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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
8
Cigar brands Melita and White Swan promote in Muscatine with Havana filled options. Travel notices mention Graff's Pharmacy services and a Boston to Toronto package via Wabash CPP route. Individuals from Wapello and Rock Island visit Muscatine. agents advertise Nettleton shoes and general drug offerings.
Local notes describe moonlight excursion on the steam er W. W. May 24 and W. W. May 4 with departures at 8 and 9 30 p m fare 25 cents and music. Other items mention meals at the Y M C A and prices on sewer and water connections. Andrew Bauer and J C Owens travel to Wilton for business. C I Cross returns from Chicago. Muscatine Market sells fresh fish tomorrow.
Cattle drive to Searle ranch marks a busy week in the village as residents travel to Gilesburg for a soldiers reunion. Miss May Neely visits relatives in Rock Island and Moline. Miss Percie Sedam returns home from near Millersburg. Local cemetery work, home repairs, and quilting gatherings highlight regular community life with residents from Muscatine and Keokuk noted.
Republicans in city wards will hold caucuses on June 5 to select delegates for the county convention on June 9. Ward delegations range from 23 to 31 delegates with committee seats to fill. Sweetland and Lake townships also plan June 2 meetings to pick nine and unspecified delegates respectively for Muscatine.
From Chicago via Nickel Plate Road return limits set for June 25 with departures on June %th 19th and 11th. Nickel Plate Office at Room 298 No 113 Adams St Chicago provides details and booking.
Wheat prices shown for No 2 red No 3 red and No 2 hard with May and July bids. Corn oats rye flax clover barley and timothy figures listed with cash and futures notes. Payrolls and exact figures reflect Chicago Produce Market by The Associated Press.
Cattle receipts 6000 steady with beeves 4.10 to 6.00 cows and heifers 1.75 to 5.25 stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.80 Texans 3.90 to 4.60. Hogs receipts 17000 weak with mixed and butchers 6.15 to 6.42 good heavy 6.32 to 6.45, rough 6.10 to 6.20, light 6.10 to 6.40, bulk 6.35 to 6.40. Sheep receipts 12000 weak 4.60 to 6.40, lambs 5.40 to 6.75.
Butter and eggs hold steady as creamery prices move at 13 18 cents per pound for creamery butter and 13 17 cents for dairies. Egg quotes unchanged at 14 14 cents per dozen.
Chicago May 14 poultry market reports weaker prices. Turkeys down 10 cents and chickens priced at a lower rate with light demand. Local buyers and sellers assess steady to soft trends across a market known for seasonal shifts.
New York May 24 butter firmer at 14 19 for creamery stock. Eggs remain firm and unchanged.
In New York on May 24 poultry prices held steady with alive broilers at 25 to 26 cents per pound fowls at 13 cents, and turkeys at 12 cents. Dressed poultry showed steady ranges with broilers 22 to 28 cents, turkeys 14 to 15 cents, and fowls 11 to 13 cents.
Wheat for July at 82 and a half cents. Corn for July at 47 cents. Oats for July at 34 cents. St Louis market figures dated May 24.
At Peoria Illinois on May 24 corn No 3 yellow sold between 4 6 and 14 cents per dozen. Market activity shows steady demand for fresh corn and pricing reflects standard regional trading levels.
Master Elmer Saltan celebrated his seventh birthday with a Sunday party for schoolmates. Various local residents and visitors were noted, including Lina Wintermute staying with the Nugent family, and several social calls in Blue Grass and Davenport. Updates include births, health notes, and illness among Montpelier telegraph staff.
The Acme Packet company steamship W. W. arrived this morning to offer evening excursions. A large Burlington group, including Iowa Undertakers and Furniture Men, rode last night. The W. W. will tour the Tri-Cities St. Paul and Muscatine areas, with plans for daily trips and a June 12 St. Paul arrival before returning here. The J. S. follows June 7 and Captain Tromley leads the W. W. in Dubuque. The boat recently overhauled and repainted, boosting business with church groups and other organizations.
Dr L W Gates of Marshalltown and John Blank of Muscatine Island visited Warren Meeker home Sunday. J B Hunt of Muscatine transacted business here Wednesday. Mrs Emma Calvert of St Joe Mo visits Gates family this week. E T C Wells left Sunday for Mt Pleasant for his mother Mrs Rev N Wells funeral. Eleven new members joined the U B church Sunday. Mrs Frank Sheldon and daughter Mrs H Fabwell of Bennett IA visited sister Mrs W S Hunter Sunday. M J Shellabarger shipped a car load of hogs to Chicago today.
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