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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1920
Page
10
OCR sourced price listings for commodities and livestock across Chicago IcaGo Louis Minneapolis and New York with wheat corn oats and white and yellow varieties, plus mixed quotes for hogs, cattle, poultry, eggs and various milling and feed products. includes prices from J. B. Hood & Co. and Bolles & Hogers with ranges for hides meats and byproducts.
April 7 report notes Prime cash values across several months and years with figures such as 32.85 in April, 23 in October, and 22.10 in December. Additional entries show 1917 related Prime cash amounts plus May and September 1910 values around 5.75 to 5.90.
In Louis on April 7 Timothy No. 7 quoted at 104042 dollars. Standard Wan No. 2 price appears as d6d 3s. No. 3 344035. Timothy price 24 30. Clover mix No. 1 38 40, No. 2 26 47 37. Clover mixed No. 2 387 38, No. 2 74 36. Pure clover No. 1 384739, No. sy4 37. Alfalfa hay choice 39 40. YY 8603, standard 34 35. Prairie hay prices S2Nq30, No. 1 26 27, standard sagih No. 2 22 25. Straw 9 50 ad.
New York April 7 Mercantile rates mixed with weak exchange and varied cable quotes. Bonds and government issues show firmness as call money steadies and bankers’ balances edge higher.
New York markets report unsettled butter and eggs with mixed prices across creamery and firsts. Cheese and live poultry show firm ranges. potatoes and raw sugar push higher while coffee remains quiet and various oils and cotton seed topics are listed from St. Louis and Chicago exchanges.
New York April. Supreme Court Justice Lydon refused Mrs Regina Straussman an annulment finding boils, though unpleasant, do not alone justify divorce or annulment. She alleged non disclosure of boils before marriage and prior divorce. court ruled no fraud occurred.
New York April 7. Call money offers at 3 percent plus the lowest in six weeks spurred a fairly active stock market. Rails and equipment shares led gains with other issues like oils and chemicals contributing. Total sales reached 1,175,000 shares as copper buying and talks of foreign metal sales supported cautious optimism.
Chicago markets show hog receipts around 3,000 with mixed bids and top hogs near 16.60 while cattle receipts reach 1,000 with varied grades from light to prime. Kansas City reports hogs 14.25 to 15.75, cattle 11.50 to 14.50 for common to prime, and sheep around 14.75 to 20.25. East St Louis notes 15,000 hogs, 5,500 cattle, and 500 sheep with prices strengthening for select beef and lambs.
Cotton futures closed firm with May at 40.30, July 37.07, Oct 35.08, Dec 384.28, Jan 83.88. Spot cotton steady with middling price at 42.00.
Liberty bonds prices listed for New York on April 1 show 3s at 96.90, first 3s at 97.30, second 4s at 89.58 with a 1.50 point spread, third 4s at 92.94, fourth 4s at 89.92, and victory bonds at 2s 97.90 and victory 4 45 443 at 97.90.
A compact ad item instructs readers to save the notice for tomorrow when a large set of about eighty propositions is presented, inviting readers to choose the suitable option. The fragment notes multiple propositions and immediate reading strategy without detailing specifics.
Real estate ad lists numerous 6 to 13 room brick and frame houses and flats across streets like N 6th Ave, Vermont St, Adams St, and Chestnut St. Prices range from 850 to 13,000 with terms offered on several properties including rooming houses and a two story brick flat. Also seeks a store manager and a live-in job offer.
Listing multiple Illinois farm properties with details on acreage, sections, townships, houses, outbuildings, and asking prices. Includes 80 acres with five rooms in Mendon township, 10 acres near city, 34 acres north of Hull station, 133 acres in Paygon Township, 120 acres near Gulmer, 180 acres near Timewell Clayton, and 40 acres Melrose Township with varied improvements and yearly production estimates. Prices range from 90 to 450 per acre and total prices up to 18,000. Several properties note timber, pasture, fruit trees, and water wells.
No 8 offers 185 acres of highly improved land adjoining Perry in Pike County. Possession of the buildings can be given immediately if desired. Asking price 225.00 per acre.
Eighty acres of well improved land with slight rolling topography located three miles north and one mile west of Pittsfield in Pike County Alabama. Price ten thousand dollars.
135 acres west of Louisiana Missouri and behind Storks Nursery offers a dairy proposition at 60.00 per acre. Properties owned by John Liegle of Pittsfield, Pike County NL. Additional 80 and 40 acre tracts split by a public road, 40 with small house and barn, 80 half timber half plow land east of Columbia Indiana. 320 acres near Liberty Illinois in McKee Township, two farms of 160 acres each with house, barn, cribs, wells and springs. Prices 75.00 and 112.50 per acre. Owner resides in Kansas and may exchange for Kansas land. Relative in charge recently died.
A Mississippi Valley real estate notice lists multiple large farm tracts for sale in Missouri and Illinois. It details acreage, improvements, fencing, water, and proximity to Canton Shelbyville Palmyra and Quincy with prices from 40 000 to 70 per acre and notes on terms and possible exchanges. It also claims numerous other Missouri properties and offers loans and insurance services for buyers.
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