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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1912
Page
9
Report from Chicago notes mixed reactions to Argentina’s wheat prospects and harvest weather. Prices swing as May futures dip, with declines in corn and oats amid ample supply. hog and pork markets rise slightly on strong demand while lard and ribs hold steady.
Cash grain prices across Chicago and Kansas City show wheat and corn values fluctuating. Listings include No 2 and No 3 northern, No 2 yellow, spring varieties, and durum with mixed quotes. barley and clover seed also noted. Kansas City reports May and July futures with modest gains, while St Louis shows wheat and corn declines and cash bids for truck loads. Continuous market activity reflects a broad range of denominations and delivery specifics in winter and spring grains.
Livestock report from Chisago Minnesota on December 9 notes hogs higher amid active demand while cattle runs remain light. Lambs and sheep in demand, cows and calves mixed with varied prices. Kansas City region reports similar trends with hogs up and cattle steady to higher in places.
South Omaha and nearby markets show mixed cattle prices with steers near 6.80 to 6.90 per hundredweight and calves around 5. The St Louis market, receipts of about 9,500 cattle, reports weak to steady trade with steers around 8 to 11 dollars, cows near 4.5 to 5.0, calves up to 9.75, and heavy hogs near 7.0. Readouts from St Joseph add higher hogs to about 7.86 and cattle 3.50 to 8.00 for cows and feeders.
Chicago and New York dairy and produce notes show steady to mixed results across butter creamery stocks cheese and milk. Receipts include 5 907 cases of creamery product and 643 boxes of cheese with ongoing winter market activity across Wisconsin Michigan and Ohio markets.
Fagan Bros offering 140 acres with house barn and outbuildings four miles from Muscatine and a 300 acre stock farm nearby in Cedar County. Two complete sets of buildings. Available as one tract or two 230 acre farms. Prices and terms on request. 418 German American Bank. We handle sales everywhere.
Washington December 9 The United States reports 11 044 492 bales ginned by December 1 for 1912 in a period from November to December 2 showing higher daily ginning averages than last year. Total ginned by December 1 is 071 275 bales less than the previous year. During the period 44 786 bales were ginned per day on average.
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The undersigned referee will sell at the Court House door in Muscatine Iowa on December 14 1912 at 11 o clock am the southeast quarter of section three township seventy seven north range two west containing 160 acres and a city lot at Muscatine Iowa described as south thirty three and one third feet of lot five in block two Kembla and Mullers Addition to the City of Manzine. Terms cash 20 percent on day of sale balance when deeds delivered. Sale includes improvements a good barn house and farm buildings and the city lot features hot water heating sewn rooms bath cement sidewalks and nearby street car extension anticipated. John Eimers referee.
A fragmented list from Muscatine markets outlines choice, spring chickens, turkeys, and poultry items, along with price notes like cracked corn and oats. It also lists vegetables, fruits, and meats with approximate per-unit costs, reflecting a bustling rural marketplace.
A eleven pound turkey was stolen from Henry Blits grocery on Grandview avenue after being hung to cool. Petty thieves in South Muscatine continue stealing from local premises, following recent thefts at Ritera’s. A sewer cleaning crew on Hanover Street near Chandview and Bismarck St works to clear out the sewer before winter thaw.
A fragmented ledger of cotton bale counts by state lists totals for Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana and other states. Figures show Arkansas North Carolina Oklahoma Texas and South Carolina with varied bale counts, alongside national totals and referenced dates and locations.
Traders faced a restrained session as decision day effects influenced the stock market. Banks and bears caused liquidations in several price ranges while big names moved lower on no decisive Washington action. Key declines included Amalgamated, Union Pacific, Reading and others, with the market closing weak despite steady fund activity in select issues.
Des Moines plans a blue sky law pushed by state auditor John L. Bleakly after his return from New York where he attended an insurance commissioners meeting. He advocates strong regulation to prevent fake promotions and overcapitalization, noting Kansas success and state guarantees against pestering promoters.
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