Market News Notes Corn Drop Pressure From Labor Strife
Nervousness over labor conditions and race riots depressed the Chicago grain market. Corn prices closed weak with September around 3.960? and December near 1.71% to 1.71. Hog price declines and meat-packing shortages weighed on corn value, while oats weakened further. Regional quotes from Chicago, St Louis, Peoria, Kansas City and Minneapolis report mixed gains and losses across wheat, corn, and oats with standard government price references and byproduct prices included.
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Chicago
Long Commission Co
Oss
Minneapolis
Duluth
Corn Prices Falter Amid Weather and Labor Turbulence
Early trading saw corn prices top out then drift lower as drought and showers affect December belts. Old crop deliveries finished weakly while hog and stock yard woes pressured provisions and stocks. Traders blamed Chicago operators for initial weakness as public interest waned and a modest rally loomed on a broader market downturn.
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Commission
Chicago
New York Stocks Show Weakness Then Prospects Rise
The New York stock market Tuesday was weak on realizations from the recent break with further declines feared in better class industrials like U S Steel Baldwin locomotive, awaiting reconstruction work. Curb market shows signs of improvement with firms in oils and mines advancing slowly as earnings support dividends. Remember Caledonia and Hecla on the weak days.
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Baldwin
Swifts
Armours
Wilcons
Morris
Cudahys
Bay Union
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Atchison
Great Northern
Rock Island and Southern Railway
New York
Caledonia
Carthage Social News Highlights Honeymoon Visit and Local Calls
Earl W W Wood hosted county officials and employees on the county home lawn with ice cream and cake after his Yellowstone Park honeymoon trip. Springfield visitors dine with Mrs Susan McAnulty Bunce as the McAnulty family plans a monthlong auto tour to Yellowstone, Salt Lake City, and other western points. Local residents travel and visit relatives in Burlington, St Louis, Denver, and Placerville while others pursue health trips to Colorado and Wisconsin. A city real estate deal closes on the Gallagher Building corner. Japanese footwear exports for 1916 and 1917 are noted at 853 608 pairs and 987 471 pairs respectively.
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Court House
Yellowstone Park
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R. H. McaAnulty
Springfield
Susan McAnulty Bunce
McAnulty
Salt Lake City
Utah
Sylvester Boston
Plymouth
Frank Kimbrough
Boston
Nuta
Denver
Colo
E. M. Robbing
St. Louis
Buford Hancock
Allantua
Eli Shirey
Burlington
Nellie
Galva
Kewanee
O. F. Berry
Delis
Wis
Berry
Bra. Berry
Chicago
Tattie Creek
Mich
M. F. Davis
Leylah
Mt. Pleasant
M. J. Cheney
Fulton
Jh C. Garard
George Helfrich
Bushnell
Helfrich
Baird and Loring
Mary Beth
Sarah Williams
Placerville
Joseph Wolfe
Ed White
Kansas City
True Wilson
Duane Berry
Miss Katherine
Los Angeles
Katherine
Frank Gray
St. Loulea Parties
Gallagher, Bldg
Rye and Barley Price Report
Rye and barley prices shown as 1.67 and 1.68 per unit amid market notes. Barley quoted at 1.87 with a 1.42 figure. Timothy listed at 9.00 and 12.50, Clover and fen entries appear nonstandard or incomplete.
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Chicago
Hay and Straw Prices for St Louis Area June Listings
Hay and straw market update shows varied prices across categories. Clover mixed, alfalfa, prairie, and standard grades list per bale and ton prices with multiple No. and grade distinctions for July listings in St Louis.
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ST. Louts
Seoory
Eclipse
Markets and Prices Report from New York Chicago and New York
Markets in New York and Chicago show mixed movements across dairy butter poultry and sugar. Butter firmer receipts climb to 14 494 at New York with creamery and extra grade shifts. live poultry steady then lower in Chicago. sugar in New York remains steady with raw centrifugal at 37.38 and fine granulated at 9.00.
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New York
Chicago
Tih
Kans
York Sugar
Local hogs slip twenty cents on Tuesday market
Hogs dropped twenty cents Tuesday with top price near 321.65 while turpentine rose four cents to about 1.40 per gallon. A corn sale on the market lot reached 2.00 per bushel, though delivery two miles north of town skewed the market. Two loads of old cats sold for 70 and 72 cents and hay at 25 dollars also moved on the market lot Tuesday.
Market Prices Report From Toledo July 80
Toledo market notes list Clover Beed and Timothy prime cash prices with several futures contracts including Oct Dec and Sept months. Figures show varying price points around 26 to 30 dollars with several uneven entries and partial phrases due to incomplete OCR.
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Toledo
Clover Beedeae
Timothy
Horses and Mules Market Report from East St Louis
East St Louis July 30 demand for finished southerners held steady with prices from 125 to 160 for good to choice horses. Drafts 140 to 300, eastern chunks 140 to 200, fair southerners 80 to 100, plain 25 to 65, plugs 25 to 50. Mules shown slower with 16 to 17 hands at 350, 15 to 154 hands 110 to 150, 14 to 14% hands 90 to 150, 13 to 13% hands 50 to 140. New York July 30 spot coffee firmer Rio 7s 28% Santogi 30%
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Louis
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Corin
Peoria
Kansas City
Oste—Uaphing Ds
Minneapolis
New York
Kaellerberg Milling Company
Pete
Anck Brothers
Waesgon Loaé
C. F. Bishop Co
Swift
Blatchford
H. P
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Rogers
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Liberty
Jocal
Atchison
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Loco
U. S. Steel
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Cal
Crucible
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Gen
Mtracom
Goodrich
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Inspiration Cop
Midvale Steel
Eit
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Chandler Mtr
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Wilgon & So
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Peoples Gas
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Cupeny
Edison
Buck
Brew't Warner
Lgke
Stock Market Mixed as Fed Warnings Damp Speculation
New York trading on July 30 showed caution amid reports the Federal Reserve Board may curb loans to curb speculative excess. United States Steel led losses early before a late rebound, while rail shares and several utilities steadied. bonds were strong internationally though domestic issues fluctuated.
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Federal Reserve Board
Washington
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New York Dock
United Drug
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Montana Power
Livestock Markets Across Cities Show Mixed Hogs and Cattle
Chicago and St Louis stamping market activity with hog receipts around 30,000 and 10,000 respectively, prices easing 35 cents to a dollar. Cattle and sheep trade dull to steady, beef steers and cows quoted with varied figures, Peoria and Kansas City reports show mixed declines, while Cotton futures opened steady in New York.
Rusk Tells the Farmers of His Chicago Trip
E W Rusk county farm adviser and E N Larrimore of Plainville visited Chicago last Friday to study wool marketing. They met with U S Grain Corp officials Jackson and Farrell to learn grading rules and dockage standards and advised farmers to sample properly and file samples for fair grading if disputes arise. They noted wheat sold above government guarantees and discussed shipping wheat directly to the U S Grain Corporation for government-based payment. Illinois Farm Bureaus and the Illinois Agricultural Association drive wool marketing, with Adams county shipping about 10 thousand pounds to warehouses from 4 000 growers, though sales await reports.
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Chicago
E. N. Larrimore
Plainville
Larrimore
Adams County
U. S. Grain Corporation
Jackson
Farrell
South LaSalle Street
Grain Corporation
Howard B. Jackson
Illinois Farm Bureaus
Illinois Agricultural Association
Iowa
Illinois
Brutality at Farm No 2 Prison Described in Trial
Testimony recounted brutalities at a French prison camp where LT F N Hard Boiled Smith claimed the facility was a pleasure resort. Col Donaldson said the claim unlikely while Sgt Clarence Ball testified that Smith forced beatings, with Smith facing reduced sentences after being implicated in abuses.
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Colonel Grinstead
Phoenix
Ariz
Smith
Donaldson
F. N
Farm No. 2
Grinstead
General Strong
Paris
Clarence E. Ball
Ball
Lowden Called Back From Nebraska Trip
Five minutes before Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois arrived in Burlington at 11 45 pm on his way to Lincoln a request to form a special train to return him to Chicago came from Monmouth Ill The engine and two coaches were assembled and left Burlington at 12 06 am with right of way to Chicago The move is connected to race riots and a traction strike called for this morning.
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Frank O O. Lowden
Iulinois
Lincoln
Neb
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
Monmouth
Ill
Rain in Knox County Aids Crops and Pastures
Knox County reports rainfall Monday night aiding corn crop and renewing pastures in Galesburg HK area. Local officials note relief for farmers as weather improves after dry spell.
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Knox County
Galesburg
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