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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1913
Page
9
Markets reflect rising interest in Argentine crops as traders assess futures in Buenos Aires and Chicago. Wheat prices fluctuated with nerves in the market while corn and oats moved with stockyard trends. reports note weather conditions and local demand shaping the day’s activity.
Fragmented OCR lists grain categories and markets including Galveston and Galveston area references. Mentions mixed old varieties and steady futures with months and numbers obscured. Overall item appears as a routine market summary with scattered place names and commodity types.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Peoria grain market in Peoria Massachusetts listing corn types and various lot counts. References include white corn, mixed AGM items, and multiple coded lot descriptors with uncertain spellings and prices.
Grain prices from St Louis show bids for wheat Missouri bread variety at 11.08 per bushel, 01.25 for another sample. No 2 hard and No 2 white quoted with slight price differences. Market notes mention Ontario and other No 2 grades with minor adjustments.
Fragmented OCR report from New York Produce Market listing butter receipts 1 117 boxes and 4 526 enees plus frost receipts and refrigerator trade notes. Mentions Michigan Minnesota and Illinois markets with poultry and turkey notes and varied prices.
Fragmentary market notes from New York and Kansas City showing raw sugar prices at $2.98 per unit and 36 tenths at $9.48, with Sussex quoted at £2.73 and references to steady demand, while Kansas City reports unchanged butter and related commodities.
In New York the market showed broad confidence with buying in many stocks and gains in several leading issues. Bonds were irregular as traders absorbed mixed signals, while the Chicago live stock markets reported steady cattle and hogs despite slower overall demand.
Market data from Kansas City shows cattle receipts around 7,000 heads with steady prices for native cattle and heifers near 8.50 to 6.50. hogs noted around 6.00 to 7.00 per hundredweight and sheep receipts around 10? with prices near 4.00 to 7.60. Strong activity seen in bulls, packers, and feeders, with overall market steady to lower on select lots.
South Omaha and St Louis markets show cattle receipts around 4 300 and 4 900 with prices varying. Native cattle, cows and heifers, calves and hogs feature mostly steady to higher trends, while lambs and mutton show weakness in contrasts with buyer activity. St Louis reports mixed results on cattle and sheep with higher prices on select lots and broad market movement. Sheep, hogs, and lambs fluctuate across regions amid steady to lower selling patterns. Wool markets in St Louis show moderate movement with midrange prices for various grades.
Market reports from Muscatine list bids and prices for cattle hogs and poultry. Prices cover chickens ducks turkeys geese and pigeons with totals for poultry and whole market items including eggs cheese butter potatoes and various produce.
An advertisement lists several small cheap farms near Muscatine suitable for vegetables and poultry raising with options for improved or unimproved land priced at 442. It also notes a 2 acre dairy farm in Sweatland Township for sale and a tobacco related item. The ad then lists multiple produce and meat prices including figs bananas mixed nuts honey onions carrots parley radishes beets cauliflower string beans cranberries and roast beef with weights and units.
Auction notice for a horse sale listing about 160 head of horses and mares or stalls. Claims best market in the country and assures buyers will be present. Sale starts at 19030 a.m. with W F P Larew & Son as organizers and T H Ashton as clerk.
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