Humane Society Quarterly Report of 1915 Actions and Outcomes
Summary of the Quincy Humane Society quarter ending September 30 1915 detailing animal care actions arrests for cruelty to animals and living conditions, results including fines and recalls, and personnel notes. It records precautions for boys and girls mothers and fathers, destitute cases, inspections of butcher shops poultry houses quarries and boat landings, and notes dog poisoning investigations and outreach in Ursa and Loraine.
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Quincy Iumane Society
O. K
Washington Park
Ursa
Loraine
Monroe City Busy With Improvements
Monroe City Missouri business district undergoes major street repairs by contractors installing modern utilities. The overnight work aims to revitalize downtown, though disruption persists as crews tear up streets.
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Kenady
Monroe City
Stinson to Display Aerial Feats in Quincy Exhibition
Miss Stinson, now of driving age, will perform Beachey style loops backward spirals and a 3000 foot vertical drop in a military monoplane at Quincy. The event features 2500 foot biplane swoops, motorbike races, Australian pursuit, and a 1:30 start with a 3:45 finish after a barbecue and fort bombing.
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Quincy
Lincoln
Beachey
Miss Stinson
Monroe City Advances Paving Aims to Boost Downtown Vitality
The downtown sidewalks will be widened and gain a real city look once complete. The new pavement shows bare concrete as work proceeds. Stores and banks display farm products in windows and Monroe City remains a lively business hub with modern retail. The paving contract should finish before cold weather. Water systems upgraded, Monroe City gains metropolitan advantages.
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Monroe City
Falls 40 Feet Injures Painter in Hannibal
In Hannibal Missouri on October 12 painter J S Hell, of Magnolia Avenue, fell forty feet from a room on John E Jones Jr s residence at 811 North Sixth Street. He suffered serious injuries and was taken to Levering Hospital where Drs Bourn and Paxton treated him. The ladder slipped while he painted the guttering.
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Hannibal
John E. Jones
North Sixth Street
J. S. Hell
Magnolia
Avenue
Levering ‘Hospital
Bourn and
Paxton
Bell
Homer Fox
Petition in involuntary bankruptcy filed against Macon Novelty and Foundry
A petition in involuntary bankruptcy was filed in the U S district court at Hannibal Missouri against the Macon Novelty and Foundry Company of Macon Missouri. Creditors W D Coulter Henry PF Hunkler and John W Towner claim totals of 1609 and 1030 86 and 934 97 respectively for salary and wages.
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Hnannibal
S.A. Bireh
United States District Court
Macon Novelty and Foundry Company A Corporation
Macon
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Quick Cold Relief
An old advertisement urges readers to try Dr King’s New Discovery for colds and bronchial troubles. It warns neglect can lead to dangerous lung ailments and touts the remedy as proven for all ages with prices of 50 cents and 1 dollar.
Market report shows record corn sales for fall day
Yesterday’s market saw high corn sales with multiple loads priced 60 to 65 cents per bushel and one lot at 75 to 76 cents. Hay and straw moved steadily with loose hay at 11 to 13.50 per ton and baled hay at 13 to 14 dollars. clover hay and straw also sold, keeping totals just under forty loads.
Local Market Prices for Wheat and Fodder
No. 2 wheat priced at 7.00 per bushel. Corn 0.80 per bushel. New oats 0.40. Prairie hay 6.50 to 8.00. Baled prairie hay 8.50 to 10.00. Oats straw 6.50 to 7.50. Shredded fodder 8.00. New loose hay 10.00 to 14.00. Alsike clover seed 9.00 to 10.00. New Clover hay 7.00 to 8.00. Crab grass 7.50. Clover hullings 10.00. Baled straw 6.00 to 6.50. Clover seed 7.50 to 8.00.
Knollenberg Milling reveals flour and byproducts prices
The Knollenberg Milling company lists selling prices for flour and mill products. High patent flour six dollars thirty cents per unit. Straight patent flour six dollars ten cents. Hard wheat flour six dollars thirty cents. Bran twenty four dollars per ton. Shipstuff thirty two dollars per ton. Corn meal two dollars per hundred pounds.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Quotations From Local Butchers And Poultry Prices
Local market quotatons list hogs light $7.40 to $7.90 roughsows and stags $6.00 to $6.50 fat steers $6.00 to $7.00 fat heifers $6.00 to $7.00 fat cows $4.00 to $5.00 veal calves $8.00 to $9.00 bulls $4.00 to $5.00 spring lambs $10.00 to $11.00 sheep $4.00 to $5.00 poultry butter and eggs hens 11 4c roosters 7c spring chickens 11 4c eyes 20c turkeys old gobblers 9 14c young gobblers 9 4c turkey hens 9 14c geese 6 14c ducks 81c butter packing stock 17c country No 1 25c.
Vegetables under local market listings
Report by Wm. Malambri lists prices for carrots three bunches five cents, beets three bunches etc. Cauliflower per head ten to twenty cents, wax and string beans per quart seven cents, new potatoes per bushel forty cents, onions per bushel seventy five cents, tomatoes per pound ten cents, sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five cents, turnips per peck twenty five cents.
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Wm. Malambri
Market prices for animal byproducts and hides
Report lists prices for cured hides in several grades from No 1 to No 2, calves, and green hides. Livestock and pelts prices include horses of various sizes, glue stock, colts, tallow, greases, and wool pelts with ranges from 12c to 60c per unit, reflecting quality grades.
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Bolles & Rogers
Lost and Found Notice in The Whir
A brief notice indicates a missing item such as a watch or parasol and urges readers to phone the lost and found ad desk at The Whir for inquiries and recovery.
Foot and mouth delays in livestock markets amid wider market slowdown
The report notes a general market lull on Columbus Day with little action in the foreign markets while local trade remains steady. Foot and mouth concerns persist with limited quarantine in Adams County and no clear symptom spread, urging calmer handling of the situation. St. Louis horses and mules show slow eastern demand but steady pricing across inspected lots with English Belgian Italian and French buyers active.
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Erarest
Adams County
United States
Illinois
Commonwealth
ST. Louis
Mars
Market Report on Timothys Clover and Straw Prices
Louis October 12 report shows timothy offerings steady with strong demand for good No 1 and No 2 grades while ordinary grades lag. Clover mixed and alfalfa scarce with high grade lots selling, straw scarce but firm at 6.50 per carload.
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St: Louis
Timothy
Chicago Livestock Prices Tarnish as Receipts Rise
Chicago markets report October cattle and hog receipts up with prices mixed. Hogs steady to down 5 to 10 cents, with various weight classes listed. cattle receipts about 7,000 and mixed declines noted for native beef steers and other categories. Sheep at 16,000 head with lambs steady to slightly lower.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report
Hogs receipts 14,000 steady with bulk at 8.45, heavy at 8.45, pigs 6.75 to 7.75, light 7.15 to 8.50. Cattle receipts 19,200 steady with steers 36.50 to 10.10, cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.35, calves 86.00 to 16.25. Sheep and lambs receipts 14,000 steady with lambs 5.? to 6.50, ewes 5.06 to 6.00.
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Chicago
Monlay
Kansas City
Ste
Laniisers
Ewes
Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Omaha stockyards report shows total receipts with cattle 12,300 steady milking steers 6.75 to 9.75 per cwt and calves 7.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 46,000 steady with yearlings 5.75 to 6.75, wethers 5.60 to 6.56, lambs 8.40 to 8.75. Pigs and hogs priced 7.50 to 8.50 with bulk 5.30 to 8.50.
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Omaha
Chicago Market Report Shows Mixed Commodity Prices
Butter steady at 22 27 4, creamery eggs steady with 4 277 cases received. Ordinary firsts 24 244, firsts 22514. Potatoes lower with 35 cars received from Michigan Wisconsin whites 607.63, Minnesota whites 60 65, Minnesota Ohios 68 65. Poultry alive steady with fowls 1314 and springs 14.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohios
Grain Price Report Snapshot
The record lists cash wheat prices with grades and yields, noting higher receipts than last year. It shows No 1 hard at around $1.0734, No 1 northern about $1.0234, and No 2 northern near $1.0334. No 3 wheat around $1.0034 with minor variations.
Market Summary for Hogs Cattle and Sheep in St Louis
Hogs receipts 1,700 steady with mixed and butchers trading around 6.75 to 8.80 dollars. Cattle receipts 6,800 steady to 10 cents lower with native beef steers 7.50 to 10.25, yearling stocker calves 6.00 to 11.00, cows 6.00 to 8.00. Sheep receipts 1,700 steady lambs 8.00 to 9.00, sheep and ewes 5.00 to 7.75.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City Produce Prices 1914 Market Report
Kansas City market notes list butter and creamery firsts at 27 and 23 packing 1914. Eggs firsts 241 45 seconds 1914. Poultry hens 12 roosters 9 broilers 15 with other items in brief market update from Oct 12 Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Kansas Baptists Meet in Clay Center Convention
Delegates from across Kansas gather in Clay Center for the annual Baptist churches convention. Prominent ministers arrive to participate in the proceedings and discuss church matters.
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Meeting of
Kansas Baptists
Clay Center
Kan
the Baptist Churches of Kansas
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Quarterly Meeting
Gia Fare de
Keokuk
Cooper
Mammoth Power House
Bannibalien
Cuse
Down River City
Macon Novelty and Foundry Company
Claims
Ladtest Ack
Chichester
Quincy Savings & Loan Office
T. C. Poling
Samuel Woods
Legal Department
T. ©. Poling
Gashier
TOR Sale
Blackstone
Vermont
Chicago Livestock
Minneapolis
California
Burlington
America
Ellis
Knollenberg Milling CO. Ltd
And
York Sts
Quincy, Til
Quincy National Bank
Zola
Sin-One Si
Elgin
Elgin, Ill
Whig Office
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