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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1919
Page
10
Grain prices closed higher as traders awaited more corn supplies. Oats and provisions also rose while futures showed renewed demand from exporters and worries over rail delivery and upcoming storms. Car lots and weekly supply figures highlighted ongoing strength in wheat and corn markets.
Market notes show heavy corn offerings with over a dozen loads sold from 1.20 to 1.40 per bushel. Bulk sold around 1.85 with eight loads at that price and individual loads at 1.39 1.37 1.38 and 1.40. Hay and straw trades listed with baled hay prices from 26 to 30 per ton and other roughage values. Hog prices rose 25 cents locally while other quotes stayed the same.
Prices paid for hay and grain include New wheat No 1 at 60 ft plus 2 35, No 2 at 2 32, Rye 1 35, Oats 47c, corn 1 25 to 1 34, clover hay 24, timothy 27, alfalfa 32, mixed hay 24. Livestock quotes show hogs 1245 to 18.20, calves 8 19, steer 10s, sheep 6, lambs 8, with various weights and prices. Furs market notes demand. horse, pony, and other animal prices listed. grain and feed items priced per cwt or bushel.
Markets show varied activity with butter creamers and whole milk steady or improving in creamery demand. Poultry firm with fowls and turkeys quoted. potatoes arrivals noted with price ranges. raw sugar futures and spot coffee in New York dull with limited movement.
In St Louis the market quotes list raw oil at 2.03 per gallon and boiled at 2.05. Cassia seed quotation shows winter white 27 and yellow 26, salad oils 7, cooking white 2, yellow 2 6. Soya bean quoted at 29.
New York stocks faced early and mid session restraints from high money rates but later rebounded on prospects of stronger industrial demand. Copper prices rose, steel producers booked heavily, and several major issues like American Can and United States Rubber posted sharp gains on expected extra dividends. Bond trading was robust yet largely downward in trend, with total par value sales reaching about 28.55 million.
Chicago livestock prices show heavy steer demand and mixed trade with high quality beef cattle. Prices for feeder steers and cows are listed alongside hogs and sheep receipts, while Kansas City and New York commodities show seed, grain, and bond market activity with steady cotton futures and varied government and railroad bonds.
Corn prices climbed 2 to 7 cents as domestic demand rose and exports expanded. Cash markets showed 2 to 6 cent gains with 95,000 bushels shipped domestically. Trade noted strong futures buying by eastern interests, robust exports, and reduced offerings limiting further moves. Rye and barley futures rose on food demand while no sales were reported locally. Provisions remained strong with V iced futures.
Long Commission Co reports corn receipts disappointing but prices rose with limited trade. Weather turns colder may delay movement. December shorts cover as prices close near day’s high. Oats see light receipts. export business steady with profit taking offset by buyers of indemnities. Provisions stay firm with hog price gains. Call money bulge unsettles values but avoids panic. post year end expected easier money and stock rally.
Offerings rise with support mainly from shorts and speculative activity. Packers show little initiative while Friends of the pro duct cling to hopes central Europe can finance and cover purchases. Hors closes 25¢ above Monday.
Captain Gabriele D Annunzio orders a new plebiscite at Fiume to decide the city’s future after two plebiscites have already been held according to Epoca.
Estates and guardianships recapped including final reports, distributions, and balances. James A. Anderson estate lists receipts of 1711.10 and payouts of 1714.90 with zero balance. Cornelia G. Anderson and Alma M. Anderson guardianship shows 1883.12 remaining, Cornelia due 891.60. Thomas J. Knipe estate inventory approved with real estate describing 31 acres in Lee Township. Frances Rife estate reports distributions totaling 724.00 to Dovile and 740.00 to Doyle, with further payments of 3102.09 and 3103.00 to Doyle and Whipple executors. Arminda Ruth Proctor guardianship report shows 1252.17 balance. Anna Conwell Warren estate inventories include 369.25 chattel value and 1539.48 cash in LaHarpy State Bank, with 062.25 appraised chattel value. Henry Kimbrough and Harriet Mapes wed in Carthage courthouse with Judge Warren H. Orr presiding.
ELGIN Ill Dec 31 two of Elgins most prominent women committed death by own action Tuesday one by hanging the other by poison Mrs F O Hara wife of the cashier of the Elgin National bank hanged herself in a shed at the rear of her home Mrs W L Goble wife of the principal of the Elgin High school took poison at 2 o clock dying three hours later Both women had been in failing health for months and it is believed despondency led to the acts. At cost of about 9600000 Japan will build a tunnel over three miles long under the Shimonoseki strait to link to mainland towns now served by ferry boats.
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