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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
9
Improved weather eased market nerves over possible Iowa crop damage. July corn futures fluctuated with modest gains and declines as receipts, shipments, and prices showed mixed movement across Chicago, Kansas City, and Peoria markets.
The Chicago Produce Market Association wires report receipts totaling 4,048 cases with various fruits and vegetables including potatoes and corn. Regions noted include Texas Louisiana Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Kansas City with price ranges and bulk figures.
Market listings show New York Produce and Poultry prices with figures for fresh meats and box counts. Sugar market notes Centrifugal raw sugar price at 6.00 per unit. entries include various brokers and wholesalers with brief quoted values and totals.
Reports from New York and Chicago detail a broad market rally with gains in General Motors and tobacco shares. Steel names rise while United States Steel lags, Liberty bonds hold firm. cattle and hog futures show mixed but active trading with lambs and sheep prices shifting across Kansas City and St. Louis markets.
Market reports from Omaha and Sioux City indicate a stronger cattle trade with cows and heifers averaging around 7.60. Sheep receipts and hogs showed varied activity, while feeder stock and market prices fluctuated, reflecting overall robust demand despite some price gaps.
Announcement from Iowa post officials instructs all German alien females aged 14 and over in the United States to register at local post offices during the week beginning June. Registration hours run from morning until evening with postmasters acting as assistant registrars. The notice clarifies who must register, including foreign-born wives of German nationals and children, and notes exceptions for naturalized citizens who have not resumed German allegiance.
Chicago gains on New York Giants with a 3 to 0 win as Convalescent Douglas again holds the line for Chicago while Philadelphia’s Phillies fall to 3 to 0. St Louis cards also win 12 to 6 over New York, keeping the Cubs half a game back. Brooklyn tops Pittsburgh 1 to 0 in a pitching duel.
The list shows American League teams Boston New York Cleveland Washington Detroit and Philadelphia with scores and standings. National League updates include New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia Brooklyn St Louis and Cincinnati with recent results and upcoming games.
Eddie Summers of Toc at lost a six round bout to Willi Sargent of Rast Moline in Hook Island. Sargent won four rounds. Summers endured heavy head and facial punishement. Noye defeated Delaney in a ten round match. both bouts weighed 128 and 185 pounds. The Fourth Avenue arena hosted additional fights with Davenport and Rock Island boxers. over two thousand dollars was netted for Rock Island Athletic Club events on Fourth Street.
In Chicago sports briefs dated June 7, Sergeant arl Gaddoel is matched to meet Strangler Lewis at Des Morgan Lune. Ban Johnson says the American League will not request railroad rate changes. Johnny Noye outpointed in a ten round at Rock Island. Sargent defeated Summers in six rounds. Leonard outpointed Adslr. Britton outboxed Zunner. Benny Kauff ordered to report for military service June 24. Fortune Teller note from Boston Transcript.
Fragmentary text shows postmasters urged to notify chief registrars of probable registrants in their communities. Mentions of consequences by United States marshal and enforcement of compliance implied by the incomplete passage.
Old classified column style with varied listings including land prices One cent per word and numerous small items for sale wanted and rent entries list prices locations and contact numbers. Reads like midwestern town ads with farm land prices mortgage offers and miscellaneous goods and services.
City council considers permitting a rendering plant north of Washington Street to convert dead cats, dogs, and other refuse into glycerine for powder and explosives. Petitioners say the plant would dispose of waste at no cost and support war effort, with the project referred to health board for review.
Reports from San Juan describe angry mobs after a Porto Rico sinking and property stones, while Chicago details army draft rejections for brain test failures. A Manila belt of lights dims as Christmas songs float through a city in partial blackout amid holiday memory.
Miss Ehrman, a recently apprenticed milliner at Miss Bildinger’s, died Wednesday night after a week of illness linked to a suspected head gathering. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. J Ehrman, three brothers, and a sister. body taken to her former home.
Fatty Arbuckle stars in Moonshine a Kentucky mountain tale of moonshine suppression with Watty Arbuckle and A St John officers, a love interest, and comic escapades. Shown next Saturday and Sunday at the A Muse Us theater.
An advertise promoting Mog Powder from W H Fayle Co at 214 Walnut St claims healthy pigs from birth to market. It promises disease prevention and worm removal to improve profitability, stating the powder will work or a remedy is provided.
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