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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1909
Page
9
A small classified notice urges readers to donate or sell a stove to needy families on city outskirts or riverfront areas. It suggests placing a brief ad to connect buyers or donors, highlighting that many would pay a fair price or benefit a family in need during winter. The message encourages acts of generosity and community support.
A dense listing of fraternal organizations in Muscatine detailing meeting nights at Yeoman Hall and local lodges. Invites extended to visiting members with officers named, including Mosquitoing Tribe No 05 Knights of Pyhtyas Wyoming Lodge No 76 and Homesteaders Pearl City Homestead No 218.
THOS BROWN ATTORNEY AT LAW General practice of law loans Insurance and real estate Special attention to settlements of estates and abstracts of title In office over First National Bank Muscatine Iowa DR HW M DRAN Office room 408 MWershey Balldin floor Take elevator entrance on Lees street residence 605 West Third street Both phones in residence One line for office G ML TITUS ATTORNEY AT LAW Successor to Titus & Jackson 213 Town Ave Practice in all courts Settlements of estates a specialty Money Invested without charge
The timetable lists Rock Island System routes with departures and arrivals for Chicago, Davenport, Kansas City, and multiple branch lines. It includes eastward and westward schedules, freight and passenger services, and notes on effective dates and exceptions, with details for connections at Garden City, Grandview, Wapello, and other stations.
Daily market snapshot delivered from A Frenzel with commodity figures for Wheat Corn Oats and livestock. Includes bids closes and receipts, with prices across Dec and May contracts and cash grain values.
New York markets report butter steady to firm with 4 800 receipts and creamery prices from 23 36c and factory 24G 25c. Eggs easier with 8 100 receipts and firsts at 24 de. Grain shows Wheat Dec at 1.22% and Corn at TOWwC. Poultry in New York alive easy with chickens 15c fowls 15 0c turkeys 15 23c. dressed 16%4 22c with fowls 13 1ve and turkeys 22 24he. St Louis Wheat Dec 1.74, Corn 63 %c, Oats 44%4c. Peoria Corn No 3 60c.
Muscatine live stock and grain markets show hogs at heavy 8.00, light 7.55, rough 7.50, stags 7.00. cattle and sheep with steers 5.00–6.00, cows 3.00–3.50, lambs 5.00–6.00, veal calves 4.50–5.00. Grain quotes include New corn 60–65c, wheat 1.00–1.15, oats 50c, barley 70c, rye 75–80c, shorts 1.20–1.96, oilmeal 1.88–1.90, shelled corn 60–65c. Produce items list fresh eggs, butter, poultry, and fruits with various per-unit prices. retail section lists potatoes 60c per bu, sugar 5.55 for 100 lb, eggs 28–30c, assorted vegetables and fruits, and meats with multiple cuts and prices. Market notes also reference Carnations, Roses, and American Hyndles pricing in the florist section.
Wheat prices opened high and closed near $1.16 for Dec and $1.10 for May. Pork and rye figures listed with cash and March values. Cattle receipts at 7,000 with weak notable, hogs at 20,000 higher, sheep at 10,000 steady.
A fragmented OCR shows rail and bus listings for Wilton and surrounding cities including Kansas City, Fort Worth, Muscatine, and Chicago. It references local passenger trains No. 61 62 16 17 26, mall express No. 1, freights, and times around 0:35 pm to 8:20 pm with routes to Kansas City and Wilton, lacking complete context.
G Stein president and D V Jackson vice president of PRS National Bank list officers and surplus of 65000 with 50000 capital. Directors include D V Jackson J R Routing R K Smith J Carskaddan S M Hughes and others. Safety Deposit Vault boxes for rent offered.
In West Buffalo Prairie Illinois on a December Sunday and through the week, residents such as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Vanatta visited relatives, Henry Potter had callers, Oakley McGinnis recovered from illness, and multiple trips occurred to Muscatine and Joy for shopping, business, and Santa plans. Families like the Powells, Potters, McGinnises, Reeds, Rich ards, and Lutz were noted at various gatherings, farm tasks, and visits.
In the seventeenth century Chinese immigrants introduced seed rice to Formosa. They cultivated it using Chinese methods, yielding larger quantities and better grain than the local Formosan varieties. The Formosans adopted the Chinese cultivation methods.
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