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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1916
Page
5
Chicago wheat slid with May and July futures down amid lighter Argentine offerings and Italy’s resell pressure. Across grains and provisions losses persisted as weather and crop concerns tempered optimism, with mixed quotes at Minneapolis and Duluth readings and weak oats demand.
Wheat and corn prices fixed in Chicago Kansas City and St. Louis with No 2 hard wheat around $1.32 in Chicago and $1.26 in Kansas City No 2 yellow corn near 74 to 78 cents and oats around 47 to 52 cents across markets Kansas City and St Louis also report assorted white and mixed grain prices with Liverpool and New York notes and Minneapolis Peoria listings including cash bids and spot quotes.
New York February 6. Week-end market session opened with declines but closed with general irregular recoveries. Trading kept professional tone as investors faced uncertain international conditions. United States Steel and Crucible Steel were focal points with modest gains and losses. Baldwin Locomotive surged late, closing up after a sharp advance.
Cattle receipts mixed with steady to higher cattle prices. Native beef cattle around 670 and 960 dollars, steers and heifers near 700, hogs limits and lambs noted. Kansas City and Omaha show higher hogs with steady cattle and sheep demand. Overall market activity described as steady to higher with varied weights and classes.
New York and Chicago market notes show butter steady to higher with creamery and fresh gathered grades varied by score and region. Prices for eggs and poultry are mixed with steady butter, higher potato values, and lighter demand for fowl and turkeys across Midwest markets.
A historical market page lists prices for hay, grain, and feeds including No. 2 wheat at 125, oats 35e, and various hay types with per unit values. It also shows shredded fodder, loose hay, clover and alfalfa seeds, and multiple flour and feed products with prices per cwt or bushel. Hog and poultry quotations are updated, alongside general grain and milling terms and a brief New York money note.
The local live stock market posted hog prices up 10 cents per hundredweight on Saturday while corn held at 75 to 76 cents per bushel. Grain receipts totaled 25 loads sold by 3 pm, with corn eight loads mainly at 76 and 75 cents, oats at 35 cents, and various hay and straw lots selling between 5 and 14 dollars per ton.
Dressed poultry and live poultry prices list hens ducks geese turkey roosters guinea fowl and squabs with per unit or pair quotes. Local butcher quotations cover light hogs rough sows and stags fat cattle including steers heifers cows veal calves bulls spring lambs and sheep with wide price ranges.
Report lists bid prices for cured hides both No 1 and No 2 in cured and green states, calf and kip hides, horses of various sizes with prices, glue and pony values, tallow and grease rates, pelts and peltry values, yearlings and lambs price ranges, and wool quality grading notes. Prices quoted per pound or per head vary by grade and size, reflecting commodity market terms.
The Long Commission Co daily market letter from Chicago notes heavy selling in wheat with May and July prices down as bears push the market. It cites cheaper oil and a weaker cash wheat outlook, with expectations of further declines but no severe break. Corn shows increased selling amid 70 percent to 90 car movement rumors, while oats weaken with free selling by locals. receipts are constrained by car shortages. export demand falters and domestic demand remains fair. Provisions see early packer selling followed by liquidation. lard weakens beyond other grains.
An old advertising blurb promotes Pr King’s New Discovery for children's coughs and colds. It claims the remedy loosens phlegm and soothes irritation, warns against delaying treatment, and states it is suitable for adults and the aged. It urges readers to get a bottle at all druggists.
Griggsville High defeated Pittsfield High 21 to 18 in a tight Friday night basketball game. Griggsville, smaller and less experienced, showed strong team play and potential for speedier future showings. The note also covers road work funding figures and a flood repair effort at Pittsfield, plus local society and club updates.
Springfield II February 6 Gary Dunne contributed 1000 from his personal contingent fund as allowed by the general assembly to aid victims of the floods in southwestern Illinois.
Public sale notice for February 26 in Quincy by Dr W F Richards. Details readable but fragmentary. Sale involves assets listed in the official notice with emphasis on location and executor.
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