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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1906
Page
8
A lender offers personal secured loans on horses cows carriages pianos and household goods. The goods stay in the borrower's possession while the Guarantee Loan Co. provides funds. Office hours include Wednesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 9.
Arden Iowa resident A W Legler visits town while Rock Island freight agent Lewis Severance calls. Mrs Effie Williamson and two children travel to Davenport to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Andrew Hine return from California. Three carloads of buggies and wagons arrive for sale at Bowman. Miss Nellie Larcas attends Davenport Congregationalist convention. Numerous notices on mortgages sales and local shop events fill the day.
G M Titus of 215 Iown avenue advertises in estate loan and first mortgage lending. Loans range from $100 to $15,000, ready for assignment with prompt processing and no investor barrier, pitched as a safe investment next to government bonds.
Leysen's Millinery announces its first spring and summer opening tomorrow and Wednesday March 27 and 28 with exclusive styles and a large showing of Gages' famous designs.
Frederick Welsch a Civil War veteran and Muscatine county resident died Sunday afternoon at his Sweetland township home at 4 30 in his seventy second year He was born in Germany in 1834 came to the United States before the war served in the Union Army and later lived in the county for forty years He is survived by five daughters and two sons and his wife He joined the German Lutheran church in youth Funeral arrangements were not yet announced.
Chicago produce market reports wheat corn and oats prices with bid and closing figures. No. 2 red wheat 84 to 85 percent No. 2 corn 42 42 and a half cents No. 2 oats 20 to 28 percent listed with May and March price movements.
Butter steady at 16 26% and 15% from creameries and dairies. Eggs steady at 12% to 44 cents per dozen. Market report from Chicago dated March 26.
Chicago March 26 poultry market shows turkeys at 12 percent, chickens 12 cents, springs unchanged amid steady trading.
New York butter markets show creameries firm at 16 27 cents, held at 15 22 cents, dairies 15 26 cents, renovated 12 19 cents, factory 13 16 cents, imitation creamery 17 20 cents. Eggs steady with firsts 15 14 cents and seconds 15 154 cents.
New York Produce Market report for March 26 shows wheat May at 85 1/4 cents and corn at 50 4/4 cents.
New York market update shows dressed poultry firm with chicken prices 10 to 13 cents, turkeys 14 to 19 cents, fowls 11 to 14 cents. Local buyers note steady demand for fresh poultry products.
St Louis market figures show Wheat May at 75.5 cents, Corn May 41.5 cents, Oats May 30.4 cents. The report lists contract months and prices for wheat corn and oats.
Peoria Illinois market notes list corn No 3 at 42 1 2 cents per bushel on March 26 with prices in cents.
The column presents intraday high low and close figures for multiple stocks and commodities including sugar, Pacific, Reading, Penna, U S Steel and Can Pac with percentage ranges and notable price points. Utilities like U S pfd and rail stocks such as Atchison and B and O show varied percentages across the board.
Commenting February 15 and continuing until April 7th the Iowa Central Ry will have on sale reduced rate one way tickets to California Oregon Washington British Columbia Utah Montana Idaho and Old Mexico. Rates $15 below regular fare. Wednesdays through tourist cars to Los Angeles and San Francisco are run via Kansas City and Santa Fe System. Call on agents for particulars or Adneapolis Minn.
A playful newspaper style want ad suggests selling a second hand bug gy and invites buyers with a rate of one half cent per word. It reflects old classified advertising humor and a light sales pitch.
Atalissa Ia March 26 Special The Federlein barn one and a half miles southeast of town was struck by lightning and burned early this morning. Three horses were killed by the bolt but not burned. three hogs perished. several sheds and outbuildings were destroyed. Losses await full accounting with insurance noted on the barn and stock. Also lists current market prices for livestock, fuel, fruit, and fish, plus weekly cattle hogs and sheep market summaries.
A dense listing of commodity prices across grains, produce, dairy, and meats. Corn 42 15c per bit. oats retail 35c. cracked corn 1.15. eggs 13-15c. butter 22-30c. turkeys 20c per lb dressed. potatoes 20c per peck. cabbage 1c. onions 25c per peck. various vegetables by bunch or peck. sugar 18 for $1. flour 1.25 1.85. beef 7-15c per lb. pork 12 14c. lard 9 12c per lb. hogs $5.90 heavy.
Offer to purchase the cabin boat via the Journal want columns. Price or terms not specified. Advertisement notes a rate of one half cent per word for the listing.
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