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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1916
Page
3
The Quincy Whig lists subscription options including Sunday and daily rates with various terms. It notes postage paid mail orders, advance payments, and a display of contact details for the Quincy Illinois news room. Carriers are instructed to report irregularities to the office.
Publicity agent Henry Funk notes a 70 percent stranger population in a southern reclaim district. He praises cooperative farmer action transforming desert into garden and criticizes reform efforts driven by office seekers. He forecasts a June Macon farmer businessman meeting with no political speeches to focus on business and square dealings.
An old advertisement extols Mother's Friend as a trusted remedy for pregnant women. It claims to ease pains, calm the nervous system, improve sleep, and support muscles and ligaments during pregnancy, urging readers to request the product from druggists and contact Regulator Co. for samples.
Bradstreet's reports flood tide demand across manufacturing and mercantile lines as production units are sold up. International tensions push stock prices down, with little ripple elsewhere though pig iron ease coke prices and deferred building amid high quotes. Weather causes retail irregularity and labor unrest persists. weekly bank clearings total 4.58266 billion dollars.
Word of the death of Mrs. Sarah Downard arrived from Paloma. She died Thursday afternoon at 2 30 at her son Imer Downard’s home in Galesburg. Her remains will be brought to Paloma Saturday at 1 pm and the funeral will be held at 2 30 pm.
Chicago hogs 18 000 receipts slow bids 9.55 to 9.75 cattle 1 000 steady beef steers 7.85 to 10.00 cows 4.00 to 9.20 calves 7.00 to 10.00 sheep 7 000 receipts steady lambs 7.60 to 11.65. St Louis hogs 5 100 lower pigs 7.50 to 9.65 mixed 9.45 to 9.80 heavy 9.75 to 9.30 cattle 450 steady beef steers 7.50 to 9.75 heifers 8.50 to 10.60 cows 3.50 to 8.00 calves 6.00 to 10.75 sheep none. Kansas City hogs 4 500 higher bulk 9.30 to 9.55 heavy 9.50 to 9.60 light 7.39 to 9.45 pigs 8.25 to 9.00 cattle 100 steady steers 8.00 to 9.74 cows 5.50 to 8.25 heifers 7.00 to 10.00 calves 6.30 to 10.50 sheep 3 060 steady lambs 10.75 to 11.50 yearlings 9.75 to 10.50 ewes 7.50 to 8.85.
Chicago notes unsettled butter and creamery prices with receipts of 36 316 cases for eggs and mixed potato quotes. New York reports steady dressed poultry and firm live poultry prices with butter at 34 to 36 cents and eggs around 21 cents for firsts. St Louis shows poultry and butter ranges with chickens at 16 to 21 cents and butter around 35 cents.
A time tested remedy promises to move sluggish bowels and stimulate the liver. The first dose clears the system of wasted blood impurities and body poisons accumulated during winter. 25 cents at your druggist.
Long Commission Co reports markets paused for Easter. European conflict looms over grain and provision prices. Bearish factors include European politics and lake navigation opening. bullish cues appear in corn and livestock, with denatured alcohol demand boosting corn use. Oats and provisions show mixed signals as farmers stockpile amid uncertain times.
Receipts were small in the local market with only four loads of corn and loose hay. The quiet day was caused by the holiday and threatening weather, and there were no livestock markets. Corn arrived in three loads with two selling at 71 cents per bushel and one at 70 cents.
Local market prices listed include hay and grain futures with figures for No. 2 wheat at 1.10, corn around 71 cents, oats up to 40 cents, and various baled feeds. Hog quotes cover weights from 80 to 300 pounds with ranges from about 7.95 to 9.35 dollars, plus poultry, eggs, and butter prices and local butcher quotations for steers, heifers, cows, and veal calves, with corrections by Home Butcher Co.
Buils. 3.00 4.00 spring lambs 6.00 7.00 sheep 3.00 4.00 dressed poultry retail prices hens 20c young chickens 23c ducks 20c geese 19c turkeys 25c 30c roosters 9 c al le guineas 60c
Price table for cured hides green hides calves kip and horse categories with per pound and per item rates. Includes amounts for glue and pony, colts, tallow grease wool pelts and shearlings, with a total value of $6 631.58.
Fragmentary note lists lamb lots with wool quantity and quality grades. Mentions 25 and 75c per unit, 18 3lec appears as a shorthand. Reflects auction or quality assessment language from a past market record. Limited context prevents full meaning.
The Texas Wonder claims to dissolve gravel cure diabetes and rheumatism and regulate bladder issues in men women and children. If not sold locally it can be mailed for $1.60. One bottle lasts two months and is said to often cure. Testimonials available from Dr E B Hall St Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.
A vintage ad touts at home dry cleaning for women using salvite dissolved in gasoline. It claims to brighten ribbons silks laces and more without fading shrinking or wrinkling. Warns to operate outdoors away from fire due to gasoline fumes.
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