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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1906
Page
7
Local items report visits, returns, and travel for Davenport residents and nearby towns. Notables include Miss Sadie Kuebier returning from Davenport, Miss Florence McColm visiting Letts, and Mrs. Doral Landt leaving for Long Grove. Holiday events feature a Grand Opera House musicale and a concert with listed vocalists, plus pancake flour in town.
Geneva Golf and Country club members invited to a banquet and smoker hosted by Captain John Sterneman and team captain W. L. Roach at 7:30 p.m. December 27. L. G. Burnett named toast master with brief speeches and anecdotes planned. Robert L. Thompson sent invitations. all city players expected.
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by a cure advertised to relieve bladder and back pain in both sexes. Claims immediate relief from water retention. Sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
Chicago wheat quotations from December 22 show No. 2 red at 7 to 7 1/2 cents, No. 3 red 71 3/4 to 74 1/4 cents, No. 2 hard 73 1/2 to 74 cents, No. 3 hard 71 3/4 to 74 cents. December futures opened 77 1/2 to 78 cents, touched 7 1/4, and closed around 75 cents.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts 400 steady with Beeves 4.00 to 6.99, cows and heifers 1.50 to 5.10, stockers and feeders 2.40 to 4.50, Texans 2.55 to 4.50. Hogs receipts 18 000 down about five cents. mixed and butchers 5.95 to 6.25, good heavy 6.15 to 6.25, rough heavy 5.80 to 6.25, light 5.85 to 6.20, bulk 6.05 to 6.29. Sheep receipts 1 500 steady 3.75 to 5.60, lambs 4.75 to 7.65.
Butter steady at creameries 22 3c to 23c and dairies 20 to 27c. Eggs steady at 21 to 24c. Chicago market report noting prices for December 22 with creamery and dairy ranges.
Chicago market report states poultry steady with turkeys at 12 cents, chickens at 9 cents, and springs at 6 cents.
New York December 22 bank statement reports banks hold 5,280,900 more than legal reserve. Loans decreased 483,000 while deposits rose 4,587,400. Reserve increased 6,126,800 and surplus jumped 4,979,950 to surpass last week’s 1,699,000 deficit. Ex US deposits climbed 5,320,000.
The Misses M and K Zeug announce a move from West Second Street to the Waide Building next Monday. The larger space, formerly occupied by J S Coleman Clothing, will allow better handling of growing millinery business.
Gladwin Iowa residents note visits from Wabner of Muscatine and the Coltons at the Hancher and Shafer homes. The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Railway replaces piling bridges with cement structures here. Harley Cherowinker and relatives visit Muscatine, and Will Boyd welcomes a baby boy.
Muscatine defeats Fairfield 35 to 26 in a high fouling game at Fairfield. Wisecarver led Fairfield with 16 of 26 free throws while A Asthalter and Hayes contributed several baskets for the visitors as officials called 57 fouls in 40 minutes.
Grace church hosts a Monday 7 PM Christmas program with devotional service dialogues recitations and songs and an offering for orphans. Juniors perform The Trial of Santa Claus and Santa Claus Guests cantata at M E church Christmas Eve. Muscatine County Farmers Institute closes with readings by Faye Ayres Newton Lang and Margaret Hoskins and a talk by F D Steen urging farmers to improve.
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