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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1906
Page
8
Several regional residents travel for visits and business. Notables include Dr. H. M. Dean and Arthur Reimenschneider making trips to Iowa City and Nichols, while Miss Clara Jandus returns from Chicago. Local ads offer pressed brick and ranch listings as Bar ger’s serves fruit sundaes.
The Muscatine Maennerchor led a successful East Hill event at Weed Park featuring a flag dedication Paudiet’s band concerts and four songs. Thousands attended the park all day and the band issued two performances though the lighting shortage shortened the evening by about one hour.
Wilton locals report several residents heading to Minneapolis for the G A R encampment and St Paul visits. Others traveled to Cedar Rapids Rock Island Muscatine and Chicago for visits and business while relatives and friends planned weeklong stays and recalls of past weekend visits.
West Liberty Iowa August 13 police report a thief stole $35 and a train ticket from William Ady just before he boarded a northbound train to Minneapolis. Other recent thefts include a shoe store cash loss and burglaries at Pickering drug store and Oscar Shaw clothing store with the cash register opened but emptied.
The report lists residents and visitors arriving and departing. Mrs D T Voorhees returned home from St Louis while Mrs Ringgenberg and daughter Cora traveled from Tipton. Several locals, including Mr and Mrs Curtis, Barkey Ayres, and Geo Bannick, were seen visiting or leaving for tasks in Minneapolis, Alburnette, and Texas.
An important meeting of the women of the parish will be held at Trinity Church tomorrow afternoon at 4 o clock. All women are urged to attend. Rector F. F. Beckerman directs the gathering.
Frederick Lichman, born in Germany in 1821, passed away in his Montpelier home yesterday morning after years of poor health. His wife and children survive, including daughters Mrs. Henry Concannon, Mrs. Mary Pollow, Mrs. Lena Moran, and son Louis Lichman. He resided in Muscatine county for many years and was a longtime resident who died quietly in bed.
The Muscatine Independents held a dance at Hare's hall last Saturday with about 100 couples in attendance. Thomas' orchestra provided music and the event proved socially and financially successful. another dance is planned in several weeks.
Open high low prices for wheat corn oats pork ribs and Sept Jan contracts. Grain values show No 2 red wheat around 72 to 73 cents and oats around 30 to 31 cents. Cattle and hog receipts and price ranges are listed with stable to higher quotes in Chicago market trade.
Butter firm with creameries 17 22 cents and dairies 16 20 cents. Eggs steady at 14 16 cents. Poultry market soft with turkeys 12 cents, chickens 11 cents, springs 12 13 cents.
Butter prices remain firm in New York open market with creamery 23 to 24 cents for 17 percent fat renovated 20 to 21 cents for factory butter and 19 to 19 1/4 cents for imitation creamery. Eggs steady with firsts at 18 1/2 cents and seconds at 16 1/2 cents.
New York markets report alive poultry with no price quotes. Dressed poultry steady to higher with turkeys at 11 to 13 cents, fowls 10 to 134 cents. Wheat futures for September show activity as part of New York Produce Markets dated August 13.
A market roundup lists wheat corn oats and other produce with quoted September prices from St Louis and Peoria markets on August 13. It includes corn at 47 48 50c per bushel, oats 30 32c, wheat 65 70c retail, and Eggs at 14 15c, plus live animals and meats rates and assorted groceries and fuels.
The article describes encroaching crowds threatening a priest over funds placed in a defunct bank. The priest says $13,000 was at the bank and he holds $7,000, offering to repay those who demand money. He states the archbishop authorized mortgaging the church to raise funds to meet all claims.
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