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Quincy Whig

Location

Quincy, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 08, 1915

Page

2

Wheat Market Sinks to New Low Amid Heavy Northwest Receipts

Chicago dispatch reports huge northwest wheat receipts pushing prices to season lows. September and December futures slide while corn and oats rise modestly. Bearish outlook persists on modest domestic crop expectations and wet weather in winter belt, though export orders and cash demand provide limited support.

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Wheat and corn and oats weekly production figures

Wheat shows 7,767,000 this week versus 7. sil 000 last week and 30,019,000 last year. Corn records 1,856,000 this week, 2,382,000 last week, and 5,008,000 last year. Oats totals 5,796,000 this week, 2,924,000 last week, and 21,455,000 last year.

Chicago Market Receipts Estimate for Wednesday

Chicago reports estimated receipts for Wednesday: hogs 24000 cattle 17000 sheep 15000. Cattle and hog numbers reflect early market outlooks as buyers await bids and prices.

Regional COVID-19 totals by city and time period

Minneapolis reports today 1 470 cases, last week 304, last year 1 729. Duluth shows today 743, last week 82, last year 276. Winnipeg logs today 1 171, last week 119, last year 3 058.

Minneapolis Duluth Winnipeg

Market quotes for wheat corn and oats today

Wheat shows 187 contract 15 estimated 186 last year 175. Corn quotes 84 contract 73 estimated 84 last year 245. Oats reading 344 contract 4 estimated 346 last year 241.

Wheat and Corn Production Totals Shown

Wheat today 3,450,000 units versus 4,327,000 last year. Corn today 617,000 compared with 1,000 last year.

Grain production figures for oats wheat and corn

Oats today 2 177 000 compared with last year 2 352 000. Wheat today 1 738 000 versus last year 1 970 000. Corn today 265 000 against last year 818 000. Additional oats figures show today 1 605 000 and last year 1 679 000.

Chicago grain prices steady on weekly market report

Chicago on September 7 shows wheat prices for No 2 red at 9836 to 101, No 3 red at 9714 to 98, No 2 hard at 991 to 1.01, No 3 hard at 9714 to 98, and No 4 hard at 94. Corn futures list No 2 yellow 77 to 78, No 2 white 74 to 75, No 2 mixed 74 to 44. Oats No 3 white 33 to 34, No 4 white 31 15, standard 37.

Chicago

Kansas City Cash Grain Prices

Kansas City wheat and corn market quotes for Sept 7 show No 2 hard wheat at 1.05 to 1.08 dollars, No 2 red at 1.12, No 3 red at 1.00 to 1.06, and various No 2 to No 4 oats and white varieties priced around 38 to 37 dollars per quantity. Corn quotes list No 2 at 70 cents, No 3 at 69 1/4, No 2 yellow at 73 1/4, with white varieties around 70 to 71 1/4, reflecting active trading.

Chicago St. Eoe-E Park Yan Kansas City

Market Wheat and Corn Prices From St Louis Report

Wheat and corn prices listed by grade in St. Louis on September 7 show No 2 red at 1.0734 to 1.08, No 3 red around 1.0654, No 4 red about 0.954, and various hard red values near 1.00. Corn prices include No 2 at 0.737, No 3 at 0.73, No 2 yellow at 0.71, No 3 yellow near 0.76, and No 2 white around 0.7233 with multiple nearby figures for other whiten and yellow variants.

ST. Louis

Wheat and corn prices in Omaha market report

Omaha on September 7 shows No 2 hard wheat at 96 cents. No 2 white corn ranges from 67 to 68 cents with bid 74 cents and No 2 yellow at 70 to 71 cents. No 2 oats at 32 to 34 cents.

Omaha

New York Grain Prices Weak on Wheat and Corn

Wheat spot weak for No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.0634. No 1 northern Duluth 9514, No 1 northern Manitoba 89. Futures easy at 1.0134 for Sept. Corn spot quiet at 861? per bushel. Oats spot easy No 3 white new 40.

New York Duluth Manitoba Buffalo

Grain prices report from Peoria market

Peoria market notes listing grain bids with corn in various qualities down or unchanged, including No 2 white at 73 and No 3 yellow at 76 with No 3 mixed and No 6 mixed also shown. Oats and rye prices appear mixed or lower, sample figures included.

Peoria

Farm seed prices in Toledo market report

Clover seed and timothy lists show cash bids and futures for September to December. Prices include prime cash Clover at 9.70 for October 10.20 in December 10.10, Alsike 9.20 to 9.40, Timothy 3.80 in September and 3.50 in October.

Toledo Clover Seed Alsike Timothy

Chicago rye and barley price report

Chicago rye and barley markets report from September 7 lists rye No 2 at 95 to 96. The brief item notes current commodity levels with no further details.

Chicago

Minneapolis Wheat Market Report Sees Decline In Receipts

Minneapolis wheat prices retreat as early trading shows lower values. Receipts reach 1,477 cars versus 1,725 a year ago, with cash wheat quotes for No 1 hard around 94 and No 2 northern near 90. No. 3 spring wheat at 61.3, reflecting softer demand and market adjustment.

Minneapolis

Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report

Chicago market update shows Hogs receipts at 13,000 with prices mostly 5 cents lower, ranges 6.40 to 7.60 for bulk and up to 8.10 for light. Cattle receipts 7,000 with unsettled prices, native beef cattle 6.20 to 10.35, western steers 6.90 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 12,000 with prices for ewes 3.40 to 7.50 and lambs 6.40 to 7.90.

Chicago

Market Report From St Louis Hogs and Cattle Prices Strong

Hogs receipts 7,700 low to 10 cents down. Pigs and lights 7.00 to 8.20. Mixed and butchers 7.90 to 8.25. Good heavy 7.25 to 7.90. Cattle receipts 4,900 steady to strong native beef steers 7.50 to 10.25, cows and heifers 6.00 to 10.00, stockers 6.00 to 8.25, native calves 6.00 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 2,300 steady lambs 7.50 to 8.50, sheep and ewes 3.50 to 8.50.

Kansas City Livestock Prices Fall Within Range

Kansas City market report shows cattle receipts at 16 000 with steady tone. Steers range 6.50 to 10.10, cows 4.00 to 7.25, heifers 6.25 to 9.25, calves 6.00 to 10.50. Pigs receipts 6 750 to 6 750 with bulk 7.25 to 7.65, light 7.90. Sheep receipts 10 000 with lambs 8.25 to 8.60, yearlings 6.50 to 7.00, wethers 5.50 to 6.50, ewes 5.25 to 6.00.

Kansas City

Indianapolis Livestock Market Report

In Indianapolis hog receipts totaled 7,000 with a steady market and top price at 8.20. Sheep receipts reached 1,400 and remained steady.

Indianapolis Ind

Omaha Livestock Market Report at Ollana

Omaha Livestock from Ollana dated Sept 7 shows hogs at 9,600 head with market steady and prices listed for heavy to pigs and bulk ranges. Cattle offerings around 7,200 with steady tone and prices for native steers cows and calves.

Market Caution After Sinking of British Liner Hesperian

Light dealings and narrow price changes marked today’s market as traders awaited details of the Hesperian sinking. Foreign exchange showed little change despite Halifax cargoes totaling about 180 million dollars from London in weeks. Stocks opened down then rebounded slightly before settling into apathy with gains limited to a few names like General Motors and Willys-Overland. Crucible Steel and Bethlehem Steel posted modest moves. total volume reached 390,000 shares.readings from financial centers warn cash piling up could fuel reckless speculation and inflated values.

New York Hesperian Halifax London General Motors Willys- Overland Crucible Steel Bethlehem Steel Reading Financial Centers

Local Markets Prices for Wheat Flour Corn and Hay

Market list shows No 2 wheat at 95 cents, flour at 7 dollars, corn 85 to 86 cents, oats 52 cents for old and 40 to 50 cents for new, baled hay from 17 dollars, prairie hay around 8.50 to 10.00, baled straw 5.50 to 6.00, shredded fodder 1 dollar, loose hay 14 dollars old and 8.50 to 13 dollars new, Alsike clover seed 9 to 10 dollars, new clover hay 9.00, crab grass 7.50, clover Aullings 10 dollars, clover seed 7 to 8 dollars.

Milling products and hog prices in market report

Market summary lists Knollenberg Milling Company prices for flour and mill products including High patent flour 6.60, Straight patent flour 6.40, Hard wheat flour 6.60, Bran 25.00 per ton, Shipstuff 32.00 per ton, and corn meal 2 per 100 lbs. Hog prices show wagon hogs by weight: 200-300 lb range 6.25 to 7.40, 150-175 lb range 7.20 to 7.35, and 125-150 lb range 7.10 to 7.35.

Knollenberg Milling Company

Quotations From Local Butchers Steady Market Prices

Local butcher quotations show light hogs at 6.85 to 7.10, heavy hogs 36.35 to 6.60, rough sows and stags 86.10 to 6.35, fat cattle 6.00 to 7.00, fat heifers 6.00 to 7.00, fat cows 4.00 to 5.00, veal calves 5.00 to 9.00, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, spring lambs 7.50 to 9.00, and sheep 4.00 to 5.00 with ham price around 11% 4e.

Poultry and Eggs Price Listings Including Turkeys Geese and Ducks

Readable text shows poultry prices with hens roosters and spring chicks. Eggs priced at 1614c, turkeys old and young gobblers and hens listed at 914c 934c, geese at 6c, ducks at 84c per pound, butter packing stock at 17c, choice country No 1 at 25c.

Lée

Market Prices From Local Vendor List

Reported by Wm. Malambri. Carrots three bunches five cents. Beets three bunches five cents. Cauliflower each ten to twenty cents. Cabbage per head five to ten cents. Wax and string beans quart five to ten cents. Summer squash each five cents. New potatoes peck twenty five cents. Cucumbers large each five to ten cents. Celery cabbage each ten to twenty five cents. Young onions three bunches five cents. Tomatoes pound ten cents. Sweet corn dozen twenty to twenty five cents. Turnips peck twenty five cents.

Wm. Malambri

Wheat Wheat Market Report Shows Mixed Movement

Market notes describe increased arrivals and uneven recovery as cash premiums shrink. Manitoba and cheaper supplies keep domestic wheat under pressure while spring wheat acreage may rise if August figures adjust downward. Corn rebounds on export demand and wet cooler weather, oats firm on strong cash demand with seaborne buying and large export sales. Weather and future frost risks loom over short term rallies.

Tate Seaboard Fearis

New York Market Report on Butter Eggs and Cheese Prices

New York market notes butter and eggs showing steady movement with creamery extras and firsts varying by grade. Cheese prices remain firm across whole milk products with state and country suppliers reporting range listings and mixed quotes for white and colored dairy goods.

New York Creamery Hennery Eanery

Banked Chicago Market Report Touches Eggs And Butter

Butter steady at 21 2514 cents per pound in Chicago trading. Eggs rise with receipts of 5,251 cases, including 1714 22 ordinary firsts at 2014 21 and 214722 firsts. Poultry alive and lower with 12n 4 spring fowls noted. Potatoes unsettled as receipts show 90 cars with Jersey cobblers at 5658. regional prices shaded by Minnesota Ohio Michigan Wisconsin groups 30 35 3037.

Minnesota Ohio Michigan Wisconsin

New York Money Rates and Exchange Shotgun Trading

Mercantile paper and rates in New York on September 6 show 60 day sterling at 4.60, demand 4.64, cables 4.75, francs 5.98 to 5.99, marks 8.13 to 8.14, lire 6.45 to 6.47, rubles 8.5 to 8.6, silver 48.54, Mexican dollars 38. Time loans steady with 60 days at 2.144, 90 days 2.444, six months 3. Zh. Call money steady with ruling rate 134 and last loan 2.3.

New York Mercantile

Kidney Flushes and Salts Promise Kidney Relief

A promotional health blurb pushes Jad Salts and similar preparations as a remedy for kidney backache and urinary irritation. It claims increasing water intake and daily use of a lemon grape acidLithia blend cleanses kidneys, neutralizes urine acids, and prevents bladder weakness.

Figs and Dates Price List Notes

Figs and dates price details from a California issue include imported figs at 10 cents per package and 1 pound at 25 cents, umbrella layer figs for 25 cents, dates in bulk at 15 cents per pound with 2 pounds totaling 25 cents, and dromedary date packages at 10 cents with Halowh bulk offers.

California

Prices for assorted nuts and popcorn per pound

Almonds and walnuts priced at 75 cents per pound. Pecans halves 75 cents per pound. Shelled popcorn 10 cents per pound.

Local Fruit Prices Marketed In Compact List

A dated price list shows cherries from California and Oregon, Michigan sour cherries, currants, prunes, plums, apricots, apples, peaches, pineapples, bananas, watermelons, and cantaloupes with unit prices ranging from a fraction of a dollar to several dimes. Noted items include cherries at 40 cents per pound, apples per peck at 30 to 40 cents, and watermelons priced per each at 35 to 40 cents.

Oregon

Grocery Prices List From Local Market Ad

The clipping lists various nuts and seeds with per pound prices and odd items. Cocoanuts five to ten cents each two prices given walnuts English and Brazils at twenty five cents per pound almonds twenty eight cents per pound tilberts twenty cents per pound pecans twenty cents per pound chestnuts Italian large twenty cents per pound peanuts roasted and raw priced at twelve and a half to twelve and a quarter cents per pound.

Hides and Wool Market Prices Reported by Bolles & Rogers

Cured hides priced by grade from No 1 at 15c to No 2 at 14c. Green hides No 1 at 18c No 2 at 12c. Calves and kip prices 16c/15c and 15c/14c. Dead green minus 2c per pound. Horses priced by size from $4.00 for large to $3.00, then $1.00 for smaller. Wool pelts, shearlings, lambs and greases listed with varied cents per pound. wool quality affects price.

Bolles & Rogers

Lost Item Notice Prompt From The Whig

A historical instruction urges readers to report a found item such as a watch or parasol to The Whig. The piece emphasizes the first moment after realizing loss and encourages placing a Lost ad for quick recovery.

Whig

New York Poultry Prices Reported September

New York poultry market update lists alive chickens and broilers at 15 to 16 cents per pound, with 14 to 16 cents for dressed western fowls and turkeys also noted iced at 15 to 16 cents. The report reflects current bid ranges and product types including frozen and roasting varieties.

New York

Sugar and Molasses Prices Reported in New York Markets

New York markets show mixed sugar and molasses rates with several grades listed. Notable figures include raw sugar at 4.58 and 6.55 for refined, molasses 181, and powdered varieties ranging from 5.65 to 5.80. Other quote types include diamond A and confections A at 5.63 to 5.65.

New York Kean

New York Coffee Market Report Quiet Spot Prices

New York coffee trading shows a quiet spot market on September 7 with Rio No.7 at 63 and Santos No.4 at 9.

New York Rio Santos

City School Teaches Farming Program Introduced

Minneapolis authorities inaugurated a pioneering agricultural course at Central High School. The program covers crop science, botany, animal husbandry, farm mechanics, soils, and management, using nearby truck and dairy farms as demonstration sites for classroom problems.

City School Minneapolis Minn Central High School Ity

Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur for Graying Hair

A ready-to-use tonic promises to darken hair naturally by applying a small strand at a time with a sponge or brush. By morning gray hair disappears and after another few applications hair becomes dark, glossy, and luxuriant. Dandruff is said to vanish and hair loss to stop, offering a youthful look.

Wyeth Wyth

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