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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1909
Page
6
25000 acre tract all cultivable 3 to 8 miles from Texline Texas price 15 per acre cash 10000 and 125000 income liberal terms on balance Lands of all kinds for exchange Ratliff and Son Winterset Ta
Open high low close figures for wheat corn oats and pork along with local live stock and produce market prices. Billeted notes show car receipts for today and estimated shipments for tomorrow, including fats and bakery goods, veggies, fruits, and livestock prices from Muscatine market.
Chicago July grain figures show July wheat opening at 1.081% with highs near 1.08 and close at 1.07. July corn opens around 71 cents, with highs near 71% and close at 70. September corn at 66 cents. July oats open 43 cents with highs 45 and close 42. September oats 38. Park price is 20.32, lard 11.20, ribs 10.87. Rye cash 75 76 cents, barley 68 70 cents, Timothy September 3.70, clover cash 10.85.
Chicago July 30 market bulletin lists prices for corn oats and various red and white wheat futures and cash grades. No. 2 red corn No. 2 white and yellow oats and standard prices shown with bid ask style figures.
Cattle receipts 1500 strong with Beeves 4.35 to 7.45 Texas 4.00 to 5.60 western 4.00 to 6.25 stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.10 cows and heifers 2.20 to 6.20 calves 5.50 to 7.75 Hog receipts 9000 up ten cents. light 7.35 to 7.75 mixed 7.25 to 7.85 heavy 7.20 to 7.90 rough 7.20 to 7.35 good to choice heavy 7.35 to 7.90 bulk 7.40 fed Sheep receipts 7000 steady 3.00 to 5.25 lambs 4.50 to 7.75.
Butter steady as creamery stocks at 22 to 26 cents for 22% to 26c. dairies 20 to 23% cents. Eggs steady with 9,200 receipts. at mark cases 18c, firsts 21c, prime firsts 22 1 2c.
In Chicago on July 30 poultry prices show turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens at 13 cents, and springs at 16 cents. The report notes easy trading conditions across the poultry sector with steady to modestly higher demand.
New York on July 30 reports poultry statuses with alive dull and varied pricing. Spring chickens quoted at 17 cents per pound, fowls 15 to 16 1/2 cents, turkeys 13 cents. Dressed meat prices show broilers 15 to 21 cents, fowls 15 to 16 1/2 cents.
Wheat for September delivery at 1.11 and half cents per bushel while corn stands at 74 4/8 cents per bushel, reflecting the day’s market activity in New York.
New York dairy report notes July 30 butter barely steady with 6,800 receipts and creamery specials at 27 cents. Egg market shows irregular activity with 9,200 receipts recorded.
July 30 price report from St Louis shows wheat at 1.01 to 1.02 per bushel and corn quoted at 64 64 1 2 cents, with a separate 37 cent figure for corn.
Peoria Illinois on July 30 reports corn No 3 price at 0 cents. Note: OCR fragment shows market listing with no further pricing details.
Cérn-Market at 75 cents. Oats-Market at 55 cents. Wheat-Market at $1.20.
Chicago July 30 Wheat market swung between favorable and alarming signals as cooler northwest weather trimmed black rust fears but reports of damaged North Dakota wheat surfaced. July futures fell 5 cents while September held steady from the previous close. Corn opened strong on extreme southwest heat and moderate receipts. oats shown with light carload volume.
Chicago July 30 Twenty five hundred cattle, light demand, prices near Wednesday's levels. Hogs opened weak with bids low, late trade firm but with many hogs carried over. Sheep and lambs steady to weak as supply declined. feeding stock demand good, breeding ewes lower on plain grades. Total week receipts: cattle light, hogs 8,000–18,102 carried over, sheep 13,000.
New York stock market eyes August with expectancy as July nears its end. Historically August brings activity and rising prices, with only 1907 showing a decline in average quotations. analysts note July is usually quiet and August often shifts momentum.
The article notes that despite July uncertainty in wheat corn and cotton, August should bring greater market activity and renewed speculative interest. It cautions against assuming price rises but expects reduced risks and clearer railroad earnings gains thanks to increased grain movement and improving business conditions.
Sales of horses in Chicago decline to the lowest season prices as buyers seek bargains. Draft horses bring 140 to 180 dollars with some at 200 to 250 and pairs at 440 to 465. Light and blemished horses sell 65 to 140, amid 1126 head received this week, over 350 more than last week.
Society cards list Iowa Masonic groups and related fraternities with meeting times and officers. Includes Mason IC Iowa Lodge No 2 AF and AM, Washington Chapter No 4 RAM, Webb Council, Molay Commandery No 1, Flecta Chapter No 82, Muscatine Court 677, Muscatine Afrie No 815, Norman Post 281, Muscatine Tribe No 05, Fraternal Bankers Reserve, Bend City Lodge No 143, and other fraternal bodies with meeting nights and secretary or commander names.
Muscatine Lodge No. 804 B P O Elks holds weekly meetings Monday at 8 pm at the Elks Hall 418 East Front Street. Club rooms open daily from 4 am to 11 pm. Visiting members welcome. L J Horan Exalted Ruler John P Breen Secretary.
Highland Nobles Muscatine Castle invites visiting members in good standing to meet on the first and sixth Fridays each month at Yeomen hall corner Third and Avenue. Elma Scott is secretary and Alexander W. Scott serves as protector.
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