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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1915
Page
2
New York money rates show mercantile paper at 3 3 4 percent and sterling at 60 day 4 7 1. Cables and demand quotes appear for many currencies including francs 5.72, 5.71, marks 7 0, lives 6.40, cables 6.39, rubles 8 2 1 4, cables 3 2 3 4, and silver at 71 2. Mexican dollars quoted at 46.
Chicago July 31 market summary reports a tentative bumper spring crop offset by wet weather across the winter wheat belt. Wheat finishes down 1/4 to 1/2 cent with other grains mixed. corn and oats fluctuate while provisions rise modestly. Bearish crop reports from Dakotas and Minnesota pressuring prices, with a sinking ship and southern crop reports influencing activity. Milwaukee sellers contributed to limited gains.
Chicago market figures show Monday estimated receipts for Wheat 166, Corn 141, Oats 93, Hogs 31 000, Cattle 15 000, Sheep 14 000. Northwest car lots report Minneapolis today 155, last week 100, last year 168. Duluth today 3, last week 15, last year 50. Winnipeg today 30, last week 89, last year 144.
Chicago car lot figures show today prices for Wheat at 205 contract 82 estimated versus 202 last year 607. Corn at 188 contract 166 estimated versus 188 last year 160. Oats at 117 contract 19 estimated versus 115 last year 499.
A fragmentary OCR item shows numbers for wheat oats and corn with today and last year comparisons. The data appears as line items with figures such as 1 043 000 today and 2 003 000 last year for wheat, plus similar figures for corn and oats. The source is incomplete and lacks clear context or entities.
Wheat shipments total 21 000 dollars today with 2 437 000 last year. Corn shipments 422 000 today versus 629 00 last year. Oats shipments 451 000 today versus 649 000 last year.
Wheat 296000, corn 15000, oats 412000 constitute a total clearance update. The brief notes market activity and price context reflect significant movements in cereal commodities.
Wheat prices for No 2 red and hard futures listed with bids and ranges. Corn values for yellow and mixed grades shown, plus cash and deferred bids for August through October.
In St Louis on July 31 prices for Wheat No 2 red ranged 1.16 to 1.22 with other grades at 1.06 to 1.14 for No 3 red and 0.93 to 1.02 for No 4 red. Corn values showed No 2 at 0.79 to 0.92, No 3 at 0.78 to 0.14, and No 2 red at 1.16 to 1.92 with No 3 red 1.06 to 1.14 and No 4 red 0.93 to 1.02. Yellow and white corn grades varied similarly, oats No 2 white 0.55 to 1.44, No 3 white 0.daadi, No 4 white 0.50 to 0.42, standard 0.55.
Carn unchanged across grades with No.3 white at 8/4 and No.2 yellow at 7834. No.3 yellow 7814 and No.2 mixed 7814, plus No.3 mixed 7814 and No.5 mixed 7734. Sample 0.73. Oats steady with standard 5314 and No.4 white 5114.
Kansas City cash grain prices list wheat and corn for various grades. Wheat No 2 hard 1.18 to 1.25, No 3 hard about 1.18 to 1.20, No 4 hard around 1.17, red kernels quoted at 1.13 to 1.16. Corn No 2 about 78 34 to 79, No 3 around 78 13, No 2 yellow 79 14, No 3 yellow 76 14, No 2 white 76 14, No 3 white near 71 to 50. Oats values shown for several grades.
New York July grain desk reports spot wheat steady with firmer futures, notes on No 2 red at around $1.12 per bushel and No hard winter at similar levels. Corn spot barely steady with No 2 yellow near 90 cents and prompt shipment. Oats spot steady as markets ease.
In Toledo on July 31 prices for Clover seed show prime cash at 8.00 with Oct at 8.32 and Dec at 5.25. Alsike seed quotes include prime cash and August at 8.90. Timothy seed lists prime cash with September at 3.10 and October at 2.97.
Minneapolis July 31 wheat prices and receipts report lower values with 155 cars received versus last year. Cash wheat quotes show No 1 hard around 1.4576 dollars, No 1 northern near 2.2936, to arrive 1.2334 1.3434, No 2 northern about 1.2413 1.4136, and No 3 around 1.1734 1.3734.
Chicago livestock prices show hog receipts at about 8 000 with mixed to heavy grades weak. Prices for hogs range from 6.35 to 7.75 per hundredweight with various classes quoted. Cattle receipts around 300 and calves 7.50 to 11.25. Sheep receipts 6 000 with lambs at 6.75 to 9.20 and sheep 6.10 to 7.00 per hundredweight.
Hog receipts 500 steady to 15c higher. Pigs and lights 7.25 to 7.80. Mixed and butchers 7.35 to 7.75. Heavy 6.75 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 300 steady. Native beef steers 7.50 to 10.15. Cows 6.00 to 8.00. Yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 9.00. Stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 630 steady. Mutton sheep 4.50 to 5.50. Lambs 8.00 to 8.85. Breeding ewes 5.50 to 7.25.
Omaha market notes show hogs at 4,500 head with prices around 6.00 to 6.75 for heavy and light weight hogs. Cattle run about 1250 to 9.75 for various classes, with cows and heifers and calves listed. Sheep totals reach around 1,000 with steady trends and lamb prices near 8.30.
Kansas City live stock numbers show hogs 500 steady with heavy hogs at 6.25 and 7.20 for certain weights, light hogs 7.00. Cattle numbers 200 steady with steers 6.75 to 10.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.50, calves 6.00 to 10.25. Sheep 500 steady with lambs 8.25 to 8.90, yearlings and wethers 6.25 to 7.00, ewes 6.00 to 6.75.
Indianapolis July 31 prices drifted for hogs about 87 to 90 while cattle held nominal values as buyers and sellers traded in light numbers at the local stock market.
New York sugar futures advanced on night trading with a steady close 5 to 7 points higher. September 3.59, December 3.40, March 3.19, May 3.23, with sales totaling 1,000 tons.
New York on July 31 reports dressed poultry prices for Western origin including frozen roasting chickens at 18 022 and fresh fowls iced at 13 4 17, fresh turkeys iced at 15 16. Alive poultry shows Western broilers at 20, chickens at 22 27, fowls 15, turkeys 12 a3.
New York July 31 stock market opened with slight gains then broad buying as the undertone strengthened. By mid session prices rose, some war shares up five points, later profit taking tempered the gains. Reports of American losses on Iberia stirred caution amid British vessel sinking news. Final changes were irregular with some favorites down. New York Central earnings over 1.675 million helped rail optimism.
U S ref. bonds include 2s registered at 97 percent with coupon 3.325. U S ref 2s at 97 with coupon 3.325. U S 3s registered 4. U S 8s at 100 with coupon. U S 4s registered around 100. Panama 3s coupon 0.246.
The page lists closing quotations from the New York Stock Exchange for numerous companies. Entries include Amalgamated Copper at 20, American Sugar Refining at 108, Anaconda Mining at 69, Bethlehem Steel at 205, Brooklyn Rapid Transit at 87. to 851/4, Central Leather at 2, Chicago & North Western at 124, Illinois Central near 102, Lehigh Valley at 3, Missouri Kansas Texas at 6, New York Central around 884, Reading at 6, United States Steel at 118, and Western Union at 2.2. 0s. The compilation covers railroads, steel, petroleum, electric utilities, and allied firms with various bid and last sale figures.
Prices paid for various farm products include No 2 wheat at 1.00 and 1.10, flour at 7.00, corn 0.80 to 0.85, oats 0.48 to 0.50, prairie hay 6.50 to 8.00, baled prairie hay 8.50 to 10.00, wheat straw 6.00, oat straw 6.50 to 7.50, shredded fodder 0.80, loose hay 16.00 to 17.08, timothy hay baled 17.00 to 18.00, mill hay baled 15.00 to 17.00, timothy seed 3.50 to 24.00, red clover seed 1.00, Alsike clover seed 9.00 to 10.00, new clover hay 15.00, baled timothy hay 18.00 to 20.00, baled threshed hay 6.00 to 8.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, baled straw 5.50 to 6.00, clover seed 7.00 to 8.00.
Retail prices for flour and mill goods are listed with figures for high patent flour seven dollars seventy, straight patent seven seventy, hard wheat seven dollars, bran nine twenty seven per ton, shipstuff thirty two per ton, corn meal two dollars per hundred pounds. Wagon hogs graded choice quality show weight ranges and prices from six ninety to seven fifteen per unit.
Local butcher quotations list light hogs at 6.85 to 7.10, heavy hogs 6.35 to 6.60, rough sows and stags 6.10 to 6.35. Fat steers 6.00 to 7.00, fat heifers 6.00 to 7.00, fat cows 4.00 to 5.00, veal calves 8.00 to 9.00, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, spring lambs 7.50 to 9.00, and sheep 4.00 to 5.00.
Readable OCR shows a poultry and eggs price list with hens 12c roosters 7c spring chickens around 14c, eggs 14c, turkeys gobblers 9c young gobblers 9 to 14c, turkey hens 9c, geese 6c14c, ducks 8c34c per pound, butter packing stock choice country No.1 25c.
Reported by Wm Malambri listing prices for carrots three bunches five cents per bunch Reets three bunches five cents each Cauliflower ten to twenty cents cabbage per head five to ten cents wax and string beans per quart five cents summer squash each eight five cents New potatoes peck two bits five cents cucumbers large each five to ten cents celery cabbage each ten to twenty five cents young onions three bunches one cent Tomatoes per pound ten cents Sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five cents Turnips per peck twenty five cents
A fragmented ad lists imported dried fruits including 10 oz packages of figs at 10 cents, mon bons figs, umbrella layer figs at 25 cents, and 2 pounds of dates Haloch and dromedary varieties at 15 to 25 cents, with various measurements and prices.
A catalog style notice lists shelled nut meats and fruits with unit prices. Almonds and walnuts priced per pound. pecans and filberts also listed. Fresh fruit items include cherries, currants, prunes, plums, apricots, apples, peaches, pineapples, bananas, watermelons, cantaloupes. Nuts include cocoanuts and assorted types with varied penny prices.
Market report lists hides with No 1 cured at 12 cents and No 1 green at 1 cent, No 2 green 10 cents, No 1 calf skins 1 cent, No 1 horse hides 3.50 dollars, No 2 horse hides 1 dollar less, ponies shoes 1.25 to 1.50, No 1 tallow 5.34 to 5.34 cents, No 2 tallow 2 percent, white grease 5 cents, yellow and brown 3 to 4 cents, and wool clear bright native 18 to 19 cents, braid light fine 17 17 1/2 cents, heavy burry 10 to 12 cents, light burry 16 cents.
A humorous small item note notes someone seeking a Whig figure, promising discovery for a fee or reward. The brief indicates an amused tone and a playful ask for help locating the political symbol or person referenced as a Whig.
New York July 31 coffee prices report small changes with Rio No 7 at 73 percent and Santos No 4 at 9 cents in midday trade.
New York prices show butter steady and creamery extras at 92 score 26c. Firsts and seconds for creamery products vary up to 27c. Eggs irregular with fresh gathered extras at 28 25c and firsts around 18 20c. Nearby hennery products quote whites 28 29c browns 26c. Cheese steady with state whole milk flats and twins whites at 14c to 14 4c and colored 13 4 14 1334c.
Butter market in Elgin Illinois reports 300 tubs sold at 24 4 cents per pound and 85 pounds at 24 cents. The July 31 note records price and quantity for dairy goods in local trade.
In Kansas City on July 31 butter was 27 cents a pound for firsts 25 for seconds and 23 for packing while eggs ranged 18 cents for firsts and 1234 cents for seconds across local creamery markets.
Chicago wholesale market notes butter steady with large receipts of 8 890 cases and egg prices steady with 14 17 ordinary firsts and 16 17 for Wi 154 firsts. Poultry alive prices ease for fowls with 12 145 springs at 16 17.
William L. Heal, claimed by officials as the oldest on active duty in the United States, escorted his last prisoners to the workhouse today in Wilmington Delaware. At midnight he will be placed on the retired list. He is in his 85th year and father of 17 children, born in Philadelphia and a veteran of the Civil War.
Denver July 31 Colorado to observe Universal Peace Day with a three minute silent prayer for an end to the European war. The movement, started by the Song of Colorado, ties into the statehood anniversary celebrations and calls upon all Commonwealth residents to unite in prayer.
Religious leaders and educators from far and near arrive in San Francisco to take part in the World Bible Congress at the exposition next week. The American Bible Society oversees the event with participation from British and Foreign, French, and German Bible societies. A premier exhibition of bibles and manuscripts will be a key feature.
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