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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1917
Page
10
Long Commission Co. reports light early wheat offerings with sharp rallies that failed to hold amid slack seaborne exports and congested shipping. Corn shows active early buying but is pressured by selling. oats stay mixed with bullish receipts yet light clearances. provisions remain bullish amid a generally subdued trade.
Market notes show butter higher in Chicago with varied dairy quotes, including creameries and refrigera tors firm in New York trading. Sugar, molasses, and refined goods show steady to mixed movement across several regions with prices listed for firsts seconds and various dairy products.
Across Chicago St Louis Omaha Kansas City and East St Louis large cattle and hog receipts are reported with price ranges. Native beef cattle and steer prices appear around 7 75 to 8 50 per hundredweight. hogs show heavy and live weights from about 11 40 to 11 90. lambs and sheep also listed with several price points and quantities for the day.
Wheat prices fell on Capitol reports and tensions with Britain and Germany, with May futures dropping to around 4.00 and July around 1.49. Provisions eased as U S. export demand contracted. shipments moved east from Chicago while Berlin notes signal renewed war concerns. Wheat supplies and receipts rose modestly, with total clearances and weekly shipments listed for Monday.
A scrambled report notes a broad market retreat with gains giving way to ten losses amid mixed indicators. Core industrials and energy sectors show volatility while government issues and international factors influence prices.
Chicago and St Louis report mixed grain prices with No. 2 red and hard wheats around 1.80 to 1.86, No. 2 corn and mixed oats varying by market. Kansas City and Omaha show further price spreads, while Minneapolis notes a late firmness as peace prospects fade. Prices for No. 2 white and yellow varieties appear varied across markets, with regional differences in cash bids and futures outlook.
New York mercantile report shows silver at 66 1 2 cents per ounce, Mexican dollars at 934, noon quotations steady. Other lines note time tax notes and market closings with terse figures and irregular punctuation.
Bank clearing figures for Monday show a total of 90 462 dollars with mixed activity across institutions. The report notes a same day test and minor fluctuations in daily throughput affecting early week liquidity.
Lingering coughs warned as dangerous and sleepless. A balsam remedy claims antiseptic soothing action and rapid relief of irritated membranes. Marketed as a nearly fifty year favorite for grippe crowns and colds with a 50 cent bottle sold by druegists.
Fragmented OCR note mentions seed markets, cash figures, and names such as Veluye, Alsikatia, Timothy, and Bartley. Appears to cite multiple dates in January and March with various dollar amounts. Context unclear, but records cash values and locations across Toledo and Chicago.
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