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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1905

Page

8

Local Iowa Notes and Small Ads Report

Local snippets list disparate items from clothing cleaning and shoe shining to a sheet music sale at Hirt and Fesler's with 15 cents per copy and eight copies for a dollar. Mentions of visitors John Retherford and A C Donnalley of New Boston, D D Webster of Fruitland, and property prices from 700 dollars upward with Titus at 213 Iowa Avenue. Free ice cream tomorrow at Batters on stores.

Hirt & Fesler’s John Retherford A. C. Donnalley New Boston Iowa Avenue G. M. Titus

Popular music on sale at Hirt Fesler's August 16

The notice advertises 15 cent copies of popular music at Hirt and Fesler's store on Wednesday August 16. It mentions the Brazel's restaurant in town and a baseball game at the fairgrounds Friday at 3 30 with Clinton Independents facing White Sox. It notes church services at Dunkard church each evening this week led by Rev Rowland of Lanark Ill and thanks from the children of the late Mrs R F Hummel.

Fairgrounds Clinton Independents White Sox Dunkard Church Rowland Lanark, Ill

Will You Rent All Your Life Buy on Easy Terms

An advertisement by G. M. Titus at 213 Iawa avenue offers homes for sale on satisfactory terms for buyers with a few hundred dollars for a first payment.

G. M. Titus Iawa Avenue

Markets Today from Holzhauer Frenzel St Louis to Kansas City

Wheat and corn prices move in narrow ranges with Sept futures near 81 to 85 cents. Oats and pork futures show modest gains. live stock receipts reported for Kansas City Omaha and Minneapolis with cattle and hog totals. Chicago prices for cattle hogs and sheep reflect steady to firm demand and mixed per-pound ranges.

Kansas City Omaha Northwestern Minneapolis Duluth

Local Market Catalog of Groceries Meats and Produce

Wholesale and retail prices listed for fruits vegetables nuts and dairy. Beef pork and poultry rates shown alongside fish and coal with figures per pound per peck per dozen and per ton. Market notes include live cattle hogs and dairy items with varying prices across departments.

California Brazils Leeds

Butter and Egg Market Steady in Chicago

Chicago reports butter steady with creamery ranges 17 to 20 cents and dairy lines 16 to 18 cents. Eggs hold at 24 1/2 to 25 1/2 cents with bids steady at 15 1/2 cents.

Chicago

Chicago Poultry Market Update

Chicago August 15 poultry market steady. Turkeys bring 14 to 15 cents per pound while chickens and springs sell around 13 cents. Market activity remains stable with minor price variation.

Chicago

New York Butter and Egg Market Report August 15

Butter factory 15 to 17 1/2 cents per pound. Eggs unchanged. New York Poultry Market August 15. Poultry and chicks market activity noted with steady demand and prices.

New York

Commodity price snapshot from early market listings

Readable market notes show grain and feed prices for yagi ene corn rye hay and retail terms. Entries list prices per unit and dealer terms with quantities and varying cents per unit or per pound across markets.

Markets in Brief Fealthy Cattle Trade Opens Sharply

Yesterday's Markets in Brief notes lively cattle opening trade with mixed native offerings and most lots higher than Friday. Larger volume sold above last week's close as supply remains liberal and prices hold from steady to strong. Butcher stock sees fair trade with steady prices while bulls face dull demand though canners and cutters show sale for calves.

Hog and sheep market report from western feeders

Local dealers report steady sales as feeders perform well in a good season. Hog prices rose yesterday with average price above Saturday and top at 6.45. Rim fell short of expectations with few unsold. Receipts at outside western markets were small. A small run of sheep saw prices up to 25 cents higher. Prime Idaho ewes and wethers mixed at 5.40, Western range lambs sold unevenly higher. Idaho offerings at 7.40, feeders bring 6.25.

Idaho

Flying Squirrels Return Home Each Night

In early morning hours flying squirrels make a loud thump as they return to their roosts. They chatter softly, then settle until dusk when they venture out again unless rain keeps them inside. A rat trap fails to hold them. I trap them by hand with a glove, catching nine in one night.

Dan Beard

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Reliance A Co J. E. Kranz Florist Journal Iowa Ave Iowa Braunworth Bob East Second St D. D. Webster Fruitland Batterson Colin B. S Hirt & Fesler Brazel’s Iawn Avenue H. S. Turki H. C. Griffith Joe Reaney Letts R. F. Hummel Holzhauer & Frenzel National Board of Trade Donovan Commission Co St. Louis Deane Associated Press Chiesa Timothy Asociated Press Violette Peter Piper Anona Palm Limited Alexander Sweet Adeline Karama Marcelle Patrol Francaise Maud’s. Mazeppa Vale of Shenadoah Jolly Corks Tillie Pal Sammy Stocks and Bonds Pocahontas Paul Gomb Orcsss Sersees U. S. Steel U. S. Pfd Great W Fesler Muscatine Markets Cherry Muscatine Keith Titan London Congress John Kelly Russia Gibson Forc Gore East Second and Cedar Streets I. Nierel & Son, Jewelers the Journal Want
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