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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1909
Page
9
Chicago markets show wheat corn oats and hogs with mixed closes on March 4. Grain prices list cash bids and futures in May July and cash markets alongside livestock quotes and local club notices.
Chicago market data shows cattle receipts at 5,000 with steady prices across categories including beeves 4.60 to 7.25 and calves 6.00 to 8.75. Hogs receipts reach 28,000 with steady to lower trend and prices from 6.30 to 6.75. Sheep receipts total 12,000 with lambs 5.75 to 7.86 and ewes 3.85 to 5.80.
Chicago March 4 the butter market shows steady tone with creameries at 22 to 28 cents and dairies at 20 to 25 cents eggs ease noted with marks 18 to 19 cents firsts 20 cents prime firsts 21 cents the report summarizes current wholesale prices and quality classifications for dairy and egg products.
Chicago March 4 Poultry firm reporting prices for turkeys at 7 cents per pound chickens at 14 to 14 1 2 cents per pound spring chickens at 15 to 14 cents per pound.
Butter steady at 28c for fancy fresh. creamery prices held 20c to 28c with factor first. Receipts total 4900. Eggs firmer with 11600 received. firsts 21c seconds 20 1 2 c.
New York March 4. Poultry prices steady with live chickens 13c, fowls 16c, turkeys 12 to 18c. Dressed meat firm with chickens 16 to 25c, fowls 14 to 16c, turkeys 16 to 23c.
New York on March 4 reports wheat for May at 1.22 dollars and corn at 75 5 cents. The market shows prices for traders and reflects early seasonal movements in the grain market.
Wheat for May at 1 14 and a half, corn at 66 cents, oats at 55 4 cents. Market notes show the day’s prices in St Louis.
The Pocahontas chapter No.2 meets on the first and third Friday each month in the Maccabee Fall with Mrs Isabel Norton as organizer. Collectors include Mrs A A Stark and keeper of records Mrs Quilla Bell. Muscatine Camp No. 108 of the Modern Woodmen of America holds regnar meetings on Tuesday evenings at Woodmen hall. Olds' Plock. J Lentz, Consn!. J A Leyda, Clerk.
Train schedule lists arrivals and departures for Davenport Chicago routes and westward services. Passenger, mail and freight trains include Nos 12 42 50 4 88 2 49 11 89 61 and 401 402 with times around 2:08 am 5:20 am 11:25 am 8:26 pm and 4:35 pm daily except Sunday. Agent W. S. Onderdonk provides service.
Rail schedules list trains to and from Wilton and Muscatine with times such as 25 am, 8 00 am, 12 29 pm, 3 20 pm, and 5 30 pm. Several No numbers indicate daily or Sunday exceptions and limited stops.
In effect April 9 1905 timetable shows No 92 freight carries passengers at 2 20 am and No 91 freight carries passengers at 11 44 pm with 5 50 pm listing Going West and 8 45 am for another service.
Daily and Saturday train connections listed for Muscatine Round House Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and links to Iowa Central and C R I P. No. 2 No. 4 No. 5 No. 1 No. 3 No. 6 show times and transfer points with Burlington and Elrick Junction.
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