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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1933
Page
9
Hog prices gained 10 cents as curtailment of hog runs aided demand. Top hogs sold at 4.69 to 4.70, with heavier types around 4.50 or less. Cattle and sheep markets were steady to strong with choice steers around 5.25 to 6.60 and native lambs selling up to 7.75 for packers. Packers bought about half the hog run and 5,000 sheep were moved from a total of 8,000.
The Iowa markets report hog prices by size and weight. Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines show varied quotes from about 2.90 to 8.95 dollars per hundredweight across classifications. Prime, good packers, and heavy weights appear with several price points and inconsistencies noted in the OCR.
Combined hog receipts for 24 hours at 25 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in Interior Town and Southern Minnesota totaled 18 800, down from 19 400 last week but up from 10 800 a year ago. Prices held mostly steady to 5 cents higher with heavy marketing and several weight classes listed, including packing sows and various weight ranges.
Chicago AP notes hog receipts at 25 000 head with 000 direct and active demand, mostly higher prices. Bulk desirable weights range 4 60 to 4 70 with top 4 70. 300 to 400 lb hogs 4 35 to 4 60. 140 to 180 lb hogs 3 60 to 4 60.
Local markets list poultry prices for hens roosters and eggs. Livestock receipts include hogs cattle sheep with price ranges for weights from 100 to 1500 pounds and up to 550 pounds for sows, vealers, bulls, and cows. Cattle demand shows strength on medium weights, with several price bands for slaughter cattle and vealers. Sheep demand remains firm with lambs and ewes priced across weight classes.
Receipts show hogs 5,000 head with direct 1,100. prices mostly 5 to 5 cents higher. top 4.55 for 210 to 270 pounds. Cattle receipts 4,000 head with calves 700. killing classes steady to 15 cents higher. best fed yearlings and steers noted with various weight brackets and prices. Sheep receipts 8,000 head with lambs active and higher. top native and Utah lambs at 7.25. yearling wethers and ewes also detailed with prices.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts of 16 000 hogs with prices mainly 10 to 15 cents higher and top at 4 40 per cwt. Cattle receipts 6000 with early sales slow and weaker for fed steers and yearlings while feeder demand scarce. Sheep receipts 6500 with most lambs 15 to 25 cents higher, Idaho and native lambs quoted with varied weights and prices.
AP notes eggs drop to 77 1/2 cents with other produce stable in Kansas City trading.
New York stocks opened higher with broad gains before profit taking around midday, leaving a ragged finish. Celanese rose 3 points, American Can gained 11 2, while U S Steel and Allied Chemical held steady and Owens-Illinois fell 2 points. Transfers reached about 5.6 million shares.
The daily ledger shows Alleghany around 4 percent, Am Stee]th at 15, Am Sugar 65, AT&T 127 percent, and AT&T 127 as listed. Major movers include U S Steel at 56, Goodyear 35, Rex 27, and RCA around 0. Barth entries include Chrysler 31, Packard 5, and Tex Corp 22 with varied results across railroad and oil issues.
Aggressive profit taking pushed grains lower as heat wave rumors faded. Wheat dropped over 112 cents from session highs with July at 75 5-8 to 3-4 and Sept at 77 5-8 to 3-4. Corn fell 5-8 to 1-8, oats held, and provisions varied up to 30 cents.
AP round up shows wheat and corn prices with No 1 red wheat at 7 1 2c No 2 red 7c No 3 red 6c and various yellow and white corn bids from 38 1 4c to 47c. Oats barley timothy and clover seed listed with small changes and per hundredweight pricing.
AP market notes show unsettled poultry receipts with chickens and roosters priced, butter and eggs firm at various scores, high egg stocks, potatoes on track with steady to strong demand, and futures closing with eggs at 1 3/4 to 1 3/4 cents and butter around 22 to 24 cents. Names of buyers and specific lots appear in scattered lines.
New York reports Butter receipts at 26 170 tubs with varied grades and gains over earlier quotes. Eye receipts total 42 408 cases with mixed colors and standards, while Dressed Poultry lists irregular prices for chickens and turkeys, with fresh and frozen lines showing adjustments.
New York stock results show secondary rail issues leading gains with Chicago Northwestern Erie Illinois Central Missouri Pacific and Nickel Plate among top movers. Utilities edged forward fractionally while industrials drifted up at a conservative pace amid inflation hopes. Chilean copper rose slightly as oil steel and rubber stayed flat and U S governments remained firm. Foreign loans showed uneven performance.
Minneapolis Minn AP report notes carload flour prices for Flourtie higher at 5.65 to 5.75 per barrel in 93 and cotton sacks. Shipments reach 23 331 barrels with Standard Middlings listed at 12.00 to 12.50 per unit.
A veteran waterways expert writes to readers detailing a fifty year career in the field. He notes progressive blindness now limits his work but expresses commitment to improving United States waterways and his country's interests.
The Island Methodist Episcopal youth class finished yard cleanup at the church followed by a wiener roast. Local families hosted visits and dinners, with neighbors like the Bartenhagens and Swansons noted plus a new Island Ramblers kittenball team forming to play in pasture games. Dale Bishop from Chicago is spending summer with relatives in Fruitland.
Attendees at the dedication of the newly lighted athletic field in West Liberty Friday night include Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Baker and family, George Chapman and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert Stucker with son Jimmie. Also noted are district OES convention travel by Clella Kline Naomi Federlein and Elizabeth Turner to De Witt and visits by several local residents to Bennett. A Sunday family dinner at the James Stucker home marked the tenth wedding anniversary of Hilbert Stucker and wife with guests.
Jacob Mussig of the Lutheran Home, now blind, offers a public interview to discuss his plan to rehabilitate Europe’s waterways. He argues the system is already strong and could save money while creating jobs for men, seeking reader engagement.
Waterloo city council voted to study a broad public works program with an expected total cost near 3 million dollars. The plan includes a sewage disposal plant a Falls avenue viaduct over the Chicago Great Western tracks and Blackhawk creek paving on arterial highways and their connections and flood control on Virden creek.
The Muscatine Journal Pattern Department promotes Anne Adams pattern 2573 for girls ages 12 to 20. Size 16 needs 2 1/2 yards of 36-inch fabric and 1 yard contrasting, with a jacketless bodice featuring clever seaming and a tie, collar, and puff sleeves. Catalogs and patterns cost 15 to 25 cents. mail orders to New York City.
Advertisement notes a Plymouth motor for sale in Bringer's Garage. It is nearly new and available cheaply. Contact by telephone at 1052 J.
A wide circle of Lone Tree residents visited the J J Kelley home near Cosgrove for a basket dinner and supper. Families from Lone Tree and River Junction attended ice cream supper at the J D Musser home and other local gatherings.
City of Muscatine invites sealed bids by July 6 1933 at 7 30 PM for 300 feet of rubber covered two and one half inch 400 pound pressure sewer hose. Bids to be sealed and labeled with bidder name. council reserves right to reject all bids. Dated June 19 1933 Muscatine Iowa.
Buffalo Prairie Mrs Laurence Vetter and Gale visited her parents Mr and Mrs Ernest Boney. Glen Kistler of Peoria spent the weekend with relatives. Mr and Mrs Charles Boruff and Blair spent over Sunday with Iowa friends. Mrs Charles Thomas cares for her mother Mrs Sarah Eikhardt who is slowly improving. Mr and Mrs Chester Schutte attended a funeral of the for-
Special execution issued by the Muscatine County District Court directs sale of lands of Mae McFadden and related heirs and executors. The 21 July 1933 sale at Muscatine courthouse will include specified parcels in sections 13 and 14, township 78, range 3, with described quarter sections and acreage.
A notice states 135 acres, more or less, in Muscatine County Iowa will be sold to satisfy a special execution in favor of The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Sale hours 9 am to 4 pm, at 11:00 am, in Muscatine Iowa on June 19 1933. F B Nesper sheriff.
In Muscatine County Iowa the District Court will hear L A Andrew Superintendent of Banking as Receiver of the American Savings Bank of Muscatine on June 26 1923 at 10 a m. Objections must be filed by then to authorize selling the Master Certificate of Sale for Rock Island Illinois real estate and to cancel surrender and assign deposit claims with specified disbursements.
Notice of probate hearing for the last will of William Moots filed in Muscatine County Iowa. The hearing is set for July 17 1923 at the district court, with E C Erwin clerk and Fishburn & Fishburn attorneys listed. Interested parties may appear to contest admission to probate.
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