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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1917
Page
10
Sixteen farmers brought profits to the city square Friday as hay ads listed loose hay at 19 to 20 dollars per ton and 20.5 cents per unit. Timothy hay sold at 22 dollars per ton, old corn priced at 70 cents per bushel, new corn at 8 cents per bushel, and two loads at 1 dollar. Oats brought 55 cents per bushel, baled oats straw at 8 dollars per ton, plus one ad at 8.50 dollars.
Mill products and retail flour prices listed by Knollenberg company show high patent and straight patent flour, various wheats, meal, and bran. Hog and cattle quotes pasted from local buyers include weights 140 to 250 pounds, with prices from 15 to 18 dollars, plus poultry, hides, and tallow quotations.
Markets note Chicago reports steady butter with 4 434 cases and ordinary firsts. Potatoes show higher receipts with 36 cases and bulk sacks priced around 1 40 to 1 35 reflecting Minnesota Wisconsin and Dakota markets. Poultry remains alive and higher with 2 244 fowls spring offerings and 1 944 eggs.
Rev. Marshal from La Grange filled in at the T Baptist church on Sunday while Mev. GE Griswold led meetings. Local residents report furnace work by Mr. Snyder of Keokuk, visits and returns among Keethler and Summitville families, and several weekend social moves and travel across nearby towns.
Sluggish receipts and lower quotes prevail as hogs cattle and sheep show declines. In St Louis hogs 60 to 80 cents lower, cattle 10 to 15 cents down, lambs and sheep also softer. Chicago offers weaker hogs and cattle with varied classes down, calves up to 16.
St Louis notes hay market buoyant for timothy and clover mixes with scarce prairie, alfalfa and high grades. Prices listed for Clover-mixed 22.59 23, timothy 28 27, clover 21 28, alfalfa 25, straw steady at 3 track to 8.50 delivered. Chicago shows mixed timothy 24 25, No 1 23 24, No 2 21 22. Kansas City rail and livestock prices follow, with hogs, cattle and sheep receipts and price ranges across regions.
Miss Misa Clella Cadwell will act as matron in a Champaign boarding house for state university students, a role she filled last year. Various residents, visitors, and staff across Pike county are noted, including resignations, appointments, family visits, and a change in county post office audit duties.
Residents and visitors in Coatsburg and nearby communities are noted for moves and social visits. William Marshall and family relocated to Quincy last Monday while J R Lambert shopped in Quincy on Tuesday. Galesburg’s Mrs Morris Berger spent Wednesday with Mrs O Brown, returning home in the evening. Mr and Mrs Olver Miller and Mr and Mrs Roll Stacy visited in Quincy, and EF Leach hosted guests over the weekend. The Welsenbtirger and Wendall groups visited Mt Sterling relatives, and Olive Brown Ruby Edgar Bress and Elmer Lummis plus their Quincy kin traveled to Philadelphia Missouri to see former residents M Gray and family. Mrs R B McNeall of Quincy spent Friday with her sister Mrs C Allen. their mother Mrs Rutledge lies ill, and Mrs Craig Utterback plans a public sale Oct 19 to dispose of local property. C M Gibbs returned from a few days in Quincy. The Coataburg Fowler Riverside teachers meeting is set for Fowler on Saturday afternoon Oct 7, and the local Red Cross held a regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at Mrs W S Gray’s home.
Monroe City reports a $65 bank of war library funds raised as the Knights of Columbus war fund gathers over $400, with committee head Mrs. Davenport praising the results. Rev. W H Johnson resigns from Grace and Bethlehem churches to attend Kansas City Seminary. Chester Hayneau, son of Mr. and Mrs. Longmire, is the first Monroe City youth to land in France with the U S Army hospital corps. A miscellaneous shower honors Miss Bess Lou Boarman and groom James Elmer Worland of Lakenan. A Burlington special train stops, with executives visiting local residents. Various locals and visitors are noted, including Mrs. Williams and family, J T Threlkeld, and others. naval painter Wray Fuqua returns home.
A flurry of short visits and travel notes from Camp Point Illinois and surrounding towns. Albert Lucker heads to Kansas City on business while Tulsa visitors, Great Lakes trainees, and local residents exchange Sunday calls. Several families, including Robertson, Burnett, Hoke, and Wratter kin, host and visit across Keokuk Lime Lake and Payson areas.
Palmyra Missouri Eastern Star chapter schedules a Hallowe en program for October 29 with booths a den of horrors witches fortune tellers a moving picture show and a lecture plus hot popcorn. Entertainment committee includes Mrs George W Moore chair Mrs A White Mrs Betty Cook Mrs Franc as Dick son Mrs Cora Lacey and Miss Henrietta Best. Also noted is that Joseph Willock son of David Willock is ill with diphtheria and that Russell Fogte Ed and Charley Schnitger with others plan a campout on North River ten miles west of Palmyra next week.
Pike County banks report total liberty bond subscriptions at 246 660, with countywide reach near half a million dollars including both issues. Pittsfield banks to handle 82 500, R T Hicks and Mrs Sarah Davis Foreman directing male and female subscriptions. Local meetings anticipated to stimulate bond interest amid broader civic activity and upcoming events.
Irwin Kent of Green City Missouri lost his house and barn to a Thursday fire caused by sparks from a flue. High winds spread flames. neighbors saved most household goods and farm equipment while oats and hay were destroyed. Insurance covered 1000 on the house and 300 on the barn, through Farmers' Mutual.
Washington reports food specialists urge hotels and restaurants to offer corn cakes as a wheat alternative. A recipe for cornmeal pancakes is shared and the idea of a “stack of corn” habit is promoted to save wheat. Also noted is a proposed giant 250 mile canal linking the Arctic Ocean and Baltic Sea at an estimated cost of 150 million dollars.
Evansville Indiana October 13 B F Morris of Champaign Illinois vice chairman of Illinois state council for defense spoke to the Indiana Bankers association convention on Feeding and Financing the War. He urged thrift and liberty bonds and outlined wartime population and production pressures. The article notes farm value rises and the need to finance liberty as essential, with data on Britain’s loan and war savings across the populace. Also includes prescription-like food preparation instructions for pickles and green tomato picalilli with detailed ingredients and steps.
The piece cites favorable conditions for preserving green tomatoes and presents U S Department of Agriculture pickle and relish recipes. It details Green Tomato Chow Chow, Green Tomato Chopped Pickle, and Green Tomato Pickle with ingredients, brine steps, boiling vinegar mixtures, and sealing tips for home canning.
Aboard the steamer Niels Nielsen traveling from Hong Kong to Bombay a fire broke out in the lumber cargo after chemicals ignited spontaneously. The captain reports extensive damage to ship and cargo and that Bombay officials accuse Teuton agents of placing the chemicals during loading at a Pacific port last May.
Washington reports the USDA advises selecting disease free seed sweet potatoes in the fall while digging. Choose hills without black rot, stem rot, or other diseases for next year’s crop and discard potatoes with blackened stems or rotten ends to prevent transmission. Proper storage and handling reduce waste and crop losses of up to 13 million bushels.
Chicago October 12 T P O Conner M P Irish leader told a business press association President Wilsons call to arms to make the world safe for democracy had special appeal to Irishmen He said the greatest service Irish born Americans can render for Ireland is to help win the war for America He added every Irishman is at heart a democrat in the broad sense and agrees with Wilsons demand
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