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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1909
Page
10
A bustling column notes Cand y Kitchen offerings and daily confections. Local residents and visitors including Miss Marguerite Nicola and Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sand visit relatives, with names linked to Nich ols Montpelier and East Third street in a lively social registro.
A period ad promotes Diapepsin from Pape for digestion relief. It explains fermentation and undigested food cause symptoms like fullness, heartburn, nausea, and headaches and promises cure after a few days of use. It targets both men and women and urges readers to buy a 50 cent case.
Dr W J Smith of Sanders Alabama advocates Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for pneumonia lungs. He says it controls the trouble in all cases he has treated and he and his wife have used it for coughs and colds. He recommends it as superior to other cough remedies and notes it is sold by all druggists.
The Muscatine Y M C A hosts a Monday meeting to discuss forming a permanent Muscatine branch of the National Red Cross Society. W R C officers urge public attendance at 3 30 PM, aiming to start relief work promptly and forward church funds to Washington.
The Bricklayers' union held a New Year’s Eve gathering where newly elected officers were installed. A smoker and social time followed the ceremony.
Open and close figures for May and July wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and hogs listed with highs lows and daily changes. Poultry butter eggs and cash grain prices noted along with cattle hogs and sheep receipts and prices in Chicago and New York markets.
New York January 2 poultry market report shows alive stock quiet. Chickens 12 to 13 cents, fowls 13 cents, turkeys 12 to 18 cents. Dressed meat prices steady with chickens 16 to 20 cents, fowls 11 to 14 cents, turkeys 22 to 23 cents.
St Louis grain market reports show May wheat at 1.08 per bushel and corn at 60¼ cents with coats at 50 percent. Peoria market lists No 3 corn at 57 1/2 cents.
Bank statement from New York reports loans declined by 3 525 000 dollars while deposits fell by 1 284 000 dollars. Reserve rose by 3 714 000 dollars and surplus increased by 4 024 000 dollars. Ex U S deposits grew by 3 811 000 dollars.
Local market report lists corn at 55 60c, oats 45c, wheat 80c to 85c, and various feeds. Live stock values show choice cattle heavy $5.50, light $5.25, steers $5.0, cows $3.00 3.40, sheep $3.00 4.00, lambs $4.00 4.60. Produce prices include butter 19c lb, eggs 28c, poultry and vegetables with assorted per unit costs. Meat and fish prices follow typical retail rates. wood and coal markets quote cord prices for hardwoods and soft wood.
Chicago January 2 butter prices remain steady creamery at 22 32c dairies 21 27c reports show stable market for dairy fat in Chicago stalls with no major shifts observed in bidding or availability.
A long catalog of musical selections and instrument instruction titles with prices. Includes waltzes marches operatic excerpts and piano violin vocal books plus varying prices and publishers listed alongside.
A promotional line invites listeners to come in and hear Mr. Edison’s “new Phonograph Records” regardless of owning a machine. The blurb promises delight and curiosity about the evolving phonograph technology.
Advert says the Columbia Double Disc fits any disc machine and offers two records in one. Encourages buyers not to spend further money on records until seeing the new format.
An infection ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for burns piles and sores. The ad quotes Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store selling the product for 25 cents.
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