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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
6
Classified notices list a young woman seeking a typewriter and clerk position via care of Journal, plus notices for a middle aged woman for light house work with phone 670, and dining room girl vacancies at Best Restaurant and Commercial Hotel.
First mortgages offered in $500 denominations, due five years from date, on the De Jonghe Restaurant Building in Chicago opposite the Palmer House. Interest six percent. Property valued at $250,000. $100,000 in first mortgages issued. A gilt edge investment for buyers with funds. Inquiries to H M Bartlett Attorney over Muscatine Post Office.
Three lots remain with an extra 100 feet unsold along the Weed estate on southern Washington street. Street cars and water access exist on this street, and the lots lie on the dry, desirable side of the new Fair Oaks addition. L. G. Burnett, Executor, Hershey State Bank.
Wheat futures slide sharply on the Chicago Board of Trade with May wheat down to 1.138 percent and other grains mixed as government farm reserves surprise traders. The Agriculture Department notes 21.6 percent of last year’s crop held by farmers, about 143.692 million bushels, in Washington D C on March 1.
Chicago March 8 cattle receipts 25 000 steady with ranges listed for beeves Texas western stockers and feeders cows and calves plus hogs receipts 43 000 up 10 cents with price brackets for light mixed heavy good to choice and pigs and bulk values noted.
He notes potential savings of at least seven dollars a month by sticking with the local Gas Company and hints at improved lighting with that choice.
Sheep receipts total 18,000 and steady with prices cited for sheep 3.40 to 5.85 dollars, yearlings 6.10 to 7.20 dollars, and lambs 6.00 to 7.90 dollars. Market activity shows stable demand across classes.
Butter steady in Chicago market with creamery and dairy prices ranging 20 to 28 cents. Eggs steady with firsts at 18 to 19 cents and New York notes a weak overall market with varied creamery and egg quotations and large receipts.
New York March 8 poultry dressed firm with Western fowls at 14 to 16 cents and turkeys at 16 to 23 cents. New York grain on March 8 shows Wheat May at 1.18 and Corn at 75 cents.
St Louis grain prices for March 8 show May wheat at 1.14 and corn at 67 1/2 cents per bushel with oats at 55 1/2 cents. Market notes reflect typical daily fluctuations in the St Louis market.
Peoria Illinois reports corn market activity with No 3 grade priced at 63 and a half cents per bushel.
Readable price list covering corn market oats and wheat futures, cracked corn and popcorn retail, oats and hay values, live market shingles and livestock prices, butter eggs hens turkeys ducks geese vegetables fruits and nuts, meats and fish, coal and wood prices, miscellaneous goods and wholesale flower prices. Includes beef, veal, mutton and pork, lard bacon sausage and smoked fish quotes with per unit notes.
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