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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1917
Page
10
The corn market declined on Monday as investors took profits after the switchmen strike settled. September corn slipped to about $1.63 with December near $1.18, while wheat fluctuated and oats moved with corn. Supplies and regional weather aided bear pressure, with nerves from strike news and peace rumors weighing on futures.
Readable market notes show prices for hay and grain including No 2 wheat 2.25, corn 1.80, baled straw 18.50, new baled hay, alfalfa 14, millet seed retail, and mill products from Knollenberg. Livestock quotes list hogs at various weights around 12.00 to 16.15, calves, sheep, and poultry values, with hides and tallow prices. Also posted are cattle, horses, mules, and equine values by regional yard and dealer quotations.
Long Cission Cé&'s Daily Market Letter notes a sharp early upturn in corn followed by a narrow trade pattern. Cash demand and southwest damage reports keep prices firm, while hot weather boosts late plant emergence. Oats mirror corn with July selling pressure and easy decline, threshing yields rise, and northwest Canada reports heat-related complaints.
On Monday at the Moe stock market a steady hog price was reported as seven farmers gathered at the city lot. Five loads of mixed hay arrived with one at 10 dollars per ton, two at 11.50 and two at 12. Two loads of old oats sold for 65 cents per bushel.
Seed market data from Toledo and Chicago lists Clover, Alastke, and Timothy seeds with prime cash prices for several months. Rye and Barley futures are noted with No 2 rye at 1.25 and 1.62, barley around 4 to 6.50, and violet commentary on native, shade-loving growth.
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Carthage board of education held a special meeting with full attendance except the secretary pro tem. It approved minutes, audited financials showing receipts of 35,373.63 and disbursements of 34,884.07, and discussed resignations of Miss Geiger and Miss Bennett. It awarded janitorial and maintenance bids, planned oiling streets, approved tinting and plumbing work, and authorized a $14,200 educational levy plus $4,800 for building purposes for 1917.
Market notes from CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY on July 31 report butter steady with creamery and eggs firm, receipts and prices for firsts seconds and various grades. Potatoes higher with car receipts. poultry unsettled with roosters and broilers priced, while New York shows higher creameries and mixed egg values. St Louis lists hens springs turkeys and dairy figures.
Gen. Michael Yassukovich, chief of the Russian military commission, says American troops on the eastern front would be fatal to Germany. He claims 100,000 U.S. soldiers could form the nucleus of a Russian army of a million, shaping a decisive eastern front while France and Britain press Germany in the west. He envisions massive Russo American cooperation if Americans join in Russia’s war effort.
Tetanus germs revealed on court plaster sold here about ten days ago by a crippled itinerant peddler. A chemical analysis completed Monday and the announcement made. An investigation by police planned. Also note: a French inventor has created a parachute guided by cords pulling in its sides.
The Rose Tea Garden at W D Lewis across from the post office in Carthage Illinois operates daily from 4 to 10 pm serving luncheons a la carte with advance table reservations. Dinners are priced at 150 dollars per plate and music is provided each evening.
New York July 31 The American Association of Pharmaceutical Chemists was incorporated here to improve trade conditions and eliminate abuses in production manufacture and distribution for greater efficiency and economy. Among the incorporators are E S Holt of Cedar Rapids Iowa and G D Eilyson of Des Moines Iowa. The report also notes use of portable electric winches at the Bush terminal in Brooklyn New York to save time in various tasks with taps from nearby feeders.
A paper bag has been invented to store clothing by allowing gases to be injected for germ or insect killing. This development aims to protect garments from pests and contamination during storage.
Lieutenant Long Lance, a full blood Cherokee and Carlisle graduate, served with Princess Pat's regiment on the western front. He fought at Vimy Ridge, survived as the battalion's lone surviving officer of his rank, then was wounded by shrapnel breaking his nose. A base hospital account and a pre enlistment tribal costume photo accompany the report.
Billy Williams, 24, broods in a park over cramped rooming house life and a possible future with Flossy Brenton. He overhears Minnie and Art visiting with their baby Kiddums, sees Flossy caring for the child, and imagines a life together. He contemplates asking for a raise but fears losing her to another.
A man and woman debate marriage and finance amid a working-class tale. Billy rails against poverty while Flossy dreams of housekeeping and motherhood. Minnie counsels marriage despite low pay. their talk pivots on love, savings, and a future home as Billy reforms and plans.
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