State road notice Adams County Route 5 bid request
Illinois highway department invites sealed proposals for State aid work in Adams County Section E on Route 5. Proposals due 10 am April 28, 1920, opened publicly. Engineer's estimate $11,406 for Portland cement concrete. 2497.4 feet of Type Waterbound macadam pavement 15 feet wide. Nearest rail station Quincy. Details at County Superintendent, Springfield Division, or district engineer offices. Cement furnished by department. Frank I Bennett Director. 8 S Bradt Superintendent of Highways. Clifford Older Chief Highway Engineer.
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State OF Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Springfield
Ilinois
Adams County
Division of Highways
Department of Public Works and Buildings
Illinois
County of
Adams
Quincy
Illnois
Frank I. Bennett
8. E. Bradt
Clifford Older
Annual Lancock County High School Meet in Carthage
The eighth annual Lancock County High School Literary and Athletic Association meeting will be in Carthage on Saturday May and features declamatory contests for boys and girls, choruses, and afternoon athletics at the fair grounds. Track and field events include sprints, distances, jumps, throws, and relays. Frank Edison, Republican, elected mayor by over 250 votes over Democrat Wim McGuilvery in Carthage city election.
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Carthage
Lancock County High School Literary and Athletic Association
Frank Edison
Wim, McGuilvery
Young Methodist youth program entertains in Miss Verna Huber’s group
The Methodists’ youth night featured 24 attendees as Miss Verna Huber’s program included Epworth League talks, games, ice cream and cake. Other notes mention visits to Springfield and Quincy, illness in Bloomington, birth of a seven pound boy, and various local social and school board activities through the weekend.
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Methodist Church
Mias Verna Huber
Epworth League
Jay Griswold
Springfield
George Hall
Camp Point
Bloomington
Irene Sears
Frank Peters
Gruny
Ruth Selby
Hannah Poling
Augusta
Clyde Reynolds
Garner
Quincy
Margaret Gay
Goldie Woodward
R. CC. Boger
A. A. Garrett
R. E. Boger
Board of Education
Maplewood
Roy Adams
Lloyd Bricker
Ira Akers
Alec Thompson
Richard Reha
Fred Omer
Roy Liggett
John Ward
Harry Pittman
James Downing
James Doning and Son
Bailey Park
J. L. McConaughty
Knox College
H. G. Paul
University of Ilinois
Arthur C. Boger
Charles Wilkey
George Miler
W. L. Marshall
Grain and provisions crash hit Chicago markets hard
Chicago on April 22 saw grain and provisions slump amid a Wall Street style selloff. Corn led declines as traders weighed Japanese banking jitters and threatened railway strikes, with May and July futures tumbling and oats following. Provisions also fell, while hog prices showed weakness despite higher quotes. Daily quotes and carload numbers from Minneapolis, Duluth, Winnipeg, and Chicago were supplied by Long Commission Co.
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Chicago
New York
Wall Street
Long Commission Co
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Grain prices across U S markets close varied
Chicago reports mixed corn values and multiple grades with No 2 yellow at 177 to 173, No 4 mixed at 169, sample grade 120. Oats No 2 white 104 to 105. Barley 175 176. Wheat ranged for No 2 red winter 292 to 286 in St Louis, while Kansas City held No 1 hard 293 295. Other markets show no sales or unchanged quotes and New York note spot firmness for No 2 red and No 2 hard at 306 and 301 c.i.f. track.
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Chicago
St. Louis
St, Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Minneapolis
New York
I. F
Markets roundup from New York and Chicago
April 22 reports show butter and cheese firm in New York with creamery and packed stock prices, various grades and scores. Sugar and coffee prices in New York steady with refined and spot values noted. Chicago data list butter, eggs, poultry, and potatoes with price movements and regional grades.
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New York
Chicago
Minnesota
Rio
Santos
Commodity seed price listing from Toledo Seed office
Toledo seed price table shows Clover seed with April and future contract values, Prime cash and various monthly futures for Clover, Alaska seed and Timothy futures across years 1917 to 1919, Bee prices and term months, with April and October date markers and incomplete Dec figures.
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Toledo
Clover Seed
Alaske
Timothy—Frime
Farm Prices and Market Quotations Revised by Kondllenberg Milling
Prices paid for hay and grain include new wheat no 1 tested 60 lbs or better at 2.65, rye 1.50, oats 0.97, yellow corn 1.55 to 1.58, bale hay and straw quotes, and broad livestock and poultry rates. Quotations from Anck Brothers and J E Hood Co. cover hogs, cattle, sheep, and poultry, with wide market notes and New York money figures amid rail strike and market unrest.
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Kondllenberg Milling Company
Anck Brothers
J. E. Hood & Co
C. F. Bishop
Blatchford
Swift
H. P
Bolles & Rogers
Tse
Market Reports from New York and St Louis April 22
The bulletin lists commodity quotes from FAST St. Louis and New York including live stock prices for Hornes Eastern, Mules, and draft animals with ranges. Liberty Bond prices across multiple series. U S government bonds with coupon notes. Panama and cotton markets with Fort Worth style figures. May, July, Oct, Dec futures and spot middling values in New York. Genuine currency figures appear in scattered form.
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Neww York
Stocks Plunge on Wall Street in Heavy Trading
New York April 22 stock market closed in sharp decline with leaders down 5 to 435 points amid no money market explanations. Liberty bonds hit new low prices on heavy offerings while General Motors fell 42 5 points to 275 and Baldwin Locomotive dropped 14 points. Bonds followed government tissues, losing 1 to 2 per cent. Total sales par value 20 255 000.
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New York
Vallues
General Motors
Baldwin Locomotive
Chicago and Midwest live stock market report April 22
Chicago hog cattle and sheep prices show mixed activity with cattle steady to lower and hogs mixed gains. Kansas City Feoria and East St Louis markets report varying shifts in weights and classes, with tops and bulk ranges delineated for beef, pork, and lambs.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Feoria
Peoria
East St. Louisa
East Sy, Louts
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Postoffice
Reet
Found
Down Town
R. E. Morey
Yute No. 2
Kentucky
Cook
Franklin Louse
Gem
Maine
Virginia Cafe
Anteed
Pierson 3Rd
Vermont St. Se
Ap- 10 Drug Co
4Th and
Oak
Aprice Drug Co
Newcomb
Neat Nee
McMinn
Park Hotel
vVelock P
R. W. McCallister
Bowl- Mo
HK. W. Mc
May Sherwood
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Care Whig
Color & Chemical Co
Llington
Ectric Co
South 4Th St
Andarus
Amp City Hall
Busneag District
Shire Street
L. Potash
Hampshire
Spracy Tabbey Aso Mtc
Sewing Me
Exchange Store
Jhone
Fred G. Weisertborn
Alfred Lepper
Twentyfourth
Monroe
C. L. Adams
Charles’ Thornhill
May
Park Place
Collins Plow Co
Packard Truck
Willys-Knight
Gem City Motor Car Co
Moorman Mfg. Co
Haynes
Mitchell
Bennett
Ford
Smith
Central Ford Station
Maine St
E. L. Mason
Mealey
Rce
Remington
Smith Premier
Cali Orphone International Harvester Co
Oliver Typewriter
Oliver
G. R. Cottreel
Olver
Wells
6Th
Maine Sts
H. L. Liebmann
Crater
B. J. Rush
12Th
State
Koetter Mattress Co
J. H. Hanly
Miri
Welsch
Stern
Ill
Daugherty & Co
Quincy, Il
Walter Krutmeier
R. R. No
Vox
Matthew Lepper
RL R
Almy
J. M. Benson
Taylor, Mo
W. F. McCready
North Sixth Ave
Spring Street
Std
J. H. Hanky
Ozark
Arkansas
Abingdon
Hampshire St
Good Sayers
Stephen McCarl
Kinderhook
Kurtzman
Brunswick Phonograph
Jbookcasa Inquire
Stern Bldg
Delaplain
Ferest
Strohl
Sterns
State Loan CO
Establishea
Optometrists
Henry J, Thiemann
Quincy, Tl
Wancock County
Revublican
Quincy Savings & Loan Office
T.c.poling & CO
T. C. Poline
Bamvel Woods
Legal Department
T. C. Poling, Jr
Blackstone
Vermont
A. J. Liebmann
New York Money
Mercantile Paper
Sterlins
ST. Lois
Nij
Hornes
Liberty Bonds
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U. S. Is
U. Ss
LOD UL S
Panama
Saeveee
Hig AW Close
Armour
Atchison
Tob
Amer
M.S. P
Pacific
Com. Edison
Pacific Wee
N.Y Central
Ohio Cit
Otis Steel
P. Lorillard
Penn
People’s Gas
Sears-Roe
Westing
Willys-Over
Wilson and Co
Woolworth
Rosen and Subeck
Grain Commission Merchants
Chicago Board Trade
James E. Bennett &Co
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Hampshire Street
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