Market report and commodity prices from Chicago
Chicago markets show varied movements with wheat corn oats and pork futures listed. Live stock receipts at Chicago total this day with cattle hogs and sheep trading firm to higher on demand.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
6
Chicago markets show varied movements with wheat corn oats and pork futures listed. Live stock receipts at Chicago total this day with cattle hogs and sheep trading firm to higher on demand.
Chicago August 3 wheat quotations across grades show No. 2 red at 73% to 74 cents, No. 3 red around 73% to 74, No. 2 hard near 72% to 73, No. 3 hard 71 to 72, Sept futures opening 73% to 75, with highs around 73% to 73% and closes near 72 to 74. No. 2 50% to 50% cent, No. 3 50 to 50? cent. White and yellow varieties also listed with minor ranges.
Butter is firm with creameries at 21 to 21 4 cents and dairies at 19 cents. Eggs hold firm at 12 15 4 cents. Market remains steady as creamery and dairy quotations diverge slightly.
Chicago market reports poultry prices as of August 3 with turkeys at 12e, chickens 11e, springs 13 1e.
The New York market notes a slow movement for alive poultry with chickens at 14 cents, fowls 13 cents, and turkeys 10 cents. Dressed prices are steady, but overall tone is easier.
New York August 3 butter firm and unchanged. Eggs steady and unchanged.
Peoria market on Aug 3 shows Corn No 3 at 50 4c. St Louis market notes Sept Wheat at 7c, corn at 4814c, oats at 3054 per bushel.
Commodity listings show corn at 48 cents per bushel, oats 30 to 32 cents retail up to 37, eggs at 11 to 15 cents, hay 9 to 11 dollars, butter 18 to 25 cents, and live poultry prices per pound or dozen. Hogs range from 5 to 6.35 dollars, with steers 4.50 to 5.00, cows 3.00 to 3.25, and various vegetables priced per unit or per peck.
Thousands of men are sought at once to harvest crops in Minnesota and the Dakotas with low rates from all points on the Iowa Central Railway. Tickets on sale daily August 1 31 1906. Wages range from 1 75 to 2 00 per day including board. For full details contact A B Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Minn.
Local baseball manager Grimes returns from Moline with schedules and contracts to continue the season. Morrison, one of the strongest Independents, visits Muscatine for three games starting tomorrow with Sunday attendance emphasized as vital to the team’s finances.
Iowa Central offers round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and the Canadian northwest with rate one fare plus 2.0 and liberal limits plus stop over privileges. First and third Tuesdays monthly cover points in the south southeast west and southwest. For rates and details contact agents or A. B. Cutts G P T A Minneapolis Mina.
Wilton Aug 3 Miss Mabel Carson entertained many friends at a Kensington at her home with decor of sweet peas and nasturtiums. Guests included Bessie Nicolaus Mabel Marshall Olga Smith Edith Burrows and others. A four course luncheon was served and tape measures given as souvenirs.
In effect June 3 1906 the timetable lists trains going fast from Davenport Chicago including No 12 and No 50 with morning and noon departures and a 4 54pm mall service. Southwest bound services show No 8 Kansas City Denver No 29 California Limited No 49 Washington Oskaloosa and No 11 Kansas City Fort Worth with a 9 30am local freight.
Wilton branch trains operate daily with arrivals and departures at Muscatine. No. 268 travels 6:25 am, No. 367 12:30 pm, No. 362 3:20 pm, and No. 361 5:50 pm, with service excluding Sundays.
In effect April 9 1908 the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces freight No 92 carries passengers going west and a 91 freight also carries passengers with limited schedules.
Passenger No 102 arrives and freight arrives while Passenger No 101 departs. Freight leaves at 9 5 am. All taris daily except Sunday. W S Underdonk, Agent.
The pallbearers were H. R B. Strong, A. C. Shifler, Geo. J. Nicolaus, C. H. Jacobsen, Jerry Dono van, D. J. Dwyer, Chas. Crispen and Dr. F. S. Abbott. Interment at Oakdale cemetery. Those in attendance from out of town were Mrs. Haussler and daughter Miss Hattie of Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Ross of Tipton.
The steamer Dubuque arrived in the city last evening at 10 o clock with a full cargo and a large list of passengers. It was several hours late on its up river trip to Davenport due to the heavy cargo.
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