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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
8
An advertisement touts a Bromo Cough Remedy package with a chest plaster for 50 cents. It claims the combo cures lung coughs and congestions, with the plaster priced at 25 cents single and the package advertised as two for one.
Muscatine County Teachers Association convened at Nichols with about 35 to 40 attendees due to bad roads. Prof. F. M. Witter spoke on the school library, followed by discussions on school exhibits and home study, with officers elected for the coming year.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It rapidly relieves bladder and back pain and water retention in both men and women. Sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Articles filed to form Central Manufacturing, capitalized at 100000 dollars, with H W Huttig William E Bliven and Nicholas Barry as members and promoters. Headquarters in Muscatine, world wide business aim, to manufacture machinery and patent appliances, two decades term, board of three directors acting until January meeting.
Evansville reader B Spiegel writes after five years of kidney and bladder pain. Despite three physicians and near death, Foijey's Kidney Cure allegedly brought rapid relief and full recovery after two bottles. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store sells the remedy.
Furnished market report from Chicago shows open high low and close figures for corn oats pork and lard with December May and July contracts. Futures data accompanying a notes column lists grain and livestock prices and a shipment tally of cars received today including wheat corn and oats.
Chicago market data for wheat corn and hogs with bid and trading ranges on December 8 including prices for No 2 and No 3 red and hard wheats. Also notes on pork lard ribs oat barley flax and timothy hay with live stock receipts and cattle price ranges.
The report lists hog receipts at 20 000 head with prices ranging from 5 25 to 6 10 for various grades including good heavy and rough, and 10c lower on some lots. Sheep receipts total 2 000 with sheep trading from 3 90 to 5 75 and lambs from 4 50 to 7 75.
Butter remains steady at 9 cents with creamery and dairy prices between 20 and 26 cents. Eggs show strong demand with prices in the 26 to 30 cent range.
Chicago market report lists poultry prices with steady tone on turkeys, loc chickens, springs, and se lines. Market activity remains unchanged as buyers view available stock with cautious demand across the region.
Butter firm and held at 22 20c for prints, factory 17 21c. Eggs steady and unchanged.
New York Produce Market reports wheat for May at 85 1 2 cents and corn at 51 4 cents. Traders note modest activity as prices hold steady amid light turnover.
New York on December 8 reports alive poultry steady with chickens 10 to 13 cents, fowls 12 to 14 cents, turkeys 13 to 14 cents. Dressed poultry steady with chickens 11 to 13 cents, turkeys 12 to 15 cents, fowls 8 to 12 cents.
Wheat for May at 78 cents. Corn at 421 cents. Oats at 355 cents. Prices reported from St Louis on December 8.
Peoria Peoria produce market reports corn price No 2 quoted at 41 to 44 cents per bushel as of December 8 with buyers watching supply and demand conditions in the regional market.
New York Dec 8 bank statement shows total loan reductions of 3.883 million and deposits down 16.457 million. Reserve declines by 12.246 million and ex US deposits fall 8.143 million. Largest sum sold under reserve rules since August 1893.
An old time advertisement claims a $100 value device drug, Dr E Detchons Anti Diuretic, helps children who soil bedding from nocturnal polydipsia. It promises immediate arrest of the trouble. Sold by Havercamps Prescription Drug Store.
One person in each county may join a personally conducted trip at no cost. To participate in 1907, send the address with two references to American Bureau of Foreign Travel at 721 Neave Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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