Wheat and Corn Prices Reach New Market Highs Amid War News
Wheat and corn surged to fresh high levels as bullish crop reports from Nebraska and Kansas spurred buying. May wheat jumped to 1.97% with followings in Jan and July futures, while corn mirrored gains. Later, prices eased but remained elevated on continued shortages and stronger hog and cereal markets.
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Chicago
Nebraska
Kansas
Palestine
Dardanelles
Platte Rivers
Cash Grain Prices in Chicago and Midwest Markets
Chicago and Minneapolis grain prices listed for March 29 show mixed cash values for wheat corn and oats. No. 2 hard and No. 2 yellow corn trade around 1.20 to 1.24 per bushel, with wheat near 1.86 to 1.92 in cash and May flax near 2.93 to 2.95. Kansas City and St. Louis notes include similar grain quotes and produce prices across regional markets.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Minnneapolis
Mign
Hansas Cixyt
Kansas City
Hog Prices Rise Amid Light Receipts in Midwest Markets
Chicago and regional livestock reports show hog prices advancing as receipts fall short of expectations. Strong demand for choice grades with bulk sales near 15 dollars to 15.25, while cattle and sheep receipts vary across Kansas City St Louis and Omaha markets with mixed but steady price ranges.
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Chicago
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Omaha
Neb
New York Stocks Swing Around Sinclair And Midvale
Trading focused on Sinclair Oil and Midvale Steel with Sinclair surging to 59 while Midvale fluctuated near 60. Active issues Cripps-Seabury and Wilson Packing posted gains, and United States Steel and standard rails showed irregulars as bonds stayed steady and the session closed heavy.
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New York
Sinclair Oil
Midvale Steel
Midvale
Criegs-Seabury
Wilson Packing
Sgaim
Bethlehem Steel
New Stock
Lackawanna Steel
American Can
Texas Company
Hide & Leather
United States Steel
Standard
Stock Exchange
Ohio Gas
Montana Power
Virginia Iron
Mexican Petroleum
Altho Sinclair
Closing stock prices and grain quotes from New York
Special wire from New York reports closing prices for major stocks led by American Can and American Sugar Refining with numerous others including General Electric, International Harvester, and U S Steel. Wheat and corn prices for March 28 show No 2 hard at 2.11 to 2.24. No 2 white corn at 4.23 to 4.42.
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Chicago
Wiehangen
Pawltry, Alive
New York
Bac
Kassas
Barsax City
Courier
Allis-Chalmers
American Heer
American
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting and Refining
American Sugar Refining
American Tel
Tel
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel
Butte
Superior
California
Petroteem
Canadian Pacific
eLather
Chesapeake and Ohio
Rand
Chine Copper
Colorado
Crucibie Steel
Cuba
Denver
Rio Grande
HNO
General Electric
Gieodrich Ca
Great Northern Ore
Etfs
Great Northern Pfa
Tiliness Central
Inspiration Copper
International Harvester N Inter
Mer Marine of
Ctf International Nickel
Inter Paper
Kansas City Souther
Kennecott Copper
Tackawanna Steel
Lehigh Valley
She Geels Louisville and Nashville
Maxwell Motor Calcan Petroleum mi Copper
Hartford Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Ponapetanta
Ray Consolidated Copper Reading
Republic Trant and Steel
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Mo
Ee Wa
Texas Co
Union Pacific
United States Rubber
Easted States Steel
Unaited States Steel
Kdah Copper ‘Wabash Ptd
Western Tinton 2
Westinghouse Electric
Col. Gas and Electric
Zen. Motor
Missouri Pacific Aul OG
W. Wee Adm Eee
Bane Clearings and Financial Totals for Waterloo Week
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending March 29 totaled 2 377 304 41 with daily figures 410 427 62 Friday 66 695 74 Saturday 426 833 98 Monday 387 429 06 Tuesday 54 772 74 Thursday. Deeds and mortgages figures follow for the period ending March 25 and 29 1917 1918 and 1916 with totals 52 875 00 and 52 ,875 00 respectively for deeds and 740 125 06 435 931 80 and 1 ? for mortgages. No. of instruments filed to date and year-over-year comparison noted.
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Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Bank
Apecen
BDF
Waterlo o Market Prices and Rural Goods Report
A waterton market ledger lists grains such as wheat and rye with prices, plus cattle, hogs, butter, eggs, and potatoes. Various farm staples including hay, oats, dairy products, hides, and poultry are recorded with wholesale and retail price ranges. The snippet also notes London and New York pricing for silver and sugar and closes with a joke about a photographer and a baby.
French Push Delivers Advance Toward St Quentin
French official reports recount further successes as forces push toward St Quentin on the 2.5 mile line from Castres to Messigny le Grand. Outskirts of Folombray and Conecy le Chateau reached, threatening La Pere with positions strengthened along the Marghval Vreeny line.
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St. Quentin
Castres
Mssigny-le-Grand
Folombray
Conecy-le-Chateau
la Pere
Marghval-Vreeny Inc
Grain letters discuss wheat corn and oats market trends
In Chicago on March 29 Lamson Gros. & Co notes that cash wheat sells at premiums above Chicago futures with May No. 2 hard at 2.20 in St. Louis and 2.14 in the gulf. New highs arise for May and old crop wheat. Corn reaches new highs as demand supports price, while oats rise on stronger cash demand and shifting long positions.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Gulf
How French Threaten New German Line
French forces press northeast of the St. Quentin canal advancing four kilometers as Germans retreat to Seraucourt Grand. They gain on heights northeast of Targnier, cross the Aillotte river, and push along the Aregny Chitros line after heavy fighting.
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St. Quentin Canal
Seraucourde-Grand
Targnier
Aillotte
Aregny
Germans Strive For New Line In Palestine Front
War updates report German efforts to gain a new line within forty miles of Jerusalem, with coastal advance from Rafa toward Gaza and Jaffa. French attacks in Champagne and near Verdun fail to recapture trenches, while Paris announces capture of a major munitions depot and continued artillery exchanges along the Somme and Alsace fronts. Local notes express gratitude for rescue efforts around a burning store in Raymon and acknowledge aid from residents.
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El-Chalil
Hebron
Rafa
Mediterranean
Gaza
EL Chalil
Palestine
Dead Sea
Orty Milles
Jaffa
Palestinat
Paris
Berlin
France
Champagne
Verdun
Paria
War Office
Somme
Alsnze
Solasons
Aisne
Oise
Soissons
Reims
la Panmipelle
Tahure
Argonne
Fourtes Chaneses
Menar Verdun
Hindenburg
Joyriders Struck City Cars and One Horse Buggy
Joyriders prowled the city last night stealing three automobiles and a horse and buggy. Police recovered two cars, one remains missing, and investigators traced routes toward De Motonox with inquiries about the Lael road. A Bulck 11916 bearing Nebraska plates was stolen, and a Bert Achty car was taken on Fourth Street. One horse and buggy were recovered later on Independence Avenue, while a second horse was found abandoned.
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Ana
Wheelud
Eighth Street
Nevada
Serratian
Lael
Dea Motnox
Bert l Achty
Logan Avenue
We. Moora
South Strart
Conomnaccial
J. AL. Griffith
Independence Avenue
Ames College Boys to Join Cavalry at State College
Ames Illinois March 29 Two troop s of cavalry and at least one company of engineers are to be drafted at the town state college for the national guard. Announcement followed a meeting with faculty and students. Parental consent is required for students to join. The unit will be composed mainly of faculty members. State college officials began a military survey to determine how many undergraduates would be eligible in case of war.
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Ames
Feulty
Alata
I War
Senate Page 13 Dies After 60 Foot Fall at Capitol
In Des Moines Iowa a 13yearold senate page died today after falling 60 feet from a ledge on the south side of the state capitol. He was attempting to scale a narrow ledge during an unauthorized balcony activity. The father is a local clergyman.
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Tion Moines
Ilichard dTuatie
Senate
State Capitol
Capitol
Hantie
Big Rise in Railroad Costs Shifts Rates Debate
Washington March 29. US interstate commerce commission reports January 1917 operating revenues rose about 40 million dollars over January 1916 while operating expenses increased by 21 million. The data fuels debate on general rate hikes as railways cite high costs and wage pressures. Teamsters union in Maxwell hall plans to draft a wage scale, seeking higher pay amid living and grain price increases.
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Washington
Teamsters' Union
Maxwell Hall
Jrs
Teamsters
Food Shortage in Bavaria Critical Says Brettreich
London dispatch reports Minister Brettreich warned of severe Bavaria food shortages and a deficiency in Bavarian brandy as conditions worsened outside Bavaria. He cited wartime friction between north and south Germany, noting 70 different war organizations and urging a realer commercial law to ease pressures while saying the coming weeks would test the people.
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London
Bavaria
Wettrasch
Rome
Reutera
Breottreiche
Germany
England
Unclear War News Frat and Guard Shot Context Missing
Fragmented local notes describe a wartime scene with a soldier guard killed by a wagon wheel, a missing named individual Raymond March 29, and various family visits and social events. Several parish and town names appear alongside church notices and a municipal gathering advertising a talk on Black Rock.
Illinois Mine Wages Demand Sparks Attitude Split
Springfield March 29 coal operators of the Central Illinois Con Operators Association may skip the mineral officials and operators conference set for Indianapolis on April 4. The move signals a statewide stance among operators while United Mine Workers leaders in the Mindy district oppose wage increases now, citing current conditions.
Golfers Start Campaign to Water Greens at Byres Park
Golf enthusiasts circulate petitions asking the park board to fund watering the greens at Byres Park course with pipes to cover all greens and shrubbery. Previously water was hauled by barrel, seen as costly and inadequate. the dry months bring waterlogging on greens. Temperature notes and local ads appear in surrounding text.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Byres Park
Barrain
Golfers Bay
Uceda
Whatea Ponition Chauffeur and Various Help Wanted
Classified fragments show numerous want ads for driver positions, housekeeping rooms, a painter, bell boy, secondhand feed bags, washing and ironing, groc ry clerk, and several sale listings. Also notices for room rentals, a used baby buggy, and general sales items with contact numbers and vague locations. The garbled text lists job seeks and services across small-town businesses and households.
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Fordale
Binek
Lafayette
Ione Bick
Jammer
iMaclk Hawk Street
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