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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1918

Page

4

Market News Grain Prospects Shift Corn Futures

Chicago December grain market reacts to squeeze fears in nearby corn contracts with December and January futures rising while oats slip. Bulls stress near-empty corn stocks, high temperatures hinder near term movement, and slow export cars dampen oats. Hog marketing and cautious buyers weigh on provisions as lard and meat shipments remain strong. Northwest car lots show mixed weekly totals with wheat and corn receipts and shipments outlined for Chicago and Winnipeg.

Chicago Long Commission Co Clase Thenneapolis Winnipeg

Grain Markets Across Cities With Mixed Prices

Grain market notes from Chicago Peoria and Minneapolis report mixed data on No 2 and No 4 yellow and white corn oats and wheat. Prices range from about 1 40 to 2 27 for various grades with receipts noted and regional patterns including St Louis and New York spot quotes.

Louis Lois Dee Peoria Deefu Kansas City Kansans City Pte Geigo Oates Tim. Rye Kaffir Milo Mirize Minneapolis Pec St. Louis Dec New York

Local Market Prices for Farm Products and Hogs

Prices paid by Kavellenberg Milling Co for wheat oats hay clover and corn, with livestock quotes for hogs cattle calves and veal. Local butchers provide aligned quotes for pork cuts, hides, wool, and dairy and mill products delivered in Quincy. figures cover a wide range of grains, feeds, and farm commodities.

Kavellenberg Milling Company Huey--- $25 26, Lowy Toi Has —S10. Soredded Fowtuey Dle Per Gun. Becors Witedl Gauls Straiw Timothy Nay Mississippi River Quincy Dione Choe Hongu Quiley Anck Brothers Liongin

Widespread Livestock Prices From Regional Markets

Commodities across St Louis Chicago Kansas City East St Louis and Indianapolis show mixed cattle hog and sheep receipts. Steady to firm trends prevail for hogs and cattle with varying prices for prime and common grades. lambs and yearlings sustain steady demand amid uneven fat animal markets.

St, Louis Lambs Spies Cuniets Ama Chicago Oso Kansas City East St. Louis East SP Louis Iz.tv Indianapolis Idec

Rye and barley prices in Chicago market note

Fragmentary OCR shows rye and barley pricing data from Chicago with figures around 90 to 103 cents and timothy listed. non standard spellings and garbled unit details render specifics unclear but indicate grain market quotation activity in December.

Toledo Seed Market Prices for Clover and Alfalfa

Seed prices from Toledo report show clover seed ranges from 20.85 to 25.00 dollars across January February and March. Alsike seed quoted around 19.65 in March. Timber and drip bag notes list December and January price points including a January rate of 6.20 and May 5.2743 for related items.

Toledo Der Saas Alsike Ber Ae Wee

Hay and straw market prices at St Louis and New York

At St Louis on December 20 Timothy hay prices held firm with varied grades listed from No. 1 timothy at 31 32 to No. 2 at 26 28 and straw at 8.50. Clover and alfalfa values appeared, with prices for prairie hay, government bonds and New York mercantile paper noted alongside.

St, Louis Timothy Choice Prairie Hay New York Money New York Mercantile Paper Carier

Lamson Bros Letter Corn Report Notes Mixed Market

An irregular corn session ends modestly lower in deferred months while cash corn stays scarce and strengthens at local and outside markets. Oats mirror corn with volatility as traders digest pressure and barley strength. Stocks soften amid labor worries and rising living costs.

Hog market steady with mixed fodder and grain sales

The hog market was reported steady with items sold at the local market yard including shredded fodder at 12 dollars per ton, loose mixed hay at 25 dollars per ton, yellow corn at 1.40 and 1.43, white corn at 1.45, oats at 0.70 per bushel, and haled wheat straw at 10 dollars per ton.

Horses and Mules Lot Prices at East St Louis Stall

Eastern district cattle and horse sale details from East St Louis list rat prices and various horse sizes with prices ranging from 140 to 204 dollars. New York sugar market notes show raw sugar steady with centrifugal at 7.08 dollars.

East St, Louis Newark New Yor

Stock Market Dull Then Rails Rally Causes Reversals

New York trading opened quiet with liquidation of Liberty bonds weighing on the market. In late hours rails spiked causing two to four point reversals while Liberty bonds slid to a fresh low near 94.72 amid heavy volume. United States Steel showed resilience with only a small loss. Total listed sales reached 490,000 shares and combined dollar volume around $20.5 million.

New York McAdoo United States Steel Liberty International Group Atchison Rand Wee Can. Pac St. P N. Wl Erie Nor N.Y N.ilandis Rock Island Pac Bly Studebaker Union Pac Steel Pss Union

Markets Wrap Consolidate Dairy Meat Prices for New York and Chicago

New York markets show butter steady with varied receipts and higher creamery extras, eggs mixed with fresh gathered prices, cheese firm with higher state flats, and live poultry steady to unchanged. Chicago reports unchanged butter, higher eggs, and mixed poultry. Kansas City shows butter and poultry unchanged. New York coffee spot prices listed nominally at 17 1/2 to 22 1/2 cents.

New York Chicago Citncago Springs Kansas City

Liberty Bonds Final Prices Reported in New York

Liberty bonds final prices listed for New York on December 20 show 346s at 98.12, first convertible 4s at 93.20, second 8s at 92.90, first convertible 44s at 97, second convertible 44s 94.80, third 4 %c at 93.40 and fourth 4%s at 04.74.

Liberty Bonds New York

Death of Lloyd Loop Young Carthage Man

Lloyd F Loop prominent young Carthage businessman dies of influenza after a nineteen day illness that progressed to pneumonia. Born March 18 1894 he leaves a widow Blanche Swain and daughter Eleanor, plus mother Mrs Sadie Loop and siblings Mary Lola and James Loop. Funeral arrangements pending.

Carthage Lloyd F. Loop Buchanan Street Edward Sadie (van Winkle) Loop Our City Frank Cutler South Side Orth McConnell Lloyd Presbyterian Church of Blanche Swain Eleanor Sadie Loop Mary Loop Lola Loop James Loop Peoria

Hancock Board Adjourns Special Session in Dec 20 Report

Carthage December 20 A special meeting of the board of supervisors was held due to Spanish influenza as the regular meeting was continued. Members present with two absences, reports on county home and farm, schools, and state’s attorney were filed. New county officials bonds were approved and highway superintendent authorized to attend an engineering course. Secretary Baker orders scarlet chevrons for discharged soldiers. Three Krupp directors arrested in Amsterdam per revolutionary committee reports.

Carthage Board of Supervisors C. M. Rennerl Prairie Township Wm. Linnenberser Walker GC. Skerr Rocky Run Geo. A. Weinhauer Warsaw Joseph Nelson Nauvea Loomis State Supreme Court U. S Muller Cifron J. O'Harra Junius Ferris Stephen Th. Ferris Fred Salm, Jr Fred Salm,Sr Thomas W. Sheridan James IH. Farren William H. Thornber William H. Pitt Samuel D. Gaann Geo. W. Dachreth J. Norman Hennett W. C. van Pappellendam William L. Hill W. E. Albers Steplen

Fine Response Made to Red Cross Drive

Washington reports enthusiastic American support for the Red Cross membership campaign. The Atlanta division led with 729 813 members and Webster county Iowa registered all 39 000 residents by Monday night. Henry P Davison urged universal enrollment before sailing to Europe to represent the Red Cross and called for a kinder world through widespread support.

Washington American Red Cross Atlanta New York New Jersey Connecticut Central Michigan Ilinois Iowa Wisconsin Webster County Europe Henry P. Davison Red Cross War Council Red Cross

Texas Wonder kidney and bladder remedy ad

An old medical advertisement promotes Texas Wonder for kidney and bladder troubles including gravel diabetes and rheumatism. It claims to regulate bladder issues in children and offers mail order with testimonials, priced at 1.25 for a two month treatment. Dr BE W Hall of St Louis endorses it.

Texas Wonder Mall BE. W. Hall Olive St St. Louis

Drink Hot Water Before Breakfast Inside Bath Ad

Millions of readers are urged to drink hot water with limestone phosphate each morning to flush the stomach liver and bowels. The ad claims internal cleansing prevents headaches bad breath colds and other ailments and promotes inner sanitation as an essential health habit. A quarter pound of limestone phosphate is sold cheaply at drug stores to create converts to this practice.

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N.S. N.S Frey Trens Hoosters Ducks Knollenberg Swift Patchford H. P Rowles & No Rolles & Rogers Burles Rem Compon Lamson Bros Lloyd Loop Young Garthage Mian Hancock Wastilington Baker Khepp Amsterdam Krupp Essen Tr. Sirnnosenberger Revolutionary Committee RED Cross Drive Davison France America Texas James E.bennett & C Wachauge Hampshire Street W.N. Reynolds & Sons Clothiers Hampshirf Furnishers Morris Adler-Moller Company Service Hiere Knollenberg’s Poultry Foods Ed. Hobert State Street H-P Knollenberg Milling Co 8Th and York Wells Bldg S. W. Co Pen Chanta Pany Quincy Railway
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