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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1907
Page
9
H D Horst is listed as attorney and counsellor at law and notary public with general practice in probate commercial and corporate law located on the second floor at 121 West Second Street.
Rail timetable lists trains east and west bound with numbers and routes between Davenport Chicago Washington Oskaloosa Kansas City and Penigat. Passenger trains include No 12 No 62 No 50 No 4 No 11 No 89 Local Freight No 1 Mail and Express and No 61 Local Passenger with daily operation excluding Sundays. Agent W. Underdook notes times with arrivals and departures.
In effect April 9 1905 timetable shows 12 passenger service and 92 freight runs with specific times including 2 30am and 5 50pm shown. Mentions passenger carries and freight schedules with early morning and late evening departures. Nonstandard OCR text indicates timetable entries and station notes in a compact transit record.
Daily train listings show No 504 at 6 25am and No 505 at 8 30am arrivals. No 500 at 10 15am, No 501 at 12 35pm, No 502 at 3 20pm, No 503 at 5 30pm. Wilton branch trains daily except Sunday. Earliest readable item indicates service notes and exceptions.
A rail timetable lists south bound trains No. 4 and No. 2 from Muscatine with evening departures at 6:00 pm and 11:00 am respectively, stopping at Grandview and Elrick Junction, plus a weekday-only No. 6 service from Muscatine. The schedule notes daily operation differences and limited Sunday service.
No. 5 and No. 1 trains operate daily or Saturdays with connections at Wapello Elrick Junction and Grandview. No. 3 and No. 4 have separate daily patterns. No. 5 runs Saturdays only, linking with C., R. I. & P. and Town Central lines.
After a week of overhauling the South Muscatine Box company plant operations restarted this morning. Machinery is in excellent condition and business is expected to pick up fast as orders come in, signaling a busy season ahead. Local residents note several visits and health updates among neighbors as the town resumes normal activity.
A ladies meeting at Musserville M E church drew a large crowd with five youths professing faith after an engaging address by Mrs C C Harper. She urged greater involvement in Christian work and presented a practical method for personal outreach, following a pleasant vocal trio by Mrs P M Conant, Miss Ivy Ryan, and Miss Amy Hoopes.
Injuries from fires or bruises are treated with Bucklen’s Arnica Salve advertised at Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store. The product promises to cure burns wounds sores eczema and piles and is offered at 25 cents.
Family Theatre offers Ref. Ned amusement with Carl Verdo in a top musical act plus Edwards and Nevada in their comedy sketch Too Much Honey Moon. Also showing Sherlock Holmes Lost Witch and Tragic Wedding tonight and Tuesday. Admission ten cents.
John McDermott a well known resident of West Liberty died at his home shortly after noon today following years of stomach trouble. He had lived in the city about eighteen years and was a valued salesman for C. W. Morris in the past five years. He was about thirty three. Survived by his wife and one daughter Madeline, his mother Mrs Maggie McDermott, four sisters Delia Lilly and Mrs John Shriner of West Liberty Mary McDermott of Chicago, and two brothers Thomas and Edward of Davenport.
Muscatine basketball squad, touted as Iowa's strongest, departed Rock Island on No 50 for an extended eastern tour. Several hundred supporters bid them farewell as the train pulled away. First stop is Morrison Illinois for a game against the local team this evening, with high hopes for a decisive Muscatine victory.
Chicago markets update from Miner and Co with board of trade data. Wheat, corn, oats, pork, lard, ribs, and hogs prices shown alongside receipts and estimated cars for today and tomorrow. Also Chicago produce market figures for wheat and various grades and a New York butter and egg outlook.
Multiple listings include a 400 acre stock farm in Louisa county for 14000 if sold by January first first class buildings 720 acres for 10000 170 acres for 1000 760 acres for 17500 with improvements also a downtown six room house with furnace call A P Byrne 213 East Second St over Barnard’s Jewelry store also a saloon building with lease options see H M Bartlett Atty at Law 15 by 12 Axminster rug two air tight heaters and coal base burner at 312 Locust St two milking cows with calf inquire M Isaacson 800 E St St Mississippi two cottages one two story house and three building lots at bargain prices by J J Havercamp
Chicago Poultry Market reports live poultry firm with turkeys at 11, chickens 814, springs 944, lamb 3.50 bulk 4.80. Sheep 28,000 steady at 2.00, lambs 3.80 at 6.40. Butter and Egg Market steady with creamery 19 at 26, dairies 12 at 9, eggs 20 at 25. New York Poultry dress ed easy with chickens 11c, turkeys 12 to 15c, fowls 9 to 12c. New York Produce Market notes Wheat May 1.09 to 1.09% and Corn 64 7% observed. St. Louis Wheat May 1.92, Corn 53% at 53, Oats 30.
Chicago traders note cattle receipts of 24000 with steady to lower prices. Beeves bring 4.25 to 6.55, cows 1.15 to 4.70, Texans 2.10 to 2.90, calves 5.00 to 7.00, westerns 3.10 to 5.15, stockers 2.10 to 4.15. Hogs total 30000 up 5 to 10 with light 4.55 to 5.05 and mixed 4.60 to 4.?9.
Naturalists note the common worker bee carries a basket and a brush with symmetric hairs visible under high magnification. The bee uses a spoon shaped appendage to collect gleanings and a hinged mechanism to form pinchers for arranging honey cells.
Peoria December 2 reports corn prices with New, No. Shellow quoted at 55. Market update notes current price level for corn in Peoria. No additional context or figures provided.
Market prices for Corn at 60 cents old and 45 to 50 cents new. Oats at 40 and 45 cents. Wheat wholesale 80 to 90 cents and retail one dollar. Cracked corn retail 1.45 per cwt. Popcorn on ear 1.15 to 1.25 per cwt shelled 1.40 to 1.75 per cwt. Popcorn per peck 30 cents. Bran retail per cwt 1.35. Off meal retail per cwt 1.75. Shorts retail per cwt 1.40 to 1.45. Barley per twushel 0.75 to 0.80. Country eggs market 22 cents retail 25 cents.
A dense list of items with farm and market rates. Feed and hay priced per cat or ton, butter and eggs by unit, live stock quotes for cattle sheep and calves, poultry prices for live and dressed birds, vegetables with per unit costs, miscellaneous retail goods including sugar flour and cheese, and various fish prices. Markets include Muscatine Produce Co and a general live stock market.
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