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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1918
Page
7
Jailed conditions spur repairs and new building plan
The grand jury urged that Pittsfield jail be repaired or a new structure built, noting the cell house is unsanitary and likely incapable of proper improvements. Extensive work is expected soon. Also notes a flurry of local moves and travels among residents and a forthcoming home project on East Washington Street.
Optimism Leavens Trade Uncertainty
New York dispatch notes Bradstreet’s assessment that uncertainty, tempered by optimism, shows slower actual movement and more war order cancellations. Prices hover as markets shift from war to peace activity, with year end stock taking and road sales preparations underway. Retail trade remains solid in several centers due to holiday buying, aided by war’s end and lower prices on non holiday goods. Weekly bank clearings total $7,410,930,000.
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New York
Bradstreet
Market news on corn and grains from Chicago opening and ends lower
Chicago market notes show corn futures easing after an early rise as farmers haul corn to stations in central Illinois. Jan and Feb prices drift, oats and pork futures move with mixed signals. Northwest and Chicago car lots report varied weekly volumes and receipts, with wheat, corn and oats activity and shipment figures for Friday.
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Duluth
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Market Summary for Corn Oats and Stocks
Corn opened strong but weakened late as cash values fell amid broader market decline. Local buyers retreated after midday, with receipts up and Argentine shipments for the week rising to 933,000 bushels from 663,000 last year. Oats tracked corn, narrowing gains due to seaborne demand. Argentine oats shipments stood at 779,000 bushels versus last year. Tobacco stocks rose while other securities slipped, with professional trading and a generally favorable mood but limited activity before year end.
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Seaboard
Good Offerings In Local Market For Ass And Grain
The market reported steady quotations with no changes as Friday trading closed. Prices included loose mixed hay at 25.60 per ton, baled mixed hay at 25, baled timothy at 26 per ton, new white corn 1.40 per bushel, yellow corn 1.80, oats 0.70, baled oats straw 19.56 per ton, and baled wheat straw 9 per ton. the lot cleared at noon.
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Kaollenberg Milling Company
Mississippi River
Quincy
Anck Brothers
Grain Market Slips Across U S In Dec 7 Trading
Chicago wheat prices ranged from No. 7 red at $2.28 to No. 1 hard at $22T with mixed and yellow corn bids around $1.40 to $1.64. St Louis and Peoria showed mixed grain quotes with oats and rye steady to firm, while Minneapolis and Kansas City posted varied wheat and corn figures. Local cash prices and receipts noted across Chicago St Louis Peoria Minneapolis and Omaha with December grain prices and spot tones.
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Omaha
Knollenberg Milling Price List and Market Quotes
Prices paid for hay and grain by the Knollenberg Milling Company cover wheat oats rye and various hays with ranges for bale and loose forms. Also listed are corn oats pig and hog quotations from Quincy stock yards, butter poultry eggs hides and mill product retail prices, plus a fatal injury report for Lieut Charles Chuyton Coles from Abington Field, Houston.
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New York Stocks By J E Bennett Coa
The stock market Friday was slow yet steady with unusual strength in tobacco shares which rose one to three points and may move higher. Advices favor buying these securities as they are seen as durable buys. U S Steel remained firm amid a favorable financial climate with steel likely to rise. Rails gained and are expected higher on positive earnings prospects from large crop movements. St Paul Pacific and Atchison stocks look good when priced low. Lower priced rails like Southern Railway and Kansas City Southern offer solid value if held for future returns. Motors oils and copper miners show backing and are set for a strong advance. buy Studebaker Sinclair Oil and Anaconda Copper. Liberty bonds appear near a bottom and are urged for investment now. discounts are large and holdable. Idle capital should go here, especially small investors. Broad Street curb issues hold firm with min stock gains in firms like Hecla, Creson Gold and Caledonia. United one should be bought at current levels.
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Hogs and cattle markets across multiple cities
Chicago and St Louis hog and cattle receipts show steady to lower prices with mixed demand. Kansas City and New York notes mention butter, eggs, and poultry stable or unchanged, while Army hospital expansion costs seek funds for beds and a flight squadron departs for El Paso as audit and supply issues unfold.
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New York
Des
Ransu Syenius
New York stock market eases with limited gains on Friday
Trading on Friday showed the dullest session in weeks as specialties led with 1 to 5 point jumps. Declines in Liberty bonds and mixed results across rails, steels, copper, and oils characterized a cautious market with total sales around 11.7 million dollars.
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