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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1909
Page
9
Listings from Muscatine lodges include Elks Lodge 304 meeting Mondays at 8 pm and hall hours 9 am to 11 pm. Highland Nobles Muscatine Castly Friday meetings. Order of Honor meets 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. DofR Miriam Lodge and Prairie Encampment meet Fridays. Knights of Columbus LaurEnt Council 1305 and related officers invite visiting members to gatherings.
Modern Brotherhood of America lodge 143 meets every second and fourth Monday at Yeoman hall corner of Iowa Avenue and Third street. Invitation to members in good standing. President E. H. King. Secretary Chas. Ryan.
Fraternal Bankers Reserve holds meetings on the first and third Wednesdays at Yeomen Hall 8 p m. All members in good standing urged to attend. Wm Appel president C H Lemkau secretary Charles Lockwood banker.
Wilton Iowa residents return from Davenport Muscatine and Durant while the Wilton High juniors host a grand banquet for the seniors at the Commercial hotel. The event features a four course dinner and games with prizes and toasts.
Chicago and New York prices for wheat corn oats pork lard and ribs with open high low close figures for June 1. Grain receipts Northwestern shipments and visible supply movements noted along with poultry prices for live and dressed birds in New York markets.
Chicago market notes show No 2 red at 1.50 1.55, No 3 red 1.40 1.50, and various corn and white corn prices. Live stock receipts mark cattle and hogs steady with mixed prices, while Muscatine and local markets list prices for corn oats wheat and a wide range of produce and meats.
Butter steady. Creameries 22 25 cants, dairies 20 24 c. Eggs easy with receipts 25,200. At mark cases 19 1 2 c, firsts 20 c, prime firsts 21 6 c.
Chicago market shows poultry steady on June 1 with turkeys at 15 cents, chickens 14 cents, and springs 20 to 30 cents. The report notes no change in wholesale values.
New York Produce Market notes butter trading on June 1 in New York, with steady butter, receipts of 9,790 pounds. Creamery specials at 27c, officials at 26c, third to extras 21–26c, state dairies 21–26c, process 18–23c, factory firsts 2c, imitation creamery firsts 21c.
New York grain prices listed for June trade show Wheat at 1.25 dollars per bushel and Corn at 81 cents per bushel. Market activity reflects seasonal demand with limited trading volumes noted. The report provides a snapshot of price levels for Wheat and Corn in early June.
St Louis wheat for July at 1.15 and corn at 10 1 2 cents. Oats 51 2 cents. Peoria corn No 3 at 75 cents.
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