Wheat Market Bears Turn After Crop Report
A government crop report sparks a sharp move in the wheat market with noticeable price swings. Traders react to the data as sentiment shifts, signaling heightened volatility and potential supply concerns.
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11 May 1907
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
1
Big Prices Realized Market Change Spurs Chicago and New York Wheat
Wheat prices surged after a government crop report flashed bullish factors. In Chicago prices jumped over yesterday’s close with July reaching 93 4 c, while New York saw July rise to 98 1 2 c as bulls pushed for a dollar wheat, then profits triggered retreats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
Michigan
Kansas
Winnipeg
Canada
New York
N. Y
Former Champion Peter Latham Wins World Tennis Title Match
London May 11 Peter Latham a former champion defeated Cecil Fairs holder of the world professional tennis championship in straight sets 7 3 in the match and side bet of 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Peter Latham
Cecil
Punch) Fairs
Tri-County Teachers Convention Opens in West Liberty
West Liberty Iowa May 11 delegates attend tri county teachers convention with over 125 teachers packed Christian church for the afternoon session. Morning talks were delayed as delegates arrived late. Superintendent A V Storm of Iowa City spoke on the school situation. The West Liberty High School orchestra opened the afternoon with music before business sessions and discussions of live schoolwork problems followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
Christian Church
A. V. Storm
Iowa City
Iowa
Cripple Creek Begins Work on Drainage Tunnel
Cripple Creek Colorado May 11 widespread celebration marks start of the long planned Cripple Creek drainage tunnel. Mining businessmen and officials vow the tunnel will drain the district and unlock over two hundred million dollars in untapped gold ore, prolonging Cripple Creek’s mining life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripple Creek
Colo
Italians Convicted of Black Hand Crimes Sentenced
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania eleven Italians were convicted of Black Hand crimes. They received one year in jail and fines of twenty seven dollars each plus costs of prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesbarre
Weather for Iowa forecast
Chicago reports a fair night and Sunday for Iowa with warmer temperatures. Sunrise is at以后 and sunset at 6 55.
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Chicago
Ill
Roosevelt ends bid for alliance with Hughes in national party plan
President Roosevelt and his advisers will not push for an alliance with Governor Hughes to influence the New York delegation at the Republican National Convention. All overtures for a working arrangement have been rejected or misunderstood. Hughes will be allowed to pursue his own path toward a presidential nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Hughes
New York
Carpenter Buried as Wall of Building Falls in IA Fire
The fire wrecked Bob rich block in Town City Iowa. On May 11 a wall collapsed trapping William Kims a carpenter. He was dug out after thirty minutes with two broken ribs and internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town City
Bobrich
William Kims
Big Steamers Set To Sail Amid Longshore Strike
New York on May 11 reports half a dozen ocean passenger steamers scheduled to sail today and 28 awaiting arrival tomorrow as longshoremen strike disrupts cargo unloads. Some ships will depart with holds still loaded while others carry only ballast water. Cabins will be full due to the spring tourist season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Canal Man Dies. Sault Ste Marie Superintendent Dead
John McNeughton assistant superintendent of the ship canal at Sault Ste Marie died in his sleep from pneumonia. He was famed among Great Lakes captains and was the fourth family member to die in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sault Ste Marie
Mich
John McNeughton
Great Lakes
Kansas Court Orders Ouster Of Major Firms
Kansas Supreme Court issues writs ousting the Western Union Telegraph Co and the Pullman Co for failing to meet charter fees and corporate laws. The court also ousts Leavenworth Mayor Peter Everhardy for not enforcing liquor laws and orders the city to cease licensing saloons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kas
Western Union Telegraph Company
Pullman Company
Supreme Court of Kansas
Kansas Corporation
Kansas
Suprem Court
United States
Supreme Court
Peter Everhardy
Leavenworth
Iowa Suits Against Local Businessmen Grow
Seymour Iowa May 1 Residents of Seymour and vicinity are named in suits by Farmers and Drovers Bank on notes and overdrafts totaling about 650000. G W Harbert Edward Nailer Kaufman W K Meel W R McGee are listed with varying amounts. Harbert is a leading Wayne County figure. Ware shows slight improvement. Fry resignation rumors denied. bond for Ware secured awaiting counsel advice to avoid further charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Farmers and Drovers Bank
G. W. Harbert
Edward Nailer
Kaufman
W. K. Meel
W. RR. McGee
Harbert
Wayne County
Ware
Fry
Death on Milwaukee train in Calmar shock
Mason City Iowa May 11 H A Scott a prominent Shelton Illinois merchant was a passenger on a Milwaukee train from Chicago when he stepped off the rear and was run over by a switch engine. He died three hours later with both legs severed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
H. A. Scott
Sheldon
Chicago
Calmar
Scott
Mark Twain Offered Oxford Bachelor of Letters
Samuel L. Clemens said he has been offered the degree by Oxford University and will sail for England on June 8 to receive the honor. He is a guest of Governor Wakefield at Annapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English University
Baltimore
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Wakefield
Annapolis
Oxford University
England
Public Funeral for Rev Dr John Watson Ian MacLaren
Lord Mayor and city corporation of Liverpool plan a public funeral for the late Rev Dr John Watson Ian MacLaren who died May 6 at Mt Pleasant Iowa and will have his body brought to Liverpool for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian MacLaren
Liverpool
John Watson
Mt. Pleasant
Young Man Killed by Train Near Waterloo
J F Waterman aged 24 was instantly killed by an Illinois Central train in Waterloo Iowa at noon. He had married two weeks earlier and lost his footing while boarding a moving train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
J. F. Waterman
Illinois Central
Floors Fall at Harvester Works Killing One
A cavern in a building at the International Harvester works in Chicago killed one man and injured seven others yesterday afternoon. Five workers escaped unharmed as four floors collapsed, trapping several inside. Fire and safety crews responded to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Ill
International Harvester Works
Chicago Charter Bill Passes in Senate Now to Governor
Springfield reports the Chicago charter bill cleared the Senate and goes to the governor for signature. The measure promises relief for a city long strained by a charter suited to a much smaller population and debt limits that hinder borrowing for urgent needs and local improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
The
Senate
Chicago
Birth of Spanish Heir Sparks Nationwide Jubilation
Crowds in Madrid celebrated the birth of the king’s heir with public rejoicing lasting late into the night. Officials report the queen and baby in excellent condition this morning as inscriptions honoring the birth were registered on state and royal family records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Laughs at Picture Dies: Farmer Charles Miner Dead
Battle Creek Michigan reports Charles Miner a 74 year old farmer died while reading a newspaper and laughing at a funny picture. The cause was heart disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battle Creek
Mich
Charles Miner
Despondent mother kills infant then herself in Allegheny
Mrs Carrie Sigs worth aged 31, driven by ill health, killed her 18 months old child and then shot herself at their Allegheny home in Pittsburg yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny
Pittsburg
Carrie Sigsworth
Resolution Endorsing Hughes Tabled by State Committee
New York May 11 a resolution endorsing Governor Hughes for the Republican presidential nomination was laid on the table by a 32 to 4 vote at the state committee session. Chairman Woodruff explained the tabling citing Odell's motion and the signer’s conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
Hughes
Odell
Republican State Committee
Woodruff
United States
Orchard in Haywood case faces testimy turn in Boise
Western Federation of Miners members in Boise expect Orchard to take the stand and reveal how far his testimony may implicate Haywood Moyer and Pettibone The Chicago Journal report linking Charles Moyer to Joliet penitentiary history is denied by the prisoner and his counsel with witnesses named to verify alibis and timing
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
Western Federation of Miners
Haywood
Orchard
Charles Moyer
Joliet
C. H. Moyer
Steunenberg
Moyer
Black Hillis
South Dakota
Castle Creek
Rockford
S. D
De mented man captured after seven mile chase
Iowa City May 11. Jesse Burns about 26 believed insane was captured by Sheriff Rowland and son after a seven mile chase down the Iowa river. He fears a man and woman with a lariat intend murder and is held at the county jail pending investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Jesse Burns
Rowland
Iowa River
Edward Tate Convicted of Burglary in Chicago Trial
Edward S. Tate, once linked to Newton C. Dougherty and a Joliet penitentiary inmate, was convicted in Chicago criminal court of burglary. The jury noted some truth in his defense and recommended clemency. he faces an indeterminate sentence from one to 14 years in state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Edward S. Tate
Newton C. Dougherty
Peoria
Ill
Board of Education
Joliet
Tate
Tunnel Collapse Traps Boy in Sand Bank
Des Moines May 11 Richard Eviis of Guthrie Center aged 18 and other boys dug a tunnel in a sandy bank. The bank caved in burying the lad and he was smothered before rescue efforts succeeded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Richard Eviis
Guthrie Center
Mother Scalds Infant in Unobserved Bath Accident
In Cedar Rapids Iowa on May 11 a mother left her 11 month old baby in a hot bath. The child climbed into the tub unnoticed and sustained fatal scalding. The baby died the following morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Emmett Carter
Sherman Named To Spanish Treaty Claims Commission
Washington May 11 The President announced the appointment of Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois to succeed J G Diekema of Michigan as a member of the Spanish Treaty claims commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Washington, D. C
Lawrence Y. Sherman
J. G. Diekema
Michigan
Burton Denies A Deal Between Taft And Foraker
Cleveland May 11 Congress man Theodore E Burton issued a statement denying a reported telephone claim that Secretary Taft sought Foraker’s elimination. He says Taft refused any deal trading presidential support for Foraker’s senatorship and notes such arrangements would be a political bargain misaligned with Roosevelt administration policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Theodore E. Burton
Taft
Foraker
Roosevelt
Will Settle Up By July First In Venezuela Payments
A May 11 dispatch from Caracas reports that payments to Germany Great Britain and Italy under the old blockade will finish about July 1. After that, only exchange currency settlements will occur and deferred claimants including the United States Mexico the Netherlands Sweden and Belgium will be paid monthly from Venezuela customs receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, C
State Department
Wm. W. Russell
Caracas
Venezuela
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
United States
Mexico
Netherlands
Sweden
Belgium
Mount Etna and Stromboli Eruptions Intensify
Messina May 11 report new craters opening on Mount Etna and Stromboli with increasing eruptions. Observatories in Messina and Catania record very light earthquakes. Population alarm rises as smoke and flames issue from Etna’s main crater visible over a long distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Etna
Stromboli
Catania
Mount Etna
Columbia Wins The Boat Race
In Boston on May 11 Columbia defeated Harvard in a varsity boat race on the Charles River covering a mile and seven-eighths. It was Columbia’s first Charles River appearance and the first Harvard-Columbia clash in 20 years. Final time 9 16 for Columbia 9 18 for Harvard despite cold, miserable weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Harvard
Columbia
Charles River
Charles
Guatemalan Government Frees Two American Suspects
Washington May 11 The Guatemalan government released G L Lullen of Little Rock Arkansas and Marshal F Stamms of Cincinnati Ohio who were arrested in Guatemala City on alleged complicity in the attempted assassination of President Estrada Cabrera. Advices received at the State Department confirm their release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
G.L. Lullen
Little Rock, Ark
Marshal F. Stamms
Cincinnati
Guatemala City
Estrada Cabrera
State Department
Wds
Frisco Street Car Strike Sparks Governor and Witness Clash
Developments unfold as a mob confrontation tests authorities. Governor orders calm while witnesses describe intimidation and police response amid ongoing street car labor action in Frisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco
Police Prepare for Riot as Gov Visit Tests City Calm
San Francisco authorities plan to show they can handle a mob as Governor Gillette Brigadier General Lauck and Brigadier General Wankowski witness the crowd dynamics. Police will mass in force while a special train with strike breakers reaches the city to guard car barns and support local efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Gillette
Lauck
Wankowski
Mov
United Railroads
Cold Snap Brings Unseasonable May Snow East
Snow and record cold grip New York state and New England as May 11 reports mark the coldest day in 30 years. Western Pennsylvania endures a brutal spell with the coldest May day since 1876.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
N. Y
New York State
New England
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
New Loop Construction Starts Soon for City Railway
Citizens' Railway and Light plans to complete the loop by July fourth. Manager Clark secured city approval and rails are being purchased. expert trackman Cr. J. Schultz is inspecting tracks as crews prepare to begin within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Citizens’ Railway and Light Company
Weed Park
Clerk
Ciiy
Cr. J. Schultz
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Government Crop Report
New
York
New York Board
Cecil Fairs
Tri-County Teachers Convention
West Liberty High School Orchestra
Gates
Colorado
Gov. Hughes
Carpenter
Canal Man
Western Union Telegraph Com
Pany
Business Hich
Oxford
Young Man
Harvester Works
Nally
ALL
Poli
Meyer
Demented Man
Maniac
Edward Tate
Sherman
Burton
Congressman Burton
Colum
BIA
Cen
Tered
California
Will
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