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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1905
Page
8
The Baptist Sunday school and congregation move the planned excursion from June 11 to Tuesday June 13, delaying the event by two days.
Don’t leave town Sunday and spend 25 cents to watch a big ball game as Rock Island Dependents face Muscatine Maroons at the fair grounds. The event offers local sports action with inexpensive admission.
Local items report big game at the fair grounds next Sunday with Rock Island Independents versus Muscatine Maroons. Several residents, including F Tracey and F D Miller party, depart by the Firefly for Chicago. markets and weather and road notes accompany community happenings.
An advertisement for first mortgage loans by G. M. Jills offering sums from 100 to 1000 dollars. He handles collection of interest and principal without charge to the investor and invites contact at 213 Iowa avenue.
Bargain notices offer good heavy linen crash toweling at 3 cents and cotton towels at 50 cents per dozen. Turkey red table linen full width with patterns offered at 15 cents per yard in a special Saturday sale.
A Boston Store display offers a new line of girls and misses accordion pleated skirts in red blue brown green and other colors all wool at 4 50 with hundreds of ready made skirts priced 3 98 4 50 5 00 5 50 6 00 6 50 7 00 8 00 and 10 00.
Silk jackets offered at five dollars each in all sizes and colors. Covert jackets also available. Redingotes in red, black, blue, brown priced at nineteen dollars. Values reach nine dollars for some pieces. sale emphasizes large discounts.
Chicago May 26 report shows cattle receipts 1500 steady with price ranges from 5.60 to 6.50 for good to prime and 4.00 to 5.50 for poor to medium. Hogs receipts 23000 down about five to six cents with mixed butchers 5.20 to 5.40 and bulk sales around 5.35 to 5.45. Sheep receipts 6000 steady with lambs trading 4.75 to 7.75. Market summaries include various rail and energy stocks notices alongside commodity prices.
Butter steady with creameries at 18 21 cents and dairies 13 19 cents. Eggs easy at 14 4 percent? 15 cents.
Chicago May 26 poultry markets report steady prices with turkeys at 14 to 15 cents per pound chickens at 11 cents and springs at 3.00 to 6.50 per dozen.
New York market notes on May 26 show creamery butter at 20 to 22 cents, renovated 15 to 19 cents per pound. Eggs are listed as fancy selected 17 to 18 cents, firsts 17 cents.
May 26 New York market reports poultry prices for fowls and spring chickens broilers and turkeys with ranges given in cents per pound. Fowls 10 to 15¢ spring chickens 30 to 35¢ broilers 30 to 35¢ turkeys 12 to 15¢. Market activity and typical wholesale notes accompany the listing.
May 26 New York Produce Market reports Wheat for July at 66 percent and Corn at 55 cents.
Wheat for July at 452 S4 TC. Corn at 47% ac. Oats at 2324¢. Market notes from St. Louis.
Peoria market notes from May 26 show corn futures No 3 steady around 114 to 115 percent, with sugar futures at 131 to 132. Rail and bond figures unclear, but several stocks such as St Paul Mo Pac and Union Pacific display mixed results with minor gains and losses. copper readings listed as Reading at 79 persistently.
A brisk hair cut becomes a long and costly wait at Kinsmans barbershop as customers endure delays and rising prices. The article notes crowded chairs and discomfort while promising faster service soon.
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