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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
2
Chicago June 13. Efforts to collect profits met with unusual difficulty and forced a sharp advance in corn prices. The market closed higher with corn near 1.44 to 1.46, oats up 3, and provisions firm due to hog price gains. Northwest car lots show varied weekly comparisons with hogs and cattle demand steady.
Chicago, St Louis, Omaha, Kansas City and other markets report mixed corn and oat values. No 2 mixed corn ranges around $1.60 to $1.68, No 2 yellow up to $1.65, No 3 white near $1.20, oats mostly in mid 70s cents, with standard and sample grades noted.
Wednesday trading showed gains across the board on the New York Stock Exchange as investors covered short sales and began buying leading industrials. Steel led with a high close, while rail, mining, and independent stocks also advanced amid speculation and dividends.
Seed market report shows Toledo activity with June bids and assorted crop prices. Alsike Timothy and other seed values listed, with Oct and Dec price references and cash options noted. Market movements emphasize prime seed values and seasonal futures references.
Long Commission Co reports early selling by locals gave way to short covering as prices reached a new high on the current movement. Commission houses bought. crop reports are favorable with no west damage from heat. Oats premiums ease while futures rise on corn. provisions steady and later firm. Europe news boosts stocks with most issues gaining. tax talks fade and money market eases.
Market notes report light business on Wednesday with hay prices steady. Timothy hay sold at $13 per ton for two loads and $14 for baled timothy. mixed hay at $13 per ton. mixed hay four loads at $12. yellow corn at $1.46 per bushel for three loads. baled Wheat straw at $8 per ton.
Knollenberg Milling Company reports livestock and feed prices including hay types from baled to loose, milling products with cwt rates, hog quotes by weight at C B & Q stockyards, wagon hogs figures, butcher quotations, poultry, hides, and wool prices with delivery in Quincy. Key entities include Knollenberg Milling, Holles & Rogers, and Anck Brothers.
Stocks firm to strong on Wednesday with speculative issues lead gains. Pools and professionals pushed oils, fertilizers, shippings, motors, and equipment up to eight points. copper, sugar, leather, and certain rail issues rose modestly. U S Steel and Reading showed notable moves amid uneven industrials. total volume about 4.65 million par value.
The Whig launches a twelve part series on the Mississippi Waterway System. Charles H. Huff will visit key cities, assess current river traffic, and explore plans for modern terminals and river traffic as a war asset. The first article focuses on Minneapolis and St Paul as inland waterway heads.
Hogs receipts about 12,000 with most sales up 10 cents from Tuesday. Chicago area figures show feeding hogs and light hogs trading mainly 16.35 to 16.78, cattle receipts around 7,000 with better grades up to 10 cents and beef cattle ranging from 12.50 to 16.50 for common to prime. Sheep receipts near 7,000 with lambs and ewes varied. St Louis and Kansas City reports mirror mixed gains and declines across hogs, cattle, and sheep.
New York reports creamery receipts higher for some items with 837 tubs of creamery. extras and firsts show varied figures while packing stock and fresh goods enter storage. Chicago and Kansas City notes reflect butter, eggs, and poultry pricing trends with live fowls and turkeys listed. sugar and margarine also show steady or adjusted values.
Timothy hay No 1 ease to 23 25 with steady demand. lower grades slow but ample. Clover and alfalfa hay mixed quality range from 14 to 28 per ton. prairie and standard grades vary. Straw quoted 26 50. New York money rates show mercantile paper and call money activity amid firm conditions.
New York coffee prices steady on June 18 with Rio and Santos steady options quoted around 8 and 10 to 11 4 cents respectively. Shipping notes indicate continued firm demand and fixed bids across varieties amid market tightness.
French cannon and machine guns have inflicted heavy losses since Sunday. An entire Jaeger division was cut to pieces at Rossons Sur Matz, and a Guards division saw a large portion of its force wiped out. Other divisions faced similar casualties as allied guns dominated the narrow valleys and passes. Prisoners report horror at the slaughter of comrades.
The University of Illinois held its 47th commencement on Wednesday morning with 957 graduates receiving degrees. One hundred vacant chairs symbolized classmates who had joined the armed forces. President James addressed the crowd, focusing on the war and a hopeful future for graduates after the conflict.
Since German submarines began raids off the Atlantic coast on May 25, shipyards building vessels for the shipping board produced 21 ships totaling 180 642 tons. Excluding salvaged vessels, submarines destroyed 10 American ships totaling 26 000 tons, leaving a net excess output of over 100 000 deadweight tons.
Washington June 13 The War Trade Board announced the Shipping Board will allot steamers to move coffee from Brazilian ports to New York. Clearing will occur in July and August with freight set at 1.70 dollars per bag.
The OCR fragment lists categories such as spring chickens ducks geese turkeys and guinea chickens with weights from 1 lb to 2 lbs and percentages, ending with a miscellaneous value of 547 dollars. It lacks coherent structure or complete context for a full report.
East St Louis June 13 market dull for horses and mules. Draft horses priced $230 to $280, eastern chunks $150 to $185, farm mares southern type $125 to $265, Minnis farm mares $175 to $200, southern horses choice $115 to $130, southern horses medium $110 to $750, plugs $16 to $40. Mule prices range from $60 to $125 per head with various sizes listed.
Harrison Grant battles a spy from the Hohenzollern club who controls a torpedo aimed at the flagship. He overpowers the attacker then reverses the controller, hoping to divert the weapon before the great fleet reaches safety in the Narrows. Dixie Mason emerges as the implicated spy.
Doctors called catarrh incurable by local treatment and urged constitutional care. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio is advertised as a constitutional remedy taken internally, claiming to act through the blood and mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Halts family pains for constipation.
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