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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1908
Page
5
Clerks copy the 2057 names on the mulet petition filed by saloon men yesterday afternoon. Names will be checked against poll books and struck if discrepancies arise. Printing cards on which names are transcribed speed the process. Verification could take hours today and into tomorrow.
Moses Page takes orphans on a brief tour with the Independents. They’ll play three games at Maquoketa then face Dixon and the Browns in a weekend series. The group travels from Muscatine and may stay longer if a local organization forms.
Philadelphia and Chicago games headline a rough day for the Cubs as they fall short in the ninth inning while the Phillies push to a doubleheader split. The White Sox and Athletics split a twin bill with Philadelphia taking 5 1 in the opener and Chicago winning 9 2 in the second.
The Turn Verein holds its regular monthly meeting this evening at Shammo's hall. Reports will be heard from those in charge of the band concert and gymnastic exhibition at Electric Park last Wednesday night. Herman Gremmel will report on the national meeting in Chicago.
Claims ZEMO a clean external liquid draws germs to the skin surface and destroys them leaving clear healthy skin. Advertises sample from E. W. Rose Med. Co. St. Louis Missouri and lists A. W. Morgan 107 West Second Street as a seller.
National League games include Philadelphia at Chicago and New York at Pittsburg. American League matchups list Chicago at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Washington, Cleveland at New York, and Detroit at Boston.
Scores recap from yesterday include Chicago 5 Philadelphia 6, Cincinnati 2 Boston 3, Pittsburg 0 4, New York 7 7, St. Louis 3 Brooklyn 2. Philadelphia 4 2 Chicago 1 9, Boston 2 4 Detroit 6 2, Washington 2 2, St. Louis 3 4, New York 0 Cleveland 3. Three I League results show Peoria 2 Dubuque 7 Bloomington 5 Cedar Rapids 4 Springfield 1 Rock Island 2 Decatur 18 Clinton 0.
A Maylone residence on East Hill hosted a social shower last evening. Attendees and details reflect a warm community gathering with neighbors sharing greetings and well wishes.
At H J Heinz pickle works on Park Place a large female and girl labor force begins kraut production as loads of cabbage arrive. The onion department also starts with shipments from East Hill and South Muscatine. Plant upgrades include new paint and repairs. outputs await seasonal demand.
Prices and quotes across grains pork and produce show mixed activity with corn and wheat near steady while hogs and sheep receipts highlight varied demand. Wheat and corn prices, oats and rye steady. pork and lard futures noted with moderate moves amid weekly volume.
Butter steady with creamery prices 18 21 cents and dairy 17 20 cents. Eggs steady with firsts at 17% cents.
Chicago July 14 Poultry prices steady with turkeys 14c, chickens 10 4c, springs 15 16c.
In New York on July 14 the market shows wheat for September at 985 cents and corn at 14 cents per bushel. The report notes price levels for futures and spot trades shaping market sentiment.
Wheat futures for September at 8942 89 and a half cents per bushel. Corn at 745 cents. Oats at 42 and a quarter cents. Market prices listed for St. Louis buyers and sellers.
Peoria July 14 Corn No 3 sold at 76 4c per bushel with market activity noted at the Peoria Produce Market in Peoria.
Chicago market notes show No 2 red wheat at 91¾ to 93¾ cents. Corn No 2 at 74¾ cents and various white and yellow types around 75 to 77 cents. Oats No 3 white at 55 to 58 cents. New York butter at 22½ cents creamery extra with 27,800 receipts. Eggs steady to strong with firsts near 18¾ to 19 cents and seconds at 17 to 18 cents.
New York July 14 Poultry prices listed for alive fowls and turkeys with varied spring and dressed rates. Fowls bring 12 to 14 cents per pound while turkeys sell 12 to 17 cents. alive lot prices noted as 18 cents for poultry and 13 cents for fowls with spring rates.
Chicago reports sensational crop damage from the Northwest fueling a bullish wheat trade. Shorts rushed to cover while longs from local and eastern markets bought heavily. Wheat prices jumped early before settling with gains of about one to two percent. Corn showed weakness despite wheat strength as traders watched September deliveries and cash markets remained unsettled. Cattle receipts near 25 000 with Montana origin and western ranges, dull overall with declines to 15 30 cents for cattle. some light steers down 10 15 cents and heavy beef stockers down 25 50 cents from last week.
Cattle receipts 4 500 weak with Beeves 4 80 to 4 40 and stockers 2 60 to 4 75. Cows and Heifers 2 30 to 6 00. Westerners 4 50 to 6 30. Hogs receipts 15 000 weak to shade lower with Light 6 35 to 6 90.
Unsold lots noted with one load at 1235 lbs fetching 8 dollars. Beef steers mostly 5.60 to 6.75. Extra fine yearling heifers 715 lbs sold at 6.75 with few others above 5.25. Distillery cattle 6.60 to 7.30. Montana range steers about 6.10, 400 heifers at 5.50 and 125 at 4.50. Texas steers 4.25 to 5.90. Stockers and feeders 10 to 15 cents lower. calves steady.
Hogs sold 10c higher on average with top prices 15c above last Saturday reaching 7.10 per cwt. Receipts were 323,000, below both year ago and two years ago totals. Shippers moved over a third of the hogs while speculators and packers showed varied activity. finish remained weak as pens emptied.
Market items list prices for corn oats wheat and feed in Muscatine. Live market shows hay, cattle, veal calves, lambs, sheep, and poultry prices with per unit rates. Produce section lists vegetables with per unit prices and small lot specials.
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