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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
10
Local brief notes report Hull House defeating the Chicago Met team 27 to 14 in a city game. The page catalogs numerous residents' travels, real estate loan ads, and social notices with frequent departures to nearby towns and returns from visits, plus ads for flour and meals.
Iowa University officials voted to sever all athletic relations with Ames after a protracted meeting centered on the Willett incident. The move ends a long rivalry between the two state schools and reshapes futures in Iowa athletics.
The board of athletic control at the State University of Iowa cuts all athletic ties with Ames College for one year over impure athletics. The Willett incident and Reppert case are cited, with Ames accused of knowingly using an ineligible player and Wolfe Grinnell ties. Fifteen Iowa players received sweaters at a banquet.
TokIto January 11 official announcement confirms Baron Takahira as the new ambassador to the United States to succeed Aoki.
Scores from last evening at the Commercial club bowling tourney on West Second Street were low as players failed to hit usual pace. Jones remains high man with Kranz in second place. B W Smith posted the top score of 464 while singles wrap up tonight and doubles begin after totals average.
President Edmund J. James of Illinois calls a national conference to meet in Urbana on February 4. The meeting will discuss how graduate schools prepare teachers for high schools colleges and universities and for practical professions.
Tommy Murphy sustains a leg ligament strain and cancels his fight with Packey McFarland set for next Tuesday in Muscatine. The injury shocks Gotham fans who planned to travel to see the bout and marks Murphy’s second withdrawal from a McFarland clash.
T W Woods of Russell Indiana departed for home last night after a brief stay in the city. He stopped at the McCoy home and visited John Will on West Fifth street, noting he has not been in the city for fifty years.
Chicago markets report futures prices for wheat corn oats and pork along with cash and hog figures. Wheat May at 106% to 105% and pork January at 12.82 with May 13.40 to 13.52. Hogs closed steady. cattle and sheep receipts and prices listed for the day.
Chicago market notes report May wheat opening around 1.06 with high near 1.05 and close 1.055. July and May futures show varied gaps and closures near 60 and 53. Cash rye at 4.85, barley 1.96, timothy 4.75, clover 17.25, lard 8.05, ribs 7.22, Park May 13.37.
Chicago on January 11 lists Wheat No 2 red at 1.01 to 1.03 dollars per bushel No 3 red 1.00 to 1.01 No 2 hard 1.01 to 1.08 and No 3 hard 99 and 1.06 Corn No 3 and No 3 yellow priced at 56
Butter was steady at 20 to 29 cents, dairy prices ranged 18 to 25 cents, and eggs held at 24 to 26 cents. The market notes January 11 in Chicago.
Chicago market reports weaker poultry with turkeys at 8 to 11 and chickens around 916. Springs show figures and new on produce market. New York wheat May at 1.13 percent and corn at 695 percent.
New York markets show live poultry prices for chickens 12 cents, fowls 13, turkeys 14, dressed poultry 13 to 30 cents for chickens and 12 to 15 cents for turkeys, fowls 10 to 14 cents. Butter firm with creamery specials 8 to 9 cents, dairies 19 to 23 cents. Eggs easy with firsts 26 ¼ cents and seconds 25 to 26 cents.
St. Louis markets report May wheat at 1.04 percent, corn trading around 57 to 57 4?4 cents, oats at 52. Prices reflect limited trading with small gains despite uneven demand.
Peoria market notes on January 11 show No. 3 yellow corn trading at 55 cents per bushel. Prices reflect typical grain trading in the Peoria area with no unusual volatility reported.
Bank report records loans down 315.722 million while deposits rise 5.185 million and reserves up 18.389 million. Surplus grows by 17.594 million and ex-US deposits increase 216.809 million.
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