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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1917
Page
9
Chicago June 24 market news reports firmer wheat prices with July at 2.14 and September at 1.87 as improved vessel room and possible small Kansas crop boost bulls. Corn slips. oats down. pork lifts while hogs ease. Cash demand and ocean tonnage rhetoric shape brief gains amid mixed crop prospects.
Market weekly prices list for hay and grain including No 2 wheat at 2.05 a bushel corn 1.50 to 1.70 oats .72 to .74 baled straw 3.00 to 8.50 baled hay 21 to 23 loose hay 19 to 20 alfalfa nay and various feeds and milling products from Knollenberg Milling. Hog prices bid by shipment origin west of Mississippi with ranges from 11.56 to 16.20 per cwt for different weights. Local butcher quotations for hogs, poultry, butter and hides also noted with multiple weight and quality distinctions.
Grain prices show scattered moves with wheat and corn mixed to higher. Chicago, Kansas City, Peoria, Minneapolis, Omaha, St. Louis, and New York report varying bids for No. 2 hard, yellow and white corn, oats, and flax with several price ranges and delivery notes across multiple grades.
Seed market notes show Choyer seed with prime cash at 10.95 and October 11.50. Alsike at 11.40 for September and October 17.95. Timothy prime cash 38.55 with September 3.35. Rye No 2 nominal No 3 at 2.36. Marley 1.10 to 1.48 and Timothy 4 to 7.75 six.
An old patent medicine ad touts Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for strains sprains and stiff joints. It claims quick action cleaner application than plasters with no skin staining and no rubbing, targeting rheumatism neur algia lumbago and external pains at druggists priced 25 50 and 100 cents.
Long Commission Company notes weather hampering sampling as cash corn premiums rise then ease. Primary receipts trail last year and two years back, but weekly receipts double last year’s. If cash corn covers urgent demand, cash premiums may not widen. excess corn could pressure futures, especially new crop. Oats gain with corn, selling mostly realising. cash oats demand solid, July liquidation unlikely barring big oats arrivals. A leading local expert forecasts a 1.5 billion bushel crop.
The local live stock market Saturday recorded a ten cent drop in hog prices. A single load of loose hay sold for 184 dollars per ton, reflecting market activity in farm inputs and livestock trade.
Heavy draft horses 160 to 225 dollars and eastern chunks 150 dollars. 17 hand southern horses 100 dollars. Mules 16 to 16.5 hands 200 to 275 dollars. 16 to 18 hands 200 to 228 dollars. 14 to 14.5 hands 125 dollars. Sale in St Louis.
A four member committee from the Chicago butter and egg board traveled to Washington to meet with Herbert C. Hoover the food administrator. The Chicago board is noted for handling the majority of the country’s butter and eggs.
New York June 24 opening at irregular prices on small operations the session soon showed strength across sectors led by equipment stocks and war issues. Baldwin Locomotive rose to 72% with major gains. American Locomotive up 3 points and U S Steel advancing. rails quiet though New York Central modestly higher.
CHICAGO hogs receipts 9,000, prices 14.50 to 15.90 per cwt, slow. cattle receipts 1,000, natives 8.50 to 13.80. calves 11.50 to 16.75. sheep steady with lambs 11 to 16.75. OMAHA hogs 1,200, prices 12.50 to 16.45. cattle 600, cows 8.75 to 11.50. calves 10 to 14.50. sheep receipts 11 to 16.50. KANSAS CITY hogs 700, prices 13.50 to 15.85. cattle 1,500, steer prices 9.50 to 13.60. calves 7 to 14.50. sheep 10 to 19.10.
Chicago market notes show higher creamery butter futures 33 37 and unsettled egg receipts totaling 19 007 cases with variety in firsts, seconds and packing. Potatoes lower on new receipts and prior car totals. poultry volumes mixed with roosters and hens listed. Kansas City notes butter firsts 35 cents, other dairy items steady. New York reports fluctuating butter and cheese prices with irregular fees and fresh gathered goods. Chicago and Minneapolis report flour price strength amid uneven goods.
Miss Sarah Pettis of the state university domestic science department will tour Marion county Monday through Wednesday to demonstrate modern canning methods for fruits vegetables and meats. County Agent H. T. Nielson arranged the visit with stops in Emerson Palmyra and Mt Zion. Demonstrations start 2 p.m. each day. residents are urged to bring their own produce for learning.
Creta Clark of Dallas City visits grandparents in town. Numerous residents, including Mrs. Ida De Moss and Mrs. Lucile Poling, hostesses and visitors from Plym outh, Bleadville, Augusta, Quincy, Rockford, and Macomb gather in a week of social calls and club activities. Mrs. Hulson Rainier hosts the North Side club. next meeting with Mrs. Seneca Selby. Miss Folukmer returns from Rockford College. Five Hundred club enjoyed by Mrs. Ed Greenhalgh.
Barry Illinois reports note residents visiting Ft Madison Minneapolis and Jefferson Harracks, with others returning from Texas and Texas trips. Epworth League held an ice cream social. Rev Claxon family to Roseville. teachers Dosle and Vanneman to Pacific coast. Wesley Curtis resigns highway commissioner post, W W Watson elected alderman. Obituaries for Katie McNicholl and Mrs John Eager. Wendorff family planning new dry goods store. Wike buys 160 acre farm. chautauqua preparations underway. Rev Gowdy hospitalized. Hazel Wagg marries C P Crawford. Red Cross drives big membership. an auto crash injures eight passengers but no serious injuries.
Mrs Charles Pendleton and children visit home folk in Rock Island TI. Co E Brest of Quincy spent a business visit in Golden last Tuesday Elmer T Selby and family of Camp Point visit I A Bottorff Sunday Mrs Hayes of Clayton guest of Mrs Jane Dismare Wednesday Mr and Mrs Paul Curry of Camp Point spend Sunday with John Thiig and family Belle McCord spends week with daughter red Tenhaeff Lou Babb of Clayton visits W T Sharp Wednesday H I Selby and nephew Charles Wilson visit Camp Point Monday Will Cartin of Quincy spends Sunday with C R Chinn Ben Henderson of Mobery Mo visiting Golden relatives tenth wedding anniversary celebrated at H E Selby home Sunday Rev Mr Lindeman returned from Columbus Ohio where he delivered commencement address Mason R Wallace of Clayton spent
An old advertisement urges rapid action at first sign of a cold. It claims Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey reduces phlegm and congestion, eases inflammation, and suits children, singers, and public speakers. Priced at 25 cents at the druggist.
A few days among Golden friends precede departure on Wednesday evening for Summerfield Kansas to spend two months. Carlin helped organize a trail in Roseville last Friday. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church plans its annual bank offering Sunday night with an illustrated lecture. James Baird and son John are painting the Bloomington trail and will be away several weeks into Indiana. Local women organize a Red Cross society with a meeting Sunday night at the U P church, expected to feature speakers from Quincy.
About 15,000 trucks spread across New York state with 95 percent in cities or on routes connected to the main highway from Buffalo to New York City. The distribution shows heavy reliance on the principal artery for interstate and intrastate commerce.
An advertisement touts Tescum as a rescue for drinkers and urges secret use for husbands brothers or sons. It claims no risk and notes Heidbreder Bros. sells it with a steelbound money refund guarantee at $1 per box or six for $5.00.
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