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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1917

Page

7

Wheat prices rise on expected minimum price law

Chicago July 22 The market gains on anticipated federal minimum Wheat price support with July at 2.55 and September at 2.27. Corn weakens slightly while oats advance. Provisions rise with hogs as meat values lift Liverpool quotations. Northwest crop reports remain a market driver and trading includes sizable car and shipment data.

Chicago Liverpool Long Commission Co Northwest Car Lote Minneapolis Winnipeg

Grain Markets Across Cities Report Varied Wheat and Corn Prices

July 22 reports show diverse grain pricing in Omaka Omaha Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City and New York. Prices list No 2 red No 2 white and No 3 white for wheat and various yellow white and mixed corn grades with ranges from about 2.00 to 3.20 per bushel and notes of cash and futures values across markets.

Omaka Omaha Peoria Porta Alinneapolis Minneapolis Northcarn St. Louis St, Louis Krosne City Kansas City New York Gilmer Quincy

Markets in New York and Chicago reflect higher butter and spot prices

Butter firm in New York receipts 10 4711 and creamery prices up to 39 percent with various fresh extras and scores noted. Chicago reports higher creamery prices and US river receipts with potatoes and fowl prices mixed across regions, while Kansas City lists creamery firsts and seconds with poultry yields and prices. The article closes with a Bible note on the word Jewry found in apocrypha and scripture references.

Ow York New York GAO Sinto Santos

Local Market Prices for Grain Hay Hogs and Hides

A dense listing of prices from lay and grain to hay products, milled flour, and feeds. Includes hog quotations by weight and class, poultry and dairy prices, hides and pelts, and miscellaneous farm goods with corrected daily updates from Anck Brothers and Day Cleaver Co.

Swifts H. VP H. P WW. P Statiuona Mississippi River Anck Brothers Cleaver Co Holles & Rogers

Weekly Market Letter from Long Commission Company

Wheat closes near best prices after hedging unwind from local sellers with continued short interest. July delivery outlooks include price support if the food bill passes. Corn sustains strength on demand for cash corn. September near highs amid industrial demand and potential recession in values. Oats rise on July demand, limited supplies, and talks of price caps. harvest yields described as very favorable.

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Wheat prices rise with mixed farm market notes

Wheat advances 15 cents to 2.15 a bushel for No 2 wheat as millers price. Flour retail ranges 12.50 to 14.20 a barrel, up 60 cents from Saturday. Hog prices up five cents. Hay at 12 a ton. Corn two loads 1.79 a bushel and oats 66 cents a bushel.

Toledo market prices and a dynamite note

In Toledo Ohio on July 22 prices for Clover seed and Timothy are listed with Prime cash figures for October December and September. The excerpt mentions a dynamite charge from 1868 as part of a historical note.

Chicago SOR Nimnal Toledo Clover

Industrials rise as rails steady in New York stock list

Traders grow more optimistic on Washington outlook and cover shorts. Industrials led gains with Bethlehem Steel up 3 in the new issue, U S Steel and independents firming 1 to 2 points. Shippings advance, coppers rally late, rails steady, total stock sales 332,000. Bond market firm with Liberty 3 1/4s near par.

New York Washington Bethlehem Steel U. S. Steel Marine Atlantic Gulf and West Indies United Iruly American International Corporation Similor Brenter American Woolen Central Leather Lehigh Valley Chesapeake and Ohio Verba Am Loco Atchison M. Ko Best N.Y Nor Pace U.S Steel Pfu Eee Willys-Over

Livestock Market Reports From Chicago St Louis and More

Receipts and prices across major markets on July 22 show hogs steady to higher in Chicago 5000 head with mixed and heavy sales ranging from 14.05 to 16.36 for hogs while cattle receipts 2000 show steady native beef cattle 8.40 to 14.05, sheep at 7.75 to 16.75. similar figures appear for St Louis Kansas City and Omaha with varied loads and price bands across hogs cattle and lambs reflecting regional demand.

Chicago St. Loui ST. Louis Kansan City Kansas City Omaha

Half Million Dollar Fire Hits Harrison Idaho Business District

A fire in Harrison Idaho caused about 500000 in losses Saturday. It destroyed the town's business section and half the residences, starting in a lumber yard and spreading quickly. Relief trains are en route from Spokane and other points. The blaze remained uncontrolled for eight hours.

Harrison Idaho Spokane

Timeline of early tech milestones and misfit quotes

The notes recount various dates for inventions and events from 1801 to 1885 including the first airship, electric locomotive, breech-loading rifle, sewing machine gift, and early automobile links. It also contains a quip about faith and mistaken ideas, adding a reflective aside.

Land Service

Emergency League Corps organizes in Carthage

In Carthage July 22 Mrs Ida M Parr led a conference of the Fourth Illinois Emergency League. About seventy five women from Hancock and surrounding areas gathered at the Elks club to learn organization methods and military style command. Leaders from Galesburg ferris area announced a statewide suffrage education push linked to the constitutional convention vote in 1918. Also noted are local obituaries, personal notes, and harvest reports from Hancock county including rye yields of 335 bushels per acre and ongoing threshing.

Carthage Ida M. Parr Carthage Civic League Henry Rams L. W. Berry J. P. Beckman Mary Davidson Fourth Corps Illinois Emergency League Galesburg Hancock County Elks’ Club Ilinois S. M. Parr Ferris Illinois Equal Suffrage Association National Council of Defense Red Cross Knots Equal Suffrage Association Grace Wilbur Troute Chicago Illinois Equal Suffrage Association Hlannah Hamilton Miss Hamilton Kentucky Hancock Township J. M. Jones Louis Westfall Hamilton Jim Fort Madison W. P. Frazier Medical Corps U.S. Army John F. Scott John L. Shultz Franklin Clyde P. Johnson John Carlton Chas. Baxter Quincy

Archbishop Opposes British Reprisals in Letter

London July 22. Archbishop of Canterbury Randall Thomas Davidson rejects reprisals against German non-combatants for London air raids. He cites a bishops’ resolution affirming morality forbids attacks aimed at civilians, distinguishing them from legitimate military bombardment. He warns such acts would be futile as a deterrent and provoke further cruelty.

London Randall Thomas Davidson Canterbury Thomas Barlow Canary Ruthlesen

Soldiers and Sailors Home News of Deaths and Visits

Multiple notices from the Soldiers and Sailors Home report the death of Mrs. Rebecca A. Brown aged 79 from Greenfield Illinois, burial arrangements to Greenfield, and other residents’ health updates. Also included are social visits, hospital stays, and a Dutch windmill custom explaining birth and death signaling in Holland.

Rebecca A. Brown Brown Greenfield Ill Frank Slaughter Fayette, Til F. S. Wilhit Williamson Alton Edward Baker James Slagle 39Th Illinois Infantry Elizabeth Hollron Cornwallis Mont Blathards Baker E. Klinger Miss Wells Chicago Harry Dale Seattle Wash Wickenbottom Table Grove Glen Johnson Charlie Wilson Taylorville Cecil Mrs. Gray Wittleton Samuel Camp Dowell Kahoka Lease Holland

Russia Plots To Get Wheat From Peasants In Crisis

Petrograd July 22 Russia faces a grain squeeze as peasants hoard wheat. Minister of Supply M Peshekhonoff warned that moneyless peasants distrust cash and stocks, preferring goods. Officials seek non monetary incentives and barter to secure supplies, while caches risk total loss.

Petrograd Russia M. Peshekhonoff Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers Hibs Ministry of Supply

Camp Shelby construction starts after site pick in Hattiesburg

Hattiesburg July 21 Colonel Howells of the engineering department and Colonel Dalton of the quartermaster's department select the exact site for Camp Shelby and begin boring artesian water wells for the construction crew expected next week. The note adds that England’s monthly heavy gun output in 1915-16 topped six times that of 1914-15.

Hattiesburg Miss Howells Engineering Dalton Quartermaster’s Department of the Army Camp Shelby England

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