Bearish Corn Market After Planting Conditions Improve
Chicago May 19 bearish corn market as planting-friendly conditions and light to moderate selling pressured prices. May corn at 1.27% with near unsettled close. oats up on Winnipeg bulge. hog firmness supported provisions. Reports show mixed futures with declines in corn and gains in oats. receipts and shipments tallied across Wheat Corn and Oats markets.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
Long Commission Co
Market Letter notes late buying lifts modestly as Europe war outlook looms
Long Commission Co.'s Daily Market Letter reports early profit taking giving way to renewed buying, with marine shares leading gains and oats and corn showing mixed moves. Weather remains favorable for fields, though central Iowa saw heavy rains. Seaboard notes Chicago as top market with Buffalo offering white oats near May Chicago figures. Provisions close higher on short covering amid expectations hog supply next week.
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Europe
Iowa
Seaboard
Chicago
Buffalo
New York
Grain bids across city markets echo steady demand
Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Omaha report mixed corn bids from 1.50 to 1.71 with No 2 white notes around 1.65. Oats hold around 0.72 to 0.78. New York spot corn and oats show ease and steadiness with yellow and white grades quoted.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Peerta
Preouta
Cern
Omaha
Omatta
Winnenpolins
Mins
Ats
ST Louis
New York
Market Closes Steady After Week of Gains
The stock market held to an evening up tone Saturday with little change from Friday. Generalist stocks advanced during the week and many gains remained. cautions rise as a bull wave nears a peak and buyers await healthy set backs before new commitments. Steel touched 112% intraday, closed 110%. Indi oil and mining issues showed strength, with Cresson Gold and Caledonia among attractions. unlisted issues offered bargains.
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S$. Steel
Sinvhur Oil
Wright-Martin
Aetna Explosives
Sub- Imarine
Cresson Gold
Heela
Caledonia
Okmulpea Oil
Prices for Clover Seed and Alsike Reported in Toledo May
In Toledo on May 19 prices for clover seed prime cash 18.2 per bushel, October 1410, alsike prime cash 16.25, te y prime cash 2.75 with future quotes. Chicago also reports No 2 type at 2 with various price notes. Storm curtains designed to protect motorcycle riders in cars.
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Toledo
Toleno
Clover Seed
Alsike
Rye Drops 10 Cents in Local Market Quotation
Market notes show rye falling from 2.25 to 1.90 a bushel as the sole price movement. Twelve loads of farm products were reported in the city on Saturday fet and gold. Hay sold in loads at 14.50, 15.00, and 16.00 per ton, with baled mixed hay at 16.00. Corn sold at 1.45 a bushel and oats at 0.66 a bushel.
Local Markets Report Prices Paid for Farm Products Hay and Grains
Prices paid at local markets for hay grain and milling products listed by Knollenberg Milling. Wheat 2.10. yellow corn 1.40 to 1.45. white corn 1.60 to 1.70. oats 0.60. rye 1.90. Baled hay and clover hay prices given. milling products such as bran corn meal and linseed meal priced per cwt. Hog and cattle quotations from stockyards with assorted weights and prices. Poultry butter hides and other livestock items priced. market conditions noted as weak and lower.
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Knullenberg Milling Company
Knollenberg Milling Company
Blatchford
H. BP
H. P
Horses and Mule Auction Report EAST ST. LOUIS May 19
Horses fetch steady to firm prices with eastern trade demand for heavy chunks and good demand for drafts and farm mares. Southern classes show slight weakness. mules hold largely steady with best stock readily portable at good prices while smaller or inferior lots see less interest. New York coffee market also noted with dull spot activity.
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East ST. Louis
Shares Solace for Bulls as Steamship Stocks Lead Trading
New York May 19 Shares of steamship companies and a few specialties dominated Saturday's Stock dealings amid broad liquidation. Widespread declines in United States Steel weighed on the market, while shipping and several industrials showed moderate strength. Bank reserves fell by 56.6 million, offsetting most of last week's gains.
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New York
Bull
Sloss-Sheffield Steel
United States Steel
Loco
C. M
St. P
Nor. Pfd
Lehigh
N.Y
Nor. Pac
Penn
Peoples Gas
Rock Island
Sc. Pac
Sblg
Studebaker
Union Pac
Livestock Markets Report From Major Cities
Chicago, St Louis, Kansas City, Omaha, Sioux City and St Joseph report cattle hogs sheep prices and receipts. Prices for steers, cows, calves, lambs and yearlings shown with receipts around thousands. Markets largely steady to higher with widespread live hogs and beef cattle price ranges noted.
United Markets Report Mixed Dairy and Poultry Prices
New York and Chicago market notes show butter eggs and cheese varying by grade with creamery extras and firsts quoted. Poultry demand steady with alive and dressed goods unchanged while Kansas City and St Louis listings detail fresh prices for butter eggs and margarine and assorted cheese grades and packaging.
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New York
Return to Home From War Endings and Echoes
A veteran narrates his improbable nine month journey from war to Buckingham Palace and a surprising reunion at sea with an old comrade. He recalls danger, rescue, and the shock of being believed dead, ending with a peaceful return to Momence Illinois and the ache of a dreamlike escape.
Homecoming Banquet Celebrates Prisoner of War Return
On the same day I was greeted with a banquet at the Hotel Savoy after being released as a prisoner of war in Germany. A fellow officer had bet three friends I would be home by Christmas, with the dinner as the stake. The first sign of success was a telegram bearing my message to him, and he valued that note highly. More banquets followed as I survived nine such celebrations.
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Earl Cromer
Royal Flying Corps
Buckingham Palace
London
Atlantic
Lieut. Lascelles
Flying Corps
America
Canada
France
Australia
St. John
New Brunswick
Momence
Ill
Kankakee
Hotel Savoy
Germany
Louis Grand
Berry S. Henderson
Hampshire St
United Cigar Store
Quincy
Hay and straw market strong in St Louis report
In St Louis on May 19 Timothy hay prices rose with demand for top grades. No. 1 timothy quoted at 24 26, standard 24 23, No. 2 18 20. light clover mixed No. 1 21 22, No. 2 16 18. Clover hay No. 1 16 17, No. 2 16 12. Alfalfa choice 26 27, No. 1 23 25, standard 20 22, No. 2 12 14. Prairie hay choice 17 18, No. 1 15 16, No. 2 10 12. Straw 6 50.
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Chicago
Wis
Mich
Mina
Kansan
Kansas City
St. Louis
ST. Tauis
Northern— Twins
VY. A
Hides and pelts prices quoted on wet and dry hides
In St Louis on May 19 dealers posted wet salted hide quotes with deductions for tare and varying grades. Dry hides, sheep and wool pelts also listed with per pound and per item prices for horses hogs and goats, including glue stock and kid skins.
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ST. Louis
Americans Rank Third in Front Line Mileage
Washington May 19 The American forces have become a major military factor on the western front advising senators at a weekly conference with Secretary Baker and the war council that the United States now ranks third in strategic mileage held behind France and Britain with Belgium trails.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Baker
War Council
Quincy Leads State In Sales Of W. S. S.
Chicago May 19 Quincy, aside from Chicago, tops Illinois in the savings stamp campaign. Springfield, Decatur, and Mattoon show strength while East St. Louis and Galesburg lag. April subscriptions: Quincy 162000 Springfield 75000 Decatur 72000 Morris 59000 Danville 58000 Carmi 46000 Bloomington 46000 Rockford 45000 East St. Louis 45000 Belleville 41000 Lamont 39000 Joliet 23000 Belvidere 9000 Rock Island 8000.
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Chicago
Quincy
Illinois
Springfield
Decatur
Mattoon
East St. Louis
Galesburg
Morris
Danville
Carmi
Bloomington
Rockford
Belleville
Lamont
Joilet
Belvidere
Rock Island
Dorsey Elected Junior Grand U C T Leader
DECATURE May 19 United Commercial Travelers of Illinois closed their annual convention by purchasing $1,000 in thrift stamps and aiding the Red Cross. J Chapman, bound for France with the American army, elected grand page. Officers named include H F Broone, W E Dorsey, E A Applequist, J Hugh Foster, W S Waller, and E Mc Taggart. Champaign chosen for the 1919 convention. A man’s good intentions seldom add to his income.
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Decatur
United Commercial Travelers of
Illneis
Red Cross
J. Chapman
France
H. F. Broone
Springfield
W. E. Dorsey
Quincy
E. A. Applequist
Rock Island
J. Hugh Foster
Chicago
W. S. Waller
Grand Sentinel
E. McTaggart
Vernon
Champaign
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Northwest
Minneapolis
Duluth
Long Commission Co.’s Daily Market Letter
J. E. Bennett & Co
Cuicago
Tiye
Hartey
Re Tho
Timothy
Clover
staUiong
Mississippi River
Anck Brothers
Bolles
Rogers
Santos
New York Money
Mercantile Paper
Liberty
Kanaan City
Kansas
Sioux City
Stom City
St. Joseph
Sant St. Louis
Chapter
State
Dorsey
ISO
Piso Company
Warren, Pa
James E. Bennett CO
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Stock Exchange
Hampshire Street
Durham
Auto
Loraine, Ill
Barry
Deering
WM. Vollbracht CO
Barry, Ill
Webb
Heidbreder
Sth
Broadway
5Th
Chestnut
Rupf-Royer Hardware CO
Knollenberg Milling CO
Maclaren
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