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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1918
Page
3
Chicago grain prices jump as government crop report shows 1918 corn yield below domestic needs. May delivery leads gains with overnight rise to 1.37. Oats rise modestly amid record high oats yield. provisions steady to down.
Wheat and corn prices vary across several markets led by Chicago and Kansas City. Immediate quotes show No 4 red and No 2 yellow futures, with receipts and spot prices reported alongside local farm product markets and livestock quotations in Quincy and Minneapolis.
New York reports steady butter cheese and poultry markets with receipts and fresh milk prices mixed. Chicago shows butter prices lower with rising creamery shipments and packing stock, while Kansas City notes unchanged drivers and seconds for meats.
The government report boosts corn with big early gains and a firm tone though no sustained upward trend. Oats move with corn as private figures dispute husking estimates, while stocks show hesitation amid reconstruction era uncertainty and cautious optimism for select good quality issues.
Farmers reported hogs rising ten cents after a stable spell. The market master listed four loads of loose mixed hay at 24 dollars per ton and multiple other feeds: clover hay 23 per ton, new yellow corn 1.40, new white corn 1.40, oats 0.70 per bushel, baled wheat straw 10 per ton. Eggs declined five cents to 65 cents per dozen.
New York stocks eased then fell as Director-General McAdoo urged Congress to extend federal railroad control to five years, unsettling financiers. Steel and equipment shares slipped one to two points amid split on price setting, with United States Steel showing marked weakness. Total daily trades neared 416 thousand shares and Liberty bonds rose in final dealings. Money rates edged up for time loans while call money eased to 4 percent.
Saint Louis reports hogs receipts 19 600 with weights from 11.25 to 17.00 and hogs mixed and butcher 17 25, cattle steers and heifers 9 50 to 13 50, calves, stockers and feeders 8 50 to 12, and sheep receipts 2 400 with lambs and ewes at 8 50 to 9 75. Chicago notes higher hogs and steady cattle, Kansas City shows higher hogs and steady cattle with prime fed steers around 18 20 and lambs 12 4 15 65. Nine markets reflect volume and mood across the Midwest livestock trade.
Fragmentary OCR lists barley and grain terms including Rye No 2 and prices around 1.96 per unit. Mentions Chicago market with entities like FAH23agels and Clover Neminat. Specifics are unclear due to garbled text, but the entry records commodity pricing and dealer references.
The report lists totals of war losses with actions and injuries across Illinois Missouri and Iowa. Killed in action 447, died of wounds 168, missing in action 208, wounded severely 1,411, wounded degree undetermined 78, wounded slightly 249, total 2,815. Names follow for Corporals Privates Lieutenants Sergeants Cooks and more from multiple towns including Chicago Paxton St Louis Joliet Rockford and others.
Toledo market notes list Clover seed prices for January March and other months with various grades and cash values. A London report denies that Wing George plans a United States visit, stating no such plan exists.
East St Louis market lists extra heavy draft at 105 to 140 dollars and good southern stock at 96 to 105. Mules priced from 90 to 325 dollars across various heights. Liberty bonds in New York close with 34 year bonds at 87.56 and 4s mixtures near 93 to 99.
Washington dispatch reports Kansas Missouri and Michigan led the cutbacks in corn acreage in the agriculture department revised estimates shaping this year’s crop forecast. Kansas down 787000 acres Missouri 579000 and Michigan 850000 along with Nebraska Indiana Iowa Oklahoma Texas Michigan and Ohio also reduced figures. Boston note has Dr Romulo Naon saying South American nations were invited to join the US in seeking a peaceful Chile Peru settlement.
An advertisement promotes Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles, gravel, diabetes, rheumatism, and related disorders in men, women, and children. It offers mail delivery for $1.25 and claims testimonials, with address of Dr. E. W. Hall in St. Louis, Missouri.
Premier Venizelos arrives in Paris to head the Greek delegation to the peace congress, accompanied by Foreign Minister Politis.
List of service members from Illinois Missouri and Iowa with statuses including killed in action died of wounds died of disease wounded missing and total counts. Names include Lee Steinbeck Early Thompson Earl Thrasher Pearl Maggard Kent Thurman Sylvius McCarty John McTegegart John Holdman Francis Young. OMAHA STRIKE SETTLED Car men of the Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway vote to return to work ending a nine day strike after a National President’s order.
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