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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
10
A collection of small items notes departures to Denver Davenport Iowa City Cedar Rapids and Des Moines. Local sales and ads include Babcock buggies halibut and mackerel and a horse sale May 23rd. Community updates mention visits, society events, and business trips in Muscatine and surrounding areas.
Claims catarrh is constitutional and can be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney & Co Toledo. Promises to act on blood and mucous surfaces with doses of 10 drops to a teaspoonful and offers a $1000 reward for cure failure. Sold by druggists and Wall's Family Pills for constipation advertised.
Wheat on the Chicago Board of Trade surged late in trading with July rising five cents from the day before and closing five cents higher. December settled five cents up at 1.01, September at 99 1/2 cents. Trading volume was immense, with few leading firms handling five to eight million bushels.
Anna Maria Hoffman aged 84 died at 2 30 am at her daughter Mrs F Sharrar 909 West Fourth Street of heart disease and old age. Born in Germany January 9 1827 she came to the United States at 14 and to this city in 1852. She married Michael Hoffman in 1852 who died in 1890. Survived by daughters Mrs F Sharrar Chicago Mrs Julia Bertelsen and son John Hoffman Brockett North Dakota. Service plans not announced.
Furnished by H J Renzel, National Board of Trade. Chicago Post Office Block. Wheat futures varied with No 2 red at 94 cents and July options around 92 to 99 cents, corn at 52 to 54 cents, oats around 43 to 45 cents, park and lard prices for May and July listed, flax and clover markets quiet.
An old advertisement promises relief and cure for indigestion and starvation symptoms. The ad promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills for 25 cents and credits Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store as the seller.
J P Wunder back in bed but improving after a rest period last week. William Saltan sold hogs at Montpelier on Monday. Ellery Watts and Joan Spring aided him. Herman Pleit and family visited near Blue Grass at the Wanner home Sunday. Mr C J Baker Mrs Porter and the Wattses dropped by in the evening. Mrs Hopper and daughter from Chicago called on Mrs J C Watts Tuesday afternoon. William Wagner conducted business in Davenport Monday.
May 16 market notes show cattle receipts 6 500 with steadiness. Beeves cows heifers stockers and steers priced, prime steers up to 6 45. Hogs receipts 26 000 with light grades steady to lower, prices 6 50 to 6 52 for mixed and 6 35 to 6 50 bulk sales. Sheep receipts 10 000 steady to lower, lambs and yearlings priced 6 00 to 6 60 with highs to 6 75.
Butter prices are steady with creamery at 18 22.5 cents and dairies at 17 21 cents. Eggs hold at 15 cents.
Chicago May 16 poultry prices show turkeys at 12 cents per pound and chickens at 14 cents. Springs prices not quoted.
New York Produce Market reports wheat and corn quotes for July with slight changes. Butter shows an easy tone with grades ranging 16 22c for renovated common to extra and factory up, while eggs stay steady with firsts at 160 1644e and official 16c, seconds 15tec.
The New York poultry market shows alive birds steady with springings at 28 cents. Fowls at 1 cent? Turkeys lie. Dressed poultry quiet with chickens and turkeys at 10 to 14 cents and fowls at 11 to 15 cents.
St Louis market notes from May 16 show wheat for July at 65 cents a bushel, corn for July at 517 cents, and oats for July at 41 cents with quotes from local traders.
Peoria Illinois May 16 market note reports corn No. 3 priced at 51% to 52e per bushel in a brief commodity listing.
Market prices list for corn oats wheat and other commodities in Muscatine. Includes shippers pay and retail ranges for corn oats wheat cracked corn pop corn bran oil meal shorts barley eggs chop feed hay butter and creamery market prices.
Muscatine Produce Co lists fresh eggs at per case rates and per dozen prices. Retail vegetables cover cabbage onions parsley and more with per pound and per bunch rates. Local live market offers choice and rough livestock prices, with meats and poultry price ranges.
Retail fish prices listed include black bass 20 cents per pound striped bass 16 cents per pound buffalo 5 cents per pound catfish 15 cents per pound croppies 12 cents per pound perch 8 cents per pound salmon 12 1/2 cents per pound pickerel 10 cents per pound sunfish te per pound smoked sturgeon 10 cents per pound
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