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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1909
Page
9
A list of train numbers and routes appears with times and destinations including Davenport Chicago and Washington Oskaloosa as well as Kansas City and Dallas. The text mentions freight, mail and express services and notes lines going southwest with scattered phrases and unclear trailing words.
Daily rail notices show trains between Muscatine and Wilton with No. 504 at 6:28am and No. 505 at 8:00am, plus No. 590 at 10:15am and No. 501 at 12:35pm. Westbound departures include No. 32 and No. 7 with varied daily or no stop restrictions.
Train timetable for Muscatine with Nos 4 2 6 3 5 and 1 8 services. Details include departure and arrival times at Muscatine Round House Fruitland Grandview Wapello Elrick Junction and connections with C R I P and Iowa Central trains. Sunday and weekday patterns noted with specific connections at Wapello Burlingon and Elrick Junction.
Mod ern Brotherhood of America lodge meets on the second and fourth Mondays at Yeoman hall corner of Iowa Avenue and Third street. Dr E H King is president and Chas Ryan secretary invite all in good standing to attend.
Muscatine Homestead No 836 announces regular gatherings on the second and fourth Friday evenings in Yeoman Hall. Members in good standing and visiting Yeomen are invited. FE. C. Ingraham serves as Foreman and Mrs. BE. C. Ingraham as Correspondent at 510 West 5th St.
MasonIC Iowa Lodge No 2 A F and A M holds its regular meeting on the first Tuesday evening of each month.
The Pocahontas Romona Council No. 52 meets first and third Fridays at the Maccabee Hall. Listed officers include Mrs. Isabel Norton Pocahontas Mrs. A A Stark Collector of Wampum and Mrs. Quilla Bell Keeper of Records.
M. W. OF A. Muscatine Camp No. 106 holds regular Tuesday evening meetings at Woodmen hall Olds' Block Consul J. Lentz Clerk J. A. Leyda Lu Oo. T. M. Muscatine Hive No 13 meets first and third Mondays at K of P hall Carrie Farris Commander Nellie Lucas Record Keeper
A dense list of local fraternal groups meets weekly or monthly in Muscatine. Highlights include Royal Neighbors of America Camp 142, Muscatine Court No. 677, Shelby Norman Post 231, Musquitine Tribe 95, Bloomington Council 175, I. O. O. F. Lodge 5, Prairie Encampment 4, A. O. C. W. Lodge 10, Muscatine Aerie 815, Knights of Pythias Wyoming Lodge 76, Highland Nobles Muscatine Castle, Muscatine Elks Lodge 304, Laurene Council 1805, and Flecta Chapter 82. Officials and visiting members are listed for each group.
Banner Lodge announces its Degree of Honor meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays in Yeoman hall. Officers listed include Wavie Niebling as chief of honor, Mary Crouch as financier, and Gussie Mull as recorder.
A London dressmaker testifies two shops one at Putney and another on Manchester street set different prices for identical dresses. A client refused payment of 50 dollars citing poor fit, while the maker notes price reflects location rather than workmanship, offering a curious view on fashion pricing and manners.
A noted English statistician in New York notes aging wealthy men rarely marry young mercenary women, calling such unions mockeries. He cites a Hertfordshire town where a seventy nine year old millionaire wed a twenty two year old milliner, with local editors claiming a later bereavement drove his family to fear he would go crazy.
Chicago March 16 market notes show wheat contracts May and Sep trading around 11.6 to 11.8 cents per bushel, corn May around 67 to 68 cents, oats May around 54 to 55 cents, and pork and lard futures with May pork near 17.85 dollars. Cash grain prices list wheat No. 2 red at 1.22 to 1.24, oats at 54 to 55 cents, and rye cash around 81 cents. Local produce and meats prices include butter 18 cents per pound, eggs 15 cents, and various vegetables and fruits with mixed per-pound and per-dozen figures.
Chicago March 16 cattle receipts 3500 steady with beves prices from 4.60 to 7.25 Texas 4.50 5.40 Western 4.10 5.60 stockers 3.40 5.40 cows and heifers 1.90 5.70 calves 6.00 8.25 hogs receipts 17000 strong with prices from 6.25 to 6.85 bulk 6.55 6.7 sheep receipts 15000 steady 3.15 5.65 lambs 5.50 7.65.
Butter and eggs steady at Chicago market. Creameries pay 22 to 28 4c, dairies 20 to 25c. Eggs steady for firsts 17 2c, prime firsts 18 2c. Market conditions reflect stable wholesale prices in Chicago.
Wheat for May at 1.19 dollars per bushel. Corn priced at 74 cents per bushel. Market notes indicate standard Chicago style quotes for grains traded in New York.
Chicago March 16 poultry market shows turkey prices steady at 14 cents per pound while chickens and springs reach 15 cents. Firms note demand remains stable across the traded categories.
New York poultry prices are barely steady with dressed meat. Chickens fetch 12 cents per pound, fowls 14 to 16 cents, turkeys 16 to 23 cents per pound.
Butter prices ease for all grades with 12,000 receipts. Process butter ranges from 16 to 23 cents for common to specials, western factory first 18 to 19 cents, imitation creameries 20 to 21 cents. Eggs hold steady with 29,000 receipts. Firsts 19 cents, seconds 18 to 18.5 cents.
St. Louis market reports March 16 show May wheat at 1.12 percent, corn at 65 65 percent, and oats at 53 cents per bushel.
Peoria Illinois March 16 corn No 3 priced at 65 5. Each line notes a price for No 3 corn at the Peoria market with a terse market quote.
Corn and market prices listed for corn meal oats and shelled popcorn with per ewt per bushel and per peck figures. Local live stock market notes shippers pay with ranges for choice heavy and light steers cows bulls sheep and lambs with prices.
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