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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
5
Active overseas demand boosted wheat prices with July at 1.0134 and September at 1.0614 dollars. Corn rose 12 1 2 to 2 cents, oats varied, and hog prices supported higher provisions driven by Liverpool lard quotes.
Chicago and St Louis markets show hog receipts around 11,000 with mixed, light, and heavy sales from 7.75 to 11.60 per hundredweight and cattle broadly steady to weak. East St Louis and Kansas City readings mirror hogs near 9 dollars, cattle range 5.50 to 11.75, sheep moving 7.00 to 11.60 with varied weights. Totals include multiple city receipts and price bands across hogs cattle and sheep.
New York money market reports time loans easier and calls steady. Bar silver priced 537g. Mexican dollars 49. Trading data shows high and low 234 and closing bid 224.
Raw sugar and molasses held steady as centrifugal and refined grades showed firmer prices. Centrifugal sugar quoted at 627 with molasses at 550 while refined fine granulated moved to 765, signaling cautious stability in the market.
New York June 14 stock market shows a sober mood with reduced dealings and a reactionary trend. Rails provide the constructive side while motors, shipping, and Mexican-related issues offset gains. United States Steel remains most active, and a Russian $50,000,000 loan exchange signals growing U.S. financial dominance. Total sales par value $4,170,000.
CHICAGO reports steady butter and eggs with receipts of 21 147 cases and 2034 214 firsts eggs, potatoes unsettled with 27 cars hoeing in from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota white at 1.00 to 1.05, Triumphs at 1.80 to 1.90. poultry steady. Kansas City lists butter at 29 for firsts and 25 for seconds, eggs at 21 14, poultry varied. St Louis notes poultry and butter prices, and New York shows butter steady at 29 30 31 and eggs at 24 26 for extra fine and firsts 22 23. Cheese firmer with state flats specials at 15 and fancy at 15 3.
Eastern market notes show horses steady with extra heavy drafts 175 to 225 dollars, eastern chunks 150 to 185, good southerns 85 to 125. Mules weaker with 16 to 161 hands priced 130 to 275, US to 1814 hands 135 to 190, 14 to 1474 hands 85 to 185.
Long Commission Co. analyzes wheat market dynamics as May and June trend bear, citing heavy old-wheat supplies, mills seeking new high-quality grain, and expectant cash milling demand for the first movement of the new crop. War and allied buying influence, stockpiles, and uncertain harvests shape a cautious bullish tilt through 1916 1917.
A rough market report notes one load of loose hay unsold from a total of 15 loads including hay baled straw and oats in the public market square on Tuesday. Prices for hogs rose ten cents per hundredweight, oats look good for 1916, and various hay, straw, oats, and corn sales are listed with specific ton and bushel prices.
The market lists Mayana Gram No 2 wheat at 1.00, corn 0.70, oats 0.40, and various hay and straw prices from 5.00 to 14.00 per unit. Milling products include flour prices from Knollenberg. hogs, pigs, and wagon loads show wide ranges by weight, with poultry and eggs prices and dressed poultry rates. Local butcher quotations provide further figures for hogs, cattle, lambs, sheep, and poultry at multiple weights.
The article notes expectations that wheat prices will be higher in the 1916 17 year than at any time since the European war began. It underscores sustained demand pressures and market optimism for price gains amid ongoing global conflict.
Market notes list hay grades including Clover mixed No 2 at 15 dollars and No 1 light mix at 18 dollars. Timothy No 3 at 13, No 2 at 13.50 to 16.50, alfalfa western at 10, common No 2 Illinois at 10, western at 10.50 to 11.50. Straw is sound wheat and oats straw at 6.50 per track, scarce.
Harman Hilgenbrink of North Twelfth street was beaten by Righle Trogdon Tuesday morning and left unconscious on the road. A neighbor aided him into his home, where he later recovered enough to describe the assault to a doctor. His jaw was dislocated and his face bruised. Mrs. A. Chase of Eubanke broke her right arm after a Friday fall. Mrs. Charles Hirth is recovering from a sickness.
New York City market brief lists coffee spots and price cues for New York. An extended ad promotes Dr Bell at Pine Tar Honey claiming relief from summer colds and stuffed heads with soothing balsams opening air passages and reducing coughing.
A vintage patent medicine notice promotes Texas Wonder by Dr. E W Hall promising cures for kidney and bladder issues across sexes and ages. It claims bladder regulation in children, mail sales upon payment, and testimonials, with address in St Louis and druggists as sellers.
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