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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
8
Local news items list residents traveling to Iowa City Lone Tree Sigourney and Oxford for visits funerals and business. Mentions include August Blasing departure for Washington Watched repairs at 121 West Second street and Rambler autos advertised by Frank Bowman.
The speaker promotes N. Rosenberger at 102 East Second Street, touting bargains in insurance and real estate. He brags of a broad selection and invites customers from eight to five, claiming the store is “my old stand” with a dramatic flourish about paints and Musquitine.
Western railroads move to two cent per mile interstate passenger rates from Chicago toward the Missouri river with Illinois destinations set by state laws. Milwaukee Road and Rock Island plan similar action as officials meet after a Chicago conference to grant reductions by Friday.
An advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a cure for biliousness and kidney trouble. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store lists the product at 50 cents and promotes its supposed health benefits.
Demonstrations of E Burnham’s hair and beauty preparations are under way at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store. Burnham, renowned worldwide, showcases hair dressing methods that attract attention from foreign journals.
In Council Bluffs Iowa Cecil Wright aged year old son of Ed Wright ice man was dragged 50 feet by an ice hook snagged in his mouth after he slipped from his father s wagon. He is permanently injured and the incident was witnessed yesterday.
Summer time calls for light snacks on day trips and luncheons. National Biscuit Company Social Tea Biscuit comes in damp proof packages to preserve freshness and flavor, ideal for a quick social bite with tea or beverages.
Keota Iowa July 18 George H Paul of the George H Paul Island company bought a fine hotel car for use on land excursions to Texas. Paul, Dave Teuscher and J L Brookhart traveled to Washington Monday to join the trip. Various residents, visitors and travelers are noted returning or leaving Keota in the following days.
Dr. Henry Albert, director of the state health bacteriological laboratory, presents his third annual report. The Iowa lab conducted 8,456 examinations, up from 3,580 two years earlier, with 3,853 diphtheria, 2,599 tuberculosis, 711 typhoid, and 693 other tests. The state has 720 culture stations supplied with 15,755 diagnosis outfits. Investigations into epidemics reportedly helped avert disastrous outbreaks in the face of continued disease spread.
The Price family extends thanks to all who assisted in searching for the body of Theodore Price and offers compensation for time and expenses incurred during the recovery effort. Mrs. Mamie Price and Family.
Chicago markets furnished by Miner and Co. show futher grain quotes for corn oats and rye with various grades and numbers. Live stock market reports from Chicago on July 18 list cattle beeves cows and stockers with price ranges and beef trade activity across hews sheep yearlings and lambs with receipts and market strength notes.
Chicago markets report July 18 showing Wheat Sept at 94 1/4 cents close 94 3/4 with high 94 1/2. Corn Sept 53 1/4 cents close 53 3/4. Oats Sept 38 3/8 close 38 1/2. Pork July 16.23 Sept 16.42. Lard July 8.72 Sept 8.95. Ribs July 8.37 Sept 8.57. Roye cash 84 87 cents. Barley 55 9? 65. Flax, Clover, Timothy no changes.
Chicago on July 18 reports cash wheat bids with No 2 red at 91 cents per bushel for 99 and 4? 91c. No 3 red at 89 percent? Mc No 2 hard at 91 cents and 44? 1? per bushel.
Chicago market notes butter steady with creamery 20 to 25 cents per pound and dairies 17 to 22 cents. Eggs steady at 12 1/4 to 14 cents per dozen.
Chicago July 18 poultry market reports steady quoted prices for turkeys at 12 cents per pound chickens at 12 cents and springs at 16 to 18 cents per pound.
New York July 18 butter remains strong with street prices and creamery ranges. Official prices show common to extra at 26c, factory to firsts at 21 16c. Eggs hold firm with no change.
New York July 18 Poultry trading shows alive stock less active but pricing steady. Dressed chickens quoted 20 to 24 cents per pound, turkeys 19 cents, fowls 19 to 15 cents.
New York July 18. Wheat for September delivery quoted at 81.9054 and corn at 1%c. Market figures reflect near term trading activity in the New York produce market.
Muscatine markets list corn oats wheat and various grains with retail prices. Fresh eggs butter poultry meats and vegetables are priced per cwt per lb per dozen or per bushel, with items like onions cabbage potatoes and apples included along with live stock and miscellaneous retail goods.
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