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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
9
A local ad offers a sixty day sale on steam cookers with the $1.75 model at $1.50 and the $1.50 model at $1.25. Deliveries available to 610 West 8th Street or by phone 1106 X. Also Kemble & Kemble advertise installment homes in Kranz Addition.
Bend City Lodge No. 148 Modern Brotherhood of America convenes on the second and fourth Monday evenings at Yeoman hall corner of Iowa Avenue and Third Street. Dr. E. B. King is president and Eugene G. Barnard secretary. Members in good standing are invited to attend.
Washington Chapter No 4 B A M holds stated convocations on the second Friday of each month. Webb Council of Royal and Select Masters meets on the third Thursday at Masonic Hall 125 East 2nd Street. De Molay Commandery No 1 KE T regular conclaves on the third Wednesday monthly.
The Fraternal Bankers Reserve meets on the first and third Wednesdays each month at Yeomen Hall at 8 p.m. Members in good standing are requested to attend. W. F. Tobias is president, C. H. Lemkau secretary, and Mrs. Josephine Stineman banker.
A compendium of local fraternal group meetings listing banners and officers for Banner Lodge Degree of Honor Knights of Columbus Homesteaders I O R M Musquitine Council Brotherhood of American Yeomen Eagles Aerie Woodringe Camp Royal Neighbors L O T M Muscatine Hive and American Legion Post with meeting times locations and welcoming notes for visiting members.
Open high low close quotes for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs and cattle and hogs. Receipts today 21 000 hogs 5 500 cattle 18 000 sheep. western and northwestern receipts listed. futures and spot ranges given with daily changes and tomorrow’s estimated carloads. Chicago closing hogs weak at early prices, with light to heavy ranges noted.
Chicago and St Louis grain market notes show wheat May trading around 96 to 97 cents, with highs near 97 and lows near 96. corn 47 cents, oats 34 cents. Pork January 19.20, lard 10.25, ribs 10.17, rye cash 81 cents, barley cash 60 to 87 cents, Timothy 8 to 9.75 dollars, clover 10 to 14.25 dollars. St Louis wheat May about 97 cents, corn 47 cents, oats 34 cents.
General practice of law including loans insurance and real estate. Special attention to settlements of estates and collections. Abstracts of titles made. Office over First National Bank Muscatine Iowa. Successor to Titus Jackson 213 Iowa Ave. Practice in all courts. Money invested without charge.
Chicago dispatch reports that engineers from 61 western railroads, after submitting a strike ultimatum to railroad managers, sent a communication to the managers' committee refusing arbitration. The managers had hinted at conferences but did not offer formal arbitration.
Ottumwa Iowa December 15 Jesse Omstott a mail clerk in the Ottumwa post office yesterday passed a perfect examination of the cases before him. The event draws attention for its precision and unusual difficulty within routine postal work.
Market prices for corn, wheat, oats, barley, and rye along with hay, flour, and stock market tone. Dairy and egg values, along with beef, pork, poultry, and fish quotes from Chicago and Muscatine markets, listing numerous grain and livestock prices by grade and weight.
Cattle receipts reach 5500 with steady to strong prices across grades. Hogs reach 19000 with early gains fading as prices show mixed to slow movement. heavy hogs trade 7.55 to 7.75 and roughs 7.35 to 7.50. Lambs and natives mix at wider ranges as turnover adjusts.
Chicago market notes show butter steady, creamery and dairy quotations at 28 29c and 21 25c respectively. Eggs remain steady with 1,200 receipts. case prices at 19% to 22c, firsts 31c, prime firsts 33c.
Chicago market notes poultry prices for December 15 show live turkeys at 17 cents per pound for live birds and 22 and a half cents for dressed meat. Hens and springs priced variably with live at 10 to 12 cents and dressed at 12 to 12.5 cents per pound.
New York markets report firm butter with 6,800 receipts and creamery specials at 32 32 1/3 cents. Extras at 31 cents. Eggs show eased demand with 6,200 receipts noted.
New York market notes show live poultry steady on December 15 with chickens 13 to 14 cents, fowls 14 to 15 cents, turkeys 14 to 18 cents. Dressed poultry sold quietly with chickens 12.5 to 16.5 cents, fowls 12 to 17 cents, turkeys 18 to 24 cents.
New York grain report shows Wheat for May at 1.02 dollars per bushel and Corn for May at 56 cents per bushel as of December 15. This snapshot reflects commodity trading activity and price levels in the New York market.
Peoria Illinois corn market shows No. 3 grade at 43 and a half cents per bushel. Market activity remains steady as buyers assess supply and demand.
The record notes the scrutinizing eye of Chief Clerk J C Murphy of Des Moines guiding administrative review and oversight in the state capital.
Lady Violet Greville criticizes modern society for selfishness indifference to duty laxity of principle and pursuit of money as the era's defining features. She argues society lacks strength and religion and has become a restless hollow mass devoid of character and prestige.
A commentator notes that while rushing into tasks early in the season risks errors, timely, steady effort pays off best and keeps one ahead. The piece emphasizes patience combined with decisive action as the proper approach.
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