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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1926
Page
8
General rains in Canada threaten the spring wheat harvest and quality, with North American wheat exports totaling 800000 bushels. The market closed firm for wheat, corn steady to up, oats higher, and provisions mixed as hog prices softened. Deliveries on September contracts reached 1571000 bushels.
Quotations furnished by Saylor and Wichelman. 409 410 Hershey Building. Wire connections with J E Bennett Co, Chicago and New York. Phone 2524.
Chicago cash grain prices show varied bids for wheat grades from No. 1 red at 1.33 and No. 5 red at 1.18 to several hard and yellow hard varieties around 1.20 to 1.35 per bushel. Corn and seed values quoted include No. 2 mixed at 7 to 9 cents, No. 3 yellow at about 78 cents, and Timothy and Clover seed prices near 35 to 45 dollars per unit.
AP report from Kansas City lists wheat receipts at 147 cars with prices for No 2 dark hard and hard varieties, No 2 red, No 2 white, No 3 white, and yellow options. Coca price quotes for white and yellow, oats and barley figures, with close prices for Sept Dec and May contracts and notes of rain with no hay.
Peoria Illinois reports corn receipts totaling 51 cars with prices up 1 2 to 3 cents across grades No 2 yellow 78 cents No 3 yellow Tic No 4 yellow 76 cents No 6 yellow 72 1 2 cents No 4 mixed 7 6 cents sample 68 cents 700 cars received 29 cars with market unchanged No 2 white 37 4 0 to 4 0 cents nominal Wheat receipts 7 cars.
Poultry prices: good springs white leghorn and cross breeds 21c, light leghorn 19c, black stock 19c, roosters 8c, eggs 26c. Hog quotations daily by J Yr Squire Company. Butcher hogs 300 lb $12.25, 250 lb $12.60, 189-200 lb $13.75, 250-300 lb packers $10.00, 300 lb packers $9.50.
Butter receipts 8 943 tubs with creamery and standard grades listed. Eggs higher with 8 379 cases on hand. Poultry alive firm with varied prices for fowls and ducks. Potatoes receipts heavy. U S shipments 613 cars. Market notes show slow trading, firmness on early stock, steady later. Futures show refrigerator eggs and butter standards with late December storage prices.
Kansas City reports potato prices with Kaw valley at 2.40 per cwt for 450 cwt, Utah cobblers 2.49, Idaho russets 2.50, Colorado Ohios 2.25, others unchanged.
New York on September 1 reports live poultry prices unchanged and dressed poultry irregular prices unchanged as the market shows no change in values. The AP notes steady rates for live birds and nonuniform pricing for processed poultry.
New York sugar notes show raw sugar unchanged at .27 Cuban duty paid. Refined sugar remains steady from 5.55 to 5.70 for fine granulated.
Hogs receipts 17 000 head with uneven market and broad declines across weights. Cattle receipts 13 000 head with feeders scarce and steers up to 25 cents higher. Sheep receipts 18 000 head and market slow with fat lambs slightly lower and feeding lambs steady. Unofficial estimates for tomorrow show cattle 9 000, hogs 20 000, sheep 16 000.
Kansas City market report shows cattle receipts 11000 head with varied classes, top cattle to 13.00 for heavy steers and 10.75 for mixed yearlings. Hogs receipts 5000 head with tops around 13.90 for 200 lb pigs and 12.40 to 13.50 for 230 to 270 pounds. Sheep receipts 7000 head with lambs steady to strong and natives around 14.00 to 14.30.
Cattle receipts 3000 head with slow market and mixed declines. Hogs receipts 7000 head with prices down 1 to 40 cents. top 13.90, bulk 9.75 to 13.85. Sheep receipts 596 head with market firmer and weak. lambs around 14.25 and ewes listed.
East St Louis market reports hog receipts at 15 509 head with prices 14.10 to 14.56 for various weight ranges. Cattle receipts 6 500 head show western steers and cattle steady with top around 14.56 for good cattle and 10.75 for yearlings. Sheep receipts 2 500 head with no early sales, steady across classes.
Hogs receipts total 6,500 head with prices 15 25c lower. Top hog price at 123.90, bulk 10.50 13.85. Cattle receipts 3,300 head with market steady to weak. steers 8.50 10.00, top 10.15. cows and heifers 3.75 9.25. calves 5.00 13.50. stockers and feeders 5.50 8.25. Sheep receipts 2,000 head. lambs 13.00 14.35, ewes 5.00 6.25.
Peoria market receipts 1500 hogs down 25 cents with top at 14.10 for lights and 13.75 for others. Mediums 13.00 to 13.75, heavies 11.75 to 12.50, packers 8.75 to 10.25, stags 8.75. Cattle receipts light and steady with year’s top 14.59.
John Pettit injured foot while at home. X-ray shows no broken bones and he is taken to Iowa City hospital. Poultry judge Fred Morrison travels from Morrison Illinois to Columbus Junction fair then to Minneapolis Minnesota for state fair judging. Various residents visit or return home from Urbana Chicago Muscatine Cedar Rapids Des Moines and other locales.
Public interest in railroad stocks spurred bulls who bought aggressively for short squeezes. Large advances occurred with little trading, as bears covered positions. General Motors and United States Steel led gains with United States Steel reaching 152 while call loans stayed at 5 percent.
Politicians gathered at Des Moines to mark the start of the fall campaign with state day. Democratic leaders led by J. Ray Files said the fight for senate and other offices would be to the finish, targeting farmers in the western region and tariff policy as farm relief. Republican leaders signaled party harmony and focus on mobilizing the November vote with Sen. David W. Stewart and Col. Smith W. Brookhart among speakers.
Mrs Ingram Waterhouse is appointed carrier for rural routes in the northeast and southeast after consolidation of routes following Theodore Storcks death Rev Frank Young travels to Wayland Missouri to conduct funeral services for a Civil War veteran who requested his preaching Oakville schools open with large enrollments in both high and grade levels Quebec plans 2000 miles of new hydroelectric lines this year
North Prairie events cover visits by Kendall and Halstead families from Reynolds and Muscatine area, with attendance at the West Liberty fair. Residents at Iowa City, Des Moines, Davenport and Nueton trips noted. Local meetings set for Sept 9. Baby beef entered at Tipton fair. Local families' weekend travels and picnics documented.
David A. Reese 71 died in Iowa City after living there 50 years. An Odd Fellow funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon. He leaves three sons Richard E. of Iowa City, George W. Reese of Ebensburg Pennsylvania, John E. Reese of Scalp Level Pennsylvania, and two daughters Mrs. Sarah E. Jones of Ebensburg and Mrs. Anna Kerr of Iowa City.
A lighthearted note on spelling contests and social mores hints at private letter writing. The piece wryly observes public interest in spelling, private writing, and the evolving use of telegrams and money requests as part of younger generations’ habits.
A 1926 column satirizes urban trends from spelling bees to love notes and sewing circles. It lampoons post office habits, modern communication, and quilting fashions, claiming the craze for simple pleasures hides deeper societal shifts.
At Columbus Junction fair a new historical relics division gathers Louisa county data for a permanent record. Exhibits include a 1836 stump, 100 plus year old muskets and a 1570 Herodotus book. Notables: Eleanor Colton Jennie Gray E. B. Tucker and Mrs. J. E. Gray among others.
Captain John C. Christopher, Iowa’s most decorated World War I figure, died after an operation at Definer Colorado hospital. He suffered eight years from Meuse-Ardenne wounds and earned the Distinguished Service Cross with palm Croix de Guerre with Palm French Legion of Honor and Belgian War Cross. His body arrived in Red Oak with widow Fannie Hiatt. Funeral plans were set for tomorrow.
Traffic on the Swiss Federal Railways reached 101,817,000 passengers last year, marking a rise of 5,000,000 from 1924. Officials predict this year will set new records amid growing travel demand and expansion plans.
The Columbus Junction fair delays Thursday’s Crown Harvest Queen and Roosevelt Pageant to Friday and Saturday due to rain and bad roads. Stock judging proceeds, most events deferred. track races run Tuesday, with notable premium winners and a doll show parade in the amphitheatre.
The Morning Sun Alumni association presents part of the play Sweet heart Town at the school auditorium with cast including Mary Perk Alice Pogemiller and others. Attendees include teachers and students headed for new positions in Geneva Cedar Falls Ames Selma Omaha and Faribault. Around 100 attended as events ranged from picnics to a treasure hunt and local auctions.
Morris Illinois September 1 AP A third fatal accident within two weeks occurred at the Sand Ridge crossing where Rock Island passenger train struck a coupe. Elizabeth Parker of Marshalltown Iowa died after her car was struck while she was driving to Chicago.
Almost 15,000 men hunt for diamonds in Bri Guiana's gem regions. They operate largely without affiliation to any major organization, pursuing potential fortune independently.
Classified ad notes a lost purse in the downtown district with a reward offered for its return to the Journal and asks seekers to contact the paper for details.
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