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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
9
The report lists opening high and low prices for Wheat Corn and Oats with July September and December futures, plus pork lard ribs and cash grains. It notes hogs closed ten cents lower and provides car receipts and Northwestern receipts for Minneapolis and Duluth with daily totals and prior figures.
Wheat price ranges for No 2 red and other grades listed. Cattle receipts 15,000 with varied class prices. Hogs receipts 28,000 with multiple price bands. Sheep receipts 15,000 with weak demand and lambs quoted. Market notes show steady cattle, lower hogs, and weak sheep in Chicago on June 23.
Chicago on June 23 reports butter steady while creameries quote 22 5c and dairies 20 23 1 2 percent. Eggs ease with receipts 14 600 at mark cases included 18c firsts 18 3 4c and prime firsts 20 4c.
Chicago June 23 poultry market reports turkeys at 14 cents and chickens at 13 cents per pound with springs listed 18 to 22 cents.
Butter holds steady in New York market trading on June 23 with receipts at 11 800. Eggs show irregular movement as arrivals total 19 6909 with firsts at 20 20c and seconds at 19 19c.
New York June 23 poultry market firmer for live stock with chickens broilers 28 to 28 cents fowls 15 to 16 cents turkeys 13 cents. Dressed prices steady with chickens broilers 18 to 22 cents fowls 15 to 16 cents.
New York grain market brief shows July wheat at 1.22 percent gain while corn figures are incomplete in the OCR readout. Local trading notes reference New York, Arkansas and surrounding region markets with ongoing price movements.
St Louis grain prices dated June 23 show Wheat for July at 1.09 and fractions, Corn at 71 4 cents, and Oats at 46 for the day. Market details reflect Chicago and regional trading levels.
Peoria Illinois June 23 Corn No. 3 priced at 73 cents per bushel according to the day’s market bulletin.
The market lists grains and feeds with retail prices for oats, wheat, corn, cracked corn, pop corn and more. It also shows live stock bids including cows, veal, sheep, lambs, and hogs, along with dairy and poultry prices and a long vegetable and fruit section with multiple per unit prices.
Temporary injunctions barred sales of intoxicating liquors in the seventh district against Jack Bassett and William McCloskey. Permanent injunctions issued against Randy Moore and Tim Dun can. McCloskey serves 30 days in county jail for illegal liquor sale. Bassett appeared but offered no defense. A. E. Conklin granted divorce from Alvena Conklin by Judge D. W. Jackson. Docket entries show default decrees for Homer Vincent et al. and Roy L. Maxwell vs Stephen Moore and Marcellus Nicola vs Mary Maxwell.
A gospel meeting at the McKee and Bliven button factory tomorrow at 12 30 noon promises unusual appeal. A quartet including Blanche Munn Jessie Stirlen Ralph Cole and Andrew Asthalter will perform with Hazel Keath on piano. Rev. J C H Light United Brethren church pastor will deliver the address.
River Forecast predicts a falling Mississippi from Dubuque to Muscatine over the next 48 hours. Forecaster J. M. Sherier notes declines at La Crosse Dubuque Davenport Muscatine and Bettendorf readings.
Charles Freeman waived preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner A. G. Busch in Davenport and was bound over to federal court on bootlegging charges. A $500 bond was set, and Freeman returned to Muscatine on the late train.
Mrs. Fred Smith of Baker street suffered a painful injury at the McKee and Pliven button factory Tuesday afternoon when the tip of her middle finger on her right hand was severed by a sharp revolving saw in a button machine. Dr. E B Fulham attended the injured woman.
Michael Lee, an employee of Independent Construction of Davenport, was hurt this morning when a cave-in at his West Davenport job site fractured a rib. Dr. E B Fulham treated and set the fracture.
Candy shop offers kisses reception cakes and fresh daily bread at Slaughter's. Six for 5 cents promotion highlights house-made treats and daily bakery items in a local storefront listing.
A casual shopper note urges readers to order Suid Medal Flour from MaLrDa, encouraging confident home baking with a popular flour choice.
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