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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1916
Page
3
The Quincy Whig announces subscription options by carrier and mail including Sunday editions. Rates shown cover daily and Sunday delivery for one year, three months, or one month, with advance and postpaid terms. Contact numbers for editorial, news room, and business office are provided for orders and delivery issues.
Chicago May 16 Wheat futures sagged as widespread rains improved the crop outlook. Reports of Hessian fly damage in Kansas sparked early advances, but selling pressure dominated late trading. Corn and oats mirrored wheat, with receipts and shipments tallied across Chicago and other markets.
New York May 16 stock market rallied as broad demand lifted many shares 1 to 3 points and specialty issues 3 to 8 points. United States Steel Reading led gains with 21% and 13 4 rise to 857 8 and 92 1 2. war stocks advanced with Baldwin Locomotive Crucible Steel and New York Air Brake. Total volume 890,000 shares. bonds firm with heavy Anglo-French 5s trading.
East St Louis: market unchanged to strong. Horses: heavy draft extras 175 to 225 dollars, eastern chunks 150 to 185, good southern 85 to 125. Mules 16 to 165 hands 150 to 275, 15 to 153 hands 125 to 190, 14 to 147 hands 65 to 125. New York sugar: raw sugar quiet. centrifugal 6.52. molasses 5.75. refined firm. various product prices listed.
New York on Monday May 16 reports poultry prices with dressed chickens 1847 22 fowls 17127222 turkeys 207738. Live poultry firm fine croisers 3 87 other prices unsettled.
Chicago market notes butter firm at creamery levels with varying firsts and seconds across grades, eggs steady with receipts around 20 thousand. poultry mostly steady with fewer fowls. potatoes down led by whites in Michigan Wisconsin and Dakota. cheese firm with state held specials and fresh varieties. Kansas City and St Louis append butter and poultry price points with similar grading and egg figures. overall dairy products show firmness in butter while eggs hold near prior marks and poultry remains stable.
In Chicago May 16 market notes wheat sales by longs pressuring prices after rainfall across the southwest and Nebraska. Crop reports buoy early gains but long-term outlook remains bearish with heavy visible supply and slow declines. Corn shows early strength then weakness as cash demand narrows and western markets cut stocks while May remains supported. Oats report favorable prospects but large US and Canadian supplies keep prices firm but restrained.
Livestock price notes from Chicago Kansas City East St Louis and St Louis show hogs strong to higher with mixed categories and firm to higher cattle and sheep. Hogs receipts around 33 000 at Chicago Monday with bulk at 10.10 to 10.25. Cattle receipts about 14 000 in Chicago with native beef cattle 8.10 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 10 000 with lambs 8.75 to 12.50. Similar gains reported in Kansas City East St Louis and St Louis markets with varying hog and cattle price ranges and notable strength in several classes.
New York coffee prices showed dull trading on Monday May 16 with futures at 7s and 934 for Santos 4s and 105y. The market activity remained quiet as buyers and sellers waited for clearer directions.
Theophalus Wentworth told the circuit clerk that his wife deserted after 33 years of marriage. They wed in Victor on Aug 20 1879 and separated March 1 1912. A separate filing, Cora Hopkins versus James Hopkins, cites desertion and unknown residence. the husband last appeared four years ago at Fort Madison State Penitentiary.
Monday was a strong local market day with 22 loads of hay and corn sold by 4 pm. Hogs rose 25 cents per hundredweight as the market dries after heavy rains and muddy country roads ease. Corn, hay, and poultry prices are listed with multiple lots and prices, reflecting brisk trade and the day’s demand.
Prices paid for hay grain and milling products from Knollenberg company. ranges for clover seed, alfalfa products, and various feeds. Hog quotations at C. B 25 stock yards include weights from 140 to 300 pounds, plus wagon load and pig prices. local butcher rates list fat steers, heifers, cows, and veal calves.
A vintage ad claims one hundred dollars reward for incurable catarrh and lauds Hall's Catarrh Cure as a reliable blood remedy. It boasts thirty five years of use, promises healing on mucous surfaces, and urges readers to start immediately, with testimonials offered.
A list of 20 names will make their first communion at St Boniface Church during a solemn high mass at 7 30 Sunday morning. Names include Forest Boyd Alfred Entrup Eugene Foster Frank Hilbing and several others. A separate foreclosure suit was filed by Ida Thompson executor of B F Thompson estate against A B Vanhouser to recover a $1500 mortgage on real estate. A cedar tree on Henry Schuette’s grounds in North Twenty fourth Street was struck by lightning causing splinters. Mrs Joseph Brennan reported the theft of a dozen chickens from her Lind Street hen house Sunday evening. The tongue of a wagon says never a word but it gets there ahead of the rest of the outfit.
Edina Missouri announces a local option election set for May 23. President V E Lucan completes township committee assignments with Bee Ridge Everett Reitz and others in districts including Benton Bourbon Hedge City and Locust Hill. Central committee named publishing speakers finance and temperance plans. Overland dealers display 16 carloads of autos on the track yesterday.
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