Christmas Gatherings and Local Visits In Perry Ill
Miss Ina Meredith of Champaign visits her father J C Meredith and sister LaVerne during the holidays. The M F E Sunday school staged a pleasing Christmas program with a decorated tree. Detroit guests Misses Trelon Maudlin and Alice Wilkins visit Mr and Mrs Miller Wilkins. Dorothy Conrad visits with Clyde Conrad. Measles confine Guy Deubin visiting his parents. Zelma Dunbar spends holidays near Versailles. Frances Reineke suffers nervous spells but improves. Prof Norman Keith from Chicago visits his mother in Perry, will join daughter in Macomb. E Yockey to attend funeral of William Hooper in New Salem. Mrs Charles Smith and children stay with her mother Mrs Lillie Angelo in Jacksonville. Geoffre Lake hosts relatives for dinner. Presbyterian Sunday school holds annual supper and entertainment at K P hall. J Brooks and son Ross visit relatives in Perry. Archer Brooks hosts annual Christmas dinner with family. Dr Kebbe responds to illness in Shipton. Death of Mike Lynch in Kansas City linked to Perry via Maude Windsor marriage. Lynch leaves wife and brothers in Kansas City.
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Versailles
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Norman Keith
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Clyde
P. Hall
J. Brooks
Ross
Valley City
Brook
Archer Brooks
Oscar
Joe
Myrtle
Violet
Lota
Sam
Archer
Kanana City
Bearish Sentiment Pushes Wheat Down in Chicago Market
Chicago price action Friday shows heavy closes for wheat with May at 1.70 to 1.71 and July around 1.83 to 1.38 as bearish mood, linked to peace rumors and railroad wage disputes. Corn and oats slip modestly, hogs prices fall while feed values gain support from recent hog gains. Trade data show regional car and inventory figures and daily receipts and shipments.
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Chicago
New York
Seaboard
Long Commission Co
Dtc
Lillie
BO Park
E.ee
Tanscavene
World Wheat and Corn Prices Across Multiple Markets
Chicago and several cities report mixed grain quotes with No. 4 red wheat at 1.7014 in Chicago and various hard red, white, and yellow corn prices. Kansas City, St. Louis, Liverpool, and New York deliver contemporaneous bids and bids for No. 2/3/4 grades, with spot and futures-like listings and regional variations in wheat and corn values.
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St. Louis
Norge
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Duluth
Manitoba
New Yorke
Standard
Alianeapolia
Minneapolis
Northern
Dun's Review Outlook for 1916 Results Above Expectation
Dun's review reports 1916 results surpassing the most sanguine expectations with unexampled business evident in every statement. The year ends with abated purchasing and renewed adjustments anticipated for the future due to inventorying and annual settlements. Weekly bank clearings reach 4,607,814,368 dollars.
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New York
Dun
Sherad
Foley and Co Trial Package Offer Card
A vintage solicitation advertises a mail order trial package from Foley and Co including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for cleansing. Readers are urged to cut out the slip, mail it with name and address to Foley & Co in Chicago Illinois.
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Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Miler & Arthur Drag Co
Stock Market Ends 1916 With Dull Trade and Low Interest
New York on December 8 1916 closes amid extreme dullness in stocks with few price shifts. Trading centers on professionals winding up speculative accounts and some pressure against motors and related sectors. Utilities and rails show weakness while oils stay strong. total volume around 130000 shares. International bonds gain, while U S bonds hold steady on call.
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New York
Quincy Bank Clearings Report Friday by Clearing House
Quincy Clearing House reports Friday bank clearings totaling 180,872. Same day last week and year figures 122,107. Data reflects annual and weekly comparisons from the Quincy area banking network.
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Quincy
Quincy Clearing House Association
Ansbasseeeaeres Siolitte
Cccareces
Midwest and Great Plains Market Totals on Dec 30
East St Louis and Chicago report hogs and cattle receipts with mixed to steady prices. Omaha and St Louis show steady to higher hogs and strong cattle, while Kansas City notes lower hogs and mixed cattle values amid regional trading.
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Omaha
Omaitia
Chicago
St. Louis
Markets in Chicago and other cities on December 30
Market reports from Chicago New York and Kansas City detail butter creamery prices unchanged or higher, eggs varying by grade, and potato and poultry receipts and prices. Chicago lists butter at 32 14 37 and eggs for firsts and ordinary firsts. New York notes steady butter with creamery extras and eggs, while Kansas City shows creamery butter at 40, eggs at flats 4c, and poultry prices for hens fowls roosters and turkeys.
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Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Oregon
Michigan
Minnesota
St. Louis
Louis
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New York
Nearennery
Enlistment time extended for Illinois guardsmen
Springfield dispatch says adjutant Dickson announced from the war department that enlistment in the federal army under the new national defense act has been extended from December 30 to January 31. The message closes with a hopeful note of kind words.
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Springfield
Ill
Dickson
War Department
Grain market volatility amid freight delays and war news
Long i Co s Daily Market Letter notes peace publicity and political risks with Mexico and abroad as major market factors. Freight blockades keep grain clearances light, visible supply high, and European demand expected to rise, while oats stay flat and hog futures suggest high meat demand and potential profit from feeding corn.
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Mexico
Europe
Middle West
North Atlantic
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Mid-West
Review of 1916 Great Year for United States Prosperity
A brisk retrospective argues 1916 surpassed 1915 in prosperity driven by exports and a rising dollar, with the US becoming a creditor nation and aiding Entente powers. It warns of looming postwar economic tests, Europe’s potential economic warfare, and the need to prepare for difficult conditions as global markets reset.
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United States
Europe
Market Report on Hay Prices Across Chicago and St Louis
A dated market brief reports hay prices in Chicago and St Louis with assorted grades. Timoth y timothy and clover mixtures show No 1 to No 3 pricing from 13.50 to 16 dollars per unit, alfalfa ranges from 15 to 19 dollars, and straw remains scarce and firm around 3 dollars per ton.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Timothy
No Higher Price Notice for Foley Kidney Pills
An advertisement notes Foley Kidney Pills remain affordable as food and clothing rise. It urges those with limited means not to neglect tired or weak kidneys and claims the pills relieve backache joint pains and bladder issues. Miller Arthur Drug Co.
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Tentiles Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Price of hogs ten cents lower in local market
Local live stock market reports hog prices down ten cents per hundredweight on Friday. Receipts were strong with four loads of baled hay and multiple corn and oats lots arriving. prices varied, with some hay at 11 to 12.75 per ton and corn bids from 90 to 96 cents per bushel.
Local Markets Prices For Hay Grains And Livestock
Extensive price listings for hay and grains including No 2 wheat at 1 65 a bushel corn 9se 1.00 new corn 93 96e oats 50 dtu baled hay 35 12 60 loose hay 10 11 50 alfalfa hay 232 breded fodder 8.00 clover seed per bushel 7 8.50 milling products from Knollenberg company with various flours and meals poultry and egg markets with hens ducks and turkey prices and cattle hogs calves and sheep quotations from Leecal and Davis Cleaver Co including weights and grades.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Sraight
Graham
Queen Dairy
Swift
Leecal Others
Anck Brothers
Seed markets report across Toledo Chicago and St Louis
Toledo and Chicago seed markets list prices for clover as prime cash and December at 10.50 to 11.30, Timothy 2.42 to 2.57, rye 1.36, and various millet and alfalfa values. St Louis cites grass seeds with Timothy, clover, millet, redtop and alfalfa price ranges, noting market shifts toward cleaner seed and mixed grades.
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Clover
Alsike
Timothy
Chicago
Rye
Rainey
St. Louis
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