Surrounding Towns News From Knott County Area
Mr. Brooks Knight of Kansas City visited his farm near the place and old friends. A hay stack belonging to Walter Dare burned after a lightning strike Thursday. The Epworth league held a lawn social at Mrs. Mary Bartzel’s with ice cream and cake. W S Brosins and Miss Lizzie Allen visited the Lipes. Dr and Mrs McWilliams of Oklahoma visited Mr Williams’ mother and Cicero Scott’s family. Mrs McWilliams and Mrs Scott are sisters. Infantile paralysis cases reported near Knox City. scarlet fever in Brusky district. smallpox near Colony. Schools closed and public meetings postponed. Revival meetings closed. Mrs Artie McDonald attended Paloma Grange at Derra. John McCoy of La Belle repaired organs for T L Allen. Diphtheria outbreaks abated in Maywood. four cases total. Mrs Artie McDonald and son Robert visited T L Allen’s new home. Ivy Robinson sick with lip abscess. lanced and improving. Mrs Florence Shin of La Belle visited near here.
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Deer Ridge
Brooks Knight
Kansas City
Walter Dare
Epworth League Society
Mary Bartzel
W. S. Brosins
Lizzie Allen
Harry Lipes
McWilliams
Oklahoma
Mr. Williams
Cicero Scott
Scott
Melvin Boltz
Knox City
Brusky
Colony
Artie McDonald
Paloma Grange
Derra
John McCoy
la Belle
T. L
Florence Shin
Rs. Earl Porter
Baby born to Mr and Mrs Fred Morgan at Blessing hospital
Mr and Mrs Fred Morgan are proud parents of a baby boy born at Blessing hospital in Quincy. Charlie George misplaced a gold watch while picking apples in his orchard. Hirshel Moore of Hannibal visits his mother Mrs Polly Holman for a few weeks. D R Ferryman of Quincy visits Richfield and nearby. Mrs Effie Glascock of Laverton visits and accompanies her parents home. Miss Hilda Kishur, studying in Iowa, home for a brief visit. Mr and Mrs Aura Redman visit Jim Mull's family on Sunday.
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Fred Morgan
Blessing Hospital
Quincy
Charlie George
Hirshel Moore
Hannibal
Polly Holman
D. R. Ferryman
Richfield
Effie Glascock
Laverton
Hilda Kishur
Iowa
Home Folka
Aura Redman
Charlie Diker
Henry Lease
Plainville
Jim Mull
Fall Motorist Tire Sk Meets Sudden War Phrase
A fragment notes a fall motorist event with a tire issue and a puzzled reaction. The text blends abrupt traffic imagery with a stray reference to a war phrase, creating a fleeting, nonspecific scene from an OCR page.
Wheat market soars as export demand expands
Chicago Oct 18—Wheat prices surge on foreign buying and broader export demand. Dec 1.63%, May 1.64%, with nearby gains 6%–7c per bushel. corn up modestly and oats following. Indications show Europeans bought over 2.6 million bushels since Monday. French and Italian needs forecast higher. war news muted peace hopes.
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Chicago
United States
Galicia
Europe
Grain Markets Across Cities Prompt Wheat and Corn Shifts
Chicago and other markets report varied wheat and corn prices with No. 2 red and white bids, differing by region. Prices show strength in Minneapolis on Argentina news, while New York spot bids reflect firm oats and corn values.
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New York
Duluth
Manitoba
O. B
Standard
Seed Markets Report From St. Louisa and Chicago Prices
St. Louisa notes seed prices for Timothy Redtop Clover and alfalfa with ranges from $4.35 to $16 for various conditions and machine cleaned seed up to $8.50. German millet nominal. Chicago reports No. 2 price at $1.25 and barley at 73c plus Timothy at $8. Toledo shows prime clover cash prices around $9.82 to $10.60 with December futures.
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St. Louisa
ST. Louts
Timothy
Redtop
Chicago
Oct
Elvis
Toledo
Wheat up as Britain cuts freight costs and Siberia tightens supply
Long Commission Co Daly Market Letter notes wheat prices rising after Britain fixes freight rates to pence per bushel and Siberia reports no surplus. Export demand from Russia and Britain’s allies support bulls. Corn and oats rise with strong foreign demand. provisions outlook bullish amid continued U.S. meat demand and breaks in prices.
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Argentina
Great Britain
United Kingdom
England
Russia
Great
Siberia
Omaha
United States War Department
Europe
Market Review: Livestock Prices Across Major Cities
Hogs receipts vary with regional prices from St Louis to Omaha, with bulk hogs around 9.40 to 10.10 and heavy sales near 10. Cattle receipts show steady to lower trends in St Louis and Chicago, with steers often near 6 to 9 and cows around 3.40 to 9.20. Sheep and lambs display mixed demand, with lambs near 8 to 10.50 and ewes around 5.75 to 7.40 in several markets, including Kansas City and Chicago.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Kansans City
Kansas City
East St. Louis
Omaha
Lucas Hatchers
Anck Brothera
Market Report: Butter Eggs Potatoes and More Across Cities
New York and Chicago market notes show butter creamery prices steady to higher with firsts and seconds varying by city. Eggs receipts noted, potatoes described with Western growth supply tight and strong prices, onions steady with modest demand. Regional figures for St Louis and Kansas City include poultry and fruit pricing with detailed lots and consignments.
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New York
Hennery
Heaonery
Rio
Santos
Chicago
Minnesota
Dakota
Ohios
Wisconsin
Michigan
C. Springs
Kansas City
Clear Bad Skin From Within with Dr King's Pills
Pimples and muddy complexions blamed on blood impurities. Dr King's New Life Pills purify the system with a mild laxative. A morning bowel movement follows a night dose. Available at your druggist for 25 cents. Adv.
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Dr. King
Steady Advance in Sock Prices Near Market Close
Tuesday’s trading showed an almost steady advance in stock prices before the last hour, when gains narrowed and an irregular undertone emerged. About 1,340,000 shares changed hands, with heavy activity by professionals and little investment demand, while a rise in call money and a contraction in bank reserves likely pressured sentiment. General Motors hit 790, American Beet Sugar 100, Western Union advanced, and U S Steel fluctuated between 20 and 26 percent. Bonds were strong with Internationals leading sales.
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New York
U. S. Steel
Marines
Reading
Republic Steel
Rock Island
International Paper
Union
General Motors
American
Western Union
U. S
ALT. & T
Atchison
Grt. Nor, Pfd
Ill
Lehigh
Mo, Pac
N. Y
N.Y
Nor. Pac
Eeaae Nat. Bis
Penn
Peoples Gas
Sears Roe
Pfd
Studebaker
Union Pac
U. 8. Steel
U. 8. Steel Pac
West, Union
Willys-Over
Local Markets Prices for Hay and Grains and Livestock
Readable market list with prices for hay timothy alfalfa clover seeds and grain items. Includes wheat corn oats linseed meal cottonseed meal and various hog cattle and poultry prices from Lucas Hatchers. Also lists hides calves and horses prices and fat stock values.
Quincy bank clearances Tuesday report by Quincy Clearing House
Tuesday clearances total $203 032 per Quincy Clearing House association. Figures compare with $201 086 same day last week and $0 00 for the same day a year ago. Sunday data appears as a misprint in the source.
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Quincy
Quincy Clearing House Association
Sacs
Gece Wen Succes
Market Report On Hay And Straw Prices In Chicago And St Louis
Hay and straw prices vary with quality across Chicago and St Louis. Chicago reports quiet demand for timothy hay with prices from 15.50 to 18.60 depending on grade, while No 2 at 14.50 and lower grades around 9 to 10. In St Louis Clover mixed No 2 at 13.50 to 16.50, Timothy around 16.50, Alfalfa common No 2 at 14 to 16.50 and No 1 at 17 to 19, Clover No 1 at 15.59 to 16, No 2 at 12 to 13.50. Straw is scarce and in request with oats at 8, wheat at 8, rye at 3.
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Long Commission Co
Chicago
St. Louis
Ben Davis
Gano
Minkler
Ingram
Willowtwig
Winesap
Huntsmans
Missouri
Ohio
Red River
Kuovenberg Alling Company
H. P
Timothy
Strips on Mars as Vegetation Under Cultivation
Percival Lowell, longtime Harvard Observatory director, proposed at the University of California that Martian canals are vegetation strips watered by artificial canals. He argued Mars shows four seasons like Earth, with the smallest observable spot about ten miles in diameter, making canals invisible from Earth. Lowell questioned Earth as the sole home of intelligent life.
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Berkeley
Cal
Percival Lowel
Harvard Observatory
Flagstaff
Ariz
University of California
Mars
Earth
Lowel
Knights of Pythias Lose Members in Illinois Convention
In Decatur Illinois on October 18 Henry P Caldwell of Chicago grand keeper of records and seals said the Knights of Pythias in Illinois shed over 1000 members in the past year He blamed baseball motion pictures and automobiles for waning lodge interest Grand Chancellor A A Partlow of Danville reported a financially prosperous year for the order.
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Decatur
Knights of Pythias of
Illinois
Henry P. Caldwell
Chicago
Caldwell
A. A. Partlow
Danville
Unclear text shows a dialogue about inquiry rules
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Market Receipts Report From Local Market Day
Market receipts show 44 loads of hay and corn plus oats and straw received from the country with steady local prices. Loose hay totals 19 loads with prices from 8.50 to 19.66 per ton, bale hay 10 loads at 9 to 11 per ton, bale straw 2 loads at 5.50 and 6 per ton. Corn arrivals 8 loads priced 0.86 to 0.85 per bushel, oats 5 loads at 0.46 with two loads without prices.
Fifth German war loan tops 16.5 billion marks
Berlin reports the fifth war loan reached over 16.5 billion marks with large subscribers of more than 50 000 marks. Small subscribers under 206 marks declined markedly. A gold purchase center has opened in Berlin for the public to exchange jewelry for gold value to fund the empire. The first visitors included Berlin officials and society figures.
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Berlin
London
Eit
Fourteen Caught in Keokuk Temperance Raids
Attorney General Cosson outlined the standard process for Keokuk liquor enforcement cases after state agents charged several temperance bar proprietors with illicit liquor sales. Permanent injunctions would be sought, with prosecutions under state law and possible federal handover if licenses were lacking. Detained: Philip Glaser John A Salzer George Salzer L A Hardin Frank Delaney W J Noetkemper Philip Nickel Al Moore Jerry Stack Jack Luder B Puller Fred Hall Hugh Brennan A J Hickey.
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Des Moines
Cosson
Keokuk
State Department of Justice
Philip Glaser
John A. Salzer
George Salzer
L. A. Hardin
Frank Delaney
W. J. Noetkemper
Philip Nickel
al Moore
Jerry Stack
Jack Luder
B. Puller
Fred Hall
Hugh Brennan
A. J. Hickey
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