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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
10
Chicago markets opened weak on stop loss liquidations with a possible railroad strike, Canadian crop report impact, and federal price investigations. Prices slipped across wheat and corn while oats held firmer. hogs eased yet provisions remained steady amid heavy receipts and global selling pressure.
Grain prices and market notes show varied activity across Chicago and Kansas City. No. 2 hard and winter wheat bids, corn futures quoted near several dollars, rye and oats named, with mixed bids for white and yellow varieties.
Chicago and St Louis market notes report hog receipts around 400 to 11,000 with mixed, heavy, and light prices from about 9.25 to 10.40 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts near 9,000 to 18,000 with native beef steers, yearlings, and feeders priced roughly 3.60 to 16.00. sheep receipts around 3,000 to 4,000 with lambs and ewes at various levels. Kansas City and East St Louis quotes show mixed hogs and steady cattle with similar ranges.
The report lists butter and creamery prices in Chicago and New York with firm markets and varying grades. Poultry values appear across several cities including Kansas City and St Louis, showing prices for fowls, springs, broilers, and turkeys alongside cheese, coffee, and other commodities with mixed demand and regional quotes.
New York money markets show mercantile paper at 4 and bar silver at 66.8 with time loans steady. Quote range for horses and mules includes draft horses at 175 dollars, heavy farm ponies at 120 to 270, and lighter hands from 60 to 89. Financial terms reflect a stable but tight market.
Vacation trips prompt misordered digestion from water and food changes. A reliable cathartic is advised as salts and castor oil cause nausea for many. Foley Cathartic Tablets are promoted as gentle, effective treatment to relieve headache, biliousness, bloating, sour stomach, and bad breath by unclogging bowels, Miller and Arthur Drug Co.
New York Aug 15 traders faced a lighter breadth session amid railway labor tensions. Reading led gains by 3 points as Bethlehem Steel rose and United States Industrial Alcohol showed strength, while shipping and paper issues drifted lower. total stock volume reached 440,090 shares with bonds steady on call despite mixed market tone.
Long Commission Co. reports wheat prices easing in the forenoon with little buying interest and notable selling by belt holders. Analysts see limited impact from rail and paper industry criticisms, predicting high prices through the crop year due to scarce supply. Corn shows heavy selling with rain boosting some crops, oats drift lower with storage pressure, while Hughes plans multiple Maine speeches next month.
Threatening weather kept the public market quiet Monday with five hog loads arriving and all sold by afternoon. Hog prices fell ten cents while other prices held steady. Logs hay sold for 8 per ton, baled hay for 10 per ton, oats at 40 cents per bushel, and corn at 82 cents per bushel.
Milling and feed prices listed including patent flour 37.40, straight flour 37.20, wheat flour 7.46, graham flour 0.75 per cwt, bran 1.15, ship stuff 1.56, corn meal 2.00, linseed meal 2.00, cottonseed meal 1.60, digester tankage 27.35, alfalfa molasses 1.25, alfalfa and horse feeds 1.60 1.70. Local butcher quotations show choice light hogs 8.70 4 8.95 per cwt, heavy hogs 7.98, sows 6.20 6.45, fat cattle and veal prices, sheep and lambs, hay and grain prices, and hog shipments with quantities and weights. Poultry and dairy items listed with prices. hides and animal byproducts quoted by Bolles Rogers with varied grades and weights.
An advertisement touts Dr Ning's New Discovery as a long used remedy for hacking coughs. It highlights soothing pine balsam with tar to heal irritated air passages and loosen mucus, promising relief and natural sleep to aid recovery.
A fragmentary line reads like a local chat: What’s this in my soup and It happened here obca. The text hints at a quirky incident or misplaced food moment captured in a brief, rough journalism snippet. Names and places are unclear, leaving a curious, tiny scene.
Mrs N E Boren hosted six o clock dinner with Ab bess of Kansas City Perry Ruble of Oklahoma City Chandler of St Louis and Snyder of Decatur. Numerous visitors include Jacob Strauss in St Louis Charles Murphy in Springfield Walter Morgan in Carthage Selma Loveless in Winchester and Miss Lola Wendorff visiting Miss Olive Kendricks. Col Sidney McFadden auctioneered at Virgil Smith sale at Pike Station then left for Garfield Washington. Birth of a Nation with metropolitan production set for Pittsfield September 4 and 6.
An advertising claim states catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires a constitutional remedy. It explains the Eustachian tube inflammation causes deafness, and Hall's Catarrh Cure supposedly works through the bloodstream. The firm offers 100 dollars for any uncured case, with circulars free and products marketed by CHENEY & CO.
The Texas Wander treats kidney and bladder issues in men and women, dissolves gravel, and claims to cure diabetes and rheumatic problems. It regulates bladder troubles in children and offers mail order for $1.00. One bottle covers two months and supposedly completes the cure with testimonials available. Dr BE W Hall of St. Louis advertises in drugstores.
Jerry Madison ends his stay with his mother after visiting Mrs. Ben Holman in Quincy and departs Thursday to resume work at a Beardstown mill. The text contrasts optimistic and pessimistic views on what lies ahead, hinting at a looming calamity.
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