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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1920
Page
10
Chicago reports corn trading active on Monday amid bullish notes from Wheat Director Julius Barnes and government control warning. Prices closed modestly higher while oats slipped and overall grain receipts and shipments fluctuated.
Oats rose to 82 cents on the city market with one load selling at that level. Corn brought $1.40 per bushel for five loads, and $1.35 for another. Hay and straw sales showed multiple prices across timothy, clover, and mixed hay. Hog prices slipped about 15 cents from prior levels while other farm products and meat prices fluctuated. Local figures from Knollenberg Milling and J. E. Mood and Co. list varied prices for wheat, oats, corn, hay, straw, hogs, hides, and fur, reflecting a robust but volatile agricultural market in the area.
Toledo Seed prices list various items with Jan and Feb values including Prime cash and Mareh figures, totals like $23.55 and $32.30 for Alsike and Timothy, plus 1917 1818 1919 cash prices. New York cotton market shows quiet spot pricing middling at 39.84 and futures steady with January 38.48 and March 86.28, while coffee quotes Rio 7s 10% and Santos 4s 25% per 2Gc.
New York markets show butter and creamery prices firm with various grades listed. Chicago notes lower butter prices with unpackaged eggs, poultry unchanged and potatoes weaker with Wholesalers bidding around $4.25 per ton. New crop sugar in New York firm at $18.04 for centrifugal and $16 for fine granulated.
Jan 12 market notes show prices for horses and draft stock. Eastern chunks fetch about 110 to 209, southern horses around 140 to 166, draft stock near 150, mule and stock hands listed with varying ranges. Prices emphasize fluctuating demand across stock categories.
New York stock activity opened with a deficit in clearing house reserves and weak money markets, dampening Monday’s tone. United States Steel reports a strong December tonnage while western regions offer cautious business optimism. oil and motor shares slump early, with final hour loan costs up to 18 percent triggering broader declines. Royal Dutch and select rails resist pressure as overall volumes approach 1,075,000 shares and total par value around $15,500,000.
Chicago and St Louis markets show hogs cattle and sheep receipts for January 13 with mixed price ranges. Hog receipts around sixty five thousand with top around 14.60 and bulk near 14.10. Cattle receipts about twenty nine thousand with varies by weight and grade. Sheep receipts near twenty four thousand. lambs and yearlings noted with price spreads. Local notices include residents traveling and visiting friends from Palmyra Canton and Canton area.
The page lists livestock bids with breeding ewes and feeder lambs, noting prices from 8.00 to 17.00 and top lambs at 14.60. It also covers government and railroad bonds with bid rates, Liberty Bonds, and various treasury issues as of January 13 with rate quotes and sale times.
Local residents and visitors are noted traveling between towns including Quincy, Macon, Monroe City, Hunnewell, Shelbyville, Brookfield, Leonard, and Hager. Individuals named include Miss Augusta Green, Mrs. B. W. Welker, Mrs. C. W. Young and daughter, Mrs. James Lupton, Mrs. A. P. Williamson, G. B. Bedwell, Tate English, Mrs. H. A. Greenwell, Mrs. Floyd Tuttle, Mrs. Jim Colne, Mrs. J. G. Rickney, Mrs. R. L. Holdworth, Miss Blanche Lamberton, P. L. Brown, and families awaiting further visits and trips.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the Toledo firm will pay $100 if Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh. Notarized December 6 in Toledo, Ohio. The affidavit touts internal use and blood-murface action, with testimonials and druggist availability.
Ter went to Browning to be with brother W. I. Fristoe and family while Myrtle Threlkeld of Shelbyville was a Quincy visitor. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Bolen spent time in Monroe City visiting friends and Miss Ella Wighland traveled to Shelbyville to visit her sister Mrs. Thaugh Parker.
West Paint resident Grover Barnard visited Carthage on Saturday while Miss Clara Norton, a Basen Tennessee teacher, stayed with relatives. Mrs Anna Jackson returned from Kansas City and St Joseph. Louis Lamet and daughter from Warsaw were visitors. Ernest Oliver Belle Isle funeral held at Church of the Immaculate Conception with Father Landreth officiating at Moss Ridge Cemetery.
In Chicago Jan 13 United States produces over 90 percent of ophthalmic lenses and optical instruments used nationwide. Dr J W Hammon of Vincennes Indiana spoke to INMI members about the industry.
A vintage advertisement promotes Sage Tea and Sulphur Compound as a home remedy to darken gray hair. It claims natural, even whitening cover and a youthful look, with easy application using a sponge or brush and benefits after one or two uses.
In Pais, Jan 12, three premiers Clemenceau George and Nitti met to discuss the Adriatic question. The supreme council did not sit today and will reconvene tomorrow. The report notes prewar German controls on the industry and mentions a convention of optometrists in the nois Society.
Rock Island Southern Halfway Co suspended passenger service on its 60 mile line between Rock Island and Monmouth on Monday. Repairs are needed at the power plant, delaying operations and impacting riders in the HI area.
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