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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1905
Page
9
Classified notice offering small Jersey cow for 25 dollars and large Jersey cow, dog, horse, wagon, and double work harness for sale. Terms show down payment of 2 dollars and weekly balance of 1 dollar until paid. See Reliance Co. office over the Post Office.
A busy Iowa city page lists cigar shops, ice cream stands, and shoe stores, with items on the Firefly for travel and several locals in town. It notes a Friday and Saturday baseball doubleheader Clinton Independents versus the White Sox at the fairgrounds, admission 25 cents, plus various schedules and social notices.
A notice from G. M. Titus at 213 Iowa avenue offers to sell a home on satisfactory terms to buyers with a few hundred dollars for a first payment. The ad emphasizes easy purchase options for obtaining a home of your own.
A brief line notes that a single tear can brighten the eye with sparkle yet ongoing crying brings heaviness, suggesting the emotional toll of sorrow. The remark centers on emotion and appearance without naming people or places.
Market briefs from Kansas City and Chicago detail open high and low ranges for corn, wheat, oats, and related futures. Live stock receipts in Kansas City and regional cattle and hog data are provided alongside neighborhood price standings and upcoming delivery figures.
Chicago reports cattle receipts 23 000 steady to lower with prices 5 40 to 6 00 for good to prime and 2 20 to 4 50 for cows Texans 3 50 to 4 50. Hogs receipts 30 000 10 cents lower mixed butchers 5 75 to 6 25 good to choice heavy 6 10 to 6 20 rough heavy 5 50 to 6 00 light 5 80 to 6 20 bulk sales 5 85 to 6 20. Sheep receipts 15 000 strong at 4 25 to 5 40 lambs firm 5 25 to 7 55.
Chicago report shows butter steady with creamery at 17 20 cents and dairies 16 to 18 cents. Eggs steady at 12 to 15 1/2 cents per dozen.
Chicago markets report poultry prices with turkeys steady at 14 to 15 cents per pound and chickens at 13 to 14 1/2 cents per pound. The note reflects a typical daily market bulletin from August 16.
New York Produce Market reports on August 16 with wheat for September at 87 3/4 cents and corn at 59 1/2 cents. The brief bulletin records a steady grain trading day in New York, listing the futures and cash equivalents for traders.
New York August 16 butter and egg market shows creamery at 17% to 21 4 cents, dairy at 17 20 to 17 0 percent, imitation creamery extras at 191 to 2. Firsts listed at 18 to 18 4 cents. Market marked unchanged.
New York Poultry Market report lists prices for poultry products on August 16. Chickens offered at 134 15 cents, fowls at 12 1215 cents, turkeys at 12 17 cents per unit. Market activity and pricing reflect local demand in New York.
St. Louis market note from August 16 reports wheat futures for September delivery in brief, with no further price data or closing figures provided. The fragment ends mid sentence, leaving readers without a complete quotation or context of likely price directions.
Peoria market notes for August 16 list No. 3 corn at 54 cents per bushel. Prices reflect local trading and market conditions in Peoria.
A large group from Columbus Junction and nearby areas traveled to Washington on No. 3 to attend the Chautauqua. The list of travelers includes J. C. Kendrick, G. W. Murdock, J. W. Garner, J. R. Smith, John Morrison, and the Misses Bowman Parkin and Hungate. Many others, including land seekers heading to Canada and locals visiting for the event, are noted among the day’s departures and arrivals.
A trained nurse from Iowa City came last night to care for Mrs J A Sprague. The piece shifts between reflections on interruptions, a harp with a thousand strings, and a boy's bashfulness or his steady progress in social cues.
Leverich Normal and Training School Muscatine Iowa offers rapid certificate training with intensive instruction. The program emphasizes practical commercial and arithmetic skills, including bookkeeping notes drafts checks and land measurement. Tuition is ten dollars for twelve weeks and board runs three to three fifty in host families.
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