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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1919
Page
6
Waterloon Evening Courier explains want ad rates and policies with a bustling tone. It notes one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum and emphasizes every little item finds a listing in the daily market place.
A collage of small classified items offers notices and ads including cards of thanks. It lists businesses and services such as We Buy and Sell Ben's secondhand clothing and a furniture repair and varnish shop with delivery. It also includes help wanted and miscellaneous notices for jobs and services across Waterloo and surrounding areas.
A flurry of classified requests seeks a horse, bicycle, office rent, and property purchases. Buyers post want ads for a modern 5- to 7-room house, bungalow, or cottage with lots. some seek lawn mowers and tools and a furniture vacuum. Several real estate listings offer 6- or 7-room homes, farm properties, and Western region properties with prices, lots, and terms.
120 rural acres in Shell Lake dairy district near town with dark clay soil 80 cultivated 10 meadow 34 in pasture fenced and cross fenced large barn and outbuildings. equity realty exchange St Paul Minnesota lists sale terms cash to balance to suit possession immediate.
Fragmented notices from Black Hawk County Iowa include last will and testament filings for John Nugent deceased hearings set for 1919, executrix appointment for Anna M Black, administrator appointment for Hannah M Bunt, and shareholder meeting at First National Bank of Dunkerton with proposed bylaw changes. Also coaching on corn market reports and district court filings involving partition of real estate in Waterloo.
Hog receipts reach 32,000 with prices 10 to 20 cents lower from yesterday’s highs, while cattle and veal show strength in most bids. In Omaha and St Louis markets heavy beef steers and cows rise to mid teens, calves around 14 dollars, with sheep mixed and lambs firm in early trading.
Original notice in district court of Black Hawk County Iowa states People's Mutual Building and Loan Association seeks judgment against Thomas H Heller Ruth Heller O F Teeter Grace Teeter and The Nauman Company for 1586 64 plus interest and costs. Foreclosure of mortgages on Conger Park Waterloo lots 1 2 Block 3 and other property is requested with appointment of a receiver to take rents and apply payments to notes. Also lists varied grain market data from Waterloo and Peoria areas with butter poultry eggs and cheese prices and related notices.
Market notes report mixed stock activity and price moves in late April 1919 with rail and industrial shares showing strength, while bonds and maritime issues exhibit varied demand. Local stories cover civic cleanup day plans, school events, Drake Relays participants, community soldiers’ returns, and market insights including butter and agricultural prices.
New York April 17 trading opened with a fog of mixed orders. American International, Hide and Leather preferred, Tobacco Products and United C har a led early strength while Baldwin Locomotive and several petroleum issues lagged. United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel yielded to pressure, and Crucible Steel also fell, signaling an unsettled session.
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