Muscatine Local Notes and Social News Update
Brief Muscatine items report travel for Blanche Moffitt Vera Sherberger Rose Dalton and other residents visiting Letts Wilton Burlington and Minneapolis. Local notices forbid picking flowers at Wild Cat Den on Miss Brandt's Pine creek farm. May 17 1907.
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Kamma Brandt
Pine Creek
Local Fragments Include Sales and Visits Across Iowa
A mix of brief items notes Graff selling drugs and mortgage loan offers tied to G. M. Titus. Florence Rickoff visits Burlington. Rev. J. N. Elliott leaves on the Firefly for Washington. Gill visits from Wilton. Mrs. Higginbottom shops in the city. Mrs. Merrill of Cedar Rapids near Mrs. Lewis. W. E. Stephens travels to Davenport. Mrs. Daut returns from Chicago.
Good Words For Dr Saaffer
Mrs Addah J Boney of Illinois City May 19 1907 expresses thanks for Dr Snaffer of Muscatine who treated her eyes for nervous affection and painful vision and furnished glasses with splendid satisfaction and competence.
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Illinois City
Muscatine
Snaffer
Addah J. Boney
Local Social News Highlights From West Liberty
West Liberty residents share visits and travel as multiple locals arrival departures and short trips mark the week. Abbie Irish skims Davenport to Iowa City while Miss Sellars and Miss Hensel meet in town.
West Liberty Man Dies at His Home
Samuel Merridith aged 71 dies at his West Liberty home after a few weeks illness from heart failure. Born in Oxford Ohio he moved to Iowa in 1852 married Elizabeth A Haldeman in 1880 and lived on a farm near West Liberty for ten years before settling in town. He leaves a sister in Oxford a wife four sons and two daughters in the area. Friends in Muscatine mourn his death as funeral plans are not yet arranged.
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West Liberty
Samuel Merridith
Oxford
Ohio
Iown
Elizabeth A. Haldeman
Elizabeth Howe
G. H
Missouri
William
West Branch
M. H
Downey
D. C
Wilton Juniors Present Down East Play On May 30
Wilton high school juniors rehearse for the annual class play to be staged in the school hall Thursday evening May 30. The comedy drama Down East features Ezekial Fletcher postmaster and justice of the peace and a cast including Albert Marolf Charles Desmond and others.
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Down East
Wilton
Wilton High School
Ezekial Fletcher
Albert Marolf
Charles Desmond
Frank Bacon
Ralph Thorne
Harry Nicolaus
Matilda Desmond
Charley
Lillian Hucke
Mary Perkins
Emma Wacker
Rollanés
Wall Wash White
Harry Shafnit
Elizabeth Fletcher
Anna Hendrick
Hannah Fletcher
Zike
Elsa Fisher
Myra Bigelow
Nellie McAuley
Wiltoff High School
Margaret McSwiggin
Olga Smith
Viano Quet
Louise
Mr. Cressnelr
Wapello
F. A. Martin
Muscatine
Ella Rininsland
Davenport
Myrle Coyle
Weierheuser
Atalissa
Vera Sherberger
Geo. Sherberger
Chas. Melwig
Will Templeton
Ruth Pratt
Marnie Ackrey
John Fields
Will Pratt
Tipton
Pauline Bunker
Daisy Ansley
West Liberty
Vera Miller
Jacob Holzhauer
Lancaster
Markets wrap with mixed grains and hogs in Chicago
Open high low close and yesterday figures for Wheat May July Sept Dec. Corn May July Sept. Oats May July Sept. Pork Lard Ribs for July and Sept. Cars received today and estimated cargo tomorrow. Hogs closed active. Chicago Produce Market reports No 2 red and hard red wheat prices and other grain quotes.
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Chicago
The
Associated Press
Wwest
Timoils
Muscatine Markets Report Full of Grain and Produce Prices
Muscatine markets list corn, oats, wheat, and futures for May and July with bids, highest and lowest figures. It details pork, beef, poultry, eggs, butter, vegetables, fruits, and livestock prices from Muscatine Produce Co and local shippers, including wholesale and retail ranges.
Chicago Live Stock Market Report May 20
Chicago market roundup reports mixed cattle hogs and sheep activity. Cattle receipts reach 25000 with varying prices across beef cows and steers while hogs show steady to higher ranges and sheep steady with modest gains. Butter and egg markets see slight movement with dairy products quoted and eggs holding steady at near 0.1 to 0.2 per unit.
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Chicago
Chicago and New York Poultry Markets May 20 Prices
Chicago market reports easy poultry with turkeys at 12 cents and chickens at 12 cents per pound. New York market notes dressed poultry steady with chickens at 11 cents and turkeys around 11 cents per pound.
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Chicago
New York
New York Butter and Egg Market Report May 20
Butter prices show irregular trading with street price levels for extra creameries at 24 1/2 to 25 cents, creamery and dairy grades mostly 18 to 24 cents, factory firsts 18 to 21 1/2 cents, and imitation creameries at 21 to 22 cents. Eggs remain steady with Firsts at 16 1/2 to 16 3/4 cents and official price at 16 cents. seconds at 15 1/2 cents.
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