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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1909
Page
9
An old Muscatine advertisement claims fast same day loans on household furniture pianos horses or any security with no red tape or neighbor inquiries. It touts best terms and notes the company is the oldest and largest in Muscatine, located over the old Post Office.
Money loaned on horses cattle farm machinery household furniture vehicles pianos growing crops undivided real estate interests and mortgages on real estate or merchandise. Lowest rates. All business confidential. Money obtainable immediately upon application. We pay off other lenders and offer more money. Telephone write or call. Office over the Old Post Office Muscatine Iowa.
The notice lists meetings for Washington Chapter No. 4 Masons, I F I FIECTA Chapter No. 22, Garde Hyeanovarterg? Fre tlay Norman Post No. 281, MNTUSQUITINE Tribe No. 95, and Fraternal Bankers Reserve. Details include meeting days first and second Fridays, second and fourth Mondays, and first and third Tuesdays, with visiting members welcome and officials named.
A collection of fraternal notices lists meeting times and venues for several groups including Accoriition Bloomingtoy Cotnciy No 175, Latrent Cotncit Bo. 120% mereteth Maccabees hall, MTSCATINE TLODGE No 1, Miriam Lodge No 27 D of R, Prairie Encampment No 4, Pocahontas district No 2, Woodmen Camp No 142 Royal Neighbors of America, AOL SY FAGUP Lodge No 10, and MTSCATINE Camp No 106 Woodmen of America. Entries specify Friday or Thursday evenings, halls, and officers.
Banner Lodge Degree of Honor meets 204 and 4th Tuesdays in Yeoman Hall Wavie Niebling leads as chief of honor with Mery Crouch as financier and Gussie Mull as recorder.
Chicago August 6 quotations show Wheat at 99 to 101 cents, Corn 51 to 63 cents, Oats 36 to 38 cents, with Pork at 16.37 to 20.55, Lard around 9.75 to 11.37, Ribs near 11.02 to 11.07, and hogs closing strong. Car receipts listed for wheat corn oats and briances include stock figures and retail prices for bran oil meal shorts and barley.
Chicago reports a range of grain quotes with wheat lines showing No 2 red at about 1.02 dollars and No 3 red around 94 cents during the session. No 2 hard and No 3 hard values hover near 1.02 dollars with slight percentages. Corn prices appear as No 2 at 66 to 71 cents and No 3 lines near 66 to 71 cents with white and yellow variants also listed.
Chicago market update notes wheat Sept options opening prices around 99.5 to 99.7 cents with highs near 1.00 and closes around 99 1/4 to 99 1/2. Rye and barley listed cash bids, clover and timothy prices cited, Park grain futures at 20.55, lard and ribs futures around 11.32 and 11.07 respectively.
Live Stock Market reports August 6 show cattle receipts at 1800 with ranges for Beeves Texans Westerns and calves. Hog receipts 11000 with price bands from light to heavy goods and bulk sales. Sheep receipts 11000 with weak to lamb price ranges.
Butter steady creamerries 22 25c dairies 20 23 6c. Eggs steady receipts 9600. Cases at mark 18c. Firsts 25 2c and prime firsts 23c per dozen.
Poultry prices hold steady in Chicago with turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens at 14 cents, and springs at 17 cents as of August 6. Tight markets support steady quotes for the day.
New York markets show August cotton moves with Jan and Dec contracts opening near 12.25. Jan touches a high of 12.32 and closes at 12.20. Dec opens 12.25 with a 12.33 peak and 12.20 close. Oct session opens 12.20, reaches 12.28 high, ends at 12.17.
New York August 6 poultry prices show alive firm with chickens at 18c to 19c for standard birds and fowls at 16c. Turkeys quoted at 13c. Dressed sales steady with broilers at 20c and fowls at 16c.
The grain market reports on New York trading as of August 6 with Wheat for September at 1.08 and Corn at 71 1/2 cents.
New York markets show butter holding steady with receipts of 5 600 barrels. Egg prices are irregular as receipts total 12 400 cases in the latest report.
St Louis grain market notes dated August 6 show Wheat for September at 98¾ cents, Corn at 62¾ cents, and Oats at 35½ cents. Market activity and price levels are summarized for local buyers and traders.
Peoria corn market remains unchanged with No. 2 yellow priced at 67 a bushel for August 6 trading.
Market prices show corn at 80 to 85 cents, oats 60 to 65 cents, cracked corn retailing at 1.70 per ewt. Pop corn prices ranged from 31.15 to 31.5 per hundredweight, shelled corn 1.40 to 1.75 per hundredweight, and popcorn 30 cents per neck.
Chicago aug 6 trade slow and prices unevenly lower across horse and cattle classes. Receipts for four days total 1 086 head. steers show firm to higher tones for good killers while common types soften. Hogs receipts 15 000 with mixed packing up to 7 70 per cwt. sheep and lambs mostly steady to 25c lower. market reports include several named shippers and local buyers observing prevailing conditions.
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