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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
7
Market report notes lighter receipts boosting price activity amid favorable weather. Corn prices rise as futures shift with anticipated exports and domestic demand. Chicago and Kansas City grains show mixed gains and declines, reflecting uneven crop prospects and harvest pace across regions.
Grain market notes from Peoria on June 12 indicate corn mixed with peas and white varieties. Prices show limited movement with occasional demand signals and several suppliers listed.
Scattered market snippets from Chicago and other cities note receipts of produce and poultry with mixed figures. Market lines show fluctuating cargo counts, prices, and unsettled items across Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota and Texas, including New York and St Louis reports.
Markets show irregular turns with subdued breadth as traders note few solid moves after the opening hour. Quotes drifted, cattle and hog numbers signaled modest shifts across St. Louis and Omaha markets, while undercurrents suggested cautious trading ahead of noon.
Sioux City hog market updates show receipts around 2,000 head with steady to lower demand. Cattle and dairy figures include bids at 8.50 and 16.20 for various weights, with market activity noted as slower and cows and pigs facing pricing shifts.
Camp Dix N J June 19 finds Private Roy Jackson of Battery C 849th field artillery ordered to five years hard labor at Fort Jay for sleeping on duty. General Slugh L Scott approves and orders the record posted on cantonment bulletin boards as the severest penalty in the region for such an offense.
Ogden, June 19Utah will produce in 1915 enough sugar from beets to serve its half million population and still supply the American army of 2,090,000 men for a year. J W Jones of the agriculture department said Utah’s sugar beet production would reach one million tons. You can be in the second line of defense war saver.
Washington June 10 two Marine casualty lists issued listing 130 names. Killed in action 30, died of wounds seven, died of disease two, wounded severely 92. First list dated June 16 includes sergeant James A. Patterson and many privates and corporals from multiple towns with Hodtick Shenandoah and other places. Second list dated June 16 covers additional killed in action and wounded in action with numerous names including private John Callahan and private Joachim Snnehex among others.
Rock Island reports a government plan to readjust river freight rates soon. John H. Rodgenberger cites efforts to ease freight congestion by leasing 24 barges and 16 steam boats on the upper Mississippi, with a $3 million appropriation to support the program.
In Baltimore, plans for a July heavyweight title fight feature Fred Filton of Rochester and Dempsey of Salt Lake City. The match, to be held at Oriole Park, will be fifteen rounds. Officials approved a standard weight limit and a $1,600 guarantee, with contracts to be finalized in New York.
Dubuque reports Archbishop John J. Keane, recently retired, is seriously ill and growing weaker. Medical staff say his condition is not improving and a death is anticipated imminently.
Kansas City June 19 Thirty two players with the lowest qualifying scores began the eighteenth annual Trans Mississippi Golf Association event. Veterans Stuart Stickney and Frank Lynch from St Louis lead paired groups alongside Janion Manion and Eile Morrison with others featuring Kan sash champion Arthur Bonobraka and Des Moines entrants. The tournament also features races for president vice president secretary and director trophies amid a surprise development indicated today.
Sports brief notes a 12 round draw between Johnny Dundee and Young Britt at New Bedford Massachusetts amid a day of results including favorites winning in a Philadelphia women’s tennis event and a Cleveland Washington baseball game with a late lead change. report incomplete but cites July dates and draft adjustments.
Washington June 19 the federal trade commission fixed newsprint prices after an agreement with the attorney general and manufacturers for the United States and Canada. Roll news in exports priced at 3.10 per 100 pounds and 3.22 for smaller lots. Sheet news in car lots set at 3.50 and 2.45 for large orders.
Jacob Julius Stern, a 72 year old silk merchant and American citizen born in Germany, was arrested in Paris on charges of commerce with the enemy. He and his brother H. M Stern founded Stern & Stern. the prisoner was held without bail.
A dense jumble of sale and want ads lists numerous items and requests. Entries include FOR SALE farm wagons bases and runabouts, tables, stoves, tires, and harness. WANTED help wanted, workers, and labor positions, plus inquiries for cows, poultry, plants, and furniture.
Multiple rental listings and miscellaneous ads. Includes 2nd floor Anson Glathing Co apartment vacancy, a modern 8 room house for rent, and various services. Also contains athletic scores and league updates brief, plus notices from local attorney and Vulcanizing Co. Listings specify contact methods and prices where legible.
New York defeats Cincinnati 7 to 1 as Giants capitalize on errors by Chase and Groh. Berrie pitched a strong game. Young helped on defense. Batters include Bressler, Stegan, Allan, Wingo for Cincinnati and Partin, McCarty for New York. Boston beats St Louis 4 to 1 behind Fellingim. Brooklyn loses to Chicago Cubs 4 to 3 in a tight game. Philadelphia tops Pittsburgh 1 to 0 with Cooper yielding only two hits. War bond appeal closes the item.
A reel of fragmented items includes a lost German registration card for Henry Prigge with reward offered at the Grand Hotel and a lost item entry by J C Todnan. A separate sports note describes a game where Srott Welch hits three in the seventh, with scoring errors and a 2 to 10 line.
Detroit rises to seventh by sweeping a twin bill against St Louis. In game one Detroit struck for twelve hits including two triples and three doubles as Leifield pitched five and one third innings. Hellman earned the win in relief. In game two Detroit again toppled St Louis behind strong hitting and solid defense, with Lepland and Yella leading the offense as Nettroit and St Louis players contributed.
120 acres near Muscatine offering good fences easy terms and fine improvements. Accessible land with strong potential for farming or development, located close to town and suitable for various agricultural uses.
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