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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1917
Page
10
Corn climbed to the highest price on record in Chicago on Friday with May delivery at 1.05 to 1.06 and July at 1.06. Gains spread to wheat and oats as export activity and North American shipment advances spurred demand. Provisions rose as packer activity boosted values. Total clearances included wheat 446000, corn 288000.
Grain prices in St Louis Chicago Kansas City Peoria and Minneapolis show varied bids for Wheat Corn and Oats across multiple grades and yellow white and mixed categories. Notable figures include No 2 red wheat around 2.02 at St Louis and 1.08% in Chicago with corn hovering near 1.00 to 1.03 per bushel depending on grade and city.
Local markets report listing hay and grain prices, milling products, and animal prices. Includes No. 2 wheat at 1.76 per bushel, corn at 1.00, oats at 0.66, baled straw 0.36, baled hay 11.13, alfalfa 24, floss fodder 3.00, various seeds, and milling goods with city flour patent prices. Hog and pig prices by shipment origin, wagon loads and by weight, plus local butcher quotes, poultry, eggs, butter, dressed poultry, hides, and farm animal values. (Names of firms and station references present. prices and items dense throughout.)
Louis March 8 report shows extreme low price and dull interest for hay and straw. Clover and alfalfa scarce with best prices in demand. mixed hay 14 to 16 dollars. timothy 14 to 17.60. clover 14.50 to 17.50. straw bid at 11.60 for standard. oats 0.10. wheat 8 to 9.60.
Bradstreet's Report from New York on March 3 notes trade and industry at active levels but restrained by low prices embargoes and a tense political climate. It reports robust consumer and road orders for spring, with factory and rail activity hampered by raw material and fuel limits, while weekly bank clearings total 6.391 billion dollars.
Hog prices rose ten cents on the local live stock market Friday as twenty five farmers attended the city market. Hay loads sold at 11.50 and 12 per ton, baled straw at 6.50 to 7, oats at 0.60 a bushel, and corn at 1.12 to 1.20 a bushel with multiple loads each.
Kansas City hogs and cattle receipts show mixed ranges with hogs at about 18.20 to 18.50 for typical weights and pigs around 10 to 12.25, cattle receipts near 800 with mixed steer and heifer values, sheep receipts about 1,090 with lambs around 14.35 and yearlings near 12.75 to 13.25, while St Louis and Omaha report higher cattle and hog values and steady sheep markets with lambs near 14.60, and Chicago notes strong hogs with bulk around 13.36 and cattle receipts around 2,000 with steady beef cattle prices.
Wall Street gained renewed confidence from Washington events and armament measures. Bethlehem Steel rose with new stock rights and the old stock higher, while total sales reached 436,000 shares. Bond and currency markets showed weakness and uneven movement amid ongoing policy signals.
Quincy bank clearings for Friday are reported by the Quincy Clearing House Association. The figure compares to the same day last week at 195,664 and the same day year ago at 376,687, with the current total noted as 195,664.
Weather notes show snow in drought prone Kansas and dry Texas, with winter kill risks in Kentucky and Tennessee. Mement Curtis & Co places total grain in mills and reserves at 259 million bushels while export carryover sits near 66 million. December corn sales hit season highs and Chicago hogs reached a top of 18.65. Belgian relief buyers reportedly purchased a million bushels, unconfirmed.
Barrett writes that wheat eased on moisture in the southwest though demand stayed firm and July futures look high. He notes corn strength on short covers and some cancellations by exporters but price impact was limited. Oats remain firm as trade activity improves.
Carthage March 3 over 800 teachers registered at the county superintendent lFarls office to attend the Hancock County Teachers association institute opening Thursday. The spring program drew praise as the most successful yet with music from Carthage and nearby schools and lectures on gymnas tics non vocational education and related school topics. New court cases filed for March term include actions against The Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad Co damages 300 against Fred Moore 1600 and several divorces and property matters involving Estella M Walters David Manning George Evans Edward Davis Jr and others.
Long Commission Co. reports wheat prices remain elevated despite theory that high costs curb consumption. Food supply conditions suggest continued strong export demand and scarce carryover, with wheat, corn, oats, and flour prices pushing higher amid ample money and work. Hogs stay firm and foreign inquiries for corn rise.
Chicago notes rye and barley values with No. 3 nou. nal and opt. 2s prices. Clover seed shows prime cash and March bids around 11.50 to 12, with Timothy at 2.55 for prime cash and March. Toledo reports Clover seed at 11.50 to 11.80 and Timothy at 2.55 for prime cash and March.
Market chatter shows creamery prices and fractions, with 41 percent and 42e notes. References to firsts and seconds in cheese and butter, species like hens and browns, amid a Chicago report of butter declines and poultry steady levels.
An itemized sale listing shows multiple horse and mule lots with prices. Entries include FAST ST TAOUITS, heavy draft horses, Eastern chunks, Geis, Kovd southerns, Fargeles, and mules with prices ranging around 60 to 170 dollars per head. Details are terse and use older currency notation.
Public sale notices list multiple sales in March across counties. Listings include buyers and positions such as Burkhardt six miles west of Packing, Strong six miles east of Rushville, Mcavery near LaGrange, William Mittlbergs near Fowler, and Graham Prast near Dover, with dates and locations noted.
A fund of nearly $60,000 on deposit in Kansas City banks under custody of the governor has gone unclaimed by a thousand Spanish American War veterans scattered worldwide. Some may be dead, others unreachable. Former Gov. Major plans to transfer trusteeship to Gov. Gardner when he can receive it. Gardner has been informed but pressed by legislative work.
Jefferson City March 3 The senate engrossed a resolution submitting to voters in November 1918 a constitutional amendment for prohibition after nearly three hours of acrimonious debate aimed at settling personal pride of Carter or Buford.
Jefferson City March 3 The constitutional convention bill was reported to the senate Friday morning by Senator Goodson of Macon with a recommendation to pass It has slept in committee since Jan 19 If reported promptly it could have become a law by today
Green City residents welcomed relatives and visitors from Kansas City Rexburg Idaho Oklahoma and Colorado. Notables included Mr A B G Jones visiting his hospitalised son Clarence in Kansas City and Tess J Comstock now of Rexburg Idaho calling on old friends. Funeral guest Floyd Kleine attended in Kansas City while Mrs Floyd Springer died and was brought home for interment.
Miss Gladess Moore of Hannibal visits her mother Mrs Polly Holeman. Andrew Frick and son Oliver spend time with sister Mrs Henry Photas who plans a California trip. Mrs Sadie Whitress and two sons visit Callie Quincy. Edna Wagg leaves for Kansas due to husband’s appendicitis. Willie Cook of Hannibal stays with Dell Holeman. Lyda Moore slowly improving. Charlie Wall, recently at Blessing hospital, returns home, fractured skull healing. Carl Ewan visits Gem City. Alea Prrown ill. Dr Davidson called for Mrs Bwood of Pierson. Cathie Quinney moves to Teverly to live with daughter Mrs Sadie Gratotin. Jesse Oitiker of Plainville calls, Wilby Oither relocated town site to his farm Monday. Lyda Moore visit noted again.
An old advertisement urges readers to cut out the coupon and mail it to Foley & Co in Chicago for a trial package of various patent medicines including Foley's Hades and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, cathartic pills, and other remedies promising relief from colds, backache, constipation, and sluggish bowels. The misspelled text and scrambled brand names reflect vintage mail order fraud style.
Secretary of Agriculture D F Houston warns against hysteria over high food prices. He notes lack of complete data on causes, urges prompt federal investigation by Congress to study distribution and pricing, and emphasizes need for food conservation and waste reduction. He compares Europe’s wartime nutrition strategies and discusses farmer psychology, production, and the 1916 harvest outlook.
Mrs Ray Adair and her mother shopped in Quincy this week Gail Luess of Moberly Missouri visited Clayton friends William Syrkel is now a bridge carpenter on the Wabash Willam Sehmiedenkamp of Quincy spent Sunday in Clayton Louis Stiffey and family plan to move to LaGrange Me for a new job Mrs Lennie Wilson has returned home after medical treatment in Quincy Curry Campbell has moved to Bridgeport Connecticut to work with a large horse dealer The Cotpitt school box supper drew a great crowd with receipts of about 50 The Civic League will present In the Land of Cotton on March 9 at the Pastime theater proceeds go to the school Detra Commandery Koisht Temrar and econ advanced the Red Cross degree for 8 candidates last Monday
The American freight steamer Rochester arrived from New York and anchored off Orteans street at 1:55 a.m. after the current tide freed her from a sandbank near the Gironde river. Both crews and officers from British, French, and American vessels were invited to a gala theater performance and a luncheon hosted by the city.
In the Senate the neutrality bill move was followed by closure on the naval bill and a 3 pm vote on the naval appropriation. Senator Watson introduced universal military service, sent to military committee, naval debate resumes, and the post office appropriation conference report passes and heads to the president. In the House, judges retirement and general deficiency bills are discussed as sessions extend into the evening.
London dispatch reports Lieut. Gen. Jan Christian Smuts, former commander of British forces in German East Africa and a member of the South African cabinet, has been made a privy councilor in a recent promotion. The move elevates the South African leader in British imperial affairs.
An old advertisement warns that neglected colds worsen and cause serious chest ailments. It promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey Saas as a soothing remedy with antiseptic properties to ease irritation and aid breathing, suitable for croup and bronchial infections. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
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