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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1928
Page
10
Rains across the corn belt and warmer temps setback corn values in Chicago. Eastern cash demand remains fair, with 160 900 bushels sold. available corn reserves drop by 3 121 000 bushels week over week. Oats fall with corn. provisions firm thanks to hogs rising 15 25 cents.
Chicago reports higher hog values with demand strong and late-day activity lifting prices to 10.25 to 10.45 for choice butchers. Hogs and butchers priced up from Monday with good packing hogs at 9.50 to 9.75. Cattle supply below expectations with steady to strong demand. steers at 14.75 to 14.85 for choice light, cows and calves holding steady, and sheep trade steady to strong with Idaho lambs around 16.50 and natives 15.50 to 16.90. Receipts: hogs 26,900. cattle 16,009. sheep 3,009.
Fragmentary data from Saylor and Wichelman of Chicago and New York at 409 Hershey Building. References to Kiros and Pese Co appear in the damaged text with phone number 2524.
Wheat No 1 northern spring 1.36 1.37 dollars. Corn No 2 mixed 98 99. No 4 mixed 99. No 5 mixed 97. No mixed 96. No 2 yellow 1.01 1.05. No 3 yellow 99 cents to 1.00. No 4 yellow 96 96. No 2 white 1.02 1.24. No 3 white 1.01 1.15. No 5 white with errors. No 6 white 6 cents. Oats No 2 white 68 71 cents. Rye no sales. Barley 1.94 1.05. Timothy seed 84.09 4.75. lower seed 19.75 27.09. Lard 11.82. Ribs 12.82. Bellies 13.87.
Minneapolis wheat market update shows AP receipts at 7 and 8 cars versus 20 a year ago. Cash bids listed for No 1 northern and fancy northern grades, hard spring, and durum varieties with July September and December price points. Prices range around $1.34 to $1.60 with variations for quality and delivery months.
Minneapolis flour market details show steady shipments with Bran priced at $30.00 and 50.59 listed, while references to arrests 92 appear in the same briefing.
Poultry prices for Hens 4 lbs and over 14 to 18 cents per lb with light Leghorns and blacks, cocks and Eggs No 12 at 20 cents. Livestock quotations list prime butchers for cattle 189 to 299 pounds at $19.99 and extremes at $8.69. Packers prices $8.60 to $825 with no market for common grades.
Chicago notes show higher butter prices with receipts of 21 127 tubs and creamery extras at 45c. Eyes unchanged with receipts of 23 363. Poultry and potatoes listed with varied prices and stock levels, while overall market activity remained slow and barely steady. regional potato and russet pricing from Alabama to Wisconsin is included.
New York on June 12 reports Butter Firm receipts of 20,438 tubs and Creamery extras. Cheese Firm receipts total 215,988. Eggs Firm receipts number 44,5735 cases. Fresh lathered extra firsts 29% 31c firsts 234 30c.
New York June 13 reports show dressed poultry steady and live poultry steady. Prices for freighters and express shipments vary with 23 to 27 cents for dressed freight and 20 to 45 cents for live fowls, 20 to 25 cents by express, old roosters 20 to 3 cents, turkeys 20 to 3 cents.
Raw sugar stays firm with buyers at 4.29 for duty frees and 5.05 to 6.18 for fine granulated, unchanged in New York trading on June 13.
Heavy rainfall of 2.25 inches last night left Waterloo streets flooded and catch basins clogged. All dirt roads in the area were reported in bad condition today.
Chicago livestock market reports show hog receipts 23 000 head with steady to higher bids led by top hogs at 19 65 for 200 269 lb. cattle receipts 7 900 head and calves 4 990 head with best yearlings at 14 85 and fed steers around 14 85 to 15 00. Sheep receipts 5 990 head with lighter demand and lambs steady to higher on quality variations.
At Omaha Nebraska on June 19, hog receipts reached 12 000 with most sales 10 to 15 cents higher though closing was weak for good and choice hogs. Top price 10 16 per cwt with large loads and lighter weights down to 9 00. Cattle receipts 7 590 with fed steers and yearlings up to 14 40 per hundredweight and heavy steers around 15 59 for light weights. Sheep receipts 7 000 with lambs 15 25 to 15 50 per cwt, best fat ewes about 6 00, and feeder lambs around 12 23.
Kansas City Mo June 19 hog market report shows 12 090 head, uneven with gains of 18 to 25 cents late. Top price 19.15 for 214 to 259 lb butchers. 259 to 335 lb range 9.49 to 9.61. 150 to 300 lb class 9.00 to 10.10.
Cattle receipts 1499 head in light supply, steady. calves 1609 head little activity, mostly 56c lower. hogs 4499 head active, 15.25 higher, top 19.19. sows 8.75 to 9.90. pigs 7.75. sheep 290 head steady with better native lambs at 15.99 and fat ewes 4.00 to 6.59.
U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts at 3 590 head with market activity strong and prices up 15 to 25 cents led by top hogs at 14 15. 190 to 250 pound lots and choice 179 pound hogs quoted. Cattle receipts 1 599 head with fed steers and yearlings firm to higher. spots on yearlings up 15 to 25 cents. cows and cutters steady to higher. Sheep receipts 3 990 head with most classes 25 cents higher. Idaho lambs at 15 59, natives at 15 25, others 15 00.
Receipts at East St. Louis show hogs 16 090 head with higher values for medium and heavy grades. Calves and steers hold firm or rise on best lots, top steer and yearling price $14.60 with a 1 157 pound weight. Sheep receipts 4 500 head with fat lambs about $15 and cull lambs near $9 50. fat ewes $4 59 to $6 50.
Sioux City IA June 19 AP cattle receipts 3000 head market steady to strong fed steers yearlings $11.50 14.50 bulk $13.00 14.90 heifers $16.00 14.00 cows $9.60 11.75 grass cows $7.25 9.75 cutters $5.25 veals $9.90 14.50 bulls $7.50 11.09 stockers feeders $9.90 12.50 stock cows $7.00 8.09 heifers $8.50 hogs receipts 13099 head mostly higher top $19.10 bulk good butchers $9.85 19.16 lights $9.25 9.85 bulk sows $9.90 42.19 stags $8.00 pigs $8.00 8.25 sheep receipts 200 head market strong to 25c higher.
The Daily Vacation Bible school at Trinity Reformed church in Columbus Junction ended Saturday with a program and a picnic supper and games. A long list of visitors arrived over the weekend from Burlington Cedar Rapids Peoria and West Liberty among others. The station at Gladwin closed due to insufficient business. The Bible school program was held Sunday evening at the Presbyterian church.
Campaign expense statements filed with county auditor C. H. Pitchforth show no expenditures for B. L. Metcalf the Democratic candidate for supervisor 1929 term and W. R. Schmitt Democratic candidate for Pike township clerk.
New York stocks opened lower as Crucible Steel fell over 3 points to 75 1 2 amid news of a reduced dividend. Average shares such as Louisville and Nashville and U S Steel declined while radio and other issues slid, with call loan rates held at 5 1 2 percent.
Bond prices for June 18 list various issues from American Tel and Tel to Union Pacific R R and Youngstown and Ohio, with percent bids and yields. Notable entries include Anaconda Copper 6 195% 194%, Armour Delaware 2s 1943 7% 6%, Bethlehem Steel 5s 1834 101% 100%, Standard Oil of New York 4 1 2% 1981, and Canadian National R R 439s 1957 99 085. Pricing shows highs and lows alongside dates and issue types.
In June 19 social items mention Mrs. Carl Stump and daughter Mary Marjorie of Muscatine visiting the John Verink home for a weekend. Attendees at the Rev. Father Hannon’s silver anniversary at St. Mathias church in Muscatine included Mr. and Mrs. John Tomney and Mrs. Chris Nolan, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Byrne and family. Mrs. O. E. Eichelberger has returned from Muscatine where she was a Bellevue hospital patient. The piece notes Vermont growing a pecan tree despite its warm climate origin.
A program of pictures illustrating Sunday school lessons and songs by children will be presented next Thursday evening in the Methodist Episcopal church basement in Conesville. A lunch will follow, and all Sunday school children are urged to attend.
Deeds filed with county recorder G. Clyde Parks show four transfers. Elizabeth G Froehner to Anna Miller Borgstadt covers lot 5 in Sawyers addition Muscatine on Orange street past Woodlawn. Clarence Mock to George M Creamer includes lots 6 7 and 8 in block 13 Fairport. William Daedlow to Emilie Daedlow describes east 105 feet of south 79 feet of lot 25 and other portions of lots 26 27 West Hill addition. Anna Miller Borgstadt and John F Borgstadt to Elizabeth Froehner transfers lot 9 Park avenue range Weed Park Second addition.
Des Moines reports Bob McKee of Grand View and former Des Moines city and state champion posted a 79 in the qualifying round at Hyperion club, totaling 142 for 36 holes to establish the lowest score in the state tournament. He had 38 on the back nine and 32 on the front, with scores 46 66 43 33 42 34 70.
Too late to classify ad notes a modern furnished apartment for rent with three rooms and one bath located at 1025 W.
Nomination of Arthur E. Nelson of St Paul for United States senator was conceded by his rivals as more returns came in. Nelson leads Burnquist by 3 to 2 with Rockne as third candidate. Nelson has 62 352 votes to 42 202 for Burnquist and 41 451 for Rockne in 1 407 of 3 694 precincts.
The three day annual convention of the Iowa aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles opened in Council Bluffs with a full program of business and social events. In Centerville, brothers Lee and Lawrence Harrington drowned in Pigeon creek while wading. a third brother survived. In Iowa City, Frank Cuhel and teammates pace hurdlers toward Olympic trials as the Hawkeyes trim the 490 meter hurdles mark to 53.3 seconds, with Coach Bresnahan aiming for further improvement.
Superior Wisconsin reports President Coolidge has decided to refuse clemency for Nicholas Lee Eagles John Proctor and Samuel Moreno, ending hopes for commuting their sentences. The decision follows earlier appeals and petitions from supporters in the region.
The Lutheran Orphans and Odd Fellows Home directors authorized a 860000 total project, including 60000 for a new three story building and improvements. The 58 by 113 foot facility will serve as a girls dormitory and a children's cottage with foundations under way and 14000 cubic yards of dirt to be moved. Charles Zeidler is general contractor, Sanitary Plumbing and Heating handles plumbing, electrical work pending award, and completion hoped by Thanksgiving.
Letts Iowa June 19. Mr. and Mrs. O L Foster were business visitors in Burlington Friday. Miss Mabel Orr, a former teacher here, called on friends Thursday while on an auto trip east. Dr H J Austin nursing an infected thumb. The Rock Island has carpenters at the stock yards building two pens. Dr J Gingery and family were callers Saturday at the Austin home. Dr Austin and wife and daughter Charlene returned with them in the evening. Mrs Nora Armentrout returned from Berwyn Ill last week, visiting her son and family G W Armentrout. Orville Gipple, wife and son of Rock Island, and Weldon Gipple of Iowa City spent Sunday with their parents.
Eastern Iowa Veterinary association bulletin cautions cattle owners to dispose of nails and wire to prevent foreign body ingestion. Objects can pierce stomach walls and cause indigestion pneumonia heart trouble and other ailments. The week's livestock losses due to infectious diseases are listed with locations including Marshalltown Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Davenport among others.
The Kautz Doughboys beat the Lions Club 4 to 3 at Weed Park Monday night in the YMCA Kittenball league.
A defendant was sentenced to be executed in Washington D C next Friday for the charge of first degree murder.
Checks for 19 dollars are sent to referrals when a prospect buys a new or used Oaklands Pontiacs car from Lange and Shellabarger in Wapello. A top referrer prize of 199 dollars is offered for the most names by September 1. The dealer shows 21 sales in 20 days and promotes trade-ins and a vacation contest with a 15 dollar cash award for a touring log letter.
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