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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
10
Chicago markets show wheat and corn prices with May and Dec futures near 1.10 and 0.63 respectively. Pork and lard futures steady to higher, hogs at day’s top around 6.00, cattle and sheep receipts firm, beef and dairy prices mixed across butter eggs and poultry markets.
A jury awarded Eva Parsons 1200 against Annette Giesenhaus for alienating her husband. The verdict read before Judge Jackson at 4:20 PM, with 800 actual and 400 exemplary damages. Parsons had sought 10,000 in the suit alleging desertion.
New York prices show wheat for May at 1.1644 dollars and corn at 0.706 dollars. Market notes indicate small changes and trading activity in the grain pits.
New York Produce Market reports butter steady with receipts of 3,300. New York Poultry Market shows firmer live poultry with springs at 12 cents, fowls 12 cents, turkeys 13 cents, and dressed offerings easing for springs at 12 to 20 cents, fowls 10 to 13 cents, spring turkeys 14 to 17 cents.
The St Louis market shows Wheat for May at 1.101% to 1.105 percent, Corn at 62 62? cents, and Oats at 51 5 cents. This bulletin captures current price quotes as of December 5 in St Louis.
Peoria market notes No. 3 corn priced at 59 cents per bushel in early trading.
The New York Bank Statement for December reports loans up $6,608,000 while deposits fall by $7,720,000. The reserve declines $8,270,000 and surplus shrinks $7,959,000 with ex U S deposits down $7,964,000.
Corn Market 55 60 cents. Date Market 45 cents. Wheat Market 80 85 cents. Cracked corn Retail 1.70 per bushel. Pop corn on ear 1.15 to 1.25 per cwt shelled 1.40 to 1.75 per cwt. Pop corn per peck 80 cents.
The Fairfield Ledger, after a fire that destroyed smaller presses and equipment, resumed publication from temporary headquarters in Fairfield Iowa. The big press remains usable and much of the edition printed before the blaze was saved. old files from 1907 and 1908 were lost, with insurance at 4300 dollars not covering the full loss.
A Vienna dispatch says Cattaro has been bombarded since 9 this morning. Troops aboard two steamers of the Hungarian Croatian line left Fiume with sealed orders and two more sail tomorrow, likely bound for Cattaro on the Adriatic near Montenegro. Official circles maintain an optimistic tone despite war rumors.
Dr. Lysle Reppert delivered an address on Bacteriology before Hershey hospital training school for nurses last evening.
Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota is in Minneapolis with illness not considered serious. He is under care by Dr Watson and a trained nurse after arriving several days ago en route to Washington.
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