Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Muscatine Journal in Muscatine, Iowa

We have 14,353,121 pages in Iowa

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 18 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1907

Page

5

Corset Sale Ad May 25 at 10c Per Yard

Saturday May 25 sale ad for G D Justrite corsets promises fabric buys at 10 cents per yard. Local shoppers urged to visit stalls and compare prices.

Cubs Take Series By Winning Final

New York on May 24 Chicago clinched the series with a 5 to 2 victory over New York. McGraw used six pitchers in a vain effort to stop Carl Lundgren who finished for the Cubs. The White Sox and Highlanders were rained out, pending a fresh start. Notre Dame fell 1 to 0 as Ovitz delivered a ninth inning squeeze play against Illinois.

New York Sox White Sox Notre Dame Ind Ovitz Huff Illinois Vandergrift Byerg

Pathetic case before the insane commissioners

James Chambers a Nichols area farmer was examined as mentally unbalanced after years alone with his young son since his wife died six years ago. He spoke of plots against him and threatened self harm. The board arranged for a home for the boy and relocation for the father as a step toward care.

Board of Insane Commissioners James Chambers Nichols Chambers Mt. Pleasant

Market Dullness Overshadows New Corn and Veggies

Market trade is unusually slow with fresh arrivals mostly below average. New corn from the south is expected soon at high initial prices, while spinach and asparagus sell cheaper. Potatoes sell 40 to 50 cents per peck. berries show fair volume at 17 to 20 cents per box. cabbage is scarce but in demand.

Commission

Baseball scores from American and National Leagues

Baseball results recap across leagues with teams in Detroit Philadelphia St. Louis Boston New York Chicago Pittsburgh and others. Notable tallies include Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 3 and St Louis 4 Boston 1 alongside several minor league scores.

New York Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg Boston St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati American Association Indianapolis Louisville Milwaukee Minneapolis St. Paul Kansas City Columbus-Toledo Springfield Dubuque Peoria Clinton Bloomington Rock Island Decatur Cedar Rapids Iowa Burlington Marshalltown Keokuk Waterloo Ottumwa Quincy

Games for Today Schedule Dominates Sports Page

New York travels to Chicago while Boston visits St. Louis and Washington goes to Detroit. Philadelphia meets Cleveland as Cincinnati faces Pittsburgh. Boston plays New York and Brooklyn hosts Philadelphia in a busy basketball lineup for today.

Interurban kills two in Muskegon head-on crash

A head-on collision on the Grand Rapids Grand Haven and Muskegon interurban line near Muskegon early today killed G. D. Betts of Grand Rapids and James Edmonds of Muskegon a motorman.

Grand Rapids Mich G. D. Betts James Edmonds Muskegon Grand Haven

Local Social News and Church Lectures Across Foster and Muscatine

H W Meyer delivered fifty head of hogs in Muscatine. Rev J R Spiller preached at First Baptist Muscatine. H Horst and Jameson spoke on religion demonstrated by electricity at Baptist Foster. Louis Hessman seeks rheumatism treatment in Excelsior Springs. Mrs Louie Hessman and Grace visit Muscatine. Kleist daughter joins stay. Mr and Mrs Danner welcome a son since May 20 1997. Several gatherings as relatives visit. Spiller to preach at Foster Baptist June 2.

Foster, Ill H. W. Meyer Muscatine J. R. Spiller First Baptist Church H. Horst Mr. Jameson Baptist Church Foster Louis Hessman Excelsior Springs Louie Hessman Grace Eleanor Kleist D. A Wm. Danner Nondar Raymond Rieckett E. Rickett T. Watson S. Morse

Commodity price listings from local market summary

Market rates for corn oats wheat and byproducts with retail prices. eggs butter hay and poultry quoted. Beans and vegetables priced per unit or per case with multiple small lots including onions cabbage and celery noted among receipts from regional suppliers.

Barney Muscatine Produce Co

Local Market Prices for Produce Meats and Livestock

A detailed listing shows prices for vegetables fruits flowers and meats. Beef veal pork and lamb prices appear with per pound or per unit rates alongside livestock market figures and Chicago futures for wheat corn and pork.

Chicago Market Notes From May 24

Furnished by H. J. Frenzel mem. per National Board of Trade. Post office Block Chicago. Both telephones. Open high low est close Y'day.

H. J. Frenzel National Board of Trade Chicago

Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed Across Several Categories

Cattle receipts around 2000 show steady demand with values: beef cattle and cows steady to firm, stockers and feeders moderate, good to very good steers 5.40 to 6.59. Hog receipts about 25 000 with prices from 5.95 to 6.32 for various qualities. Sheep receipts near 5.00 with yearlings 6.90 to 6.60 and lambs 6.25 to 8.65.

Chicago

Butter and Egg Market Report Chicago May 24

Butter is strong with creameries at 18 24 cents and dairies at 17 22 cents. Fears are steady around 14 cents.

Chicago Fears

Chicago Poultry and New York Market Prices

In Chicago on May 24 poultry remained steady with turkeys and chickens quoted as lie. In New York on May 24 butter held firm and eggs showed firm firsts at 165 to 167 cents, offic 16 to 14 cents for seconds.

Chicago New York Lée

Poultry Prices Reported in New York Market

New York on May 24 reports alive poultry steady with springs and chickens at 3 to 3 ¼ cents, fowls 15 cents, turkeys 14 cents. Dressed poultry steady with turkeys 10 to 14 cents, fowls 11 to 15 cents, broilers 32 to 33 1/2 cents per pound.

New York

New York Produce Market Wheat and Corn Quotes

New York May 24 wheat for July delivery at 1.0575, corn listed at 69 4/8 cents per bushel. Market notes show active trading as prices shift on supply expectations and demand signals.

New York Peoria

Market and obituary notes in St Louis and Grand Rapids

St Louis Produce Market notes July wheat at 955, corn at 51 1 2 cents, oats at 44 1 2 cents. In Grand Rapids Michigan a home listing appears. Former United States Senator John Patten died today of typhoid fever.

St. Louis Grand Rapids, Mich United States John Patten

Bank Statement Snapshot From Muscatine Bank

The document lists resources including loans and discounts 353642.08 overdrafts 11426.79 U S bonds 5000.90 securities 25054.50 and other assets such as due from banks 649.56 7.59% due from reserve agents 52349.87 checks 4247 notes 2700 money in circulation 5800 legal tender 6100 and redemption fund 13250 1250 capital stock 0 surplus 45000 undivided profits 12,176.67 national bank notes 35000 due to trust companies 150325 dividends unpaid 45 time deposits 106512.15 state of Iowa Muscatine. S S Hughes cashier swears the statement true to best knowledge before Notary B C Benham on May 28 17. Directors sign.

U.S U. S Susghd Wednss Seledendnn

Also Mentioned on This Page

Bastine Laws Dimities Voiles East Second St G. M. Titus’ Office Iowa Avenue Iowa Farms Titus Loan & Investment Co G. M. Titus Pres Quinn East Second J. E. Kranz Anson CUBS NEW York Giants McGraw Gether Tide—Sox Pathehg MR. Chambers Omaha Cleveland Detroit St Louis Washington Renee L. Pet Columbus Toledo Milwaukee Air Iphabete Io St. Paul Indianapolis So Pet Des Moines Denver Jdt Lincoln Seer Sioux City Pueblo Rock Island Specs Springfield Bloomington Clevland American League National League Oxfords Oxford Levsen Muscatine Markets Ladies’ Home Journal Oedllerson Stores T, Best Brazils Associated Press Ryre Timothy OF the First National Bank POCRE Ova Avons Capitprandi Se State of Iowa S. S . Hughes S. M. Hughes B.c.benham J. R. Reuling J. Carskadedan G. Stein A. L. Pierson Proprietor East 2Nd St Adler Collegian Ruthenberg Clothing Co Second St Chas Ruthenberg F. Schroeder Fred Ruthenberg
Search Courier

Search the Muscatine Journal Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Muscatine Journal?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication