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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1908
Page
10
In Chicago on July 11 Artie Hofman connected for a decisive blow in the 11th inning, breaking up a tense pitchers duel between Mordecai Brown and Foxen. The Browns won 3 to 2 over the Phillies in a classic West Side battle.
In Washington July 11 the White Sox and the Senators played 16 innings to a 2 2 tie. Altrock pitched all 16 for Chicago, with Burns and Tom Hughes handling relief for the Senators from the 14th inning onward as darkness halted the game.
National League results include Chicago beating Philadelphia 3 2 in eleven innings and Pittsburg 7 New York 6, Cincinnati 5 Boston 4 Brooklyn 3 St. Louis 0. American League games feature Chicago and Washington tied 2 2 in sixteen innings by darkness, plus St. Louis 6 Philadelphia 0 Detroit 8 New York 2 and Cleveland 5 Boston 2. Minor leagues list Clinton 1 Cedar Rapids 0. Dubuque 4 Rock Island 0. Bloomington 3 Decatur 2. Peoria 5 Springfield 4. Central Association scores Burlington 2 Keokuk 1 Quincy 5 Oskaloosa 0 Kewanee 5 Waterloo 3 Jacksonville 5 Ottumwa 3.
Emmett P. Barber of Park Place Muscatine writes relatives he has been transferred from Jefferson Barracks Missouri to Key West Barracks Florida as his permanent post He also spent a few days sightseeing in Havana Cuba Barber joined the coast defense artillery corps last April and was stationed at Jefferson before the transfer
The first effort to lift the Independent baseball team resumes today and continues tomorrow with booster games to pay back salaries. Admission is fifty cents for both games and real fans are urged to attend.
The market page lists futures and cash prices for Wheat Corn Oats and Livestock with July and Sept quotes. Wheat and corn show mixed moves while hogs and cattle reflect steady to firm demand. A weather note notes large yields and favorable conditions for winter wheat, aiding expectations for the new crop movement.
Markets list corn, oats, wheat price ranges and retail quotes for grains and feeds. Live stock values shown for shippers with prices by class, plus eggs, butter, poultry and vegetables. Meat prices cover beef, veal, pork, sausages, mutton and lamb with per pound quotes. Produce and fruit items include apples grapes cherries and seasonal fixtures with per unit or per basket figures.
Wheat Sept open 90 90c high 90% c low 89% c close 90c July 89% c Corn Sept open 74% c high 76c low 74c close 74% c July 74% c Oats Sept open 41c high 42c low 41c close 41c July 49c Park Sept 16.45 Lard Sept 9.65 Ribs Sept 9.10 Barley cash 66 74c.
Chicago market notes butter steady with creamery at 18 21 cents and dairies 17 20 cents. Eggs firm with firsts at 17 cents.
Chicago market report lists poultry prices with firm turkeys at 14 cents, chickens at 10 and a half cents, and springs at 15 to 16 cents. The brief price snapshot reflects daily trading conditions in the Chicago market on July 11.
Cattle prices steady to weaker on light demand. best steers up to 7.30, most under 6. Hogs show 102 advance early, then softening. top hogs 6.75. Sheep and lambs firm with primes to 7 and yearlings up to 5.25. overall week totals show large arrivals across six markets and year-to-year declines.
Wheat for September delivery quoted at 9 3/4 cents. Corn listed at 82 1/2 cents. Market activity centered on New York Produce Market operations with typical price levels for grain commodities.
New York poultry prices steady for alive birds with springs at 18c fowls 12c and turkeys 13c. Dressed poultry firm with springs 15 20c turkeys 12 1 c fowls 12 13c. Butter market quiet steady with receipts 7 509 and 263 for various grades.
St Louis July 11 Wheat for September at 88 1/2 cents. Corn at 75 cents. Oats at 41 1/2 cents. Market notes indicate steady demand for grain amid seasonal trading.
Peoria markets report No 3 corn at 75 cents and mixed wheat quotes as July to December futures retreat on uncertain demand. Early gains in Northwest temperatures and hot weather forecasts briefly lift prices before profit-taking and rainfall hedging push futures lower again.
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