Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Quincy Whig in Quincy, Illinois

We have 16,533,882 pages in Illinois

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1916

Page

3

Market reports show wheat hits new low as harvest outlook weakens

Bearish sentiment on harvest prospects sends 1916 wheat to fresh lows in Chicago trade. July and September futures slide while corn and oats show varied moves. Reports cite favorable late weather for autumn sown wheat and mild Hessian fly impact, but export demand weakness adds pressure. Global price quotes and domestic cash bids for wheat, corn, and oats are listed across Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Liverpool, Peoria, Minneapolis, and New York markets.

Civicago Red River Cor Seaboard Commission House Longs Chicago St. Louis Liverpool Peoria Minneapolis Jane Northern New York Duluth Manitoba

Chicago and St Louis Livestock Prices Fri Jun 17

Hogs receipts in Chicago about 19 000 with mixed, light and heavy categories trading about 9.45 to 10.05. Cattle receipts around 1 000 with native beef 7.85 to 11.40 and stockers 6.00 to 8.80. Sheep receipts 11 000 with lambs 7.50 to 10.30 and springs 8.00 to 11.50. St Louis hogs 10 900 firm to 10 cents higher, cattle 1 700 steady, sheep 2 700 steady. East St Louis hogs 10 000 firm to higher, cattle 1 500 steady, sheep 2 500 steady.

Chicago St. Louis East St. Louis Kansas City Loesi Butchera Iy the Home Butcher Company Maine Street Peighing

New York Money and Market Notes

Friday figures show Mercantile paper at 36,334 and bar silver at 6344. Mexican dollars quoted 483, call money firmer with highs 3 percent and lows 2 34 percent, closing bid 3. There is always room at the top of the big bluff for success.

New York Money New York Mercantile Paper

Few Price Changes In Friday's Market

New York reports a quiet first four hours with few price changes amid irregular ties. A later selling wave hit rails and speculative issues while U S markets showed overall bearishness from rail manager tensions. Coppers, printing shares under ex dividends, and war issue Crucible Steel moved but retraced. foreign exchange rose in sterling and francs as marks eased slightly. Canada sent over 57 million in gold. bond activity was erratic with Anglo French fives weak.

New York Rail Group Five Reading Norfolk and Western Crucible Steel Sterling Frances Canada Panama

Mixed farm goods and grain prices in St Louis and New York

Jul 17 reports list prices for timothy alfalfa and straw in St Louis with various grades and lots, including No 2 and No 1 mixed, track car market notes, and New York coffee and raw sugar quotes for June 17. A closing adage notes failure as a result of success.

New York Allis Corderes A, T and T Atchison B and O Can. Pac C. M. and St. P N. W Erie Elec Lehigh Rene Dle L. and N Mex. Petrol M. K. and Wea Aay Mo. Pac N. Y. Cent NLY N.H Nor. Pac Oe Nat Bis Penn People’s Gas Rock Island Pac Sears Roebuck Studebaker Union Pac Panama

Farm market reports show 25 loads of produce

Twenty five loads of hay corn and oats arrived Friday with most sold and prices steady from the day prior. Hog prices rose by a dime while other market prices held. Hay loads varied from 10 to 14.50 per ton with several sales at 12.50 12 and 10.60. Corn sold at 71 cents per bushel and oats at 38 or 36 cents per bushel. Three baled hay loads sold at 14.50 13 per ton and one with no price listed.

ST. Louis Timothy Ecarce

Wheat and Corn Sentiment From Long Commission Letter

Chicago June 17 Wheat shows heavy tone after early rally with Liverpool relief and abroad price drops. Weather in the southwest and northwest dampens harvest, weekly clearances exceed 11 million bushels. Corn offers freely as bull interests sell July and September. Peoria reports large overnight purchases. Oats liquidate July as distant months hold, rain and coolness threaten crop progress if summer weather stalls.

Chicago Liverpool Commission House Peoria

Markets Report From Chicago Kansas City St Louis And New York

Chicago notes butter creamery 25 28 14 and eggs receipts 17 093 cases firsts 204 21s ordinary firsts 1814 20. Potatoes unsettled old receipts 10 cars Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota prices 1.00 to 1.75. Poultry alive steady fowls 17 14 Kansas City reports creamery 29 firsts 27 seconds 25 packing 22 eggs 21 2. Turkeys 23 24. St Louis lists butter 28 7 29 eggs 19 and various cheese and egg prices. New York dressed poultry firm broilers 2 32 chickens 2 34 22 7 fowls fats turkeys 96 alive 24 52 for broilers.

Chicago Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota Virginia Carolina Kansas City St. Louis New York Hennery New York Poultry Bolles & Rogers

Local Market Prices for Hay Grain and Livestock

The list shows prices for No. 2 wheat at 1.00 a bushel, corn at .70, oats at .35, and various hay and straw values. Milling products from Knollenburg include High patent flour at 6.00 and straight patent at 5.60 per cwt. Hog, cattle, sheep, and poultry quotations are listed with weights and price ranges, plus hides, tallow, wool, and other farm commodities from regional markets.

Knollenburg Fitting Company

Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles

The Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles, dissolves gravel, cures diabetes, weak backs and rheumatism, and regulates bladder issues in children. If not at your druggist, send $1.00 for mail delivery. One bottle provides two months of treatment and often cures. Send for testimonials. Dr. E. W. Hall, 297 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo, sold by druggists.

Texas E. W. Hall Olive Street Louis Druggista

New Buying Outlook Signals Steady Yet Cautious Demand

Bradstreet reports trade currents show a gradual contraction in new buying after peak expansion, but demand remains supported by filled order books. Notable features include lower ocean freight rates, higher dividends, renewed steel purchases for foreign accounts, and a $50 million loan to Russia. Despite seasonal quiet, essentials activity stays steady with prudent upbidding elimination. Weekly bank clearings total $4,676,913,000.

Bradstreet New York Russia

Laugh With Us Palmist and a Wary Landlady Tale

A charity reading in a dim tent features a palmist telling a maid she will marry and be engaged to Mr Binks. The maid protests as the lines prove she wears the return engagement ring. Two officers seek whiskey from a tea totaler landlady who offers cleansing fluid for pipes.

Binks Sibyl Mr. Binks

Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Advert for Cold Relief

An advertisement touts Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for stuffed heads and runny noses. It claims the balsams clear air passages, stop coughing, and speed recovery with directed use and leftover medicine kept for future coughs.

Dr. Bell Adv

Milk Quality Sparks Early Morning Suspicion

Mabel and Arthur notice a change in their breakfast milk and trace it to a new dairyman who supplies enough for a fortnight. The skits include Bacon the giraffe, a sly employer joke about a brick carrier, and a police court tale where a boy’s pretended innocence ends with paying the lawyer’s fee in five dollars.

Mabel Arthur

Hacking Cough Weakens the System

A vintage advertisement promotes Dr King s New Discovery as a long trusted remedy for hacking coughs. It touts pine balsam with tar to soothe irritated passages, loosen mucus, and prevent coughing while aiding natural sleep and recovery.

Dr. King

Also Mentioned on This Page

Quincy Whig Quincy Gundsy Ill Postoffica Morning Whig Cen Jonases Sever bin An’ Clarke Hannibal Grain Markets Winnipeg Santos New York &Sraw Fnday Long Commission Co.’s Daily Market Letter Produce Markets Mississippi River Bacon Egbert WOLFS Wolf Chemical Company Illinois Knollenberg Knollenberg Milling CO Eighth York Streets Service Next
Search Courier

Search the Quincy Whig Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Quincy Whig?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication