New Year Dinner Highlights in La Prairie Church Community
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church held their annual New Year’s dinner to a large crowd with a notable fundraising total. Rev. Talbott bought a moving picture machine and will screen weekly movies, starting New Year’s Eve in the church. Attendees included Ed Carlin, Carl Berksley, Jim Herron of Bowen, and Miss Marie Cummings of Hannibal, who visited relatives and joined the dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Cummings
Hannibal
al Duden
Galesburg
Sade Poling
Frank Meyers
Woodland
W. W. Anderson
Chet Anderson
Pine Grove
Warren Jeffert
Creorge Eifert
Darjorfe
Warren Eifert
T. A. Schwanke
Quincy
Edison
News from Barry Illinois and nearby visitors
Barry Illinois reports visitors from St. Louis Boise Idaho and local residents. Will Nichol last in town visits after years away. Attorney W M Williams was here on professional business. Mrs Roy Barkley is very ill with slim chances of recovery. EB Scotten back at work after a short illness. Local students return to college after a pleasant holiday.
Real Estate Buys Near Columbus and Conradburg in 1920
The New Year real estate listing offers farms around Columbus and Conradburg, including a 120 acre rolling site near a school with multiple buildings priced at 150 dollars per acre with 1 2 down, an 80 acre Mast Columbus timber site at 70 per acre, a 236 acre stock and grain farm 24 miles south of Fowler, and a 110 to 183 acre holdings near Payson and Plainville. Offers include down payments, annual terms, and deadlines in February 1920 with several properties near St Joseph church and Seehorn Station. Also listed are city homes in Quincy area and a 2 story 6 bedroom farmstead with modern amenities and a 4 room bungalow on North 20th Street.
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Columbus
Conradburg
Coatsburg
Fowler
St. Joseph Church
Charles Derby Hlamestead
Payson
Plainville
Seehorn Station
Joseph Lusk
Sixth
Spring
Fiat
Local notes and weather amid ice harvest and wrecks report
Census takers at work Everett Blair city enumerator William Goheen Barry township outside city Sheriff Davis visits Wednesday to notify Vollbracht witnesses for Monday court Ice harvest finished dealers store large ice stock Alex Ifall knee injury worsens. cane helps Mr and Mrs Will Lester move from Plainville to become city residents Wabash railroad reports hard luck with one or two wrecks weekly Barry wreck at Varda last Thursday minor compared to others Liberty bonds price updates New York Jan 4 final prices for various Liberty Bond series including 8 1/2 and Victory issues with mixed results
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Everett Blair
William Goheen
Barry
Sheriff Davis
Alex Ifall
Will Lester
Plainville
Wabash Railroad
Varda
Cotton futures close steady in early New York session
New York January 4 Cotton Spot prices held steady with middling at 84.20 dollars. Futures closed unchanged with January 85.00? March May 85.16? July 83.29 and October figures not fully shown.
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New York
Department of Agriculture took 181000 photographs
Illustrations section produced 181,000 photographs. The claim is that even if all agricultural knowledge vanished, it would be possible to reconstruct good agriculture from the department’s pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agricultura
Market News From Chicago and St Louis Reports Drops and Rises
In Chicago and St Louis markets corn fell modestly after a brief upward push as forecasts of rising temps and more cars ease supply tensions. Prices closed unsettled with January around 1.34 per bushel and May near 1.38, oats also weakened while provisions rose slightly amid light demand. Northwest car lots and local quotations show mixed receipts and steady hay and grain prices across categories.
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Civicago
Tillnoss
Market price listings and commodity notes from New York and Chicago
A chaotic bulletin lists bulk, heavy, light, packing and other cattle and pig quotes, dairy terms, and assorted prices. It notes steers and lambs with minor weekly gains and mentions no sales for sheep, and reports butter, eggs, poultry, potatoes, and spot coffee prices from New York and Chicago on January 4. Names of markets and terms imply a midwestern commodity summary page.
Chicago and other markets steady on grain and oats
Chicago and other U S grain markets report mixed prices. Corn No 3 yellow around 1.42 to 1.445 with modest gains noted in several cities. Wheat futures show ranges near 3.20 to 3.40 for No 1 northern, while oats hold varied below 1.00. Prices in St Louis Minneapolis Peoria Kansas City reflect similar fluctuating trends with occasional higher cash bids and mixed oats.
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Chicago
Timothy
Claver
St. Louis
Touts
Minneapolis
Peoria
Uwl
Kanaan
Wansas City
New York
Enost
Hay price quotations from St Louis grain market
Tim Timothy lists hay and clover mixed and alfalfa hay prices with standard and No. grades. Quotes include baled hay at 313 per standard 2980, No. 2 2927 28, others 2022-30. alfalfa choice 404 41, standard 37 48, prairie hay choice 27, straw 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knollenberg Milling Company
Anck Brothers
J. E. Hood and Co
C. B. Rishow Co
Swift
Blatchford
ST. Louis
Seed price report from Toledo Illinois and timing
Toledo seed market notes Clover seed Trime cash 31 January February 31.05 March 31.80 April 31.25 Alsike Prime cash 33 March 33 Timothy Prime cash 917 595 cash 1918 5.05 cash raty 6.16 for March April May 6.16
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Toledo
Timothy
New York Stocks Rally Amid Heavy Turnover At Year Start
Stock market gains followed by brisk and varied trading as investors priced in money market prospects. Steel, copper, motors and oils led advances with many securities rising, while rails lagged at session end. Bond market mixed with Liberty and Victory issues. total par value sales $8.55 million.
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New York
Lang
Liberty
Victory
Long Commiission Co
Owen, High, Law, Close Armour Pfd
Atchison
Anaconda
Lac
Pacific
Erie
Une
Goodrich
Central
Mid
Steel Mo
Pacific N.Y
Onio Cit
Gas
Ottslevator P
Lorillard Penn
People's Gan
Sears-Roe
Swift
Studebaker
Sinclair Oi
Texas Ol
U.S. Steel Com
S Steel Om
Union Pacific
T.S. Rubber
Westing
Willys-Over
Livestock Markets in Chicago and Midwest Regions
Chicago hogs sold higher with bulk at 14.65 to 14.95 and top 14.95, feeders up to 20c, sows and pigs varied. Peoria and Kansas City quotes show steady to higher hogs and mixed cattle shifts, with week comparisons and weekly receipts noted. East St. Louis reports hog prices continuing with similar ranges.
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Chicago
Rattia
Peoria
Kansans City
Kansas City
East St. Louis
BEAST
Diseases of Men Women and Children at Quincy Hotel
Health event listing announces a medical exhibition at the Hotel Quincy in Quincy with hours from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Attendees may consult specialists on diseases affecting men women and children.
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C. E. Delaplain
Stern Bldg
Long Commmission Co
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Sturday
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ST. Vovis
Winseed Oi
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Tom Toc
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Long Commission CO
Grain Commission Merchants
Chicago Board , Trade
Piamos
Weilers
James E. Bennett GD
RN Conde
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New York Stock Exchange
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Ware-Wayland Co
West Side Square
Chandler
Haley
Kinney
Peoria and
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Glendale Ave
Clinciz
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Pittsburgh
Quincy Railway Company
CAT Tales
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Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Myrtle Stone
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