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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1909
Page
9
Wheat and corn futures show mixed gains with May wheat at about 114% to 115 and corn near 68%. Hogs rally to a top of 6.90 while pork and lard prices edge higher. Cash grain prices vary by grade with No 2 red wheat around 1.18 to 1.22 per bushel.
The Oliver Typewriter Company offers the Oliver Typewriter No. 5 for 17 cents a day. The plan promotes universal typewriting and laments longhand. firms, colleges, and schools are adopting typewriters to speed up business and education.
Small salaries can afford Olivers by saving pennies and practicing in spare moments. Buy at $100 catalog price with a small initial payment, then save 17 cents daily and pay monthly. The Oliver Typewriter is promoted as highly efficient and capable of helping earn money to finish payments.
Chicago wholesale livestock report shows cattle receipts at 4 000 with steady prices across classes from beeves 4 60 to 7 30 Texans 4 50 5 40 westerners 4 10 5 60 stockers 3 50 5 50 cows 1 90 5 75 calves 6 00 8 50 hogs receipts 21 000 steady with ranges from light 6 35 6 75 mixed 6 45 6 65 heavy 6 50 6 90 rough 6 50 6 65 good to choice heavy 6 65 6 90 pigs 5 35 6 10 bulk sales 6 65 6 80 sheep receipts 14 000 weak 3 30 5 15 yearlings 5 90 6 90 lambs 5 75 7 75.
Butter steady at 22 28 1 2 cents for creameries and 22 28 c for dairies. Eggs steady with firsts at 18 cents and prime firsts at 19 cents.
Chicago March 11 poultry market details show firm prices for poultries including turkeys at 17 cents, chickens at 14 to 14 1/2 cents, and springs at 15 cents with overall steady tone.
New York March 11 butter prices ease across fancy creamery and firm grades with process common to special 17 23 percent of receipts totaling 3 700. Eggs show easier trading with receipts around 16 000.
New York March 11. Poultry market steady. Alive chickens 13 cents, fowls 16 to 18 cents, turkeys 12 to 18 cents. Dressed fowls 14 to 14 1/4 cents, turkeys 11 to 23 cents.
Wheat for May delivery sits at 1.18 dollars and corn at 75 cents in early New York trading on March 11 with values unchanged from prior sessions.
Wheat for May delivery at 1.11 and one eighth. corn at 67 and three quarters cents. oats at 54 and three quarters cents. Prices listed for St. Louis market.
In Peoria Illinois on March 11 corn market report shows No 3 grade trading at 64 64½ cents per bushel.
Muscatine markets list corn oats wheat and various feed items with prices per cwt and per bushel. Local livestock values cover cattle hogs and sheep with steers cows and bulls listed. Fraternal and Masonic lodge notes follow including Monty orders and meeting schedules for various bodies in Muscatine Iowa.
A mixed price list shows wholesale rates for almonds filberts pecans brazils and various meats including beef pork and mutton. It also covers wood coal eggs sugar flour and a Flower Market with carnations roses violets narcissus calla lilies and American beauties priced per dozen or per hundred.
Modern Brotherhood of America lodge 143 meets on every second and fourth Monday at Yeoman hall at Iowa Avenue and Third street. Dr. E H King serves as president and Chas Ryan as secretary. Open invitation to all in good standing.
EP INGHAM HORST TITS and PROWN advertise legal services in Muscatine Iowa. Listings detail offices, practice areas including probate estates settlements and real estate, with notary public and abstract of title services. Other attorneys offer general practice and corporate law with emphasis on estates and money investments.
The Cook, Myt s sfer Co. State Bank lists capital of £250,000 with PM Mae ser as president and W F E Raven as vice president. The First National Bank shows capital of $50,000 with S G Stein and D V Jackson as directors and offers safety deposit boxes for rent.
Rail schedule lists fast and slow trains from Davenport to Chicago and westward. It notes passenger services No 12 3 and 11 plus freight and Mall and Express trains with daily operation except Sundays. Agent W. Underdonk signs the notice.
Train schedule fragment shows multiple daily and limited service between Wilton and Muscatine. Services numbered 504 505 501 502 503 and others run at various morning and afternoon times with some no-stop and daily exceptions. Not all times are readable. indicates a transportation timetable snapshot.
A brief railway timetable entry lists No 12 passenger at 2 30 am and No 8 at 8 00 pm with No 92 freight carrying passengers at 5 50 pm going west. Also mentions Mo B PASSONPET 2 and No 5 passenger 11 44 pm and No 91 freight with passengers at 8 45 am.
Train timetable details for Muscatine linking Round House Fruitland Grandview and Wapello via Elrick Junction. Notes include departures and arrivals for Nos. 4 2 6 1 3 5 8 with connections to Iowa Central Division and C R I P at Wapello Elrick Junction and Burlington.
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