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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1918
Page
3
Market notes show corn little changed with May at 1.27% and July near 1.49% as weather and government hedging stance influence prices. Oats fall while pork provisions slip. overall activity shows cautious gains on bullish grain handling hedges and weather factors.
Long Commission Co reports corn and oats influenced by weather and cash prices in Peoria. May delivery of oats fell to 79 percent with heavy liquidation, while corn faced limited pressure due to favorable farm prep and weak export demand. Provisions showed heavy pork liquidation. steel dividend news from United States Steel raises near-term market attention amid war-zone developments.
Chicago and several cities report mixed corn prices from No. 2 to No. 6 across yellow, white, and mixed grades with varied cents per bushel. oats values shown for white and standard grades, with futures in St Louis and New York noting price directions and prompt ship costs.
J E Bennett & Co notes market inactivity with industrials softening while motor stocks and distilleries gain strength. Steel remains a dominant long term earner, rails look solid with government support, and curb trading centers on oil shares. Mining equities rally, with Alaska copper plays and Caledonia rising. pay attention to Okmulgee Shumway Mohe Crown Colden and Oklahoma Oils. Buy Caledonia Cresson Gold and Hecla for potential gains.
Rye and barley prices in Chicago and New York markets on April 30 show rye at No. 32 nominal and barley at 1.40 71 86 dollars. Timothy and Chovez offerings noted, New York mercantile paper 4 and 6 months at 6 percent, bar silver 99 percent. Mexican dollars quoted, time loans at 6 percent, call money high 4 low 3 percent, closing bid 8 percent.
Prices in the city market yard Monday show eggs at 29 cents a dozen with other quotients steady. Twelve farm product loads moved in, including hay at 19.40 per ton and 22 per ton for baled timothy, plus corn at 1.40 a bushel and oats at 0.61 a bushel. no straw was on the city lot.
The New Vienna trading sheet lists prices from Nuvilenberg company for wheat, corn, oats, and hay, with figures per cwt or bushel. It also shows milling products, digestion feeds, meal and seed meals, hog and cattle quotations by weight, poultry prices, hides, wool, and tallow, all noted as shipped from stations west of the Mississippi and weighed at stock yards.
Tim hay market in St Louis shows demand steady for good No 1 timothy with mids and lower grades easing. No 1 timothy 264 to 268 per ton, alfalfa choice 26 to 27, prairie hay 11 to 18, with various No 2 and standard grades listed.
Spasmodic activity in low priced shares saved Monday's market from inertia with U S Steel leading initial advances that were later pared. Rail and tobacco issues softened while New Haven showed brief strength among rail stocks. Total sales totaled $6.325 million with irregular bond activity and limited internationals.
Chicago hog receipts 43,000 with bids from 16.90 to 17.75 and cattle receipts 16,000 with steer bids from 10.16 to 17.60. St Louis hogs 11,700 with lights to 18.00 and cattle 5,690 with native steers up to 17.10. Kansas City hogs 12,000 and cattle 15,000. Sioux City hogs 5,000 and cattle 5,500. Omaha hogs 7,700 and cattle 7,500. St Joseph hogs 5,000 top 17.75. East St. Louis hogs 12,000 with bids 17.60 to 17.80 and cattle 6,000 with top 17.10. lambs and sheep prices noted across markets.
Hides market news from St. Touts shows current receipts improving in quality and salable at proposed higher prices. A War Industries Board committee recommends maximum prices for hides calf and kid skins based on April market activity, with future production pricing under discussion. Prices listed include wet salted and dry stock varieties with per pound and per unit quotes for hides, sheep pelts, wool pelts, lambs, goats, and glue stock.
Markets report steady butter and cheese values in New York with varied receipts and packing stock. Chicago and St Louis show mixed butter and egg markets, while Kansas City notes slight shifts in butter and poultry. sugar and coffee in New York at steady levels, with broader livestock and produce prices excerpted from multiple sources.
In Palmyra Missouri on a Saturday sale totaling 10780 dollars drew many out of town buyers. The top price reached 500 dollars for a Jersey calf as First National Bank funded the event and touted a program to lift Marion County dairy standards. Auctioneers Col Lee Francis and Col J B Sams led proceedings with premiums awarded for best cows and calves.
East St Louis auction list shows extra heavy draft horses at 195, good ole at 90, eastern chunky at 85, and mules in sizes from 14 to 16 hands priced at 90 to 296. Notable prices include 200 for 16 hands and 150 for 16 hands, reflecting varied animal classes in a single sale.
The event awards Best Heifer and Heifer Calf with top prizes to Ralph Donelson and Wallace Gray among others. Best Bull Calf honors go to Gottman Bros. for No 28a with $12.50, while Grand Champion Cow is No 28 Oxford Handsome Idyl 361-519 owned by Gottman Bros. with $10.
Maywood, April 30. Three attempts at consolidation succeeded this time with 61 to 21. Bonds for a new school and tax increase from 40 to 65 cents were approved by 77 to 25. Parent Teachers Association key to the effort. multiple locals praised. Quota notes: $25,500 target met by 504 contributors to raise $13,700. Dr and Mrs Pryor moved to Dresher apartments. Miss Bertha Lee Loudermilk recovering from pneumonia poisoning. Corporal Orion Cheney on ten day furlough from Camp Logan. Prof J W Primrose named history teacher at Palmyra after Emerson term. finishing at Kirksville. Uncle Billy Godman improving. J W Sass harness shop redecoration. Green and Lindstrom open cleaning and pressing department. Marvin Jennings visiting his niece Mrs J R Adams.
Two American transports damaged in a sea collision have safely returned to an Atlantic port. Both vessels were in a convoy running without lights. no lives were lost and they will undergo repairs. A board of inquiry will investigate the accident.
Amsterdam dispatch reports Alexander Wekerle, invited by Emperor Charles to form a new cabinet in Austria after the current ministry resigned on April 17 amid a cabinet split over suffrage reform. Wekerle has accepted the assignment, continuing Budapest headlines from Berlin.
Washington April 30 The Navy Department reports three casualties among sailors serving with Marines in the American Expeditionary Forces. Hospital Apprentice Fred Charles Schaffner of Rock Island Illinois died of wounds received in action. Pharmacist Mate S J Lewis of St Joseph Missouri and Hospital Apprentice C O Kingsbury of New Castle Pennsylvania were wounded in action.
Chicago district announces Marine Corps recruiting stations to be opened at Peoria Joliet Rock Island Tl and South Bend Ind Recruiting teams aim to recruit 8000 men during May across the listed cities and districts.
A brief, opinionated note praises the Y M C A for supplying hot chocolate to watchers at the front. It recalls Baron von Trautmann as the first to go and notes that the Y M C A and Red Cross will likely send others, while urging readers to act with practical resolve.
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