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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1901
Page
8
The Dourglas union is producing shoes at Szpmidt's site. Regular Banner Lodge meeting scheduled for this evening at 7 30. Also employment notices for experienced and inexperienced workers at the New Button Factory Fourth and Poplar.
The issue notes extreme heat harming corn and oats, with hogs and calves prices dropping. Destruction of corn across the belt prompts Missouri and Iowa farmers to rush cattle to market and seek green pastures, while prices for potatoes and fruit rise.
Wiener Post G A R invites regimental organizations to a joint reunion in Montezuma Iowa on October 2 and 3 1961. Iowa infantry regiments Twenty eighth and Fortieth will send companies F and C along with Company B from the Tenth. The officers have accepted and city officials have provided a company for each regiment. The event is expected to draw a large turnout.
Market notes list prices for produce and hay, including corn at 55c, oats 25c, oatmeal 34c, wheat 55c, timothy hay 10 to 12 dollars, rye 40c, butter 1s 1d, and various live stock values. Hogs 5.40 to 5.55, cattle 2.59, calves 3 to 4 dollars, sheep 4 dollars per cwt, lambs 3 to 4 cents per lb, and chickens priced for live and dressed. Sugar, coffee, flour, and meal prices also shown. market described as unsteady.
The undersigned promise to refund the money on a five cent bottle of Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure a cough or cold. They also guarantee a twenty five cent bottle to prove satisfaction or money refunded. G. A. Riemcke J J Havercamp J T Keuchmann B Barkalow Nesper & Co.
The notice lists Butter-Prime butter and eggs, dressed and live poultry with per unit prices, lard and vegetables including corn celery potatoes beets onions tomatoes cucumbers cabbage radishes pears bananas peaches plums lemons oranges and coal prices. Fish prices cover catfish black bass salmon sunfish buffalo perch carp croppies pickerel.
River forecast shows slow fall between Dubuque and Muscatine ending Wednesday at 8 am. Local notes mention 1960 framed pictures for sale at Scheetz's and Wesley Zeicher taking a vacation to Burlington via the Firefly. Also brief items from Davenport and St. Louis sections.
Attention K L G P meeting Wednesday evening at 7 30 sharp. Lucinda Bartlett secretary.
Miss Anna Wallace of Tootsboro visits the city for shopping and leisure. Miss Bloson and Gertrude Plumly with Slyvia Pazderek stay several days in the county at the home of F. S. Bowers.
The report notes corn prices around 58 cents with TA Manson and Company at 74 Board of Trade Chicago predicting 6 cents for corn. The fragment suggests traders discussing price directions and forecasting near term moves.
The city fire department backs attending the estate tournament in Marshalltown next month and awaits council action. Rail fare for the trip will be provided as before, with reports on reduced rail rates to come. Firemen aim to win prizes and learn about the latest flame fighting appliances. A later meeting will review special rates offered by several railways and the lowest possible fare before any auction. The M N & S and Iowa Central routes show round trips of 2.75 and 2.00 respectively, with competition likely to push prices higher. A new vestibule train on the Picturesque Pan American route to Buffalo via Chicago, Detroit, Mt Clemens, Port Huron, and Niagara Falls will depart Chicago June 2 at 11 30 am, arriving Buffalo 6 15 am and New York 4 03 pm.
In the lake country of Northern Hai nois Wisconsin Minnesoa and Michigan's Upper Peninsula along the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line hundreds of scenic resorts await visitors. Early favorites include Fox Lake Delavan Lake Lake Geneva Kilbourn The Dells Elkhart Lake Madison Minocqua Star Lake Frontenac White Bear Minnetonka Okoboji Spirit Lake and Big Stone Lake among others.
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