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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1909
Page
23
Chicago markets report mixed futures with wheat edging around 106 to 106 and a half, corn steady near 58, oats around 40, and pork and lard futures mostly firm. Hogs closed steady. car counts indicate ongoing grain and livestock flow with estimated arrivals for tomorrow.
Chicago markets show wheat Dec opening at 1.06 to 1.07 highs and close 1.0614. May 1.06. Corn Dec opens 58 cents, May 61 cents. Oats Dec 40 to 40.5 cents, May 42.3 cents. Pork Jan 21.37, Lard Jan 12.42, Ribs Jan 11.22 to 11.25. Rye cash 74 1/ie. Barley cash 51 67e. Timothy March 4.00. Clover March 14.90.
MasonIC Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M holds regular meetings the first Tuesday evening monthly. Washington Chapter No 4 R A M convenes on the second Friday. Webb Council of Royal and Select Masters meets the third Thursday. De Molay Commandery No 1 KT holds a regular conclave on the third Wednesday.
M B A Rend City Lodge No 143 Brotherhood of America meets on the fourth Monday evenings at Yeoman hall corner of Iowa Avenue and Third street. Dr E K King president Charles Ryan secretary cordial invitation to all members in good standing.
P O Elks Muscatine Lodge 304 meets every Monday at 8 pm at the Elks Hall 412 Fast Front street. Club rooms open daily from 9 am to 11 pm. Visiting Elks welcome. L J Horan ER John P Breen Secretary.
Fraternal and lodge notices list meeting times and locations for groups including Pearl City Homestead No 219 Muscatine Association Bloomington Council No 175 F A A Musquitine Tribe No 95 Laurent Council No 1305 Woodrine Camp No 142 Royal Neighbors of America Muscatine Sheriff No 815. Entries provide officers names and venues such as G A R hall Second and Chestnut streets Yeoman hall Maccabee hall Eagle Lodge hall and Dunbar restaurant with visiting members welcome.
Wheat No 2 1.20 1.21. No 3 hay 1.12 1.19. No 2 hard 1.08 1.09. No 3 hard 1.04 1.12. No 2 yellow old 65% 4c. No 3 56c. No 3 white 56 56 1/4 42c. Standard 42 1/4 42% ce.
Cattle receipts reach 25 000 with steady prices across grades. Hogs show 19 000 receipts, prices steady with ranges from 7.70 to 8.40 for various weights and qualities. Sheep receipts total 8 000 with lambs and sheep trading firm within noted ranges.
Chicago reports butter steady with creameries at 26 to 32 cents and dairies at 24 to 28 cents. Eggs also steady with receipts of 4,500. Market shows 20 to 25 cents at mark in cases, 28 cents for firsts, and 30 cents for prime firsts.
O F S Electa Chapter No 32 meets on the second and fourth Mondays each month. Mrs Hallie Pitchforth is W M and Miss Emma Manlove serves as secretary.
Mod ern Woodmen of America unit Muscatine Camp No 106 holds regular meetings on Tuesday evenings at Woodmen hall Olds Block J Lentz Consul J A Leyda Clerk.
The Muscatine Hive No 13 meets on the first and third Monday at Seaman. Carrie Harris serves as Commander and a record keeper named Lucas is noted. The text records routine meeting details and officers.
A London Ontario firm claims a completely harmless cure for bed wetting and urinary control problems in all ages. The C H Rowan Drug Co offers a free prepaid package to readers, urging spread of the treatment and urging families to seek the medicine and tell others.
Muscatine Castle holds meetings the first and third Fridays of each month at Yeoman hall corner Third and Avenue. All visiting members in good standing are invited. Elma Scott serves as secretary and Alexander W. Scott as protector.
Poultry markets in Chicago on December 3 reported steady pricing for turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens at 11 1/2 cents, and springs at 11 to 11 1/2 cents, reflecting no change from prior listings.
New York on December 3 reports alive poultry dull with chickens 12c, fowls 14c, turkeys 12 to 17c. Dressed meat easier with chickens 16 to 22c, fowls 13 to 17c, turkeys 18 to 22c.
Butter remains steady in New York on December 3 with receipts at 3 200. Eggs also steady with 7 400 receipts.
New York reports December wheat at 1.17 dollars and corn at 69 and a half cents. Market activity shows modest movement with traders watching supply signals and weather.
St Louis grain prices list December 3 show Wheat at 1.08 per bushel for December, Corn at 57% per bushel, and Oats at 40% per bushel.
Peoria Illinois reported No 3 corn at 56 cents per bushel in morning prices with no further movement noted.
Hogs by grade and weight with prices from seven dollars to seven eighty-five per hundredweight. Cattle and steers show wide ranges, cows and heifers lower. Hay grains list corn wheat oats rye barley and feed staples with varying retail quotes. Muscatine Produce Co and Retail Markets provide dairy eggs poultry and root vegetables with seasonal fruit prices included.
President S. M. Hughes, Cashier. Capital fifty thousand dollars. Surplus sixty five thousand dollars. Directors listed: G. Stein, D. V. Jackson, J. R. Reuling, R. K. Smith, J. Carskaddan, F. P. Sawyer, S. M. Hughes. Safety Deposit Vault Boxes for rent.
A dated market list shows prices for meats and seafood including sausage beefsteak and beef boiling at varying cents per pound, spring chickens, pork, mutton veal and liver, turkey prices, and fish items such as sunfish catfish sturgeon and oysters with prices per pound or per unit, reflecting regional shopping rates. Includes miscellaneous items like calf liver and smoked fish with given price ranges.
A grand championship car load of show steers from Oglesby & Keays farm Elkhart sold to James Brown for Armour & Co. in Chicago at 15 per cwt, a $4 rise from last year. King Ellsworth the grand show steer sold for 18 per cwt to Schwarzschild & Sulzberger. Overall cattle, hogs, and sheep markets showed firmer or steady tones with variable quality and higher demand amid active trading.
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