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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
6
Chicago market notes hogs at eight dollars again after days of declines with most trades at that advance. Cattle turnout quiet at Monday levels with buyers active due to expected midweek run. Best steers reached 6.35, lambs up about 10 cents, western fed lambs at 6.60, yearlings 5.50. Week’s receipts show cattle down 9,200, hogs down 12,300, sheep down 16,500 versus last week.
Chicago December 28 hog market opened near Monday’s levels but weakened by session end. Prime 194 265 lb hogs traded around 8.00 early and below 7.95 late, with most butchers 7.85 to 7.90 and light hogs 7.80 to 7.90. Packers cleared offerings as 6,000 left in speculative hands, 3,000 shippers bought. overall range narrow and 6,000 estimated remaining.
Unchanged steer prices from Monday prevailed in Chicago trading on December 28. bulk sales ranged from 4.85 to 5.60 per cwt with few steers topping 6.00. Demand was down as buyers held back amid quiet activity and steadier tone in the market.
Property offers a 40 acre farm with new house and barn two acres of pasture twenty eight acres of plow land small fruit black soil near Black Hawk Tower three miles from Rock Island. Owner seeks low price or city property in Muscatine with small down payment. See H M Bartlett attorney over old Post Office Muscatine Iowa for details.
Weekly cash pay for agents with free outfit and home territory. No cash investment or experience needed. Hawks Nursery Co of Wauwatosa Wisconsin offering steady work earning 15 to 30 dollars weekly. Elderly lady sought for work and companionship, two in family. High prices paid for hides and raw furs by J Greenblatt at 519 East 2nd Street. Baraca Bible Class at First Baptist Church seeks 300 men each Sunday at 9 45 am for steady work and good prospects.
Open high low close quotations from James Wagner Co show wheat at 91 to 96 cents, corn at 46 to 48 cents, oats around 31 to 34 cents, with pork priced near 19.60 for January and rib and lard futures noted. Hogs and cattle receipts and price ranges are listed with regional market details for Chicago Omaha Minneapolis and Kansas City.
Chicago markets report wheat May trading from 96 to 95 percent, July at 92 percent. May and July futures for corn and oats show 47 to 48 cents and 33 to 34 cents, with Park and Lard futures for January at 19.45 and 10.40 respectively and rye cash at 80 to 81 cents.
Grain prices for various classes and qualities listed with No 2 and No 3 grades across red white and yellow varieties. Prices shown in cents per bushel with percent figures indicating basis or premiums.
Butter steady with creamery prices 23 to 29 cents and dairies 21 to 25 cents. Eggs steady with receipts of 4,100. At mark cases 19 22 cents, firsts 29 cents, prime firsts 31 cents.
Poultry markets in Chicago show firm pricing on December 28. Live turkeys at 17 cents, dressed 21 cents. live fowls at 11 cents. springs at 11 4 cents.
New York markets report tepid activity in dairy and eggs. Creamery butter prices drift with varying grades between 23 and 28 cents. Egg receipts reach about 11,000 while overall demand remains barely steady amid 9,200 total market receipts.
New York market reports alive poultry steady with chickens 12 12 1 2 cents, fowls 13 4 1 4 cents, turkeys 14 18 cents. Dressed poultry easy with chickens 11 18 cents, fowls 11 15 cents, turkeys 16 23 cents.
New York grain notes show Wheat for May at 1.01 and Corn May at 55 4/ cents in early trading.
St Louis market report for December 28 shows wheat May at 97 97e, corn May at 46 46e, and oats May at 32c with standard market quotes. Prices reflect typical grain trading levels in the St. Louis market for the period.
Peoria Illinois December 28 corn price updates show No 3 yellow at 42 3/4 to 43 cents per bushel with market activity described.
Market quotes list livestock and feed prices including choice and heavy beef, veal calves, bulls, sheep, lambs, and cows. Feed items cover hay, straw, grains, corn meal, flour, and assorted by the bag, ton, or barrel. produce shows country butter, packed butter, eggs, and poultry values.
Electa Chapter No 32 meets on the second and fourth Mondays with Mrs Hallie Pitchforth W M and Miss Emme Manlove as secretary. Pocahontas Romona Council No 52 meets first and third Fridays at the Maccabee Hall with Mrs Emil Kranz as Pocahontas and Lydia Young as collector of wampum and Mrs Isabel Norton keeper of records.
Wyoming Lodge No 76 of the Knights of Pythias meets each Friday at 7 30 PM in the K P building on Iowa avenue. Visiting brethren are invited to attend. Signed F P Hibbard C C BF L Biblmeier K of B and 8
Muscatine area fraternal groups list weekly meeting nights and locations at Woodmen hall and Yeoman hall. Groups include Modern Woodmen of America Court No. 677 and Bend City Lodge No. 148 M B A with officers named and visiting members invited. Muscatine Tribe No. 95 Red Men meet Thursday evenings. Pioneer and D of R lodges also noted with meeting times and contact initials.
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