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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
10
Market news shows a nervous close with mixed gains in oats and provisions. Export buying supports oats while corn receipts stay scarce and weather forces limited sentiment. daily quotings show minor changes across grains with totals for wheat and corn receipts and shipments listed.
Grain market notes from Omaha St Louis Minneapolis and Kansas City show varied corn prices across grades No 2 white No 2 yellow and mixed lots with values ranging from about 1.40 to 1.98 per bushel. Oats prices also appear mixed with different bids and standard and new yellow oats cited alongside regional price points.
Market summaries from Livestock Markets in St Tavis Chicago Omaha and Kansas City list hogs cattle and sheep receipts for December 4 with steadiness in prices. Highlights include hogs at 16.60 to 27.20 with mixed and butcher grades steady. cattle receipts at 700 1000 head varying by region. calves and feeders priced around 6 to 13 dollars. sheep with lambs and wethers quoted. A local note about William E French of Mayfield Kansas who declined exemption for war service to tend his wheat crop is included.
Readable market list shows prices for hay grains and milled products from Kuellenberg Milling Company. Includes corn, oats, Timothy hay, bran, wheat, shelled corn, chop, linseed meal, cottonseed meal, tankage, alfalfa molasses, dairy feed, swine feeds, and various hog cattle quotes from C. B. & Q. stockyards with weights 140 to 300 pounds. Also lists poultry, eggs, hides, tallow, grease, pelts, bees wax, and related items from Bolles & Rogers.
Long Commission Co. reports corn as the principal bull feature with oats, cash markets lower on better grades and heavier receipts. Inside exporter and government buying are prominent, but bearish traders should avoid the buy side on bulges as short interest has been eliminated. English stocks show declines in net earnings, while October earnings at Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul rise gross but show a net loss. Industrial shares vary with generally high earnings and dividends. The market builds a foundation for slow advancement, making investment interest tougher than when prices were higher.
Hog prices held steady while market activity was light on Monday. Only 12 loads of farm products changed hands including Timothy hay at 24 a ton, loose mined hay at 24, bated mixed hay at 24, new corn at 1.10 a bushel, oats at 60 cents, and no bated oats straw sold at 7.59 a ton.
Chicago and Toledo seed prices listed for corn oats rye barley timothy and clover with cash and future quotes. Notable figures include clover at 16.10 cash and 15.40 16.10 range, Timothy around 3.67 to 3.90, and various yellow corn and oat quotes.
New York December 4 The stock market opened weak as Congress reopens with expected record war appropriations. Major indices fell with St Paul preferred at 72 1 2 and Union Pacific preferred at 70, while Pennsylvania and other issues hit new lows. Steel, copper and war shares dipped 1 to 3 points. Pullman down four. GM and Studebaker down 1 to 2. Total sales 3 225 000 par.
Chicago reports mixed dairy and poultry prices with creamery butter receipts and firsts versus seconds, plus steady potato and fowl markets. New York notes higher creamery butter, steady eggs, irregular cheese, and firmer spot sugar and coffee prices for Dec. 4.
Washington actions on freight rates remain pending with a decision due by week’s end. Trainmen unions have surged up to forty percent, signaling labor cost pressures. President Wilson’s congressional address, expected between 12 30 and 1 00 pm, may influence foreign policy and wartime finance, while markets endure an irregular trend under current conditions.
Misses Margaret Dennin and Ruby Neil of Howen spent Thanksgiving with Ruth Dursair and Beulah Btott. Howard and Roy Wilson returned from Springfield after visiting Horace and Melvin McCoy. Teachers attended institute at Mt. Sterling. Miss Hazel Upchurch and Olive McCoy at Mt. Sterling basketball game. Mrs. Eva Clampt of Jacksonville visited her mother Mrs. O. Bradbury. A. O. McCoy traveled to Springfield with brother J. M. McCoy. Mrs. Harve Turner and daughters shopped in Quincy. Mrs. C. C. Forter and grandson Freda Ingram of Norm, HL, spent the weekend with Versailles friends. Mrs. Fila Chenoweth and Karl shopped in Quincy. Mrs. Jank Gifford and Mrs. Boyd Metz of Kewanee visiting parents. Mrs. Carrol Klijnefetter and son of Maysville guests of Nora Klimnefett. Miss Susie Toot of Carrollton High School spent Thanksgiving with parents. Miss Gweneth Chenoweth of Meredosia spent Sunday at home. Bert Glave of Springfield visited his father Samuel Glage. Miss Winnefred Davis of Mt. Sterling spent Thanksgiving with Miss Hazel Upchurch.
A Baptist missionary traverses the Sib sagar and Sadiva fields of Agsam on a bicycle. The area, a noted tea region with a 350000 population, hosts thirty Baptist churches, 1404 members, and eleven Sunday schools.
Carthage notes a benefit by Carl Countryman at the Presbyterian church to aid the next Hancock county draft contingent. Four societies raised funds through readings and poems. Missionary news covers Mrs. Lara V. Thompson Porter speaking on war and missions, and church support for Miss Winona Wilkinson in China.
A large balloon that escaped from Fort Omaha on Sunday was captured Monday six miles southwest of Trenton, Nebraska after a free flight across Kansas into Oklahoma and back into Nebraska. Wires and fences suffered heavy damage to telephone lines and telegraph infrastructure.
Illinois marks less than a year to a hundred years of statehood with a banquet at the Leland hotel in Springfield. Gov. Frank C. Lowden presided as toastmaster. three living former governors reviewed history and honored pioneers while state officials and their wives attended. Former governors Joseph W. Fifer of Bloomington and others spoke on progress and heritage.
December 4 Inter allied conference ends with closing address by Col E M House chairman of the American mission He thanks French officials and the people for the warm welcome and great consideration shown by America salutes France and her heroic sons and honors to fight by the side of gallant comrades.
A cheerful woman brings joy to a man but health issues like backache and headaches threaten happiness. The advertisement promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy for women's ailments, claiming decades of use and thousands of relieved homes.
A well known authority says regular meat eating can cause kidney trouble by overworking kidneys due to uric acid. It suggests Jad Salts from a pharmacy, two tablespoons in water daily for a few days, to flush kidneys, neutralize urine acids, and prevent bladder irritation. The ad claims Jad Salts is safe and beneficial for many adults.
A vintage advertisement promotes grandmothers home remedy with garden sage tea and sulfur for turning gray or faded hair to a dark, glossy shade. It also markets Weeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as an easier ready made option, claiming noticeable results after one or two applications.
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