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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1916
Page
3
EdForlalang News Room in Quincy TL publishes contact details for The Quincey Whig with office phone numbers and mailing information. It instructs readers to report delivery irregularities to the office or via telephone and notes mail matter status.
Chicago April 30 Wheat futures rose on Saturday due to snow and rain in the northwest reducing spring crop acreage. May and Pulv prices closed higher with firm support on declines. Corn and oats also advanced as hog and grain values lifted provisions. some 1,000,000 plus bushels expected for May deliveries.
Chicago and St Louis market round up shows receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges and gains. Kansas City and East St Louis report similar trends with steady to higher bids across weight classes and notable figures for beef steers heifers cows and lambs.
Trading on Saturday was dominated by Mercantile Marine issues with the preferred class leaping 63 point to a new high 91 and the common rising one to 251 14 under its peak. Total Marine dealing reached 110000 shares. Other stocks like Distillers Securities United States Industrial Alcohol motors and petroleum shares advanced 8 to nearly 6 points. Rail gains appeared with Reading reporting a March surplus of over 3900000 and Canadian Pacific up 448000. Market reports note continued country wide activity in wholesale and jobbing sectors as New York Stocks trend higher.
Chicago records No 2 red wheat at 1.20 to 1.99 per bushel with various red and yellow wheat and mixed oats bids. St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis and Peoria exchanges report similar ranges for No 2 and No 3 reds and whites, with oats and barleys showing steady to nominal quotes.
Local markets list prices for hay grain and seeds, including wheat at 1.10 per bushel, corn 70 cents, oats 35 cents, and various hays. It covers mill products from Knollenberg Milling, hog quotes by station, wagon loads, and local butcher daily cattle sheep poultry rates. Prices also note hides and wool, with regional references to Missouri river stock yards and Kansas City area merchants.
Saturday market activity was subdued with steady demand and limited supply. Wheat and oats unchanged. hog prices steady with a ten cent rise per hundredweight noted. Corn arrivals totaled five loads with varied prices plus three loads at TL cents per bushel and one at 70c per bushel. Hay supplies were tight with two loads at 13.50 per ton, and bale sales at 13.50, 12.50, and 9.50 per ton.
The document advises constant attention to trades and adapting to changing conditions. It covers Wheat with notes on weather, acreage, May deliveries, and July purchase. Corn with bullish factors and May futures exposure. Oats signaling weather and lake navigation impacts. Provisions noting strong cash demand, lighter hog weights, and favoring deferred futures on dips.
East St Louis on April 30 notes a steady market for horses and mules with draft horses around 175 to 195, eastern chunks 150 to 185, southern horses 85 to 125, and mules for various heights priced 65 to 275. US reference bonds and other financial items listed alongside.
Market notes from CHICAGO and NEW YORK describe butter and eggs trends, with prices for creamery butter, eggs by grade, and poultry and potatoes moving on the receipts and unsettled markets. Regional variations include Michigan Wisconsin Dakota Minnesota whites potatoes and Wisconsin twins cheese shows steady to fractional changes. A closing quip about a mother praising a father ends the fragment.
A New York poultry market listing shows April 30 figures for dressed chickens, fowls, turkeys, live poultry, hides, and various cured meats with multiple price points. The fragmentary OCR includes per pound pricing and references to green and brown grease products alongside horse meat notes.
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