Grain prices and embargo rumors shake Chicago market
Market notes show unsettled grain closing near 1.27 for January and 1.26 for May as rumors of a large crop movement and an embargo on shipments influence prices. Provisions rise modestly while car shortages, especially in Illinois and Iowa, mix with temporary price highs. Northwest car lots and Chicago receipts detail weekly movements for wheat corn oats and livestock.
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Chicago
Iowa
Ilinois
Illinois
Commission House Uging
Long Commission Co
Eee
Wec
Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Market Price Report of Corn and Oats Across Cities
A multi city price report lists corn and oats figures for Omaha Chicago Kansas City St. Louis Minneapolis and Peoria with bids and spot figures. Notable ranges include corn from about 1.40 to 1.87 and oats from around 0.80 to 0.89 per bushel, with various mix, yellow and white grades and delivery notes.
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Omaha
Omatia
Chicago
Hanean City
Kansas City
Jun
Marconi
St. Louis
Jan
Minneapolis
St. Lonia
Peoria
Saimple
New York
Livestock Market Report from Multiple Cities
Chicago cattle and hog receipts and prices across major markets on January 6 show mixed demand with steady to lower prices. Highlights include native steers around 7 dollars, lambs up to 17 dollars, hogs trading roughly 16 dollars, and regional variations in Kansas City Omaha East St Louis Sioux City and St. Louis markets.
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Anaus City
Kansas City
East St. Louis
East St, Louis
Local Markets Report Prices for Hay Wheat and Hogs
Prices paid for hay and grain include Wheat at 2.05, old corn 1.50 to 1.60, new corn 1.10 per bushel for 76 lb, oats 0.65, baled straw 8.00 to 8.50, baled hay 20 to 25, timothy 20, bale timothy hay 22 to 23, milling products at 1.95 per cwt, shipstuff 2.40, corn meal 4.10, shelled corn 1.45, chop corn 3.10, linseed meal 3.15, cottonseed meal 2.96, digester tankage 5.10, alfalfa molasses 2.25, sucrene dairy feed 2.35, Swifts meat scraps 5.45, Arab horse feed 3.05, Blatchford milk mash 4.75, other feeds various. Hog prices for various weights and classes listed, with local butcher quotes for sows, wagons, calves, steers, heifers, cows, veal, and poultry prices. additional figures for hides, tallow, grease, and wool from Bolles & Hides.
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Knollenberg Milling
Blatchford
H. KL
H. BP
Mississippio River
Bo & Q
Choftee
Cheter
Anck Brothers
Stoc
Ncien
Bolles & Hides
Rees
Market Notes on Corn Oats Provisions and Stocks
Corn has risen on light receipts and strong cash prices versus futures. Oats remain a government purchased staple with war needs supporting demand. Provisions show stock gains with pork lard and ribs suggested for buy on declines as railroad stock guarantees bolster industrial shares.
Hog Price Down 10 Cents At Local Market
Hog prices slipped ten cents while Saturday’s livestock sale in the city market saw twenty nine wagon loads of farm products sold in the afternoon. Hay and straw sold in various lots and prices ranged from 26 to 27 dollars per ton while corn oats and wheat straw sold by the bushel or ton with earnings listed for multiple loads.
Hay and Straw Market Signals Steady Demand
Receipts of hay are light as demand remains strong for timothy and prairie hay. Prices range with No 1 timothy at 30 31 dollars and various grades of clover, alfalfa, and straw quoted. A steering wheel patent aims to deter car thieves by allowing movement only when unlocked by the owner’s key.
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Rt. Louta
St, Louis
Timothy
J. H. Waldron
Wells
S. W. Corner
Fifth and
Maine Streets
Quincy
Ilinois
Stock Market Ends Week Near Lows on Peace Rumors
Reactions of 2 to 4 points in favorites and 3 to 7 in special issues left Saturday close near last year’s lows. Steels, rails, and war shares led declines amid peace rumors. transports softened with Pullman and Pacific lines also firming. Weekly bank reserves fell about 51 million, Liberty bonds mixed, total bond sales 2.18 million par.
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New York
Pullman
Pacifics
Grangers
Liberty 4
Law
Closa
A. T. and T
Loco
Anaconda
Atchison
BOR. T. Oi
Can, Pac
C. M
St. P
N. W
YIM
Eric
Lehigh
BTM L
N.Y. N.E
Stichy Nor. Pac
Penn
Rock Island
So, Pac
Studebaker
Imwnion Pac
U. S Steel
UW. S. Steel
Willys-Over
Markets from New York and Chicago and St Louis notes
New York markets show Butter steady with 6 037 titbs receipts and extras 52, firsts 47 5114, seconds 4344614. Eyes steady receipts 4 481 cases. Poultry firm with chickens 20 21, fowls 2428, turkeys 20 22. Chicago notes Butter steady with amery 294749 and higher eyes receipts 4 702 cases. Poultry lower with fowls 20a 2445. Kansas City values for butter and poultry. New York raw sugar steady and coffee spot firm. St Louis prices list fresh butter extras 80% 50% and poultry quotes for a wide range of items.
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New York
Chicago
Jun
Amery
Springs
Kansas City
New York Coffee
Santos 4
St. Eoults
ST. Louis
Hides Prices and slaughter stock reports.
Hides plentiful and dull in St. Louis market on June 6 with current receipts. Wet salted hides offered in rounds and No 1 to No 2 grades, prices from 164% to 1144 per hundredweight with tare adjustments. Dry hides quoted by grade, sheep pelts and wool prices listed, goat skins and lambs priced, glue stock noted, miscellaneous small lots and per-pound values.
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St. Louis
Seed Market Prices Reported From Toledo and Chicago
Seed market brief from Toledo Ohio and Chicago lists Clover seed Prime cash and delayed months at 17.25 dollars, Alsike cash 14.70 with March 148, various old and new hyerie cash values, and Hayes nominal barley at 1.40 to 61.58, Timothy 6 dollars to 7.50, Clover 20 and 26. Multiple seed types shown with monthly futures and cash prices.
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Toledo
Alsike
Indh Hyerie
Chicago
California fruit growers brand fruit with electric eighteen spoke wheel
California fruit growers whose business suffered from fraudulent use of their trademarks now have a branding machine for the fruit. An eighteen spoke wheel carries individual branding irons adjusted by springs and heated electrically. The wheel makes twenty revolutions and brands 300 oranges per minute.
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California
Training Navy Lookouts And Boat Drills Amid War
Describes mandatory lookout training with dummy compasses and sector signaling. Details boat drill discipline, daily rifle and pistol practice, and the Bluejackets Manual as core instruction for armed guard recruits. Personal anecdotes from chief petty officers and sailors illuminate wartime seamanship and morale.
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Armed Guard Service
Lsten
England
Navy Inspects Merchant Ships in Wartime Duty
A detailed account describes quarter conditions, inspections, and safety measures aboard merchant vessels serving the nation. Navy boards ensure care of armed guards, radio gear, and ammunition before sailing. Sailors, ready and disciplined, depart as German threats loom over the western ocean passage.
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Flis
North Sea
Heligoland
Johnny
Tie
Seligoland Basin
Sleven
Heligoland Basin
Navy Inspection Board
War Insurance Board
Washington
Western Ocean Passage
Naval Guard
Department
Navy
United States
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ST. Looard
Weekly Market Letter
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Owl Drug Store
6Th St
Germany
Webb
Webb Chemical Co
Heidbreders
Broadway
5Th
Chestut
Ruff-Royer Hardware CO
Knollenberg M’lling CO
Wreek Chemical Co
T, Louis
Cos As
Trices
Pigetas
Foe
Pera
Roup
Limbernach
Pip
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Ura
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