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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
10
The city market opened Thursday morning with only one load arriving for the forenoon, a shipment of loose hay selling at 11 per ton. The weigh master watched for more farm products as the market pace remained slow.
The issue lists prices for hay and grain including No 2 wheat at 1.86, corn at 98c, and various milling products. It also covers livestock quotes from CG B Q stockyards with hogs, pigs, steers, calves, and sheep priced by weight class, plus local butcher quotations, poultry, butter, hides, glue, and tallow. Names of firms and price figures anchor a dense, period-typical marketplace snapshot.
Special report lists continental United States and state counts from 1900 and 1910 census acreage. Notable figures include New York 10,366,778 and Illinois 8,420,148 within a total U S population around 106 million. This snapshot covers Alabama through Wyoming with district totals and several transcription errors corrected.
Brazilian agriculturists and business men in Sao Paulo Rio de Janeiro and other states flood to cattle farming as demand for frozen beef rises due to European war plans. U S and British investors eye land and packing plants, with government backing exhibitions and new veterinary schools to boost exports and by products.
St Louis and Toledo seed price summaries list Timothy Clover Alsike and millet markets. Timothy ranges to 3.25 for tailings, 4.90 for bright seed. Clover steady near 12.50 to 15.25. Alsike around 1.60 to 1.90. December prices show Timothy at 2.55, 2.70 for future months. Clover around 10.70 to 10.90, Alsike 10.95 to 11.25.
Chicago markets show Hay-Choice timothy at 17.00 and 15.00 for No 1 and 16.00 and 17.00 for No 2, Straw-Rye at 10, oat at 9.00 to 9.50, wheat at 8.50, with notes on price gaps. A stray aphorism about love and wives concludes the clipping.
Markets in St Louis show slow weak trading with hand to mouth purchases. Supplies are fairly liberal with frost damaged Western and Northern stock in original packages selling 1.30 to 1.45 dollars, repacked 1.48 to 1.65. Northern white stock unfrosted brings 1.58 to 1.63 for ordinary to fancy, while Ohio early stock ranges 1.48 to 1.53 common to fair and 1.60 to 1.63 for choice. Western burbank and Russet burbank frost free sell 1.63 to 1.65 for large rough stock, up to 1.78 for best.
An advertisement for a patent medicine claims Texas Wonder dissolves gravel, cures diabetes and rheumatic and bladder disorders in men women and children. It promises bladder regulation in children and a cure with a two month dose. Available by mail for one dollar and sworn testimonials are provided. Dr BE W Hall 3936 Olive St St Louis Mo sells through druggists.
Special report notes Negro workers of the Canal and Panama Railroad and unemployed Negroes forming a permanent union under two lawyers. The group aims to affiliate with Colon’s union, amid general dissatisfaction. No immediate strike expected until the silver pay board reports, which is likely to ease worker conditions after ongoing inquiries with employees and informed parties.
The Pocahontas Memorial Association prepares plans to unveil a bronze heroic statue on Jamestown Island Virginia in March next year to mark Pocahontas death 300 years ago in Gravesend England. The $81000 cost statue pedestal site dedication by Preservation of Virginia Antiquities and a remaining $1700 is expected to be raised before dedication.
An antiseptic cream promises quick relief for stuffed noses from colds or catarrh. Apply a small amount in the nostrils to soothe swollen membranes and clear air passages, with instant breathing relief and fragrance noted.
A health tip urges drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate on an empty stomach. It claims this cleanses the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, removing waste and toxins, improving appetite and appearance, with a small cost for benefits.
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