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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1908
Page
12
Busy Muscatine scene with shoppers and visitors including Miss Marie Calvert of Letts and Mrs. W H Bothe of Wapello. Numerous city to Davenport trips for social events like Madam Butterfly and Grand Opera House music, with local notices and advertisements rounding out a bustling day.
James A. Whitmore, state religious work secretary of the Y M C A, is due in Muscatine Monday to oversee religious work for men and to confer with local workers. He will address a men’s meeting that evening.
Mrs Clara Leach of Lewiston Montana visits W A Leach of Broadway and boards the Firefly for Fairport where she will stay a few days.
George Messer a Muscatine youth was badly injured when riding on the rear step of a crowded Southside car. The car struck a heavy drag wagon turning a corner, throwing Messer to the pavement. He sustained a broken right arm a fractured collar bone and a severe scalp wound and was taken to St Anthony's hospital in Chicago in precarious condition. his condition was reported by his aunt Mrs Mary Beltman of Lucas Street.
Physical Director Johnson outlines a Monday evening junior department combination meet at the Y M C A building. Six events include three apparatus moves on horse parallel bars and horizontal bars plus three athletic events shot put high jump and standing broad jumps. Awards will honor the top scorers across all events.
Tickets for Maud Ballington Booth are on sale now at Barger and Barrows Mulberry Street Schmidt Music Store Morgan's Drug Store Fred Eltman’s Grocery on Hershey Avenue and W R Rice's Grocery in Musserville.
Take Warning. Don’t let stomach liver nor kidney trouble slow you when you can quickly down them with Electric Bitters. 50c. Havercamp’s Prescription Drug Store.
One Hundred Dollars Reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co Toledo 0. Endorsed by Walding Kinnan Marvin wholesale druggists. Cure taken internally. Testimonials free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Lee Lang of the local socialist party will travel to Des Moines March 21 for the state convention at Homestead er's Hall. Delegates from across the state gather March 23 to name a full state ticket and address primary law demands. The gathering will discuss other party business and general issues.
Wheat corn oats hogs and live stock prices and figures from Miner Co Chicago Board of Trade plus daily produce and meat market readings. Includes futures opening highs and closes for May July and Sep contracts with cash and retail items across wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and miscellaneous farm products.
Cattle receipts at 200 with steady prices. Beeves and cows and heifers quoted from 2.00 to 6.30, stockers 3.00 to 4.90, westerns 4.00 to 5.00. Hogs receipts 17,000 with prices 4.40 to 4.75 for various lots and bulk sales 4.60 to 4.70. Sheep receipts 3,000 steady with sheep 3.75 to 6.35, lambs 5.60 to 7.15, yearlings 5.50 to 6.50.
Butter steady with creamery at 22 to 28 cents and dairies 20 to 26 cents. Eggs show weakness at around 14 to 14 4/5 cents.
Chicago market report shows poultry pricing steady with turkeys at 14 cents, chickens at 11 to 14 cents, and spring fowl around 12 cents, reflecting stable demand and supplies in the area.
New York March 14 Wheat for May delivery at 1.03 and a half cents. Corn at 74 1/2 cents. Market notes show activity in grains with price levels cited for the session.
New York on March 14 reports poultry prices with alive and dressed fowls dull. Alive fowls 14, turkeys 15, dressed turkeys 12 to 18, fowls 10 to 13 percent. Market conditions show steady demand and typical seasonal variation.
New York on March 14 shows butter steady with receipts 4844. Eggs weak as receipts reach 16873 with firsts 16 1/4 to 16 1/2 cents and seconds 16 to 16 cents.
Wheat for May at 98 4 corn at 61 62e oats at 52 léc note prices from the St Louis market report dated March 14.
New York reports a reserve surplus of 30.665 million under the 25 percent rule. Loans declined 2.63 million, deposits down 3.871 million, reserve down 439 thousand, surplus up 529 thousand, and ex US deposits down 774 thousand. Total deposits 740.252 million, cash on hand 53.72 million, loans 773.949 million among member banks and trust companies.
Corn market 7 cents, oats 50 cents, wheat 80 to 90 cents retail up to 1.00. Cracked corn 1.45 per cwt retail. Popcorn on ear 1.15 to 1.25 per cwt shelled 1.40 to 1.75 per cwt. Pop corn per peck 30 cents. Bran 1.35 per cwt. Oil meal 1.75 per cwt. Shorts 1.35 to 1.40 per cwt. Barley per bushel 75 cents.
Centerville March 14 After Judge Vermillion received a bar committee report urging investigations of charges against Attorney John B. Smith the court began disbarment proceedings Smith collapsed to the cement sidewalk and beat his head on the walk before friends intervened
A man beaten severely was taken to his home where guards remained to prevent self harm as he continued to threaten bodily injury.
Huston's assistant faces two indictments totaling $92,704.80. Frank Irvine of Norristown, traveling auditor in Snyder's office, two indictments totaling $5,808.30. George F. Payne of Philadelphia, contracting firm builder, one indictment for $257,034.96. Charles G. Wetter, partner, three indictments totaling $14,000. Wallis Boileau of Pennsylvania Bronze company, stockholder, involved in manufacturing $2,000,900 lighting fixtures. John G. Neiderer, same. George K. Storm and Charles F. Kinsman, one indictment each, four totaling $117,232.20 related to Pennsylvania Bronze contracts.
Mrs Ida Florence Wythes Hensoldt recounts three suspenseful weeks awaiting her husband Dr Henry Hensoldt an author and former Columbia lecturer who disappeared on February 21 after she entrusted him with a sizable fortune. She sought help from Capt P D O'Brien of the city detective bureau as she described the vanished plans and money.
New York March 14 A five story candy factory on Pearl street owned by Arthur Essing burned today. Scores of girls escaped to the streets with only narrow margins separating them from tragedy. Firemen battled the blaze as the building was destroyed and the cause is under investigation.
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