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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
12
Local notes urge readers to join the M. E. S. S excursion to Linwood or Davenport next Tuesday. Multiple notices promote the event with prices and travel details while naming organizers and participants.
Mrs. Addah J. Boney writes from Illinois City May 19, 1907 praising Dr. Shaffer of Muscatine for successful treatment of nervous eye pain and vision issues and for fitting glasses with fair and competent service.
Des Moines and Sioux City dominated the paid department events while Onawa and Marion led amateur hose teams as the Iowa State firemen’s tournament ended in Sioux City. Winners claimed purses and cups in races, hub and hub runs, novelty hose events, foot races, and a hitching contest.
In Muscatine on May 28 1907 Mrs Geo Volger 114 W Eighth St says she was treated for deafness by Dr Shaffer about a year ago. She reports she now hears well and endorses the doctor noting he avoids grand promises and keeps those made. She adds she knows of others benefited by Dr Shaffer.
Mr and Mrs Frank Fields of Muscatine Iowa commend Dr William Shaffer for catarrhal deafness treatment. Their daughter Adele, long affected, reportedly regained hearing after two months under his care, with Fields noting gratitude and recommending continued services.
Advertisement offers a home by G. M. Titus at 213 Iowa Ave. for $300 down with monthly installments. The plan promotes buying a house using a fixed down payment and ongoing payments to secure ownership.
A strong shower soaked Columbus Junction and nearby areas after nearly two weeks of dry weather. A new cement county bridge is under construction between Columbus Junction and Columbus City. Local residents and visitors, including Mrs. John Hoover and Nellie, A A Gelatt, Fred Lee, Chas Eliason, and many others, are traveling for errands, visits, or church events. A busy week includes medical and banking errands, a Louisa County Medical association meeting, and several sermons and Sabbath activities at local churches.
Chicago Markets furnishes by Miner and Co with prices from the Board of Trade. Cash Wheat and futures quotes cover No 2 red and hard grades, corn and oats with varied maturities. Pork futures are listed for July and September with prices.
Market notes list rye cash at 87 cents, barley 67 to 74 cents, timothy clover and flax with no quoted price, rib and Lord entries mention July and September figures around 8.40 to 8.82 dollars, indicating mixed forage and grain value with some items not quoted.
Chicago market report for June 22 shows cattle receipts at 200 with steady prices including beeves $4.65 to $7.00 and good to prime steers $5.75 to $7.00. Hog receipts reach 14,000 with a five to six cent decline. prices range from $5.75 to $6.25 for various lots. Sheep receipts total 3,000 with steady bids from $4.00 to $7.50 for yearlings and lambs.
Butter and eggs steady in Chicago trade on June 22 with creamery butter at 19 2% and dairy butter 17 21 2 cents per pound. Egg prices hold at 13 to 14 cents per dozen amid stable market conditions.
Chicago June 22 poultry market steady with turkeys and chickens showing gains. Turkeys ile and chickens 11 to 12 cents, springs 20 to 22 cents per pound.
New York on June 22 reports banks hold $5,627,000 above requirements while loans fall $5,403,000 and deposits drop $7,290,006. Reserve decreases $711,000 with a surplus up $1,112,000 and Ex-U S deposits rise $11,156,000.
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