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Newspaper
Dixon Evening Leader
Location
Dixon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
4
Reports of hot winds in the southwest and expected grain movement difficulties as wheat shipments begin push futures higher on the Chicago Board of Trade. Corn receipts may be smaller than expected, lifting hog prices and provisions. June corn, July and August contracts show modest gains and mixed openings. oats rise with corn.
Hog receipts 7 000 market 10 14 higher butchers 16 45 light packing 16 40 16 70 heavy packing 16 00 16 40 pigs 16 26 0 16 75 light 16 60 16 80 roughs 16 50 16 85 cattle receipts 3 000 beef cattle 12 75 18 00 canners and cutters 7 00 8 25 stockers feeders 8 76 18 50 calves good to holes 15 50 16 25 butchers 8 26 16 26 sheep market steady spring lambs 19 50 20 50 shorn lambs 16 25 18 25 ewes 5 00 14 50
A partial list of grain and feed prices appears with numbers for yellow, mixed, white oats, barley, and timothy. The data includes No. 5 yellow at 1.424 and 1.46, No. 6 yellow 1.283 and 10.30, No. 3 white 77 percent, standard 78, Barley 1.00 and 1.35, Timothy 5.00 and 8.00.
Grain table lists corn oats pork lard and beans with bid ask and close figures for July and August. Corn shows July 1.42 1.40 1.42 1.454% and August around 1.44. Pork and lard indices show July and Sept quotes with several decimals.
Chicago produce prices listed include butter creamery extras at 42 percent and firsts 42q 424, cheese varieties Twins 21 54 and Young Americas 2254 29 4, live poultry with fowls 27 ducks 26 geese 14 springs 87, turkeys 24, potatoes with Wisconsin 1.69 Minnesota 1.5007 and Newk Springs 2.50 2.75.
Emil Eckert faces a penitentiary term of 76 years and a heavy fine after damning the flag. He was held by Sheriff Phillips and transferred to county jail for investigation before federal action. State and federal prosecutors plan to pursue the case, noting Eckert’s admission and alleged influencing by others.
Pihuy, a noted horticulturist, brings pomegranate fruit back to Carthage city markets after long neglect. The fruit, once rare in the area, shows potential despite limited local demand and lingering unfamiliarity.
Visitors show interest in a small feather plow and a pillow saying it is Washingtons original head quarters as a guide explains the artifact. The Girls' Circle records the remark by a girl and the guide's reply about its value and significance.
Fragmentary excerpt discusses reputed last words of Roman emperors and other notable figures including Nero and Ves pasino, mentioning Juliaa's cry of surrender and phrases about conquest and transformation in a reflective tone.
Talk is abundant and cheap, but the Night kind of talk is rare and expensive. The contrast highlights the value and scarcity of discreet, late hours conversations in a bustling era.
The notice states June milk price at 1.80 per hundred for 3.6 butterfat with a 3e charge for each tenth of one percent above the basic fat content.
London dispatch reports advantageous Allied raids in Belgium and France. British operations north of Bethune yielded more than 60 prisoners. A raid at Aveley wood was repelled. In the Villers-Bretonneux sector three machine guns were captured along with a few prisoners in night actions.
Junk Yards at 625 W. End St advertise call numbers 184 or R750 to sell iron rags rubbers metal paper hides wool and second hand machinery. Dixon Tron & Metal Co proprietor B Hasselson promotes yard’s services and location near the post office.
The executive committee of the state council of defense for this county will meet at the Elks club parlors on Monday evening at 8 o clock. Chairman John L Davies will call the session to order and outline plans for the War Savings stamp drive. all committee members listed are urged to attend.
Ray Greenwood, an escapee from the St Charles school for boys, is held at the local police station awaiting school authorities. He sought shelter last evening about 2 30 and admitted running away from the institution. He claimed enrollment at St Charles aubatif twelve months ago from Flora Illinois and said his parents later moved to Tulcea in Clay County.
Officer MacAulifee of St Charles school for boys arrived this afternoon and departed at 4:20 with Jay Greenwood the 17 year old who escaped last Tuesday and was picked up here last night. Chief J C Van Bibber went to Chicago yesterday for business. Mrs Harned and grandson Donald Grover visit at the William Harned home in Conp today. Attorney Charles I Morrison with Chicago HQ is in the city over Sunday visiting friends.
Mr and Mrs Otto Boehm of Swissville were surprised at home on their second wedding anniversary. Guests included Mr and Mrs Henry Hess and Jack Laiding Mr and Mrs Jake Zound and son Mr and Bris Reuben Whipple and son Mr and Mrs Nicholas and son Mr and Mrs William McMatten plus others during an evening of games refreshments and music.
A French inventor claims his compact motor can generate one horsepower for each pound of its weight by using the explosive force of gunpowder as the power source.
United Spanish War Veterans will meet at the N U office Tuesday and board the 12 30 P M car to Sterling for the fifteenth annual state encampment. W J Kennedy of Winslow stopped overnight with his brother E C Kennedy en route from Chicago. Joseph Shelhamer returned from Rockford after visiting his nephew G W Deppen. Mrs Jacob Drenner of Polo is visiting her daughter Mrs John Vaughan today.
American and German artillery clashed northwest of Chateau-Thierry today near Bouresches. Gas shells were fired into Bouresche and nearby areas. No infantry action was reported.
The House Naval Committee announced plans to add five destroyer squadrons to European waters this year. The proposed force expansion would include 26 destroyers and requires a surge in personnel to 131 485 enlisted men, per letters from Admirals Palmer and Benson and Secretary Daniels.
In a Thursday message from overseas Harold McIntyre writes his parents Mr and Mrs J P McIntyre that the finish is near and the Allies will win. He adds that the Ehans will push offensives before fall and notes he has not removed his shoes for three weeks.
A brief quotation appears in the Hoston Transcript noting a man’s claimed busyness as a measure of productivity. It underscores the idea that true busyness implies a long to do list with priority tasks.
Dixon butchers report relief after Swift Packing Company confirms an express shipment of 5000 pounds of beef and pork from Chicago to end days of shortage. A prior Swift car was diverted, delaying arrivals, while Armour expected another carload to arrive by afternoon.
A reflective imperative urging high character and courage. It frames thought as reality, nature as a mirror of the heroic soul, and battle as justified by honor. It counsels steadfastness, self-sacrifice, and a benevolent response to wounds.
A flash powder can be made by mixing equal parts imagnesium dust and powdered chlorate of potash. Place the mix on asbestos paper and ignite with a wax taper. In a dark room the sudden brilliance will dazzle onlookers and create a startling effect.
Celery plants will be offered for sale next week at Bowser's Fruit Store on Hennepin Avenue. The notice indicates a timely opportunity to set out stock.
Wilford Charles Eller, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Eller of 1308 West Sixth Street, died at about 12:30 this morning. The four day old child leaves the parents. funeral conducted by Rev. G A Graf from the home at 2:30 this afternoon with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
Experts from the United States Department of Agriculture say the simplest and cheapest method is to uproot and destroy poison ivy. In large fields, they recommend tilling the land. Ivy on trees, walls, and buildings can be treated with arsenate of soda at two pounds per ten gallons of water, with two to three applications.
Remarkable claim cited by several physicians that red headed individuals resist disease better. Sir Arbuthnot Lane says a disease becomes less virulent when it enters a red headed body than a person with darker hair.
Mrs Nettle Coakley of Bee reports her son Daniel Coakley of the 122nd Field Artillery has arrived safely overseas. The note mentions the sixon boys reaching the battlefield in increasing numbers. Mrs Lucy Rosbrook returned from Beloit visit and Raymond Worsley came back from Mendota trip. Prences Rossiter returned home from Freeport.
Three rooms in a modern home located half a block from the Court House at 316 Ottawa Ave are for rent for 111 dollars. A separate item seeks a man to work on a farm by the day or month, with contact phone 8121 for Merton Ranson.
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