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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1913
Page
9
The New York market faced a broad liquidation today with major leaders losing keys as prices drifted in early trading. Traders noted a wary mood as industrials and mining shares slipped while some areas saw minor recoveries amid shifting bids.
Fragmented text lists numerous listed companies and rail lines, with references to Amalgamated Copper American Cotton Sugar American Sugar Refining and major railways like Illinois Central Chicago and North Western. The jumbled OCR captures a dense, error-ridden stock market page.
Sweetland Lae dies Big Society gathered at Mrs Ida Pace’s Sweetland home yesterday for her fifty seventh birthday. About thirty friends attended the afternoon’s fancy work and light refreshments. The old society will meet at the parsonage next Wednesday. T. J. Manning and family plan to relocate to Ottumwa for piano tuning with Gustav Piano Company. Mrs Harmann Schroeder trips to Oscala Kansas for a short visit. Miss Mary Elder returns home after visiting the Pace residence on Grehford Avenue.
Weather and crop reports from Illinois and Kansas trigger nervous trading as rain prospects spark early gains for corn and wheat but fade by day’s end. Prices show scattered moves with July contracts slipping while receipts rise, reflecting uncertain crop prospects and mixed sentiment among traders.
Fragmented OCR data shows wheat prices and grain market terms with No 2 red and white varieties, 1908 references, and irregular figures. The text includes bids, yard figures, rib prices, and assorted commodity shorthand lacking clear structure.
Market notes from St Louis Minneapolis Omaha Kansas City and Chicago show mixed grain and produce prices with various wheat bids, corn and oats prices, butter eggs and poultry unchanged, plus a Card of Thanks expressing appreciation to friends neighbors and local fire company for sympathy and floral offerings. Names include William Metcher Mrs Frank Beles Mrs Earl Thowspeon.
Reports from Chicago and other markets show hog receipts larger than expected with light competition in some areas. Lambs steady to higher in Chicago while cattle and sheep futures vary. multiple city markets note strong overall supply and variable demand influencing prices.
South Omaha market figures show cattle receipts at 3,709 with a steady tone overall. Prices range around 8.0 to 7.0 dollars for varying cattle types as buyers and sellers adjust to market conditions amid mixed lot sizes.
Market report shows bids for cattle calves hogs and sheep with prices per hundredweight and totals. Includes beef cuts poultry and feed items with assorted quotations and commodity notes from the Muscatine market.
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