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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1908

Page

8

East Hill Factory 10 Opens With New Smoke Stack

The East Hill factory 10 plans a February 81 opening as a new 78 inch by 18 foot boiler stack is raised. Huttig Manufacturing halted work due to weather but resumed and aims to complete by tomorrow night. Boilers will be installed, bricks laid, and a fire started by February 5 if weather allows.

Huttig Manufacturing Company East Hill Otto Schultz Isett Avenue A. D H. Schaefer Lone Tree S. Gaus Kensington Kalona Harriette Schmidt Park Avenue Monroe Street E. Bowers East Fifth Street Perry Duncan Wilton Charles Duncan Washington Street Lilly Wood East Second Street Joseph Vandolah Fairport City Jack Woods Joseph Haupert Harper, In Butcher Peter Frandle Mary Harper, Tn Mary Butcher Inez Douglass Kansas City Henderson Streator Ill Ada Henderson

Vows Sleepy Eye flour promotion and horse sale notices

Local snippets note a Sleepy Eye flour promotion inviting trial usage, a real estate loan offer, and G M Titus at 213 Iowa Ave. attending a P Gibson horse sale on Thursday. Degree of Honor and AOWU Lodge reports a good meeting with one initiations. Mrs Ella Campbell travels to Ainsworth. W A Knott of Columbus Junction arrives on No 50 for a day of business.

G. M. Titus Iowa Ave W. A. Knott Columbus Junction

Farm for rent and local notices on Muscatine Island

A 60 acre farm on Muscatine Island offers rental, with G M Titus of Muscatine, Ia. The note invites attendance at P N Gibson horse sale in West Liberty on the 30th. Various residents depart for new homes in Davenport Rock Island and plans to trade farms for goods or land.

Muscatine Island G. M. Titus Muscatine P. N. Gibson West Liberty

Mysterious Minnie Sought by Police Across State

Police launch manhunt for Mysterious Minnie linked to forger William McClure. Once active in Des Moines shoe shops, she reportedly aided McClure who is now jailed in Anamosa. State officials believe she may be in Des Moines as authorities watch for her.

Minnie Burlington William McClure Des Moines Anamosa McClure Minnie McClure Tacoma Wash

Brotherhood of St. Paul Club Plans Banquet

The Brotherhood of St. Paul of the First Methodist Episcopal Church will host a banquet soon. A committee formed by J. M. Kemble D. B. Addleman and Rev. J. C. Willits will arrange it. Twelve new members joined after revival meetings led by Rev. William A. Sunday. The next meeting will hear the arrangements report.

Brotherhood of St. Paul First Methodist Episcopal Church J. M. Kemble D. B. Addleman J. C. Willits William A. Sunday

Musical program at St Matthi as recital honors Rev Leonard

An afternoon at St Matthias parochial school featured a surprise recital for Father Frank J. Leonard on his Feast Day of St Francis De Sales. Students performed sings and dialogues, with strong praise for the trained music school run by the Sisters of Charity.

St. Matthias Parochial School Frank J. Leonard St. Francis de Sales Rev. Leonard Sisters of Charity

Fire devastates Colby building. heavy losses recorded

A late night blaze tore through the Colby building and rear basement, reigniting to damage the fur niture store and surrounding firms. Fire crews, facing falling walls and a northwest gale, prevented spread to Morris and Remington stores while tallying total losses around 1 220 500 with most insured.

Diana Colby Furniture Morris Remington

Port Allen Notes and Local Visits

Mrs. Mary Maxwell of Conesville visits her sons in Port Allen with sister Mrs. Sears of Kansas. L. D. Miller and Alex McCullough visit Columbus Junction. Etta Lee and daughter Estella visit Columbus Junction. H F Babbitt is still poorly after over a month of illness. Ollie Coleman visits cousin Ralph Babbit's family. Laura McCullough visits friend B L Cecil. Albert McCullough and wife attend Frizzell funeral in Wapello. John Schomberg and family visit Cone. Ida Chown returns home for weekend visit. John Orr visits Columbus Junction. Brown and Chet Jarrard haul hay near Columbus City.

Port Allen Mary Maxwell Conesville Sears Kansas L. D. Miller Alex McCullough Columbus Junction Etta Lee Estella H. F. Babbitt Ollie Coleman Ralph Babbit Laura McCullough B. L. Cecil Albert McCullough Frizzell Wapello John Schomberg Cone Ida Chown John Orr Brown Chet Jarrard Columbus City

Market reports from Chicago Board of Trade

Open high low and close figures for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs listed by Miner & Co. Frenzel, with daily car receipts and tomorrow’s estimated arrivals. Hogs closed ten cents lower at a top of 4.45 dollars.

Miner & Co Chicago Board of Trade H. J. Frenzel Chicago

Chicago Wheat and live stock prices in January market report

Chicago reports open and close prices across wheat corn oats and oils with May and July futures. Market shows pork lard ribs rye oats and barley cash prices, eggs butter and vegetables, plus live stock bids including cows bulls steers and lambs from Muscatine Produce Co.

Chicago Timothy Clever

Chicago Produce Market Wheat and Corn Prices

Chicago reports bid prices for wheat and corn with various grades and figures showing No 2 red No 3 red and hard wheat margins and No 3 corn values across the market on January 29 with cents per bushel indicated and unstable punctuation reduced for readability

Chicago

Chicago Live Stock Market Summary January 29

Cattle receipts 27000 with prices 15 to 20 cents lower. Beeves 3.60 to 6.05, cows and heifers 1.70 to 4.60, stockers and feeders 3.60 to 4.60. Hogs receipts 58000 mostly lower. light 4.05 to 4.30, mixed 4.10 to 4.40, heavy 4.10 to 4.40, bulk 4.25 to 4.35. Sheep receipts 22000 steady. muttons 3.40 to 5.65, lambs 5.00 to 7.30, yearlings 5.00 to 5.75. Poultry steady. turkeys 10c, chickens 4c, springs 10c. Butter steady. creamery 21 to 32c, dairies 20 to 6c. Eggs 21% to 23c.

Muscatine Produce Co Chicago

Peoria Produce Market Report from Jan 29

Corn No 3 quoted at 53 53 with a Tuesday market note from Peoria Produce Market in Peoria Illinois.

Peoria

Prices for meat fruit and flowers from a 19th century market page

Readable sections list itemized prices for pork bacon ham and other meats with cents per pound. Includes groceries sugar flour cheese chickens ducks geese turkeys hides corn meal fresh fish and various fruits and flowers with per unit or per bag prices and some regional spellings.

Malaga

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