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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1909
Page
9
W G Block company expands by purchasing Tri City Transfer and Fuel from Muscatine concerns. Fred Block travels to Davenport to take charge. the Davenport branch includes all horses wagons and property at 503 East River Street. No manager announced yet.
Port Allen Illinois March 24. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Morgan of Orono welcomed a 11 pound boy born Monday March 22. J Orr family visited M Stinson and wife Sunday. Mrs. A McCullough cared for her ill father in Columbus Junction. Miss Mildred Marian Marsh and Grace Babbitt visited their former teacher Mrs Roy Tipton Friday to Monday. Conner and Hotchkiss cutting wood for neighbors as others visited Columbus Junction despite mud. Farmers begin field work as H D Matterhouse and family visited J D Wilson Sunday.
Daily market report provides figures for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs and Hogs with May July and cash prices. Highlights include Wheat May opening 1.16% to 1.18% and Hogs closing 6.90, with cash grains listed for No. 2 red and other grades.
Chicago report notes butter steady with creameries at 29 cents and dairies around 28 to 20 3/4 cents, reflecting stable dairy markets on March 24.
Chicago March 24 poultry market notes steady demand with turkeys at 17 cents, chickens 15 to 16 1/2 cents, springs around 15 4/5 cents. Firsts firm at 1916 cents per dozen for prime eggs.
Market list shows fowls at 18e dressed and firm. fowls at 15 16% cents. turkeys at 16 23 cents. Prices reflect current wholesale ranges.
Chicago cattle receipts reach 18000 with declines to 4.60 7.10 for beeves and 4.40 5.50 for Texans. Hogs total 36000 with prices from 6.40 to 6.95 and sheep 24000 with lambs at 5.75 to 7.90 while ewes and stockers show varied bids.
New York grain market update dated March 24 shows wheat for May at 1.20 and corn at 74 cents.
New York March 24 Butter firm and unchanged. Receipts 4 800 eggs firm. Receipts 28 300 Firsts 19 4 cents seconds 19 cents.
Wheat May at 1.1474, corn 65 46, oats 53 3/4 cents. Market conditions shown for St. Louis, Missouri with prices listed.
New York March 24 Poultry alive and steady with chickens and broilers priced at 25 per unit.
Peoria Illinois market notes corn No. 3 selling at 65 four fifth cents. The brief item lists today’s price in the local market while identifying the commodity and grade.
A brief note centers on Gold Medal Flour branded by Deucre, claiming it is the sole best choice alongside the well known Jemima reference.
The notice urges readers to solve money worries by saving with a bank offering four percent compound interest. It promises self reliance and strength from savings invested in first lien mortgages and notes Saturday evening hours.
The sheet lists officers of 1st Trust and Savings Bank located in the 1st National Bank Building with J. Carskaddan as President STELN as Vice President and R. K. Smith as Cashier.
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