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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1905
Page
5
The Post Office Department announces rewards for arrests and convictions under postal laws. Rewards range from at least 3 to 1000 dollars, with higher sums for robbing mail on railways, breaking into post offices, and other mail theft offenses nationwide, plus special rewards for unlisted offenses.
Chicago and New York market notes show mixed grain prices and glimpses of live stock activity. Wheat No 2 red traded around 3.40 to 4.40, while corn and oats showed varied futures. Chicago cattle and hog receipts were heavy with prices described as strong for several classes. butter and eggs in New York and Chicago were steady to weak respectively, with poultry markets steady in Chicago and mixed in New York.
A sprawling, fragmentary market and local news roundup mentions Wheat and Corn futures in New York and Peoria markets, with St Louis and other exchanges cited for December 12. It also records social edits, local visits, skating at Laurel Hill, cattle notes, accidents, and household events across Laurel Hill East Buffalo and nearby towns.
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