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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1906
Page
8
Local notice states tickets are available at the business college for the M and C graduation on Thursday evening. Frank Smith is billed as the speaker discussing The Age in Which We Live. Reserved seating costs 25 cents while supplies last.
A frightened horse attached to the Elite Laundry wagon bolted up Second Street. It turned a corner at Iowa Avenue causing the wagon to overturn briefly, then righted itself. The horse stumbled but recovered and was soon stopped with no serious damage to person or property.
A band concert held yesterday at Citizens Railway park drew six to seven hundred attendees. The program followed the schedule announced in Saturdays paper and the audience showed appreciation with several encores.
The Hershey Lumber company expects the next raft from Stillwater Minnesota to arrive in South Muscatine around July 1. The raft, about four brails, is built entirely of soft wood and is the second raft this year. Rail connections are favored for summer lumber handling.
A brief mention notes money invested without charge tied to agage loan. No further details present.
Irene A Smith born Wayne April 11 1861 died Cedar Rapids June 19 1996 aged 45 years 2 months and days. She married W M Lambing in Wayne 1878 moved across several towns before settling in West Liberty then Cedar Rapids. She leaves husband and three children Herbert Alta V Strain Ira S. Funeral in Wayne Christian church. Cemetery West Oakridge. Several local residents noted in society notices.
The article notes the institute opening for its second week with entertaining special numbers performed this morning by Miss Moynahan and others.
Mrs. Mary O Gilbraith, 74, resident of Cedar County, died in her sleep at her daughter Mrs. Eliza Smith’s East Sixth Street home after moving to Muscatine two months ago. Survived by two daughters and a son. remains to be taken to Rochester Iowa for interment. The article also notes local teachers’ institute activities and a tribute to author Cleburne Lee Hayes.
A social evening ends with thanks and ice cream for a departing friend. Rev F W Collins entertains his mother and sister from Fremont Nebraska. Mrs Will Babbitt dies in Colorado Springs and is to be buried locally. Miss Grace Thompson leaves John Wiley home for Clarence. Funeral attendees from Wayne Iowa Iowa City Springfield Ohio and Des Moines listed. Mrs Allie Evans returns from Atalissa. West Liberty visitors call on J M Purvis and Sam Barr. Paxton Wright visits Eldon relatives. Carlos Briggs called to Nichols for father’s illness. Malone visits Wilton.
Alfred Thacher of Lake township sells to Henry Ankle a 275 acre farm described as one of the choice and highly productive parcels in the township. The property is noted as improved.
Furnished market update shows wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and eggs with bid and ask ranges and daily car receipts. Chicago produce notes wheat 84 cent figures and butter eggs quoted by standard grading firms.
Thomas E. Gunn rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Cedar Rapids for forty years died early this morning from apoplexy. He was among the best known Roman Catholic churchmen in Iowa.
Iowa Central offers round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and Canadian northwest and on the first and a third Tuesdays to the south southeast west and southwest. Rate one fare plus $2 with liberal limits and stop over privileges. For rates and details contact A B Cutts P T A Minneapolis MN.
A dense listing of commodities and settlement prices across July and September. Includes pork, lard, ribs, rye, flax, clover, barley, oats, wheat, corn, and hay with bid and retail figures. Also covers butter, live poultry, eggs, vegetables, fruit, and a wide range of meats with per pound or per piece rates and stock market shippers pay figures.
Cattle receipts 23 000. steady to 10 cents higher. Beeves 4.00 to 6.10. cows and heifers 1.49 to 5.10. stockers and feeders 2.65 to 4.50. Texans 3.60 to 4.40. Hogs receipts 40 000. mixed and butchers 6.25 to 6.57. good heavy 6.45 to 6.69. rough 6.20 to 6.35. light 6.25 to 6.55. bulk 6.45 to 6.55. Sheep receipts 24 000. steady 4.73 to 6.25. lambs 5.90 to 7.60.
Chicago June 25 poultry prices show turkeys at 10 cents and chickens at 11 cents. Market notes indicate steady demand and steady supply for the day.
New York poultry prices show live birds not quoted with dressed firm. Broilers at 18 dollars 22 cents, turkeys 11 dollars 15 cents, fowls 11 dollars 144 cents.
Butter markets were quiet in New York on June 25 with creamery prices at 16 21 cents for grade and 12 18 cents for renovated. Factory butter moved at 12 16 cents, imitation creamery at 16 18 cents, and beaasts at 16 11 1/2 cents, with seconds at 15 16 cents.
St Louis market notes for June 25 show wheat in September term and corn at 59 1/2 cents per bushel with oats at 34 44 35 1/2 cents. Prices reflect ongoing grain trading activity in St Louis.
Peoria market notes corn No 3 at 59 under heading June 25 with a price quote in cents per bushel.
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