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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1909
Page
9
A long list of regular and stated meetings for Masonic groups, Royal Neighbors of America, Woodmen of America, Fraternal Raykers, Knights of Pythias, Order of the Eastern Star and related lodges in Muscatine. Includes meeting days, halls, officers, and invitations for members and visitors.
Chicago market report details grains livestock and produce prices for May 4. Wheat corn oats pork lard ribs and rye quotes. cash grain prices. live stock receipts and prices for cattle hogs sheep and lambs. local produce and bakery items with assorted prices.
B P O Elks Muscatine Lodge No 804 meets every Monday at 9 oclock sharp at Elks Hall 413 Fast Front Street Club rooms open daily from Sam toll p m Visiting Elks welcome Wm J Watson EB John P Breen Secretary
L O T M Muscatine Hive No 18 meets every first and third Monday at K of P Hall Carrie Harris Commander Nellie Lucas, Record Keeper. Muscatine Homestead No 836 Brotherhood of American Yeomen meets second and fourth Friday evenings in Yeoman Halls. Members invited. visiting Yeomen welcome. F C Ingraham Foreman Mrs E C Ingraham Correspondent 510 West Ltd Lt Chas Ryan Secretary.
Modern Brotherhood of America Lodge No. 143 in Bend City meets on the second and fourth Monday evenings at Yeoman hall at Iowa Avenue and Third Street. President Dr E H King extends a cordial invitation to all members in good standing.
Butter prices firm across creameries and dairies with creameries at 22 27 cents and dairies 19 to 24 cents. Eggs stay easy with firsts at 21 cents and prime firsts at 22 cents in Chicago Illinois May 4.
Chicago market notes May 4 show poultry steady with turkeys at 17 cents, chickens 15 cents, and springs 15 cents. Local traders report stable demand across the Chicago area.
New York May 4 butter firm with creamery specials at 29 29 and three quarters cents, extras 22 28 3/4 cents. imitation creamery firsts 21 to 22 cents. Eggs firmer with storage packed at 28 23 1/4 to 23 cents, firsts 22 1/2 to 23 cents, seconds 21 to 21 1/4 cents. Receipts: butter 14,800. eggs 48,600.
New York May 4. Poultry market steady for alive birds. Chickens broilers 30 35 cents. fowls 16 17 cents. Dressed poultry firm with chickens 12 cents and fowls 15 16 cents.
New York on May 4 reports wheat for July at 1.21 and corn at 78 1/2 cents. Prices indicate a steady market and limited change from previous sessions.
In St Louis on May 4 wheat for July delivery rose to 11.12 percent, corn traded at 68.0 cents, and oats at 42 cents per bushel reflecting market activity in the grain market.
Peoria Illinois May 4 corn market reports No 3 exchange Trade price No 3 corn listed at T2tec in the local market update with price notation and market context for producers and buyers.
Market notes show corn at 75.8 cents per bushel oats at 50 to 60 cents wheat around 1.00 to 1.16 dollars per bushel cracked corn retail prices listed. Prices reflect mid market ranges for Muscatine area grain trades.
A whimsical Collier's Weekly sketch describes the giraffe as a merged creature of zebra and camel, noting its eight-foot neck and distant head. It recalls oddities about diet, movement, color, and even Boer War balloons, ending with a tongue in cheek rationale for the long neck and parasite avoidance.
Chinese wood oil is pressed or extracted from the wood oil tree nut. The oil color varies by extraction method and is usually heated in China, making it thick and black. It forms a durable lacquer, drying faster in damp weather, while the nut residue serves as a fertilizer and helps destroy root pests on maize.
Qa. Mw. Titus, attorney at law, successor to Titus and Jackson, 212 Town Ave, practices in all courts. Specializes in settlements of estates and offers to handle money investments without charge.
The Southern Workman outlines Montagnais groups in Canada who live nine months a year in the bush to hunt for pelts and meat. They converge at Hudson Bay posts in June to trade and rest until August, then return to the bush for winter. Several bands are named by their lake or river affiliations and a government reserve near Lake St John aims to teach farming.
An elderly man at a whist party describes nightly burglar attempts on his suburban home. He notes the burglars enter through the dining room window, Mary wakes him, he locks the bedroom door, and the burglars exit by the same window. He praises their methodical habit.
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