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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1916
Page
18
The Quincy Whig provides subscription and delivery terms. Address: The Quincy Whig Quincy Illinois. Offices offer mailing and telephoning options for morning delivery with postal or telephone contact. Report any delivery irregularities to the office.
Chicago reports a radical upturn in wheat values driven by black rust in Manitoba and the Dakotas amid dry weather. Sept and Dec futures spike while corn and provisions rise. gains tempered by some profit-taking. Prices across Minneapolis, Winnipeg, and New York reflect strong demand as rust reports linger.
A string of grain price listings across multiple U S cities including Chicago Kansas City and St Louis dated July 23. Prices cover wheat varieties No 2 rd No 3 hard No 1 hard No 2 yellow No 2 white and mixed lots with fractional cents and bid offers. Also includes Liverpool and London quotes for wheat with mixed American price references.
Chicago and other markets report hog receipts around 4 000 to 10 000 with mixed prices from 9.50 to 10.95 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts range widely with native beef steers 7.00 to 10.85, yearlings and feeders 5.80 to 9.60, and sheep lamb prices from 6.50 to 10.25. Observed markets include St Louis Omaha Kansas City East St Louis and Mansan City with varying steady to lower tones.
New York July 23 Saturday's market was unusually active and strong with special stocks driving most turnover. Munitions tobacco American Beet Sugar and steel issues led gains while U S Steel advanced sharply. Bond trading remained steady and the week saw a large cash gain in the bank statement. International issues firm and total stock sales reached 173000 shares.
CHICAGO July 23 Wheat conditions in the northwest worsen with rust in Canada stoking fear of short supplies. Minneapolis leads gains as No 2 red wheat sells at 1.31 in St Louis. Corn sees strong price quotes amid limited offers, while oats face further damage from heat and rust. Kansas reports bullish crop prospects, signaling potential further price upturns.
Eastern draft heftily priced at 175 dollars with extra heavy horses. Good southern stock around 84 to 125 dollars. Mules measured 11 to 16 hands with prices near 124 dollars. Mixed lots and stock estimates reflect market conditions as listed.
An advertisement touts Dr King's New Life Pills as a gentle laxative that cleanses the system to improve complexion. It promises relief for the liver and bowels without griping and targets all ages with a 238c price at local druggists.
Hay and straw prices listed by grade and type. New clover mixed hay No 2 at 10 dollars per ton, light mixed at 21, old timothy grades 1 and 3 ranging 8 to 18, alfalfa good No 2 at 14 and No 1 at STB. Straw scarce and firm at 6.50 per ton for sound old wheat, track delivery.
Market receipts are steady with five loads fewer than yesterday. Saturday totals include 14 loads of hay, corn, balea, straw and oats sold by early afternoon. New wheat and oats appear. general Bruin grade good. Prices: loose hay nine and eight dollars per ton. straw six dollars per ton. oats 35 and 34 cents per bushel. corn 75 cents per bushel. Poultry prices listed. hides and animal products priced. Butter at Elgin Butter: 35 tubs at 27 3/4 cents.
Local markets list detailed prices for grains hay and straw, milling products, and livestock. Includes No 2 wheat at 1.1, corn and oats figures, baled hay and straw ranges, alfalfa and clover seed prices, flour prices from Knollenberg filings, and livestock quotes from west of the Mississippi markets and local butchers. Hog, sheep, and poultry price bands are given, with weights and unit prices.
Mrs Ellis ill in cottage 22 called doctor. Farnsworth adds electric fan cooling room for elderly residents. Williams from Tennessee visits cottage 20. second meeting in 20 years pleases him. Mrs Mullen re admitted to cottage 7. Lindsey returns from Chicago after seven weeks with George Lindsey family and relatives. Squires family ill in cottage 1 with little improvement. Brittingham moved to cottage 1 after hospital stay for back pain. Twenty eight couples awaiting rooms. 1,055 men and 267 women present Saturday. Grace Spoonemore Eva Brown attend cottage 20 entertainment Friday. Barry visitors Cunningham Mason Kendall stop to visit Lease Grand, then head home.
Albany July 23 Additional state funds to stop the spread of infantile paralysis were promised by Gov Whitman. Health department officials, relying on the assurance of cooperation from the state civil service commission, began arranging for temporary diagnosticians, sanitary supervisors, nurses and assistants to be placed in various counties.
Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney & Co sworn to pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Oath dated December 6 15386 before A W Gleason Notary Public. Cure taken internally and acts through blood on mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Sold by all druggists 7 cents Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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