Market News Grain Prices Slump on Better Weather
Chicago May 11 Better weather for plowing and planting spurred general selling in corn, pushing July to 1.62 to 1.625 and September to 1.53% to 1.54%. Oats eased with corn as hogs lifted provisions. Northwest and Chicago car lots show mixed activity with wheat, corn, oats and rice figures reported, including weekly harvest receipts and shipments.
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Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mississippi
Long Commission Co
Minneapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Stock market rebounds after wide oil and rail routs
In New York on May 11, a strong rally followed a sharp intraday decline in speculative oils and shipping shares. The session saw heavy volume with about 1,000,000 shares traded and broad recovery aided by demand for motors including Studebaker Chandler Stutz and General Motors. Tea, Atlantic Gulf, United Fruit, United States Steels and rails helped anchor the market, while Liberty bonds eased slightly.
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New York
Shorts
Motors
Studebaker
Chandler and Stutz
General Motors
Texas Company
Atlantic Gulf
Marines
United Fruit
United States
United States Steels Corporation
Liberty Group
Atchison
Occa
Can
St. Py
Erie
Waees Itm Grt
Nor
Pac
N.Y
Fae
Union Mac
JUS Steel
Willys-diver
Chicago and Midwest Grain Markets May 11 Report
Chicago and St Louis market notes show mixed corn and wheat prices across deliveries with No 2 yellow corn around 1.70 to 1.76 dollars, No 2 white around 1.70, and rye near 4.59. Minneapolis and Kansas City also report varied cash prices and futures outlooks. Regional farm product quotes list hay values, oats, bale prices, and livestock prices, with hogs, calves, and cattle varying by weight and grade.
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Chicago
Cthcago
Ann Tae
Louis
Tok
Kanaan
Kansa Sclty
Minneapolina
Minneapolis
Knollenberg Milling Company
S&s Qe
Janus
Anck W Brothers
Saals
C. FL Vinher Co
Lovat
Miller
Arthur Co
Knoellenberg Milling Company
Milh
Swift
Blatchford
Lolles and Rogers
New York Stocks Offer Cautious Week End Gains
The New York stock market closed steady after a cautious session with profits realized from the prior week. Buy recommendations target Studebaker Willys Overland White Motors and other auto and oil shares while packing stocks attract interest. The market hints at an imminent upward move with Liberty bonds seen as solid investments and Caledonia, Hoechst, and Crosson Cold among names to watch.
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Studebaker
Willys-Overlind
White Motors
Texas Oil
Sinclair Oil
Mexican Petroleum
Royal Tristed
Europe
Swift
Wilson
Armour
Cudahy
Sivas
Liberty
New York
Ose
Pederaul Hodson
Forton- Wyoming
Glen Lock
Seveera
Benerabl
Caledonia
Hoeeti
Treasury announces new credit aid to France and allies
The treasury declares a credit totaling 40 million dollars in favor of France on May 1. The announcement notes the United States has raised 2,802 dollars for allied credits. The item reflects a broader wartime financial support program.
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Wastiing Uton
France
Treasury
United States
Market summary for corn oats and stocks notes
Corn deliveries were irregular with a lower Friday range while May and cash corn held support on modest declines. Oats received some backing from cash interests amid early trade enthusiasm. Provisions stayed quiet but firm as local traders remained the strongest buyers. New York stock firms stayed buoyant despite higher commission rates, prompting cautious profit taking and view that good securities should be bought on moderate reactions.
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New York Stock Exchange
Rye and Barley Prices and Bonds Listed in May Ledger
A mixed report from Chicago and Toledo lists rye and barley prices with futures terms and cash values, along with a Liberty Government Bond listing. Dublin hosts a meeting with Irish American society leaders Frank P Walsh Michael F L Ryan and Edward Dunne in attendance. A Wisconsin jury convicts Charles Oli of second degree murder in the killing of his son-in-law Theodore Pickhart. Editorial quips note slow paths to riches and trust-promoter attention.
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Slayer
Fone
Western market roundup Kansas City Peoria and Chicago cattle hogs and sheep
Kansas City reports mixed livestock receipts with cattle mostly steady and hogs steady to higher in parts of the market. Prices show heavy beef steers and light weights varying by region and date across Kansas City Peoria Chicago St Louis and St. Louis markets with several price ranges for hogs cows calves and sheep and notable top quotations.
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Kansas City
Jess
Peoria
Porta
Chicago
St. Tonia
ST. Louis
Markets SEW Yori May 11 Receipts and prices mixed across dairy and poultry
Chicago potatoes steady at 9 dollars for northern white stock with 1752 per cwt bulk prices noted. Butter creamery receipts around 39 984 with mixed extras and unchanged butter state. live poultry lower, fowls 32 32 4. Coffee market reports small spot sales but closes unchanged at 19 strokes 19 percent. Santos 4s unchanged to 2 20.
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New York
Chienko
Chicago
Florida
Santos 4
Official Story of Gas Helped America Win War
Washington May 11 An official narrative of American industrial efforts in supplying munitions for WWI unfolds in a War Department book directed by Assistant Secretary Crowell. It details production scale for toxic gases and gas masks, defense equipment, and the massive logistics behind Edgewood Hastings Buffalo plants, with figures on tonnage shipped and the safeguards protecting troops.
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Washington
Crowell
War Department
Signal Corps
Ordnance Department
Army
W. L. Sibert
United States
Germany
Edgewood
Hastings
N. Y
Navy
National Aniline and Chemical Company
Buffalo
Edgewood Arsenal
Department
Pershing
Ypres
Paris
Pacific Coast
American Red Cross
Bolshevik Release Frees Nine Wounded Soldiers
News from New York reports Bolsheviks freed five wounded American soldiers of the 380th Infantry from Moscow to Sweden. Names include George Albers Walter Houston Anton Vanis William Stronach and Merl Arnold. Release of four unwounded Americans was refused. The whereabouts of the wounded group are unknown.
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New York
380Th United States Infantry
George Albers
Walter Houston
Muskegon
Mich
Anton Vanis
Chicago
William $. Stronach
Manistee
Mike H. Auralk
Detroit
Merl V. Arnold
Lincoln
Nebr
International Y. M. C. A
United States
Ira Morris
Stockholm
L. P. Penningroth
Tipton
Town
Moscow
Sweden
Penningroth
Bryant Ryall
Bloomfield
N. J
Glenn Leitzell
Mifflinburg
Jens Laursen
Marlettes
How Iron Helps Women Grow Stronger and Healthier
A nanotone promotional piece touts Nuxated Iron as a health booster for women. Dr George H Baker and Dr Ferdinand King endorse organic iron to combat anaemia, claim rosy cheeks and energy return within weeks, and urge readers to self test and try the product via local pharmacies.
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George Hinnis
George TH. Baker
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
New Jersey
Ferdinand King
New York
Pr. Kina
James Francis Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital Coutdoor Dept.d
Westchester County Hospital
King
Wis
Dr. King
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