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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1917
Page
10
Chicago trading ends with corn down as drought relief spreads across Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Wheat and oats slip while hogs rise. receipts and futures activity show renewed pressure amid weather relief and ongoing food legislation chatter.
Prices paid for hay grain and milling products listed. Wheat corn oats bale prices straw hay various feeds and pet foods. Hogs steers calves and sheep quoted by weight with ranges. Poultry hides and by products section with values. Live horse and mule quotations and U S government bond readings and New York money rates included.
New York stocks drifted lower Tuesday amid a slim turnover of about 530000 shares. Steel, equipment and shipping shares led the decline with mixed moves elsewhere and a cautious market mood driven by Washington reports. The session closed with a heavy undertone as U S Steel fluctuated and several industrials shaved gains.
Hogs receipts in St Louis reach 6800 with prices ranging from 10.25 to 16.50 for various grades. Cattle receipts 7000 with native beef steers 7.5 to 18.5, cows and heifers 4 to 11, and calves 6 to 13. Sheep receipts 6500 with lambs around 19 to 25 dollars and ewes around 5 to 9 dollars. Chicago shows mixed hog values up to 15.95, cattle weak to mixed, and sheep firm at 9 to 15 dollars. Kansas City reports higher hogs, steady to lower cattle, and Omaha notes steady to higher hogs and steady cattle with varied classes.
Market notes show butter creamery prices steady to higher across cities with varied receipts and grades. Eggs unsettled with fresh weathered and regular prices mixed. cheese markets steady to unsettled. poultry liveliness noted with higher prices in some regions and mixed roosters and broilers figures.
Long Commission Co reports corn trends easing with prices down about 2 cents for deferred delivery while oats July declines widen. Beneficial rains in the southwest boost crop outlook though principal corn state reports are encouraging. Harvesting progresses rapidly with large early yields and light receipts. Congress action on the food bill looms, reducing holding incentives for farmers.
Hog prices moved up ten cents Tuesday on the locative stock market. Thirteen loads of farm products arrived in the city lot including hay, corn, and oats. Hay sold at 19.50 and 20.00 per ton with baled at 14.00. corn at 1.80 a bushel. oats at 0.65 to 0.68 a bushel across seven loads.
Hancock County Christian Endeavor union plans its annual convention in Carthage Illinois on August 1 and 2 with the theme Christ Enthroned. The program includes choral entries, epistles, corrected extensions, and sermons led by local and Chicago speakers. A Rose Tea garden event funds Red Cross and Protective League.
Vida Clay endures a stifling day in a small town and grows lonely until a white haired neighbor, the White Lady, becomes a friend. She tends a garden, shares thoughtful gifts, and through a deferred reunion with Edgar Wayne, Vida discovers love and a new life.
In St Louis on July 25 the hay and straw market showed sluggish selling with prices generally lower. Most demand shifted to clover and alfalfa where arrivals are light, while timothy and straw saw weak activity. Prices listed include Timothy 16.20 to 17.80 at Chicago. Clover 15.19. Alfalfa 20.27. Straw 9.60. Raw sugar in New York firm at 6.58 with molasses at 5.70.
A stream of visitors and residents traverse Griggsville during fair week with arrivals from Beardstown Missouri Illinois and New Orleans. Notables include Miss Darling Martin Mr. and Mrs. A P Ferguson Mrs. Levi Newman and more as they spend a few days with local families and attend events. A newborn son greeted John Hellar and his wife while others travel from Bloomington Pittsfield and Chicago for short visits.
Rev Fenton Bartle resigns as pastor of the Baptist church after several years serving Pittsfield plans to attend college likely in La Grange. Funeral for John Pickup held Sunday afternoon with Rev William R Leslie officiating. Various visits and social notes include Mrs S E Gulley with relatives at Pleasant Hill and others in the area.
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