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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1905
Page
5
First Presbyterian Church to honor W E Battey who served 23 years as organist. A special choir program Sunday night precedes Battey and wife's move to Topeka Kansas. He began at the organ 30 years ago and trained many choir members.
Daily market table from Donovan Commission shows commodities with bid and ask figures for May and July contracts across oats, pork, lard, and grain Grains include May and July prices with high low and close values for each. Currency and unit details appear as figures alongside dates and months.
Chicago May 12 market summary shows Wheat prices No 2 red 97 to 98 cents No 3 red 92 to 94 cents No 2 hard 2 dollars 95 cents No 3 hard 88 to 93 cents with May and July movements. Live stock totals include Hogs receipts 15 000 steady prices from 5 30 to 5 60. Cattle 1 500 steady. Sheep 5 000 strong. Northwestern receipts show Minneapolis today 78, Duluth 8, total 86. New York butter 26 26 4 cents eggs unchanged poultry unchanged.
New York May 12 Wheat for July delivery at zero cents and corn at 52 and a quarter cents. Market notes show futures activity on the New York Produce Market with standard price reporting.
Peoria May 12 corn No 3 priced at 49. St Louis May 12 wheat July at 79 1 4 cents and corn at 46 4, oats at 27 1 2 cents.
A compact list of historical tickers with high, low, and close figures for numerous companies and indices. Includes Atchison, U S Steel, Penn, Reading, Copper, Great Western, Mexico Central, and regional rail lines with ex-dividend notes and minor percentage shifts.
An ad proclaims Hyomei as the solution to catarrh caused by warm days and cold nights. It describes inhaling germ killing medicine through a pocket unit and cites Capt. Cameron of the Salvation Army praising relief. The offer includes a complete outfit for one dollar with a refund guarantee, followed by a farmers market style listing of diverse prices for produce and staples.
Chicago's receipts this week show increases from last week with 8 300 more cattle 54 600 more hogs and 8 900 more sheep. Compared with a year ago cattle numbers edged lower amid steady hog and sheep flow.
Speculators were strong buyers early with 11 491 head run a week ago and 18 745 a year ago. Wethers sold at low prices while spring lambs on Wednesday brought 13 00. Colorado lambs traded at 7 20 last week and 7 85 a month ago. Western fleece costs pushed Colorado lambs to 7 35 late Wednesday. Exporters bought 139 t western sheep a year ago Thursday at 5 50. A bulge in prices halted orders for feeding and shearing lambs. Grant G Griffith of Wellman Ta sold a car of steers averaging 1350 lbs at 6 00 on Wednesday.
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