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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1935
Page
11
Ground with house at 324 Fletcher and lot for sale. Also trade listing noting property at 1211 Smalley with daytime contact. Includes stock and grain market context from Journal’s classifieds.
Chicago reports slow to lower opening for swine with prices drifting down to about 10 cents, then firming. Direct shipment to large operators and active cattle and sheep trade supported hogs with bulk 170 to 240 pounds selling at 10.60 to 10.80, and top hogs around 10.85.
The Associated Press lists current hog prices across Iowa markets. Mason City Cedar Rapids Waterloo Des Moines Ottumwa show steady to unchanged values with various weight classes and packer, butcher, and sow categories.
Combined hog receipts at 22 yards and 9 plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for 48 hours ended 8 am today numbered 7,200, down from 9,400 last week and 16,500 a year ago. Prices were uneven but mostly steady with light to heavy weights listed from 8.00 to 10.40 per cwt.
Local markets report hens at 10 to 18 cents, springs 11 to 15 cents, roosters 8 cents. Hog quotes list ranges from 40 to over 550 pounds, with values from 8.15 to 10.30 per hundredweight and packing sows up to 9.90.
The article notes that prices quoted above and below reflect shipping point basis and that hogs bought on this basis are excluded from quotas.
Cattle and calf sales showed gains of 10 to 25 cents with fed steers and yearlings higher. Hog prices ranged from 9.75 to 10.55 per hundredweight for various weights while sheep and lambs remained steady to strong with Idaho range lambs at 8.00 to 9.15 and native lambs around 8.25.
U S Dept of Agriculture notes hogs 10 000 with 2000 direct, mostly steady to 10 cents lower than Monday. Cattle 5000 and calves 1500, most active with gains to 25 higher. steers and yearlings lead with various price ranges. Sheep 5000 fat lambs active and steady. native lambs 8.25 to 8.50, westerns around 8.50, ewes 20 to 93.25, top light weights 33.50.
Kansas City markets show hogs around 10.50 to 10.60 for 170 to 240 lb lots with lighter weights near 9.75 to 10.85. Cattle and calves remain active with beef steers and yearlings up to 10.50 for good to choice fed stock, light weights around 10.65, grass steers to 8.00, fat cows 4.35 to 5.40, vealers firm. Sheep killings generally steady with range lambs near 8.40 and natives sold mostly 8.00 to 8.25.
Chicago daily market notes show live poultry, hens and chickens priced by weight, with turkey, ducks, geese and roosters listed. Butter and eggs hold steady with graded carloads. fruit and vegetable lines note decay in several markets and regional price quotes for U S commodities across California Idaho Oregon Kansas Maryland Missouri Virginia and Virginia Cobblers with note on storage and grade standards.
New York reports steady to firm live poultry by freight with all grades quoted. Butter prices ease with creamery grade above extra at 24 percent and 22 percent for other grades. Cheese and eggs show firmer trends amid mixed color classifications. A note adds four million trees are cut annually for telephone telegraph and power line poles.
New York stocks close with mixed gains and declines across many blue chips including Allegheny Am Pow Am Sugar At and T Anaconda Beth Steel Canada Dry Lehigh Valley and others. Major names like DuPont General Motors Phillips Petroleum Sears Roebuck Union Pacific and United States Rubber appear with varied percentages in a broad market wrap.
Theivisoned chart lists teams Wester Sioux City Davenport Council Bluffs Cedar Rapids St Joseph with win loss records and percentages. It notes dates of results and upcoming schedule in the National league context.
Weather rain affected schedules with only one day of games in Pittsburgh St Louis Philadelphia and Boston. Upcoming matchups include Philadelphia at New York Chicago at Pittsburgh and a full slate planned.
Profit taking and hedging pressure pushed wheat prices lower with limited buying interest. Fall in wheat values at Liverpool and Winnipeg dampened bulls, rust damage fears linger in spring wheat areas, and forecasts of weak recovery weighed on sentiment. Wheat settled fractions to about 1 percent lower. corn and oats also slipped while rye and barley were mixed as provisions eased.
AP price sheet lists cash wheat, corn, oats, rye, soybeans, barley, timothy and clover seeds, plus lard products. Prices show No. 3 red wheat at 92 3/4 to 96 1/4 cents, various No. 2 hard and mixed grades, lake billing notes, and seed costs per cwt for Timothy and Clover.
Musserville won as five hits were allowed by U B pitchers while striking out seven. Harry Harder hit a hollow home run in the seventh for Nietzel, Chelf and Ed Berry added triples. A six man Weed park lineup forfeited to Heinz 57 club. Box scores follow.
Major Heroes Les Tietie and White Sox shut down the Browns to three hits and a 7 to 2 win. Red Lucas of the Pirates held the Cardinals to four hits in a separate game. Willis Hudlin yielded three hits before Thornton Lee relieved and struck out Goslin with bases loaded to preserve a 6-5 ninth inning lead for the Indians.
A theft of 200 chickens from Bernard J. Parkhill's Oakland farm sparked Sheriff Joe Perry to issue a warning to farmers. He urged them to arm themselves with shotguns and to use them amid a wave of similar losses in the area.
Davenport strengthens its Western league lead by two 1 0 victories over Sioux City in extra innings. Bill Phebus and Frank Tubbs spun strong games as Cedar Rapids fell 10 to 9 in 14 innings to St. Joseph. Council Bluffs edged Keokuk 4 to 3.
Johnny Gill blasted two home runs and drove in six runs as Minneapolis defeated Toledo 10 to 7 to sweep the four game series in the American association. Columbus won 2 to 1 at St Paul behind Bob Klinger five hit pitching. Milwaukee used Americo Polli’s strong outing and 16 hits to beat Louisville 14 to 3. Indianapolis won both ends of a night doubleheader against Kansas City 9 to 6 and 8 to 3 in seven innings.
Bloom's Juniors knocked in 14 runs against Phelps Laundry in a Monday night game at League Field. Opnell pitched steadily, six runs came in the first inning, with Schrieber relieved by Skolnik in the fourth. Kent was the catcher for Bloom's while Kempf caught for Laundry.
For sale apples suitable for canning advertised by H L Hocke at 440 Houser. Also rental notices for a modern furnished apartment at 951 Lucas and a flat above the Chocolate Shop available to rent, contact via phone 1241 and 2278 in the mornings.
A corporate officer will interview applicants for a soon to open local branch. The position offers attractive income with immediate start and opportunity to advance. No experience required as thorough training is provided. applicants must be reliable and financially responsible.
Across New York Chicago Hartford and other venues, fighters like Roth Day Anderson Walker Simms McKinney Bass Hughes Wolfram Donovan Jobe Mann Temes competed. Results show multiple decisions and knockouts with scores listed for each bout.
The Meadow Brook club invitation tourney at Southampton advanced to the second round with most favorites winning. John McDiarmid of Fort Worth was eliminated by Henry Culley as Frankie Parker beat Charley Harris, Gregory Mangin defeated Jess Millman, Bitsy Grant overcame Hal Surface, and Norcross Tilley beat Leonard Hartman in a three set match.
League leaders include Vaughan of the Pirates with 395 runs Medwick and Martin of the Cardinals leading with 82 RBIs and Medwick 140 hits J Collins 83 RBIs Cardinals Greenberg Tigers 119 RBIs Gehringer Tigers 85 runs Greenberg 130 hits Greenberg 34 doubles Greenberg 27 home runs Ott Giants 23 HR Castleman Giants 92 pitching Lyons White Sox 12 3 and Vosmik Indians .357 batting 13 triples Werber Red Sox 19 steals
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