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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1905
Page
8
Notice to Tabard Inn members announces contract expiration on June 1 with no renewal. Holders of tickets or those wanting to exchange books must act before Monday next. Signed F. A. Neidig.
Local notices highlight Roach Musser Hose Co daylight excursion to Davenport on June 11 with round trip 50 cents and Ellis moonlight steamer J S events Friday evening. Several residents depart by Firefly for Davenport and Buffalo. Crowds attend dances and social events as Muscatine Maroons seek support.
Sunday is Children’s Day with Sunday school children from the Presbyterian and Baptist churches presenting programs in the churches’ auditoriums replacing morning worship. The programs are described as excellent and a source of great enjoyment for all attending.
Social event at Hare's hall to raise funds for Muscatine Maroons basketball program. Dance aims to support maintenance of a strong squad and invites community participation and donations.
An advertisement touts a Singer sewing machine as the best obtainable for women noting it is the lightest running durable and convenient. The ad highlights a red S and directs readers to 323 East Second St Muscatine Iowa.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption as a pleasant safe guaranteed cure with pay if not cured. Available at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 50 cents to 1 dollar.
Residents and guests, including Mrs. W. A. Collip and daughters and Rev. and Mrs. Poole, traveled from Waterloo to Mt. Pleasant, DeWitt, Wapello, and Davenport. Edits note returns of Jamison, Armbright, Duncan, and Anna Duncan townsfolk with church events, train and Firefly departures.
Market wire reports offer grain, livestock and produce pricing across Chicago and regional exchanges. Wheat corn oats soy oats hogs and cattle quotes are listed with bid, ask and closing figures alongside receipts from Muscatine Kansas City Omaha Minneapolis Duluth and other centers.
Clover price 11.75 per unit on 12.26 with cash option 1.29 to 1.45 for flax. Barley listed at 42 with 50 cents cited.
Chicago reports cattle receipts at 8.00 steady with good to prime prices from 5.40 to 6.25, cows 2.50 to 4.75. hogs receipts 28,000 down about 50 cents with mixed butchers 5.20 to 5.40 and heavy grades up to 5.37. sheep and lambs receipts 14,000 and 3.50 to 5.25 for sheep while lambs range 5.45 to 5.47 with steady to 10 cent gains.
Chicago market notes butter from creameries at 16 4 to 20 14 cents and dairies at 15 4 to 16 cents. Eggs are reported easy at 13 to 14 cents.
Chicago market steady for poultry on June 8 with turkeys 14 115c, chickens 12c, springs priced from 2.00 to 6.50 per unit.
New York market reports show wheat for July at unknown July price and corn at 57 cents per bushel. Details appear incomplete with missing dates and full price figures.
New York June 8 Poultry prices show fowls at 10 to 15 cents, springs 24 cents, broilers 25 to 30 cents, turkeys 11 to 12 cents. Butter and eggs list creamery at 18 to 20 ¾ cents, dairy 16 to 20 cents, imitation creamery 18 ¾ cents, extras and firsts 14 ¾ to 15 cents, renovated 14 ½ to 17 ½ cents, factory 14 ¼ to 16 ½ cents. Eggs unchanged. St Louis market notes wheat and corn at 50 cents, oats 29 cents, for July delivery.
Peoria market notes corn No. 3 priced at 51 and three quarters cents per dozen.
Markets in brief show cattle prices slipping on liberal receipts with 10 to 15 cents lower overall. Calves and grass stock weaken, feeder trade quiet, and class trade dull as about 5,000 head remain in pens. Sheep brisk with some selling 19 cents higher and best Colorado clipped lambs to 6.60.
An old advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills promising vim and vigor for nerves muscles and organs. It urges readers to try the remedy for 25 cents at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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