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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
10
A garbled but readable baseball report covers a Cubs win over Pittsburgh with mention of pitchers and key hits. It notes a double victory, outlines some players such as Crohn and Groh, and references other games including New York and Philadelphia results, all in the era's box score style.
A jumbled report details multiple players and teams with scattered mentions of Senators, Wilt Indiaqw, and Detroit rivals in a rough recap of a game where the Senators fell behind by four points. The text references lineups, substitutes, and attempts to describe a tense moment as the visitors pressed late but could not overcome the champions.
Reports from Bellovun tosni cal today state Ralph Othmar recently appointed head train in fae aimeter at te High achan underwent an operation for anpen Mettis early this week and is recovering rapidly.
Market reports indicate a cautious bear in wheat prices as Texas and Oklahoma show strong crops while nationwide weather and harvest conditions create uncertain demand. Traders note price resistance and mixed signals from Oklahoma and Minnesota, with occasional spikes in corn and other grains amid scarce liquidity and shifting government guidance.
Nonsense OCR fragment with scattered numbers and names. readable items include grain prices and commodities mentions. Names and figures are garbled, but the piece appears to be a market brief on Chicago cash grain prices with inconsistent entries and unclear digits.
A period summary lists receipts and shipments figures from Chicago trade, with figures for wheat and corn across weeks, including totals for last week and year, and notes on markets in Minneapolis, St. Louis, Kansas City, and various grain exchanges. It records multiple price points and weekly changes across several grain commodities and markets.
A distorted May market roundup notes about 24,000 cattle and 6,000 calves traded with varied demand. Prices and turnout are unclear due to garbled OCR, but figures mention 5,000 heads of cattle and prices around $1 for some items, with references to several firms and markets in Chicago.
Market notes show livestock activity with mixed prices for cattle and sheep. Prices listed include 1500 head cattle, 2813.00 total value, and various feed and sale totals. figures appear fragmentary but indicate ongoing market trading and inventory.
Market wire reports live stock figures in Kansas City with bids and asks across hogs cattle and sheep. Prices show varied figures including 6 000 head trade, top bids around 16 00 to 17 00 per hundredweight and feeder notes for packers and butchers.
Kansas City and Peoria markets show mixed consignments and shifting prices as buyers push to secure better terms on primary crops. Several lots of white potatoes and corn saw varied bids from 1.54 to 2.04 per unit, while mixed lots and midweight foods showed tighter ranges and occasional demand spikes.
A fragmented market note from New York covers poultry and sugar prices, listing brokers and vendors. It cites various items such as creameries, fresh maters, turkey futures, and sugar centerals with scattered figures and references to Associated Press wire services. The jumble mentions New York Poultry Market and New York Sugar Prices with occasional price figures and names.
Fragmentary text shows odd codes and contact numbers with names and places unreadable. The piece resembles a damaged classified snippet or telegraph line from a historic page, offering limited legibility of potential notices.
Mixed advance in the market with gains in steel, sugar, tobacco, and motor stocks. American Car, Marine Preferred, Gulf States Steel, and several industrials led a broad upward drift as traders anticipated steady absorption of demand and cautious optimism across sectors.
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