Provisions rise as grain prices fall on embargo talk
Chicago June 21 Reports that Wilson may use embargo powers to block grain shipments to Germany via neutrals sparked heavy selling, especially in corn. Wheat declined with July at 32.01 and September at 1.80, while provisions rose. Rains in Texas and Oklahoma aided bear pressure but a late rally formed as buyers appeared.
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Chicago
Wilson
Germany
Texas
Oklahoma
Southwest
Seaboard
Long Commission Co
Duluth
Winnipeg
Grain Markets Volatile Across Midwest and Chicago
Wheat and corn prices vary by region with No. 2 red wheat at St Louis about 2.16 to 2.18, corn around 1.65 to 1.69, and Kansas City, Peoria, and Omaha quotes showing mixed and yellow varieties in similar ranges. Chicago terms list No. 2 red at 2.37 and No. 2 white around 2.32, with futures and spot activity noted across several exchanges.
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St. Louis
Kanana City
Kansas City
Hay and Straw Prices and Receipts Report
In Chicago on June 21 hay and straw receipts totaled 87 tons with market quotes for choice timothy at 20.72 to 20.88, No 1 at 38.50 to 19.60, and No 3 at 16.17. Straw prices show Rye at 12.132, corn at 10.60 to 11, and wheat at 10 to 11. New York Money rates and mercantile quotes also appear, with par and exchange details noted.
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Chicago
Cicago
Hay
Strona
Market Letter Describes Wheat Corn And Oats Pressure
Long Co mmission Co reports grains under pressure as farmers in Texas and Oklahoma store crops awaiting expected government action. Better yields than June 1 estimates. corn shows bearish pressure with selling. embargo rumors and submarine activity weigh on sentiment. Oats follow corn with a sharp decline despite continued buying.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Germany
Millers set wheat price at $2.30 a bushel this morning
Milling firms announced No 2 wheat at $2.25 a bushel this morning, down 30 cents from prior. Flour retailers listed prices at 12.40, 13.60 and 13.80 per barrel. Hog market steadied on Wednesday as market master logged 25 loads of farm products on the city lot. Hay, corn and oats varied in price across multiple loads with figures from $20 to $22 per ton for hay and 65 to 73 cents per bushel for oats.
Local Market Prices for Wheat, Hogs and Feeds
Readable OCR-priced list covering No 2 wheat at 2.95 dollars per bushel and various feeds from Knollenberg Milling. Hog prices for shipments west of the Mississippi at C L I stock yards show multiple weight bands from 160 to 250 pounds with prices from 11.60 to 15.90 dollars. Poultry, butter, hides, tallow, wool and pelts are listed with corrected daily values.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Swift
H. PL
H. PW
Eas
H. PR. Colck
Mississippi River
Choice
Anck Brothers
Market Decline Dampens Steel and Utilities Trade
New York on June 21 sees renewed stock market weakness with higher call money at 6 percent and unsettled foreign exchange. Declines hit all divisions including rails while U S Steel and related issues show minor recoveries late. total volume around 925000 shares amid mixed commodity pressures and British gold arrivals.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank
U. 8
Steel
Crucible Steel
Ohio Gas
Pullman
Soupar
Anteonda
Atchison
Amd St. i
Erle
Vane
Lehigh
N.Y
N.Y. N.uwandi
Nor, Pac
Penn
Peoples Gas
GSI
Studebaker
Bill Union Pac
Vn & Steel
U.S. Steal
West. Union
Willys-Over
Livestock Markets Report From Chicago St Louis and Kansas City
Hogs receipts reach 23,090 in Chicago with bulk prices around 15.50 to 16.10 while cattle and calves hit new highs. St Louis quotes similar hog and cattle ranges with heavy gains and steady to strong receipts. Kansas City shows firm hogs and strong cattle demand, with prime fed steers around 12.50 to 13.50 and calves up to 13.25. Sheep receipts rise with lambs and yearlings showing gains across markets.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Ronson City
Kansas City
Markets Report From Chicago To Minneapolis on June 21
Market notes from Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and Minneapolis recount butter, eggs, cheese, and poultry prices with firm or unchanged trends. Key entities include Butter-Unchanged, Creamery, Kansas City, New York, Minneapolis, and several item codes and price figures.
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Chicasro
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Seed Market Prices Across Grain Seeds
CHICAGO June 21 Rye No 2 at 2 42 barley 1 10 to 1 48 Timothy 4 6 76 Clover 12 17 Toledo Ohio June 21 Clover seed prime cash 10 0 October 11 65 December 11 95 March 11 50 Alsike prime cash 11 40 September 11 40 Timothy prime cash 3 3 55 September 3 97
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Chicago
Timothy
Toledo
Alsike
Timothy—Frime
Hancock Court Orders In Fierce Civil Docket Details
An adjourned Hancock county circuit court session presided by Judge Harry M. Waggoner issued numerous orders. Cases include demurrers sustained and overruled in assumpsit actions, dismissals for Allen-Pfeiffer Chemical, foreclosure and master reports, partitions with sale orders, divorces, will constructions, and cross bills with dower allotment. Several amended or supplemental filings due by Sept. 1, 1917.
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Carthagh
Hancock County
Harry M. Waggoner
J. B. Watkins Medical Co
Reuben H. Long
Asaumpsit
Demurrer
Grover W. Ewing
Ve. Cleota
Quick
Alfred P. Quick
Preston N. Quick
Allan-Pfeiffer Chemical Co
A Corporation
J. H. McCullogh
aAssumpait
Mattie A. Crow
Magdalena W. Waggoner
Adam Lookabaugh
Rosannah de- Man
Bambock
Siven
E. Quaifer
Thomas
Underwood
Hazel Mabray
Early Mabray
Jacob J. Manlove
James Tad Manlove
Laura Cassidy
Ee H. Shaw
Benjamin Shaw
James Markey
Warren Nelley
Master In Chancery
Ethel M. Lee
Walter J. Lee
Hippolite Jules Roine
Charles E. Morrill
Charles S. Aleshire
Benton Aleshire
James H. Bettisworth
David H. Bettisworth
Martha O. Walton
Emma O. Spéer
Charles Roy Doolitle
John Simpson Doolittle
Chateory
Frank C. Ferguson
Mary J. Hostetter
Thomas A. Stevenson
John Franklin Stevenson
Margaret Stevenson
Thomas AL Stevenson
Breeding returns home after appendicitis operation
Monticellocello Missouri reports Pave Breeding who had appendicitis surgery at St Josephs hospital Keokuk is back home Monday. He is very weak and will not be able to work soon but recovering.
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St. Joseph's Hospital
Keokuk
Nev
B. B. Harvey
LE. B. Henderson
Canton
Lewistown
Irvin Porter
Chicago
J. B. Porter
Haverhill Farm
J.B. Porter
Kahoka
Miller
Granger
Timewell family and friends visit various towns
Mrs Alfred Cleaves with two daughters Winnifred and Helen of Colorado visited Camp Point with relatives. Several locals and guests, including Mrs Newt Lucas and daughter, visited Clayton and Chandlerville friends. Dated travels include visits to Bluffs, Warsaw, Keokuk, and hospital stays in Quincy. Henry Hatch has a new Dodge cart.
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Bluffs
Joe Mullen
Letha Mullen
Davis
Alan Davis
Charles Dunham
Melvin Morrison
Warsaw
Keokuk
Otha Bennett
Clayton
James Upchurch
Ana Morrisons
Quincy
Henry Hatch
Visit To Camp Point Signals Update On Ailing Woman
The visitor went to Camp Point on Sunday evening to see Mrs. H. and Chapman who is at her sister Mrs. John Hoke. She has been at the Macomb hospital for seven weeks following an operation. She is faddling nicely now.
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Camp Point
H. & Chapman
John Hoke
Macomb Hospital
Sunshine Baptist festival and local visits reported
The Girls Sunshine class held a park festival Saturday night. Merle Bliven visits relatives near Payson. Fred Degitts and Mrs Kauffman did a business trip to Quincy. Mr and Mrs Busby and family of Quincy were Sunday guests. Mrs Ann Wells and family celebrated her birthday. John Deguss of Marblehead visited relatives. Lena Reidt visiting Mrs Redman near Richfield. Mae Treaster visited Idah Gardner in Quincy and returned Sunday. Mark Tandy returns from Chicago. Alvin Kauffman called in Quincy. Willis Griggs and Ida Harris of near Payson visited Adama. Luella Boyer visited Quincy.
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Lena Reidt
Redman
Richfield
Mae Treaster
Idah Gardner
Quincy
Mark Tandy
Chicago
Alvin Kauffman
Willis Griggs
Ida Harris
Payson
Adama
Luella Boyer
Tioga Text: South M. E. church program draws crowded crowd
Tioga Illinois reports a Sunday program at the South M. E. church with songs and a ladies quartet. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Miller and others from Fountain Green Sutter Webster Busco and West Point. The fourth quarterly meeting is set for June 28 and 24 led by Rev. Umphrey of Rushville.
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A. Garver
Marion Householder
Cary Newman
Webster
Umphrey
Rushville
John Trouseholder
Harry Llaneise
Busco
Eva
Elsa
Myrtle Vradenburg
Mallard Hall
Grace Farnsworth
Lucille
William
Cissna Park
J. H. Heitman
Edma Newman
Lawrence Koltzenburg
Fredonia Linnenburg
Junkman killed by three Chicago boys
June 21 David Story, 33, a junkman, was beaten to death with a baseball bat by three boys aged 12 to 14 in a west side alley. Robbery believed the motive. The trio lured him with old iron, escaped after the attack, and Story identified them before dying in hospital.
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Chicago
David Story
West Side
Story
Threws Match in Gas Tank Escapes Unhurt in Oak Park
Arthur Gen aurt a 10 year old boy survived a fiery blast at an Oak Park garage when he tossed a lit match into a 50 gallon gasoline tank. The explosion blew him about 15 feet shattering windows nearby and he fled home unseen for an hour before his parents found him.
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Chicago
Arthur Genaurt
Oak Park
Texas Wonder cures kidney and bladder troubles
Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder issues and dissolves gravel with a two month bottle. It targets diabetes, rheumatism, and other kidney bladder irregularities in men and women and is advertised with mail order availability and testimonials.
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Texas Wonder
E. W. Hail
Olive St
St Louis
Quincy Ordinance Amends Pharmacist Liquor Regulation
An ordinance of the City of Quincy revises Sec 432 to require pharmacists to obtain a permit before selling spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors and to maintain a purchaser register. Violations carry fines up to 100 dollars and possible permit forfeiture. repeal of conflicting ordinances and a general effective date follow. The note about England gathering garden herbs for medicine appears as a separate historical aside.
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Quincy
Dr Kings New Life Pills Promises Youthful Vitality
Advertisement claims Dr Kings New Life Pills remove poisons that age the body and improve complexion and energy. It asserts one or two pills at night will restore health and happiness, promising a brighter appearance and spring in step for thousands.
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Dr. King
Quincy ordinance authorizes emergency street and bridge levy
Ordinance 264 appropriates extra Fifteen Thousand Dollars for 1917 1918 to repair washed away bridges and damaged streets in Quincy. It seeks to raise funds by an added street and bridge levy. any shortfall comes from the general fund. Adopted June 18, 1917. William Lyon. An itinerant actor in Edinburgh, he wagered he could repeat the Daily Advertiser next day and, though drunk, did so.
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Quincy
City of
Department of Public Works
Duke Schroer
J. A. Thompson
William Lyon
Edinburgh
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QT. Louis
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New York Money
York
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Time Jean
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Chosing Bia
Long Commission Co.’s Daily Market Letter
B . Cleaver Co
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Dead Green Sea
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Minn
Jung
Seed Market
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Monticellicello, MO
Junkman
Wm. Vollbracht Co
Barry, Ill
H. P. Fgr
H. P
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Knollenberg Milling CO
York Sta
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Nearo
Henry Vogel
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Surchl
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