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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1930
Page
12
Snow and northwest gale paralyze cattle trading in Chicago as buyers stay indoors and no sales occur in any cattle class. The 16 000 head sheep and 14 000 hogs faced steady prices less any further losses, with buyers demanding a premium for wet fleeces and a cautious market tone prevailing.
Iowa markets report hog prices with Cedar Rapids showing primes from 180 to 340 pounds around 9.25 to 9.45 per cwt and larger ranges for heavier weights. Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo detail varying prime lights mediums heavies and packers with prices typically between 7.00 and 9.75 per cwt across weight classes.
Illinois market notes show hog receipts at 2,340 head with direct price mostly steady. Top prices reached around 10.60 for select lots, with prices for 200 to 250 pound hogs reported near 9.25 to 9.50 per cwt. The report lists various weight brackets and price ranges for medium to choice quality hogs.
Local grocers and markets report 18 cents for poultry and eggs. Heavy hens run 18 to 19 cents, fight hens 13 cents, no springs or stags 19 to 13 cents. Hog quotes daily from J P Squire Co Muscatine Iowa with ranges for prime butchers 170 to 220 pounds 8.50 to 9.25, 220 pounds and up 8.85 to 9.30, extreme heavy 7.95 to 8.55, butcher packers 7.0 to 7.85, good heavy packers 6.95 to 7.
Cattle receipts 5,500 head with steady to higher tone after heavy blizzard trading. carcasses show mixed classes with steers from 12.50 to 15.00 depending on weight and grade. Sheep receipts 16,000 head indicate fat lambs around 9.75 to 10.40, ewes 5.00 to 6.25, feeder lambs at 3.35 to 4.35 per cwt, and various mid-range prices for other categories.
Receipts total 15 000 hogs and 3 100 cattle with price ranges across weights. Hog prices range from 8.25 to 10.40 for various weight blocks, while cattle show steers 12.00 to 14.75 and cows 6.50 to 10. The report notes steady to higher movement on light weights and mixed yearlings, with no early sheep sales and indications of steady to steady prices.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts 10 500 head with prices steady to higher on lighter weights and mixed on larger. cattle receipts 6500 with steady to higher bids for many classes. sheep receipts 16000 with lambs weak to 15 cents lower and feeding and bearing lambs steady. Top hog price listed around 9 90 per cwt and cattle top near 13 25.
Sioux City livestock report shows cattle receipts at 2000 with calves 200 and steers steady while yearlings stay strong. Hogs receipts 7000 with heavy butchers up to 9.75 top. bulk 170 to 190 pounds 4.35 to 9.65. Sheep receipts 5500 with fat lambs steady and medium weights above 50.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts 3.5 head active and steady with varied weights from 170 to 270 lbs, top price around 10 per cwt. Cattle receipts 1 400 head with calves and killing class trends steady to strong, lighter weights up to 15c higher. heifers around 13.00. cows 6.50 to 8.10. bulls 6.00 to 7.00. stockers and feeders 10.25 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 9 000 head with fat lambs weak to undertone.
U S S Department of Agriculture notes cattle receipts at 1,800 head with moderate supply and active tone. Prices for steers and yearlings around 11.00 to 11.60. cows mostly 6.00 to 7.50. fat cattle 4.50 to 5.50. heifers 7.75 to 9.50. bulls steady. Calves 8.50 to 10.00. hogs 6,500 head steady to 10 cents lower. sheep 500 head.
AP reports Peoria livestock receipts with hogs at 1000 head and market down 100. Top hogs reached 10.30 while bulk sales ran to 16.00 and 10.20. Cattle receipts totaled 100 head with price activity noted.
New York raw sugar prices are unchanged at 3.2 cents per pound with midday futures steady to two points higher. Refined sugar remains at £0 for fine granulated amid a quiet trading day.
Stop loss selling and new crop deliveries pushed wheat lower while May support from farm board allies held. World wheat shipments last week were the smallest since December 1925, with U S spring wheat acreage seen down about ten percent and Canadian around six percent. Prices closed weak with March at 1.05 and May around 1.05 3 4 dollars. Corn fell 1 2 to 1 1 2, oats eased about 3 8 to 5 8, and provisions steadied as hog values rose.
Wheat No 3 yellow at 1.03. Corn No 2 mixed 77 to 78 cents. No 2 yellow 82 to 84 cents. No 3 yellow 82 to 84 cents. No 4 yellow 79 to 81 cents. No 5 yellow 76 to 79 cents. No 6 yellow 73 to 76 cents. No 4 white 81 to 82 cents. No 6 white 79 to 80 cents. Oats No 2 white 44 cents. No 3 white 43 cents. Rye no sales. Timothy seed 5.55 to 6.50. Clover seed 10 to 17. Lard 19.10. Ribs 13.25. Bellies 13.75.
Minneapolis markets report flour prices in the 6.60 to 6.70 per barrel range for 98 lb sacks. Shipments totaled 41,187 barrels with bran priced around 23.00 to 23.50.
New York notes unsettled butter and eggs with receipts for butter 14 416 tubs and eggs 22 2 5 cases. Prices show storage and fresh standards with futures for butter and eggs steady. poultry alive firm with varied gains across fowls, springs and turkeys.
New York markets report steady egg prices with 61 025 cases received in mixed colors and fresh mediums. Nearby and western hennery white eggs average 25 to 30 cents. Butter markets unsettled with receipts of 22 45 tubs, creamery butter higher than extra with quotes around 37 to 38 cents and varying scores from 92 to 91.
St. Louis reports eggs butter and cheese holding steady. Poultry figures show heavy hens at 22 cents and lights at 24 cents for small springs, with a 2 cent rise to 33 cents for other items.
New York March 25 AP poultry prices list live chickens and broilers by express rate with roasters ducks and other birds shown as quotational figures. Prices include chickens 64 37c per pound, broilers 329 42c, roeters 19c and ducks 22c.
Kansas City hay market reports receipts with 49 car loads described as steady to higher. Alfalfa shows one extra leafy option. No 2 alfalfa priced around 16.50 to 18.50 per hundredweight and leafy varieties around 19.00. Other hay prices remained unchanged as of March 35 AP dispatch.
St Louis market notes show hay prices steady as of March 25 with demand муpaired by favorable weather and transportation conditions. Buyers and sellers await further shifts in supply as traders monitor Midwest feed needs.
Mary Couser sixteen of Coggan Iowa is hospitalized with a compound skull fracture after a car driven by Lester Weldon slid into a ditch during a snowstorm. Her brother Thomas and Mrs Weldon were in the car. Mrs Weldon is injured but Weldon and the men were unhurt.
Abraham Lincoln letters to Cassius M. Clay, a Kentucky abolitionist leader and later Russia envoy, were sold by Brutus Clay of Richmond to Cincinnati collector John B. Kidd. Lincoln notes he “saw by the papers” that Indiana voters read Clay’s abolitionist speeches. Brutus Clay later served as minister to Switzerland under Roosevelt.
Clinton and Scott counties police pursue two unmasked holdup men who robbed the E. C. H. Moesinger drug store at 9:45 a m. Bremmer the clerk was held at gunpoint and $23 in cash was taken.
New York stocks surged as a hundred plus issues hit new year highs with extreme gains of 2 to 8 points. The rapid advance drew caution from major houses as profit taking emerged midday while oils rallied on crude production hopes and rising prices. Notable leaders included Standard Oil of New Jersey Houston Foster Wheeler Worthington Pump and Peoples Gas with other names such as American Telephone Bethlehem Steel U.S. Steel Union Carbide and Western Union also reaching highs.
New York bond traders reported small gains and losses across issues with a firmer undertone. Midwestern rails led advance, while some issues slipped. foreign bonds edged higher and U.S. government securities remained uneven.
Muscatine county announces its annual spelling contest for Saturday March 29 at Jefferson School Auditorium Ninth and Mulberry. Elimination starts at 10 o clock with contestants reporting by 9 30 to 9 45 for number assignment. Recess at noon and resume about 1 30 amid earlier date confusion due to road conditions.
Rock Island timetable changes take effect with new westbound and eastbound departures including the Golden State Limited and Apache routes. The list covers motor and freight trains plus several daily variations with times in the Columbus Junction area.
W M Carruthers a rancher in Santa Rosa says he was told the Prince of Wales plans a western Canada ranch visit and a Central American tour in August. The heir to the British throne is expected to visit Sonoma county ranch first, then San Francisco, then Detroit and New York.
Des Moines guard J Aiken who shot grocery clerk George Darland last month was held on an assault charge and has now been discharged from the Des Moines police force after the incident in his brother B G Darland store.
Clarence Hebard as Jack Temple and Con stance Brown as Prudence Bates lead a Springborn girls orchestra production of The Dumb Waiter a comic musical at Jefferson school Monday night. The show marks the orchestra’s second anniversary with additional dance numbers and a repeat performance planned for this evening at 8 o clock in the Jefferson auditorium.
Dr Ernest Watzl, a Cleveland chemist, timed his death in Vienna while a Pennsylvania disappearance lingered. He kept a $60,000 life policy paid, and his wife Marie Watzl and James McGranahan faced divorce and alienation suits as investigators probe a tangled tale of travel, a burned car near Pottstown, and ambiguous letters from Europe.
Chicago March 25 Charles Arthur The Great Shires reached a contract agreement with Charles A Comiskey owner of the Chicago White Sox He submitted his signed contract and will depart tonight for San Antonio Texas to join the club.
West Liberty Iowa March 25 Professor Karl C. Smith of Williamsburg has been elected superintendent of the West Liberty schools for the coming year. He has been superintendent of Williamsburg for four years and his selection follows P K Cesander's decision not to seek re election. The school board postponed the faculty election meeting from April 2 to April 9.
Joseph King, 26, who fled Union county jail ten days ago, was captured at Hamburg last night and will be returned to Creston today. He faces a federal grand jury charge for breaking into the New Market post office in March 1929 after sawing his cell bar and walking out during visiting hours.
Newton Iowa March 25 AP Senator A H Bergman who suffered a slight paralysis stroke yesterday is reported slightly improved by hospital attendants this morning. Physicians say his heart is stronger and he had a fair night but they cannot say when he may be discharged.
Mrs. Carrie B. McEwen, 50, of near Oskaloosa Iowa, died Monday from poison she is believed to have taken by mistake. Coroner Wilcox announced no inquest will be held.
The Franklin school auditorium hosts the second concert in a series by combined orchestras from Franklin Garfield Lincoln and Washington grade schools. The concert starts at 8 p m on Wednesday and features 55 musicians.
Mrs. George Krueger of Buffalo Prairie was taken to Hershey hospital in Muscatine for treatment after a relapse of acute neuritis following a period of improvement. The report notes one telephone for every eight inhabitants in Berlin.
Mary McGranahan a Hungarian girl known to be infatuated with Dr Watzl left her husband to spend time with the foreign officer and chemist. She worked as Watzl's secretary and posed as a model in his studio. Watzl, a skilled chemist and art connoisseur, vanished leaving neighbors and friends noting his continental bearing and promise of success. Mrs Watzl, ill, declined to comment on his death.
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