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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1918

Page

7

Blizzard Advances Price of Corn in Snowbound Markets

Chicago dispatch reports Blizzard conditions halt crop movements and paralyze railroad traffic. Corn prices closed steady with gains up to 1 1 4 percent. January at 1.37 1 4 and May at 1.251 4. Oats rose modestly while provisions held firm. Receipts scarce, market activity limited, with only five cars received and cash trading paused due to the storm.

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Local Market Prices From Grain and Livestock Listings

A wide listing of farm prices and commodities including corn, malted barley, and oats, with values for milling products and feeds. Also includes livestock quotes for hogs, cattle, calves, and sheep, plus dairy feeds, poultry, and hides. Prices appear in fluctuating ranges with unit measures per cwt or per pound.

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Stock declines linked to government corporate control rumors

In Yolus on January 13 prices across the market fell, with U.S. Steel leading losses and many industrials sliding on expectations of government influence over corporate financing. The downturn touched metals, chemicals, and transportation stocks amid broad revenue concerns and revaluations by authorities in Washington.

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Porto Rican Sugar Workers May Strike

In San Juan Porto Rico workers threaten a wide sugar strike over wage demands and longer hours. They seek a 60 cent daily increase, met with producer resistance, and appeal to Samuel Gompers and Secretary Wilson. Santiago Iglesias urges a federal commission if talks fail.

San Juan Samuel Gompers American Federation of Labor Wilson Santiago Iglesias Free Federation of Labor Porto Rico

Jassy Topples Into War Time Capital Spark

Jassy Rumania becomes wartime capital after Bucharest evacuation. The city now hosts the king and queen and the government, with military headquarters and foreign missions centralizing amid crowded streets, Red Cross ambulances, and prisoners of war passing through. The bustling scene contrasts with the prewar quiet of Moldavia’s ancient capital.

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Seed Market Prices and Bond Listings

Market notes show Clover seed prices with January and March figures ranging from 14.95 to 18.20 as of mid January. Vimethy and other seeds listed with May and February outlooks. Government bond lines include coupon details and nominal values, with various prices around 98.58 and 104 in recent quotes.

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Weekly Market Letter On Corn Oats and Provisions

The market letter notes corn prices in a narrow range, weather and a rail blockade limiting offerings and acceptances, and advises buying corn at current lower prices. Oats follow corn trends. peace rumors faded. Hog prices may lag due to bad roads and shipment delays, with no change to the view of future values.

Cold halt stops market trade at thidmey fair

Market report notes no change in hog uricem and no produce sold Saturday. Farmers again failed to bring goods to the city market, signaling continued stock stagnation and likely prices held at a center until sold.

Markets Report New York Receipts and Poultry Prices

New York markets show creamery receipts 3.1 envelopes with butter and cheese values. whole milk and fresh elements noted, while poultry dressed prices vary. Kansas City reports live poultry unsettled with fowl and roosters priced per standard market quotes. New York coffee spot remains quiet with minor pricing shifts and broader mercantile notes across the region.

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Trotzky Accepts Teuton Demard In Peace Talks

Trotzky states that neither armistice terms nor peace negotiations affect freedom of press or speech. He confirms desire to continue negotiations separate from Entente participation, noting Quadruple Alliance statements as the basis for a general peace approach.

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Chicago Faces Severe Winter Storm Affects City

Chicago reported a major Arctic storm paralyzing transit with no trains or taxicabs, departments closed early, schools to remain closed, and tens of thousands unable to reach work. City officials urged aid as crews worked to clear snow and restore services.

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Hungarian Leader Backs No Annexations and Electoral Reform

Berne Jan 1 Count Karelyi the Hungarian statesman who visited Switzerland endorsed Wilson's peace terms. He urged depoliticization of annexationist aims and complete democratization of belligerent powers. He praised Hungary's electoral reform as a step toward broader voting rights while opposing perpetual war via the Mitteleuropa scheme and urging free commercial relations.

Berne Count Karelyi Hungaran Switzerland Wilson Tan Raccivi Anns Hungary Dungary Tiaugary Germany

Braves injunction wait but gets coal

Peoria situation escalates as R H Johnson, newly named director general of railroads, overruns court orders to move coal to the Peoria State Hospital at Bartonville. With 2200 patients at risk and coal supply dwindling, Johnson orders a switching crew to haul three cars from Oedness station to hospital grounds, despite a two year injunction blocking the track.

Peoria R. H. Johnson Circuit Supreme Courts Peoria State Hospital For Bartonville Hospital Hill R. A. Goudner Johnson

Jackies Band On Snowbound Train Near Matteson

Reported on a snowbound Great Lakes naval training area train bound for Springfield with a 40 piece Jackie band aboard. The committee and Darel were en route. the train stalled near Matteson as the band foraged for supplies locally. Six cars attempted to sauce the track amid confusion and unclear details about riders and guards.

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Shot Interloper, Court Releases Him on big Band

Ebmer Hupp, wealthy oil operator, confessed killer of Charles L. Joyce, released on 35000 bond in Cleveland's eternal inane murder case. He shot Jevee, a traveling salesman, at his Lakewood home after a return from a business trip. Hupp said, Everybody makes mistakes. I guess we have made ours.

Cleveland Ohie Ebmer Hupp Charles L. Joyce Hupp Jevee Lakewood

Indoor life and fat reduction remedy claims

An excerpt urges indoors dwellers prone to obesity to seek a cosmetic treatment with a small box of a remedy sold by a “Kod Wrugecist” claiming rapid weight loss and rejuvenation. It asserts boosted blood power, vitality, and a return of energy with a few days of use, touting effects on skin and bodily fat with testimonials of weight loss.

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