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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 16, 1919

Page

5

Corn Prices Rally Amid Scarcity Hard Market News

Chicago May 16 grain market shows unexpected scarcity of offerings pushing corn prices higher with July at 1.64 and September 1.56. Oats rise up to 1 percent and provisions gain up to fifty cents as weather and export sales boost the market. Long Commission Co reports mixed quotations and NorthWest car lots note Thursday activity across Minneapolis Duluth Winnipeg and Chicago volumes.

Chicago Shorts Towa Long Commission Co Minneapolis Winnipeg

Grain Markets Reports Mixed Corn and Wheat Prices Across Cities

Grain markets show varied quotes with corn stronger in places while oats and white wheat hold steady. In Peoria new crop corn receipts total 26 cars. Chicago reports mixed yellow and white notables, Kansas City shows unchanging wheat and mixed corn, Minneapolis notes steady date and cash grain.

Peoria Cnet Eorn -Neceipts Hecepptis Kansan City Kansas Minneapolis May

New York Stocks Buoyed by Motor and Oil Shares

J E Bennett and Co reports a steady rise in New York stocks with motor group leaders like Miauxnwell Motor Studebaker Willys-Oyverhind and White meter opening higher and climbing. Oils and mining shares advance as metals strength supports prices, with Caledonia Hecla and Cresson Gulch moving higher while unlisted oils such as Federal Osdon and Boston Wyoming attract buyers.

Stock Exchange Miauxnwell Motor Studebaker Willys Pesas CH Sinclair Messewn Petroleum Arioaurs Wilsons Atehuseum Earh Perfection Mederal Osdon Roston-Wyooming Caledonia Hecla Cresson Gulch

Market Highlights From Grain, Provisions and Metals

Corn advanced 2 to 5 percent on shorts and long positions May delivery led gains. Cash corn in good demand but did not rise as fast. Oats rose about a cent with export demand from Holland pegged at 350,000 to twice that amount. Provisions: western packers credited for May to July trade, hog prices down 100 from earlier highs. Steel rails showed strength after minor pullbacks. motors gain on long lead times to meet passenger car demand.

Holland Storks

Local markets farm products and milling prices

Prices paid for May and grain by Kuollenberg Milling Co. list Wheat No 1 tested 60 points or better at 2.60, No 2 at 2.47. Hay yields, mixed, timothy, clover. straw values and multiple baled hay prices. Also include corn, oats, yellow and white corn, oats, and various milling product prices. Poultry and livestock quotes from local distros and traders with small lots and weights.

Kuellenberg Milling Company Anck Grothera Wells Ing Brahey Ga Viease Egie Miller, & Arthur Co

Markets in New York May 1 report mixed commodity shifts

Across New York and Chicago markets unusual price changes emerge as butter and creamery products rise while certain poultry and potatoes adjust. Reports note higher butter and creamery receipts, steady dressed fowls, and mixed poultry prices alongside softer potato quotations and steady raw sugar and wheat spot values.

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Distinctive stock market day with muted breadth

New York stocks showed subdued activity with over a million shares traded though not matching Wednesdays surge. Gains mainly in steels and equipment faded into declines in oils and motors as Paris remit tances and the foreign exchange market pressured sentiment.

New York Paris United States Steel Hug Atchison Can Pau He. Mo St. PP Erie Nor Nor. Bae Hls Penn Heaptes Gias Hon Hock Island UAT Pacw Studebaker Union Pac Tang WS. Steel Stee Tia

Liberty Hons New York Micele Band Closing Notes

Liberty Hons in New York report shows B4ys at 98.80 with first 4s at 10 and second 4s at 4.20. First 44ys and second 4s at 4.40, third 4747s and fourth 44x 64.44 noted in closing.

Liberty Hons New York Micele Liberty

Livestock Markets Report with Mixed Receipts and Prices

Chicago hog and cattle quotes mixed as receipts reach tens of thousands. hogs steady to lower with top around 290.75, cattle and sheep markets show varied strength with beef steers and veal mixed, receipts led by cattle and sheep in Peoria and Kansas City markets.

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Seed Market Toledo Prices Match Prime Clover Seed Trend

Market notes from Toledo show Clover seed prices with figures in May and October. Quotes include prime Cash at 27 dollars, and Timothy prime cash around 4.49 with other seeds priced per unit.

Toledo Tolmdo Dee Pete Amisike

Death of veteran Palmyra minister J A Mumpower

Rev J A Mumpower, long serving Methodist minister, died at his daughter’s Palmyra home after months of illness. Born January 8, 1842 in southern Missouri, he retired two years ago due to health. Funeral at 3:30 PM in Palmyra Methodist Church. Other items note a purse theft, returning serviceman W M Burkhart, marriage licenses issued in Hannibal and nearby towns, Palmyra fire department buying a Lalanece fire truck, W M Gentry’s death in St Louis, a surprise party for Russello Nix, Amelia Schmidt visiting, Mrs. Laura Martin selling a home, and local revival services.

Palmyra J. A. Mumpower J. M. Losey Mumpower Methodist Church Missouri Bright F. C. Boettcher Mae Wm. Burkhart Camp Funston Hannibal Nrort Sill France Almirra Campiny Hoo Andrew Tyler Jara Morrison John J. Farrell Beatrice Tibister James L. McArthur Jessie Rogers James Randall Lille Treigier George Summers Martha Lrooks Henry Welpern Sarah Chadwick Harry A. Cook Maywood Lilly A. Lindstrom Emerson James Heinlick Flora Waaphenkel Quincey Sabastaln Ketmie Mabel L. Brown Jacksonville St. Louis Merchants Tote Nensselaer Russello Nix Amelia Schmidt Plannstadl Laura Martin Po A. Callaton J. W. Mackey Macon Episcopal

Bliss in Coblenz Arrives with Pershing at Third Army HQ

General Parker H Bliss chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Forces arrived today and with General Pershing was a guest of Major General Hines at the headquarters of the Third Army Corps. Pershing expected to depart for France via Luxembourg and proceed to London next week.

War Bride Not Loyal To Her Hero Thought Him Dead

ST LOUIS May 15 Mrs Della Maxwell 19 was arrested with Rolla Pennington 20 after she admitted she believed her soldier husband Guy Maxwell 33 was dead. Maxwell, a 354th Infantry veteran with a wound stripe, had sent only 30 cents and one allotment from his pay, prompting the affair begun while Maxwell was at Camp Funston and overseas. Maxwell denied nothing, claimed love faded at marriage in 1917, and that a parade sighting led to the plan to divorce and relocate. Pennington said he believed Maxwell dead and registered for draft last September as age limits changed.

ST. Louis Della Maxwell Guy Maxwell North Market Street 354Th Infantry Rolla Pennington la Salle Street Maxwell Camp Funston Pennington Funston Husband War Department 138Th Papin Street

National banks face May 12 condition call

Washington May 16 The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business on May 12.

National Bank Call Washington Comptroller of the Currency

New York Coffee Market Report May 16

New York May 16 spot coffee on dull market with Rio 7s noted at 19½ cents and Santos 45 at 23 cents. Prices reflect quiet trading and limited demand as trading desks close early for the day.

New York Santos

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