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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
10
Chicago reports nervy trading as crop outlook fuels corn gains to season highs and distant months push higher. Oats, hogs, and lard rally on stronger demand and light carry, while provisions rise. Market breadth broad but choppier late session with broad quotation data and stock market commentary.
Cash and futures prices for corn oats and wheat across Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Minneapolis on June 14 show mixed to higher movement. Notable quotes include No 2 white corn around 1 75 to 1 79 and No 2 yellow near 1 77 to 1 80, oats around 69 to 70 percent, and wheat cash values from about 2 40 to 2 59 in various markets with standard grades.
Traders faced Friday the thirteenth with little excitement on the New York Stock Exchange. Tobacco issues led gains while rails stayed steady. Buy Tobacco Products United Cigar stores Great Northern Union Pacific Atchison St Paul Rock Island and Southern Railway bonds show robust returns. Liberty bonds near par. Packing stocks Armours Wilcox Cudahy Swift show strength on slight pullbacks. Cosden Fenral and Boston Wyoming decline as leasing bill falters. Caledonia mines hold at 40. Heels improve. New York Money Mercantile paper 14 6X. Sterling 60 day bills 4.894. government and railroad bonds easy. call money strong.
Liberty bond quotations from New York show closing prices for multiple issues. Final prices listed include S's at 99.50, first 4's at 95.10, second W's at 94.12, first 4434's no 40 at 40. , second 4% at 04.14, third 4's B.40, fourth 4 at 94.24, and Victory 84's at 100.30 and Victory 4's at 99.96.
Prices paid for hay and grain by the Knollenberg Milling Co. list wheat at No. 1 tested 60 pounds or better 2.30 No. 2 2.27. Straw and hay quotes include baled and loose forms with several varieties and per ton or cwt figures. Also shown are meat, poultry, milling products, and feed item quotations from local butchers and suppliers with multiple weight ranges and prices for hogs cattle and dairy items.
Rutter firm receipts total 14 421 tubs with creamery prices rising above extras and the current make. Irregulars show 18 368 cases with fresh extras and firsts varying in price. Cheese receipts 4 768 boxes with state milk flats and twins in current makes. Poultry live steady with fowls and roosters listed. Chicago butter steady to higher with creamery and firsts quoted. live poultry lower, potatoes weak with mixed juice. New York sugar steady with centrifugal and granulated values. Coffee spot firm with roaster prices noted.
New York June 14 Dun shows no deviation from the forward trend of business. Despite labor controversies and foreign political uncertainties, the situation remains strong with no essential weakening and ongoing expansion. Seasonal restraints quiet markets but activity overall rises with more gains than losses. Gold export embargo lifted, boosting shipments to South America and signaling a return toward normal conditions. Weekly bank clearings 7,821,044,523.
A partial OCR fragment shows monetary figures and names like Mimothy with year hints. The readable bits include numbers such as 1.47 percent and a price like 1.10. The context and full entities are unclear.
Stock market declines deepen in late trading as money rates surge to a year high. Bear selling dominates with most groups dropping and motor shares slipping 1 to 18 points. United States Steel falls 2.5 points as bonds also ease, with total volume about 1.65 million shares.
Hogs receipts 25000 mostly up 20 to 25 cents, top 21.05, bulk 20.75 21, heavy 20.75 21, light 20.25 21.05, sows 19.50 20. Pigs 17.50 18.50. Cattle receipts 2000, beef steers higher, calves steady to 2.50 up, stockers steady, veal 15.75 17.25. Lambs 13000, lambs down 25 cents, sheep steady, yearlings 12.75 15.25. St Louis market strong, hogs 21.25 top, cattle steady. Peoria hogs 20.40 top, cattle 16.00 16.50. Kansas City hogs 20.60 21.00, cattle 11.50 16.00. East St Louis hogs 20.50 21.00, cattle slow, sheep steady.
Otis, BT. LOUIS June 14. Quotations on corn and other commodities appear with bids and prime figures. Raw values 31.91, 1.98 for singled commodities. Winter white 36, yellow 26. Summer white 35. Salad and cooking whites listed with 26 and 30 cents respectively.
The past week saw numerous marriage licenses issued across Marion Hannibal and Quincy area towns including Frank B Cary Edith N Bonham and James H Guyman Marie Thompson. Also listed are Alfred I Bode Hortense Maddox M Padgett Ophelia Rhoades and many others with couples from Hannibal Quincy Davenport and Bloomfield along with Palmyra chautauqua season details and local civic notices.
Miss Mamie Carr and father visited Barry on Wednesday. Miss Helen Sprague returned home from a teaching year in Richards New Mexico. Mrs J T Hogan and daughter Francise shopped in Hannibal recently. Roy Falmer attended the 33rd division parade in Quincy Tuesday. Miss Catherine Orr and Helen Anhus plan a summer course in Macomb. Albert and Irene McKinney visited Kingston for a week. Warry Hackard, ex Hull teacher, will teach at El Dora next year and stay in Hull until school opens. J E Bobb was a Quincy shopper Tuesday. Warmer weather brings relief as crops need it. Rev Palmer and mother visited Mr and Mrs Wm Courtney. Miss Margaret DeLapp, Hull High teacher, left for Burlington for vacation. Rev Milly and family were hosted by Charlie Reed. Mr and Mrs L F Bright of Barry were mentioned in local notes.
Washington June 13 Wall Street bankers told the senate foreign relations committee their plan would create a great trust underwritten by the U S government and extend control over finance and industry. Opponents warned such a system would push prices higher for nearly all goods as Europe needed raw materials and machinery.
Critics claim financiers use the League as a conduit for World Bank profits. They say leaked testimony will fuel Senate speeches opposing the League, arguing it guarantees financial risk and profits for money barons amid shortages in America.
A learned Chinese writer labels Confucius, the ancient philosopher who lived about 2,400 years ago, as the original advocate of a league of nations. The claim places Confucius among early thinkers urging international cooperation and peace.
An old advertisement defines catarrh as an acute nasal attack and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy. It asserts repeated colds can be reduced and that the medicine works internally through the blood on mucous surfaces. The notice offers a money back guarantee and lists Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
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