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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1909
Page
11
A fragmented note references daily items and rivers or waters, mentioning daily streams and numbers. The text evokes a scheduling or travel mood with scattered terms and symbols, leaving the exact event unclear but centered on water and daily references.
Readable timetable fragment shows southbound and northbound routes on the Muscatine North and South Railroad with connections at Wapello Fruitland Grandview and Elrick Junction. Includes train numbers 3 4 5 6 8 92 and times across multiple stations with interchanges to Burlington and Iowa Central services.
EVKS Muscatine Lodge No 304 Elks meets Mondays at 8 o clock sharp at Elk Hall 4123 East Front Street with club rooms open daily. Wm J Watson Exalted Ruler John P Preen Secretary. W W Faglfe Lodge No 10 meets Thursdays at K P hall tow s avenue in good standing invited. Fred Bittel M G 8 Howe Recorder. Muscatine Castle meets first and third Fridays at Yeomen Hall Corner Third Street and Empen all visiting members in good standing welcome. Elma Scott Secretary Alexander W Scott Protector.
RAY YER LODGE DFEGREF OF HONOR meets on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays in Yeoman hall with Wavie Niebling as chief of honor Mary Crouch financier and Gussie Mull recorder. I O O F Muscatine Lodge meets Mondays at 7:45 pm. Miriam Lodge 27 D of R meets 2nd and 4th Fridays at 7:45 pm. Prairie Encampment 4 meets first and third Fridays at 7:45 pm. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Laurent Council 1305 meets second and fourth Fridays in Maccabee hall visiting brothers invited. J A Bartemeier G K A G Bestenlebwer Fin Sec. 1RO OF AMERICAN YEOMEN Muscatine Homestead 886 meets second and fourth Fridays in Yeoman Hall. FE C Ingraham Foreman and Mrs F C Ingraham Correspondent. 510 West Street. M B A Bend City Lodge 143 Modern Brotherhood of America meets second and fourth Mondays at Yeoman hall corner of Iowa Avenue and Third Street. Members in good standing invited. Dr E H King President Chas Ryan Secretary.
Community notices list regular meetings for ROMONA COUNTY groups including Maccabee Hall events with officers named. Also lists Modern Woodmen of America Muscatine Camp 1098 meetings at Woodmen Hall Olds Block with officers Lentz Leyda and 0 F 8. Electa Chapter meets second and fourth Mondays with Hallie Pitchforth and Emma Manlove. Court of Honor Muscatine Court 677 meets second and fourth Mondays with J C Coster and Nellie Peck. G A R Headquarter Shelby Norman Post 231 meets first and third Tuesdays with Robt B Baird and Gus Schmidt. Muscatine Afire No 315 meets Tuesday evenings at 7 30 at Fagle Lodge hall with L E Aickens and P Gof.
The Cook Mussframp Co financials list capital of 250000 with P M Mayers as president and W Riven as vice president plus Fd C Cook as cashier. First National shows capital 50000 and surplus 50000 with G Stein as president D V Jackson as vice president and S M Hughes as director and cashier. Safety deposit vault boxes for rent offered.
Quotations from H. J. Frenzel show May wheat at 127% to 126% with mixed moves across corn oats and oats futures. Pork lard ribs and hogs note slight declines while Chicago cash grain prices list No. 2 red and white varieties with range values. Local live stock markets report chippers pay range and prices for beef cattle sheep and hogs along with soft goods and produce pricing.
Cattle receipts 25 000 steady to 10 cents lower with Reeves at 5.00 to 7.20 Texas 4.60 to 5.75 westerns 4.70 to 5.75 feeders 3.60 to 5.60 cows and heifers 2.40 to 6.15 calves 5.00 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 40 000 five cents lower. light 6.80 to 7.25. mixed 6.90 to 7.35. heavy 7.00 to 7.37. bulk 7.15 to 7.30. Sheep receipts 13 000 strong to 10 cents higher. 4.00 to 6.60. lambs 6.25 to 9.10.
Chicago May 10 butter and eggs markets reported easy tone. Creameries 22 25 cents, dairies 19 24 cents. Firsts 20 cents, prime firsts 20 1/2 cents.
Chicago May 10 poultry market shows steady demand with turkeys at 17 cents, chickens at 15 cents, and springs at 1 cent. Local traders report stable sales and early season activity across the market.
Butter receipts total 7,700 with creamery specials at 27 27 1 3 cents and variations for officials and extras. Third to extras 22 26 1 4 cents held 21 25 1 4 cents state dairy common to first 21 26 cents 17 23 1 4 cents factory first 20 cents imitation creameries first 21 22 cents. Eggs weak with receipts 25,000 and storage packed 22 cents firsts 21 21 1 4 cents seconds 20 20 1 4 cents.
New York May 10 Poultry market dull with alive chickens and broilers at 25 83, fowls at 17 17 c. Dressed birds steady with chickens 12 c, fowls 15 16 c, frozen turkeys 15 25 c.
Wheat for July delivery quoted at 1.09 dollars per bushel. Corn at 68 cents. Oats at 50 cents. Market notes from St Louis, Missouri.
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