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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1906
Page
8
Small bills burden you Use Guarantee Loan Co offers cash on your own security Loans available on horses cows carriages pianos household goods and other personal property Goods stay in your possession Business confidential Open Wednesday and Saturday evenings 7 to 9.
Various residents and visitors are listed as spending Saturday in the city for business or leisure. Names include Mrs L M Wilson Wilton Mrs George Plitt Wilton Leo Hohnke Atalissa IA Miss Anna Geertz El Paso Rock Island, and others. Attendees attend meetings and travel on trains No 1 and No 4. A few professionals and travelers are noted along with a local dentist address.
At the YWCA rooms yesterday afternoon a large gathering heard Miss Bessie Hoopes give a splendid talk on Jesus Christ the Saviour of the World after Mrs. Joseph Hanley sang Wait Thou. Twenty five young women remained for tea afterward, a growing custom noted by attendees.
Bowman notes the arrival of tree carloads with gies and wagons. He urges seeing them.
Parties with money seek safe investments and find government bonds safest after them. G. M. Titus lists ready first mortgage loans from $100 to $15,000 at 213 Iown Avenue, with Titus handling interest and principal collection at no charge to investors.
The N N C meets at Mrs. C Bacon with Miss Mabel Marshall leading. Visitors include J M Rider from Cedar Rapids and many townsfolk sharing a weekend of calls and shopping in Muscatine. Strong Potter to host a one day ladies skirts sale March 22 with a top lineup and perfect fit guarantee.
A group of signatories pledges to refund the money for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if it fails to cure coughs or colds and also offers a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfaction or refund. Names include G. A. Riemeke N. B. Barkalow Jno. J. Havercamp Nesper F. T. J. Theo Kuechmaapn.
A fire in the Altman building annex in Kansas City trapped residents with no stairways and an iron door blocking escape. Miss Agnes A. Inman, a 32 year old corset maker from St. Louis, died on the fourth floor while five other women were rescued from the flames. The blaze started from a china kiln and property loss is described as trivial.
Reports from counties show over 50,000 signatures collected in two days for the pardon of David E. Sherrick former auditor of state. Supporters expect 200,000 signatures when presented to Governor Hanly, likely later this week in Indianapolis.
Engineers under Captain W A Thompson in La Crosse draft a map showing a proposed six foot river channel and current river bottom conditions to estimate construction costs. Final steps to compute costs for congress will occur at Rock Island with Major Richie, aligning divisions from Minneapolis to St Louis and referencing a $20,000,000 upper Mississippi program.
Today's markets show wheat trading with May at 79% high and low, closing near 78. The July and September contracts move within 77% to 78% ranges, reflecting steady activity in the grain pit.
The page lists mixed commodity and stock figures including corn oats pork lard and steel from U S Steel and Atchison and Erie lines with percentages and prices across several months. It also notes cars received today and estimated cars tomorrow for Wheat corn oats and related commodities.
The Chicago market lists closing and opening prices for wheat corn oats and related futures. Wheat values range from No 2 red to No 3 hard with May highs near 79 4c and lows around 78 5c. Corn and oats show multiple contract quotes with March and May figures and regional price variations. Lard ribs and related items trade at May and July contracts with rye flax barley and timothy also noted.
Chicago cattle receipts reach 31 000 with prices steady to five cents lower. Beeves sell 3.90 to 6.35, cows and heifers 1.60 to 5.10, Texans 3.75 to 4.60. Hog receipts 45 000 down 5 to 10 cents. mixed butchers 6.10 to 6.40, bulk 6.25 to 6.35. Sheep receipts 35 000 down 10 cents. mutton 3.75 to 6.00, lambs 4.60 to 6.90.
Butter steady at creameries and dairies with quoted ranges from 16 26 1/2 cents and 15 to 23 cents respectively Eggs firm at 13 1/2 cents with no change in trading.
Chicago poultry markets report steady activity with turkeys at 12 1/2 cents per pound, chickens at 12 1/2 cents, and springs at 12 1/4 to 12 3/4 cents.
Market notes from New York dated March 19 show butter varied by category with prices from creameries at 16 27 3/4 cents and dairies at 15 26 cents, while eggs remain strong with firsts at 16 cents and seconds at 15 1/2 cents.
New York March 19 dressed poultry prices steady with chickens 10 to 13 cents per pound turkeys 14 to 19 cents fowls 11 to 14 cents per pound reflecting firm demand and stable market conditions.
Wheat May at 76 percent yield and other market figures show oats at 30 percent in the St Louis produce market dated March 19. The brief note records price and yield levels for May wheat and oats with limited figures.
Peoria market report from March 19 lists corn No. 3 at 42 1/4 to 42 1/2 cents per bushel with no further bids or offers noted. Local traders track futures and demand levels amid steady winter markets.
Market roundup lists various equities and commodities with daily open high low and close figures. Sugar So Pac St Paul Mo Pac BRT Union Pacific Copper shown with fractional percentages for trading session.
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