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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
10
Chicago May 11. Market closes heavy for corn with a 2 1/2 to 1 1/2 cent drop as higher temp forecasts reduce early frost-driven support. May corn at 1.27 3/4 and July at 1.45 1/4. Oats and provisions also slide, while hog prices rise little. Estimated daily runs show varied futures activity and shipments across wheat, corn, and oats.
The report describes a bearish market mood with cautious selling by investors and moisture shortages cited as dampening factors. It notes a steady but pressured atmosphere as traders weigh global influences and near term risks to prices.
Chicago and St Louis report varied corn quotes with No 2 yellow around 1.70 and 1.60 in different grades. Peoria shows mixed cash corn up to 1.60 and oats around 1.20 to 1.80. Kansas City notes cash corn with No 2 mixed near 1.08 and rye at 2. Oats and yellow grades show fluctuations across Omaha Minneapolis and New York with spot oats around 0.65 to 0.77 and corn generally steady to higher.
Quotations from local Hutchers show prices for hogs, poultry, hides, and wool. Archaic currency figures and weights indicate regional market readings, including cattle, pigs, and fowl, with varied per unit and per hundredweight totals.
Fragmentary OCR notes outline seed priming costs and suppliers with references to oat and rye categories. Mentions $1430 price points and partial product names but lacks complete details or discernible events.
Hog prices rose 15 cents with hogs listed at 5 cents in the box sale. Tivelte wagon loads of farm produce moved to the city yard weekly. Two loads hay sold at 19.50 per ton, baled mixed hay at 10 per ton. Corn sold at 1.70 per bushel, oats at 8 cents, straw baled at 3 per unit.
New York trading May 11 reports a mixed close with gains cut and overall quiet activity. Stocks showed varied movements as the market paused amid British and naval news, with notable declines in certain issues and all major indices ending with modest changes.
Market notes from Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha and surrounding cities show hog receipts around 6 000 to 21 000 with prices from roughly 16 70 to 18 20 per cwt. Cattle receipts vary with steers trading near 9 to 17.60 per cwt and cows and heifers around 6 to 14. Lambs and sheep quotes appear in limited ranges with top lambs near 20.50 per cwt. Regional totals and price ranges reflect volatile demand across multiple midwestern beef and hog market centers.
The St Louis market reports eggs and dairy prices with details on eggs firsts and seconds, oleomargarine grades, beef prints, and butter. Trade terms note packing, freshness, and cosmetic quality affecting per pound and per item valuations.
Carthage residents listed as part of the next enlistment quota depart at 8 57 AM via Quincy to Jefferson Barracks Mo for military training. The group includes Verner Lloyd Jacobs Dallas City James Olen Rife Blandinsville Pinkley Hillyer Augusta John Allen Price Carthage Fred C Hatch Plymouth Truman Bradshaw LaHarpe Paul Davis Corbin Carthage Lews A Jacobs Warsaw William Carl McGrew Warsaw Walter A Case LaHarpe William Nelson Gardner Sutter Virgil A Massie Carthage Ernest L Meredith Augusta Benjamin Newton Hatch Plymouth Lewis Grover Pearce Burnside Frank Spencer Layton Cisco Edward Charles Reiter Hamilton Roy N Williams Augusta William Hungate Blandinsville Alternates Charles J L McVay Adrian Arnold Spitze Warsaw Carl Lewis Boedecker Nauvoo Oscar Madison Knox Niota.
London May 11 Earl Curzon Britain’s wartime leader warned grave times lie ahead for British forces possibly needing to give ground. He urged unity of command America’s effort and the indomitable British spirit as the path to endure.
Chicago reports fresh specials and price stability for live poultry and butter with unsettled prices for dressed poultry and average runs. Butter and poultry unchanged in Kansas City and New York markets. Eggs show varied firsts and ordinary items, while sugar and coffee price summaries appear for New York with steady raw sugar and dull spot coffee trading.
In St Louis on May 11 the horse market showed little change as top grades fetched good prices from eager buyers. Eastern and farm trade was strong with breeders noting premiums for draft and farm mares. Mules remained in solid demand with prices quoted for 16 hands up to 16.5 hands at 200 to 300 dollars and lighter sizes from 170 to 186 dollars.
Bradstreet's today will say improvement in weather conditions and trade, especially retail, outputs, general rail and water transportation, constitute favorable factors in the week’s reports. However, flaws remain from labor and supply issues for civilians amid the cereal crop outlook, which is highly favorable due to warmer winter conditions and spring thaw. Weekly bank statements show reserves around $5,339,000.
Soldiers recall a gas alarm and shell bursts as they endure a brutal night. The major issues orders, masks on, and a medic protected by gas while recounting close calls and a nurse awaiting a wounded man. The Porto Rican sniper and a bombproof stair entry mark a tense, vivid account of frontline resilience and fear.
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