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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
10
Chicago and other markets report gains in wheat and corn after expectations of a government report. Prices closed higher with wheat near 2.85 and corn mixed as traders react to favorable northwest weather and speculative activity.
A garbled OCR listing futures quotes across Chicago and Louisville markets shows No 2 and No 3 red and white wheat, various corn and yellow varieties, and mixed grain prices. The text preserves numerous figures like 3.05, 2.08, 1.59, and 1.07, indicating bid prices and ranges for multiple grades and months.
Seed corn varieties include Yellow Dent 32.50 bu White 2.50 bu Ride of North 85 day 3.00 bu Day Yellow 3.00 bu Bloody Butcher 3.25 bu all selected and milled with germination 92 percent or better. Rape 12¢ tb Caney Soybeans 4.50 bu Caney German Millet 2.00 bu Larry Amber Cane 10¢ lb plus other seeds in stock. Order now.
The monthly government report due Tuesday at 1 15 p m covers winter wheat and rye condition meadows spring pastures and cotton areas and spring plowing. Wheat and corn futures saw moderate selling while Winnipeg and Canadian Northwest seeding conditions were favorable and Missouri reports show wheat returning to weaker conditions with a state score of 51 9.
The Daily Market Letter notes limited public interest in speculation while Monday’s buying boosts May delivery. Reports expect Tuesday’s government crop total to be lower than May 1, with visible supply shrinking as lakes stocks rise and shipments from Ft William Port Arthur move to Buffalo. The May delivery stays firm amid broader trade tightening.
Barretts Letter from Ry E Lawitz Co reports a quiet Monday market in Chisago. Wheat showed early strength then pulled back on high prices and futures trading restrictions abroad. Coarse grains lagged as the season remains late and warm with a need for growing weather. The bluebird note adds a proverb about sharing.
A clear liquid pain reliever marketed as better than plasters or ointments. It penetrates quickly without rubbing and provides prompt relief for gout lumbago toothache back ache stiff neck and other external pains. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
A pause in the liquidating trend lifted stocks to higher levels as rail and industrial shares led gains. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel rose amid profit taking, with total volume about 465,000 shares and bond activity modest.
Quincy Clearing House reports Monday bank clearings with figures showing 294,865 dollars same day last week and 1,459 dollars a year ago. The misspelled entries indicate unclear data but imply comparisons to prior periods.
CHICAGO butter steady with creamery at 325 to 42? receipts 28 861 cases. Idaho Colorado Washington and Oregon potatoes steady receipts 33 ears at 2 802 85. New York butter steady receipts 4 219. creamery higher extras up to 41. Cheese irregular. St Louis poultry prices hens 20 cents, ducks 12 to 14 cents. Kansas City butter 40 firsts 33 8, poultry hens 20 cents.
In East St Louis on May 8, buyers were shown horses and mules with prices listed for extra heavy draft at 190 to 270 dollars, general draft at 190 to 270, heavy draft around 106 to 160, and mules priced by height from 14 to 18 hands with ranges from 50 to 150 dollars.
Hay and straw mixed prices set at 16.50 to 22.50 for Sitimothy, clover at 8.60, straw at 8.60 in St Louis markets. A literary man notes much talk about the house as a proverb echoes that the race is not always to the swift nor to the loafer.
The market report logs a 10 cent decline in the locative stock price on Monday. Six farmers delivered two corn loads with bids of 1.50 and 1.66 per bushel. Straw, baled hay, and loose hay are priced at 8 dollars per ton, 21 dollars per ton, and 20.75 to 21 dollars per ton respectively.
Local market list of commodities includes No 2 wheat at 2 85 per bushel corn at 1 60 to 1 65 oats at 70 cents hay and straw prices ranged from 7 50 to 22 per cwt including baled hay and alfalfa hay milling products from Knollenberg Milling with flour prices from 14 40 to 14 60 per barrel and byproducts. Hog and cattle prices at stock yards and local butchers quotes show weights and ranges for choice hogs from 12 25 to 15 35 per cwt and fat cattle and calves with steers and cows listed along with poultry and eggs prices. Chicago market quotes for rye and other grains appear at bottom of page.
Kansas City hog and cattle receipts on May 8 show declines across categories with heavy hogs at 15.60 to 15.75 and prime fed cattle around 12.00 to 12.65. St Louis and Omaha report mixed, steady to lower bids on hogs and steady cattle tone. Chicago bulk pork and cattle prices hover near 15.3 to 16.0. Government weather meanwhile notes none. Women always think they mean what they say at the time they say it.
Judge Dunham hears objections to levies for 1913 railroad taxes in Hancock County Court.
Hancock county court spent two days examining railroad tax objections for 1913 1914 and 1915 with town clerks highway commissioners and attorneys present The C B & Q and T P W Ry firms appealed portions of the county village and school taxes while Wabash lines also appealed Bentleys Carthage and Elvaston taxes A May meeting of the school board approved bills a 25000 bond for the treasurer and a coal purchase of about ninety tons The Saint Marys Sodality play What They Did For Jenkins drew local and Keokuk participants to Reyers hall proceeds benefit the sodality club Local dentists plan to attend the Illinois Dental Society meeting in Quincy
Advertisement notes a spring laxative claim for Dr King's New Life Pills. It promises to cleanse winter wastes, purify blood, brighten eyes and complexion, and restore energy. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
William L. Saunders, chair of the Naval Consulting Board, announced a new American invention to end the submarine peril. He said inventions could solve the U boat problem, but stressed no slackening of war effort and declined to detail the device.
Weather shifts bring colds and hoarseness. Dr Bell's Pine-Tar Honey claims to head off new colds or stop old ones, with soothing balsams easing sore throat. Get a bottle at your druggist for 25 cents with formula on the bottle.
An editorial notes the cost of producing street car rides has increased yearly while fares stay unchanged. It asks readers to compare with other commodities not raised recently and underscores the strain on service affordability.
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