwaukee, inching toward Nick Cullop’s 168 game season record. The Miller win 11 8 ended with Hauser’s ninth inning blast. second game 4 3 Milwaukee win in 11 innings. Dick Bass sparked Louisville’s 6 0 win over Toledo. Columbus toppled by Indianapolis 3 2 as St Paul moved to second with a 3 1 night win over Kansas City.
Muscatine concert band gave a Thursday night show at Letts drawing a large audience. The ensemble of thirty members played between 8 and 9 45 PM and faced repeated encores from the crowd.
The New York Stock Exchange announced regular hours next Monday and a Saturday closure through September. Trading was unusually light with prices drifting lower as commodities softened and the dollar fluctuated in foreign exchange dealings. Transfers totaled about 1,400 shares.
Minneapolis AP notes flour up 40 cents for carload lots and family patents at 8.00 to 8.10 a barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments noted at 20 372 barrels. Pure bran 19.50 to 20.00. Standard middlings 20.50 to 21.00.
Primary receipts and shipments update shows today figures for corn oats and wheat with week and year comparisons. Trading activity includes domestic exports and bonded wheat data across Chicago markets.
West Liberty notes mark the death of A. J. Blakemore at his Long Beach home. He was a former resident and business partner with A. M. Tullis in the Globe cafe. Mrs. Blakemore is sister to Mrs. Tullis and Mrs. Margaret Harney.
Banker Auto Co Inc markets a large selection of vintage vehicles including a 1932 Plymouth Sedan 1931 Ford Tudor 1930 Olds Sedan and more. Down payment on any used car, with easy balance terms, available from Banker Auto Co Inc at phone 610.
A mix of sale ads and notices listing used suits cameras bassinets engines and other items for sale plus wants for a Casey Jones show and caregiving services. Also lodge meeting notice and lost and found items including a black purse a rat terrier and a hog with contact numbers.
A late night two car crash occurred between here and Muscatine at about 11 30 p m Wednesday. Blinding headlights caused the impact sending a car into a ditch and breaking a wheel. George Nichols of West Liberty rode in the Chevrolet. The Buick occupants escaped unharmed.
Wapello host Mrs H B Davison leads Up-to-Dates with 500 attendees. Notable guests include Mrs Grace Price Winfield Emma Isett Martha Mc Cray H W Baker and others visiting Muscatine. Chicago couple Mr and Mrs W B Herrick stay with Mrs Ora Morgan and grandmother Mrs E L Taylor. Elsa Zuber visits. Dorothy Marshall hosts a Wiener roast for relatives Donna Murphy and Elinore Bardall returning home from Cedar Falls and Waverly. Notice to Contractors bids closed Aug 3 1933 for 5000 cubic yards removal to City Pit.
The City of Muscatine Iowa invites sealed bids for hauling 10000 cubic yards total from Haas Farm City Pit. Bid must include a $100 certified check payable to Muscatine City and be mailed in separate envelopes to the City Recorder. Start within 10 days of award and complete within 60 days. council can reject all bids. City Engineer H H Fitzgerald signs.
Notice that on July 27 1933 the last will of George Holm deceased was opened by the Muscatine District Court clerk and set for hearing June 6 1938 at which any interested party may appear and show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. E C Erwin Clerk Drake and Wilson Attorneys.
Notice is given that a document purporting to be the last will of E Dill, deceased, will come for hearing and proof at the June Term District Court in Muscatine on August 16, 1933. Interested parties may appear and show cause why the instrument should not be admitted to probate. Fey Erwin and M W Stapleton, Attorneys.
The First National Bank of Muscatine Iowa closes its affairs and all note holders and creditors are notified to present notes and claims for payment. Dated July 1933. E Bloom, Cashier.
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