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Newspaper

Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1917

Page

5

Parish Sentiment in Wheat Market Washington? Chicago? May Market

Bearish sentiment dominated the wheat market amid favorable weather and reports. July and September prices drift lower while corn and oats show mixed moves. frost fears temper corn, and lard declines accompany the easing market. Regional quotes from Chicago, Kansas City, Peoria, and Minneapolis show widespread price shifts and ample receipts.

Chicago Movernent Texas Luses Forza

Local Market Prices for Grains and Livestock and Supplies

Local market listings show bid prices for No 2 wheat at 2.90 per bushel, corn around 1.50 to 1.65, oats 0.70, hay and straw prices, and various mill products from Knollenberg Company including flour types and feeds. Hog quotations cover weights and classifications, with prices from $12.95 to $16.86 per cwt. Poultry, eggs, butter, hides, and wool also listed with current daily corrected prices from regional traders.

Knollenberg Alimng Company Swift H.R Mississippi River Leon Butchers Anck Brothers

Markets in Chicago and New York Poultry Prices

Chicago and New York market wires report mixed butter creamery receipts and varied poultry prices. Butter values around 34,439 pounds in one line, with creamery extras and firs t and seconds noted. fowls, roosters, hens and broilers priced in multiple LOTS. New York shows higher creamery prices for extras and firsts, while poultry and eggs move on steady to weaker tones. overall notes of refined and coffee markets accompany these commodity briefs.

Kinness City AS City

Horses and Mules Auction Notice in Louis

May 22 in Louis lists draft horses and mules with weights and prices. Readable entries include horse numbers 8193 274 and 326 with various quality assessments and telegraphic notes. Technical details show measurements, condition grades, and price ranges for livestock offered.

FABT Louis

Leng Commission Co Daily Market Letter

Leng Commission Co reports a quiet grain market with steady influences and favorable crop reports. Corn and oats feel the cash squeeze, markets show overbought risk as beat sentiment dominates locally, requiring caution to avoid unsustainable price ceilings.

Leng Commission Co.'s Daily Market Letter

Seventeen Farmers Bring In Hog, Feed Goods

Hog prices on the local live stock market held steady after seventeen loads of produce arrived. Corn brought three loads at 1.68 a bushel, oats at 0.75 and 0.76, nine loads of hay with varied prices, baled hay at 25 a ton, and baled straw at 8.50 a ten.

Seed Market Toledo Prices Mixed for Clover and Timothy

Seed market notes Clover priced at 11.16 prime cash with October 11.85 and December 11.75. Timothy listed at 9.80 prime cash and 4.17 for September. extra line shows a fraudulent Felic cash at 1.50. May 24 Toledo report.

Toledo Clover Saeed Felic Timothy

Sloan's Moment Relief for Muscles and Aches

Advertises Sloan's Moment as a quick relief for muscle soreness from unusual work, bending, or strenuous exercise. Claims easy penetration without rubbing, non staining, cleaner than plasters, and useful for rheumatism gout lumbago grippe bruises stiffness backache and other external pains. Vic-Adv.

Sloan Vic—Adv

U S Steel Leads Wall Street Slump and Rally Mixed Trade

U S Steel again dominated the New York market with a sharp mid session surge to record highs around 129 1 4 then reversed in late trading, slipping 3 to 8 points from peak. Other metals and industrials advanced while People's Gas showed a steep drop, and total volume reached about 2 875 000 dollars par value.

New York U. S People’s Gas Chicago Denver Stuwar A. ST Aim NSM Atchison St.g N. OW Relea Elec Grt Nor Nor, Pate Peoples Gas Rock Island Uno Studebaker Union Pac UW. S. Steel U.S. Steel

Livestock Market Reports From Major U S Cities

May 24 reports show receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep across St Louis Chicago Kansas City and Omaha with steady to lower hogs and mixed cattle values. Prime fed steers and stockers appear in Kansas City prices while western and southern cattle show varied ranges.

Tf. Louis ST. Logi Kausas City Kansas City Tombs Omaha Omatta

Hay and Straw Price Report from St Louis Chicago Markets

St Louis market notes May 24 report mixed hay with timothy and clover prices. alfalfa at 26.30. straw steady at 8.50. Chicago futures show strong hay receipts at 298 tons with Timothy values near 31.22 and No 4 at 19.60, straw rye and oat prices listed alongside.

St. Louis T. Touis Timothy Chicago

Local notices from Lake Nan area report deaths and visits

Mrs. W W Webber travels to Emerson after notice of her mother Mrs Denison s death. Ke M Howard of St Louis visiting Lake Nan, promoting stock for Harroun Motor Co. A L Freeland and Susan Leake host O M Rhodes family. I N Court recovering from appendicitis and will resume postmaster duties soon. QO M Rhodes visits Freeland. Odla Coleman, student at University of Missouri, visits family.

W. W. Webber Denison Emerson A. L. Freeland Susan Leake O. M. Rhodes I. N. Court Lake Raw QO. M. Rhodes Freeland Odla Coleman State University At Columbia, Mo B. Coleman

Monroe County Banker Meeting Aims to Form Association

Monroe City Mo May 24 A meeting to organize a Monroe County Bankers association was called for Friday in Paris. Committee members include Clarence Evane Paris M B Proctor Monroe City and J F Dooley Stoutsville. Also notes rail service cuts urged government asks roads reduce passenger trains.

Monroe City Monroe County Monroe County Bankers’ Association Paris Clarence Evane M. B. Proctor J. F. Dooley Stoutsville Missouri Bankers’ Association Burlington St. Louis TJ. S. Starrett Justice of the Peace S. I. Poullard William Wilson Roy Meriwether Wampler Brothers Neosho Jamie Tranley A. B.C Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church A. McClintie W. D. Vianner HH. H. Utterback Stoutenville Quincy Tie Quincey Flo Hannibal

Memorial Events and Visits Around Timewell

Timewell activities include memorial services at the Christian church with large attendance. Mr and Mrs Claud Briggs and two children visited J W Lucas family. Mrs Hose Carmon of Bowen attended Mrs J W Flanders funeral. Mrs Thomas Crabb of Kansas visiting Dock Shaffer family. National L T I secretary Miss Mary B Ervin of Cedarville will drill Timewell legion in a playlet The Coming Victory at Buckhorn Baptist church May 29 and give a lantern lecture on John Barleycorn. She will lead the W U C U local Institute at Timewell Baptist church May 30 and repeat the playlet and lantern lecture at night.

The Christian Church And Mire Claud Briggs Buckhern J. W. Lucas Familly Hose Carmon Bowen J. W. Flanders Thomas Crabb Kansas Dock Shaffer Mary B. Ervin Cedarville Ohio Timewell Legion Buckhorn John Barleycorn Timewell Baptist Culturch

Word lunatic in New Testament linked to disease

The term lunatic appears twice in Matthew and is linked to a mind and body illness. Mark IX describes a condition diagnosed as epilepsy, implying the disease as described matches that diagnosis.

Hancock county docket reports June terms in Carthage

June term Hancock county circuit court docket lists Common Law cases including Elling vs Brand with $5,000 damages, Hartzell vs Babcock for $2,000, Berry vs Bortz appeal from $175.50 judgment, and attachments involving Mississippi Valley Telephone. Chancery matters include will contest by Luther R. Tull, partition suits, maintenance and injunction petitions, and several partition and mortgage actions with real estate described in Dallas City and related estates.

Carthage Hancock County Circuit Court Philip E. Elling Joseph B. Brand William H. Hartzell Rolla Babcock Orville F. Berry J. A. Bortz Justice Court Mississippi Valley Telephone Company James I. Hendricks Henry Rams E. P. Cutler L. M. Burner Carthage Auto and Carriage Company Samuel Naylor Frank Booz Marietta Charles Crossland Mary A. Felgar O'Harra Wood & Walker Harry H. Felgar Minnie Geisendorfer Nellie M Charles E Lessie E Frank J. Felgar Effie Foley C. A. Tames George Foley Bil Kaheka Chancery William FT. Shaw J. W. Williams Benjamin F. Shaw Cecil J. Baxter Scofield Helfrich & Califf Thomas P Emile J. Baxter Bill James Markey Warren Kelley Samuel H. Kelley Hancock County Charles A. Downing Aldo L. Kemp Enoch Fleming Bowen Ethel M. Lee Hartzell Cavanagh Apollos W. O'llarra Martha O. Malon Emma 0. Speer

Plan Registration In Marion County Palmyra May 24 1917

Sheriff J W Mefford received Gov Gardner telegram about registration day June 5 1917. A county board selected registrars for Palmyra and surrounding districts with multiple sites and assigned election officials across towns and wards including Palmyra city hall court house and various stores and shops.

Palmyra J. W Mefford Jas Whiston, Jr W. BE. Mass. Cooper School J. H. Gentry W. A. Wittmar Warren T. Christes J. C. Smith Shannons Shop J. W. Carter A. J. Frazier Philadelphia W. E. Dunn C. E. Thomas Cherry Dell D. E. Brown W. E. Dresether Emerson T. B. Marksbury Lucullus Sanford Nelsonville Miles Bywater J. R. Bolton Smileyville J. B. Schaefer P.T. Hansbrough Cave's Shop J. C. Scofield H. VV. Smith West Quincy Elbert Hansbrough Tom Martin Ely Daniel Boone Guy Young Hester D. W. Tillman A. A. Gollmer Salem L. Richard Geo. Thurwachter Monroe T. G. Mass R. M. Walker Paffords R. K. Powell J. H. Nall Bostwick’s J. M. Chittman F. F. Wenneker Heather J. W. Ragar Thos Ellsworth Oakwood Whitlock W. Z. Link Schocknecht S. O. Osterhart J. C. Miller Withers Mill L. BE. Frazier Wm. Shrig Dunlap A. Miller Andy Locimer Hannibal A. R. Smith L. M. Byrom R. M. Sepente F. L. Kelley Henry Wachendorfer A. L. Call A. J. Pickett C. F P. Buckley Fallie T. Smith Tos. Barsen C. R. Mahan F. W Mason

Bennett tributes mark Payson funeral service

George E. Bennett, born 1841 in Crawford County Pennsylvania, buried in Payson Methodist Church after a life of church work and service. He served in the state militia during the Civil War, married Deliah Baker in 1868 and Mary E. Williams in 1877, leaving three children and a devout Christian legacy. The town notes also mention local sports results, school events, and residents visiting relatives.

Payson George E. Bennett McCollom George I. Bennett Crawford County Adams County Lil Shelby County Deliah Baker Edgar E Avalon Olive Spencer Esther Inman Mary. E. Willams Church Methodist Church Parson Methodist Church Chaddock Boys’ School Quincy Dunne Hadduck Edith Robbins Miss Hawkins Miss Robbing Chaddock Read DeVore Merrill Whittaker Blalock Cox Wardell Erwin Maher Hedllembeak Warner Albsmeyer Grace

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