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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
5
The Des Moines Capital editor Lafayette Young will address Louisa county voters in Morning Sun at 3 p.m. and in Wapello that evening during the pre-primary campaign. Organizers expect large crowds as Republicans hear the issues from an Allison stance.
Ramblers head to Nichols to face the Nichols Independents while Shamrocks debut at Wilton against a veteran Wilton lineup. The Gunthers meet the West Ends in the day’s marquee matchup as weather and field decide where the clash will unfold.
The ad proclaims catarrh as a constitutional disease and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. It claims internal dosing from 10 drops to a teaspoonful, targeting blood and mucous surfaces, with a $100 refund offer for unsuccessful cases and invites readers to request circulars and testimonials. It also advises Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson will tour Iowa in the final pre primary week urging support for Senator Allison and Representative Hepburn. Dates include Centerville May 27 and Chariton May 28 with Chicago meetings en route. He will meet Ames agricultural scientists to discuss the hog cholera serum developed with federal funding.
An advertisement touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and tonic for spring ailments, claiming to cure pimples, boils, eczema, nervousness, biliousness, indigestion, and fatigue. Sold in liquid form or Sarsatabs with 100 doses for one dollar.
The Family Theatre hosts a Y M C A men’s meeting with Rev John Wesley Potter delivering the address titled A Question for Muscatine Men. An orchestra leads a short song service before his 3:00 pm talk. Quartet numbers by Pent zer Payne Downer and Tilgner, with reserved tickets from local drug stores.
Mrs. Mary Kelloy of Sioux City Iowa, president of the state assembly of the Rebekah lodge, will address Miriam Rebekah lodge of Muscatine at the I O O F hall this evening. A picnic supper at 6 and the address at 8. On Friday June 12, the semi annual meeting will elect officers and complete nominations. Several new members were initiated and other business was transacted.
Denver May 23 C Chapin Gard mining promoter indicted by the federal grand jury for using the mails to defraud. He allegedly sent misleading literature about properties in Southern Utah. government inspectors say the ads were not justified. Gard heads the Rock Mountain Mining Bureau and runs American Consolidated Co Buckeye Mining Milling and Smelting Co and publishes the Great West.
Rev. George D. Rogers pastor of the Washington Ta Baptist church will occupy the pulpit tomorrow in Rev. Judson Kempton's absence at a Baptist convention in Oklahoma City. Morning topic His Touch evening topic A National Hero.
Carnival City Packet Co. announces the steamer Helen Blair will depart Muscatine with sailings to Burlington on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 30 p m and to Davenport on Sunday 7 30 a m Wednesday and Friday at 7 00 a m W G Block Co Agents
If you suffer from bleeding itching blind or protruding piles send your address and I will tell you how to cure yourself at home with a new absorption treatment. Immediate relief and permanent care assured. Send no money but tell others of this offer. Write today to Mrs. M Summers Box I Notre Dame nd
Market report from Miner and Co Chicago Board of Trade shows mixed futures for Wheat Corn and Oats with May and July positions and prices. Hog prices slow with top around 5.75, and Chicago Produce reports include No 2 red wheat around 1.02 to 1.03 per bushel and live stock receipts with cattle hogs and sheep price ranges.
Chicago poultry market updates show steady prices with turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens at 11 and a half cents, and broilers priced per dozen from 2.50 to 3.00 dollars for about one pound. Heavier birds from 1 1⁄2 to 2 pounds bring 5.00 to 5.50 dollars per bird.
Butter prices were easy with creameries at 18 to 22 cents and dairies 16 to 20 cents. Eggs held steady with firsts selling at 15 and a half cents.
Butter prices weak with creamery specials at 23c and extras 22c. Dairies and processing lines show 17c to 22c, factory first 17c. Eggs barely steady with receipts totaling 23,824. Market activity described for May 23 in New York.
New York poultry market details for May 23 show live spring chickens selling around 30 cents per pound, fowls at 13 cents, and turkeys near 12 to 19 cents. Dressed poultry ranges include spring chickens 25 to 32 cents, turkeys 12 to 17 cents, and fowls 11 to 14 cents.
At the New York Produce Market on May 23 the Wheat July contract traded near 99 percent readiness with steady interest from traders and buyers seeking price guidance.
Wheat futures in Chicago slipped to 8535 cents while corn traded around 654 cents. Oats for May settled near 51 and a half cents. In New York, the bank statement shows higher loans and deposits, with reserves down and surplus reduced, while ex-US deposits fell.
Grain and produce quotes list cattle hogs and poultry values with ranges for corn oats wheat and hay. Local live stock prices include choice heavy and light cattle and various small stock types from Muscatine Produce Co to area markets.
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