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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
8
Hull House beat Chicago Meteors 27 to 14 at the Armory as local plans note Hull House vs Co. C games. Several residents, including Miss Hattie Duncan and Miss Zella Van Ausdal, travel for visits while others shop and socialize in Davenport and Fruitland.
The Muscatine county naturalization record notes fifteen received citizenship this year including Germans and Russians, with seven Germans and six Russians among those naturalized. Several filed declaration papers with others from Denmark Holland Italy and Turkey.
Local saloon keepers discuss possible reopening under law. Manufacturers say no funds yet, delaying action. Grand jury to convene at court house with Judge Jackson presiding as district court opens with 235 cases and several divorces on docket. Beef prices and assorted groceries listed.
President Roosevelt will withdraw federal troops from Goldfield Nevada shortly after the state legislature starts its special session. A special investigating committee report and a letter to Governor Sparks dated January 4 say troops were not justified by the situation and cite mine operators reducing wages and barring union miners before troops arrived.
Market report from Chicago dated January 13 shows wheat trading near 105 and 104 for May, corn around 58 to 60, oats in 39 to 47 range, and pork and lard futures mixed. Receipts include substantial quantities of wheat, corn, oats, with hogs, cattle, and lambs noted for Chicago live stock markets.
Ithaca N Y Jan 13 Prof Ralph Cattrall of Cornell says money sent from America to the Russian Red Cross ends up with grand dukes and bureaucrats He spent last summer in Russia and claims autocracy rules and liberty seems distant and civilization farther off
Comprehensive price list from Muscatine area markets detailing corn oats wheat and mixed grain prices, retail and per cwt rates for corn meal pop corn bran oil meal shorts and barley. Live stock quotes include beef cattle veal lambs sheep and miscellaneous prices for eggs butter and poultry with per unit terms and units.
Chicago January 13 Poultry market reports steady tones with turkeys at 10 cents and chickens at 9 cents. Springs priced similarly with no major fluctuations observed for the day.
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