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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1901
Page
8
Wilton residents like Cretz and Mrs Foulke visit the city while many others from nearby towns attend meetings and shop. The paper lists buyers, sales ads, church events, a river gauge, transit notes, and upcoming entertainments at the First Baptist and Presbyterian churches.
Public invited to attend as four classes present essays recitations and debates in separated rooms at 1 39 pm. Sophomore and Freshman class acts include readings piano solos and quotation matches with a final note that tomorrow marks the last session of the year.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts at 26,000 with beeves 5.40 to 5.80 and stockers 3.00 to 4.00. Hogs receipts 25,000 with light 5.65 to 8.90, mixed 5.70 to 5.95, heavy 5.80 to 5.97. Sheep receipts 18,000 with sheep 3.60 to 4.70 and lambs 4.50 to 5.65.
Quotations show May wheat at 73 1/2 to 73% with July 72 1/2 to 72. Corn opens 45 1/2 to 46, July 44 1/2 to 44 3/4, May close 48 1/2, July 44 7/8. Oats open 30 to 30 1/4, July 28 1/4, close 30 1/4. Pork and lard advance with near contracts around 14.70 to 14.87. Ribse and other futures mixed. deliveries and car arrivals listed. Tomorrow's expected arrivals show wheat 1,445, corn 915, oats 440, hogs 22.
Miss Mary Leonhard of Davenport travels to Columbus Junction to visit parents. Eva R. Leonhard Mrs J H Hocke and children Linda and Lyle ride the Firefly to Columbus Junction for a brief visit to be with their mother on her birthday Tuesday.
Military groups plan visits to the Pan-American Exposition this summer. A permanent camp inside the grounds will house about 200 men with tents cots basins light and water free of charge. organizations supply blankets and subsistence. Each man pays one general admission. Six day limit per group. Major Charles J. Wolf heads the Military Bureau.
Saloon keepers report bottled beer trade rising since Sunday closing. Regular customers drink heavily during the two morning hours, yet fewer drunks are seen on the street compared with Sundays when saloons were open.
Visitors at the Pan-American Exposition watch a small bee gather nectar and store honey in transparent glass hives, illustrating the exhibit’s educational display about bees and pollination.
A searchlight mounted on the Electric Tower at the Pan-American Exposition emits beams extending about 50 miles, creating a visible beacon across the surrounding area and signaling the event’s prominence.
The Black Diamond Express departs Buffalo at noon via the Lehigh Valley railroad bound for New York. Onboard features include a la carte dining car service and luxurious parlor and day coaches.
Classified notes list wants and desires from readers in brief entries. Multiple small notices appear as short ads for items services and opportunities with minimal context.
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