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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
10
Chicago market closes weak with grains and provisions sliding on December contracts. Corn prices fall as oats and hog futures slip. traders note renewed bearish sentiment amid ample oats deliveries and limited support for provisions.
Grain prices across Kansas City Minneapolis and Chicago show mixed quotes for corn and wheat. Prices include No 2 yellow corn around 2.05 and No 4 white wheat near 1.58 with regional bids and delivery notes from suppliers in New York and St Louis amid ongoing market listings.
Intercity notes show Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha and East St Louis cattle hog and sheep receipts for December 1 with market conditions and price ranges. Hogs mixed and heavy and pigs sold around 16 to 18 dollars while cattle demand held steady with steers up to about 11 dollars per hundredweight and calves near 12 dollars per cwt. Sheep and lambs varied with wethers around 12 to 14 dollars and lambs near 16 to 17 dollars per cwt.
Prices paid for wheat corn oats hay and silage across local market reports. Full range of feed mill products and livestock quotes including hogs sheep calves dairy feed and poultry prices. Quotations reflect five-state west of the Mississippi and yards at OS B Q with daily corrections.
Chicago December 1 The daily market letter notes food administration and railroads reducing train car shortages as Western lines receive Eastern cars in large numbers. Grain movement, especially corn and wheat, should rise, while oats face a bull market retreat. Cash markets unsettled with expectations of warehouse receipts for December contracts.
Price drops reported for hogs with several farm sales and load quantities noted. Farmers brought nineteen loads of produce to the city with bone meal and mixed hay sold by the ton at 22 dollars, corn at 1.03 a bushel, oats 60 cents a bushel, and wheat straw reaching 7,600 dollars per ton.
Louis market report shows wet salted hides at lower quotes and dry hides unchanged. Current receipts indicate variations by hide type and grade with no. 1 and 2 wet salted ranges, dry Flint and round values, and specific prices for horse hides, glue stock, and hog hides at the lower end.
Wall Street saw declines after peace suggestions from British authorities and Russian talks with radicals. Rail shares including Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio hit new lows while U S Steel ended near flat. Trading volume reached 379000 shares with Liberty bonds quoted and government securities list.
Market reports show eggs receipts at 4 292 cases with mixed Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota input. butter creamery all firsts 30 seconds 17. cheese receipts and fresh fish and poultry prices vary by region. Kansas City and New York markets list higher creamery butter and steady sugar and coffee values. live poultry and dressed poultry prices reflect shifts in quality and size.
In St Louis on December 1, the market shows heavy receipts of horses but few good southern horses. High draft extras bring about 160 dollars. eastern chunks 120 to 165. southern horses ranged from 40 to 165 depending on quality. Mules show little improvement, with dealers unloading more half-fat undesirable mules. prices quoted across various hand sizes from 80 to 160 dollars.
Hancock County Bar Association met to approve draft service provisions and named A W O Harra Samuel Naylor and Lee Siebenborn to the local exemption board. Thanksgiving wedding reports Hazel Fern Lane Hubbard wed Andrew Perry Hubbard at East Carthage with festive ceremonies and family receptions. Funeral noted for J D Fletcher of Colchester aged 90 with survivors in Carthage Colchester and Joetta.
Dun's review notes competitive buying absent and general conditions healthier than a year ago with restrained price rises. It cites rail congestion as an issue, improved production facilities, and frequent manufacturing delays due to fuel and labor shortages, while weekly bank clearings reach $4,252,369,429.
War news dominated the opening while early action drifted lower. Liquidation eased as investors bought on recessions and patient buyers look to better industrials and standard rail issues for future opportunities.
In Toledo prices for clover seed prime cash old and new, December and January futures, and timothy market rates are listed with several figures. Chicago offers corn and oats quotes with miscellaneous barley and clover numbers noted in a compact market summary.
Timothy hay prices hold firm with good local demand and moderate receipts. No 1 ranges 28.50 to 29.60, standards 27.80 to 28.50, No 2 26.50 to 27.50, threshed 20 to 24, eded 23 to 25. Clover mixed and alfalfa show strong values, with No 1 clover mixed at 28 to 29 and alfalfa choice 37, standard 31 to 35, and prairie hay at 29 to 28. Straw listed at 9.
Mrs Mary Batsell Bies of Monroe City dies at 57 after a long illness. Born Mary Belle Philips in Missouri, she married D Batsell in 1889 and had one son who died in 1915. Funeral in Baptist church with Rev Charles Fuhr. interment in church cemetery. Also notes wage increases for Burlington operators and schedule changes for George W. Chipman, J W Larson, W OW Taltt. Lee Bigley visits before deployment to Camp Custer. Edna Yell and Searl Dowd wed Nov 17 1917. they’ll live on Colville reservation ranch. Senator R S Metsville named one of two Monroe county chairmen for war bond drives starting Dec 5. Mrs Laura Sullivan dies Nov 27. funeral at Holy Rosary Church with burial at Poly Rosary cemetery. J W Rouse attends sister’s funeral and returns to Bucklin. E E Magruder’s funeral at Greenwood after spinal meningitis. Stoddards host Thanksgiving guests from Hannibal and Woodland.
The Congregational church held a Thursday vesper service coinciding with a homecoming. Isaac Wilson of Carthage, formerly active Sunday school superintendent, was named an honorary deacon. A midweek tea at Mrs. W. E. Scott’s featured knitting and refreshments. Irving Akers reports furlough from Camp Dodo and knowledge of a suspected waiter spy. Beryl Harris, now in Manitou, Col., remains ill and advised to stay in bed six months after illness. Mrs. Roscoe Cannon and daughter Gladys visited Carthage for Thanksgiving. The Christian church community joined Rev. Howe of Bowen for revival services and the choir from Lible school contributed four boys.
London dispatch reports British casualties for the month totaling 120,089. Officers killed or died of wounds number 1,152 and enlisted men 24,292. Officers wounded or missing total 3,537 and enlisted men 91,108.
Canton, Missouri December 1 Thanksgiving service at Hirst Memorial Episcopal church featured Rev. W. C. Scott asserting America as the world’s moral judge during the war. He urged prayer and fasting over feast, reflecting on youth serving in the navy and the need for divine guidance and collective helpfulness beyond personal gain.
The speaker expresses profound gratitude for national leadership in wartime. He asserts that politics have no place now and praises the President and collaborators for steering the U S through hardship. He says the war has shifted from material profit to principled aims and claims moral leadership for postwar guidance.
Washington dispatch reports the Navy will promote four rear admirals, 21 captains, and 51 commanders under the merit system next week as the naval establishment expands for wartime. An additional 119 lieutenants and 47 junior lieutenants will be advanced by the seniority system, with ensign grades adjusted to fit 422 warrant and revenue officers. The nine rear admirals on the selection board keep their identities confidential.
The longest novel in the world belongs to Japan. Written by Kiong Te Bakin, it began in 1852 and was released in volumes over fifty years. It comprises 106 volumes with about 38 million words across 3,180,000 lines and 130 pounds for a complete copy.
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