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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
10
Cash corn weak as futures slide on Argentine and domestic demand softness. Oats fall with corn, government stock moves and rail funding uncertainty weigh on market. Provisions open strong, close weak. stocks rise, rails lag behind overall trend.
The local market rose again with a 10 cent per cwt advance on hogs. No other major changes. market quiet as farmers offer little hay and grain. Four loads traded with quick sales. baled clover hay $25 per ton, yellow corn $1.50, baled wheat straw 8, oats 60 cents per bushel.
Knollenberg Milling quotes for hay and grain mark varied prices including Wheat No 1 at 2.38 and several hay types from 19 to 26 per cwt. corn and oats straw priced up to 1.50. hogs and cattle quotes range with Choicest hogs 18.60 to 18.50, fat cattle 6 to 7. poultry and other farm products listed with diverse prices. hides and mill products cited from Bolles Rogers and Wooll enberg Milling Company summaries.
Market notes across New York and Kansas City show poultry and butter firmer with varying class prices. New York receipts rising with firsts and extras, while Midwest reports from St Louis and Chicago reflect steady to higher butter and poultry values and mixed potato quotes for late March.
New York stocks closed higher as transports lagged while steels, equipment and copper led gains. General Motors jumped about 6 points amid short-covering, with U S Steel up around 2 percent and Canadian Pacific posting a 3.25 point rise on strong earnings. Volume reached 875,000 shares with total sales near 12.78 million dollars.
St. Tàuis records hogs and cattle with mixed prices and steady to higher tone. Kansas City, St Louis, and Indianapolis show varying hog, cattle, and sheep receipts with specific price ranges and estimated totals for the day.
Bradstreet notes broader purchasing in wholesale and retail sectors with signs of good moisture and winter wheat conditions. Early seedings underway in the northwest. Increased activity in lumber and construction materials precedes navigation on the Great Lakes. Unemployment totals show a slight decline. Weekly bank clearings reach 6.98 billion dollars.
Zagreb. February 23. Herbert Corey reports on Jugo-Slavia under Austria-Hungary, detailing brutal repression, mass executions, and the harsh regime that kept seven million Slavs in bondage. He cites police state tactics, drumhead trials, and widespread fear, contrasting with loyalty to the Entente among Serbs and Montenegrins.
Mr and Mrs A Kelly and Mr and Mrs Geog Lanham visited with Mr and Mrs Henry Sofmeister Sunday Elza Predmore arrived home Sunday from Camp Taylor A large crowd attended the entertainment and pie supper given by the Standard Hearers Saturday night Mr and Mrs J FL Kelly and daughter Bernice and Mr and Mrs Russell Waters and son Delbert visited Mr and Mrs Charley Hall and family Sunday G A Hendricks was a Payson visitor Sunday and Saturday Mrs Wm Funk visited Mr and Mrs O Havird of Barry Monday Mr and Mrs Kay Moore and daughter Dorothy spent Sunday with Ray s parents Mr and Mrs J D Moore Wim Kellum was a Beverly visitor Monday Mr and Mrs Harry Hayes Lucy Test and Marty Bogan spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank Pierce CG T Sthert who lives southwest of Beverly has sold his farm to Mr Lynn Mr and Mrs G A Hendricks and Mrs Wing Nelson were Quincy visitors June Pinkston spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J Elmore of Wings Lon Test and Hayes went to Barry Tuesday
The Missionary ladies of the Baptist church met at Mrs Julia Ferris home in Carthage to celebrate her 83rd birthday anniversary. The event, annual for years, honors Mrs Ferris with a birthday offering from each member. Friends wish her many returns of the occasion. Mr and Mrs Fred E Harnest spent the weekend with daughter Mrs Chas Runyon in Bushnell, traveling by auto.
Paris reports say the German national assembly will form a high court to try former Emperor William and former Crown Prince Frederick William. Former Foreign Minister Zimmermann is also to be presented before the court.
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