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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1908
Page
10
Local items note Cunningham the humorist performing at the Baptist church this evening with 25 cent admission. Excelsior Hose Co. hosts an event at Hare's Hall, and Lilly's advertises a large dress goods display and a Woolen/Silk pattern sale for Wednesday March 4. Other notices mention candy, flour brands, and local business calls.
Iowa farm mortgage loans at 6 percent as safe as government bonds and pay better. No cost for collecting interest. J. E. Stevenson, 209 Iowa Ave.
A local shop promotes Butterfly and Prince Chap suits in many cuts and colors. They advertise sizes for all figures from teens to full figure, with prices ranging from 9.98 to 39.00 and offer custom orders at the lowest prices.
A grand showing this week features new silks for dresses and suits and a handsome line of wool dress goods. Values are advertised as among the best, with yard prices ranging from 50e to 2.50. Customers are invited to call and view the selection, described as pretty and nobby.
A dispatch from Allenstein East Prussia reports Captain Von Goeben who faced court martial for the death of Captain Von Schoenbeck killed himself by opening an artery in his neck on Christmas night.
A Straw Bridge and Clothier representative from Philadelphia will showcase the full line of new dress goods silks and linens at the store tomorrow Wednesday March 4 held by B E Lilly.
Chronic constipation triggers a serious breakdown and prompts relief claims. The ad asserts Dr King s New Life Pills cure headaches stomach liver and bowel trouble. Presented by Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store with a 25 cent price.
Daily market report by Miner Co notes open high low close values for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs and live stock receipts. Highlights include hogs steady to weak with 30 000 receipts, cattle and sheep trading firm, and Chicago Produce Market readings for May and July contracts.
Butter prices remained steady with creamery at 21 31 cents and dairies at 20 28 cents. Eggs also steady at 18 18 1/2 cents per dozen.
Chicago market report shows poultry prices with firm turkeys at 13 cents, chickens at 11 and a quarter cents, and springs at 12 cents. District buyers and sellers note steady demand in early March trading.
New York March 3 Poultry market shows alive birds firm on fowls while other categories unsettled. Dressed poultry is quiet with prices: Philadelphia sprung chickens 25 to 28 cents, turkeys 12 to 18 cents, fowls 10 to 13 1/2 cents.
Market quotes for corn oats wheat and various grains with retail and per cwt prices. Live stock values list choice heavy and light cattle veal lambs and sheep, plus poultry and eggs with regional market notes. Vegetables show cabbage onions and potatoes with per unit prices.
A dense retail catalog lists beef and pork cuts with per pound prices, lard and ham figures, and miscellaneous items such as sugar fruits flour cheese and poultry. It includes prices for eggs, dairy, and fish by pound or dozen, indicating a broad urban grocery market catalog.
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