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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1900
Page
5
Reports from Chicago markets show vegetable prices easing as rains and sun boost growth. Lettuce and cucumbers fall, oranges drop, and the corn market holds at 33 to 35 cents per bushel. Farmers busy with plowing say crops, especially corn and wheat, show remarkable growth.
A Muscatine price list details current market rates across commodities. Wood and coal range from $2.25 to $8.50 per unit, flour sacks at $1.05 or $1.00, oats and corn prices, hay, grains, and mill stuffs, plus livestock values for hogs lambs cattle and dairy products. Additional entries cover honey sugar wax hides leather fruit vegetables, meats, hardware nails wire barb fencing, and lumber prices for finishing boards flooring and siding.
A fragment lists prices for beaded and plain boards at $20 to $40, shiplap $16 to $24, select joist $26 to $40, common rough boards $10 to $25, No 1 dimension rough $16.50 for 20, fencing 4 and inch rough $14 to $22, battens per 1000 lineal feet $3 to $6.50, short jumper mixed grade $15 to $17, shingles $1.25 to $4, lath $4.50 to $5, pickets $15 to $22, posts 10 to 38 cents.
Market report notes mixed hog and cattle receipts in Chicago with steady openings and a shade lower closes. Wheat and corn activity shown with receipts and car counts for today and estimated for tomorrow, referencing Minneapolis and Liverpool quotes and regional market movement.
The college season ends with a Decoration Day game where Iowa City defeats Grinnell 16 to 2. State University finishes the year undefeated across athletic branches, securing state championships in football track and baseball with the silver bat trophy.
Jacob Eis visited the county seat Tuesday and others were seen in Stockton Durant and Hazel Dell. Box social at Sweetland, school cemetery tribute, plowing progress, horse sale to Davenport for 125 dollars, and a runaway scare with a neighbor’s corn planter reported. Local visits include Mrs Messer in Mo line, Mr and Mrs Watts in Hazel Dell, and Rev Crull at M E church.
The Nickel Plate Railroad offers three daily express trains between Chicago New York and Boston with a 27 hour service Chicago to New York. All day trains from Chicago include dining car meals at popular prices. Information available from J Y Callahan General Agent 111 Adams St Chicago.
The I. N. G. School of Instruction in Small Arms Practice will convene June 12 to 16 at Cedar Rapids with two representatives from Company C Lieut. Charles A. Frack and one of Norwood or Deutschman. Militia from across Iowa compete for prizes including $5 to $10 in various rifle and revolver events and a $30 first prize for team competition on the fourth day.
An Iowa institution Grinnell College announces a summer session for teachers and advanced scholars. Faculty includes Geo A Gates president William A Heidel James Simmons and Edith Denise leading modern languages. Eighteen-member faculty to conduct varied courses and a collegiate corner feature.
A foal born on 27th at Richman stock farm attracts attention for its noble lineage. Sire Alcantara appears frequently in the colt’s pedigree, with Hambletonian and Mambrino Chief each seven times as ancestors. The colt is described as promising a distinguished career in trotting.
Homeseekers’ excursion tickets will be sold on the first and third Tuesdays in May June July and August to Denver Colorado Springs and Pueblo territory. The fare is one fare plus two dollars for the round trip. Inquire at coupon ticket agents for territory dates limits and other details or address Geo S Batty G P T A Marshalltown Iowa.
Several residents report health concerns with mumps and a feeble neighbor. Dr. Tyler treats Mr. Fuhrmann while a benefit collection helps Mrs. Lempkau. A new baby girl arrives for Mr. and Mrs. Tobias on Pond Street. Burglars fail in an attempted entry. Town folk visit the cemetery with flowers on a busy Wednesday.
Weather brings showers as farmers stay busy while rain falls. Frank Washburn's children have pink eye and miss school. Students plan a social at the U B Church Friday evening. School ends June 8 with a picnic at Mr Barnard's grave. John T buys a bike and spins his daughter. Mrs Guy Olds and Miss Gertrude Cole canvass district. Decoration program at Court Square impressed attendees. Joe Hanley's Muscatine address praised highly.
Rev. Wade C. Barclay of Iowa City will preach the Baccalaureate sermon next Sunday evening in the M E church. Commencement exercises are set for June 7 and 8 at the opera house with fifteen graduates led by Maida Black Blanche Noring Hazel Henderson Edna Smith Rae McCaw Ward Baxter Eddie Creese Ward Jakeway Louis Walker Carlysle Stoops Frank Larnhorn George Secrist Victor Cornwall Edwin Daum and Paul Barclay. Mrs Eugene Smith is laid to rest at Oakridge cemetery aged 52 leaving a husband and two daughters. George Vanatta returns from Pasadena reporting his father John Vanatta in California in poorer health. A Thursday rainstorm drenched the area, mainly the north, while Mrs Lot Parker lies ill on West Fourth Street. G W Griffith departs for Des Moines.
Rev. Davis asks for a brief visit by his father while Mr. Stewart of the Journal was in town Tuesday. Elmer McDaniel lays the foundation for a new house. E T Latta begins census taking Saturday morning. William Schwertzer took his Sunday school class fishing last Friday. Lieberknecht and Allen have the county surveyor from Wapello coming down. Rev Mahaffe delivered a memorial sermon to a large congregation last Sabbath. Green Hill Springs school will close with a picnic Saturday. Mrs James Tharp is on the sick list. Miss Williamson from the Island visited with Miss Ruby McGrew. Miss W Kindly assisted with singing on Memorial Day. Arthur Sheik funeral Friday after a year of illness. Rev Hamilton conducted the services.
A large crowd gathered for Decoration Day to honor soldiers. Mr. Arthur Springer of Wapello delivered the address. Attendees included several residents from Wapello.
A signed card promises to refund the price of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds, with a 25 cent bottle offered on a money back guarantee. The list of signatories includes G. A. Reinicke W. B. Barkalow Nesper & Co. Jno. J. Havercamp and J. Theo Keuchmann.
An 19th century style drug advertisement proclaims Mull's Lightning Pain Killer cures cholera croup rheumatics diphtheria toothache or any pain with instant effect. Sold by druggists at 25 cents.
A notice promotes a clairvoyant palmist offering readings from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily in Hare's Block over Hine Brothers on West Second Street. It claims to reveal marriage, lawsuits, sickness, death, travels, divorces, lost or absent friends and remedies for evil influences.
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