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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1916
Page
3
Chicago reports show wheat futures up 2% amid foreign demand and bullish crop signals. July and September futures quoted at 105.44 and 107.33, with corn and oats also higher. hogs and provisions retreat. Regional quotes include Minneapolis cash wheat at strong levels and apples to New York spot firmer for oats and corn.
Chicago reports butter creamery at marks with receipts 22 309 cases eggs down and potatoes rising with car receipts from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota. New York live poultry weak and dressed market dull. Kansas City notes butter firsts seconds and packing at 22 15. Eggs steady in New York with various quality grades. Prices for other items listed across cities.
Financial news notes expansion of professional activity lifting special stocks and representative issues in New York on Tuesday June 7. Gains appear in Norfolk and Western rails and Bethlehem Steel while shipping shares falter after Mercantile Marine settlement talks. Bond activity also strengthens with Marine 44s and U S securities posting higher quotations.
Chicago June 7 The market letter notes bears in foreign advice but domestic crop fears sparked short covering and higher prices. Oklahoma rains boosted buying while carryover of poor quality old wheat blocks price gains. new crop deliveries attract investors under current world conditions. Corn rises early on cold belt, but supplies remain ample with no permanent price surge. Oats rise weekly on 1,000,000 bushel visible increase. cash sellers cap Tuesday advance, mirroring corn and wheat trends.
Mercantile paper at 3 percent, bar silver at 66.74, Mexican dollars 51.43. Call money firm with high 3.14, low 3, ruling rate 3, closing bid 3.
East St. Louis notes slow market for draft horses with prices ranging from 85 to 225 dollars. Listings show various sizes and weights with mixed demand and unclear lot details.
Benjamin F. Sauders and others transfer pt it 8 and pt it 7 in Tagle side subdivision to John D. Eaton for 4000 dollars. John P. Hoeffler transfers pt its 4 and 4 block Lawndale addition to John A. Koch. John W. Beeler transfers pt It 42 Moulton edition to Ernest Wisman for 10 dollars. Edward P. Menke transfers ot It 7 bk 6 Moulton's addition to Robert E. Lease for 350 dollars.
A reader quotes a fragmentary, humorless aside about a husband named Brown offering a lawn mower for loan, followed by a garbled remark about it being broken beyond use and the speaker expressing confusion over the situation. The passage is terse and unresolved.
Market summaries across East St Louis Indianapolis Chicago and St Louis show hogs generally lower with mixed and light lots variably priced. Cattle receipts steady to lower with native beef and western types priced from roughly 7.5 to 11.15 dollars, sheep at several regional points around 6.5 to 11.25 dollars for lambs and yearlings.
Receipts in the local market were almost nil Tuesday due to rain. A few hog loads arrived and sold for prices from $9 to $9.15 per hundredweight.
The German emperor issued personal messages to Grand Admiral Von Tirpitz and Grand Admiral Von Koester praising their roles in the fleet. He commended their technical leadership and organization after a victory at sea, calling the day one of glory for both officers.
Corrected daily by the Home Butcher Company. Prices for hogs steer veal lambs and poultry, plus hides wool and fats. Hogs light 150–200 lb at 9.25. heavy 200–250 lb at 8.50. sows stags 6.45–6.85. Poultry hens 22c, turkeys 25–30c, eggs 18c, butter 18c. Hides and calf prices listed. wool grades and other commodities priced. regional market quotes by Bolles & Rogers.
Budapest Chamber of Commerce pushes resolutions for a ten year Ausgleich with Austria and seeks Hungary to gain customs independence and own tariffs while keeping some dual empire benefits. Resolutions also call for a reciprocal treaty with Germany favorable to Hungary amid debates on duration of the settlement.
Advertisement for Texas Wonder by Dr. E. W. Hall claims relief for kidney and bladder issues in men and women and bladder troubles in children. States that mail order is available for $1 and promises testimonials and a two months treatment per bottle.
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