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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1908
Page
10
Local items note Best en Lehner's cold tablets and a visit by Fred Buchele of Fairport to the city. An Ladies Aid supper at the Methodist church is announced for Wednesday evening. Ads promote Braunworth's Sunny South shoes at 1.25 and Thompson Bros. Co. touts The German Heater as a better coal stove.
Mrs A Othmer visits Moline and John A Robbins promotes reliable insurers. Attorney H G Thompson calls in tri cities. Dr Beveridge moves to fourth floor German American Bank building. Rev K Rest of Larchwood IA visits Rev J Jans on Iowa Avenue. Methodist ladies host popular suppers and invite attendance at church Wednesday October 28. Red Jacket pumps agency promoted with stock and demonstrations. Frank Asherall near Kemble Hotel. Hare's hall hosts big dance October 28 with Red Men's Drill team and Thomas Orchestra admission twenty five cents per couple, ladies free. A base burner efficient on two tons hard coal praised. Thompson Bros Co advertises Universal Bread Maker and baking ease. McQuesten Sawyer Co promotes bread making gadgets.
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Sarah Jane Geller Markee who died Saturday night at her home. The rites occurred at the family residence and Grace Reformed church in Wilton, with interment in Oakdale cemetery.
A health tonic claim says Electric Bitters enrich weak thin blood and strengthen the frail. Available at Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store for 50 cents.
Orono Township notes list visits to Muscatine for a wedding and various trips. Mr and Mrs John Edgar were Nichols visitors Monday. George Honts attended a wedding in Muscatine last week. L M Cecil left on a business trip to St Paul. Co B Vail traveled from Muscatine to his farm and back the same day. S S Buser returned from the north after business. Mrs John Hawkins and sons in Muscatine Tuesday. George Honts conducted business at Arden on Wednesday. W A Horton came home from a visit to a brother in South Dakota last week. Mildred Babbitt, daughter of Mr and Mrs R E Babbitt, has been ill recently.
The local Young Men s Christian Association plans evening meetings at the association building from November 8 to 15 as part of the universal Week of Prayer and Sacrifice. Booklets explain the observance and prayers will be identical each night. The article also covers a local wedding of Miss Margaret McElhinney and Mr. McKinley with details of the ceremony and reception.
East Wapsie notes a West Liberty visitor Mrs. Louis Whitacre calls on Mrs. Emmett Buckman. Horace Hawker family visit Moscow. Max Fickler suffers an ulcerated eye. John Webster and daughter Stella attend a dance at Sam McLaughlin’s. Emmett Buckman at J A Irwin’s sale. Will Chase family visit John Webster’s.
In Morning Sun Iowa on October 21 Miss Nellie Estelle Butler became the wife of Mr Bert McKinley at the Butler home. The ceremony opened with songs by Ruth Tubbs and Wylie Stewart, followed by Lohengrin as the bridal party entered through arches of white ribbon and autumn decor.
Telegram from the United States Army Department informs Miss Cora Mittlander of 703 West Fourth Street that details of her brother Paul Mittlander's death in Manila, Philippine Islands will be conveyed by message tomorrow. The dispatch says no definite cause is known yet and a full inquiry will begin today.
Today's market report provides quotations furnished by H. J. Frenzel a member of the board of trade. It notes private wire connections and telegraph access via post office lines and 5oth phones.
Chicago wheat opens higher with prices up about a quarter to a half cent. Bulls press on amid bullish Argentine crop damage news and strong buying interest from commissions houses. Corn and oats follow wheat higher by about four cents. limited oats receipts and poor weather restrain movement.
Chicago trading data lists Wheat Corn Oats and livestock futures with daily highs lows and closes. Includes Pork Lard Ribs futures and cash grain figures with car receipts and estimated arrivals for today and tomorrow.
Chicago goods market report dated Oct 27 shows cattle receipts at 6 000 with steady prices. Hogs receipts 17 000 and varied classes sold steady. Sheep and lambs firm. vegetables and groceries listed with multiple prices and items. Also notes on wood and coal market prices in the same issue.
Chicago October 27 butter steady creameries 20 to 26 cents dairies 18 23 to 0 cents eggs steady 25 cents all markets report stable prices in today’s market notes
Chicago on October 27 shows poultry prices steady with turkeys at 15 cents per pound chickens 8 to 9 cents and springs 12 cents per pound. The market notes reflect current demand and supply levels for the day.
Butter firm and eggs firm at New York Produce Market on October 27. Receipts total 13,500 for butter and 9,900 for eggs. Firsts quoted at 25 26 cents for eggs and 24 24 1/2 cents for seconds.
New York October 27 dressed poultry firm with spring chickens 12 to 16 cents, fowls 12 to 14 cents, spring turkeys 13 to 16 cents.
New York price report from October 27 lists Wheat for December at $1.10 and Corn at 74 4 cents. Market figures show light trading and modest shifts in futures quotes.
St. Louis on October 27 reports Wheat December at 99 7 8 cents, Corn 69 7 8 cents, Oats 45 1 2 cents. Market notes show Dec futures and grain prices.
Peoria price report shows No. 3 corn old and new at 66 cents per bushel.
Readable market list shows corn oats wheat prices, corn products and feeds, hay, and local live stock values. Includes peaches watermelons grapes apples pears muscatine produce co market rates and packing stock butter eggs and hens.
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