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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
8
Miss Eda Cruz visits Iowa City while M F Cronin of Wilton plans a Muscatine stay. Numerous residents from Burlington Davenport and Reynolds visit for business and social purposes. Y W C A hosts free cooking demonstrations. Graff sells drugs and Thormann button saws advertise. Local trips include parcels to Park Place and West Liberty and a Ford purchase promotion.
All members of the Rescue Hose Company are asked to gather at the hose house Thursday evening June 27 by order of the foreman for a company meeting and briefing.
Chicago outslugged Cleveland 9 to 4 as rain and a slick field kept the Cardinals from playing on the West Side. Manager Chance advised postponement, saving the St Louis club from further damage, with Chicago earning the win in a damp, windy afternoon at the South Side.
In the American League games Chicago leads Cleveland 9 to 4 after seven innings. Philadelphia ties Washington 3 to 3 as St Louis and Detroit finish 4 to 4 and 2 to 2 respectively. Boston edges New York 3 to 2. National League action interrupted by rain with Chicago and St Louis tied.
Brooklyn 11 Philadelphia 2 Pittsburg 5 Boston 6 New York 5 Three League Springfield 1 Cedar Rapids 6 Peoria Rock Island wet grounds Bloomington 7 Clinton 2 Decatur 4 Dubuque 5 ten innings Iowa League Marshalltown 3 Oskaloosa 2 Keokuk 2 Jacksonville 1 Burlington 5 Quincy 3 Ottumwa Waterloo rain.
The schedule lists St. Louis at Chicago for two games, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, Boston at New York, Philadelphia at Brooklyn, Chicago at St Louis, Cleveland at Detroit, Washington at Philadelphia, and New York at Boston. The results or dates are not provided.
The local potato market reports a scarcity and price up to 35 cents per bushel as rains halt digging. J. H. Vail notes crops in Texas and Indian Territory will be smaller than expected, delaying harvest near July fourth. Also listed are price quotes for onions, green vegetables, meats, dairy, and other market items across the region.
Wilbur Melton a well known Muscatine man was severely scalded by a boiler explosion near Peoria Saturday He stood near a large engine when the boiler exploded and was found unconscious undergoing medical care in Peoria Several others were slightly injured and treated locally Melton has lived in Muscatine for years and is esteemed by the community
Iowa City June 26 The state university authorities plan to operate a dormitory for girls in the coming school year. A lanze house on recently purchased ground will be used as the experimental dormitory, a forerunner to a larger building expected to rise within a few years.
The Grand Trunk Railway System offers the world’s longest stretch of double track under one management from Chicago to Montreal and to Niagara Falls. The Grand Trunk Lehigh Valley route via Niagara Falls extends to New York. Descriptive literature and schedules available free on application to Geo. W. Vaux at 135 Adams St Chicago Illinois.
The list shows corn at 55 cents per bushel, oats 40 to 42 cents, wheat 75 to 80 cents retail one dollar, cracked corn 1 35 per cwt, pop corn 1.15 to 1.75 per cwt, per peck 30 cents, bran 1.10 to 1.15 per cwt, oil meal 1.60 per cwt, shorts 1.15 to 1.20 per cwt, barley 45 to 50 cents to dealers. Country eggs 13 cents market 15 cents retail, chop feed 1.35 per cwt, hay 12 to 15 dollars. Butter farmers market 16 to 18 cents, retail 20 to 22. Muscatine Produce Co fresh eggs per case 3.60, per dozen 12 cents. Butter packing stock 1 16 cents per lb delivered, butter 12 cents per lb. Hens 5 to 9 cents per lb, springs 12 cents per lb, roosters 44 cents, ducks 5 cents, geese 5 cents, turkeys 1 cent live, 12 cents dressed, retail 15 cents, hens 9 cents per lb, old roosters 4 cents per lb. Vegetables retail cabbage 5 cents per lb.
Carrie Nation was arrested in Washington D C on a disorderly conduct charge after entering a saloon and causing a disturbance. She was placed in the house of detention last night.
Furnished by Miner and Company to the Chicago Board of Trade with H J Frenzel as manager. Office located over the post office and both telephone lines available.
Cattle receipts 16 000 steady with values ranging from 1.75 to 7.00 for cows and prime stockers. Hog receipts 27 000 with weights and prices from 5.55 to 6.92 for various classes and bulk sales 5.87 to 5.60. Sheep receipts 13000 strong with lambs and yearlings fetching 6.25 to 7.25 and related figures.
Chicago market note says butter prices steady with creameries at 24c and dairies at 17 1 2 c. Eggs also steady with quotes around 13 1 4 c. Market activity and price levels reflect stable dairy commodity trading in Chicago on June 26.
Chicago June 26 poultry prices show steady turkeys and chickens with about 11 to 22 cents for several spring varieties. Lic and lic? (text unclear) reflect market activity for the day.
New York market reports butter steady at official daily ranges from 18 23 6c for common to fancy and 17 1S for factory to firsts. Eggs remain firm with no change in prices.
New York poultry market reports alive stock steady on June 26. Spring chickens bring 20 cents per pound while fowls fetch 14 cents, dressed broilers 18 to 27 cents, turkeys range 10 to 14 cents for dressed birds and 11 to 13 cents for fowls.
New York June 26 Wheat Sept 161 1 2 cents. Corn Sept 615gc. Market notices list price quotes for futures with little additional context.
Wheat for September 92 1/4 to 92 5/8 cents. Corn September 52 1/2 to 53 cents. Oats September 36 1/2 to 37 cents. Market reports from St Louis note minor fluctuations as buyers watch grain futures.
Peoria Produce Market in Peoria reports corn No 9 at 53 cents. Market stalls note price listing for June 26 with limited readable detail.
Eleven people are dead and many more prostrated in the Pittsburg district over the last twenty four hours due to extreme heat. Officials warn relief is not seen and the heat continues into tomorrow.
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