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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
11
Chicago and regional markets show heavy selling with prices for corn slipping sharply. September and December futures tumble from opening quotes, then rally modestly. overall activity remains weak as traders note high living costs and liquidation by country holders. Provisions and grain values dip, while minor gains appear late, leaving sentiment subdued across the board.
Market notes show hogs 10 to 25 cents under Friday averages while cattle run lower. Top western steers steady to lower, cutters and feeders mixed, with receipts around 1,000 and fat lambs about one and a half dollars under prior week.
Chivago reports violent price swings in grain and provisions as markets react to drought, labor strikes, and government actions. Oats and corn show lower prices while December delivery spiked earlier. rains and policy moves boosted confidence, with heavy grain arrivals and shifted demand impacting staples like potatoes and butter.
United States Department of Agriculture experts advise coating inside and outside silo walls with a thin roal tar solution thinned with gasoline, applied before or during filling, to slow decay. For wooden-stave silos base rot can be halted by sawing off rotten sections and lowering the silo, extending life by several years. An auto truck boom suggests about 100,000 farmer owned vehicles by year end, boosting independent marketing via good roads, despite opposition citing high taxes.
Salt Lake City fans energize as the Bees surge toward the Pacific Coast League point. Ab Gould, premier pitcher, drives the chase while Jarke’s team climbs from fourth place amid strong hitting and pitching. A boost in funds and homer counts mark the patchy, evolving season notes.
Kansas City reports steady to lower live cattle and sheep prices for the week. Cattle receipts around 2,315 head with varied demand. steers mostly steady to prime, heifers mixed. calves and feeders weaker. Hogs and sheep receipts about 1,500 with lambs down and sheep steady. feeders down about 50 to 100 cents.
Market notes from Omaha and Sioux City show mixed livestock results with hogs down and cattle receipts around 12,000 to 15,000 in some reports. Prices for heavy and light hogs vary, with packers posting drops from week-ago levels. cattle and sheep receipts appear softer or steady in spots, with best feeding lambs and choice steers noted amid differing regional quotes.
Market notes from New York and cities including Chicago and St Louis show butter and egg prices varying. Butter generally steady to firmer, eggs irregular with some higher offerings, cheese steady, poultry values mixed with shifts in live and dressed stock across regions.
On August 2 the Western waterfront saw ship workers go on strike at 1 p m affecting about 75 men. Hawks and other company crews quit earlier in the day at Malle and Estbrsville, halting operations as details of the stoppage unfold.
A green limousine pulled up before C. O. Owens & Co. in Chicago. Three men entered the plant, confronted staff including Arthur Teichert and Miss Margaret O Day, then looted pay envelopes containing 4200 dollars before fleeing into traffic.
In Trenton a Supreme Court filing concerns a 63 acre Bere farm sale tied to a claimed Capt Kidd treasure. Buyers seek $3,000, alleging seller Kidded them with a spirit guided treasure tale and a failing note after paying $1,100 down and a $5,000 three month note.
Commentary on reckless driving highlights the harm of speeding and irresponsibility on rural roads. The piece urges personal accountability, cites prohibition as a possible accident reducer, and laments the innocent affected by others’ unsafe driving. It then shifts to local social notes about gatherings, visits, and community updates with varied names and places.
The Nebraska agricultural college predicts that a dry nation will double ice cream consumption. Current data show 3.7 percent of 22 million cans produced go to ice cream with about 210 million gallons made in 1918. If true, per capita daily consumption could rise to about two percent of a quart, boosting dairy demand for milk and cream and encouraging higher quality products.
A jumble of want ads lists rentals, real estate, sales, and jobs. Items mention furnished rooms, a modern cottage, a five room house, a new bungalow, and a Pine Street property. Also noted are car sales, steno positions, and a bank job inquiry seeking a reliable person to handle a firm’s changes.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Linden Hinde and Dena. references Goleta and local events, but sentences are garbled with misread names and dates. Possible attendance at meetings, community notices, and short mentions of individuals visiting or staying with families. No coherent events or outcomes can be determined.
Fragmentary local column from Tripoli Bristow lists Aug 1 events and community notes. Mentions residents like Lewis Currell and Matt Merfeld visiting, births, visits from relatives, and veterans from 1861. Notes on local gatherings, out-of-town trips, and family milestones across many names and places.
A collage of local notes from Fredericksburg references several names and brief incidents. Mentions Wilson Wisthesdar Ambrone Swanger Clair Albright and Sarah Merman with social outings in New Cities restaurant business of Trop Lor. Indicates mail carrier changes and a recent discharge from France.
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