Dirty carpets and rugs wanted for cleaning
Schaefer's Laundry advertises pickup of dirty carpets and rugs for cleaning with a six hour turnaround.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1909
Page
11
Schaefer's Laundry advertises pickup of dirty carpets and rugs for cleaning with a six hour turnaround.
A lost black brooch with a chipped diamond center is reported with a reward offered. The notice names Mrs. Rosina Smakey and mentions storage and shoe services ads from Muscatine and Leysen's Shoe Store amid market listings from Chicago dated May 22.
Market tables show corn at 80 to 85 cents, oats 45 to 50, wheat 1.00 to 1.16, and various grains. Local stock and meat markets list choice heavy cattle 6.75 to 6.90, cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.00, lambs 4.00 to 5.00, with produce including butter 16 cents, eggs 18 cents, and vegetables such as radishes five cents, cucumbers ten cents, and cabbages five to six cents per pound. Numerous fruits, nuts, and fish prices conclude the report.
Chicago poultry steady with turkeys at 15c, chicks 15 14c, springs 15c. New York Produce Market reports butter firm with 7,400 receipts, imitation creamery 21 22c, eggs firmer with 14,241 receipts and storage packed 23 23%c firsts to extra firsts 21% 23c. New York Poultry Market shows alive poultry firm with boilers 27 30c, fowls 17% 18c, dressed broilers 28 20c, fowls 15 16c, turkeys frozen 15 25c. New York Grain Market lists July wheat 1.23 1/4, corn 78c. St Louis Grain Market shows July wheat 1.13 1/4, corn 69c, oats 57 5c. Peoria Corn Market No. 3 73c.
New York on May 22 reports loans down 2,455,000 while deposits rise 3,441,000 and circulation declines 62,000. Reserve increases 6,152,000 with surplus up 5,302,000 and ex U S deposits up 5,288,000.
A classified ad promotes 180 acres in Muscatine County with a 10 room house, outbuildings, water, at 55 dollars an acre. It also lists a trade for 200 acres with a 4 room house, large barn, and a young orchard at 60 dollars per acre, stating the farm is too big for the owner and suitable for a buyer.
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