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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1915
Page
4
Classified notices show laborers wanted and numerous rental offerings. Includes rooming houses, furnished and unfurnished suites, apartments, and single rooms near downtown areas, with contact details and prices. Contains real estate and trade requests, with scattered names and addresses.
Chicago April 1 market news shows sharp gains in heat prices following higher Liver pool quotations and a reduced ocean wheat flow. May trades small, July options bought by export houses, oats tight, pork and lard higher. Livestock active though buyers cautious as arrivals exceed expectations and shipping demand broadens. Kansas City and Omaha reports list cattle and hog ranges, with steady to firm tone and notable price levels across regions. Chicago produce shows higher butter eggs and mixed grain prices with fluctuating retail quotes.
Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending April show totals of 3 295 260 000 with Canada at 110 997 000. Comparisons are given against last week and last year. Livestock receipts at Chicago Union Stockyards include hogs cattle and sheep with noted totals and scheduling for the next day. The Sheep Market at Chicago opened strong and closed steady with natives western and lamb classifications and price ranges.
A New York university student in the engineering department has created a Chinese typewriter with 4200 characters and only three keys. The machine prints characters from copper cylinders, requiring two hours to type a 100 word letter as operators learn the system. It aims to handle Chinese and Japanese text by radical grouping and keyword guides, with future plans for mechanized fast typing.
The page lists Chicago wheat and corn prices by grade and futures for several markets and notes local happenings in Greene Iowa including a Christian Endeavor convention, medical operations, illnesses, funerals, and social visits. It mentions Mrs Blasier returning from Florida and Mrs Montgomery buried in Rose Hill.
The simplified spelling board reports its annual meeting result as the most successful year in the movement. Eighty six universities colleges and normal schools have approved revised spelling with sixty five approvals since April 1914. The twelve words backed by the National Education Association have been adopted by more than twenty newspapers. The board will not issue further recommendations until existing revisions are assessed.
Prof Charles WH Grandgent of Hare Yard was chosen president Henry Helt of New York was secretary and Gano Dunno was treasurer following the gathering.
Aplington finds joy with the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Guy Stockdale on Tuesday. Blind Boone is scheduled to perform in concert Saturday evening May 1 in Aplington. School will reopen Monday after a four and a half week vacation.
Fire totally destroyed the J C Neville residence four miles southeast of Independence at 10 30 Thursday morning. The item notes local news including a school superintendent election in Buchanan County won by A E Jewett over incumbent Lockwood by 13 votes, with deputies’ salary set at 65 dollars monthly for nine months. It also mentions social items, subscriptions, a typewriting contest, and travel notes.
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