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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1905
Page
4
Notices record a high school play June 2 admission 25 cents and events at churches including a sewing day and a prison walls lecture. It lists residents traveling by Firefly railcar to Rock Island Creston Blue Grass and Ottumwa plus arrivals and ill health in Fruitland and Letts.
Walter E. Reed of Eliza Township Mercer county Illinois died yesterday at 3 30 pm after four or five days of severe tetanus following a nose splinter wound. He was born October 16 1878 in Mercer county and married March 2 1898 to Mary Rebecca Freise, leaving three children Nina Pauline Medi Agnes and Lyle. Surviving are his wife, a son, four brothers and four sisters. Funeral Friday at 11 am in Union church Eliza Creek Cemetery with Rev. Thornton officiating.
A highly anticipated game will be played at the fair grounds on June 4 at 2 PM between the local Maroons and Davenport Rusts Yalees. Both teams boast improved play and strong lineups as James Patterson lists Muscatine, Des Moines, and Davenport players including Henrichsen, Patterson, Geis, Kerrigan, and Deutschman on the roster.
General president H E Don Carlos of Lawrence Kansas will address the F A A council at Friday evenings meeting. Fraternal Riders are expected to attend to welcome him. Music social time and refreshments follow the program. Mrs William Gladstone of Muscatine is the only woman director of the Pioneer Life Association of America with recent fraternal changes. Mrs Gladstone was district manager during a visit here last fall. Mr and Mrs Horace Carter of Washington Iowa depart for Peoria Illinois by the Firefly after a short visit. Mrs E Pugh of East Second Street leaves for Los Angeles California to visit her two sons.
The Heinz pickling works distributed seed to contracted growers this morning and afternoon. A lecture outlined proper planting methods to avoid mistakes. Farmers received seed amounts for their contracted acres and were instructed on sowing and drilling for the best yields. Pickle farming in the area has become a large, lucrative industry.
Fred Myers of East Hill and Dan Lukkenberg of Grandview Avenue in South Muscatine were treated this afternoon by Dr. E. K. Tyler after their hands were lanced due to blood poisoning. Myers appeared to have contracted the illness from an insect bite, while Lukkenberg drew a pin-picked eruption that worsened to a sore hand.
Last evening the B. S. social club with 75 members rode two street cars to Citizens Railway park. They honored D. J. Bevens who leaves for Williamsburg and Miss Barnes, a trimmer, with a bountiful supper and outdoor games. Music and dancing followed until the return trip at about 10. The club plans another trolley party.
Two Diamond Joe liners the Sidney and the Dubuque arrived this morning in the city with large freight loads and pass by in opposite directions. The Dubuque heads downstream at 9 00 and the Sidney at 10 30. The return trip is slated for 5 00 this evening. Local launches also raced with the Arrow defeating the Eva and the Francis besting the Dick in front of the city.
Rock Island Ill June 1 Ex Governor Van Sant of Minnesota delivered the principal address at Augs tana college graduation exercises held today in Rock Island Illinois. The ceremonies were described as very interesting.
Ocheloosa Iowa June 1 special rumor spreads that Superintendent Sweeney of the Minneapolis and St Louis Gas company has resigned describing an unexpected leadership change at the utility.
Father Bethoven remains frail though improved some. Dr. O Haver's wife shows little change and her father Mr Christian from Drury township visited recently. E Dickey suffered a severe horse accident May 26 with kidney trouble and is critically ill. Decoration Day services were held May 29 in Millersburg cemetery with Rev G C Shafer of Ai edo delivering a fine address as a Civil War veteran. Miss Dore Bethoven recited Gettysburg and the choir sang. Oscar Harter visited from New Boston May 27, then to Buffalo Prairie May 28. Mrs Walt Wakeland remains quite ill.
Robert Fleming, Missouri Valley native, testified he rode the night of the robbery and saw the crime. He claimed he travelled from Omaha to Missouri Valley after the incident and did not see Tom Dennison on the train. He is related by marriage to Prosecuting Attorney L W Fallon. M P Hooker recalled stating Shercliffe had no defense and said the letter to Attorney Cochrane asked him not to seek further legal advice.
Disk of prices and receipts from Muscatine and Chicago markets. Includes corn, oats, wheat, hogs, cattle, pork, lard, ribs, and butter and eggs quotes with opening, high, low, and close marks. Notes large hog and cattle receipts and varying Chicago prices for futures and cash sales.
Chicago June 1 poultry market steady with 147 lb chickens and springs priced at £2.50 to £6.50.
Butter creamery at 19 21 4c dairy 1721c eggs unchanged. Wheat July 93K 93 yc corn 36e. Poultry fowls 19 14c spring chickens 24c broilers 30 35c turkeys 12 17c. St Louis Wheat 814% 81c corn 49c oats 28c. Peoria corn No 3 5i. Market figures show mixed grain and livestock prices across markets with minor shifts and open high low close data.
A fragment lists percent figures for various corporations and sectors, including Atchison, U S Steel, Tex Pac, People Gas, Tenn Coal, Colo Fuel, So Ry, B O, Great W, Mex Cent, and others, showing multiple percentage points across time or categories without full context.
A lengthy list of commodity prices covers grains, hay, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, nuts, fish, meats, and live stock. Notable figures include Wheat 9c retail and 1.10, Oats 30 32c retail, Corn 42 465c, Butter farmers pay 15 20c, Eggs 14c market 15c, Potatoes retail 10c per peck, Bananas 11 20c per dozen, Flour 1.60 per sack, Beefsteak 10 11c per lb, Hogs and cattle price ranges, and local flower and fruit entries. The data appear as a market ledger or grocery price sheet with mixed unit formats and several regional price notes.
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