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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1920
Page
3
Chicago markets list farm prices for hay grain and milling products, plus varied livestock and byproducts. New York stocks show mixed action after Friday turnover with rail and steel activity and a March U S Steel orders up.
Markets show varied movement across dairy meat and grain items. Butter eggs and cheese prices shift while poultry remains steady. sugar coffee and cotton close with blended gains and losses amid rough foreign exchange conditions.
Final prices for Liberty bonds show 8s at 91.44 for first ds, 88.80 for second, 4s at 91.10 for first, 82.10 for third, 83 for fourth, with Victory bonds at 97.52 for 898 and 7 for Victory 4X8.
Government bonds listed include J, fe, rem with 8 3s coupon. U.8S 4a rem .ssevese. U 8 48 coupon. Panama 88 reg, Panama $s coupon. The sparse OCR notes imply coupon rates or serial codes for various government securities without full details.
Hog and cattle prices fall across Chicago Kansas City and East St Louis markets. Hogs lead declines with mixed ranges and top quotes, while cattle show firmness in some grades and weaker beef steers. Peoria embargo slows loadouts as holdovers remain sizable and prices drift lower.
In New York on April 10 H L Van Sickler of the Justice Department plans to urge Profiteering investigators head A W Riley to form a flying squadron with an icebox. A man burst in with a fried steak claiming he was robbed after paying a dollar and a half. He slapped the steak on the table and began removing potatoes.
A long list of newly acquired non fiction works and fiction titles for the Free Public Library, including history encyclopedias, engineering treatises, biographies, poetry, travel, and educational manuals from diverse authors and publishers. The items cover subjects from heredity and psychology to art, architecture, warfare, and language, with many works by noted writers and series.
Absinthe, banned during the war, is reappearing in Paris cafes and consuming enough to draw police notice. The liquor is served under various names, and enforcement has faced great difficulty in curbing its use.
Government officials describe a field test for absinthe that police can use at the scene. If the drink tests positive for absinthe, all stock is confiscated and the vendor is arrested.
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