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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1906
Page
8
Local News Co C faces Des Moines in a game tonight with Thomas orchestra providing pregame and intermission music. Braunworth shoes are touted as reliable for spectators and players, while no tiresome waiting is promised at the venue.
Local notes include various ads for footwear and groceries, a birth announcement for a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Freese, and travel and visitation updates. Des Moines beat Nebraska Wesleyans 53 to 13 as sports results appear among commerce and social items.
Norfolk Virginia man Rivenbark suffered burns but Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured them without scarring. The product heals cuts too and is sold by Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 25 cents.
Chicago March 9 markets show fractional shifts across grains and pork futures with May and July contracts edging higher for corn and oats while hog and pork values hold. Receipts today include 105-16 cars of wheat and 147-2 noted in the tally.
Chicago reports cattle receipts at 2,000 with prices ranging from 1.60 to 4.00 for cows and stockers. Hogs receipts 21,000 with values between 5.10 and 6.40. Sheep and lamb receipts 7,000 with sheep at 3.80 to 6.10 and lambs 4.75 to 6.90.
Butter steady creamaries 16 26c dairies 16 24c Eggs easy 13c Chicago March 9 report notes steady butter and easy egg market with creameries and dairies price ranges.
Poultry market report from Chicago shows firm tone with turkeys at 13 cents, chickens at 12 cents, and springs at 1 1/2 cents per pound. Prices listed as of March 9.
Butter steady unchanged in New York market. Kees firmer with firsts at 14 4 c and seconds at 14 c.
New York on March 9 reports dressed poultry and chickens at 10 to 13 cents per pound fowls 10 to 13 cents and turkeys at 14 to 2 cents per pound term.
Chicago Chronicle lauds Company C as a potential dark horse in the Central A A A basketball championships at Evanston next week. Muscatine's five has not lost in two years and looms as a surprising entrant alongside Elgin Naperville Portage Northwestern and others. Officials for the event include Scorer Sherman Custing timers Thomas Holland and E H Foster with referees and umpires named.
George Lindner, son of Mr and Mrs A L Lindner of Muscatine, has been named manager of Hayden Lumber company yard in Ephrata Washington. Hayden Lumber operates multiple yards across Washington and is a prominent western lumber concern. Friends here extend hearty congratulations on his appointment.
Silk petticoats with deep flounce and silk dust ruffle offered in 16 to 18 colors plus black. Three rows of tucks and extra width. Originally seven dollars, now five dollars. Your choice this Saturday only.
Cyril Carpenter's restaurant and bakery in Columbus Junction Ia. sold to Scott Jarrard of Conesville and a Mr. Hatfield of Independence. New owners take possession. Local high school basketball hosts a Washington team in the season finale with two girls teams also playing a starter game. Game tips at 8 o'clock.
The Iowa Central Ry offers February 20 and March 6 and 20 sale dates for round trip and one way tickets to Nebraska Eastern Colorado Kansas Missouri Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and Louisiana. One way fares two dollars above half fare. Round trip fares three fourths of regular one way rate with twenty one day limit. Twenty one way tickets also on sale at flat rate and third Tuesdays to southwest west and northwest points at one fare plus two dollars or round trip.
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