Corn Prices Fall As West Receives More Cars
Western rail car supply improves and prices ease for corn on February 1 with March at 1.26 and May at 1.25 per bushel. Oats slip modestly while provisions hold steady. Reports say eastern corn delivered westward and farmers’ deliveries rising, amid government buy claims and Wilson letter impact. Northwest and Sioux City receipts and bids show lively trading in cattle hogs and sheep across markets.
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Chicago
Commission House
Wilson
Farmers’ Conference
Urbana
Long Commission Co
Cere
Minneapolis
JSG
Rey Usf
Market Letter notes mixed grains and stocks rally
Corn and oats show dull to higher movements amid moderate receipts and stronger demand. The cash market gains on low grades while futures soften under selling pressure. Stock markets rally with steel leading and scarce supply but caution remains about a lasting bear market.
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Wilson
Steel Common
Grain Markets Across Cities Show Mixed Prices
Grain quotes from Chicago Peoria Minneapolis and other spots indicate mixed bids. No 4 white and No 3 yellow trade around 1.60 to 1.95 while oats and mixed lots move modestly higher or steady amid thin markets.
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Chicago
Chpcoachy
Peoria
Minneapolis
Oita
Livestock Market Receipts Across Cities Highlight Steady to Higher Prices
Chicago markets report cattle and hog receipts with mixed prices. Native steers and feeders rise to 7.13 dollars per hundredweight, cows and calves strong, hogs trading around 15.90 to 16.25. St. Louis and Kansas City show similar activity with steady to higher receipts and prices.
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Sioux City
Chicago
Lear
Wight
God
Steehers
Howe
Ewes
St. Louis
ST. Lots
Dendy
TSA
Canvers
Ehap
Kansan
Wansabr Cpey
Efron
Srl Regis
Ahah St. Joseph
Tosipil
Feh
Hitcher
Omaha
Corn And Oats Advance In Local Grain Market
Corn and oats advanced in the local grain market on Thursday with mixed bay sold at a lower rate. Hog prices rose about ten cents on the livestock market the same day. Twenty two loads of farm produce were delivered to the city market yard. Hay and straw prices ranged from 24 to 27 dollars per ton for hay and straw. Corn sold at 1.40 per bushel, oats at 7 cents per bushel, baled oat straw at 10.60 per ton, and based wheat straw at 8 per ton.
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Sehad
Local Markets Report on Hay and Grain Prices
Local markets publish prices for hay, grain, and milling products from Kovillenberg Milllog Company and Knollancerg Milling. Wheat at 2.10, yellow corn 1.30 to 1.40, white corn 1.50, clover hay 27.28, Timothy hay 27.2. Illinois and Mississippi river district weight figures, livestock quotes, and poultry prices included. Ends with a note that some people use religion as a cloak and others as an umbrella.
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Kovillenberg Milllog Company
Knollancerg Millinge Cumppuuys Rratv
Shipstore
Gorie
Wilsons Message Boosts All Stocks
New York Feb 1 well defined causes drove a broad stock advance led by President Wilsons address to the Western Farmers Conference Other catalysts included signs of disturbances in central empires higher inter mountain freight rates and a Senate railroad committee move to restore railroads to shareholders. General Motors soared 15 points to 139 1 4 while Liberty 3s and First 4s recovered from lows. Market breadth was strong and activity intense with about 900000 shares changing hands in the final hour.
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New York
Wilson
Western Farmers’ Conference
Senate
Railroad Committee
Eales
General Motors
General Electric
Liberty
A. To
Atchison
BR. T. O
Can. Pac
CGM
St. PL
Ota NW
Lida Gen
Klee
Nor
N.oilandl
Pac
Bom
Tenn
Ceeeee
Peoples Gas
Rock Island
Tees
Mo Pac A
Bib
KAN
Union Pure
Steel
U.S. Steel
Jc Weet Union
Willys-Over
Market reports from Chicago and New York February
Chicago receipts show changes in butter, beef, and potatoes with unchanged live poultry and mixed firsts prices. Kansas City notes unchanged butter and poultry. New York reports steady butter receipts at 11 480 and mixed dairy and poultry figures. sugar and coffee markets remain steady with refined sugar and spot coffee quoted.
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Kanaas City
Kansas City
Arcane
New York
Stetdy
Cauietrlo
New York Stocks Rally Amid War News and Caution
Bullish sentiment rose on hopes of war outcomes this year with gains in stocks and rails led by investors. The market faced jittery notes as unsettled factors loom and expected reactions may curb sharp advances, with warnings to avoid overextension.
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Washimsten
Arterests Anil
Tarvestmeer Pavinar
Farm Labor Deferred Classification Hopes Cited
Topeka Kansas February 1 It is the administration hope that farmers essential to farm operation may be deferred in the draft and furloughs granted during planting and harvest for those already in service. President Wilson confirms under new selective service rules skilled farm labor can be deferred in class 1 and urges boards to extend deferrals as needed while Congress considers authority for unpaid furloughs.
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Topeka
Kas
Capper
Wilson
Kansas
Selective Service
War Department
Congress
Secretary of War
Section Hands Are Leaving Railroads
Washington on January 31 railroad wage commission heard that tracks cannot be kept in repair without higher wages. Thousands have left for higher paying industries and many more plan to quit in spring. Foremen rely on farmers, who will return to farming as winter ends. Union president T. H. Gerrew proposed a wage increase up to 80 percent for lower paid workers, scaling to about 20 percent for better paid men. About 6000 employed in maintenance of way work by railroads.
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Washington
Railroad Wage Commission
Maintenance of Way
T. H. Gerrew
Paris Council Will Not Draw War Aims
London February 1 Premier Bonar Law said in the House of Commons that the Entente war aims would not be drawn up by a conference in Paris. He denied the assertion as incorrect and clarified the position of the exchequer with respect to war aims.
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Paris
London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Dianes
Exchequer
Seed Market Prices for Clover and Timothy Seeds
Toledo Ohio February 1 seed market reports list Clover seed Prime cash old 19 85 new 19 05 March 12 50, Atsike prime Jan Feb 16 50 March 18 70, Timothy Prime cash old 4 10 new 4 20 March 4 20. Chicago Rye Nov 2 2 13 Barley 1 60 4 7 1 75 Timothy 5 78 25 Clover 21 30.
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Toledo
New
Mareh
Atsike
Timothy
Ford 10 Make Parts for New Subsea Chaser
Secretary Daniels described a new antisubmarine craft in development a cross between a destroyer and a submarine chaser. Ford Motor Co builds major equipment parts assembled on the seaboard. Ships to be 200 feet with improved range and heavier armament.
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Washington
Daniels
House Naval Committee
Navy
Ford Motor Company
Marine Corps
Britten
Illiois
France
Seaboard
Detroit
Ford
Henry Ford
Ford Company
Naval
David W. Taylor
Pelham Bay
New York
Norfolk
Great Lakes
Ill
Chicago Shipyards Launches War Vessel War Duty
Feb 1 report notes the Chicago Shipbuilding Company launched its third vessel for the Federal Shipping Board named the War Duty. The prior ships were the War Hound and the War Banner. The War Duty displaces 3500 tons, measures 426 feet in length with a 43 foot 6 inch beam and 23 foot depth, and was launched with little advance notice.
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Chicago
Chicago Shipbulding Company
Federal Shipping Board
War Banner
Paris Raid Kills Twenty and Wounds Fifty
Paris reports a German air raid killing twenty and wounding fifty as explosions and machine gun fire echoed for about two hours. American Red Cross nurses aided victims, with ambulances mobilized within forty minutes. The French plane landed near the Champs Elys es, injuring aviator Legue while Sachem escaped unscathed.
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Paris
Red Cross
Place de la Concorde
Marly Palace
Champs d’Elysees
Legue
Sachem
Community Notices and Obituary Highlights
Mrs Frank Churchill and Alice of Winey visit Miss Mary Churchill who is seriously ill. Mrs Fremont Fields returns to Galesburg after visiting her parents. Rev Milton Wilson and Prof M L Test attend a Wesley foundation fund meeting in Qainey. Miss Julia Howell heads to Chicago after visiting her parents. Mrs Eunice Metzger returns to Grayville. Mrs Catherine Welsh back in Springfield after visiting her daughter. Mrs J A McCabe and others visit Quincy. J W Dappert returns to Taylorville after visiting W O McNeff. Henry C Benson, former Mt Sterling resident, killed in a Monte Vista saw mill accident. remains brought for interment. funeral at Aber Undertaking. He leaves wife, two sons, one stepson, three brothers, three sisters. Joe Shank leaves for Los Angeles to work with oil firm. A J Patton goes to Springfield for business. Rev J O Nickpatrick, former Methodist pastor here.
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Frank Churchill
Alice of
Winey
Mary Churchill
Fremont Fields
Charles Friday
Galesburg
Milton Wilson
M. L. Test
Qrainey
Wesley Foundation Fund
Qainey
Julia Howell
H. S. Frowell
Chicago
Eunice Metzger
O. C. Hostetter
Grayville
Catherine Welsh
Springfield
Eubanks
J. A. McCabe
Frits Mce-Cate
Manny
E. J. Ejsler
Quincy
J. W. Dappert
W. OH. McNeff
Taylorville
Henry C. Benson
Mt. Sterling
Monte Vista
Colo
Aber Undertaking
Joe Shank
John Shank
Los Angeles
Cal
A. J. Patton
J. O. Nickpatrick
Methodist Church
Carthage Forms 64 Member Volunteer Training Unit
Carthage unit 32 of the First regiment volunteers has organized with sixty four members. Officers commissioned are Captain Kent Dunham, 1st Lieutenant Harold Hendricks, 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Vanhove. The group seeks a citizens militia for local protection, open to men of all ages. Meets Thursdays in Reyer’s hall to drill. The First regiment includes Adams and Hancock counties. a Second regiment is forming in Quincy. A Philadelphia man saved and turned in ninety bread slices as a food conservation gesture.
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Carthage
Adams
Hancock County
Quincy
Reyer's Hall
Dunham
Hendricks
Vanhove
Thome Guards
Hamilton
High Heels Cause Corns Warns Women to Stop
An old warning notes that high heel fashion hurts women by causing corns and even risk of lockjaw. It promotes Freezone as quick relief, claiming a few drops lift the corn or callus with minimal skin irritation and urges keeping a bottle handy.
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Nua
Lovell Hatchers
Anek Brothers
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Ste
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Chicago Shipyards
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Henry Benson
Teft
Pew Kirke Patrick
Everett Koones
Howard Knowles
Monssentie Crawford
Grigesville
West
Julia Love
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Carthage Company
Training Corps
Kent Dunham
Philadelphia
Webb
Webb Chemical Co
Heidsreder’s
Broadway
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Ruff-Royer Hardware Co
Knollenberg Milling CO
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