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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1908

Page

8

Wilton Wilton News Woman's Club Meeting Holiday Items

The Wilton News reports the Woman's Club met at Mrs. Latchaw with a program including Roll Call Christmas sentiment piano solos papers on Italy and industrial Italy readings and vocal duets. The column then lists numerous local residents arriving visiting or traveling for the holidays including Eda and Anna Dietz J McElroy Ruby Goldstone Mrs Johnsonback Vera Miller Reva Atwill Chas Ayres Marion Kerr and family Mrs Dwyer Pratt and others visiting Muscatine Davenport and St Louis for holidays.

Winton Jn. Vec Woman’s Club J. W. Walker Tri-Cities Ruby Goldstone Iowa City Johnsonback Moscow Olive Hain Muscatine Henry Ficken E. Friederichsen Vera Miller Davenport Vera Mason Reva Atwill Chas. Ayres South Dakota B. Ayres R. Schoeder Marion Kerr Pipestone Minn Kerr Mary Rogers Derby D. J. Dwyer Elizabeth Pratt West Liberty Ridenour Ula Brown St. Louis Willis Rynearson

Left to Right Theme In Sports Metaphor Persists

A veteran commentator observes the halfback’s pivot from left to right as a core instinct, noting that cultures and ancient sun worship influence the belief that actions should progress in that direction. The reflection ties motion on the field to timeless habit and reading patterns.

Superstitions on Turning and Sun Worship in Daily Life

A passage notes beliefs about turning a handle to spoil batter and reversing motions to avoid heaviness. It mentions whalers reorienting movements at voyage start and links sun worship to primal human religion, with an Exchange quotation reflecting these ideas.

What She Inherited Left Handed Manicurist Claims Ancestry

The speaker argues handedness is inherited noting that their mother grandfather and great grandfather were left handed. He insists left handedness runs in families and cites personal lineage as proof while claiming manicure skill with the left hand is equally possible.

Mappy Hunters Ground

A reading of a Yonker Statesman fragment notes a conservative view on married women avoiding clubs for meals, implying moral expectations and social norms of the time. The dialogue contrasts domestic roles with public leisure.

Yonker Statesman

Muscatine High School Five Faces Brutal January March Schedule

Muscatine High School basketball team faces thirteen games in twelve weeks per the December Auroran. They travel to Rock Island Cedar Rapids Washington Ottumwa and West Liberty and host Waterloo Ottumwa and town foes with a potential post season. A local YMCA series is planned and strong opponents loom.

Muscatine High School Auroran Rock Island Jan Waterloo Muscatine Ottumwa Town City

Market report from Chicago reflects mixed grain and livestock moves

Chicago markets show wheat corn oats and oats futures with May and December bids. Pork hogs and lard trade steady to higher with several price points across fats and ribs, while cattle and sheep receipts and prices vary by grade and region.

Chicago Poultry Market Prices Report

Chicago Ill December 23 poultry prices listed firm with turkeys at 16 cents per pound chickens ilk 13 cents per pound springs.

Chicago Ill

Chicago Produce Market Butter Egg Prices

Butter steady at creameries 22 31c and dairies 21% 25c. Eggs firm with Firsts at 30c. Chicago market report dated December 23.

Chicago

New York Produce Market Prices and Receipts

Butter firm with receipts of 3 000 pounds and creamery quotes around 32 1 32 cents. Eggs firm with 5 000 receipts. firsts 33 cents, seconds 31 32. Poultry market steady with live birds irregular. chickens to 12 ¾ cents, turkeys 10 to 16 cents. Dressed products show springs 16 20, fowls 11 14, spring turkeys 18 23 cents.

New York N. Y

New York and St Louis Grain Markets Report

New York market December 23 shows Wheat May at 67 cents, Corn steady. St Louis market December 23 lists Wheat May at 1.06 dollars, Corn at 49 1/2 cents, Oats at 50 1/2 cents.

New York St. Louis

Peoria Corn Market Report

Peoria Illinois December 23 corn market for No 3 grade quoted at 57 5e. Muscatine markets list corn at 55 to 60 cents.

Peoria Ill

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