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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1900
Page
13
Special dispatch notes mixed grain prices and live stock receipts. Wheat futures mix with May at fractional gains amid steady hog and cattle markets. Cattle and hog receipts listed with opening and closing levels and car lot estimates for tomorrow.
Chicago and New York markets show mixed moves with flour quiet and unchanged in Chicago, wheat and corn higher, oats lower, and butter steady. Potatoes and eggs mix with various regional quotes, while New York lists firmer grain values and steady butter and cheese markets.
Chicago markets report mixed hog and cattle prices with ranges for various grades. Hogs fetch from 3.75 to 4.85 per unit, while cattle include fancy Reeves at 6.60 and good to export steers up to 6.20, with bulls and feeders down to 2.60 and 3.00 respectively.
The Muscatine market report lists prices for wood lime cement coal flour mill stuffs grains and livestock. Wood prices 4.00 to 4.50 per cord pine wood 2.25, hard coal 8.00 to 8.50, soft coal 4.00, flour 1.05 per 48 lb sack, mill shorts 0.80 per 190 lb, corn meal 0.26 to 0.28 per sack, wheat 0.50 to 0.60 per bushel, corn 0.24 to 0.26, oats 0.20 to 0.21, rye 0.40, oats chop 5.00 per 100 lb, hay timothy 8.00 to 9.00, Illinois bottom hay 4.00 to 4.50. Hogs 3.50 to 3.75, sheep 4.00 per head, calves 4.50 to 5.00, cattle 3.50, spring lamb 4 to 5 cents per lb, poultry prices steady with various bird types at 10 to 12.5 cents, butter 15 to 22 cents, creamery 25 cents, eggs 20 cents per dozen, cheese 17 to 20 cents, honey 15 cents per lb or two for 25 cents, sugar 6.00 per 100 pounds. Market described as unsteady.
Ed Patterson, son of a Chicago contractor, claims to know the Robson murderer's identity after spying in Covington. He aided Chief O Shonessy as a stool pigeon, but fled Sioux City after vagrancy arrests and reports that two suspects, William Head and William Leach, escaped due to a poorly kept tip.
The advertisement explains digestion as the process of breaking down food and distributing nourishment via blood. It claims Hood's Sarsaparilla improves digestion, purifies blood, and restores organ function to convert food into strength, addressing dyspepsia and various ailments rooted in impure blood.
The passenger department of the Union Pacific Railway circulates an attractive red and gold leaflet titled To the American Summer Land. It outlines the Overland Limited route and its features including buffet and library cars, a barber shop, Pintsch lighting, and a la carte dining, reflecting the carrier's acclaimed advertising.
Dubuque Iowa January 22 Brother Michael superintendent of the farm of the Trappist Monks at New Melleray twelve miles from Dubuque died yesterday of pneumonia. He worked in the rain last Wednesday and caught cold. He was 38 years old and had been a member of the order for eighteen years. Born in this county in the world he was named John Kelly. He leaves a number of relatives and was one of the most devout members of the order.
The First National Bank covered a draft placed in Mull's Pioneer Cure boxes. The bank paid the one dollar draft when the medicine failed to work for a patient.
Rock Island officials predict trains between Chicago and the Mississippi will soon run at a steady mile per minute. Superintendent Wilson says larger locomotives are needed and outlines plans for 70 ton engines with 80 inch drivers and 20x28 inch cylinders to boost speed and power. Also included are notes on a piece about a working girl’s allowance drawn from Hetty Green.
Letts Review notes Reverend W. H. Mahaffie of the M. E. church has invented a rotary expansion reversible engine. It features constant boiler pressure with quadruple to octuple expansion, no valves to cut off pressure, and no pulsations. Suitable for stationary rotary or rail engines and electrical machinery. praised by the patent department after seven years of study.
In Cedar Rapids, Judge Shiras granted a preliminary injunction to restrain Cedar Rapids from enforcing a water rate reduction ordinance. The Cedar Rapids Water Company suit, brought by stockholder David P. Kimball, requires a $5,000 bond to cover costs and damages if the injunction is overturned.
Mrs. H. W. Cory wife of the Sac County News editor died at 9 this morning in Early Iowa She leaves five children and a husband and the community offers sympathy The funeral is set for Wednesday at 10 a m
An advertisement extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as make sturdy hearts by improving blood quality. It claims rich pure blood fuels strong nerves and lasting endurance for men and women.
Hood's Pills are non irritating and the only cathartic to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla advertised as a combined health remedy for cleansing and improving wellbeing.
The Daily Iowa Capital notes broad public interest in creating a five or seven member library board to promote public libraries in towns. Cedar Rapids lawyer Mr Dawley supports the measure while Senator Titus advocates a five to ten year life for the committee with expenses capped at 2000 dollars annually to avoid permanent status.
All pickle cabbage and tomato growers are asked to attend a farmers meeting at the Heinz factory on Saturday January 27 at 1 PM to reconsider tomato contracts. All growers with contracts are invited to attend as well. Heinz Co.
Mrs Bloomfield is married to Mr Snaggs and Miss Southside. The paper notes a witty exchange about their union with Mr Bloomfield rejecting heaven and calling it a lucifer match.
Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith joke about language misnomers as they discuss a bank teller who refuses to disclose deposit information. The dialogue contrasts a civil engineer with a teller who won’t reveal numbers, highlighting humorous misunderstandings.
Absolutely Safe Investment promises years of experience with no losses and invites potential investors to call or write for opportunities with Titus and Jackson.
An advertisement touts Weeks Break Up A Cold tablets with a no cure no pay claim. The 25 cent price lists J J Havencamp as sole agent for the product.
Mercy cough remedy advertised at 25 cents a bottle with a guarantee by all druggists.
Community calendar items include a turkey dinner at Rescue Hose House, A P O N T social ball, ministerial association meeting at the Y M C A, and a literary program at A M E church. Also reports on weddings, engagements, a Kansas City Kaffir corn contest notice, and changes to city grocer hours starting Thursday night.
Wyoming Lodge No. 76 Knights of Pythias members are told to gather at Castle Hall on Wednesday evening January 24 to arrange attendance at the funeral of deceased brother Sherwood Kerr. J C Coster, Chancellor Commander, issues the notice. Grain O ad promotes a coffee substitute claimed to aid digestion and nerves at cost about the same as coffee, 1c and 2c per package.
In Drakeville Iowa on January 20 farmers report the frost gone from soil, especially on south hills and grassy fields. A local farmer between here and Bloomfield plowed as soil broke up well while water runs off roads and pond ice begins to break up.
Discharges in bankruptcy granted by Judge Shiras to John A. Bownell of Bradford Elmer J. Wells of Nashua Robi. W. Williams of Hartley Loring E. White of Algona Frank W. Burrell of Tama Josephine Avery C. R. N. Shaw of Tama.
An old time druggist ad touts Mull's Lightning Pain Killer as a pure remedy for pleurisy diphtheria croup colds winter cholera and various pains both internal and external. It claims disease coverage and urges purchase at 25 cents from all druggists.
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