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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
6
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Society cards list regular meetings for Masonic bodies Iowa Lodge No 2 Washington Chapter No 4 Webb Council Royal and Select Masters De Molay Commandery No 1 K T with meeting dates and officers including E P Ingham W M J H Pitchforth BE P L Johnson secretary A W Scott BE C W H Graf recorder A E Othmer T I M and S L Johnson.
A catalog of local fraternal groups lists meetings and officers in Muscatine. Various lodges including Electa Chapter No 32, Pocahontas Romona Council No 52, Knights of Pythias Wyoming Lodge No 76 and Muscatine Lodge No 5 announce regular meeting nights, halls, and contact names for presidents, secretaries, and keepers of records. Additional groups include Elks Lodge No 304, Fraternal Aid Association Bloomington, Rend City Lodge 1438, Fraternal Bankers Reserve, Banner Lodge Degree of Honor, Knights of Columbus Laurent Council No 1305, City Homestead No 219, Marquantine Lodge 35, American Nobles Muscatine Council, and American Women’s Brotherhood of American Yeomen.
Quotations from E W Wagner Co show wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and hog prices with open high low and close figures. Cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges are noted with cars received today and expected tomorrow. Western live stock and Northwestern receipts are listed alongside visible supply changes.
Wheat May opened 96 96 1/8 highest 96 1/8 lowest 95 1/4 closed 95 1/8 July 93 Corn May opened 84 1/2 highest 48 1/2 lowest 47 1/2 closed 47 1/2 July 48 1/4 Oats May opened 34 34 highest 34 lowest 31 1/2 closed 34 1/2 July 34 Rye cash 80 1/2 Barley 60 84 Timothy 8.00 9.75 Clover cash 10.00 14.25 Park Jan 19.70 Lard 10.70 Ribs 10.45
Creameries 23 29c. Dairies 21 25c. Eggs steady. Receipts 1,600. At mark cases included 19% 22c. Firsts 29c. Prime firsts 31c. teats.
Chicago December 27 poultry prices show turkeys steady, live 17 cents and dressed 21 cents. Chickens live are listed as licensed and spring varieties at lic.
Butter steady with receipts 4300 dollars. Creamery prices vary from 23 1e to 23 30c. State dairies 21 29c. Process 20 25c. Imitation creamery 23 24c. Factory 21 23c. Eggs easy with receipts 6000 dollars. Western gathered whites 33 40c. Fresh gathered extra firsts 25 6c. Firsts 33 34c. Seconds 28 32c.
New York December 27 poultry market reports dressed meat weak with chickens at 12 to 18 cents per pound fowls 12 to 15 cents and turkeys 18 to 22 cents per pound.
New York and St Louis grain markets report May wheat at 1.01 and 1/ percent, corn around 55 1/2 cents in New York, and 96 1/2 to 711 cents in St Louis with corn about 47 cents and oats at 3 35 cents.
Peoria Illinois corn market reports No 2 yellow corn at 42 43 ½ cents per bushel with bids and trade activity noted.
Wheat quotes across grades range from 32% to 96c. Cattle receipts 3,500 with gains noted. hogs 15,990 with mixed to higher bids. sheep receipts 10,900 with gentle rises. Muscatine live stock and produce markets show varied prices for hogs, cattle, lambs, and grain, plus retail produce and eggs across local markets.
Visiting neighbors in good playing always welcome. Mrs Myrtie se ceiver.
A scanned price list shows items such as ducks and geese at 17 cents each, pickles sour and sweet at 10 and 6 cents per dozen respectively, and various fish including catfish 17 cents per pound, perch 10 cents per pound, sunfish 10 cents per pound, buffalo 10 cents per pound, black bass 17 cents per pound, bullhead cat 15 cents per pound, white fish 17 cents per pound, halibut 17 cents per pound, trout 17 cents per pound, and smoked sardines 17 cents per pound.
Chicago report shows weak demand for steers after Christmas as packers closed plants. Tops reached 6.90, 1,300 to 1,450 lb steers sold 6.25 to 6.60, calves weak, cows and heifers firmer, bulk 3.50 to 4.25, bulls 3.75 to 4.50, feeder stock light and steady from week end.
Chicago December 27 livestock arrivals were light for the holiday trade. Market open as Eastern shippers promised demand while packers debated openness. Cattle steady to 10 cents higher with top at 6.90 for choice 1398 lb beeves. Hogs firm then 5 cents higher, tops 7.95. Sheep and lambs largely held off with hope for better Tuesday. Monday receipts show cattle down 5,000, hogs down 5,400, sheep down 14,100 versus week ago. Compared with last year, cattle fell 4,700, hogs rose 12,700, sheep fell 1,900.
A small sheep and lamb sale in Chicago shows a modest 15 to 25 cent rise for select weighty lots while many offerings sat unsold. About 8 000 head arrived and traded quickly with prime lambs at 6.50, wethers up to 4.25, heavy yearlings 5.10 and light stock around 5.40, while thriftier grades fell to 2 3.75.
Chicago hog receipts were put at about 27 000 then 25 000 as trade opened slow yet steady and advanced 5 cents before finishing weak. About 6 000 hogs remained in pens with packers cautious and late demand. Armour and Swift bought unevenly as packing hogs averaged 210 to 260 pounds at 7.78 to 7.88, with lighter lots at 7.95 and 140 pound pigs at 8 dollars. General average prices rose 2 cents from Saturday and 20 cents from the prior week.
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