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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1907
Page
9
Daily briefs show residents traveling to Davenport Ottumwa Kalona and Wilton for visits business and church events. Turkey dinners and Christmas sales are planned by Ladies Aid and First Congregational church with multiple departures and social activities noted among residents and families.
Jacob Henning of Grandview Avenue was injured when a wood wagon driven by him ran away on the river road at noon. The horses frightened the vehicle, struck the curb, and threw Henning to the ground. Be Be Klein treated him. bruises on face and head but condition not serious.
The funeral for J G Will who died at his East Ninth street home Thursday afternoon was held yesterday at 10 30 am at the German Evangelical church with Rev J Jans officiating. Pallbearers were Albert Freymark Henry Gerdts William Daedelow August Witte Herman Grensing and Martin Heussner. After services the body was taken to Moscow and buried in Klein cemetery.
An outstanding selection of violins for Christmas shoppers with prices from 2 to 25 dollars. Includes violin cases bows and music stands suitable as gifts.
Otto Freyerling departed yesterday for New Orleans where he will spend the winter. He plans a possible spring trip to Cuba and has accepted a position with a large fruit commission house in New Orleans.
A. L. Gillett of St Paul and Edwin M. Walker of Columbus Miss will assume local management roles for Child Hulswit and Co at Grand Rapids street railway. H J Clark departs in weeks. Walker named general manager, Gillett general superintendent. Subordinate changes planned. service improvements and new benches underway. Richard Schaddelee and Frank Hulswit attended the Saturday meeting.
Furnished by Miner and Co Chicago Board of Trade listing opening highs lows and closes for Wheat Corn Oats Pork and Lard with May July and January contracts. Prices shown for May December and Jan futures with bid ask style odds and ends in a concise market summary from December 16.
The report covers estimated car futures and hogs priced 23 000 in the market. Hog futures show a 6.39 drop with minor shifts in butter and egg values. Poultry remains steady with turkeys at 11 to 12 cents and chickens at 9 cents.
Chicago market summary lists Wheat No 2 red at 97 98 cents, No 3 red at 96 97 cents, No 2 hard at 99 cents 1.04, No 3 hard 95 1.00, No 3 new 53 54 cents, No 3 white 54 cents, No 2 yellow 65 cents, No 3 yellow 56 4 cents, No 3 white 51 53 cents.
Wheat May opened at 1.02 and closed at 1.02 with a high of 1.0314 for December delivery. Corn May opened at 58 with a high of 58 and closed at 57 for December. Oats May opened at 54 with a high of 54.5 and closed at 54 with December at 50.
Readable figures show January rates for lard at 12.75 and ribs at 7.87, with rye at 78, barley between 84 and 96, timothy seed at 4.60, and clover from 11.00 to 15.00. Local market quotes list forage crops and feed staples with a range for some items.
Chicago market report shows cattle 25 000 steady with beeves 3.15 to 6.10 and hogs 52 000 weak with price ranges from 4.10 to 4.60. Sheep 38 000 down 10 to 15 cents. New York butter and egg prices steady with butter mostly 20 to 29 cents and eggs at 32 to 33 cents for firsts.
St Louis market notes for December 16 show May wheat at 99 cents cash, May corn at 55 cents, oats at 46 cents. Prices listed without quotations, with 98144 as the location code.
New York shoppers see dressed poultry rates with chickens at 9 to 13 cents per pound, turkeys 15 to 17 cents, and fowls 9 to 13 cents as of December 16.
In Peoria on December 16 corn quotes show No 4¢ with bids at 652% 5c. Specific market activity noted for the day includes a midwest pricing snapshot from the Peoria Produce Market.
The Rev. Thomas E. Judge aged 42, pastor of St. Finbarr's and editor in chief of the New World, died yesterday at the pastoral residence 637 South Harding avenue Chicago. Heart failure brought on by bronchial trouble was the cause.
A local ad promotes Victors talk ing machines for daily music at home during Christmas. The display explains music of the highest class and popular selections. Mrs. D. O. Harrison departed for Washington to visit relatives briefly.
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