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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1917
Page
3
VIOLENT BREAKS IN WHEAT PRICES FOLLOWED A RECORD ADVANCE OF NEARLY 10 CENTS. MARKET SEEN OVERBOUGHT WITH BEARISH WASHINGTON NOTES AND SPECULATION ON GERMAN REFORM. MAY AND JULY WHEAT WEAKENED WHILE CORN AND OATS SLIPPED, PROVISIONS GAINED ON HOG DEMAND. TRADING FOCUSED ON DISTANT DELIVERIES AND PROFIT-TAKING.
Grain trading details list wheat and corn prices by grade No 2 red No 2 hard and No 2 white across Omaha and Kansas City. Reports show mixed and yellow corn, various white and yellow wheat quotes, and extensive price variations with multiple stations noted.
Mixed cattle and hog receipts with higher live weight bids across markets. Native beef steers and stockers showed gains while calves and lambs commanded solid prices. hog receipts rose with strong demand for heavy cuts. Prices listed for cattle, sheep, and hogs reflect regional trading activity and early-week demand.
Gossip reports good progress in wheat feeding despite cool weather. North Dakota shows 50 to 60 percent acreage increase in places, while other areas stay wet and season backward. Prospects for large wheat and grain acreage in North Dakota appear favorable. Minnesota and the Dakotas face delayed seeding from rain and snow, but drying weather could enable rapid planting. Corn planting advances as drought-affected wheat regrows. Liverpool notes firm wheat with strong American export demand and liberal Argentine shipments expected this week.
Long Commission Co reports Chicago trading activity with new high prices led by scarce offers and strong foreign demand. Shorts covered while bulls held, corn and wheat futures rising, with large volume business and active export demand supporting higher prices despite bearish crop and weather signals.
Market report lists hay and straw values with timothy and clover prices, noting scarce straw at $8.50 and alfalfa appearances. Prices cited include timothy around $20 per unit, clover $22, and mixed lots up to $25, with rye straw and wheat straw quoted in the Chicago market summary.
Fragmentary seed market report lists items and cash figures for April in Chicago and Toledo. Names such as Timothy, Clover, Detine, Alenee Trimea, Mimotiy-Prime appear with sparse amounts like 478 dollars and 11.50 dollars.
On Thursday April 27 the stock market rose as short interest coverage renewed demand for leaders like U S Steel which jumped earlier to 117 1 2 but ended near that peak. Total volume surpassed a million shares as peace rumors stirred but issued little credibility. Local money rates eased while bond trading remained uneven amid cautious banking sentiment and limited outside inquiry.
Quincy Clearing House reports Thursday bank clearings at 205 518, compared with last week and the same day a year ago 117 161. The figures show a rise from the prior year and indicate weekly activity levels in the local banking market.
CHICAGO April 27 Butter creamery 34 38 cents. receipts 20,033 cases. Firsts, ordinary firsts 30 to 38 cents. Poultry alive unchanged. fowls 26 cents. KANSAS CITY April 27 Butter creamery 46 cents. firsts 48 cents. seconds 42 cents. Poultry hens roosters 1 cent. turkeys 24 cents. NEW YORK April 27 Butter creamery 39 to 39 1/2 cents. firsts 57 to 58 1/2 cents. seconds 52 to 53 cents. Fresh gathered firsts 29 to 33 cents. Chickens 23 cents. fowls 21 to 24 1/2 cents. turkeys 15 to 16 1/2 cents. ST LOUIS April 21 Poultry hens 88 per dozen. turkeys 90 to 110 cents. ducks 10 to 18 cents. geese 12 to 16 cents. Butter creamery 49 to 41 cents. Eggs unchanged at 8 cents.
Miss Ruth Butler of Dutton station visited friends Saturday and Sunday. Glenn Breelind returned from Conford for a family visit. Mosg Wilts came home after a pleasant visit with Mirale Share friends. Henry Kientzte Sr and two men returned home after several days with relatives. Mrs Jih Newman and Mrs Hl Tah Pers entertained the Wednesday club talk. Red Cross home committee organizes and will begin once instructed. Methodists will serve meals on Friday Athletic Day. Six Griggsville boys joined the army: Harry Newman Flovil Syrele coast artillery. Charles Hildreth Leslie Vaughan Fifth Illinois in Tantry. George Zimmerman Henry Bassett enlisted. department assignment unknown.
Measles and typhoid malaria illnesses reported in Philadelphia Missouri. Residents listed include Janis Epikers severely ill, Mrs. Charles Pisher and family visiting Al Donelson, Alberta Scott seen Sunday, Cliff Carter and Matherick family guests, Bro. McCloud preached at Baptist church to a large crowd, Little Union attendees present, Mrs. Gerda Nelson improving slowly, Prairie school to close Friday after a successful term, Rose Cheney visited Miss Juanie Gooch, Mrs. N. A. Gooch ill.
Listing lists various horse and mule sizes with prices. Fast St Lois mare sales include weights from 180 to 160 pounds, and prices from 1150 to 125 dollars. Measurements and descriptions are garbled but indicate multiple height ranges from 14 to 16 hands and corresponding prices.
The local live stock market held steady as six farmers offered hogs. A straw load sold for 75 dollars per ton, baled hay brought 26 dollars per ton, loose hay sold at 21 dollars per ton, and oats in three loads sold at 70 and 71 cents per bushel.
Readable market data lists prices paid for hay and grain including No 2 wheat at 2.70 a bushel corn at 1.60 oats 0.65 millet seed 1.05 to 1.74 per bushel. Milling products show Knollenberg prices for flour mill items and feeds. Cattle hogs pigs calves sheep poultry hides and grease prices are given with weights and conditions.
LA PRAIRIE ILL residents share news as visitors arrive and a railroad tiling upgrade proceeds. A Women’s Foreign Missionary society will stage the play Peabody Pew on May 4 at the church with a cast including Mrs Burbank Mrs Hanry Duden Mrs Baxter and others. The production centers on a Ladies Aid society and promises an entertaining evening for attendees.
Handy remedy promises rapid relief for sprains strains and muscle soreness. It penetrates without rubbing and does not stain skin unlike plasters. Widely advertised for rheumatic pains neuralgia gout grippe and post work soreness at druggists 2 cents.
Fragmentary OCR text lists multiple names and places such as Rethel Toney Collins Canton W FL Westrell Editna aA Werner Hannibal Joe O Hern Hannibal Hofbauer Bros Knox City Geo L melee elbyy MISS Vile wage Wawvad.
Carthage forms a Red Cross chapter after petition by Judge D. E. Mack and others. O. F P. Berry elected chair, Mrs. J. J. Welch vice chair, Mrs. J. Ross Swigert secretary, J. C. Ferris treasurer. Organization to elect a 20 member board, then charter issued from Chicago. Civic league meets Saturday to report Urbana conference. local residents noted in court house visits and various social items.
Memorial day exercises by Hannibal chapter U D C No 1588 were held in the Palmyra circuit court room on a Thursday afternoon. attendees arrived by train and auto. the palmyra courthouse lawn monument was decorated with flags bunting and flowers before a program including prayer, a U D C ritual, and the bestowal of the cross of honor on charles b mills of new london.
The arrangement committee for Baby Week in Palmyra set events from May 1 to May 6. Activities include a Flag Day gift to homes with babies, free dental exams for schoolchildren, an infant care talk, child welfare addresses, a story telling session, and a big Children’s Parade with prizes, followed by a free movie at the Savoy theater.
The committee in charge plans observance at Antioch Church next Sunday at 8 am continuing throughout the day. The item notes community events and local people in attendance, including visits and hospitality among residents.
An advertisement touts at home dry cleaning using two ounces of Solvite from a drug store mixed in two gallons of gasoline to dissolve soil. Rub, wait, then the Solvite evaporates leaving fabrics bright and fresh. It claims silk waists coats ribbons gloves dresses furs and many items won’t fade shrink or wrinkle.
Ely's Cream Balm promises instant relief for nasal congestion and catarrh. A small bottle purchased from a druggist is enough to clear air passages, soothe inflamed mucous membranes, and relieve head cold symptoms.
An advertisement extols daily hot water with limestone phosphate as an internal cleanser. It claims the drink flushes waste from stomach, liver, kidneys and blood, improving skin clarity and health. It targets readers with skin issues and digestive discomfort, urging morning use and promising quick benefits.
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