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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1952
Page
10
Chicago prices fall with top hog price at 17.75 while hog receipts edge near 12 000. Cattle demand weak and slaughter stock remains slow. steer and heifer prices hold steady to weak as market knotty. Slaughter lambs and yearlings lack steady establishment amid cautious demand.
The market shows varied cattle prices across grades from utility to prime, with calves and bulls priced between 11.50 and 34.00 dollars. Salable sheep reach 2,000 head, slaughter ewes steady, meats range from five to five and three quarters dollars for Montanas, while lamb and yearling slaughter prices are not established.
Scientific note states Neptune takes 164.8 years to orbit the sun, marking its long orbital period. The figure provides a baseline for understanding outer planetary motion and celestial mechanics.
Classified rental notices list several downtown apartments with details on size, furnishing, utilities, and contact points. Includes a two room unit with gas heat and all utilities, a four room apartment, and a partly furnished two room unit with monthly rates. Also notes a Davenport office job posting and various wedding stationery services.
Heavy hens priced at 17 cents per pound with Leghorns at 14 cents. Eggs No 1 at 50 cents, Med 36 cents, No 2 23 cents. Cattle prices list by weight from 140 to 600 pounds, with steers and hogs indicated and range notes.
The Muscatine Iowa City Council invites sealed bids for excavation and installation of a sanitary sewer from Newell Heights Addition lot 16 east line to Logan Street intersection. Alternate I covers 750 feet trench. Alternate II adds shoring and 15 inch vitrified clay pipe plus two man holes. Bids due Oct 30 1952 at 5 PM CST. bids opened that evening at a special council meeting.
For sale purebred Duroc boars Kraft breeding Duane Neff. Also Rovac single shot dog vaccine Grahams Drug. Iowa farm 271 acres between Muscatine and Grandview on paved highway with brick home and outbuildings. price to sell. W J Knight Dale Hazlett West Liberty. 160 acre Rock Island County farm four miles from Illinois City and Muscatine four miles, six year old house with furnace electricity priced 15000 terms. Inquire W J Knight Muscatine Iowa.
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