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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
11
Chicago market report covers corn, oats, wheat, and provisions with mixed opening, late gains in some contracts, and widespread price shifts. Includes receipts, shipments, and futures quotes, referencing D Days markets, commission house buying, and regional grain movements.
Aug 29 Omaha Nebraska cattle receipts show native stockers 7.00 to 9.00, calves 6.50 to 6.00, western stockers 6.00 to 7.00, Texas stockers 5.75 to 7.00, range cows and heifers 5.00 to 7.00. Hog receipts 6,100 head up about ten cents. heavy hogs 7.65 to 8.50, night shift 8.00 to 8.50, pigs 7.00 to 7.00, bulk 7.85 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 12,200 head. yearlings 7.40 to 8.00, mothers 4.30 to 4.90, lambs 7.40 to 4.00.
St Joseph Missouri cattle receipts 900 steady market value steer 6.25 to 6.80 cows and heifers 3.60 to 4.00 calves around 6.00 hog receipts 3800 top 8.70 bulk sellers 8.65 live poultry prices New York poultry market August 29 live chickens 21 cents fowls 17 to 18 cents turkeys 18 cents dressed dull western fresh killed chickens 17 to 28 cents fowls 19 to 34 cents
Tecum Loan & Investment Co lists multiple Muscatine properties with four to six rooms, wood sheds, wells, and city water. Prices range from 500 to 1,360 dollars with easy payment plans. several lots include fruit trees, gardens, and paved streets. Call 213 Iowa Ave to view available homes.
Chicago cash grain quotes show wheat prices across several grades with No 2 red at 89 1/2 to 93 1/2 cents, No 2 hard around 87 to 93 cents, corn No 2 at 74 to 76 cents, oats varying near 39 to 41 cents, rye around 68 to 76 cents, with Timothy and Clover prices listed. Other markets display similar ranges for wheat, corn, and oats in St Louis Kansas City and Omaha, plus Liverpool and Minneapolis quotes, while Kansas City notes steady sugar and dairy markets and a 40 acre farm for sale at 379 per acre.
Spectators inclined to continue operations aided by improved commission hours. Broad market demand for numerous issues, especially specialty shares, supported rising prices while bonds remained steady. Short covering and buying for the long account helped mitigate declines, though profit-taking and weakness at several points caused an afternoon slide and a soft close.
Livestock prices from Muscatine show mixed results with cattle and calves varied. Cattle steers and heifers traded at reduced levels while bulls and certain calves reached higher figures. spring chickens noted but details are unclear.
Landowner seeks 9 to 10 year lease on 940 acres in Muncatins County near Atalissa. Excellent farm buildings and land suitable for corn or grain farming. Prefer leasing to a responsible firm with truck farming experience. Lease terms very liberal given location and value.
Readable fragments show assorted produce prices and goods listing. Items include cracked corn, oats, barley, timothy hay, cabbage, potatoes, celery, onions, apples, melons, tomatoes, peppers, and other groceries with per unit or per peck pricing. Society cards appear at end.
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