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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1913
Page
9
Real estate dealers insurance agents or buyers sellers traders of stock or farms houses to rent boarders lost or found items. Journal Wants reaches more than 7 000 homes daily. 1 4 cents per word per insertion. Phone Want Ad Department 26 or 27.
Chicago August market report shows corn prices dropping due to drought concerns in Iowa and encountered rain in northern Illinois. December corn slid to about 64 cents after early volatility as leads and futures fluctuated, while wheat and oats remained under pressure with mixed deliveries and steady cattle and pork quotes. Receipts and shipments figures from Hutton & Collins accompany the day’s price activity in Chicago and other major grain marts.
Chicago and Kansas City reports show hog demand slightly better while hog prices vary by weight. Cattle receipts steady with strong demand and higher values. sheep and lambs weaken on large runs. Wheat and dry weather reduce offerings in Kansas City. market tones mix across regions with mixed gains and losses.
South Omaha Nebraska markets on August 11 show cattle receipts at 6,000 head with prices rising 10 to 16 cents. heavy hog receipts at 4,600 head with market up. sheep receipts 19,000 head steady to higher. Nearby notes St Louis and St Joseph markets, plus New York poultry and produce prices.
New York Aug 11 The one feature in today’s early market was Union Pacific directors announcing the subscription price for Southern Pacific holdings with dividends. Trading showed continued irregularity with gains only in minor speculative issues. Canadian Pacific rose over a point, grains and bonds moved unevenly, and crop prospects influenced the broader tone. The list moved with trading dynamics as Union Pacific, Amalgamated Copper, and Steel fluctuated, while later sessions favored the market’s weaker current.
Wholesale beef and pork prices listed for Muscatine markets with heavy packing and cattle bids. Includes cattle cows calves lambs hogs and poultry values, plus retail beef and wholesale feed costs, grains and hay, dairy products and fresh produce with unit prices and per sack or per peck rates.
Wapello Iowa reports a busy week with Mrs. James Brown and son Drew leaving after funeral duties for Cedar Rapids, Alberta Stephens and others camping near Mt. Vernon, J W Herrick visiting from Sioux City, L A Reiley returning from a weeks visit, and many locals traveling to visit relatives.
Mrs Will Archibald and two children Elizabeth and Raymond visited Burling ton on Thursday. Mr and Mrs J A Foot and the Wm Menefee family attended a golden wedding anniversary at the home of Mr and Mrs Philip Menefee near Olds. Ten children, twenty three grandchildren and six great grandchildren plus many friends joined the celebration.
A large force of special and state officers operated along the Chesapeake and Ohio and Norfolk and Western lines in West Virginia to capture a band that last week robbed cars of merchandise valued at about 100000 dollars. Charleston and Bluefield are seen as main gang bases with operations across many towns. Big sum for aerial service in Paris: ministry approves aviation program with navy aims and seeks 2750000 dollars from parliament.
Listings describe a high class 1634 acre farm near Davenport and Muscatine with modern eight room house barn dairy and more plus nearby town Sweetland and a planned grain elevator. Also advertised are used engines dynamos cars and multiple city lots in Muscatine Central Iowa real estate offers and sales agents including D Legler and Titus Loan Investment Co. listings mention land at 165 to 185 per acre across Polk Guthrie Clarke counties and more with flexible terms and long payments.
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