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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
19
Chicago June 29 Wheat trades mildly higher as harvest nears end aided by good northwest rains and favorable yields. Coarse grains firmed with corn buoyed by hot southwest weather and on commission demand. September corn opens around 59 to 60 cents, closes near 60. Oats attract buying orders while hogs push slightly higher on provisions. pork shows no business.
Red Builder, a 1907 Standardbred chestnut from Red Gama leon line, listed among 14 fast individuals led by Red Milda and Red Gift. He will serve a few mares this spring at 15.00. Counselor Attor., a 1902 chestnut weighing 1200 pounds, blends Onward and Pilot Jr. line, with known popularity and strong colts. Terms 10.00.
Daily movement shows Wheat 268 cars across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth with 147000 bushels. Corn 181 cars and 244000 bushels. Barley 15000. Flour 11900 barrels. Receipts compared: 268 cars today, 236 last week, 154 a year ago.
Cash grain prices in Chicago on June 29 show No. 2 red wheat at 88% to 89% cents, No. 2 hard around 89% to 91 cents, No. 1 northern wheat at 95 to 100 cents, various No. 2 to No. 4 corn values from 56 to 58 cents, and oats listed from 42% to 44% cents with standard at 43% to 44% cents.
Kansas City grain report shows wheat July at 84% to 84 and Sept at 84% bid. Corn July 59% to 60% bid for Sept. Cash prices list No 1 hard wheat 85 97c, No 2 red 84 14c, No 3 81 82c. Corn No 2 mixed 59% 59c, No 3 mixed 65 9c, No 2 white 59% 60c, No 3 white 59c. Oats No 2 white 43c, No 2 mixed 42 43c. Rye 85 90c. Hay unchanged. Prices per ton for Timothy and prairie noted.
Omaha Neb June 29 Wheat to higher with No 2 hard at 84 87c No 3 hard 83 86c Corn mixed to higher with No 2Bem 56c No 3 white 55 56c No 2 yellow 55 55c No 3 yellow 55 55c No 2 65 14 55 4c No 3 vv7Z Gats to higher No 3 white 42 43c No 3 yellow 42 42c Receipts Wheat 2 Corn 48 oats
In Peoria Illinois on June 29 corn prices rise with No 2 white at 56 1/2 cents No 2 yellow 55 cents No 3 yellow 55 1/2 cents No 4 yellow 53 cents No 2 mixed 55 1/2 cents No 3 mixed 54 1/2 cents Oats rise with No 2 white 44 cents No 3 white 43 1/2 cents. Consolidated market data from regional grain exchanges.
Wheat steady with Manitoba figures: No 1 7s 5d, No 2 7s 4d, No 3 7s 1 4d, July 6s 10d, Oct 6s 8 1 2d, Dec 6s 8d. Corn spot firm with New American mixed unavailable, old mixed 5s 4d, July 4s 9 1 2d, Sept 5s 4d.
New York market report shows butter steady with receipts of 12 140 while cheese remains unchanged with receipts reported as 200. The text records price stability and light movement in dairy goods.
St. Louis wool market reports steady tone with territory and western mediums at 17 19 1 2 cents, fine mediums 16 17 cents, fine wool 11 14 cents. Buyers show cautious demand as June transactions close.
Chicago Illinois June 29 cattle receipts about 5000 with slow trading. Beeves fetch 4.65 to 6.60, Texas and western steers around 4.40 to 6.00, stockers 3.15 to 5.30, cows and heifers 2.25 to 5.70, calves 5.75 to 7.80. Hogs receipts near 23000 with market firm to slightly higher. various lots from 6.00 to 6.55 with best heavy around 6.50. Sheep receipts about 15000 with steady to firm demand. natives 2.50 to 4.35, westerns 2.50 to 4.40, yearlings 4.25 to 4.90, natives and western lambs 4.00 to 7.30.
St Joseph Mo June 29 cattle receipts 1890 market active steady steers 450 to 635 cows and heifers 250 to 600 calves 300 to 700 hog receipts 11000 market 5 to 10 cents higher up to 645 bulk 630 to 635 sheep receipts 3000 market 10 to 15 cents higher lambs 450 to 715
Kansas City Missouri June 29 cattle receipts reach 5 000 with market strength to 10 cents higher. Native cattle valued 4.99 to 6.50, southern steers 3.90 to 5.50, cows and heifers 2.40 to 6.25, stockers 3.75 to 5.40, bulls 3.00 to 4.5, calves 4.00 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 10 000 higher with sales 6.25 to 6.40 for various grades. Sheep receipts 1 000 and market strong with muttons 3.90 to 4.90 and lambs 5.60 to 6.75.
New York market report dated June 29 shows poultry alive and dressed prices. Alive sales steady with Western spring chickens 23c, fowls 14 to 15c, turkeys at lic. Dressed quotes irregular with Western broilers 18 to 25c, fowls 12 to 15c, turkeys 14 lic.
Market listing shows hogs and cows with per hundredweight quotes, packing house prices, and miscellaneous livestock. Includes hay, feed, oats, butter, eggs, poultry, and fresh produce with various unit prices and wholesale figures.
The page shows closing prices for major stocks including Amalgamated Copper American Car & Foundry American Locomotive American Sugar Refining Anaconda Mining Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian OBe Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Chicago Mil. & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande United States Steel Western Union Lehigh Valley Great Northern Great Northern Ore Ctts Illinois Central Interborough Me Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas Texas National Biscuit New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People s Gas Pullman Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel and others.
Trading showed a little vim in the first hour with minor advances among leaders. Prices rose a point or more above yesterday's close before profit-taking pulled the list back slightly. American Smelting, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Reading, Lehigh Valley, Delaware and Hudson and Toledo, St. Louis and Western gained 1 percent.
Butter steady creamery ranges 19 23 cents. Eggs receipts 8 126 cases at market with firsts 13 4 cents. Cheese steady Daisy 2 12 ½ cents Twins 12 cents. Potatoes unsettled old 1.00 1.15 new 4.65 4.75. Live poultry irregular turkeys 12 cents. Chickens 12 44 cents. Veal soft 8 10 cents by weight groups.
South Omaha June 29 cattle receipts 2,500 market steady to 10e higher. Native steers 5.00 6.40 cows and heifers 3.00 5.50 western steers 3.75 stockers and feeders 3.00. Hog receipts 11,300 market 5 to 19c higher mixed 6.10 6.20 lights 6.20 6.30. Sheep receipts 2,200 market strong lambs 5.50.
Galveston Texas June 29 Cotton prices fell to 195 cents per pound for the lower grade.
A 10 year old, Master Emory Smith, carrying a .22 revolver, was accidentally shot in the left thigh at Windham and taken to Iowa City for treatment. Blood poisoning is feared to be avoided. Meantime Jacob Critz, Riverside banker, badly burned in a gasoline explosion, shows some improvement but will need skin grafts later. Iowa River water remains contaminated with sewage pollution as chemists report, prompting officials to urge residents to boil water.
Accounts from Iowa City report marriages of university graduates. Weds John Eugene Wright of S A I class of 1909 and Mary J Seemann formerly of Iowa City reflect the campus romance. Other items note Dr Charles W Maplethorpe and Margaret Iowa Marshall wed, and a peddlers license case heads to the supreme court with Judge Howell upholding the $500 fee. Father John Murphy named assistant curate at St Anthony Fort Des Moines to organize missions for miners.
Iowa Bluffs on June 29 reports Mrs. Mary Simmons visiting with sister Mrs. J H Pigman and family. Mrs. Clint Kauffman and children of Columbus Junction visited at George Kauffman’s. Mrs Grace Simmons and children called at W F Marston’s Saturday. Miss Lela Devore visited Sunday night with Iva Simmons. Mrs W F Marston and Olive Floyd and Elsie visited Sunday and Sunday night with Mrs M’s parents.
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