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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
11
Fragmented report lists cash grain bids with No. 2 and No. 1 Northern Wheat prices around $1.98 to $2.02, No. 3 spring and No. 4 spring bids shown in scattered figures. Corn and oats bids appear with mixed grades and uncertain values, plus a futures-like line for hay and clover at $13.60 per ton or unit.
Chicago grain markets report daily movement of produce with wheat at 484 cars today, 968 last week and 385 year ago. Kansas City and St. Louis markets show May contracts for wheat and corn with varied pricing, while cash bids and feed grains note mixed availability and prices across several classes.
Grain prices from Omaha and Peoria markets show declines in several key categories. No 2 white corn and No 2 yellow corn movement, with mixed results for hard winter and white wheat, while Peoria reports mixed No 3 and No 4 white and yellow corn values and various white and mixed wheat figures.
Fragmentary report shows Manitoba trading figures with prices in British currency and months noted. Readable details include a closing reference, the numbers 00 and 244, and mentions of March and May. The text is garbled but indicates time of market activity and Ontario or Manitoba associations.
A fragmented summary of futures and spot prices across Corn Spot, New York Produce, and Chicago Live Stock markets. Mentions fluctuating futures, dairy and meat quotes, and cattle, hogs, and sheep market notes with scattered prices and market tone indications. Includes references to various regional markets and reporting dates.
South Omaha market report shows cows and heifers at about 3.75 to 400.00 per head while steers, feeders, and muttons trade around 9.20 and 2069.94 for various classes. Kansas City market notes a strong tone with cattle and southern steers around 4.25.
Franchised fraternal orders gather monthly in Muscatine with invitations to members in good standing. Scroll lists various lodges including Muscatine Lodge No. 88, Muscatine Chapter of Royal Neighbors, Loyal Order of Moose, Woodmen of the World and more, noting meeting nights and contact officers for each group.
Market receipts and prices across St. Joe, St. Louis, Kansas City and New York listed for cattle hogs calves and sheep. Cattle at St. Joe $3.00 to $4.25 per cwt, hogs $5.86 to $6.30, sheep around $5.25 to $6.00, with steady to strong demand and notable totals like 5,900 hogs and 2,600 sheep receipts.
Market notes show Hoges- Chalea light choices, beef, lamb, and veal prices, along with scarce vegetables and fruit lists. Timber, hay, grains, and coal rates appear, plus a brief attorney advertisement and legal notice snippet from Muscatine.
A collage of classified items offers real estate for sale including a six room house with two lots and outbuildings at 1,660 dollars with down payment terms, Jersey cow sale in West Liberty on December 9 at 1:30 pm, a bay horse and buggy outfit offered for 45 dollars, ten acre Jacksonville area farms at 30 dollars per acre with monthly terms, administrator sale of 193 acre farm near Columbus Junction, and other listings including Jonathan apples and a Shafer piano priced at 195 dollars. details list agents Bartlett, Albin & Gibson, L. N. Ellyson, and J. A. Sprague as administrator and auctioneer.
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