Market News Corn Prices Fall on Weather Ahead
Latest market notes report corn prices easing Friday as favorable weather accelerates plans to harvest and ship the crop. Prices closed unsettled with minor declines and gains, while quotes for futures and regional car lots show mixed movement for corn oats and wheat. Reports indicate weaker investment demand and selling pressure with seasonal buying from Mexican interest not offsetting the broader softness.
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Micago
New York Stocks Rally With Timid Profit Taking Fades
New York stocks extended Thursday gains as investors absorbed liberal profit taking, especially in equipment shares. The bulk of selling appears finished with steady support likely to persist for some time.
Corn and oats market steady amid ample corn husking outlook
Chicago reports a mixed close with corn near term firm on stronger cash demand and poor weather outlook, while May corn slipped on selling by key players. Oats followed corn with a weaker undertone as country offerings rose. seaboard demand stays primary. Provisions eased with buying of November lard lifting its tone. Cash demand remains strong.
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Chicago
Seaboard
Helgian Relief Commission
Hogs Continue Slide as Prices Edge Down
Hogs fell again with quotes 50 cents lower. Twenty four farmers brought stock to the city lot. Hay and straw sold firm with hay at 20 dollars a ton and oats straw at eight dollars a ton. Corn prices ranged from zero to one dollar per bushel amid mixed loads.
Local Market Hay and Milling Product Prices Listed
Prices paid for hay and grain include wheat at 2.05, old corn 1.50 to 1.60, new corn 90c to 1.00, oats 55c, and baled straw 8.00. Milling products show Knollenberg prices with high patent flour city at 11.50, straight patent 11.30, wheat flour 12.00, corn meal 5.10, shelled corn 1.90, bran 1.70 per cwt, plus various feeds and hog and poultry quotes from local markets and butchers.
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Knollenberg Milling Company
Graham
Shipstaff
H. P
Mississippi River
Anck Brothers
Market quotes and commodity prices from Toledo
Toledo Ohio markets list grain and seed prices with October and March figures for wheat cash clover seed rye barley and Timothy, showing old and new cash prices and futures like Oct Feb Dec and March, with various per bushel or unit values and notes on prime cash rates.
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Toledo
Aye
Sisko Alaske
Timothy
War shares climb as market shows strong active day
New York stock traders pushed war related stocks higher on Friday with Bethlehem Steel leading gains and new issues surging. Rail and shipping issues also rose as investors priced in large contracts, while most bonds stayed cautious and money market rates held steady.
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New York
Raila
Bethlehem Steels
U. S. Steel
St. Paul
Liberty
Markets in Chicago and New York Oct 20 summary
Chicago butter creamery 38 42 cents. Eggs receipts 4,718 cages with firsts 36 37 cents. ordinary firsts 34 34. cases included 36 37. Potatoes 66 cars. Poultry alive lower. fowls 19 cents. springs 19 cents. Kansas City butter creamery 41 cents. firsts 40. seconds 39. packing 36%. Eggs firsts 36. seconds 29. Poultry hens 214 cents. roosters 144. broilers 214. New York butter weak. creamery higher extras 44 44 1/4. eggs irregular. fresh gathered extras 45 46. firsts 41 42. seconds 37 41 39. State Penna hennery whites fine to fancy 65 68. browns 50 56 5. cheese unsettled. receipts 2,210. fresh specials 24 24 1/2. average run 23 24. Poultry alive dull. fowls 19 22. turkeys 20. dressed steady. chickens 21 36. fowls and turkeys unchanged. New York sugar note: exchanges close Oct 24 Liberty loan day. St Louis eggs fresh firsts 5 35 1/4. butter creamery extras 44. firsts 41 42. seconds 40. Live poultry fowls hens 18. broilers 8 6. ducks 18. turkeys old 26. calves 16. spring guineas 3.50 per dozen. New York coffee spot dull No 7 to 8 1/2. No 4 Santos 9 4.
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New York
State Penna
Hennery
Liberty Loan
St. Louia
Horses and Mules Prices at East St. Louis Auction
Eastern Shoes priced at 125 to 150 dollars for extra heavy draft stock. Mules range from 165 to 200 dollars for 15 to 16 hands, with 14 to 14.5 hands at 125 to 135 dollars. Auction notes dated October 16 in East St. Louis.
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East ST. V.ouis
Hornea
Eastern Shoes
Public Sales and a Hat Advice Grow in One Note
Public sales notice for Tuesday October 23 lists L Harrison of Taylor Missouri offering Poland China hogs. The item also includes a light aside advising women that diplomacy can persuade husbands to buy a new hat by visiting his store, implying a shopping tip embedded in the text.
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L. Harrison
Taylor, Mo
Poland
China Hogs
Pittsfield Man's Claim Rejected by Board
Pittsfield October 20. Prof Roy Deffenbaugh High school faculty member had claim for exemption before the district board at Springfield rejected. He may join the next Pike county contingent at Camp Taylor. Also notes on local visits and social events including Misses Vida Nighbert Clara Hansen at a Hull teachers institute and church social plans.
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Roy Deffenbaugh
Board of Education
Springfield
Deffenbaugh
Pike County
Camp Tayor
Vida Nighbert
Clara Hansen
Hull
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Methodist Church
H. D. Smith
Warren James
T. F. James
Nobe Connoley
Mansion House
Chicago
John Rainwater
Camp Taylor
Louisville
Cora Schemmel
Frank
Fenton Bartine
Baptist Church
Pleasant Hill
la Grange
Carlotte Seigle
Kane
Ill
Edward Patterson
Barry
John Sanders
Henry Long
Lucy C. Greene
Rose Missionary Society
Congregational Church
Fairview School
Ethel Storck
Alvin Thornton
Clinton Weaver
Aurora
Neb
Inlaw
Floyd Thornton
Henry Petty
Ned
Emmet Anson
St. Louis
Charles Anson
Local Notes From Coatsburg Illinois
Mrs. 8 C Shanholtzer visits Canton I D Shanholtzer family in Canton Ti. Mrs Martha Aston has stroke serious condition. Mr and Mrs John Smyth of Quincy guests of Mrs Olive Brown over Sunday. Dr and Mrs c i Tripp welcome baby girl born Tuesday Oct 16 their third daughter. Ladies Social Union met with Mrs J R Lambert committees named for Mum show. Local Red Cross chapter met with Mrs Co EF Gibbs knitters progressing. Emma Seibel visiting Fowler. Funeral services for Mrs W F Bartlett held in Christian church with Rev Palmer officiating. interment Coatsburg cemetery.
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Coatsburg
Ill
C. Shanholtzer
I. D. Shanholtzer
Canton
Martha Aston
W. B. Lawless
John Smyth
Quincy
Olive Brown
I. Tripp
Ladies’ Social Union
J. R. Lambert
The
Red Cross
Co. EF. Gibbs
Miles Emma Seibel
Fowler
W. F. Bartlett
Christian Church
Palmer of Liberty
Coatsburg Cemetery
War Widens Trade In Review Says
New York October 20 Duans review notes the war’s widening influence brings new problems yet the overall trend remains positive for trade and industry. Prices stabilizing lift sentiment and revive activity while reduced uncertainty boosts cautious buying. Weekly bank clearings total 5.56974 billion dollars.
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New York
Duan
Willl
Hay and Straw Market Report from St Louis and Chicago
Hay markets show Timothy and Clover prices up across St Louis and Chicago. Timothy bids reach around 24 to 28 dollars per ton with limited supply, while clover and alfalfa rise to mid twenty dollars. Straw demand remains strong with wheat and oat straw quoted near 8 to 9 dollars per ton. An English lighting engineer proposes city illumination by reflecting lights off buildings to reduce glare.
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St. Louis
Louis
Timothy
Missouri corn crop averages 36 by 10 acre
Jefferson City Oct 20 The October crop report from Secretary Mayes of the Missouri state board of agriculture shows improved corn conditions. Final preliminary corn acreage 7,900,000 acres yielding 284,000,000 bushels at 36 bushels per acre and 91.7 percent conditions. Wheat sowing up, more corn cut for silage, and strong state effort toward feeding the world in 1918.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Mayes
State Board of Agriculture
Left Hand Plow For Sentimental Farmers
Chicago October 20 W B Dineen of Moline Illinois told the National Implement and Vehicle association that the left hand plow is made to humor a temperamental class of farmers. He said the tool will do nothing more than an ordinary plow and that manufacturing sixty more kinds of plows is a waste of time and materials.
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Chicago
W. B. Dineen
Moline
National Implement and Vehicle Association
Local Residents Visit Relatives and New War Rank
Newark Moq edition notes Osko laosa Oska loosa Oska loosa residents visiting W C Stephenson and Walter Byer households. Fred Spees, recent Camp Funston recruit, earns corporal rank. he is a popular young teacher described as a sterling young man.
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Edward Stout
Oskaloosa
W. C. Stephenson
D. A. Ashford
Bessie
la Belle
Walter Byer
S. Wei
Fred Spees
Camp Funston
Fred
Twen
Rub Rheumatism Away from Aching Joints Ad
An old time medicine ad promotes St. Jacob's Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment. It claims quick relief from rheumatic pain, sciatica, lumbago, backache, and neuralgia by topical rubbing. Encourages readers to obtain a small trial bottle from any drug store and end pain and stiffness.
Milk Producers' Association Defends Members in Chicago
W J Kittle secretary of the Milk Producers Association issues a statement in Chicago on October 19 defending members of the Milkmen League amid ongoing concerns and disputes.
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Milkmen’s League
Chicago
W. J. Kittle
The
Milk Producers’ Association
Indicted Board Members Regret Actions In Three States
A spokesman expressed regret at the indictment of five board members charged with conspiracy and called the action unnecessary humiliation and injury to 16 009 association members across Illinois Wisconsin and Indiana who he said are among the most law abiding citizens and had no intent to violate the law.
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Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
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