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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1909
Page
9
Open high and low figures for Wheat Corn Oats Pork Lard Ribs are listed with May July and Sep contracts. Cash grain prices show No 2 red No 3 red No 2 hard positions and standard bids. Continuous updates note Hogs top at 6.90 and meat prices around 17.60 to 10.15.
Cattle receipts 5000 steady with Beeves 4.60 to 7.00 Texas 4.40 to 5.50 western 4.00 to 5.50 stockers and feeders 3.35 to 5.50 cows and heifers 1.90 to 5.60 calves 5.75 to 5.80. Hogs receipts 23000 strong up five cents. light 6.40 to 6.80 mixed 6.55 to 6.90 heavy 6.60 to 6.95 rough 6.40 to 6.70 good to choice heavy 6.70 to 6.95 bulk 6.70 to 6.835. Sheep receipts 10000 weak 3.60 to 6.15 lambs 5.75 to 7.90.
Chicago market report shows butter steady to firm with creameries and dairies at 22% to 25 cents. Eyes for firsts hold at 184 to 188 cents with prime firsts at 19 to 20 cents.
Chicago buyers and sellers note poultry prices on March 25 with turkeys at 117c, chickens at 15c, springs at 115c, reflecting a steady market for ready-to-market stock.
New York grain prices move on March 25 with Wheat May at 1.20 per bushel and Corn May at 74 6 cents. The quotes reflect routine futures trading for the market day.
New York March 25 butter firm with 5 100 imit ation creameries at 21 22 cents while eggs stay unchanged with receipts totaling 25 900 in the New York produce market report.
Alive poultry easier to move with chickens selling at 25 to 33 cents a pound and fowls at 17 cents. Dressed poultry firm with chickens at 12 cents fowls at 15 to 16 2/3 cents and turkeys between 16 and 23 cents.
Wheat May at 1.133 and a half cents per bushel. Corn May 65 1/2 cents. Oats May 52 1/2 cents. Peoria Corn Market No 8 corn at 65 cents on March 25.
A detailed local market listing from Muscatine shows price ranges for grains livestock produce and fruits. Corn oats wheat cracked corn and bran retail per cwt and ewt with varied figures. beef pork veal lamb and mutton priced by cut. fruits vegetables and flowers listed with per unit or per dozen prices from Buttering Stock and Maeecatine Produce Co.
A tall bashful man sits alone as a bustling family arrives with seven children. Onlookers note his blush and distant posture while the head waiter gathers the group around his table causing curious whispers and glances.
A humorous San Francisco Call tale recalls Ole Bill Foote and Ole Bill English traveling through southern California. They seek lodging at a farmhouse with only chairs, and the farmer reveals he saved beds for two Democratic orators who never showed, leaving the pair to sleep upright in chairs.
Train schedule lists fast, local, mail and freight services for Davenport Chicago and western connections. Key trains include No. 12 fast at 3:08am, No. 62 local 5:30am, No. 50 fast 11:25am, No. 4 Davenport Chicago, No. 88 local freight 2:00pm, No. 2 Mall and Express 6:26pm, No. 49 California Special 4:35pm, No. 11 Kansas City to Worth 11:02pm, No. 89 local freight 8:35am, No. 1 Mail and Express 8:05am, No. 61 local passenger 8:19pm. daily operations with Monday off noted.
Wilton train timetable lists daily routes to and from Muscatine with multiple numbered trains, times from early morning to late night, and notes on daily or Sunday service patterns. Some entries show no stops on certain services and indicate exceptions for Sundays.
Train Nos four two and six operate daily sections with arrivals at Elrick Junction from Muscatine and key stops Fruitland Grandview Wapello and Round House. Northbound No eight links Muscatine to Elrick Junction with evening to afternoon timing while No five and No one run daily and Saturdays respectively with connections to Iowa Central.
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