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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
9
The report details a chaotic scene with mixed sports and labor elements. It mentions Washington and Chicago teams, a 1 to 0 score, and player names amid an enlarged context of a strike wave in Paris and Pittsburgh. The piece blends game play, injuries, and labor unrest with scattered names and places.
A jagged account of a baseball game and surrounding events features numerous misspelled names and scattered plays. Highlights include pitchers, outs, and scored runs as various players and teams contend, with confusing inning-by-inning notes and fragmentary summaries of performances and outcomes.
In Chicago and across the Midwest results list scores from Marshalltown, Clinton, Fort Dodge and others with multiple games reported. Teams like Philadelphia, Philadelphia and Washington appear in scattered mentions along with Central Association play and various city matchups.
Registration reports show Iowa state total near 212,986 with 202,698 counted in nine counties and eight counties expected to push the final figure about 2,000 above federal estimate as officials in the adjutant general’s office anticipate higher counts in the remaining counties.
Market news reports a declining tendency in wheat prices as government demand outlook weighs. Opening prices slid from the prior day, with September futures quoted lower, while corn and oats show mixed to weak demand and persistent weather impacts from Oklahoma to Canada.
Disjointed liberal arrivals push hog prices lower across Chicago live stock listings with mixed hog, steer, and lamb quotes. Markets show notable activity in Kansas City and Omaha with various weights and lots reported, including feeder cattle and canners.
The Titus Loan Investment Co advertises multiple lots on Rany Torma Fort Hill York Place Oak Street and South Park additions with prices around 54,000. It lists properties and farm land offerings, motor vehicles, and equipment for sale or trade. Readers are urged to inquire via Journal contact details.
Primary receipts and Wheat and Corn futures figures from Hutton and Frenzel with Laumaon Bron. & Co showing today’s and last week totals. Notable entries include Wheat totals around 616 000 and 575 900 with various weekly shifts and year comparisons, plus Corn and Oats figures and export markets referenced.
In a midweek session the market showcased hogs, cattle and mixed fattings with varied results. Prices quoted included hogs at 9.00 to 9.50 per hundredweight and cattle figures reflecting shifting demand amid a cooling trend.
The Peoria grain market shows various bids with soybeans and corn at mixed prices. Highlights include No 3 yellow and No 1 taixed at different cent per bushel, with references to standard futures and assorted market items from Chicago Produce to local receipts.
Kansas City market wire reports March trend in canned goods poultry and grains. New York sugar prices steady with refined products little changed. St Louis and New York produce notes show creamery prices higher and live poultry firm with steady poultry and fowl prices. है
Rome reports the interior minister confirms no passports will be granted to Italian socialists wishing to attend the Stockholm conference. The minister deems the meeting a nonomanouver by central powers aided by Russian extremists.
Markets opened with uncertain tone as wide swings and special interests influenced trading. Winners and losses appeared mixed across sectors with grains and fats showing small moves while dairy and livestock held steady amid cautious sentiment and irregular noon tendencies.
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