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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1912
Page
9
Market report shows livestock and wholesale poultry prices in Muscatine with shifts in heavy cattle and calves, hogs, and sheep, plus assorted grains and groceries. Notable items include beef at varied per hundred weights, oats and cornmeal pricing, and wholesale poultry and fruit terms for the period.
In Chicago trading, wheat weakens on easy cablen demand while exports in Knowas City steadied the market. May futures slipped from 84 to 90 cents, with liberal selling based on free offerings pushing prices lower. In New York, Southern Pacific shares faced pressure amid Harriman-system dissolution fears, but some early demand lifted certain stocks before broad declines resumed.
Market report from Kansas City notes mixed grain prices with improvements for certain wheat and corn grades. It lists No 2 and No 3 white and mixed corn with bids and bid-ask variations, plus reference to elevators and delivery months.
Grain prices and track numbers appear with scattered figures and names in a partial market entry. Readable items include track numbers, price notes, and references to corn and hard goods, though many words are garbled. The text lists prices around $1071 and mentions track numbers and commodity terms without complete context.
A historic notice promotes investing money at Towa First Martengo Farm Loans. It claims to personally invest in each farm, guarantee titles, and handle interest collection at no charge to investors, comparing to government bonds.
Grain market notes from Liverpool and Peoria with mixed Manitoba quotes and steady futures. American mixed soy and wheat prices indicate firm corn, with several grade distinctions and regional offerings cited across markets.
Chicago market reports list official quotations, tax and price notes across dairy and produce items with scattered figures for butter eggs cheese and groceries. It also cites fire damage at St Joseph Sash and Door and Shoe Machine plants with losses estimated around 51700000 dollars and local businesses affected.
Compelled to move to a warmer climate for health reasons I will sell at public sale on my farm one half mile west of Grandview Indiana at 10 a m Thursday December 1912 Consisting of one black horse team well broke single and double weight 2400 nine and ten years old one of that supposed to be with foal two black gelding six years old weight 1200 sound broke double extensive items include two mules two yearling heifer calves 40 head of full blood cholera immune Chester White April pigs 20 driving plows ready for service 27 good drifty sows 1 Champion mower and hay rake Walking plow John Deere Lew Ideal glow 2 harrows hay rake disc harrow cultivator wagon spring wagon top buggy anew buggy endgate feeder two light work harness set of horse harness saddle bob sled small cole hot blast heater folding bed 10 bushels apples 1500 bu Yellow Dent corn tong timothy bay Terms cash 10 or under all over that amount 4 9 12 months time will be given on negotiable note at 6 percent interest from date of sale
Chicago reports heavy cattle receipts with prices down 10 to 20 cents amid Saturday trading. Hog, sheep and live cattle futures show mixed moves as feeders and western steers command modest gains while southern cows and native herd prices edge lower. Kansas City and other markets note similar softness in cattle, with varied calf and bull bids and overall lighter demand patterns.
South Omaha, St Louis, and St Joseph markets show cattle and hog prices varying by grade amid large receipts. Cows and feeders around 3 to 5 dollars. hogs steady to mixed. New York poultry and Kansas City produce report mixed grain and meat prices across regional markets.
The signed referee offers at the Muscatine Court House on December 14, 1912, 11 a.m. the Southeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 77, Range 2 West, totaling 160 acres with barn, outbuildings, and a Muscatine house lot on Iowa Avenue. The farm lies four miles from Clery of Ausentine and two and a half miles from Sumet a station on the C RI & PR ER. improvements include a two-story house with seven rooms, hot air heat, gas, brick pavement, and a park. Terms call for 20 percent down, balance on delivery of feed.
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