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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1920
Page
3
A nostalgic riff on progress and tradition contrasts horses and elephants with automobiles. It recalls a time when a messenger warned to hold the horses as the circus animals arrived, imagining a bareback carless future in the ring.
Chicago May grain notes a unsettled session with corn prices generally lower amid improved weather. Oats rise on plentiful supply while cash grain records high oat meal at 90 a ton. Provisions weaken due to May deliveries and bearish warehouse data. Market activity shows limited selling and some late-day resilience. Industry notes include mixed futures, railroad and shipment data from Minneapolis, Duluth and Winnipeg with weekend adjustments.
Wheat and corn prices move in narrow ranges in Minneapolis St Louis Kansas City and Chicago trading rings. Oats and barley hold near prior levels while soft red winter bids ease in some markets. Cattle hogs and sheep show varied shifts with steers and hogs near steady to firm across major centers.
Circus talk and local daredevil antics fill the page as residents watch a goose trained to drop corn and a car stunt craze on Hampshire street. Observers cheer as Fred Smith and Clark the well digger perform risky demonstrations while Bishop Fawcett and others are waved at from both sides.
In a lively local feature, George Thompson dashes to Newcomb while Judge Epler leads ahead. Paul Cobbey ponders joining the overall club as Pete Pinkelmann faces a leaky tire. Skinny Ridge pairs with Judge Reardon, and George Malone squeezes an eight foot car through a seven foot opening. Leo Demers and Hank Rundle stage a bus start with ether.
Prices paid for hay and grain from Milling Company and Market Set. Yellow corn at 1.56 to 1.64, Clover hay 23 to 28, Baled timothy 20 to 37, Alfalfa 32, Loose straw 1.50, Oats 1.06, Wheat 2.75, hogs priced by weight bands from 120 to 300 pounds, various feeds and byproducts listed, hides and byproducts market notes with prices and market conditions.
New York reports butter prices steady to higher with creamery at 64 to 65 cents for extras, 64 to 64 and 88 to 91 scores for packed stock. Irregular eyes dirt: 17 651 cases with various prices for extra firsts and firsts. Cheese prices show $9 boxes and milk flats, with whites and colored flats in the 30s to 40s cent range. Chicago notes butter lower at 16 11/4 cents, eggs unchanged at 40,147 cases, poultry unchanged. Potatoes steady with northern white sacks and bulk around 7 dollars. New York mercantile exchange shows currency rates and golds. Toledo seeds list lower cash prices for seeds and Timothy and Alsike primes with May and December futures.
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