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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1919
Page
3
Chicago posts broad grain gains led by corn and hogs with hogs at a record 21.15 a hundredweight. July corn up to 1.62 percent and September 1.59 percent, oats higher, and pork futures firm on strong demand.
Wheat and corn prices listed for Chicago Saint Louis Minneapolis and Kansas City with futures like No 2 soft red No 3 yellow and varied white varieties. Oats and flax figures, cash wheat and corn quotes, plus hay straw and milling product prices and livestock quotes from local traders and firms.
J E Bennett & Co reports a firm stock market with buoyant prospects from better business signals abroad. Buy Pacifics Atchison Great Northern and St Paul on dips. Liberty bonds weak. consider accumulation. Packing stocks and motor shares lead gains with strong dividends and value growth. Chromite exports from Guatemala noted at 150 tons monthly.
In New York butter steady receipts 6 566 creamery higher prices 63 percent on extras 92 score 63 firsts 61 percent. eggs firm receipts 46 431 fresh gathered 47 to 465. cheese firm receipts 6 432. live poultry steady. In Chicago butter unsettled creamery 61 percent. eggs unsettled receipts 1 239 cases. storage packed firsts 42 percent. poultry steady. potatoes unsettled receipts 70 cars white $2.10–$2.20 cwt. New York sugar steady centrifugal 7.28, granulated 9.?
Spot coffee firm margins rise 17 percent while another note shows a .21 rise in a related index as New York traders gauge market shifts.
New York stocks showed strength on Wednesday with rail shares boosting the market while steel and metals advanced. United States Steel led with a sizable gain though late-day losses trimmed the rise. overall volume reached about 1.7 million shares with total par value around 11.88 million.
Hogs receipts across markets on April 24 show steady to strong demand with prices around 20 to 21 per cwt and highs near 21.15 in Chicago plus records in some markets. Cattle and sheep receipts vary by city with steady to lower trends and calves, stockers, and feeders posting mixed results across Illinois Indiana Missouri and Kansas markets.
The item lists prices for Clover seed prime Cash at 80 and April 26.75 with October 17.90, Alsike prime Cash 28, Timothy prime Cash old 5.05 new 6.16 with April 5.15 May 5.10 September 5.65 October 5.45. A note claims the land crab of Cuba is faster than horse or ostrich.
Melville E. Stone told the News Association that intercommunication could aid a League of Nations effort for world peace though success is uncertain. He described France's ruin, urged long term credits by American manufacturers, and noted the AP role in unifying the United States and aiding postwar recovery.
A veteran observer notes a double standard in the U.S. Army where privates are disciplined for minor offenses like possession of a jag while officers evade accountability for drunken behavior. An MP witnesses an officer’s contemptuous defiance, and the system largely turns a blind eye.
A physician asserts the correctness of his diagnosis and non poisonous treatment in a public appeal. He asks the audience to withhold judgment until the case concludes and promises continued sympathetic care using scientific methods believed harmless and successful. He touts his non poisonous drug system as a new yet remarkable healing approach.
The piece contrasts French officers’ courteous conduct with American officers who bark orders and brutalize enlisted men. It argues higher command tolerated abuse, recalls a Paris jail abuses, and questions prewar Prussian influence while noting frequent courts martial in the US and far fewer in Britain.
An article claims toxins from bowels cause pimples and skin eruptions. It recommends four ounces of Rad Salts dissolved in hot water each morning before breakfast for a week to cleanse the bowels and stimulate kidney function, with Jad Salts as an inexpensive, harmless alternative.
A respected local merchant recounts a dramatic recovery after using Phosphated Iron. He says renewed energy and cheer returned within a month, inspiring his caution to buyers to seek genuine capsules from OWL DRUG STORE and leading druggists.
Dr Haley, making a free examination and consultation offer, will hold a clinic at Hotel Quincy in Quincy on Tuesday April 29 from 9 am to 8 pm and Wednesday April 30 from 9 am to noon. The visit covers chronic diseases including stomach liver heart lungs rheumatism deafness catarrh leg ulcers and women and rectal diseases. Patients may bring a urine sample for kidney bladder tests and eye tests are offered if needed.
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