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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1909

Page

9

Pocahontas and Elks Notices For Muscatine Area

The Degree of Pocahontas Romona Council meets first and third Fridays at Maccabee Hall with officers Isabel Norton Pocahontas A A Stark Collector of Wampum Quilla Bell Keeper of Records. Muscatine Lodge 304 B P P Elks meets Mondays at o'clock at Elks Mall 4123 Fast Front street. Club rooms open daily 9 am to 11 pm. Visiting Elks welcome. Wm J Watson EB John P Breen Secretary.

Romona Bn. P. O. Elks Muscatine Lodge NO B. PP. Co. Elks Elks Mall Fast Front Street Elks Wm. J. Watson John P. Breen

Knights of Pythias lodge notices and dress codes

Muscatine Aprie No 815 meets Tuesdays at 7:30 pm at Fale Todge hall near Dunbar restaurant with visitors welcome. Wyoming Lodge No 76 meets Fridays at 7:30 pm in K P building on Town avenue with visiting brethren invited. Degree of Honor meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in Yeoman hall led by officers including Wave Niebling and Mary Crouch.

J.C. R. M. Mtsotitine Tribe No P. m. Im Yeoman Hall Ibherman Wingerter Lester Smith Pe Muscatine Aprie No Fale Todge Knights OF Pytrhias Wyoming Lodge No. 76 K. of P K. P Town Avenue F. P. Wibbard F. L. Bictmeier K. of R.and Yeoman Hall Wavie Niebling Mary Crouch Gussie Mull

Local Attorneys Advertise Services and Offices in Muscatine

A grouped ad listing several lawyers in Muscatine Iowa with offices on different streets and floors. It notes general practice probate commercial and corporate law with notaries public and estate settlements emphasized. Additional details include phone numbers room numbers and office locations at banks.

Horst New German-American Bank Thos Oans First National Bank Towa

Railway Time Table Effective Oct 25 1908

Train schedule lists Davenport Chicago services with speeds and times. Local passenger No 62 at 5 30am and No 61 at 8 19pm. Mail and Express No 2 at 8 26pm with No 1 8 05am. Freight and passenger trains on southwest and east routes, daily except Sunday, agent W B Underdonk signs off.

Davenport Chicago California Washington, Oskaloosa Kansas City Ft. Worth Cntcan Saad Dally Funday Underdonk

Highland Nobses at Muscatine Castle Gather Fridays

The Muscatine Castle group invites visiting officers in good standing to meetings on Fridays at Yee Sra Cor Third and Avenue. Elma Scott serves as secretary and Alexander W. Scott as protector, with cordial welcome to all members.

Muscatine Castle Yee Sra Cor Third and Avenue Il Elma Scott Alexander W. Scott

Fraternal lodge schedules and officers in Muscatine

Local fraternal and benevolent groups publish their meeting nights and officers. Knights of Columbus Laurent Council No 12305 meet twice monthly at Maccabee hall with J A Bartemeier as grand keeper of archives. Muscatine Camp No 106 Modern Woodmen hold Tuesday evening meetings at Woodmen hall Olds Block with J Lentz as consul. Fraternal Bankers Reserve meets first and third Wednesdays at Yeomen Hall with Wm Appel as president. Muscatine Hive No 13 meets first and third Mondays at K of P hall with Carrie Harris as commander. Electa Chapter No 32 meets second and fourth Mondays with Mrs Hallie Pitchforth and Miss Ewma Manlove.

Bend City Modern Brotherhood of America Yeoman Hall Iowa Avenue Third Street E. H. King Chas. Ryan Mt'scatine Lodge Meerte Miriam T.odze D. of R Prairie Encampment No Knights OF Columbuns Laurent Maccabee Hall J. A. Bartemeier G. K. A. G. Bestentehner Fin M. W A. Muscatine Camp No. 106 Woodmen of America Woodmen Hall Olds’ Block J. Lentz Resfrvn Yeomen Hall Wm. Appel H. Lemkan Charles Lockwood L. C. T. M. Muscatine Hive K. of P. Hall Carrie Harris Nellie Lucas C. E Hallie Pitchforth W. Mw Ewma Manlove Sec’y

Trains Timetable Fragments at Wilton and Veilton

Fragmentary timetable lists arrivals at Muscatine and Wilton with multiple daily trains No 04 06 25 am and No 505 8 00 am. Additional entries show No 590 10 15 am No 501 12 25 pm and No 502 8 20 pm No 503 5 30 pm plus Noted daily service with exceptions and No 7 No 9 No 5 among others, including Westbound No 217 and No 16 daily and Sunday omissions.

Wilton Tenve Muscatine Muscatine Veilton Op Ee Dally Ccneces Daly

Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway timetable note

A 1905 timetable excerpt shows passenger trains No 12 and No 8 with arrival and departure times and freight trains No 92 and No 91. It mentions service windows from early morning to late night and lists mixed passenger and freight operations across the line.

Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway Ecoee Dasseneera

Wheat futures hit new seasonal highs on Chicago board

The Chicago board of trade quoted new high season levels for all wheat deliveries as May reached 1.20½ a bushel and July 1.08, driven by damages from the winter killing in Ohio and Indiana. In Peoria the corn market showed No. 3 at 66 cents.

Chicago Ill Board of Trade Ohio Indiana

Daily market quotations and commodity prices report

The item provides detailed quotations and market data from Chicago and local exchanges for wheat corn oats pork lard ribs hogs and meat prices. It lists opening highs lows and closes for May and July futures, live stock and produce prices, and daily car receipts and Northwestern receipts. It also notes institutional sources and dates.

Northwestern Minneapolis Duluth Chicago

Chicago Live Stock Market Report April 1

Chicago buyers saw cattle receipts around 5000 with steady price ranges. Beeves traded from 4.70 to 7.10, calves up to 8.00, hogs rose with heavy types 6.75 to 7.12, and sheep and lambs at 3.75 to 6.40 and 6.00 to 8.25 respectively.

Monasentine Produce Co. Marketa Chicago Texas

Chicago cash grain prices report

The listing shows No 2 red at 1.27 with 1.28 percent, No 3 red at 1.22 with 1.27 percent, No 2 hard at 1.19 with 1.21 percent, No 3 hard at 1.14 with 1.19 percent, and assorted No 3 and white grain categories around 66 to 55 cents. Standard grade priced at 55 cents.

Chicago

Chicago Produce Market Report April 1

Butter steady with creamery prices at 224 29 a dairies 2016 25 seconds. Eggs steady with firsts at 19 cents and prime firsts at 20 cents.

Chicago

Chicago Poultry Market Prices Change

Chicago market notes April steady with turkeys at 17 cents a pound chickens at 13 cents and springs at 15 cents per pound.

Chicago

New York Grain Market Prices Noted

In New York on April 1 the grain market shows May wheat at 1.23 and corn at 75 3/4 cents.

New York N. Y

New York Poultry Market Report

New York on April 1 notes dull conditions in poultry. Alive chickens and broilers quoted at 25 233c, fowls at 1514 17c. Dressed chickens firm at 12%%4ec, fowls at 15 16%%c.

New York

New York Produce Market Prices Steady on Butter and Eggs

New York April 1 butter steady and unchanged with receipts of 3,300. Eggs steady and unchanged with receipts of 26,400. Market notes show stable tone for dairy items amid routine trading.

New York

St Louis Grain Market Prices Report

St Louis grain prices for April 1 show Wheat May at 1.17½, Corn at 65 cents, Oats at 53 cents. Market notes reflect steady demand and open futures activity.

St. Louis

Pet Poisoning a Trade Says Drugstore Opinion

A Cincinnati Enquirer quote notes a pet poisoner business thrives in towns. Druggists describe how alkaloids move and pets are killed for convenience or fear of life after owners depart. The piece condemns the practice as mistaken kindness.

Cincinnati Enquirer

Proper use of Either and Neither Explained

The New York World offers three cautions on either and neither. Use with only two items, prefer each over either in meaning, and pronounce as e or ne ther with a short i.

New York World

Abigail and Marrua: Flour Ad Message

A terse marketing line praises Gold Medal Flour as unbeatable, urging consumers not to search further and asserting quality from a motherly reference.

Apigail Marrua

Pepper gag at the table ends in sharp comeuppance

A man at a table of women tries an old joke about pepper being half peas. The landlady denounces adulterated goods as the pun escalates ending with a blunt remark about chestnuts and dessert. The London Standard notes the witty exchange.

Tie London Standard

Count Twenty Before You Speak

A London Express anecdote portrays Mrs Biles calming Mr Biles during a rage. She urges him to count twenty before replying, praising restraint over venting. He reveals envy over a new hat costing six guineas and a new servant, amid heavy rain.

Mr. Biles London Express

Long sentences in Ruskin and Wordsworth noted

The Argonaut observes Ruskin’s unusually long sentences in his prose and Harrison’s measurements show he often runs beyond a page. It cites Wordsworth’s Character of the Happy Warrior as a model of sustained connections with two long compound sentences and fifty seven decasyllabic lines in verse.

Ruskin Frederic Harrison Wordsworth

Streetcar Conductor Honest Farewell Told by Judge

The Retort Courteous reports a street railway scene where the superintendent fires a conductor for weak takings. The conductor cites rheumatism and limited reach to the register card, but expresses gratitude for a long vacation and for hauling the car back.

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