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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1917
Page
3
Chicago market reports a decided upturn in corn driven by tight local stocks with prices firm to higher. Oats and provisions gain on corn strength while visible supplies and weekly shipments show varied comparisons to last year and week.
Chicago and other markets show corn prices mostly higher with No 2 yellow around 1 97 and No 1 mixed near 1 99. Oats hold steady with No 2 white at 60 to 61 percent. Prices in St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Peoria New York reflect firm to higher trends across corn and oats with occasional variations.
In St Louis and Chicago markets receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep are listed with ranges. St Louis shows hogs 10.75 to 16.50, cattle mixed, cows and feeders 6.60 to 11.50, sheep lambs and ewes varying. Chicago receipts around 5,000 hogs 14.30 to 16.60, cattle 4.75 to 13.65, sheep 8.80 to 17.76. Kansas City and Omaha reports note steady to weak trends, with prime fed steers around 15.50 to 18.60 and hogs 14.60 to 16.75.
Fragmented OCR notes list seed market figures for Clover and Timothy products with monthly price points such as October and March. Values show cash and new prices, including barley and chicory types, but several words are garbled, yielding incomplete details and uncertain dates or units.
In Chicago on October 23 the market lifts corn with December bids leading the advance while May lags. Fresh corn prices soar on the cash market and sparse receipts. Oats follow corn higher, Seaboard bids improve yet limited trading. Visible supply grows slowly, and the market remains narrow with rapid price moves. Provisions strengthen on short covering and early demand while cash trade stays robust.
Hog prices held firm on the local live stock market as nineteen loads of farm products moved in the city lot. Mixed hay brought $19.50 per ton for two loads, three loads at $20 per ton, new corn sold at $1 per bushel, oats at 55 cents per bushel for eight loads, bated oats straw at $8 per ton for three loads, and bated wheat straw at $7.50 per ton for one load.
Local market reports list prices for hay and grain including wheat at 2.05, corn old 1.50 to 1.60, new corn 85 cents per bushel, oats 5k, baled straw 8, baled hay 20 to 21, timothy hay 23, seed prices 3.50 per bushel. milling products show Knollenberg Company figures with flour prices city high patent 11.56, straight patent 12, and other products like graham flour 5.75 per cwt, bran 1.7 per cwt, and various feed meals and horse feeds. hog, cattle, sheep, poultry, hides, and tallow quotations from local markets and butchers follow with weights and ranges for different grades.
East Saint Louis market lists horses and mules with varied heights and prices. Eastern chunks and extra heavy draft horses quoted from 100 to 160 dollars. Mules priced from 110 to 275 dollars for assorted heights and types.
A notice notes a public sale in Taylor, Missouri offering Poland China hogs on Tuesday October 38. The rest discusses California flowers that rely on insect visits for seed production, highlighting the yucca and a tiny moth that enables pollination to perpetuate seeds.
New York, Oct. 23. Early gains of 1 to 4 points in Mondays stock market session faded as the day wore on and the market closed with a heavy trend. Trading was professional, with public inquiry and bullish pools but most advances reversed. Steel and U S Steel fell from morning highs to a close down about 1 percent.
Chicago and New York price listings show butter eggs cheese and poultry values, with receipts and grade splits. Kansas City and St Louis report similar dairy, egg, poultry, sugar, coffee and hides pricing, plus fish and wool notes.
Des Moines surpassed its Liberty Loan quota on Monday with subscriptions totaling 8.307 million dollars, above a 7.7 million dollar city goal. Camp Dodge soldiers crossed the million dollar mark as subscriptions continued, though a limit restricted monthly payments to half a soldier's pay.
Louisville Oct 23 National Army soldiers from Illinois Indiana and Kentucky are learning trench and grenade field construction for the infantry school of arms. Trenches six feet deep with reinforced walls wood floors sandbag parapets and zigzag communicating trenches line the area. Training is divided into seven courses over periods from fifteen days to two months including grenades bayonet rifle and pistol physical culture automatic arms heavy machine guns rapid fire guns and more.
Springfield Oct. 23 Leaders and telegrams demanding expulsion from the miners union of men who incited stoppages came to Frank Farrington president of the Illinois miners organization. He said charges will be filed and most locals in Franklin county voted to return to work though three were in rebellion. Farrington promised to expel disturbers with majority support to protect the union’s conservative element and the United Mine Workers of America.
East St Louis Illinois October 23 testimony at a congressional inquiry described a mob forcing a Negro child back into a burning house after escape during July 2 race riots. Reporter Edwin Popkess testified he also saw four or five national guardsmen shoot and kill two people.
The congressional committee continued its inquiry into East St Louis political conditions noting a Negro mob killed policemen Cop pedge and Woolley the night before. Reporter Paul Y Anderson testified about Disorderly saloons tied to crime and harsh housing conditions for Negro residents. Cooper questioned the housing standards as unfit for people and dogs.
Ray Teach of Golden judged the corn, while William Griffith of Clayton judged the colts in Golden State bank events. Four corn classes awarded premiums, plus prizes for top corn and a children’s contest. Kentucky Fame lineage sparked a street colt show by S. M. Wallace with $30 in prizes and seven entries.
Washington October 23 official casualty list for the army transport Antilles reports sixty seven deaths last Wednesday from a German submarine torpedo. Total survivors stand at 170 with one unaccounted for. The list shows many non Americans among the dead including Spanish and Portuguese firemen and several non commissioned army officers.
From Lawrence Harbor New Jersey biologists report a new mosquito species named Culex brehmer. The article notes that traditional inventions like submarines and airships are outdated by comparison to nature's latest creation.
An old time remedy promotes darkening gray hair using sage and sulphur brew. A ready made Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound is sold in drug stores for instant use. One or two applications claim full gray coverage and glossy, luxurious hair.
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