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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
10
Chicago and regional markets show corn and oats slipping on improved weather and crop prospects. May corn briefly rose with rail traffic doubts. oats edged down. provisions weakened then rallied with hogs and corn strength.
Peoria and New York market notes show corn and oats steady to higher with No 2 white at 1.54 to 1.78 in spots and No 2 yellow corn around 1.84. Wheat spot firm with No 2 red 3.12 and No 2 hard 3.12, track New York export 5.11. oats mostly unchanged.
Hogs gained fifteen cents while local markets remained quiet and steady. Light offerings filled the city market lot with high prices paid. timothy hay brought 25 dollars per ton for baled hay, 0 dollars for loose, and 232 dollars per ton for another load. Oats brought 1060 dollars for three loads and clover hay sold for 32 dollars per ton.
Stock dealings on Wednesday were mostly limited and cautious with limited activity across rails ships and industrials. The day saw slight advances in rails and shipping issues amid hopes for stable trans Atlantic rates while bonds remained irregular amid new Dow records. total value traded around 16 1000.
Prices from Krnollenberg Milling include Wheat 2.75 per bushel for better samples, Yellow corn 1.50 to 1.60, Oats 1.05, Clover hay 28 to 32, Alfalfa hay 32, mixed hay 24 to 26, straw 7.50, wagon hogs priced by weight from 12 to 14.30, plus various milling products and feeds listed with unit costs. Also notes on hides, meats, and currency markets from New York.
Livestock markets show receipts around 19 000 cattle and 60 000 sheep across Chicago and Kansas City with prices mixed. Cattle higher in Chicago with top steers near 15 49, bulk 15 60 to 15 80. feeders steady. Pigs steady. do not quote exact figures. Sheep steady to higher with top around 20 50, bulk near 20 20. Kansas City and St Louis report cattle and sheep price movements with mixed demand and regional highs.
In Peoria the hog trade shows 1501 head with prices averaging 25 to 50 cents higher. Tops reach around 15 dollars with bulls at 13.50 to 14.75. Cattle and calves show steady to higher demand. sheep and lambs demand mixed with lambs around 20 dollars and heavier stock around 13 to 15 dollars per hundredweight.
New Wort New York and Chicago market briefs show price and stock movements across dairy items. Creamery products range with extras and firsts pricing. butter and cheese output, poultry, potatoes, sugar and coffee noted for May activity. market conditions include steady poultry and wholesale sugar rates alongside varied creamery lots and packing.
Rudolph Bredemeyer, 23, of Springfield NL, caused a scene at Union Station while tossing coins. Police sent him to City Hospital after he admitted buying several quarts of whiskey at 20 dollars a quart, drinking some, and hiding the rest. He carried $140.26, two diamond rings, and a diamond stick pin.
Nancy Perkins Field widow of Henry M. Field of Chicago married Arthur Ronald Lambert Field Tree in London on May 4. The bride, a niece of Lady Astor, was given away by Viscount Astor. Tree is a son of Lady Beatty, by a former marriage, making him a cousin by marriage to the bride. Field died in New York in 1917 after an operation.
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