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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1918
Page
9
Severe drops in temperature caused upturns in corn values with early quotes higher but later selling trimmed gains. June and July futures moved to about 1.25 to 1.36 dollars as oats rose on corn strength. hog provisions softened with lard firm.
Associated Press Leased Wire from Chicago shows mixed grain prices with No 4 yellow at 31.46, No 6 yellow at 1. PLT oats at 75.76, rye No 2 at 1.91, timothy 5.00, clover 18.00, York nominal, wool and other totals listed for reference as the market page details bids and prices for grain commodities.
Chicago grain and provisions market opened with quotes for July futures. Corn prices show a narrow range around 1.38 for July, oats near 62.68 to 67, pork, lard, and short hibs listed with July settlements and daily highs and lows.
Receipts and shipments data from Hutton & Frenzel and Lamson Bros. show Wheat and Corn figures for today, last week, and last year. Includes Onts, Carrots, and Northwest Carolina notes with contracts and cattle estimates amid Chicago Board of Trade context.
Kansas City market update lists cash corn No. 2 mixed at 41.70 and No. 2 yellow at 31.60 per unit, oats at 64.6, No 2 mixed at 2s, milo maize priced around 2.92. Steady tone noted for the session.
In St Louis on May 38 Associated Press notes corn prices for No. 2 track at 1.571 and white at 1.65 with steady oats at 0.73. Futures show corn July at 31.88 and oats July at 0.5500 asked.
Market notes show changes in grain classes with several color coded categories. Prices listed include No 3 yellow at $1.25 and sample 80c, No 5 yellow around $1.25, No 8 white at 72 1/4, and No 1 white and other grades near $1.20 to $1.30, with some remains unchanged.
Chicago market reports a mixed day with Kutter-Un changed and Mega-Unenttled receipts totaling 32,974 cases. Firsts 307220 ordinary tirsats and oRA120e. potatoes receipts include 49 cars from Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota. poultry alive at 27¢ for hens and 21¢ for roosters. prices per sack around $1.00 to $1.15.
Butter and poultry unchanged in Kansas City market. Mees First 2% and seconds priced at 2h. St. Louis market reports poultry and butter unchanged. eggs at 17 cents.
New York Produce Market reports strong receipts and varied dairy prices with Creamery firsts and regulars listed, plus extensive figures for crates, packages, and storage. New York Poultry Market notes higher prices and a quiet market, while Sugar Market shows raw sugar steady with centrifugal and granulated prices. Local live stock prices include beef, steers, cows, calves and heifers. Want Ads note roomers.
Chicago reports heavy hog offerings from a large state supply causing a sharp price drop. Cattle and sheep supplies were lighter than expected with receipts totaling 28 006 head and mixed results across cattle and sheep markets.
Kansas City market summary shows cattle receipts around 12 000 head with a lower overall trend and bids ranging from 16 00 to 18 50. Sheep receipts near 19 000 head with steady tone and lambs trading around 15 to 17 dollars. ewes and wethers vary between 11 and 16 dollars.
In St Louis Missouri on May 23 cattle receipts 5500 head with slower demand as steers sell around 11.50 to 17.60 and cows near 7.50 to 9.50 while calves bring about 7.75 and 14.00. Sheep receipts 2800 head with lambs around 16.50 and ewes near 11.00. total receipts forage buyers noting softer conditions.
St Joseph stock market data shows cattle and hog receipts with mixed prices. Hog receipts around 416.70 per hundred, top early bids. cattle receipts about 1,000 with steers near 7.00 to 7.50, cows and heifers around 7.00 to 14.50, calves about 7.00. Sheep receipts listed with lambs 12.00 to 17.00 and ewes around 8.00.
Receipts total 12 996 head with market lower heavy cattle mixed. Cattle receipts 3 000 head with steers at 12 257 10 cows and heifers 6 79 1100 and hogs at 850 4 12. Yearlings about 16 000 107 50 sheep receipts 4 600 head market steady lambs 16 00 19 50.
Sioux City Ill May 28 Receipts 9500 head market mix light hogs 1640 16 heavy in 1725 bulk 18264 cattle receipts weak steers strong calves 8 60 sheep receipts 100 market steady
Mixed packing and hog slaughter prices eased as heat reduced demand. Cattle market showed uneven activity with most late sales around 24 cents under Saturday’s average and top prices lower than earlier peaks. Trade was irregular and buyers showed no urgency through the session.
New York May 18 MRalla extended their advances in the first hour of the stock exchange today. Canadian Pacific recovered most of its loss but the whole list fell back sharply later on a sweeping selling movement. Before mid day losses in Sumatra Tobacco Pethichem Steel Baldwin Locomotive General Electric Industrial Alcohol Marine Preferred and Colorado ran from 3 to points. United States Steel was unloaded in unusually large volume down to 1.0244 a sharp reversal of 2½ points. New low records were made by Liberty 44s on their further decline from 97.30 to 97.22 and the 62s and 4s at 94.52 to 94.40. The 316s sold at 92.50 to 99.98 and the first 4s at 94.54 to 94.64.
Chicago champions win 6 to 4 over Reds in benefit game raising about 5,500 for the Red Cross. Cubs sweep Avant series as Vendrix struggles. Athletics topple Browns 8 to 4 in Philadelphia. Yankees beat Cleveland 7 to 1 in Red Cross day. Grimes shuts out St Louis 1 to 0. Boston tops Pirates 2 to 1. Washington defeats Detroit 7 to 4 as Boland and Jones troubled.
In the American League table Boston leads with a .618 mark at 65 wins and 21 losses, followed by New York and Chicago. Detroit sits at .333, St. Louis at .616, Cleveland .514, Philadelphia .452, Washington .441. Yesterday Chicago beat Boston 6 to 4 and New York topped Cleveland 7 to 1, Philadelphia beat St. Louis 8 to 4, Washington downed Detroit 7 to 4. Today Chicago visits Boston, St. Louis at Philadelphia, Cleveland at New York, Detroit at Washington. Also National League action noted with New York beating Chicago 3 to 2, Boston 2, Pittsburgh 1, Philadelphia 2, Cincinnati 1, Brooklyn 1, St. Louis 0. Today Cincinnati visits Chicago and Boston visits Pittsburgh.
A blot of for sale items including harness, tires, a Ford touring car, poultry birds, onion sets, jewelry, furniture, and real estate notes from a mid-century classifieds page. Listings show contact numbers and street references such as Mulberry Oak Street East Lawn Park Place Town Ave and 204 Town Ave. Reads like a local ad column offering goods and houses for sale or rent and a few trade opportunities.
In Belmont Park, the 38-year-old Trompe La Morte won the Metropolitan mile handicap with Old Koente second and Priscila Muliens third while the favorite Omar Khayyam faltered. Also: Michigan defeated Town 9 at Iowa City 7 to 2. Gunboat Smith and Leo Houele drew six rounds in Lancaster. Sunday baseball free admission ordinance signed by Mayor Preston in Baltimore. Johnny Dundee outboxed Eddie Morgan in Philadelphia.
Wilton pupils will dedicate a large service flag and a new flag with services at 12 30 in the square before Memorial Day parade and cemetery observances. A parade forms at Fourth and Cedar at 1 pm, featuring H R Whitmer, Dr A M Jaynes, Wilton Band and local officials, ending at Oakdale cemetery for speeches and tributes.
A Grandview Red Cross benefit entertainment is set for Friday May 31 at Krahl hall featuring the Schmidt Music company of Mascatine with the Liberty Quartet and Ann Davis. Proceeds from the show and a livestock auction will fund local Red Cross supplies.
The ordnance bureau states that light web belts allow American and British infantry to carry about 100 more rifle rounds than German troops using leather belts. With web belts an American soldier carries 200 rounds while a German carries 120.
Bridges in Seventy-Six township are down and others undermined as Friday’s cloudburst caused widespread flooding. Creeks rage countywide, lowlands flood, and damage to roads and bridges may exceed 3,000 dollars. The Mississippi stands at nine feet one inch. Lowhinds are flooded for miles. Privater Fred Nockenson of Galesburg, IL, is under arrest in Camp Dodge for attempting to obtain a drug to weaken his heart action to dodge military service.
Edwardsville Illinois reports a jury has been completed to try eleven defendants charged with murder in the lynching of Robert Paul Prager, described as an enemy alien. The item notes the high‑stakes case moving toward trial.
A Titus Loan and Investment Company catalog lists multiple homes in various locations with prices from two thousand to four thousand six hundred dollars. Properties include 6 to 8 room houses with baths, modern amenities, city water and sewers, some with lots, paving, and fireplaces. Trade options include smaller houses, and possession is immediate on several listings.
Wednesday reports five shots at two subs 150 miles off Virginia capes. H-14 arrives with false bow, crew stays at posts after collision. Big Gun Wills Three in Paris bombardment kills three, injures fourteen near a tramway. also notes English as sole language for schools, Salvation Army fund, dynamite plot thwarted in Muskogee, and food conservation appeal.
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