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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1915
Page
6
Fragmented notice describes property for sale with terms including a down payment and weekly payments. Mentions locations near Logan Date Heights, Parker Street area, east side, and a few building lots. Contact names or numbers appear as Petersen and a phone listing at 177, 211 East 4th Street.
Public notice records a sheriff sale of real estate in Black Hawk County for April 10, 1916 at the Waterloo courthouse, including property of L Lines and others, plus bids for school district building additions and heating systems, appraisals for railway land, and sealed bids for lumber and red cedar piling with specifications and deadlines in Waterloo Iowa.
Chicago market notes show showers in eastern dry areas dampening wheat while rising demand and crop prospects lift prices. Corn gains from broad buying. oats steady. Hog and livestock futures rally on resumed shipments and strong cash demand. Kansas City and South Omaha livestock receipts detailed with price ranges for hogs cattle and lambs. Trade includes Chicago produce quotes and regional market differences, with cautious gains carrying into the day.
The county seeks bids for lumber and piling with terms including 8 inch top diameter 24 feet long, a 4.4 inch butt per foot, $290 certified check with each bid, 10 day contract and bond period, liquidated damages, $1,500 bond, and county rights to waive defects or split bids. Bidder must use county form. awards may be split. J. J. Rainbow, County Auditor. Waterloo Iowa April 3 1918.
Chicago markets show cattle opening steady and closing strong with Texas and Western steers, cows and calves and heavy sheep demand detailed. The hog market marked gains, while multiple rental ads and misc notices fill the page alongside market data.
Chicago and other cities quote wheat and corn prices for various grades and futures. Wheat futures span July May contracts across Chicago St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis and Winnipes, with mixed results and several dollar figures.
Robert A. Schaffner was thrown from a box in the back of a Waterloo Furniture Co truck, injuring his right arm and hip and breaking the elbow. He sustained back injuries when he toppled onto Lafayette and Fourth streets at about 30 this morning.
The International Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners executive board sanctioned a strike of about 16 000 Chicago carpenters after wage demands were refused. Officers Motz and Galvin reported the decision from Indianapolis. Fitzsimmons Married to Temio Zillen in Washington. The groom reportedly gave $86 000 in jewels as a wedding gift.
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