May Wheat Rises to 2 80 a Bushel in Chicago Market
Chicago May wheat hit 2.80 per bushel as heavy buying and supply concerns drove prices higher. July wheat followed to 2.25 and beyond with corn and oats also advancing, while provisions fell. Market notes record highs for May options and contract wheat for immediate delivery, amid supply fears and wartime rumors.
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Chilcago
Winnipeg
Dca
Chicago
Long Commission Co
Mayo
Awoae
Dank
Fateu AL
Ee eThee Northwest
Grain Market Snapshot with Wheat and Corn Prices
Grain markets across New York and Kansas City report mixed wheat prices with No. 2 hard and No. 2 red varying near 2.90 to 3.00 per bushel. Corn shows No. 2 yellow around 1.38 to 1.52, with white varieties near 2.0 to 2.1. Price ranges reflect regional bids and futures activity in Minneapolis and Chicago.
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Ehicero
Wheateo
Tae
Tye
Ile
Loula
ST. Ra Is
Thay Tate
Hansan City
Kansas
Grain quotes from New York market report
New York May 4 Wheat Spot strong for No 2 hard at 3.20, No 1 northern Minnesota at 2.94, Manitoba 93.16 percent all nominal f o b New York to arrive. Corn Spot strong No 2 yellow 1.74, Oats Spot easy standard 77-78 cents.
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New York
Duluth
Gossip on the Board of Trade in Minneapolis Wheat and flour output rise
Minneapolis mills boosted flour output by 14 100 barrels to 451 685 last week from 380 775 a year earlier with all mills operating and expected similar this week. Argentina reports favorable weather and a large wheat oats planting, corn harvest slow and movement moderate.
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BE. Lowilta & Co
Minneapolis
Broomhall
Argentina
Wheat market diary shows erratic May trading in Chicago
Wheat prices rose then fell as buyers and sellers moved early trading in Chicago on May 4. Lower grades to be delivered on May contracts at discounts may ease May con siderations while a potential bumper spring crop looms. Cereal markets show weakness in corn and oats, with shipping constraints and large old stocks keeping prices firm yet vulnerable. Provisions hold steady amid cautious demand and favorable weather boosts crop outlook.
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Chicago
Phoris
Winnipey
Owe
Cera
Ciura
Furst
Chicas
Barrett's Letter Wheat and Market Wrap Chicago May 4
Wheat opened strong with good demand and several buyers, but activity remained uneven. Wine Winnipeg led gains reaching 2.28 with support from positive market tone. Shorts held fair bids as overall sentiment improved. corn followed firmer with wheat, while oats stayed dull in quiet trade.
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E. Lowiltz & Co
Chicago
Livestock Market Prices From Major Midwestern Cities
Chicago and Kansas City markets report hog and cattle receipts with price ranges. Hogs steady to higher across weights. cattle receipts and prices show steady to stronger trends, with calves, stockers, and feeders noted. Also notes St Louis and Omaha data with similar movements and lambs showing price strength.
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Chicago
Aun
Strong
Weberg
Kananas City
Skansas City
Belower
Hulk
Ilgit
Piwa
Selva
St. Louls
ST. 1Atis
Maka
Omaha
Weary
Hnnes
Webbers
Market Slides On High Grade Securities Liquidation
New York May 4 stock market shows ongoing liquidation of high grade securities. Despite less frenzied features than prior reversals, selling gains momentum aided by short interest targeting leaders like U S Steel. Canadian Pacific Reading and other majors drop 2 to 6 points. U S Steel closes at 114 1143 down. Call money rises to 4 percent. Total sales 925000 shares. Bond markets weak with Paris and Anglo French declines.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Ratis
Canadian Pacific
Reading
Louisville
Nashville
Chicago
Northwestern
New York Central
St. Paul
Norfolk and Western
Paris
United States
Eee
Local Markets Hay Grain Prices And Farm Supplies
Prices paid for hay and grain including wheat at 2.85, corn 1.50, oats 0.70, straw 0.87, hay bids, alfalfa, millet seed, and milling products with varying flour types. Hog and cattle quotes from C B Q stock yards, hatchery and poultry prices, hides values, and miscellaneous farm goods prices. Distinct entities include Knollenberg Milling, Davis and Cleaver Co, Anck Brothers, Belles & Rogers, and C B Q stock yards.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
H. P
Mississippi River
Anck Brothers
Quincy Bank Clearing Report For Thursday Totals
Quincy Clearing Association reports Thursday bank clearings with 158 352 on same day last week and 145 895 for the same day last year. The figures reflect activity from the Quincy area banks and show year over year change in daily clearings.
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Quincey Bank Clearings
Quincy Clearing To Use Association
May 4 Market Reports From Kanana City and New York
Market bulletins show unchanged poultry and butter in Kanana City and St Louis with mixed potato and egg notes. New York reports firmer butter with higher creamery prices and varied fresh and storage egg and poultry quotes. raw sugar and coffee also listed with quiet activity.
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Kanana City
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
ST Lois
New York
Santos
Seed Market Prices and Varieties Listed
Toledo Ohio May 4 Clover seed ripe at 10.70 cash, October 13.45 December. Alsike prime cash 11.36. Timothy prime cash 3.60 September. Rye not available, Barley 1.26 to 1.65. Timothy 6 and 7.50. Clover 12 and .17.
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Chicago
Timothy
Toledo
Horses and Mules Market Listing East St Louis
Eastern market details for heavy draft horses and mules with price ranges. Lists extra heavy drafts at 9190 270, good southerns at 135 to 150, and mules by height bands from 14 to 16% hands priced 50 to 270. Includes several price points across categories.
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East
Louvis
Local Notices From Richfield Area Gather Week’s Visitor Calls
Richfield Illinois brief appears with names of residents visiting relatives and neighbors at Liberty Payson and Barry. Reports mention improving health of Dale Diker and Alvin Hartshorn updating a new house, plus several callers including Miss Florence Wagy and Miss Thelma Holeman.
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Miver Buffington
Wingston
J. WW. Rice
Quincey
Ethel Rice
Colorado Springs
J. Ll. Rice
George Morgan
Iate
Dlainville
Cleveland
Tate
Colorado
Dr. Davidson
Kingston
Dale Diker
Fred Lease
Arvilla Plick
Barry Hlinh
OH. Wisther
Hilda
Clarenee Campbell
Henry Schwartz
Payson
Gladys Moore
Trannibal
Otis Gallaher
Albert Brown
Q. N. Redman
Barry
S. Kennedy
Liberty
Nelilse Sehmalshof
Tlaze Wagy
Wred, Diker
Bfy
A. J. Moore
Florence Wagy
Plainville
Thelma Holeman
Lydia Moore
Alvin Tlartshorn
Market Lot Prices Show No Slump In Prices
Local live stock market reports show steady prices with 16 farmers in the city lot. Three loads of corn sold at 1.55 and 1.60 dollars per bushel, oats 71 cents per bushel on two loads, hay trades at 21 dollars per ton for loose hay, 18 and 20 dollars per ton for baled hay, and straw sold at 7 and 8 dollars per ton on several loads.
Hay Market Report From St Louis and Chicago
In St Louis and Chicago markets hay and grain notes show mixed prices and limited receipts. Timothy and alfalfa values appear around $20 to $28 per unit with straw scarce yet steady near $7.50. Chicago reports 606 tons received, 288 shipped, with corn and wheat prices around $8.50.
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St. Louis
Timothy
Dutch Ships Bring Bread and Fodder to Holland
Amsterdam reports the arrival of fourteen Dutch ships from England to Holland amid joy. About a dozen vessels traveled from New York and Baltimore carrying badly needed bread grain and fodder totaling roughly 60 000 tons.
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Amsterdam
London
Holland
England
New York
Baltimore
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Muscle Relief
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as fast relief for strains, soreness, and all external pains. It claims easy application, deep penetration, non staining, and 25 cent price, suitable for rheumatism gout lumbago backache and bruises.
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Sloan
Double Loss as Tucker Family Mourns in Carthage
Mothers of Mr and Mrs Lee Tucker of Carthage die at the same house on Wednesday in a tragedy that leaves the Tucker family bereaved.
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Lee Tucker
Carthage
Old Hancock settlers mourn two respected Carthage citizens
May 4 report notes the deaths of Mrs. Sarah Catharine Stockton and Eva Martha Tucker near Carthage. Stockton, 77, died at her daughter’s Fayette street home after a long illness with dropsy. Surviving children include Arthur, Elizabeth, Wilbur, James, Clara, and Fred. Funeral Friday at 10 a.m. Moss Ridge Cemetery. Tucker, 37, died after a paralytic stroke at home, leaving a large family including 12 children and numerous descendants. Burial at Harmony Cemetery after services at Middle Creek Baptist Church.
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Lee Tucker
Glenn Huey
Sarah Catharine Stockton
Fayette Street
Stockton
Bear Creek
Taylor County
Iowa
Basco
Ida May
Wilbur
Tucker
Arthur
Elizabeth Tucker
James
Clara Saunders
Cottonwood
Cal
Fred
Keokuk
Nuise
Arthur Jones
Near Carthage
Amos Smith
St. Louis
Ffriday
Moss Lidge
Methodist
Eva Mar
Isaac
Trainer Preston
Clark
Virginia
Hfe
Benjamin FL Tucker
Martha
Agnes EF. Earl
Biesma Wy
Elizabeth Taomer McPhe
William Tsaac
Tighton
Kan
James Franklin
Bland
Middle Creek
Miss Gouda Carr Visits La Belle for Dental Work
Local notes detail visits by Miss Gouda Carr of Ewing and others to La Belle for dental care and family visits. Selden Thomson’s death in Bay City Texas is noted along with funeral arrangements in La Belle.
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Gouda Carr
Ewing
Geraldine Thompson
Calanivia
Selden
Bay City
Texas
Nancy Anderson
Near Edina
Edna Roberta
Tom Prancis
Miss Para
Rutledge
Port Hall
Quincey
Henry Kramer
Maywood
J. T
Kirksville
Johnn Mecutehem
Hannibal
Lula MeCutehem
John le Haldeman
Westminster College
Fulton
Selden Thomson
Tesans
la Belle
Tada Thompson
Vera
Lees
Pines
Weleck
GC. Kell
Buffal Im Labelle
Lyon Anderson
Missouri University
Joe T Lovegreen
Quincy
Pearl
Charles Brown
Edina
Joe Love- Breen
James Wilson
Monticello
Lukelle
Munitions Facilities Ample Warned for Future Use
Berlin report states the war office warns factory owners not to convert existing plants into munitions works or to build new ones. Facilities now at the government’s disposal are regarded as adequate for the indefinite future, and the public is advised to avoid establishing additional munitions facilities.
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Berlin
Munitions Department of the
War Office
Whigs Recruiting Station Opens for Farm Work Wants
The Whig inaugurates a recruiting station for farm labor inviting farmers to state their needs and workers to register free by visiting The Whig or mailing details. Registrants should provide name experience age address and marital status. Names listed include F. M. Camp 1028 Vine St Quincy Tom Harrison 23 married seeking farming work excluding dairy B G Wright Jr 22 single lifelong on farm Nelsonville Mo and William Sieckman 1224 N Fourth St Quincy all seeking farm positions.
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Whig
Ile
F. M. Camp
Vine Street
Quinsey
Tom Harrison
G. Wright, Jr
Nelsonville
William Sieckman
North Fourth Street
Quincey
Soldiers and Sailors Home Staff Changes
Sergeant Beard of cottage 14 is on furlough and Mr Shutt, former sergeant of cottage 18, will take his place. Mrs Shannon, wife of Sergeant Shannon of cottage 10, left on pass to visit children in Peoria and will seek a specialist for a neck growth. Mrs Lucy Harness of cottage 6, ill recently, is improving and sits up part of each day. Mr Bogous, station agent at the home depot, resigns but will remain in the home until his successor is named.
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Sergeant Beard
Cottage
Shutt
Shannon
Peoria
Lucy Harness
Bogous
Keokuk Man Kills Wife Then Takes Own Life
In Keokuk on May 4 Din Mer ritt SG, in a disturbed state, assaulted his wife with a hatchet at their home while his two children witnessed. He fled, then returned and fatally wounded himself, dying from an unclear self-inflicted wound. Mer ria, reportedly in a hospital, is connected to the incident.
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Keokur
Ciidren
Din Merritt
Mis Merria
Famey Treu
Women Underwriters Fear Lloyds Strike Over War Labor
London May 4 Underwriters at Lloyds faced talk of a strike after the Military Tribunal proposed assigning women workers to replace men fit for service. Edward E. Nicholls of the directing committee criticized the plan, saying women cannot replace seasoned floor staff and warning that ship insurance could halt if more men are removed.
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London
Lloyds
Edward E. Nicholls
A Street Car Thought For Today
In the face of rising costs for daily necessities the street car fare remains stable. It costs no more to operate a street car ride each year, yet the price to riders stays unchanged. The note invites reflection on other commodities that have not increased in price recently.
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A. G. Koch
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J. T. Elkins
Bethel
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Straley Drug Co
John Schroeder
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Kellerville
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Chas. Koontz
la Prairie
Duden & Cummings
Meredosia
Louis EF. Berger
Mt. Sterling
E. FE. O'Neil
Mendon
Frank Champ
Macomb
J. N. Reynolds
A. Dougherty
New Salem
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J. R. Norris
May Woona
Eaen
Shelbyville
Perry’s
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Taylor
Bert L. Nelson
Williamstown
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