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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1919
Page
10
Chicago May 27 report notes corn advanced after a big drop in visible supply, May near season highs, July and September prices rising. Oats followed corn, provisions mixed with hog declines yet rising on Brain. Strong stock and rubber shares aided early trading as a broad bull mood persisted.
Chicago and St Louis market notes show mixed grain quotes with wheat and corn varying by grade. No. 2 mixed corn at 1.78 to 1.80, No. 3 mixed around 1.76, oats steady around 0.68 to 0.69, white and yellow varieties cited, while St Louis and Peoria reports list mixed and yellow corn near 1.80 and oats around 0.69. Kansas City cash wheat ranges from 2.45 to 2.57 with corn near 1.75 to 1.76 and oats around 0.70.
Markets led Monday by motor equities with Studebaker and Willys-Overland rising sharply and industry forecasts optimistic. Rail shares and copper tobacco and oil groups advanced as investors anticipated steady profits, higher year ahead, and dividends, with attention on Federal and associated oil names and gold mines for further gains.
Prices paid by Kaolleubers Milling Co for wheat, corn, oats, hay, straw, and fodders. Quotations from local butchers, poultry, linseed oil, mill products, hides, and various animal feeds listed with units and per hundred or per ton figures. Includes diverse livestock prices and miscellaneous market rates from Meron area.
Toledo mentions cash prices for Clover reed prime at 27.95 with deductions 21.20 and 21.10, Alsike and Timothy prime. Old cash prices for Timothy and related grains listed with May and Sept values including 5.38 and 6.15 and other month quotes.
Taéberty Bonds in New York quotes May 27 show final prices and yields for liberty bonds. First four percent bonds at 99.50, second 4s at 94.76, first 4% at 95.80, second 4% at 96.30, third 4% at 95.80, fourth 4s at 95.32.
New York May 27 Monday's session shows extraordinary activity with 2 025 million shares traded marking the first two million share day since February 1 1917. Rails and shippings lag the buoyant market while autos and related stocks lead with gains of 3 to 10 points and United States Steel near a year high before profit taking.
May 27 reports from Chicago St Louis Peoria Kansas City and others indicate large cattle and hog receipts with prices uneven. Hogs mostly steady to lower with gaps. cattle including beef steers and cows broadly weaker. lambs and yearlings higher in Chicago market. regional variations seen in St Louis Peoria and Kansas City.
Markets across New York and Chicago show varied activity with receipts and prices in dairy eggs poultry and produce. Creamery prices rise while butter and sugar futures edge steady. potatoes sugar and onion figures noted with town and grade specifics.
Washington May 27 Progressive group senators lost a bid to block the selection of Senators Penrose of Pennsylvania and Warren of Wyoming as chairmen of the finance and appropriations committees. The party conference approved the assignments 38 to 5. Johnson indicated he would not press the matter on the senate floor. The committee lists include holdovers and new members for Foreign Relations Finance and Appropriations with several retirements noted.
Catarrhal Deafness stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to cure this by acting through the bloodstream on mucous surfaces. The ad offers a hundred dollars for any case not cured, with circulars free, from F. S. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
An advertisement-style article advises preventing rheumatism by staying off damp ground, keeping feet dry, eating less meat, drinking water, and taking four ounces of Rad Salts daily for a week. It claims the acid uric toxin forms in the bowels, is filtered by the kidneys, and can be expelled via skin and urine. Jad Salts, made from grape and lemon acids with lithia, is praised as inexpensive and effective.
The report lists committee memberships and changes including new members Fernald Frelinghuysen Elkins Fall Norris Kellogg and Lenroot Spencer Capper Ball McCormick Newberry Keyes Ball McNary Edge with retirements of Poindexter Johnson Warren Harding and Warren. Chairman roles include McLean Page and Penrose among holdovers across Judiciary Naval Commerce Agriculture Banking and currency and other panels.
Paris May 26 Major General James G Harbord head of the service of supply for the American expeditionary forces has been relieved of those duties and detailed as chief of staff of the expeditionary forces Brigadier General James W McAndrew the present chief of staff departs to Washington to become chief of the war college
Paris May 26 The French government has received from the German peace delegation the assurance that it will ask no further extension of time for negotiations. The statement signals progress toward finalizing terms and avoiding additional delays in the peace process.
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