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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1917
Page
10
Wheat rose sharply on Monday as hedging sales lagged and western terminal stocks stayed tight. July and September futures firm, corn eased, hog receipts pressured provisions, with exports lagging last year. A mix of light country reserves and bullish signals kept traders wary amid a holiday-limited session.
Chicago and Kansas City markets show wheat and corn prices with No 2 hard and mixed contracts, plus oats and white varieties. Minneapolis Omaha Peoria and New York updates list bid quotes, futures, spot values, and regional changes across June reports.
Toledo seed buyers see narrow offerings with prices for clover, alsike, timothy and oats. Prime cash values listed as $11 for Clover in June, $11.60 in October, and $11.40 in December. Alsike at $11.50, Timothy cad $3.70 for prime cash and September figures noted.
In St Louis a catalog of draft horses and mules is listed with prices. Heavily described horses include eastern chunks and a good southern draft priced around 180 to 200 dollars, with wider selections at 160 dollars. Mules range from 14 to 18 hands with prices from 66 to 275 dollars.
An advertisement extols Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy for constipation. It claims waste buildup poisons the body and causes headaches biliousness and nervousness. The copy promotes mild effective relief and urges purchase from druggists at 25 cents.
Long Commission Co reports a very limited trading volume on Monday with volatile market orders sharp price swings. Ohio crop condition at 88 percent, five points up from May and twenty from last year, while visible supply rose mainly at seaboard points. Corn shows irregular, rallying on short-covering then retreating as July September gains offset by December drop. cash demand remains strong with maintained premiums. Oats edge down after early strength as seaboard selling and a foreign government reselling rumor weigh. crop prospects stable toward harvest.
The Munday live stock market shows hog prices steady while six farmers attend the market. Hay and corn deliveries arrive with bale hay at 21.20 to 22 a ton and loose hay at 22 a ton. Corn brings 1.62 and 1.66 per bushel, oats at 0.72 per bushel in two lots.
Local market data covers prices paid for wheat corn hay and alfalfa alongside milling products from Knollenberg company. Also listed are hog poultry dairy feeds, hog prices at stock yards, calf and sheep quotes, hides tallow grease wool and various commodity prices including New York sugar and mercantile rates.
New York June 6. In view of uncertainties and the holiday, stock operations contracted but the market held a fair account. Rail lows, steels rose briefly, oil and copper under pressure. total volume 645000 shares. Rail earnings varied, New York Central down about 2300000, Jersey down 584000, Norfolk and Western down 234000. bonds irregular.
Chicago reports receipts of about 42 000 cattle and 12 000 sheep with varied values for beef cattle hogs and lambs across markets. St Louis and Omaha show steady to higher trends in cattle and hogs with prices for native steers cows and feeders and for lambs and sheep. Kansas City hogs and cattle receipts around 8 000 and 11 000 respectively with ranges for prime and dressed beef steers and stockers.
A condensed market summary with scattered prices for butter creamery eggs and poultry across New York Chicago and Kansas City reports. Includes tentative figures for eggs poultry and dairy with notes on receipts and steady or higher trends, followed by a closing aphorism on poverty.
Ed Davis, a young Negro who escaped from officers February 20, was recaptured Saturday night after leaving a back door. Sheriff Mefford and City Marshal Harvey pursued him to a pool hall run by Jack Cutright and arrested him as he jumped the fence. He will likely face extra time for breaking away. Also reported are wedding news for Timothy Burnette and Bessie Krigbaum, baptisms at Rotheweiler place, and visiting residents from Chicago and Hannibal.
George Daugherty and family spent Sunday with their daughter Mrs. Ralph Morton and family. William Hillerbrenner and family visited with his parents. Hinze Dickhut stayed with sister Mae Lawless as Co C and O H Lawless attended a funeral near Bowen. Clarence Hall and family visited E J Hoskins and family. Dan White of Taylor Missouri spent the weekend with his parents J N White and family. Henry Morton and family called on Zelma and wife near Camp Point. Miss Neille Hyer visited sister E A Dickhut in Camp Point. Vivian Maxine Graff born Sunday May 27 to C A Graff and wife. Miss Oleen Shupe visited cousin Letha Jeffery. Ning Cannon of Quincy visited W H McNeal’s. J H Young visiting in Abingdon Davenport and Galesburg. Wills Cook was a Quincy visitor Sunday. Mary Harlow and daughter Olive and Miss Fay McAffery of Coatcore spent Sunday with Mrs. Elizabeth Weat.
Paris June 6 An initiative sparked by Rene Viviani aims to boost intellectual ties between American and French university circles. Nancy Grenoble and Montpellier along with Paris colleges plan easier admission, course flexibility, and no diploma for a national course. An group Accueil Francais will assist students into French life and better lodging and dining options are sought.
In Berne on June 6 the difficulty of spelling American names is noted as Swiss papers misrender Whittock as Sir Francis Chitlock. The Berne journal corrected the misspelling of Whitbeck Brand the American minister to Belgium. Also mentioned is Shelby Tube Company hiring Rev. Charles Bell as welfare superintendent for 3,000 workers.
New York June 5 McAdoo declared ten billion dollars will be spent next year by the United States and allies to fund American farms mines and factories. He told a Carnegie Hall mass meeting that prosperity in twelve months will exceed any in history and urged support for bonds and taxation to equip soldiers at the front.
Musses Orrill returned home from Alma Newfoundland Saturday night to spend several days with relatives and will resume his trip Wednesday morning. Will Sargent and family visited daughter Mrs. Charles Kennedy and family on Maysville Sunday. Dorothy Warton will teach Haveritte school next term at a salary of 50 dollars per month. Dr and Mrs Loveless traveled to New York City Friday for a ten day stay. Mrs Ben Newman visited her mother Mrs Dehart last week while Mr Newman was in St Louis with stock. Dr Andrew accompanied George Carnes to Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester Minnesota Wednesday. Mrs Paines will stay with him for some time.
From Copenhagen on June 5 a Berlin despatch reports German military authorities have suppressed the antisemitic Saarburg Zeitung and the Radical World publication. The despatch adds a quip that what most men need is a spring tonic for the intellect.
Kronstadt sailors who arrived in Petrograd proclaimed plans to land troops for demonstrations and press for new elections of the council of Workmen and Soldiers' delegates while demanding Nicholas II be handed over. Officials note the claimed landings and attacks were unverified amid a large blaze at Gutayeff quarter with phosphorous cases ignited. investigators suspect incendiaries or spontaneous combustion rather than Kronstadt action.
Havre June 5 News from Brussels reports that German troops stripping Belgium of provisions sparked a riot in Saint Gilles a Brussels suburb. Egg sellers faced demands for 15 cents a dozen while housewives and vegetable vendors clashed over prices amid wartime shortages.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder issues in men and women, dissolves gravel, cures diabetes, and regulates bladder troubles in children. If not sold by your druggist, it can be mailed for $1.00. One bottle provides two months of treatment and “seldom fails to perfect a cure.” Dr BE W Hall, 2926 Olive St, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by druggists.
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