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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1919

Page

10

Grain Market Rises on Duluth Speech Despite Profit Taking

Bulls boosted corn on Julius H. Barnes remarks in Duluth but later bears gained as profit taking spread. Corn closed 2% to 3% higher with July around 1.66, Sept near 1.62. Oats mixed, provisions lifted by corn and hogs. lard hit a new high. Shipping demand and lighter receipts supported firmness. Australian wheat disease reports cited as bullish. Northwest car lots show lower Duluth Friday, Chicago car notes mixed. Stocks advanced on renewed industrial confidence amid potential rail steel settlements.

Chicago Duluth Julius H. Barnes National Commission Texas Long Commission Co Cca Lord Northwest Car Food Administration Grain Corporation

Chicago and Midwest Wheat and Corn Prices May 3

Chicago markets show May 3 readings for wheat and corn across futures and cash grades. No. 2 hard wheat trades around 2.78 to 2.85, No. 2 yellow corn near 1.68 to 1.74, with White and mixed grades cited in St Louis Kansas City and Minneapolis reports. Prices vary by grade and region, with oats also firm and spot quotes noted in New York listings.

Chicago Staldard St. Louis ST. Tanis Kansans City Kansas City Cauta Peoria Preordla Minneapolis L Northern New York

Markets in New York Mixed Receipts and Prices Broadly Steady

New York markets report mixed receipts across divisions with steady to firm tones in dairy and poultry. Butter and cheese show firmness while pork and poultry items list varied stock levels, with fresh and firsts notes for dairy, poultry, and produce. sugar and coffee futures hover with quiet firmness.

New York Contrys Seleaber Bess Trregudar Broilers Gay Eal Rts Chicagto Chicago Florida

Rye and Barley Chicago Rye No 2 PVCS LGS

A garbled note from an old page mentions rye and barley in Chicago with unclear references to rye number two, PVCS, LGS, and names like Timothy and Clover. The legibility prevents a clear event or outcome.

Chicago Hliar Bes Timothy Clover Numitiad

Farmers Bring Hay to City Market High Prices Persist

Fair weather Friday boosted business at the city hay market as farmers offered timothy hay at 31 dollars per ton for baled hay and varied prices for loose hay and straw. Three loads of loose mixed hay sold at 30 per ton, loose timothy 30, loose mixed 328, loose clover 25, baled mixed 30, yellow corn 1.60, two loads of oats 7 cents per bushel, and baled wheat straw at %. No other market changes were noted.

Local Market Prices for Hay and Milling Products

Local market reports list hay prices such as timothy and clover at 26 to 27 per ton, mixed hay 22, straw 12, and alfalfa products. Grain quotes include yellow corn 1.50 to 1.64, wheat 2.53, oats around 0.30, and various mill products sold by Knollenberg Milling Co. with bran at 2.26 per cwt and corn meal at 4.28. Hog and cattle quotations appear by weight class with prices ranging from 15 to 21 per hundred for pigs and various steers, heifers, and cows. Poultry and eggs quoted. linseed and turpentine prices listed. hides and pelts priced by grade. waxes, oils, and feeds also given for retail.

Nonollenberg Milling Company Anck Mrothera Cholea C. F. Pishop Miller & Arthur Co Hknellenverg Milling Company Omill Watchford Thlatchford Bodlen and Rogers Boles and Rogers

Economic Bright Spots Amid War Aftermath Says Duns

Duns notes brighter economic aspect with recovery in leading industries and renewed confidence. Highlights include strong weekly bank clearings at $6,179,265,548 and ongoing adjustments postwar. Mentions shifts in British post office duties affecting female workers and the broader domestic business upturn.

New York Duns

Stock Markets Rally in Reorganized Rail Shares

New York traders push heavily into reorganized or low grade rails amid a broad market surge. Major gainers include Pere Marquette and Wisconsin Central while United States Rubber leads late advances. Total volume reaches about 1.65 million shares with par value sales around 12.25 million.

New York Pere Marquette Wisconsin Central Western Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Chicago Great Western Chicago and Alton Ontario Chesapeake and Ohio Pacifics Atchison, Lackawanna Reading New York Central Corse United States Rubber General Chars Texas Pacific Land Trust

Livestock Markets Report from Chicago and St Louis

Markets show mixed cattle and hog activity with higher hog prices in Chicago and St Louis reports. Receipts include thousands of cattle hog and sheep, with top hogs around 20.60 and cattle steady to higher across regions.

St. Louis

Seed Market Toleo Report With Seed Prices

May 3 in Toledo Clover seed prime cash 26 oct 19.90. Alsike not quoted. Timothy prime cash old 5.20 new 5.20 May 5.20 Sept 38 Oct 6.75. The world production of lead pencils near 2 million year, half from American cedar. United States makes about 760,000 a year or more ten eight pencils for act of jta inhabitants.

Toleo Toledo Clover Seed Alsike Timothy United States Jta

Geophone aids mining rescue and mine mapping

The Bureau of Mines reports the geophone now aids peaceful uses beyond locating artillery fire. It detects tunnel progress from the surface, locates miners entombed by explosions, and helps map sound through various earth layers to pinpoint sources with direction accuracy. Tests near Pittsburgh show detection distances up to 1100 feet for hammer blows and over 2000 feet for naked ear benchmarks.

Washington, D. C Bureau of Mines Alan Leighton Chem‘st Bureau Pittsburg Pittsburgh Bruceton Mac Mack

North Little Rock mayor finds city treasury at eleven dollars

Dr WM Burns announced at day end that North Little Rock’s city treasury held only 11.25 dollars. The oil council had approved bills totaling 3000 dollars before adjourning, while the ex mayor departed for Hot Springs.

North Little Rock Ark WM. Burns Oil Council Hot Springs

Detroit Man Claims He Is Oldest Active Barber

Daniel Casterton of Detroit, aged eighty six, asserts he is the oldest active barber in the world, citing decades of shop work and steady client base as proof of his lasting craft.

Daniel Casterton Detroit

Before The Advent Of Woman's Gladness

Women who know take precautions against suffering as pregnancy approaches. Mother's Friend, a long trusted remedy, is described as a safe external oil to ease nausea nervousness and cramps by relaxing abdominal muscles before childbirth. The ad invites readers to request a booklet from Bradfield Regulator Company and obtain a bottle from a druggist.

Mather Bradfield Regulator Company Dept. A Lamar Georgia

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