Price Fixing Talk Sends Wheat Down
Chicago market reacts to rumors the U.S. government may fix 1917 domestic wheat prices. Quotations ease with September at 2.05 and 1.83, while corn rises on entente demand and drought relief signals. Embargo talk and supply shifts influence prices, with oats and pork also moving amid cautious buying and packer activity.
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Chicago
United States
Kansas
Seaboard
Long Commission Co
Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Local Market Prices for Hay Grain and Livestock
Market listings show No 2 wheat at 2.38 per bushel, corn 1.50 to 1.70, oats 69 to 70, bale hay 20, straw 9, alfalfa 47, milling goods from Knollenberg include high patent flour 13.60, hard wheat flour 13.60, 13.80, graham 1.80 per cwt, bran 1.76, corn meal 3.90, lard meal and other feeds priced. Hog prices vary by weight with bids from C I & Q stock yards and Lecnat Butchers, poultry and hides quoted, plus butter and dairy feeds.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
H. P
Misaskaippi River
Lecnat
Anck Brothers
Davis and Cleaver Co
Bolles & Rogers
Grain Market Quotes Across Cities
Grain prices across Chicago Kansas City St Louis Peoria and Minneapolis show mixed futures for wheat corn and oats. Notable figures include Chicago No 2 red wheat at 2.08 to 2.37, corn No 2 mixed around 1.67 to 1.72, St Louis wheat around 2.35 to 2.50, and Minneapolis wheat cash at 2.40 to 2.55 with corn near 1.67 to 1.68.
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Chicago
Jung
Stendard
Kanars Ciiry
Kansas City
St. Louia
BT. Louis
Peoria
Minneapoli
Minneapolis
Northern
New York
Hay and Straw Prices and Market Tone Report
St Louis market notes show demand fair and surplus largely cleared on track. Clover and alfalfa scarce with steady inquiries. prices list for clover 16.50 to 19.60, timothy 16 to 19.50, alfalfa 19 to 23.50. straw around 9. Prices also listed for Chicago hay and straw receipts with No. 1 at 18.50 to 20.50 and straw figures around 218 for rye and oats and wheat at 10 to 11.
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St. Louis
Timothy
Bicng
Chicago
Sue
Penn
Horses and Mules Bid Prices St Louis Ad
In St Louis Eastern set of horses listed at 150 dollars with various draft and saddle horses priced from 1060 to 275 dollars. Descriptions include heights from 14 to 16 hands and 16 to 16 1/2 hands with prices noted.
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ST. Louis
Corn Rebounds After Weak Start in Daily Market Letter
Long Commission Co reports corn turned strong after a weak opening, rising about 3 cents per bushel and closing near day’s best. Local shippers competed for receipts as cash premiums stay firm, while farmers face six weeks of work limiting market activity. Oats demand stays solid from export interests, July delivery strong, later deliveries react, and general feed crop prospects offset bullish cash pressure.
Hog prices steady in local market report
Hog prices remained steady on the local live market Wednesday. A load of loose hay brought to the city lot sold for 20 dollars a ton.
Seed seed products and cure ad from Chicago and Toledo
Seed prices for Clover Alsike Timothy and other grains listed from Chicago and Toledo with June 28 pricing. An advertisement urges early treatment of colds and promotes Dr King’s New Discovery at 50c and $1.00.
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Toledo
Alsike
Timothy
Stock Gains Lost In Closing Hour
New York June 28 The stock market showed conflicting influences with early gains fading in the final hour. High priced specialties and industrials were mixed with declines in Ohio Gas and Studebaker despite dividend chatter. Total sales reached 1,025,000 shares with Reading and several rail issues showing strength before late losses.
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New York
Studebaker
Ohio Gas
Sinclair
Steel
Bethlehem Steel New Stock
Lackawanna and
Crucible
Superior Steel
Colorado
Pittsburgh
Reading
Loco
Atchison
Wee
Cate Eal Et Oye C
N. W
Nor
Lehigh
N._Y
N.Y
N.handh
Nor. Pac
Penn
Peoples
Union Pac
M. K
U. S
West
Union
Willys-Over
U.S
GU. S
UU. S
Panama
Live stock market quotations from St Louis to Kansas City
Hogs and cattle receipts across major markets on June 28 show mixed price movement. In St Louis, receipts total about 9,000 hogs and 7,500 cattle with varying declines and firmness. Chicago and Omaha report heavier volumes and softer ranges, while Kansas City lists strong hog and cattle offerings with modest declines noted for hogs and steady cattle. Prices cover heavy, mixed, and light hogs, native beef and stocker cattle, calves, lambs, and sheep with multiple price bands.
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St. Louia
S&t
Chicago
Omaha
Omatia
Krogue City
Kansas City
Markets CHICAGO June 28 Butter Creamery and Poultry Prices
Markets from Chicago New York and Kansas City show butter and creamery prices steady to higher with receipts totaling 15 409 cases in Chicago and 39 123 in New York. Potatoes receipts reach 60 cars from Arkansas Oklahoma and California prices range 2 50 to 3 50. Live and dressed poultry show declines and firm notes, with various fowl and turkey prices cited. Kansas City reports butter creamery at 34 to 86 percent with packing at 30 percent. New sugar and coffee markets in New York listed firm with current quotes. Santos coffee at 10 and 9 half percent riots noted.
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Chicago
Arkansas
Oklahoma
California
New York
Hkansies City
Kansas City
New York Sugar
New York Coffee
Santos
Daylight Saving Bill Passes Senate and Moves to House
The daylight saving bill, amended to begin next year, passed the Senate without discussion and is sent to the House. It would set clocks forward one hour from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in September.
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Washington
Senate
House
Morgan Dies as Dropsy Claimed Life in Carthage
Mrs. Henry Morgan aged 49 died at home in Carthage after months of dropsy. Survived by husband Henry Morgan and two daughters Lucille and Lillian, with three sisters. Funeral Thursday at 2:30 p.m. from home. Rev. E. M. Smith officiating. Moss Ridge cemetery burial. Andrew J. Moore dies at 79 in Ferris, aged 79 years 4 months. funeral in Ferris M. P. church Thursday at 10 a.m.. burial Moss Ridge cemetery. Others note Moore family ties and local church memberships.
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Carthage
Henry Morgan
Pie Metbndick Church
Lucille
Lillian
C. D. Manlove
Chicago
J. B. Elder
Basco
John Shanahan
E. M. Smith
Moss Ridge
Hancock
Andrew J. Moore
Lizzie Abbott
Ferris
Mr. Moore
Uniontown
Fayette County
Adaline Brotherton
Ohio
C. C. Moore
S. H. Moore
Hamilton
Ivan Moore
Burnside
Samuel Moore
James Moore
Macomb
W. H. Moore
Sallie M. Fike
Lizzie Moore
Moore
Baptist Church
M. P. Church of
M. P
J. J. Wallace
Moss Ridge Cemetery
M. E. Monroe
Harry Bell
James
Summitville
Iowa
A. N. McKee
Bulgaria urged to sever ties with United States in Copenhagen report
June 28 report from Copenhagen says Germany pressures Bulgaria to cut relations with the United States. Bulgarian officials and public oppose a rupture, with only a potential shift if American troops appear in Saloniki.
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Copenhagen
Germany
Bulgaria
United States
Saloniki
Rivers Bill Passed by House in Rivers and Harbors Vote
Washington June 28 The rivers and harbors appropriation bill totaling 26 million dollars cleared the house with a 205 to 132 vote. The measure allocates funds for navigation dredging harbor improvements and river works nationwide.
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Washington
House
Life in the trenches of the Foreign Legion explored
Captain Charles Sweeny describes daily life in World War I trenches. He details monotony, vermin, mud, cold, hunger, and the soldier’s rough routines. Sentinels guard for two hours, then rest in dugouts as artillery peeks and No Man's Land monitors unfold.
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Charles Sweeny
The
Foreign Legion
No Man's Land
d’Armes
Malicious Rumor Officially Denied in Red Cross Letter
Baltimore dispatch reports Cardinal Gibbons secured a clarifying letter from Elliott Wadsworth, acting chairman of the American Red Cross in Washington. The missive states nursing sisterhoods may wear their official dress while serving and that the Red Cross does not bar them for any dress or other reason, addressing circulating rumors.
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American Red Cross
Baltimore
Catholic Church
Cardinal Gibbons
Red Cross
Elliott Wadsworth
Washington, D. C
French pugilist Carpentier to visit America this summer
New York June 28 Georges Carpentier famed French army aviator and light heavyweight boxer will visit America in coming weeks promoter R C Kiegin says Carpentier will not accept engagements to fight during the stay but plans to observe American boxing and arrange possible bouts later
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New York
Georges Carpentier
America
R. C. Kiegin
France
Carpentier
Illinois State Bank of Quincy Official Publication Statement
The document presents a financial statement for Illinois State Bank of Quincy with listed liabilities and totals including 422,375.00 and 320,850.00. WM. RUPP JR as President swears the figures are true to the best knowledge, subscribed before Notary J. Butzrubben on June 37, 1917 in Adams County Illinois.
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Illinois State Bank OF
Quincy
State of Tlinois
State of Ilinois
Wm, Rupp, Jr
WM. Rupp, JR
State OF Illinois
Boxer Arrives to Aid French Flying Corps Recruitment
A visiting American boxer will limit his activities to assisting recruitment for the French army flying corps, while in the country.
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Army Flying Corps
Riots Over Food Devastate Gothenburg Area
In Gothenburg Sweden on June 28 residents report food riots in Stettin left several people dead. The unrest began June 17 as rumors of exports spurred a female‑led mob to plunder shops and damage windows. Machine gun detachments guarded centers as work slowly resumed by June 30.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Stettin
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