Wheat Market Holds Gains Amid Europe Demand
Chicago sent a mixed close as wheat held most of an advance fueled by European buying and frost fears. May and July futures rose, corn gained on frost maturation stats, oats and provisions climbed before profit-taking trimmed gains. Receipts and shipments across Chicago, Minneapolis, and Winnipeg showed varied activity with steady clearance for wheat and corn.
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Kaiser
Canada
Europe
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Grain Markets Across Cities on Jan 5
Wheat and corn prices across Chicago St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis and other towns show No 4 hard No 2 red No 3 white and other grades with values ranging from about 60c to 1.27 per bushel. Oats and rye levels also listed with regional variations and cash to arrival notes.
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N. S
C. St. Louis
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Northern
Feverish New York Market Opens With Copper Strength
Market shows firm resistance and cautious sentiment as United States Steel dips late while coppers lead gains and rails rise fractionally. Total stock volume reaches 920000 shares amid abroad exchange volatility with remittances to Germany at a new low and sterling advancing.
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United States Steel
Lackawanna Steel
New York Central
Germany
Sage and Sulphur Compound Promises Dark Hair
An old remedy touts Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound as a ready made tonic to darken gray hair, stop dandruff and soothe the scalp. It claims gradual effect after repeated use, with a suggestion to purchase from drug stores for about forty cents a bottle.
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Wyeth
Wryeth
Midwest and St Louis Livestock Markets Open Higher
Chicago hog and cattle receipts show gains with hogs up to 8 to 10 cents and mixed prices. Cattle and sheep trade steady to firm across Chicago St Louis Omaha and East St Louis with native steers 63 to 90 and calves around 7.00 to 10.30, lambs near 9.50.
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Chicago
ST. Louis
Market summary from Chicago New York and Kansas City data
Chicago market notes show butter lower creamery prices 22 24.30 per hundred, eggs rising with firsts at 29 to 34 cents, potatoes and other produce mixed. New York reports butter steady at around 92 score, eggs steady, cheese firm, with regional quotes. Kansas City lists butter firsts around 43 cents, cattle and hogs receipts and prices, dairy and poultry figures interspersed.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Dakota
New York
Hennery
How to Cure Colds in 19th Century Ad Advice
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a remedy for colds and coughs. It warns against drafts, claims the preparation includes pine tar and mild laxatives, kills germs, soothes throat inflammation, and heals mucous membranes. The copy trumpets 45 years of use as proof of satisfaction.
Corn Up One Cent at Market Quiet Day
Light day at the market square as road conditions kept activity low. Corn rose to 66 cents per bushel, with six loads sold at 61 63 64 65 and 66 cents. Hogs stayed steady in the livestock market. Six loads of corn brought in, two loads of loose hay at 13 dollars per ton, and one load of baled straw at 5.50 dollars.
Local Markets: Diverse grain and hog pricing list
Wheat and oats prices listed with selling prices for straw hay and clover products. Flour and mill products priced by Knollenberg Milling. Live hogs and pigs priced by weight class from 80 to 500 pounds with ranges. Includes hay, clover seed, corn meal, bran, shipstuff, and various farm commodities.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Market Steer and Hog Prices Reported in Range Listings
The document lists live stock prices by weight and type. Choice hogs range from 140 to 200 pounds with prices around 5.50 to 6.35 per hundredweight, rough heavies around 5.60 to 6.00, pigs 9 to 125 pounds at 4.90 to 5.15, poultry prices including hens ducks and turkeys, eggs, butter, and various beef cattle categories with steers calves cows and sheep priced from about 3.00 to 7.00 per hundredweight.
Meat and hide market prices from Bolles and Rogers report
A Bolles and Rogers bulletin lists varied prices for hides and animal byproducts. Cured hides of Nos 1 and 2 range from 14 to 15 cents with green hides at 12 to 18 cents, calves, kip, and horse values shown, plus tallow, grease, wool pelts, yearlings, lambs, and graded wool prices.
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Bolles & Rogers
Hay Market St Louis Prices Mixed Amid Light Receipts
Hay Market steady to firmer on better No 2 and No 1 timothy grades with light receipts. Clover and alfalfa scarce. dull float market for lower grades. No 2 clover $12.00 to $12.50. No 1 $11.25 to $12.50. Timothy Nos 8 $11. No 2 $12.09 to $14.50. No 1 $1.17 to $1.25. Alfalfa No 2 $12. No 1 $16.18 to $18. Straw scarce and firm at 7 for good wheat.
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ST Louis
Government Bend List U.S. Ref 2s and 4s Notice
A garbled government list mentions U S securities including two percent bonds and four percent bonds with coupon details and references to Panama bonds, interwoven with a Biblical verse about cheerful giving. The readable portions imply financial securities and coupon notes, presented in a period newspaper voice.
Long Commission Co s Daly Market Letter summary
In Chicago wheat futures rise on December deliveries and export demand with concern over December stock disappearance and spring wheat unsold after four months. Corn shows bullish outlook from a strong government crop report with 81 percent merchantable supply and shifting to oats as a corn substitute to ease terminal stock pressure.
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Chicago
Horses and Mules Market Report From St Louis
The market shows uneven demand for southern stock with buyers scarce earlier but improving yesterday. Eastern buyers from Pennsylvania pursued suitable stock while prices for southern extra quality horses ranged 70 to 135 dollars and mules sold but with profits hard for common grades.
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St, Louis
Pennsylvania
Ceeeeoreess
Pedraia
Yeas
Government Hog Cholera Serum Control Proposals
The 1915 annual report recommends a government test station for hog cholera serum for inter state shipment but warns a country wide eradication campaign is premature. It notes private plants drive most production and current laws and enforcement need strengthening for effective interstate control.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Department
United States
Department of Agriculture
Hog herd in corn field shows cholera vaccination success near Bloomington
Albert Oelze on the L. H. Kerrick farm near Bloomington moves 135 hogs through six and six and a half acre corn fields then into eight acres, weighing nearly 200 pounds. After vaccinating 175 hogs with a double treatment, only one died. Oelze partners with C. A. Ewing to rent 1,000 acres, share profits, and focuses on hog production. They plan green feed, alfalfa, a silo, and cattle to utilize catch crops and reduce costs.
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L. H. Kerrick
Bloomington
Mr. Oelze
Oelze
Kerrick Farm
C. A. Ewing
Decatur
Ewing
Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism Publicized by Satisfied User
An advertisement urges rapid relief from rheumatism with Sloan's Liniment. A customer notes three weeks of chronic rheumatism and a stiff neck improved within days, returning to work at a large San Francisco department store.
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Sloan
In & FP
H. B. Smith
San Francisco
Cal
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