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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1915

Page

9

Stormy weather boosts wheat market in Chicago trade

Bulls in the wheat pit firmed as black rust reports from Missouri and Kansas fed fears of crop damage and harvest delays in Kansas Oklahoma and Nebraska. Corn and oats posted mixed gains with export hopes and easing freight rates offering counterweights. Storms from the Rockies and potential rust threats kept traders cautious as selling picked up late.

Chicago Missouri Kansas West Nebraska Oklahoma Rockies Liverpool India New York

Northwest Car Lot Statistics Reported City Totals

Minneapolis and Duluth vehicle counts show today figures 130 and 77 with prior week and year comparisons. Winnipeg records 151 today and 168 prior week, 257 last year, indicating fluctuating sales activity across markets.

Minneapolis Duluth Winnipeg

Estimated Receipts Today for Chicago Markets

Chicago on Saturday sees estimated receipts of 9000 hogs and 3000 sheep, with 1000 cattle and 53 wheat, 165 corn, 104 oats expected. Grain and livestock totals listed for Saturday trading.

Chicago

Chicago Car Lot Prices Report

Wheat price today is 68 with an estimated 68 for contract 25. Corn price today 105 with 64 estimated, 105 last year 79. Oats price today 90 with 33 estimated, 90 last year 97.

Chicago Car Lots

Market Totals for Grain Commodities and Yearly Change

Wheat today 503000 compared with last year 352000. Corn today 444000 vs last year 621000. Oats today 457000 vs last year 702000. Wheat, Corn, and Oats totals and year over year changes are listed.

Wheat and Corn/Oats Production Figures Summary

Wheat today 441000 this year and 104000 last year. Corn 702000 today and 585 last year. Oats 428000 today and 914000 last year.

Commodity price quotes for seeds and months

Toledo June 18 Clover seed prices listed as prime cash eight dollars with October and December figures. Alsike seed priced eight dollars and seventy cents with August value. Timothy seed quoted three dollars and ten cents prime cash with September and December figures.

Toledo Clover Seed Alsike Timothy

Chicago Cash Grain Market Report June 18

Chicago cash grain closes reflect mixed grain futures with wheat No 2 hard at 1.20 and corn No 2 yellow around 76 to 77 cents. White and mixed grain positions show varying bids from 48 to 77 cents with standard classes around 49 to 56 cents.

Chicago

Grain prices push modest gains across wheat and corn

ST. LOUIS cash market reports June 18 show No 2 red wheat at 1.14 to 1.15 per bushel and No 2 corn at 0.76 to 0.77. No. 2 white oats quoted 0.49 to 0.44 with several white and standard grades listed across multiple categories.

ST. Louis

Grain Prices Advance in Kansas City Trading

Wheat and corn quotes rise with No 2 hard wheat at 1.15 to 1.25 a bushel and No 2 yellow corn around 0.76 to 0.75. Oats lift to roughly 0.41 to 0.46 per bushel with white oats noted. All figures reflect Kansas City market levels for June.

Kansas City

Liverpool Grain Prices Reported in June

Liverpool grain market update lists Wheat No 1 northern Duluth at 2d and No 2 hard winter at 1d, with Corn American mixed at 8s, dated June 18.

Liverpool Duluth

New York Grain Market Report June 18

Wheat spot for No 2 red at 81.27 to 81.29, No 2 hard 1.29 and export bids 1.28 to 1.24 c.i.f. Buffalo. Futures steady with July at 1.12. Corn spot easy No 2 yellow 56 64c prompt. Oats spot steady standard 46 60c No 3 white 54 74c.

New York Duluth Manitoba Buffalo

Peoria grain and toy listing from June wave

A fragmented Peoria page from June lists grain products with codes for corn and yellow varieties and several No 2 and No 3 white and mixed items, alongside a short note about oats and assorted toy references.

Minneapolis Wheat Rises as Receipts Hit 130 Cars

Minneapolis reports higher wheat prices with 130 car receipts, versus 76 a year ago. Cash wheat values range No 1 hard at about 1.32 to arrive around 1.22, No 2 northern near 1.18 to 1.29, and No 3 wheat near 1.14 to 1.26.

Minneapolis

St Louis Hay and Straw Market Report

Hay receipts scarce with 4 cars west and 10 east. Timothy and clover mixed strongest, mid to low grades selling better than top grades. Clover and alfalfa scarce, market strong for good to choice hay. heating and low grade alfalfa dull. Clover mixed 16.00 18.50. timothy 17.00 20.00. alfalfa 12.00 14.00. clover 17.50 18.50. Straw wheat 5.50 track and 6.00 delivered.

ST. Louis

Chicago Live Stock Prices Reported June 18

Chicago market report shows hogs receipts 13 000 steady to higher bids from 7 50 to 7 85 for light and mixed hogs with heavy at 7 00 to 7 70. Cattle receipts 1 000 strong with native beef steers 6 00 to 9 50, western steers 7 00 to 8 25, cows and heifers 3 25 to 9 00, calves 7 00 to 9 75. Sheep receipts 7 000 steady with sheep 5 50 to 6 40 and lambs 6 75 to 9 25.

Chicago

St Louis Live Stock Market Report June 18

Hogs receipts 5500 mostly steady to 1 cent higher pigs and lights 6.56 to 7.85 mix and butchers 7.65 to 7.85 good heavy 7.70 to 7.80 cattle receipts steady native beef steers 7.90 to 9.25 yearling steers and heifers 8.00 to 9.30 cows 6.00 to 6.50 stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.25 sheep receipts 2200 steady clipped native lambs 5.00 to 5.50 clipped lambs 8.50 to 9.00 spring lambs 7.50 to 9.75

ST. Louis

Kansas City Live Stock Prices and Receipts

Kansas City reports hogs receipts 1500 steady with bulk 7.25 to 7.35 heavy 7.40 to 7.50 lights 7.40 to 7.60 pigs 6.50 to 7.30. Cattle 100 steady with steers 7.50 to 9.00 cows and heifers 4.60 to 8.70 calves 5.00 to 10.09. Sheep 500 steady lambs 7.00 to 9.50 yearlings 7.00 to 8.00 wethers 5.75 to 6.50 ewes 4.50 to 5.50.

Kansas City Kansas’ City

East St. Louis Live Stock Market Report

East St. Louis stock marketJune 18 hogs receipts 5 000 higher mixed and butchers prices range 7 6 0 to 7 9 0 cattle 800 market strong top 8 0 5 sheep 1 200 market steady notes include hogs Pitts bulk and rough categories with several price figures in dollars and cents.

East ST. Louis

Omaha Live Stock Prices Report June Hogs Cattle and Sheep

Omaha June 18 hogs 6200 or more highers heavy 7.15 to 7.50 lights 7.25 to 7.50 pigs 5507 bulk 7.20 7.35 cattle 200 steers 7.25 9.15 cows and heifers 5.85 to 7.85 calves 8.00 10.25 sheep 5000 steady wethers 7.05 to 7.15 lambs 8.00 to 9.50

Omaha

Indianapolis Livestock Market Report June 18

In Indianapolis Ind on June 18 hogs 8 000 head market strong top 37 85 cattle 700 head market steady no other details provided in readable OCR segment

Indianapolis Ind

New York Sugar Prices Steady on Raw Market

New York June 18 raw sugar quotes steady with centrifugal 489 and molasses 412. Refined sugar also steady as buyers and sellers hold prices.

New York

Stock Market Ends Rough Week With War Stock Swings

New York traders faced a heavy session with moderate volume and mixed moves. War shares showed gains of 1 to 3 points while Bethlehem Steel and Lackawanna fell, Federal Mining slumped after a brief rise, copper led by lower prices, and United States Steel showed limited strength amid late broad declines.

New York Baldwin Locomotive Bethlehem Steel Lackawanna Steel Kansas Unites States Steel

New York Stock List Sees Mixed Gains and Losses

New York June 18 closing quotations show Amalgamated Copper and Baltimore and Ohio mixed, while Anaconda Mining and General Electric hold firm. The list features numerous fluctuations across railroads, oils, steels, and utilities with the money market steady on mercantile paper and call money at 2 percent.

NEW York Stock List New York New York Stock Exchange Amalgamated Copper Can .Y Car and Foundry Cee Ee Es Bok Atchison E.ee Weve Baltimore and Ohio Ea RE Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn Denver Rio Grande Erie General Electric Goodrich Ca Maxwell Motor Co Ist Bid Bcha Mexican Petroleum M. Ki Weaee AL Mo Pacific Wees Il New York Central N.Y Southern Pacific Serbarabe Southern Railway Studebaker Co, Ei Veeee Toy Texas Colecu Wea Tennessee Copper Siaaae Union Pacific United States Rubber U.S. Steel Fei Ise Katoi Utah Mercantile Paper Sterliitz

New York Market Prices for Produce and Dairy Extras

Market notes list creamery scores and detailed prices for butter eggs cheese and an array of vegetables and fruits. Prices cover fresh extras from a New York market including California and Florida produce with specific per unit costs and seasonal varieties.

Local Market Quiet as Prices Steady and Cabbage Rises

On the city market lot yesterday there was little business with few loads from the country and no price changes. Local butchers lowered bids on hogs by 15 cents per hundredweight while shippers seek a 5 cent rise. New cabbage appeared, with commissions paying 30 cents per crate deemed reasonable as gardeners sent several shipments locally.

Prices paid for hay and grain bulletin

Prices paid for hay and grain list values for wheat flour corn prairie hay baled hay wheat straw oat straw shredded fodder loose hay timothy and mill hay seeds including red clover alsike clover new clover hay and crab grass with figures ranging from 1.10 to 20.00 in various forms and weights. reflects market quotes from the period.

Timothy

Flour and mill goods prices from Knollenberg Co

Retail selling prices for flour and mill products are listed by the Knollenberg filling company. High patent flour 7.90. straight patent 7.90. hard wheat flour 7.20. bran 27 per ton. shipstuff 32 per ton. corn meal 2 per 100 pounds. Wagon hogs, choice quality, 200–300 pounds average 7.05 to 7.30. 150–175 pounds average 7.15 to 7.30. 125–150 pounds average 6.75 to 7.15.

Knollenberg Filling Company

Fruit Prices From A Scrambled Ad List

The fragment lists produce with unit prices: grape fruit each, lemons imported or California per dozen 20c and 25c, apples western box each 5c, apples fancy babes duck per peck 30c to 75c, limes Jamaica per dozen 40c, red bananas per dozen 20c and 30c, pineapples Cuban extra fine each Be to 25c.

Texas California Florida Jamaica

Market Prices for Hides Wool Nuts and Oils

Reported by Holles and Rogers listing prices for hides including No 1 cured hides at 12 cents No 2 cured hides at 12 cents No 1 green hides at 11 cents No 2 green hides at 10 cents No 1 calf skins 15 cents No 2 kip skins 12 cents horse hides No 1 3 50 No 12 less for No 2 ponies glues tallow specifics plus wool prices for various grades and weights including native clear bright wool 25 28c for braid light 18 19c for fine 17 17 14c for heavy 10 12c for heavy burry 16c for light burry and nuts and nuts prices per pound including cocoanuts 5 10c walnuts almonds filberts pecans pecans 20c 25c Chestnuts Italian large 20c peanuts roasted 12 14c raw 12 34c respectively.

Holles & Rogers

Shelled nut meats and popcorn sale prices

Almonds Valensit and pecans halves and walnuts halves priced at 75 cents per pound. Shelled popcorn offered at 0 cents per pound.

Fig Pricing List Includes Figs and Dates Across Packages

A price list references figs from California in 10 ounce packages at 10c and 25c for umbrella layer imports, with 10c packages for pulled mon bons. Dates show dromedary 10c per package, Halowi dates bulk at 15c per pound, with 2 pounds noted.

California

Local Meat Prices From Area Butchers

Quotations from local butchers list prices for hogs, cattle, veal, sheep, and poultry. Light hogs range $6.85 to $7.10 per cwt, heavy hogs $6.60 to $6.35, fat steers $6.00 to $17.00, veal calves $8.00 to $9.00, spring lambs $7.56 to $9.00, and turkey gobblers at 9 1/4 cents per pound. Eggs at 10 to 12 cents, butter packing stock 19 cents, country No 1 butter 25 cents.

Weather and market update on wheat corn oats and hogs

Heavy rains in southwest raised wheat prices but buyers remained cautious amid frost and rust reports in the northwest. Corn rose on a bullish Illinois dealers note and a possible July shipment to New York but selling by bears trimmed gains. Oats fell in line with grains after rains. Provisions firm on strong demand. hog prices up 15 to 20 cents. cash meat trade robust. shipments large.

Seaboard Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association New York

Chicago Produce Market Report June 18 Prices and Receipts

Butter unchanged while eggs rise in Chicago market. Receipts total 19,407 cases with mixed sizes including 16 1744 ordinary and 161634 firsts. Potatoes dip with 28 cars from Michigan and Wisconsin. Texas and North Carolina reports vary. Poultry alive prices up as fowls and springs command higher bids.

Chicago Michigan Wisconsin Texas North Carolina

Kansas City Produce Price Report

Kansas City June 18 butter eggs and poultry prices unchanged from prior readings with no notable shifts in the market.

Kansas City

New York Coffee Prices Steady in Market Report

New York June 18 Spot coffee lines show Rio No 7 at 7.44 cents and Santos No 4 at 9.54 cents per pound, indicating a steady market.

New York Rio Santos

Lose something A Whig Want Ad will find it

A compact plea advertises Whig era want ads offering to locate lost items and connect seekers with owners. The column emphasizes practical service and local assistance, reflecting period newspaper classifieds and community reliance.

Kansas Swept by Heavy Storms Across State

Severe weather drenched Kansas and western Missouri with one to six inch rains. The Solomon River rose sharply at Beloit after a six inch downpour, Cordia and Hutchinson saw four inch totals, Topeka recorded over six inches in a month with major winds, and wind damage plus widespread communication outages accompanied the summer storm.

Kansas City Kansas Missouri Oklahoma Nebraska Solomon River Beloit Concordia Republican River Utchinson Hays Topeka

cough remedy claims dramatic relief from irritation

An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as a guaranteed cough cure. It promises relief by avoiding drafts and sudden changes and notes the medicine has been aged for 45 years. It urges readers to buy from their druggist with a money back guarantee if it fails.

King’s Ayanc

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