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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1919
Page
3
Chicago grain market gains on unwelcome rain and higher hogs with July corn at 1.6144 and September at 1.56 as oats rally mildly. Export sales of 300,000 bushels and shrinking visible stocks buoy corn while hog demand boosts feeding value. provisions rise on June shipments.
Chicago wheat and corn prices mixed with gains in some contracts as No 2 yellow and No 3 white grades traded around 1.75 to 1.78 dollars. Oats and other grains showed modest moves while cash receipts varied across markets in Chicago and Kansas City. Minneapolis notes wheat receipts and corn values with No 3 yellow around 1.67 to 1.68 dollars.
Markets from New York and Chicago report butter receipts and creamery prices with firmness in ice cream stock and firsts at various quotational levels. Poultry prices show broilers fowls and turkeys steady while eggs and other dairy items vary by region amid mixed market tone. Sugar and coffee quotes appear with spot coffee at firm to quiet with minor shifts.
Prices paid for hay and grain include Wheat No 1 tested at 60 pounds or better 2.50 No 2 wheat 2.47 baled Timothy hay 31 clover hay 23 yellow corn 1.50 to 1.70 white corn 1.50 to 1.70 oats 0.70 loose and baled hays and straws listed with varied per ton or per cwt quotes. Milling products and livestock values shown, with hides, tallow, wool, and feed blends priced by cwt or per unit.
An advance of fifteen cents in hogs was registered Monday, following a similar gain last Saturday. Otherwise the local market was unchanged, with rain keeping offerings away from the city market lot all day.
East St Louis sale lists horses and mules with sizes from 14 to 17 hands. Draft and saddle stock offered with prices ranging from 90 to 170 dollars, mule prices up to 150 dollars.
Trading on the New York Stock Exchange opened under influence of Congress’s extra session and demand for shipping shares. Early losses gave way to a late rally in United States Steel and related industrials, while Texas Company and Mexican Petroleum showed strength. Total sales 1,550,000 shares. bonds firm with Liberty bonds quoted.
Chicago and regional markets show cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts rising with mixed gains. Prices across weights and classes vary, with hogs and cattle trading higher, while sheep mostly steady to slightly lower amid broad regional totals.
The market opens the week with gains across many Industrials as optimism grows for an early peace signing and strong earnings. Recommend buying declines in Studebaker Willys Overland Maxwell General Motors and steel shares. also target Great Northern Union Pacific Southern Pacific and Atchison to hold as prices rise. Oil stocks such as Sinclair Texas Mexican spread optimism, with expected higher prices and earnings. prefer buying Mexico Pontroluem and other oil names. Curb market favors mining stocks including Caledonia Briver Kind and Cresson Gold with cautious holdings in Colden Federal Boston Wyoming and Allied. Congress expected to push activity in oils this week.
Right Rev. David H. Greer, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York, died in a New York hospital at 6 10 p m after surgery for intestinal trouble. He was 75, survived by his widow and daughter and two sons. Known for building St Bartholomew's into a major church plant, he previously led Grace Church Providence and influenced city religious life with ties to Vanderbilts and Morgans. His death followed a brief relapse after improved early post operative condition.
The article outlines the extensive work of the Parish House and Bishop Greer’s career. It covers his leadership of a major church institution, his democratic style, and his rise to coadjutor Bishop of New York after declining offers elsewhere. It traces his birth in 1844, education at Washington College and Kenyon, ministry at several churches, marriage, children, and his writings on religious topics.
Catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed mucous surfaces and an obstructed Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure via the bloodstream, reducing inflammation and restoring tube function. One hundred dollars to any case not cured, with circulars free from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
A health notice explains rheumatism stems from excess meat and rich foods that raise uric acid in the blood. It urges warmth, dry feet, hydration, reduced meat, and mentions Jad Salts as a kidney stimulant to flush uric acid, sold as a lithia-based effervescent drink.
In Springfield on May 20 leaders push liquor bills for a Wednesday field day in the lower house. Proposals backed by city interests include search and seizure and licensing rules, while wets back three percent alcohol standards and local option petition checks. Chicago revenue bills move in the senate with a bid for third reading. Ronalds seeks triable jury contempt provisions.
The Texas Wonder claims to treat kidney and bladder troubles gravel diabetes rheumatism and irregularities in men and women and regulates bladder issues in children. Priced at $1.25 with mail order option. Testimonials available. Dr B W Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis Missouri. Sold by druggists.
An advert promises immediate relief from neuralgia and aches by rubbing St Jacobs Liniment into inflamed nerves. It claims the remedy is harmless, gentle on skin, and suitable for any body part, offering quick relief with a small trial bottle from drug stores.
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