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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1906
Page
8
Local travelers and shoppers log Sunday in Muscatine
A busy Muscatine day features residents visiting Clinton Bayfield and Davenport. Misses Daisy Davis and Neva Wilson travel on Western and Firefly trains. Local businesses offer cigars Sun daes and dry wood for sale while readers hear about recall and a corrected attribution to the Modern Brotherhood of America excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modern Woodmen of America
Davenport
Modern Brotherhood of America
Forepaugh Sells Circus Promises Largest Ever Show
The Forepaugh Sells engagement opens tomorrow boasting the largest costliest circus in America with a vast zoological collection. The program features a realistic city fire spectacle Fighting the Flames with a thousand actors, miles of scenery, real fire engines, and daring acts by the Lowande family the Wolkowsky troupe Zebedie Salvo Flying Fishers Lavans Mezzetti Runyon and Captain Webb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Lowande
Wolkowsky
Frederick Zebedie
Salvo
Flying Fishers
Lavans
Mezzetti
Runyon
Captain Webb
Bud Gorman
School of Beautiful
Greatest June Sale at the Boston Store
The Boston Store proclaims a genuine June Clearing Sale of all Summer Goods with prices cut to one fourth one third and one half. The sale runs all week with emphasis on midweek days to attract customers and encourage purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Boston
Grand Clearing Sale of Silks Across Colors and Weights
A period sale advertises silks priced by yard and piece including wash silks messaline taffeta and peau de soie. It highlights satin and banzai silks in numerous colors and widths suitable for dresses waists and linings with strong discounts from regular prices.
Trouble for Wallace Show on East Hill Amid Sewers
The Forepaugh and Sells circus faces possible delays on East Hill as Park avenue lanes near Fifth street are torn up for sewer work and recent rain left holes and mud. Show officials may skip the hill if fair grounds at Muscatine are unavailable, forcing a narrow route for the performance. Local notes report illness and visits, plus a profile of C. C. Christie, the early bucket shop voice turned reform foe and his legal battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forepaugh and Sells Show Company
East Hill
Wallace
Park Avenue
Fifth Street
Muscatine
Joseph Butcher
Wiliam Fisher
Buffalo Prairie
J. B. Fisher
Bert Gilbert
Kansas City
C. C. Christie
Christie Grain and Stock Company
John Hill, Jr
Chicago Board of Trade
Christie
United States Supreme Court
National Board of Trade of
Merrill A. Teague
Everybody's Magazine
Clearing Sale Umbrellas Discounted to 1 25
Two hundred silk umbrellas plus black ones, 26 inch size with Persian borders and sturdy frames, originally $2.00, offered this week at $1.25. Vendors say they need money and invite buyers tomorrow or any day this week with trading stamps on every 10 cent purchase.
Table Linen Half Price Sale
Bargains on satin bleached table linen 62 inches wide offered at 49 cents per yard. Andrew Reed’s bleached fabric typically sells at 85 to 90 cents per yard, but this limited offer invites quick purchases before stock runs out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Reed
Dr Kings New Discovery for Coughs and Colds Ad
An advert notes Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs colds and weak lungs. It lists a price of 5c and 1.00 and cites Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store and Read The Journal at 10c per week.
Today’s Markets from H J Frenzel Chicago June 19
Markets report from H J Frenzel lists open high low close prices for wheat corn oats pork and lard with multiple delivery months and daily receipts of 4, 2, 555, 240, and 73 units respectively. Prices show minor fluctuations across wheat corn oats and meat futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Frenzel
National Board of Trade
Postoffice Block
Chicago
Elizabeth Smith Granted Divorce from Harry Smith
Judge Jackson granted a divorce to Elizabeth Smith after she petitioned for separation on grounds of desertion. The defendant did not appear to contest the suit and the court granted the petition. The court also heard arguments on a demurrer in Tillie Van Zyl vs Weggen and took the matter under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Smith
Jackson
Harry Smith
Tillie van Zyl
Peter Weggen
Speechless With Wonder Friends of Those Cured by Electric Bitters
This note claims friends of those cured of stomach liver and kidney trouble praise Electric Bitters. It advertises 50 cents and Havercamp's Prescription Drug Stove as guarantees of relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havercamp
Chicago Produce Market Wheat and Oats Prices Report
Chicago market roundup shows No. 2 red wheat around 86 to 87 cents, No. 3 red 83 to 85, with various futures and grades listed. Oats No. 2 at 39 to 40 4/3 cents.
Market price rundown for commodities and futures
No 3 38c No 2 white 41 41%4c No 3 white 39 40c July opened 40 40%c highest 40'4c lowest 39'4¢ closing 39%c Pork July 17.00 Sept 16.65 Lard July 8.80 Sept 8.95 Ribs July 9.40 Sept 9.27 Rye Cash 62 65c Flax 1.09 1.1244 Clover 11.00 Barley 44 56c Timothy Sept 4.35
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy
Chicago Live Stock Market Report
Chicago prices show cattle receipts at 5500 with steadiness across Beeves cows and heifers stockers and feeders Texans and hogs weak to lower with mixed and butchers and good heavy ranges. Sheep receipts 15000 steady with lambs and bulk sales noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Butter and Eggs Market Report Chicago June 19
Butter steady at 14 20 cents per pound from dairies and 14 18 cents for creamed butter. Eggs steady at 12 14 4 cents per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Poultry Prices In Chicago Market Report
Chicago on June 19 reports poultry steady with turkeys at 10 cents, chickens at 14 to 14 1/2 cents, springs at 16 to 22 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York Butter and Egg Market Report
New York butter shows firm street prices for extra creamery at 20 2l and unchanged official values. Eggs remain steady with no change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poultry Prices Reported In New York Market
In New York on the 19th, poultry prices show alive birds at 22 cents, irregular broilers, fowls at 1314 cents, and turkeys at 10 13 cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
St Louis Produce Market Report
Wheat July futures at 72.54 cents, corn 49.4 cents, oats 38.5 cents with prices cited for St. Louis market on June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
New York Produce Market Wheat July Prices Decline
New York June 19 Wheat July contract at 9 1/2 cents. corn at 58 4/4 cents. Market sentences note slight price shifts with active trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peoria Corn Market Report in Journal Ad
Peoria market notes list corn No 4 at 50 1/2 cents per bushel. Advertisement cites The Journal and a 10 cent weekly subscription.
Company C Prepares for March Drill and Shelter Tent Practice
Captain Norton leads Battalion Drill Company C in battalion formations at Citizen's Railway park under Col. Bishop. The unit divides into three skeleton companies for practice with shelter tents to be erected and struck ahead of a march to Davenport, with regimental drills and rear-advance guard formations to be emphasized during daily maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizen's Railway Park
Bishop
Norton
Davenport
Mrs Devlin Claims Large Sum Against Devlin Estate
Topeka Kansas June 19 Mrs Charles J Devlin filed a claim before the Dev lin creditors against the estate of her late husband for 620 661 the amount of life insurance policies turned over to the First National Bank of Topeka and collected by the bank receiver after Devlin’s death Referee Loom set the hearing for Friday next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Charles J. Devlin
Devlin
First National Bank of
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