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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1917
Page
14
Foreigners unloading future delivery wheat weighed on Chicago trade with a heavy close and declines across grains. Corn and oats also fell while provisions weakened, as bears cited ample Argentine arrivals and weak export demand. poor crop reports and ample car supply added to the pressure, countered slightly by short-term hog supply hopes for next week.
Prices listed for No 2 wheat corn straw hay and alfalfa hay milling products including patent flour hard wheat flour and bran with figures from Knollenberg Milling. Hog prices from B and Q stock yards cover weights from 100 to 260 pounds with varied quotes. local butcher and poultry quotes corrected daily by Anck Brothers and Davis Cleaver.
Seed market notes in Toledo show Tes Piper 08 May appears with odd prices. Deliberate entries include Prema cash at $2202 October and SELTR Aiside Prime at $11.50 in September. Peeper in Prime cash listed at $2.86 for September S402.
The Census Bureau classifies draft age men at over ten million with 3,372,400 single men and 4,545,900 married men. The estimates base on population growth since 1910 and assume marital ratios mirror those years.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey cough syrup for children. It claims soothing pine balsams relieve coughing loosen phlegm and heal irritated tissues and urges readers to buy at the local druggist for 25 cents.
Wheat trading seen restricted with prices falling. Corn planting largely complete in the corn belt while farmers use idle time to deliver more corn. Rail facilities improve movement, suggesting lower prices ahead. Oats acreage up. plantings are in excellent condition. Provisions reflect price shifts with hogs moving to grass, meat prices expected to rise later in the year.
Local hog prices fell by ten cents while the city market weighed five loads of farm products. Corn priced at 1.68 and 1.70 per bushel on two loads. baled hay brought 20.50 per ton on one load, two loads sold with no price reported.
May reports show timothy and clover mixed hay in scarce supply with urgent demand. Prices listed for timothy and clover alfalfa at St Louis and Chicago markets include No 1 timothy around 19.50 to 21.00, clover near 20, and straw rye around 11.50. A closing statistic notes many tasks a wife can assign her husband during rest.
United States Steel climbs to a new high of 134% amid widespread gains in copper oils motors and related sectors. Strong demand pushes General Motors Studebaker and others while rails weakness checks optimism. Bonds show slight turnover and overall market volume stands at par 1,875,900.
Mercantile paper at 4 percent and 45 bar silver stood at 74 percent Mexican dollars quoted 68 4 government bonds and railroad bonds showed irregular on demand trading patterns in New York.
Chicago hog and cattle receipts showed weakness with mixed and heavy hogs trading unevenly. Cattle included native beef cattle stockers and feeders with calves and cows and heifers also recorded. Kansas City and Omaha markets reported steady to slow activity across hogs cattle and sheep with varied price ranges and classifications.
Market notes from Chicago Kansas City and St Louis show butter firming in Chicago with higher creamery prices and steady receipts, while Kansas City lists creamery butter at 38 to 42 for firsts and seconds. Eggs, poultry, and other staples vary by city with fluctuating prices and unsettled demand across markets.
Unusual work strains muscles causing soreness and stiffness. Sloan's Liniment is advertised for rapid relief and easy application without rubbing, penetrating to ease aches of rheumatism gout lumbago grippe bruises backache and other external pains. At your druggist 25 cents.
Edina Missouri May 27 with nine civil actions filed by Edward Kirk Soap and Cleanser Co against subscribers who failed to pay for stock. Cases target individuals with shares totaling 74 at 100 dollars each and include a note payment suit, a mechanic lien foreclosure, local option violations, divorces, and multiple assaults. The list names Frank W Crabbe J P Klote Samuel G Mason Joseph Courtney J M Helm elt Edward Gordon J C Walters Simon Victor Eugene H Bullock and others. The factory stands idle while the firm pursues debts and contracts and seeks damages and title actions in a crowded circuit term.
A postponed program due to illness, upcoming Children's Day on June 10, and ongoing Sunday school contests with the Steds leading the Blues. Reports of residents' visits, medical matters including Miss Sadie Poling’s nose operation, Rev Heed's sermon, and garden commence ment night. Graduation plans for three youths and church activities round out the week’s happenings.
Miss Gladys Jouummis returns from Chicago training while Ralph Decker visits Augusta from Galesburg. Adolph Weinberg and J H Ogden travel to Rushville on business. Grace Working visits St. Louis relatives. Mrs W Hileman and daughter Gladys return to Jonesboro after a week with Virginia Markee. Greta Hardie heads to LaHarne for a few days. S W Venable business trip to Virginia. Memorial services set for Sunday at 11 in the Methodist church with Rev D F Nelson delivering the sermon. Augusta High School commencement exercises to be held Friday.
Seed corn selected and double milled with germination averages 92 or better. Dwarf Essex Rape 12¢ per th. Fancy Whippoorwill Cow Peas $4.50 bu. Fancy Soja Beans $450 bi. Fancy German Millet $2.75 bu. Early Amber Cane 10¢ lb. Also all other seeds in stock. Send us your order.
Mrs. C. H. Stark spent Thursday in Plymouth with relatives and activities at the Methediat church were noted for June 18.
London May 27 A correspondent notes shipowners rarely admit profits from war risks citing a tramp line subscriber to the war loan who gained 700000 pounds after three ships were torpedoed and insured at inflated values. The piece contrasts this with Cromwell's death scene and Carlyle's writing.
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery as a remedy for coughs and bronchial ailments. It claims the balsam heals the throat loosens phlegm and kills germs with antiseptic properties. The ad targets children and adults urging readers to keep a bottle in the medicine chest.
Biblical commentators note that the phrase Mt Calvary is not supported by any gospel statement about the place of Jesus crucifixion. The word Calvary appears only in Luke chapter 23 verse 33.
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous names paired with towns or companies such as Canton Westbolt Edina Werner Morris Drag Co Hannibal Hern Fisher Hoefbauer Hunnewell Cox Hurdland Leach Guinn Knox City Kelley La Grange Owens Belle Moore Lewistown Perkins and others. The item reads like a directory of entities and associates without clear context.
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