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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1912
Page
9
For sale the Emerson Hoopes homestead composed of 30 acres within Muscatine city limits. Improved and near river view with convenient access to street car line. Owner has special reasons for selling this desirable tract. For full particulars contact the Titna Law and Investment Co. 218 Towowa Avenue.
Western rains press wheat prices lower as Corn and Market support vanish. Chicago trade notes September futures wobble with July to September deliveries uneven, while market sentiment shifts amid favorable growing conditions in the Plains and renewed selling pressure across futures contracts.
Across Chicago and Omaha markets traders report mixed wheat prices with July and September contracts active. Cash grain quotes drift lower while corn and oats move differently in various regional exchange listings.
Fragmentary OCR shows Chicago Produce Market notes with unclear items including turkeys and prices. Mentions may include La Butta and Lees eTanitey with shaky figures and locations. Overall tone suggests market activity and price references despite garbled details.
Fragmented OCR text cites New York Produce with references to exports and dairy items. Mentions weekly exports, cheques, milk products, and entities like ATLA and WME, but many phrases are garbled, making precise details unclear. Core theme centers on produce trade and payment notes amid export activity.
A fragmented New York sugar market note lists scattered figures and locations including coordinates and prices, with unclear initials and dates. The text mentions raw sugar, a price around 3.116 dollars, and several garbled place names, suggesting a brief market slip or filing error.
Fragmented OCR item listing miscellaneous commodity terms and numbers for Kansas City and St Louis markets. The readable fragments mention produce and wool markets with stray figures and dates, providing an outline of a trade notice without coherent details.
Chicago hog trading opened weak and closed slow as cattle and lambs posted uneven changes. Reports from St Louis and St Joseph note steady cattle receipts with varied weights. New York poultry prices edge lower while Western markets show mixed gains.
Local market roundup lists hogs Ghalee heavy ithalee light, cattle steers and heifers, sheep, and a broad poultry section with prices noted for eggs, fowls, and specialty goods. Grain and feed items include corn oats wheat and rye meal with mixed retail quotes for butter, cheese, fruit, and vegetables.. Livestock, grain, and grocery items appear with varied price points across meat, dairy, produce, and mill products.
Irregular trading characterized the opening of today’s stock market with light activity and minor fluctuations. Prices recovered to finish the first hour above yesterday’s level as selling eased, while renewed selling of Reading prompted a brief dip before stabilizing and closing steady.
Columbus Junction Iowa June 14 Miss Muda Atchesots arrived home Friday night from Hot Springs Arkansas where she spent the past months at her hearth. She was accompanied by Miss Jena Cummings daughter of the pastor who treated her. After her visit Miss Cummings will visit relatives in Omaha. M G Crouch former superintendent of the school is here visiting friends en route from St Louis where he is superintendent of schools.
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