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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
10
Wheat surged to a new high for the 1915 crop amid Liverpool price gains and Canadian purchases at Winnipeg. May and July futures closed buoyant at 1.315 and 1.2434 respectively as reports of cold damage and shrinking receipts supported buying. Volume and the last hour rush propelled prices while corn and oats showed smaller gains and pork and ribs advanced.
Irregular market activity on Tuesday reflected external anxieties. Traders cited Britain’s blockade plans and Mexican affairs as key causes, with rail shares lagging despite solid earnings and Mercantile Marine issues dominating trading as investors weighed possible dividend resumption.
Chicago hogs receipts 25,000 with weak trend. cattle and sheep strong in St Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and East St Louis markets. Hogs and cattle show varied price ranges. calves and lambs noted with firm to strong demand across regions including native steers and cows.
Oklahoma City reports a devastating fire beginning Monday left about one thousand people homeless and nearly destroyed Wirt, a town near the Hevidton air field, per a telegram to Gov. Williams from a state official.
An old advertisement touts Dr Ring's New Life Pills as a cure for torpid liver stomach upset and indigestion. It claims purification of the blood relief from constipation dizziness and biliousness and promises clearer complexion. Available for 235 cents at dry goods stores.
A 10 cent per hundredweight hog price increase occurred in the local market on Tuesday. Corn prices rose with top bids around 70 cents per bushel as 5 loads sold. The day saw 17 hog loads, 4 hay loads, 1 clover load, and several baled hay and straw lots with varied prices recorded.
Local market figures list No 2 wheat at 1.18 and flour at 6.40 per unit. Corn 66 70c, oats 80G 35c, wheat straw 5.00 5.50, baled prairie hay 9.00 13.40, oats straw 6.00 7.00, shyecaled fodder 8.00, new loose hay 0.00 14.50, Alsike clover seed 9.00 10.00, new clover hay 7.00 11.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hullings 10.00, baled straw 6.00 6.50, clover seed 7.50 9.00.
Knollenberg Milling reports retail flour and mill products with high patent flour at 6.60 and straight patent flour at 6.40 per unit. Bran 323.00 per ton, shipstuff 31.00 per ton, corn meal 2.00 per 100 lb. retail wheat 1.18, graham 4.00 per cwt. Hog prices list choice hogs 200–300 lb 6.85–7.10, 160–200 lb 6.65–6.95, 140–150 lb 6.10–6.35, 90–110 lb 6.30–6.45, rough heavy hogs 6.10–6.25.
A wagon load of hogs fetches six sixty five to six sixty five dollars for choice hogs 200 to 250 pounds and lighter weights priced between six thirty five and six ten. Pigs 80 to 125 pounds command five to six dollars. Dressed items include butter 25c, eggs 25c, and poultry such as roosters and turkeys at quoted per unit prices.
Market quotes from local butchers list prices for hogs including light hogs at 5.50 to 6.05, rough sows and stags at 5.70 to 5.95, fat cattle and calves with steers at 5.50 to 6.00, fat heifers 5.50 to 6.00, cows 3.00 to 4.00, veal calves 6.00 to 8.00, bulls 3.00 to 4.00, spring lambs 6.00 to 7.00, and sheep 3.00 to 4.00.
A price sheet lists No 1 cured hides at 15 cents and No 2 at 14 cents, No 1 green hides at 13 cents and No 2 at 12 cents, cured calf and kip prices, horse values from 375 to 450 dollars, glue and pony at 1.00 per pound, and various tallow and grease rates. Wool pelts and yearling to lamb prices are given with quality-based grading notes.
Zurich dispatch reports King Nicholas of Montenegro rejected formal peace proposals by Emperor Wilhelm via Prince von Buelow, former Imperial Chancellor. The article notes the rejection occurred as negotiations were conveyed through diplomatic channels.
Wheat futures advanced as shorts covered and new buying emerged in Chicago. Corn struggled despite strength in other grains while oats attracted demand from exporters. Analysts note quality of milling winter wheat and ample good corn supplies shape the price path amid seasonal movement.
New York butter prices firm with 92 score creamery extras at 33c and higher 34c. firsts 28 32c, seconds 25 27c. Eyes steady fresh gathered extras at 86 57. extra firsts 35c. firsts 32 80. nearby hennery whites to fancy 39e. Chicago butter firm creamery 23 7 30 83. eggs firm receipts 3 7c5 cases. garden potatoes and regional poultry prices listed. Kansas City butter 31 firsts 29 seconds 27. eggs firsts 30 seconds 20. poultry hens 14 turkeys 17 springs 13. St Louis poultry chicks 14 springs 16 turkeys 12, butter 22, eggs 28. New York dressed poultry strong Western chickens 27 fowls 13. tubers 25 08 alive unsettled.
An older public notice urges readers to use Dr King s New Discovery to fight coughs and lung ailments. The ad cites long use over 45 years and warns neglected colds can lead to bronchial and lung diseases. It emphasizes safety and urges purchase from druggists.
Market report notes steady prices across county stock and cotton byproducts. Draft horses and mules vary by size with many listings in the 14 to 15 hands range and buyers showing steady demand for southern stock and plain chunks.
Minutes from the national directors recount T P A support for better roads with January 29 plans and reports from California Georgia Kentucky and Minnesota. Eugene E Pfaffle, Robert A Grady and E L Kerley praised, Kentucky cites four national highways and widespread good roads days events.
Illinois State Dairymen’s Association holds a Carbondale convention January 25 to 27 with cow demonstration lectures and milk exhibit entries. Prizes total 10 and 5 dollars for top cows in four breeds plus grades and crosses, and 5 3 2 1 1 for milk entries. creamery butter judged by two judges with high scores awarded prizes. Professor Hepburn outlines butter production using samples from graded creams. A corn show offers 10 7 5 2 1 dollar prizes in white and yellow corn plus a 15 dollar sweepstakes.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles including gravel and diabetes and offers mail order treatment from Dr. B. W. Hall in St Louis Missouri. Testimonials are available and the product is advertised for both adults and children with a two month course.
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