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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1909
Page
19
A damaged timetable fragment lists trains on the Chicago Kansas City main line with arrivals and departures from Muscatine Davenport Washington Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. Entries include local passenger and through services and freight movements with masked times and destinations.
Train times show north and south routes from Muscatine with connections to Roundhouse Fruitland Garden City Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and other stops. Early morning departures begin around 4:45 am with last listed arrivals near 12:25 pm and 12:55 am on the opposite schedule.
Commodity quotes show Wheat, Corn, and Pork futures with modest shifts as December and May contracts fluctuate. Livestock and produce markets reveal steady hogs, varied cattle prices, and active grains receipts despite delayed transportation due to fog.
Chicago markets report grain and livestock prices on December 4 with futures for Wheat Corn Oats and May contracts. Commodity figures show opening highs and lows for Wheat at around 1.05 to 1.06 dollars, Corn around 57 to 58 cents, Oats near 40 cents, plus Park cattle products and crops including Lard Ribs Rye Barley Timothy and Clover with March and December maturities and prices listed.
Chicago markets show cattle receipts 400 with steady prices ranging from 3.85 to 9.25 for beef, stockers and feeders 3.10 to 5.15, cows and heifers 2.10 to 5.65, western cattle 4.00 to 7.40. Hogs receipts 11,000 with steady values from 7.70 to 8.40 and bulk 8.05 to 8.30. Sheep receipts 1,500 with lambs 5.25 to 7.46 and sheep 2.75 to 5.10.
Chicago wheat prices for December show No. 2 red at 1.20 to 1.21 dollars, No. 3 red 1.12 to 1.18, No. 2 hard 1.07 to 1.09, No. 3 hard 1.02 to 1.07, old No. 2 64 to 65.6 cents, old No. 2 yellow 65.5 cents, No. 3 55 to 56 cents, No. 3 white 55 to 56 cents, and No. 3 white 40 to 42 cents.
Butter steady across creameries and dairies with prices around 24 to 28 cents per unit. eggs steady with receipts at 3,400 and prices 20 to 30 cents for firsts and prime firsts, cases included.
Chicago December 4 Poultry prices steady with turkeys at 14 cents per pound chickens 14 and a half cents per pound springs 11 and a half cents per pound.
Timetables effective June 6 1909 list trains 112 108 292 105 103 and 201 on Southwest and Local routes with times 230 am 800 pm 245 pm 1143 pm 705 am and 845 am and note daily and Sunday-except schedules for the Chicago Kansas City line.
Fragmentary OCR shows train schedule bits toward Chicago with times like 6:32am 11:59am and 4:11pm, and west bound notes. No clear events or full service details, but hints at numerous departures and platform listings.
A fragmentary timetable lists connections among No. 3 Ar. Muscatine Roundhouse Fruitland Garden City Grandview Wapello Firtek Junction and Elrick Junction with No. 4 and No. 5 connections to Iowa Central and G. R. P. at specific times. Monday 5-59 appears as a linking note.
New York Poultry prices remained steady with alive chickens at 12 cents, fowls 14 cents, and turkeys 12 to 17 cents. Dressed offerings were easy with broilers 17 to 22 cents, fowls 13 to 17 ½ cents, and turkeys 18 to 22 cents.
New York market update shows butter barely steady and unchanged. Receipts reach 2200 head. eggs slow with unchanged demand and 5300 cases received.
A Canadian drug company claims a strictly harmless, never failing cure for bedwetting and related urinary control issues. They offer a free prepaid package to readers of The Journal, urging households to request the medicine and share the find with neighbors.
New York grain market reports on December 4 shows wheat at 1.17 dollars and corn at 68 cents. The brief price update notes modest gains and steady trading across the board.
In St. Louis on December 4 the Wheat Dec price is 1.07 percent, Corn trades at 57 1/2 cents, Oats at 49 1/2 to 40 1/2 cents.
Peoria Illinois December 4 corn market No 3 trading at 55 cents per bushel with activity noted in the session.
Market rundown from Muscatine shows frog prices for various weights and cuts. Choice heavy frogs fetch 7.85 dollars per unit, light 7.70. Rough heavy 7.25, stags 7.00. Cattle mix includes choice steers 5.09 to 6.00, cows and heifers 3.00 to 3.50, and lambs 5.00 to 6.00.
The final International auction sale of car lot cattle was held Friday with show feeders selling steady to firm. Grand championship loads priced around 50.50 per head, including Kansas Herefords and Colorado Shorthorns, while most calves moved at 20.50 to 26.50 per head. Hog prices steady to lower, top 8.40. sheep and lambs firm on local demand. Five day receipts show cattle up 6,800, hogs 18,900, sheep 13,000 versus last week. year over year, cattle up 23,600 and hogs down 35,200.
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