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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1935
Page
9
Island Ladies' Aid advertises a Wednesday evening fundraiser at Fruitland's Ladies' Hall on June 12 serving 5 to 9. Also listed are car wash specials and local business ads for Ram auto service, gravel supply, beer and fish specials, and a lost fur jacket notice from Elks home.
Local manufacturer to customer model seeks a sales oriented agency in Sioux City Iowa. Position requires car and sales experience and aims to place direct from the manufacturer to consumer through John Z Hall Monument Co.
Unofficial livestock receipts for Monday show hogs at a nominal top of 10 dollars with limited competition light and medium weights. Cattle receipts total 300 with a steadier tone after a weak week. medium and heavy steers mostly 50 cents lower, light cattle and some heifers firm or up 25 cents. Sheep arrivals at 6,000 with spring lambs closing 50 to 60 cents higher, top at 10 dollars. Market influenced by demand and two Jewish holidays.
Iowa markets report hog prices mostly steady with varied weights across cities. Cedar Rapids Ottumwa Mason City Waterloo show range from about 6.25 to 9.50 dollars per hundredweight with packers and sows also listed.
Des Moines reports 12 100 hogs received at 22 yards and 9 plants for 24 hours ending 5 p m total down from 15 500 last week and 22 400 year ago. Prices vary by weight with good and choice ranges from 7 90 to 9 60 per cwt and pigs 8 95 to 9 40. sow quotations 8 10 to 8 60.
Cattle receipts 300 head with medium and weighty steers down 53 to 25 cents, best grades off 25 cents, light cattle and yearlings mostly steady to 25 cents higher. Vealers steady. bulls and heavy cows down. Sheep and lambs also mixed with spring lambs 50 to 60 cents higher, yearlings up small amounts, woolly Californias weak. Week ending figures show demand moderating amid larger supply.
Local markets report poultry and eggs at 17 to 19 cents, hens 12 to 15 cents, roosters 9. Hog prices span from 8.96 to 9.50 for various weights, 275 to 360 pounds at 8.50, 350 to 425 pounds around 8.00 to 8.15, and heavier cows near 7.95 to 8.00.
Receipts show about 6,000 hogs with 4,500 direct and nominal steady demand. hogs priced 140 to 160 pounds at 9.15 to 9.65, 170 to 200 pounds 8.35 to 10.00, 200 to 250 pounds 9.80 to 11.0, and 250 to 350 pounds 9.35 to 9.90. Ewes priced 2.00 to 3.00, sow and pig values noted with steady or nominal activity.
US Department of Agriculture receipts show 100 head of cattle tested with limited data. Cattle receipts reach 1,000 head for the week. beef steers and yearlings trend lower amid overall largest supply in months. vealers steady. stockers and feeders mix of gains and declines. Sheep receipts absent. spring lambs 75 to percent higher. yearlings up. tops and bulk prices noted for native lambs and yearlings.
Poultry prices and freight details list hens, rock fryers, leghorns, geese, and turkeys with varied cents per pound. Butter and egg receipts shown with unsettled totals and creamery score ranges. potatoes receipts and U S shipment counts noted with regional grade prices and futures closing values.
June AP bulletin shows butter receipts at 14 273 tubs weaker with various grade scores. Cheese receipts 106 857 lb quiet with mixed price levels. Eggs all white and brown unchanged with private store packs and private sales noted. Live poultry weak as freight rates yield unquoted chicken prices and turkey and duck ranges.
A historical tip recommends adding olive oil to water when washing flannels to keep them from becoming hard. Use a tablespoon of oil for every gallon of water to soften the fabric.
Daily quote roundup shows varied declines and gains across rail and steel shares with notable moves by Goodyear American Motors and U S Steel. Notable percentage changes include Ethanol firms and consumer goods majors amid broad market selling pressure.
Wheat values rose on renewed hopes of government steps toward silver price support. Reports of increased wheat use for feeding in the southwest and west, with Nebraska corn prices higher, helped push grain prices up. July wheat closed at 83 3/4 to 83 3/4 cents, corn down 4 to 9 1/4 cents, oats little changed, and provisions up 2 to 10 cents.
Cash Wheat shows no sales. Corn values listed for several yellow grades. Soybeans and rye absent. Timothy seed and clover seed prices provided. Lard priced at tiers per hundredweight with loose and bellies quoted.
A dense listing of radio broadcasts across networks NBC CBS and ABC for tonight Sunday and Monday. The roster features orchestras hosts and musical acts including Joe Saunders Earl Corbett Harmony and Frank Masters with stations WLW WBBM WMAQ WENR WHAS KMOX and others.
National League standings show New York, Chicago, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Boston. Western League Friday results include Keokuk beating Des Moines 8 to 1 and Sioux City 9, Cedar Rapids 3. American League Friday scores feature Chicago 9 Detroit 8 and Cincinnati 13 Pittsburgh 4 among others.
Buffalo Prairie prepares for the third annual Fourth of July event at the George Close farm near Marston. Officers include Jasper Lloyd as president and Wilbur Castor as vice president with committees on baseball concessions entertainment and policing. Enright Coal company of Rock Island brings a baseball game, a Mercer county all stars team and a girls team will participate. a parade and other entertainments are planned.
Helen Moody, 29, of California, captured the St. George's Hill tennis title in Weybridge England by defeating Mrs Elsie Pittman 6 0 6 4 in the final. Moody dominated from the start with a siege gun attack and dropped only 11 points in the first set. Pittman, finalist for the third time in as many tours, briefly threatened in the second set before Moody sealed the win.
Associated Press report highlights Al Lopez of the Dodgers grounding five runs with three hits against the Phillies. Rip Radcliff of the White Sox leads an attack on Tigers pitchers with four singles. Roy Parmelee of the Giants outlasts rivals in a tight matchup.
Ben Cantwell pitched a duel and walked off with a tenth inning run to beat the Braves 3 2. Cecil Travis and the Senators battered the Athletics for three hits. Sam Byrd starred for the Reds with a homer and a single driving in three. Babe Dahlgren collected a triple a double and a single in the Red Sox win over the Yankees.
The data lists league leaders: Vaughan Pirates lead in batting average .400 and hits 68 with 43 runs and 39 RBIs. Medwick Cardinals tops RBIs and doubles while Ott Giants leads home runs. Parmelee Giants leads pitching with 71 wins. Athletics Johnson tops AL batting and runs and hits.
Two thousand fans packed Davenport to watch King Levinsky overwhelm Jack Slade in eight enthralling rounds. East Moline's Kid Leonard edged Al Diamond of Paterson for a notable victory as Diamond faded late. Everett Rightmire from Sioux City impressed at 126 pounds, signaling potential, while Henry Hook beat Cliff Boykin and Mel Rice fell to Jack Elverrillo in eight rounds.
On Wednesday June 12 at 1 o clock in Columbus Junction Iowa loaders bring 90 head of native Shorthorn Angus and Hereford calves yearlings and a load of 700 lb steers. Fat cows heifers and veals plus some milk cows. Also hogs sows to farrow feeding shoats and weights. Last week 212 cattle 145 hogs 70 sheep sold. Midway Sale Co R F Smylie Mer Klotz Duncan Aucts oversee.
The Phelps Laundry nine defeated Boy Scout Troop 125 by 9 to 1 in a six inning kitten ball game on Friday night. Batteries for the Laundrymen were Schreiber Skolnik and Kemp Bierman with Mc Connell and Mittman handling the Scouts' innings.
A summer schedule from YMCA physical director A J Lindley lists junior and intermediate sessions. Junior classes run Monday and Wednesday evenings with plunge and life saving and Friday advanced swimming. Intermediate sessions occur Monday and Wednesday evenings with plunge and life saving periods.
The notice lists weekly times for swimming activities including Friday evenings for seniors and juniors, with blocks for plunge, swimming tests, and advanced swimming. It specifies sessions on Monday Wednesday Friday for seniors and Tuesday Thursday Saturday for juniors, with exact start times from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.
State of Iowa Muscatine County notice opens and reads the last will and testament of Emilie Gremme deceased. The hearing and proof for probate is set for June 27 1935 at the June term of the district court beginning June 4 1935. Interested parties may appear to show cause why the will should not be admitted to probate. E C Erwin Clerk J F Devitt Attorney.
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