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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1909
Page
23
A plea urges readers to place a small want ad to sell unused stoves and aid a needy family on the city fringe or riverfront. It suggests a fair price benefits both buyer and seller and brings comfort through winter.
Local fraternal orders list meeting nights and contact chiefs in Muscatine. Musquiti ne Tribe No 95 and Wyoming Lodge No 76 of the Knights of Pythias invite visiting members, with chairs and secretaries named. Modern Brotherhood of America group at Yeoman hall hosts regular sessions, with president and secretary listed. Also details for Bright and Nobles Muscatine Castle, Eagle Lodge No 10, Muscatine Lodge No 5, Daughters of Ruth Miriam Lodge 27, Prairie Encampment 6, and Elks Lodge No 304 including times, locations, and officers.
A bold sales pitch promises buyers they can turn rent payments into equity and own a home. It urges immediate action to begin saving now, claiming the property is highly desirable and attainable through continued rent payments.
Fraternal Association Bloomington Council No 175 meets Fridays at hall above H F Bodman’s Grocery corner Second and Chestnut streets all members in good standing invited. Knights of Cols?vaire Laurent Council No 1305 meets second and fourth Fridays monthly. Woodbine Camp No 142 Royal Neighbors of America meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays. Muscatine Aer ie No 815 meets Tuesday evenings 7 30 at Oxcee Lodge hall. Modern Woodmen camp No 106 meets Tuesday evenings at Woodmen hall Olds Block. Ranyer Lodge Degree of Monro meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at Yeoman hall. Rock Island System timetables show Sunday close, with June 18 1909 changes. Davenport to Chicago services and California Special connections to Kansas City and El Paso listed.
Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Rateway effective June 6, 1909 lists southwest limited and local passenger trains both eastbound and westbound with listed times. Daily service includes freight trains and varying departures for Chicago to Kansas City routes and local stops, with occasional Sunday exceptions.
A damaged OCR fragment shows several train numbers and times such as No 401 Local passenger and No 823 Local Freight, including entries like 730 am from West and No 492 Local Passenger with unclear details. Another line mentions No 82 Local Freight arriving at 4 00 pm.
Fractured timetable shows numbered trains with arrival and departure times between Muscatine and surrounding towns including Fruitland Garden City Grandview and Wapello. Obscured OCR renders many digits and place names, but indicates schedule segments for No 1 No 2 and No 3 with morning and afternoon times.
Market report from Chicago shows open high and low bids for wheat corn oats and fats with December and May futures. Cash prices listed for wheat corn oats and hogs with receipts and cars received today and estimated tomorrow. Continuous data includes hogs and lard with noted close values and volumes.
Chicago and New York markets detail grain and poultry pricing. Wheat futures and cash quotes appear for No. 2 red and hard varieties with varying grades and prices. New York live poultry markets show steady live prices for chickens, fowls, and turkeys, alongside dressed product ranges.
Chicago market desk reports December wheat futures opening at 1.16 and 1.13 for December and May respectively with highs near 1.16 and 1.134 and closes around 1.16 and 1.11. Corn and oats show steady fractional gains with December and May values. Pork, lard, ribs, rye cash, barley cash, timothy and clover prices listed with March timothy and current forage values.
Tivwe market report from Chicago shows cattle receipts around 6000 with steady ranges from 4.00 to 8.50 for beeves and 3.00 to 5.50 for cows and heifers. Hog receipts near 25900 with bid ranges from 7.95 to 8.60 for various handling categories. Sheep data ends unfinished in the fragment.
A terse OCR snippet shows itemized prices with figures such as 7 fy yon tin 18,000 steady 3.60 and lambs 5.75 8.40, suggesting commodity price listings or market quotes without full context. The fragment references quantities and values but lacks complete labels or dates.
Chicago on December 21 reports butter firm with creamery and dairy prices ranging from 25 to 35 cents. Eggs steady with 3,000 receipts. market includes at mark cases with 25 to 30 cents, firsts at 35 cents, prime firsts at 36 to 4 cents.
New York market notes limited and incomplete grain quotes. Wheat futures for December show a price around 1.25 dollars. Corn figures are unclear with fragmented data and missing details.
Chicago December 21 poultry prices show a firm market with turkeys at 17 cents, chickens at 13 cents, and three springs at 13 cents.
New York reports firmer tone in dairy trading with butter and creamery specials moving at 37 to 38 cents per pound and extras at 36 cents. Egg receipts reach 9,000 with grade prices at 36 38 cents for extra firsts, 32 35 cents for firsts, and 29 31 cents for seconds.
St Louis report from December 21 shows grain prices with Wheat at 1.15 dollars per bushel for December, Corn at 62 1/2 cents, and Oats at 44 1/4 cents, reflecting a modest change in futures values.
Peoria Illinois market bulletin notes corn pricing with No. 3 grade at six sixty. Grain price data reflects local exchange conditions as of December 21 with typical daily variations and standard market notation.
Live stock prices show choice heavy eight dollars, rough heavy seven fifty, cows and heifers three to three fifty, lambs five to six dollars, veal calves around five dollars, bulls two. Hay and grain lists wide ranges for corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, bran and meal. Produce prices include butter, eggs, oysters, poultry, and various fruits and vegetables with figures per unit or per quantity.
The listing shows assorted goods with prices: tomatoes at ai per unit, meats including sausage 15c, beefsteak 12 15c, spring chickens 18c, beef roast 10 12c, pork 15 17c, tenderloins 32c, sliced ham 20 25c per lb, lard 15c per lb, mutton 15 2c, veal 12 20c, bacon 18 25c, beef liver 5c, calf liver 15c, fish items such as bullhead 12c, sturgeon 11 24c, perch 10c, buffalo 5c, catfish 17c, carp 6c, black bass 17c, croppies 6c per lb. Flower Market lists carnations 50c per dozen, roses 1.00 1.50, Americana Beauties 1.50 3.9 dozen, holly 20c per lb.
General practice of law focusing on loans insurance and real estate. Special attention to estate settlements and collections. Abstract of title prepared. Illinois blanks kept on hand. Notary public in office. Office over First National Bank Muscatine Iowa.
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