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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1915
Page
2
A fragmentary classified note lists fruit items and prices including bananas at a dozen for 20c and pineapples described as Cuban and extra fine at 25e each. The garbled OCR preserves small price details and item names.
Chicago July 3 heavy closes for grains amid expectations of new crop arrivals by Tuesday. Corn down 14 to 15 cents, wheat slipping as trading opened, oats following. Provisions varied, with declines and small rises. Weather figures forecast big spring crop yields. end of day notes a Baltimore exporter canceling orders and large resales.
A historical market note lists Wheat at 19 cars, Corn 153, Oats 102, Hogs 34 000, Cattle 13 000, and Sheep 9 000. The concise figures reflect livestock and grain quantities in a regional trade update.
Minneapolis and Duluth traffic figures show daily totals for today last week and last year with holiday notes. Winnipeg records include today and last year figures and a quoted AG entry for holiday.
A fragmented market note lists grain prices in Chicago car lots with today figures for Wheat 5 contract, Corn 159 contract, and Oats 115 contract. It notes estimated comparisons to last year and holiday timing.
Wheat shows 395000 today with 253000 last year. Corn records 511000 today and 732000 last year. Oats total 377600 today and 499000 last year. Holiday notes appear in the figures.
The report lists total values for Wheat at 486,000 and Corn at 3,000 with Oats noted as mone. This brief item records commodity figures and shows a concise snapshot of grain totals for the period.
Wheat and corn prices for No 3 red No 2 hard No 3 mixed and new spring contracts listed in Chicago with bid figures such as 1.251, 1311, 8135 and 1.1812, along with oat quotes for No 2 to No 4 white and standard grades. No narrative, only price levels and grain classifications.
Kansas City cash grain values list various wheat and corn prices for kernels and grades. No. 2 hard wheat ranges from 1.30 to 1.33 dollars, No. 3 hard around 1.29 to 1.32, No. 2 red about 1.21 to 1.22, with numbers for red No. 3 and yellow corn prices and oat figures also shown.
July 3 report from St Louis hay market notes 20 cars on west and east river sides. High-grade timothy and light clover mix scarce. No.1 timothy valued around 20.50, No.1 clover mix about 18.50. Timothy lower grades slow. grassy and ordinary heavy clover mix dull. Prairie hay scarce and strong. alfalfa scarce and desired. most common bleached and damaged lots weak, several cars sold cheap.
Market notes from Peoria on July 3 show corn prices per hundredweight with several grades listed including No 2 yellow and No 3 yellow, and oats values noted. Mixed lots and samples appear with varying figures, alongside white grain categories and standard percentages.
In Minneapolis on a holiday week, wheat receipts reach 178 cars with cash market quotes showing No. 1 hard at 14 1/2 to 14 3/4 dollars, No. 1 northern around 1.32 1/4, No. 2 northern about 1.29, and No. 3 wheat near 1.24. Arrival prices list values for No. 1 northern and related grades, reflecting market activity and price levels.
Chicago July 3 hog receipts 10000 with prices 10 to 15 cents lower bulk 730 7.59 light 7.35 7.75 mixed 7.10 7.65 heavy 6.90 7.55 rough 6.20 7.00 pigs 6.25 7.50 cattle receipts 100 steady native beef steers 6.85 9.90 western steers 7.25 8.45 cows and heifers 3.35 9.50 calves 7.25 10.50 sheep receipts 6000 steady sheep 5.75 6.85 lambs 7.00 10.15
Kansas City notes show butter at .27 and creamery prices. eggs firsts 165 seconds 127A. St Louis reports horses from Southern and Eastern buyers mixed with war horse traders, prices generally low. few sales, mainly extra good heavy draft and army horses. Mules in limited demand with high bids. overall slow market and sparse transactions.
Markets show resilience after J P Morgan shooting with brief drops and quick rebound as investors weigh condition of the financier. United States Steel and other industrials slide but recover amid expectations of continued orderly trading. Bank loan figures reflect midsummer liquidity shifts and reserves fall. foreign sales may aidCredit. total volume reaches 190000 shares.
New York closing quotations show Amalgamated Copper at 74 1/2, Amalgamated Sugar around 48 3/4, Am. Car and Foundry at 94, and many others including Bethlehem Steel 166 1/2, General Electric 167 3/4, U S Steel 109 1/2, Union Pacific 127, and Sterling bills quoted with 60 day at 4.72 1/2. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds easy.
A compendium of fresh pork beef and lamb quotes from local butchers with multiple figures for hogs, steers, heifers, cows, veal calves, bulls, and spring lambs. Includes extensive produce and fruit prices from artichokes to lemons and oranges with per pound or per item costs. Reported by Wm. Malambri.
Chicago July 3 markets show butter steady with creamery stock 220727. Eggs lower with receipts 20 382 cases including 14 164 ordinary firsts and 1b 115% firsts 16 1614. Poultry alive lower with fowls 124 and springs 18 19.
Local markets reported slack activity yesterday with few loads offered and no change in quotations. Farmers, enjoying favorable weather, focused on field work.
A historical price notice lists grain and hay values including Wheat at $1.10, Flour $7.00, Corn 80 cents, Oats 48 to 50 cents, Prairie hay $6.50 to $8.00, Baled prairie hay $8.50 to $10.00, Wheat straw $6.00, Oat straw $6.50 to $7.50, Shredded fodder $3.00, Loose hay $16.00 to $17.00, Timothy hay $17.00 to $18.00, Mill hay $15.00 to $17.00, Timothy seed $3.50 to $4.00, Red clover seed $11.00, Alsike clover seed $9.00 to $10.00, New clover hay $15.00, Baled timothy hay $18.00 to $20.00, Baled threshed hay $6.00 to $8.00, Crab grass $7.50, Clover hullings $10.00, Baled straw $5.50 to $6.00, Clover seed $7.00 to $8.00.
Retail selling prices for flour and mill products from Knollenberg Milling Co include patent flour at 7.70, straight patent flour at 7.70, hard wheat flour at 7.00, bran at 27 per ton, shipstuff at 32 per ton, and corn meal at 2 per 100 pounds. Wagon hogs, choice quality, 200–300 pounds average priced 7.05 to 7.30, 150–175 pounds average 7.15 to 7.35, and 125–150 pounds average 6.80 to 7.20.
Reported by Bolles & Rogers the list itemizes cured hides, green hides, horse hides, pony and glue prices, tallow and grease grades, native wools and braids, and assorted nuts with per unit or per pound rates. Includes cocoanuts walnuts brazils almonds filberts pecans chestnuts peanuts both roasted and raw.
Shelled nut meats listed with almonds and pecans at 75 cents per pound. Valensit almonds, walnut halves, and popcorn shelled at 10 cents per pound.
A short pricing fragment lists figs in 10 oz packages at 10 cents, imported figs at 25 cents per pound, umbrella layer figs at 250.7? per pound, and Haloch Haloch dates bulk at 15 cents per pound with a note of 2 pounds totaling 250. The text reflects an early 20th century grocery advertisement with terse item pricing.
Wheat prices fell sharply after reaching higher levels as longs sold and locals pressed. Cash premiums weakened due to dull export and milling demand. The second new wheat car graded No 3 red arrived. Kansas crop estimate dropped to 108 million bushels. Corn softened on wheat's drop and weak holiday trade. oats faced mixed prospects with smut reports and lower cash markets. Provisions saw pork and lard ease on lighter hog prices while ribs held steady. overall cash trade remained slow.
Butter market steady with creamery extras at 93 score and higher. firsts, seconds, and other grades listed. Eggs steady with fresh and extras quoted. Ken nery White and brown varieties noted. Cheese weak with state whole milk flats and twins fresh colored specials and white and average prices shown.
New York July 3 poultry market rundown lists dressed irregular western frozen roasting chickens at 180222, fresh fowls iced 13'4 161%4, fresh turkeys iced W 17. Alive western broilers 18 23, chickens 22 27, fowls 14%4 15, turkeys 11 12.
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