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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1908
Page
8
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John Gatton of West Liberty and Arthur Wilcox of Fruitland visited the city today on business and friends respectively. McColm Dry Goods Co. promotes spring suits and jackets with Teddy Bear window display. Miss Carry Neil and Miss Mae Neil travel from Letts and Buffalo respectively. Bijou hosts gift drawing next Saturday.
Announcements of births, visits, and family news fill the column. Advertisers McQuesten Sawyer Co. and McCorm Dry Goods Co. promote low prices, new spring merchandise, and a free ware giveaway. Local residents return home from Sundays in nearby towns as various permissions and loans are offered by J. E. Stevenson.
Professional men with high mental demand exhaust brain and nerve cells quickly. Coffee is harmful to them, but a 10 day break and switching to Pos tum, a drug free beverage made from wheat with vital phosphate, supports nerve building. There’s a Reason.
We extend heartfelt thanks for kindness and sympathy shown during the sickness and death of our wife and mother Nathan Ball and Children.
Mrs. Sam Vetter died at Shey hospital after a year of illness linked to influenza and pleurisy. Her brother George Callenberger remains seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia nearby. Two houseboats two miles away shelter ill children, including Pearl Callenberger with typhoid fever. Mrs. Vetter leaves a husband and four children. funeral set for 2 pm tomorrow at Island church.
Today’s market report shows Wheat May 96% 97% range and Corn May at 61% 62% with oats May around 53% to 54% in early trading. Hog and rib prices drifted lower with hogs closing 15 cents down at 4.37. Estimated futures for tomorrow list wheat 28, corn 395, oats 227, hogs 47000.
The report lists price ranges and figures for commodities and livestock. Highlights show highest 5414 and lowest 5314 with closing 5356, plus July old 457 percent, May 11.95, lard 7.47 to 7.50, ribs 6.50 to 6.52, rye cash 82, barley 78 to 93, timothy March 4.80, and clover noted as nothing doing.
Chicago on February 10 shows wheat prices across grades with No 2 red at 95 to 97 percent, No 3 red 94 to 96, No 2 hard 95 to 101, No 3 hard 95 to 99, No 3 at 52, No 3 white 54 to 54, No 3 yellow 54 to 54, and No 3 white at 50 to 52 percent.
Chicago today reports cattle receipts at 31 000 with prices 10 to 15 cents lower. Beeves total 33 654 with cows and heifers 3 50 to 4 50, stockers 2 50 to 4 50, westerners 3 75 to 4 50. Hog receipts 78 000 down 10 to 15 cents with light 4 05 to 4 35, mixed 4 10 to 4 37, heavy 4 10 to 4 40, bulk 4 25 to 4 35. Sheep receipts 28 000 down 10 cents with mutton 3 20 to 5 40, lambs 5 00 to 6 90, yearlings 5 25 to 6 25.
Chicago price report shows firm poultry market with turkeys at 12 cents, chickens at 12 cents, and springs at 12 cents. The data reflects steady demand in the Chicago market as of February 10.
Chicago markets show butter steady with creamery prices 22 to 33, dairies 21 to 29, eyes easy 14 to 20 percent. New York market reports butter firm with creamery specials 34 to 44 cents, extra 34, thirds to firsts 25 to 33, dairies 21 to 26, process seconds 23 to 26, factory firsts 23, imitation creamery 25 to 27, eyes easy 23 to 25.
New York market report shows dressed poultry steady with chickens at 10 17 cents per pound, turkeys 12 17 cents, and fowls 19 13 and a half cents as buyers maintain cautious demand.
Wheat May corn 57 percent oats 39 percent noted in St Louis market report dated February 19. The brief item lists commodity prices for wheat corn and oats without further context.
Peoria market note from February 10 lists corn No. 3 priced at 54.
Commodity and livestock prices listed for Corn Oats Wheat and other grains with retail and per cwt figures. Includes eggs butter hay and packing stock prices plus detailed live stock bids for cattle calves lambs sheep and hogs from Muscatine Produce Co and local poultry and vegetable items with unit prices.
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