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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
3
May 31 market reports show receipts and prices across major markets. Cattle and hog values vary by region with feeders, cows and calves showing broad ranges. Sheep and lamb markets display softer tones in several centers, while heavy hogs and cattle shift with regional demand.
Disjointed OCR style text lists items and prices including references like FAST ST LO heavy craft and numbers such as 2755 26 14 1424, with scattered monetary figures like 14 1654 200 and 568 50, but no coherent narrative or complete details.
Chicago May 31 heavy and steady quotes for hay and straw listed per ton. Figures include alfalfa clover and rye straw with cargo shipments totaling 667 tons and 205 tons at various prices. Prices range from 8.50 to 22.50 per hundredweight, miscellaneous commodities noted.
Chicago May 31 Meredith Nicholson published the second in a Western author series urging bond purchases for the war effort. He declares every bond sold a punch in the Kaiser's eye and urges readers to support the drive with as much as possible.
Prices paid at mill and by market aggregators for a wide range of farm commodities. Wheat at $2.50 per bushel, corn $1.50, oats 70 cents, baled straw $7.50, hay $19 to $23, alfalfa $27, millet seed $1.25. Milling products list flour prices, bran and meal rates. hog, cattle, poultry, hides, and wool quotations from stock yards and local suppliers.
A detaled despatch reports Abram I. Elkus, former American ambassador to Turkey now detained by illness, will depart from Constantinople to Switzerland through Vienna. Mrs. Elkus and 26 embassy members ride in a Balkan Express car. Elkus plans a Swiss stay before returning home. An Iowa man proposes a wire mesh flag substitute, claiming it waves forever with no breeze. King Solomon is cited about springtime and birds.
On the battleship fleet the cost of daily rations averages 43 cents per man with a projected rise. The Navy uses contract meat and high grade staples bought through strict inspections, delivering abundant meals with officers and sailors sharing similar fare. A Filipino cook handles meals though sailors claim the men’s doughnuts and pies outshine the officers’, while menus feature eggs, veal, beans, hash, roasts, and ample coffee and dessert daily.
Hancock circuit court June term opens next Monday with scheduled cases including Anna Burnwood versus Sherman W Alphin damages 1500 Churchill Drug Co. v J H McCulloch and K W McCulloch assumpsit damages 800 Allen Pfeiffer Chemical Co. v J H McCulloch assumpsit damages 500 Luther Shipton doing business as Shipton Grocery Co v Grace Ervin assumpsit damages 500 John E Merritt and Mary L White v Floreat Ingraham et al petition on 34 feet wide of 1.8 block 31 Carthage Houiskamp Bros. Co. v James A Brooks et al foreclosure of mortgage 300.
The record lists several divorce actions including Solomon Smith versus Lydia Smith with marriage May 22, 1911 in Colusa and separation noted July 10, 1914. James G. Campbell and others seek will construction of James M. Campbell who died May 28, 1916 in Peoria, detailing lands in Lahfarpe and sections 20 and 21 totaling 86.61 acres. executor William B. Kaiser named. August Yanson versus Olga Marie Yanson ends in divorce. marriage December 31, 1897 in Newark and separations through Feb 20, 1944 with four children. Additional cases cite Albert M. Ash trustee versus Myrtle Ash with marriage February 25, 1909 and separation November 25, 1916. Several other suits include Dooolittle v Doolittle and Ferguson v Hostetter, plus injunctions over Mississippi islands Nos. 14 and 34. Local notes recount family visits, weddings, and social events in Warsaw, Quincy, Mendon, Flannibal, and Milwaukee visitors.
Mrs Laura Knorr of Fowler Illinois visits her aunt Mrs John Hoos kamp with Mr and Mrs Harry Stipe of Ursa and Miss UWelen Stipe of Quincy Sunday gatherings with about forty relatives at Mr and Mrs John Rooskamp Werman Trautvetter and children visit Quincy Mr and Mrs Werman Wufendick and family and Mr and Mrs Henry Thessis visit William Vogel Elderville John Hufendick held a barn razing with about twenty neighbors last Thursday C T Copp of Hamifl-
Richfield callsResidents and visitors from Kingston Hannibal Quincy Barry and Lib erty attend calls dances and family visits. Local death Co C Cleveland formerly of Richfield Township dies in Colorado. Ed Finchum and Sadie Graham move to C W Tylers house.
Isaac Campbell comes home after a week with Mrs. J. G. Forshey and family in Quincy. Willam Schmalsh of Olana passed away Saturday morning after a six month struggle with tuberculosis of the throat. Funeral services were held at the M. K. B. church in Kingston Sunday afternoon, burial in Kingston Cemetery.
Rev Mr Jones preached the Babeas lames at a Sunday evening service in the Methodist church. High school juniors hosted seniors at a banquet at the north town farm residence of K Poster. Tuesday evening Mrs Jena Kenady visiting relatives. John Woron was a business visitor in Quincey. Mrs Fila Spacue returned from a week with her daughter in Mone mouth. Ella Lease and Liza Carey shopped in Quincy. Kenady family spent Sunday with L H Kenady. Joe Smith shopped in Quincy. Commencement exercises set for Friday night at city hall. J W Hackman of Arenaville was in town Monday. Class day exercises planned for Wednesday evening. New teachers hired: Miss Wilhelmina Baurh superintendent. Edward O'Brien principal. Abe Monroe, Heiden Wells, Helen Beavens, Miamie Carr and Miss DeTapp, intermediates.
Seed corn selected and double milled with germination averages 92 percent or better. Dwarf Essex rape twelve cents per pound. Fancy Whippeorwill cow peas four fifty per bushel. Fancy Sara beans four fifty per bushel. Fancy German millet two seventy five per bushel. Early Amber cane ten cents per pound. Also all other seeds in stock. Send us your order.
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