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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
9
Community notice invites all to attend the oyster supper on Friday night October 18 at Union Mission, 116 Walnut street. Also mentions Sleepy Eye flour for Xmas cookies and reports Mrs. E K Tyler of 310 West Fourth street visiting relatives in Davenport today.
Special discount on everything in the store during Hirt and Fesler removal sale. L. E. Severance, Rock Island freight agent, met local shippers today. Trinity Guild sale at Y M C A on December 16 features aprons and fancy work. Mrs. G A Riemcke leaves for Poone Iowa for Eastern Star instruction. she was appointed deputy grand matron yesterday.
A yearling steer dark red with horns and no marks or brands was taken up in Lake Township by Rudolph Frymark on December 7 1908. Sworn December 14 1908. J Coster justice of the peace A S Lawrence county auditor.
A. W. Morgan, a druggist, urges readers to choose Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and colds. He touts its forty years of cures and cautions against untested treatments that may contain harmful drugs, stressing it costs no more.
Dinner served by Trinity Ladies from 5 to 7 at the Y M C A on Wednesday December 16. Menu includes roast turkey dressing mashed potatoes gravy June peas jelly cranberries hot rolls pickles plum pudding lemon sauce ice cream and cake. Proceeds support the Trinity Ladies.
The notice states that from the date provided the signer will not be responsible for any debts contracted by his wife Maud Luckner. Ed Luckner. Dated December 14, 1908.
Wilton Junction Iowa reports Postmaster Cornelius Van Zandt suffered a stroke at about 7 30 pm while at work in the Wilton post office. He regained consciousness by morning and is described as improved this afternoon. Van Zandt has been postmaster for about twelve years, appointed during McKinley’s administration.
Church notes list weekly events at First Baptist Church including an oyster supper Tuesday, lectures by Rev Otto Krueger Wednesday and Dr Lyman B Sperry Thursday and Friday, a Young People Society meeting Monday, a Kensington club sewing day Friday with lunch, and a Teachers meeting at Miss Winifred Giesler's home Friday evening.
Bert Milholn and family moved to the McMicheal farm while George Genson and family moved into the Milholn house. Several residents travel for visits, business, and medical care including Mrs. Stice in Tama, Mrs. Kaufman in Wilton, and Sisters of Mercy from Iowa City staying with Mrs. Anna Byrne.
An old advertisement touts ZEMO as a positive cure for dandruff and scalp itching. It claims to destroy the dandruff germ, prevent hair loss, and leave hair rich and glossy, with sales through E. W. Rose Medicine Co. in St. Louis and A. W. Morgan in 107 Second Street.
Today’s market report shows Wheat, Corn, and Oats prices with opening, high, low and close figures. Includes pork, lard, hogs, and cash grain prices with national and cash quotations plus estimated car shipments and future dates.
Chicago trades cattle hogs and sheep with steady markets. Cattle receipts 6 000 Beeves 3 40 to 7 65 stockers and feeders 2 60 to 4 80 cows and heifers 1 50 to 5 00 westerners 3 25 to 5 50 Hogs receipts 32 000 market steady light 4 99 to 5 60 mixed 5 15 to 5 80 heavy 5 20 to 5 89 rough 5 20 to 5 40 bulk 5 35 to 5 70 Sheep receipts 20 000 weak at 2 50 to 4 75 lambs 4 50 to 7 40 yearlings 4 25 to 5 00
Chicago market notes show butter steady with creameries 22 30 cents and dairies 21 25 cents. Eggs remain weak for firsts at 3 cents.
Chicago December 15 price report shows poultry with turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens 7 to 9 cents, and springs 10 to 10 1/2 cents for the day.
New York Produce Market reports receipts of 11,900 with creameries at 32 cents. Official price listed at 32 cents. Eggs show firmer trading with firsts 31 to 34 cents and seconds 30 to 32 cents.
In New York on December 15 the grain market shows May wheat at 1.19 and corn at 68 cents per bushel. The report records price quotes and market activity for traders and investors.
New York market report shows dressed poultry steady with springs 12 to 20 cents, fowls 12 to 20 cents, and turkeys 16 to 20 cents.
Peoria markets show Corn No 3 priced at 58 cents per bushel in today’s commodity note.
St Louis grain market figures for December 15 show Wheat May at 1.05 dollars, Corn at 0.60 and Oats at 0.51 cents per bushel.
Corn market ranges from 55 to 60 cents per unit while date and wheat prices vary. Cracked corn retail and popcorn show prices around 1.15 to 1.25 per unit, shelled corn 1.49 to 1.75 per ewt. Feed grains include per peck prices and buttered kernels listed.
A dense listing of commodities with per hundredweight and per unit prices. Includes oil meal shorts barleyo chop feed hay live stock market rates beef and veal prices, dairy eggs and butter, vegetables fruits meats and fish, plus wood coal and miscellaneous goods with quoted figures.
William B. Morris brings a novel drama to the opera house on December 16 with 17 actors special scenery and eight vaudeville acts. The company is praised across the region and the show is said to forecast a new field in the medical world.
East Wapsie notes Mr and Mrs Alfred Marolf attended the funeral of his uncle Henry Duffee in Wilton last Monday. Mr and Mrs Horace Hawker also attended. Miss Stella Webster owns a new piano. Miss Clara Marolf of Stockton spent Sunday at home.
Bertha the washerwoman says she will move tomorrow after dreaming of packing. She believes the landlady will seize the rent the next week, so she prepares to relocate. This excerpt from the New York Press captures a moment of impending relocation driven by a prophetic dream.
A Chicago Tribune cartoon caption features an angry mother accusing a boy of nearly harming her child with a ball. The boy retorts that she has many children while they have only one ball, highlighting a humorous family quarrel over a toy.
A dialogue fragment features a parent asking about a daughter. The response notes she is thriving and currently engaged with Beethoven’s works. Another line hints at a request about a pottery place, suggesting a miscellaneous cultural topic and a public figure or venue named in dialogue.
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