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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1918
Page
11
Market notes show corn prices fluctuating amid reports of excellent crop conditions and uncertain demand. Prices moved in narrow ranges with July at 72 to 72 1/4 cents and August around 146 1/4 to 146 1/2 cents, while oats tracked corn and offerings exceeded demand.
Fragmentary text references Chicago Grain and Provis and a July date, with scattered names such as Jane Mawleat and Priots. The legible items resemble an unreliable inventory or notice fragment, lacking coherent events or outcomes to describe clearly.
Receipts and shipments from Hutton & Yrengel summarize weekly grain activity with data on last week and year totals. Prices and contracts for corn and wheat show fluctuations across markets and multiple firms report figures, including Kansas City and Associated Press wire notes.
Grain market notes show corn up three cents and various white and yellow corn prices. Mixed grades and sample notes appear, with No. 8 white at 7 dollars and 3 white at 1 dollar, plus mixed lots and tagged samples among limited readable entries.
Chicago area market notes show mixed prices and receipts across dairy, poultry, and produce sectors. Wisconsin Michigan and Missouri regions report bulk items and varied rates, with New York and St Louis markets noting steady to unchanged poultry and general commodity movements.
Disjointed stock and livestock market notes cover Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, St. Joseph, and Omaha markets. Reports include cattle, hogs, veal, and lamb pricing, with declines and steadying trends, plus bids and sale totals from June 22 and nearby sessions.
Fragmented hog market listing shows mixed prices from $16.20 to $20 on various weights with 250 head noted. Receipts and market activity appear limited and partially obscured by OCR errors.
Elmer Batterson, once a local business figure, is overseas with a U S Army Y workers shipment. His wife in Chicago confirms the ship carrying 350 workers reached a foreign port after 26 days at sea. Batterson and another party member will go to Italy while others head to France.
A miscellany of brief items reports drafted men losing voting rights in New York state, indictments against prominent editors over a Williem R. Mearat murder case in Kansas City, and a cashier confessing to his wife's murder with a body found near rail tracks in Shelby, Missouri. A miners union convention calls for Senator Sherman’s internment for wartime service, and Obituary and funeral notices include Elma Markle, a 15 month old, whose interment followed services at Greenwood Cemetery after a family gathering on East 4th Street.
Molibvit leads Pirates as Frits Hortwitz dominates pitching. Chicago Cubs fail to score while Pittsburgh erupts with a third run on a sacrifice fly. New York and Brooklyn games unfold with late scoring plays as Stock shines for Philadelphia in a 10-6 win over Boston.
Chicago hosts the Cleveland Indians as the White Sox struggle in a rough series. A sequence of errors and late scoring leads to Cleveland victory, with notable performances from pitchers Butterlos and Schalk. The day’s action includes Milan driving in the winning run for New York and a high-scoring Boston win, while Cincinnati and St. Louis share a tense late-inning duel.
Washington reports rising American troop involvement in the Franco front, with 163 names on today’s casualty list. Fifty killed and dozens wounded or missing across actions near Chateau Thierry and broader fronts, reflecting growing but costly U.S. contribution to the war effort.
London readers receive a suggestion from the Bishop of Peter, brother to the Marquis of Salisbury, urging observance of the Fourth of July in Britain. He calls for a day of thanksgiving and prayer as a courtesy to allies and as gratitude for America’s role in the war effort.
The phrase notes a paradoxical shift toward civility amid long standing tensions. It frames diplomacy as a deliberate, symbolic act demonstrating goodwill between nations, contrasting prior conflict with renewed cooperation and mutual respect.
Cholca Light Choice Heavy Heavy Packing Choice Steers Stock Steers Cows and Heifers Calves priced from 16.00 to 23.00 dollars. Advertises good food at reasonable prices with evil service plays at the Hotel Muscatine Cafetoria.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a loss item with an address and ownership unclear. It mentions Thane and general lost property details but lacks complete names, dates, or locations.
The Oldest Law a-Muse-A Sunday at the A Muse U theater features Jane Elvidge as Jennie the mountain girl and John Bowers as Billy West. The film follows a simple girl driven to harsh means to survive but ends with happiness and moral purity.
Florence Fulmer aged about two years illness, of 2021 Mulberry Avenue, died today at her home from a complication of diseases. Funeral plans were not fully clear as the notice includes scattered names and misread lines.
In Chicago on June 23 seven three year olds are set to start in the thirty sixth inning of the Latenia Derby. Harl Caddock, world heavyweight champion, was declared the winner over Ed Lewis after a two and a half hour bout in Des Moines Iowa.
Fairbanks tale features Percy Horton and a local double as a plot unfolds involving a pretty girl and a smuggler scheme. The film American Aristocracy screens at the A Muse U theater on Sycamore Street with a 11:40 showing. A brush fire behind a house on Sycamore Street was caused by fire crackers and extinguished in twenty minutes. A Davenport excursion is planned for Tuesday, June 24.
Property listing notes 120 acres near Muscatine with fine improvements fences and easy terms. An additional 140 acres four miles from West Liberty and two miles from Atalissa offers well improved land priced right.
An old note advises drinking plenty of water, eating raw fruit, and exercising to ease chronic constipation. Harsh cathartics dehydrate and worsen the condition. Chamberlain's Fablete is recommended as a mild, pleasant option. A line about a singer with a sweet voice follows.
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