Wheat Sidelines Market Slows Amid Washington Rules
Chicago May 22 Wheat moved to a sideline as trading volume shrank under export controls. Oats and corn drew attention with prices slipping. oats led gains earlier. Hogs and grain eased as trade remained active, with rainfall limiting bullish wheat prospects and visible supply shrinking.
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Chicago
Board of Ade
Washington
Ason
Long Commission Co
Eee Bss
Northwernt
Mineapolis
Duluth
Winnipeg
Hayes
Grain Markets Chicago May Wheat and Corn Prices
Chicago markets show mixed wheat and corn quotes across varieties with No 4 red at 2.90, No 2 hard at 3.08, and No 2 yellow around 1.70. Regional reports also list St Louis Kansas City and Minneapolis quotes for wheat, corn, oats, and flax, with steady to firmer tones in several futures and cash markets.
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May
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Louis
Cary
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WT. Louis
Omaha
yeHow
White
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Kansas City
Local Markets list hay grain prices and animal goods
Market notes detail prices for hay grain milling products and livestock. Entries show No 2 wheat at 32.90, corn 1.50 to 1.65, oats 700 75, baled straw 7.80 8.00, hay 21 23, alfalfa 27, fodder 0.90, millet seed 1.25 1.76. Hog prices by weight across multiple ranges, plus poultry, butter, hides, and wool quotes from local suppliers and stockyards.
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BUILL
Akuollenberg
Latchford
H. P
Mississippi River
Anecle Brothers
The
Cleaver Co
Netall P Hong
Holles & Rogers
Seed Market Prices Listing In Toledo
Toledo market notes show cash prices for seeds and hay. Clover seed Prime cash at 10.93 for October and 11.00 for December. Alsike Prime cash 11.50 for September. Timothy Prime cash 3.30 for September and 4.20 for unknown timing.
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Toledo
East St. Louis Race Track Odds and May Markets
In East St. Louis on May 23 the day lists varied horse draft prices and odds for multiple entries, with figures like 195 278 and 1166200 noted alongside terms good southern and eastern chunka. The prose ends with a quip about boasting ponies and de flames, offering no clear event.
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East ST. Louis
Eastern Chunka
Good Southern
Market Letter Reports Mixed Grain Movements
Wheat demand was good but buying support weak, leaving cash prices under July futures by about 7 cents amid talks of a federal food commission shakeup. Corn rose on short covering yet fell back as selling by holders and cautious traders limited gains. Oats matched corn trends, shedding early gains as favorable weather and large acreage prospects weighed on prices.
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Federal Food Commission
Change in Wheat Price and Market Hogs Steady
The local market kept hog and wheat prices steady on Monday. Six farmers appeared in the city scene. Hay delivered in three loads sold at 24 to 25 dollars per ton. One corn load brought 1.66 dollars per bushel. Oats sold at 0.76 dollars per bushel. Straw bale sold at 8 dollars per ton.
Sloan's Miment Quick Relief Advertises Pain Aid
Unusual work strains muscles causing soreness and stiffness. Sloan's Miment provides fast relief, easy to apply, penetrates without rubbing and drives out soreness. A clear liquid safer than plasters or ointments, won’t stain skin or clog pores. Useful for rheumatism gout cramps bruises backache and all external pain. At your druggist, 23¢.
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Sloan
Industrials Lead Muted Market On May 22 Trading
Industrials foremost in New York trading on May 22 with active demand for atee and Iron issues. U S Steel held a commanding position, rising as high as 125% intraday and near its 1916 high. Bethlehem Steel and GE also advanced. Automobiles showed heaviness while rails posted modest gains amid favorable trade notes, crop news, and rising Western tonnage. Bond activity firm with total sales around 3,076,000. U S bonds little changed on call.
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Paris
Petrograd
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Tomy Anaconda
Llly Atchison
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Studebaker
Union Pac
Midwestern and St Louis Livestock Receipts May 22
Returns show mixed hog prices and steady cattle and sheep at Chicago St Louis and Omaha markets. Hog receipts around 42 000 in Chicago and 30 00 in St Louis with varied prices. cattle receipts near 21 000 in Chicago and 6 300 in St Louis. sheep receipts 12 000 in Chicago and 4 000 in Kansas City. Prices range from light to heavy, with several price points listed for different classes and weights.
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Markets Report From Chicago and New York May 22
Rutter steady creamery receipts 336783 with 24 279 CASIS firsts 8444654 ordinary firs 24g at mark. potatoes higher receipts 5 cars Tolaho Clorade Oregon and Washington 8.25403.95. Wisconsin and Michigan 3 3.20. Poultry alive higher lows 21 Kansas City May 22. Butter firm receipts 6380 creamery higher than extras 40 40% extras 982 xcore 39%4 firsts 18% MIN seconds 16% 38. Eggs firm receipts 18695 fresh gathered extras BT 46 688 fresh gathered storage packed firsta 3614 G27 fresh gathered first 36 36M seconds lower 84%. Spot coffee dull roza 103 san tos 4s 10%. Raw sugar steady centrifugal 6.03 Malaysea 5.14 refined steady. St Louis May 22 Poultry hens 18% springs 6 8 a dozen turkeys 20 21 ducks 12 15 geese 12. Butter creamery 88 eggs 12%. Going to law is often a preliminary to going broke.
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Springs
Reception of 1918 Carthage seniors at McMillan home
May 22 reception hosted by Carthage College junior class for the 1918 seniors at Mr and Mrs C M McMillan home featured yellow and white decor with flags, a four course menu, and student speeches and prizes. Notables included Judge G Linker and Lady Genevieve Kunkle presenting diplomas. The event also noted faculty and alumni attendance and upcoming Red Cross lectures by Dr H D Hoover at West Point and Carthage College.
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Carthage College
C. M. McMillan
McMillan
College Sympathy Orchestra
Priori
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Maurice Antonette McMillan
Genevieve Kunkle
O. Garfield Beckstrand
Arthur Knudten
Joy Cutler
H. D. Hoover
West Point
America
Hoover
National Defense
Washington
Baker
Navy
Daniels
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Baptist Church
C. B. Newcomer
Polo
Maloney
Soldiers and Sailors Home Deaths and Visits
Orin Nichols cottage 8 died Sunday afternoon after saying he felt very ill. Inquest held at the home. Nichols belonged to Co. El, 7th Mo cavalry, had been at the home since May 11, from Aurora. Body shipped Monday for burial. Bradford K. Harrington Co. B, 12th Inf., age 82, died May 21 at 4:35 am in hospital. Funeral plans not yet made. Visitors frequent cottage 22 as Mrs. Kaufman and relatives join Miss Kaufman. Others from city visit relatives, including Mrs. Woods of St Louis and Harmon family. Harkness moved from hospital to cottage 22 and is not well.
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7Th Mo
Cavalry
William Woods
St. Louis
Bhithardt
Harwood
Lillian
Wm. Gallagher
Galesburg
Mrs. Gallagher
Daniel Harmon
Sterling, Ill
Anna Harmon
Mr. Harkness
Cantonment Site Proposal For Quincy Bonds Plan
Real estate agents C E Delaplain and J H Harberts propose a land purchase and lease plan to secure a military cantonment for 28000 men near Quincy. They suggest selling bonds to buy sites 60, 14 and 10 miles away in Missouri and Illinois and leasing to the government with bonds yielding 5 to 5.5 percent.
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C. E. Delaplain
J. H. Harberts
Quincy
Missouri
Ilinois
Augusta Bean Contest Supports Youth Farming Effort
Augusta township in Hancock county Illinois offers a fifty dollar prize for the best acre of field beans grown by a boy or girl ages 12 to 19. Additional prizes of twenty five fifteen and ten dollars follow. The contest is run by the township committee led by Geo Catlin and aims to boost food production and reduce waste. The paper praises the committee for promoting seed inoculation and cultural guidance to help entrants and expand bean farming in the region.
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J. H. Lloyd
Augusta Township
Hancock County
Illinois
Geo. Catlin
Augusta
Catlin
Social round at Paloma and nearby towns
Mr and Mrs Silas Morton hosted a dinner for children and grandchildren. Irvin Johnson and family visited L A Johnson. Ellis Hoskins and family with C B Hall and family called on E A Dickhut in Camp Point. Henry Morton and son Clarence were in Quincy for business. E J Lohr and Mrs Haistings visited Mendon. Mrs Sarah Lohr and family enjoy a new Buick. Estella Melchizer of Kinderhook stayed with Nettie Hoskins and A B Shupe’s daughter Oleen. Robert Johns of Quincy visited with W H Johns. Marie McNhirer of Kinderhook visits cousin Mrs Ellis Hoskins. E J Lohr visited Mondon and William Haistings. Sarah Lohr and family spent Sunday in Columbus with James Lohr. Mrs Eric and Mrs Tappe of Fowler were business visitors here.
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Silas Morton
Irvin Johnson
L. A. Johnson
Ellis Hoskins
C. Be, Hall
Charles Hyer
E. A. Dickhut
Camp Point
Henry Morton
Clarence
Quincey
E. J. Lohr
William Haistings
Kinderhook
Mondon
Wiliam Haistings
Sarah Lohr
Columbus
James Lohr
Eric
Tappe
Fowler
Empire sugar independence inquiry formed in London
A committee of experts in sugar related industries across the British Empire has been created by the Society of Chemical Industry. The group will study ways to provide a steady supply that would render the empire independent of foreign sugar sources.
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London
Society of Chemical Industry
Seed corn and general seed stock offered in Barry Illinois
Seed Corn Relds Yellow Dent and other varieties priced from 2.50 to 3.25 per bushel with germination averages 92 percent or better. Dwarf Essex Rape 120 per pound. Fancy Whippoorwill Cow Peas 4.65 per bushel. Fancy Soja Beans 4.50 per bushel. Fancy German Millet 2.76 per bushel. Early Amber Cans 16 cents per pound. All other seeds in stock. Send us your order.
Potato crop urged as vital food defense message
The Tenk Hardware Company sent letters to salesmen urging them to stress the need for a large potato acreage this year. The memo notes potatoes can be planted by July 1 and mature, warns of high prices due to low previous yields, and calls for farmers and merchants to act as soon as possible to boost production for home and Allied needs.
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Tenk Hardware Company
Local families visit relatives and farm news in town
George Peterson and family visited his sister Mrs. John Hepaon in Bowe en. Mrs. Ray McClean and two Quincy children spent the past week with Mr. and Mrs. John Cray. Lee Howard and Canley Sutherland drove to Quincy and back. A good rain refreshed fields. corn planting ongoing, rye heading, oats healthy. Mr. Kincaid sold his 160 acre Florida farm. W S Felgar and Bert Howard rented the William Howard farm to plant beans. Dr. Hanson and Mary Lawless drove to Quincy. The school board kept existing teachers for another year.
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George Peterson
Boween
John Hepaon
Ray McClean
Quincy
John Cray
Lee Howard
Canley Sutherland
Kincaid
Florida
Felgar
Bert Howard
Williaam Howard
Dr. Hanson
Mary Lawless
Dr Kings New Life Pills Ad for Gentle Laxative
An advertisement promoting Dr King’s New Life Pills as a mild laxative that regulates bowels and relieves congested intestines by removing waste. Claims include improved health, bright eyes, clear complexion, and relief from heavy head and spring fever. Available at druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
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