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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
7
The report details cash wheat, corn, oats, and hay prices across Minneapolis and Chicago, with grain receipts and livestock quotes. It lists market movements for wheat, corn, oats, and mixed hay, plus livestock prices and dairy goods, reflecting regional agricultural activity and commodity values.
Market receipts show cattle and calves easing with heavy steers and cows steady to lower while light and medium steers sell near higher totals. California spring lambs and shorn lambs command about 20 and 17 dollars respectively with yearlings and ewes trading around 15 dollars. Kansas City and East St. Louis reports note uneven demand and mild price shifts amid ongoing supply.
Washington March 12 A new radio compass tested by Base 5 OM during a trip from Philadelphia to Poncasa enables aircraft to locate other planes more accurately. The device, used with the Aracectia system, exchanges wireless signals at set intervals as two planes fly toward each other from 64 miles apart, their locators activating within seconds.
In Omaha Nebraska on May 26 a brisk market for tall buildings emerges with sellers asking reasonable prices and buyers looking to purchase. Three strangers in a hotel lobby arranged to sell the Woodmen of the World building for 3009 dollars but a detective interrupted just as the deal closed. Two days later a farmer bought the Keehne building for 5600 dollars and police intervened again as the sale neared completion.
Paris May 11 The French government prepares to honor American service members buried in France with a memorial day. Dress parades and military reviews will be held in front of every cemetery where Americans are interred.
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