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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1917
Page
10
Chicago markets show corn futures slipping with December at 1.11 to 1.115 and May at 1.07 as holiday calm prevails. Oats drop modestly while provisions rise on steady hog demand. cash wheat tight with limited sales above the government price, and government trading paused till next Tuesday.
Omaha and Kansas City report cash grain values with No. 2 and No. 3 varieties. Wheat ranges show declines or steady bids while corn and oats hold steady or rise slightly. city by city quotes cover Chicago St Louis Peoria Minneapolis and minor flax figures. Multiple exchanges record receipts and standard grades, with government board sales noted in Chicago.
Livestock receipts on September 2 in Omaha and Kansas City show higher or steady demand. Omaha reports cattle receipts around 500 to 3,800 with varied prices for steers, cows, calves, and bulls. hogs and sheep also move at mixed to steady values. Kansas City lists similar totals with prime fed steers and dressed beef cattle priced, plus hogs, lambs, and ewes showing steady to strong demand.
Chicago September 2 rye No 2 at 1.70 barley 1.10 Timothy 51 Clover 1 26. Market notes on feed grains and herbage prices.
Chicago September 2 The ringleader of five bandits who used sawed off shotguns to kill two payroll messengers of Winslow Brothers Tron works and escape with 8776 dollars is arrested States Attorney Hoyne says the prisoner is the master criminal of Chicago and planned the recent payroll robberies Charles Benton identified by an assistant to the states attorney as the prisoner.
Hogs made a slight advance on Saturday with a 10 cent rise, lifting the weekly total. Nine loads of loose timothy sold at $20 per ton, one load baled timothy at $22, corn at $1.66 per bushel, nine loads of new oats at 60 cents, baled wheat straw and baled oat straw priced, with other items noted as market activity.
Prices paid for hay and grains including No 2 wheat at 2.06 dollars per bushel and corn 1.40 to 1.50. Straw and hay prices listed with Timothy and Alfalfa values. Milling product prices from Knollenberg Milling, flour types and meal. Hog, pig, cattle, poultry, hides and by products quotes with ranges and buyers. Includes wagon load hogs and various weights with price bands.
Markets in Chicago New York Kansas City and Minneapolis report butter creamery receipts with mixed firmness and price ranges. Potatoes and eggs show higher or steady receipts. poultry remains firm with varied prices for fowls and broilers. Minnesota flour futures ease slightly with other grades unchanged.
In St Louis hay Timothy and clover mixed sold in good demand with firm quotes. Timothy offerings moderate while clover mixed remains scarce. Clover mixed salable around 22.38 to 24.5, alfalfa about 23.56 to 29. Also straw scarce and firm with wheat and oats strong at 7.50 per track, rye at 8.60. Chicago prices show hay Timothy around 20 to 23, No 1 at 19.20, No 2 at 17.14, straw rye 9.50, oats 8.80 to 9.80, wheat 8.50 to 8.82.
Government sets wheat value for 1917 crop at 2.20 for No 1 northern and No 1 red, with adjustments for grade and costs. Farmers see profits in seed wheat and worry over Excess Profit bill. Corn prospects mixed with late crop and frost risk, oats receipts weak due to rail moves for troops, December contracts advised. Provisions: hogs rising, hold strategic meats and bread for profit. Markets Monday labor day. New York money: mercantile paper at 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 percent. par silver 90 1/2.
Barry Illinois D Fe Akers has returned from a Colorado visit. Miss Sophia Strubinger returned home Saturday from a month long auto trip to Colorado. Mrs Laura Martin arrived from Connecticut this week and will reside here again. Our public schools open next Monday. Mrs Bertha Doyle and Miss Bessie Vonnerman who spent the summer in Colorado arrived this week and will go on to Decatur to take up their school work. Mr and Mrs A J Chamberlain are expected back from California next Tuesday. Arthur Hailey is home for the winter and has taken a position in the Record office. Mrs Ed Trult was burned about the face while canning tomatoes this week. Joe Richardson is removing to Quincy where his wife will conduct a restaurant. Our Methodist people are planning a reunion or home coming of all former pastors and laymen for October 17 and 18. They expect to have a grand time. Dr J J McKinney, our veteran physician, met with serious injury by a fall last Tuesday. He has been feeble of late and when he attempted to walk from his son's residence to his home one block away, he overtaxed his energies and fell. He has since been confined to his home.
Green City reports a lively chautauqua week with strong attendance. Local residents visit relatives across Missouri and beyond. Mr and Mrs T H Irwin vacationing in Michigan while Jake Hannah visits home folks in Colorado. Thornton Thomas of Aberdeen Washington travels to Nevada Missouri to see son Edward in the army. Dr E B Bohrer and family visit Kirksville relatives. J C Bence and family return from chautauqua with parents Dr and Mrs Magee in Keytesville. Carl Magee and family from Plevna tour Green City. Mary Magee and Mrs Emma Roberts visit. Mrs Ross Jones of Oklahoma returns home after visiting I N Bushong family. Miss Mabel Lehr of Kirksville visits grandmothers. Mr and Mrs Ross Scorgins of Calto visit A S Bushong family. Weather remains ideal and chautauqua program continues with good attendance.
A large crowd filled Clayton Illinois for the Old Settlers meeting with estimates of 3000 on Thursday and at least 4000 on Friday. The event featured highly interesting programs and exceptional athletic sports. Local notes mention Marie Lake of Avon visiting Violet Weering, a fresh car of cans reaching the canning factory, and fine bearded watermelon arrivals from Beardstown. Quincy's Rev. Shank and Mrs. Shank attended from Plymouth for the Salem association, while Mayor Edwards disrupted bootleggers, detaining several linked to John Barleycorn. Edna Shank, back from the western tour and teaching institute in Quincy, returned Friday.
Charles Runyon and Miss Marguerite Harnest wed by surprise in Keokuk, marking a swift marriage that startled many in Carthage and nearby areas. Miss Harnest, a Carthage College alumna, was popular in college circles and East St. Louis schools. Runyon is son of Dr. Runyon of Elvaston and also studied at Carthage College.
Rural Marion county teachers gathered in Palmyra for two days to discuss pedagogy and school management under Marion county superintendent Miss Frankie Connell. St Louis speakers Dr Henry S Hartzog and Mrs J Z Campbell addressed the group, with state superintendent Uel W Lamkin speaking Friday morning. A list of attending teachers and their upcoming schools is given. most schools open Monday Sept 3.
Monroe City Mo Sept 2 Rev Thompson Penn longtime Methodist minister in Missouri conference died at 4 30 Saturday morning after a long decline He was 76 and had served forty years in the ministry mostly in Missouri He was superannuated years ago and lived here with daughter Mrs R O Cranston He left behind several sons and daughters and his widow A married man should come home early at least one night each weekjust to show his wife that he can do it.
Washington special details a proposal to place 2000 expert volunteer farmers in France to cultivate land still idle there. The plan aims to grow bread wheat oats vegetables and potatoes to feed American troops, reducing reliance on shipping and freeing space for clothing ammunition and rifles.
Local residents and visitors are listed across La Belle and surrounding towns. Names include Mrs EK Morrow and Anna of Wapello Iowa. Mrs E P Schork and Miss Ella McClain of Williamstown. Miss Rose Lee Radford of Gorin. C D Ling of Jefferson City. Ernest and Jay Harrison of Chicago and Lewistown. Ben Harrison and wife. M C Howell and children Lavena Frank. Ben and wife. D A Wilson family. Lloyd Huse of Center. Louvilla Martin visiting near Newark. The three week revival at the Christian church closed Tuesday night.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder troubles dissolve gravel cure diabetes and more in men and women. It regulates bladder problems in children and offers mail order at $1.60 with two months treatment. Sworn testimonials available from Dr A B Hall St. Louis Missouri. sold by druggists.
The War Department course explains insignia meanings for ranks and duties, including chevrons on sleeves and shoulder loops, metal shoulder insignia, and hat cords. It details color codes by branch such as Infantry light blue and Artillery scarlet, plus regimental numbers and state designations to identify unit origin and duty. The passage notes insignia carry duty, honor, and history, linking soldiers to past heroism and service.
Rome dispatch reports the Italian war office announcing 27,302 prisoners captured to date with 720 of them officers.
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