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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1921
Page
9
Wheat shows firmness then easing as export demand weakens and buyers stay scarce. September and December futures drift, closing lower. Corn remains easy amid ample moisture and thin buying interest, while oats gain on bullish yield estimates. Local Omaha and Minneapolis quotes reflect mixed, uncertain early results.
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts 18,000 with better grades and higher steer prices around 15 cents. hogs down 10-15 cents. calves and veal mixed with varied weights and prices. also notes on sheep and share movements, with mixed regional markets and wider commodity activity.
Poultry butter and eggs reported unchanged as receipts total 2,899 boxes and state milk flats and twins show steady prices. Dated from St. Louis August 3 with markets in New York noting steady quotables for broilers fowls dressed and western chickens.
Marshalstown Times-Republican reports a syndicate plans to publish McCombs's autobiography detailing his role in Woodrow Wilson's rise and early presidency. He claims Wilson betrayed him after election, reveals strategies to push Wilson to power, and recounts party intrigues. Winthrop IA sets Aug homecoming with sports and amusements.
Cattle receipts around 10,000 with steer and yearling values mostly steady to strong. Hogs about 8,000 with receipts slow and prices mostly lower. Sheep receipts 4,300 with lambs and ewes firm to higher, Western lambs near 10.00, native lambs around 7.90, feeders strong.
City brief notes an advertisement for a building project titled gigases. Mentions pout eyes Buchan an and Bidg as items or entities in the notice, with compact context typical of a local paper’s public notices and classified snippets.
The page mixes beauty tips with local notes on crops weather and small-town gossip. Readers are advised on eyebrow shaping and peroxide care while Iowa crop reports warn of drought, reduced corn yields, and thinning rainfall affecting ears and potato crops. local social updates and minor court actions fill the rest.
New York August 3 Pascal Madero 28 jailed at Coney Island police station for disorderly conduct after he nearly wrecked the Eden Museum Four. He fought patrolman Christian Waldeck. shouting that a wax figure titled The Dying Gamekeeper was his father, he blamed capitalism and created a panic among patrons while smashing displays.
Shell Rock notes show visitors from Cedar Rapids to local families including Mrs Henry Yaercho and Mr Glenn Lewis. Out-of-town guests attended a large Sunday supper near Wabeek as Iowa Baptist assembly attendees returned home from Iowa Falls. several local trips and hospital visits are recorded amid weather and road conditions.
Alexander Frank released his option on the Plaza theatre to G R Norman nephew of owner J B Hostettler Omaha The theatre is a wedding gift to Mr Norman who was married three months ago in Kansas City Mo Norman took possession Aug 1 Mr Frank had an option that could be terminated by either party No major policy change expected at Plaza musical acts may be added with pictures Frank will run Garden theatre now directing renovations and plans to open a dance hall and light refreshments on the second floor by Sept 15 with Chicago decorators preparing the interior for a first class terpsichorean venue The Normans stay at 319 Cutler Street
Marble Rock residents report on visitors and travels as Mrs Lusk and daughter Miss Margaret visit, Mrs Verne Maxson and niece Towell stay at Clear Lake, and the Smiths plan an auto trip to California. Local notes mention Chauhauqua attendance, Malta island population shifts, and births, deaths, and employment concerns amid weather.
A reader letter and its reply debate the impact of financial dominance on a wife’s demeanor and marriage. The exchange argues that forcing a wife to beg for money harms both partners, urging fair allowances or shared budgeting to avoid tyranny.
Coulter Iowa Aug 3 Special. Thieves broke into the Coulter meat market last night and carried off 106 pounds of bacon and several hams. Posses aided by bloodhounds from Waterloo sought the suspects, but none had been captured by noon.
Chicago Aug 3 The executive committee of U S Grain Growers Inc announces salary reductions ranging from 7 3 4 to 3 3 per cent affecting all levels from president to administrative heads. Officers Gustafson Meyers Eckhardt and Thorne see their pay cut to 10 000 annually. Directors per diem falls to 20 while retroactive April 9 1921.
County and state farm bureau reports show exchanges and marketing plans in Michigan, Texas, Iowa, and Indiana. Highlights include the Michigan Elevator Exchange handling $600,000 in monthly sales with 93 members, Texas farmers forming a statewide marketing system, Iowa farm speakers and wool shipments, and Indiana improving livestock feed weights at Indianapolis stockyards.
A Iowa agriculture bulletin reports storage and crop prospects for vegetables and fruits. Early potatoes show 53 percent of the farm crop. sweet potatoes 83 percent yield. apples 22 percent, fall apples about 21 percent, plums 3 percent, pears 5 percent. Tomatoes 73 percent, watermelons 78 percent, cucumbers 68 percent. late potatoes expected to improve after recent rain. Memorial notes list events in Philadelphia and Minnesota families visiting relatives in Iowa.
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation secretary E. H. Cunningham thanks the Waterloo Evening Courier for continuing a large stream of agricultural news on its farm page. He notes the feature is greatly appreciated by readers in Iowa and values the paper’s effort.
Farm Bureau day at the Missouri Centennial Exposition and state fair in Sedalia is expanding to August 11 20 with governor and Missouri Farm Bureau federation officials joining a larger joint program. Virginia wool fleeces sell for 20 to 45 cents a pound while being woven into 100 year old pattern coverlets on Blue Ridge mountains looms. City clubwomen support the sale to boost city country cooperation in the old dominion.
Des Moines reports only about one third of Iowa’s canning factories are opening for the season. The State Labor Commissioner, A D Urick, says the season runs roughly August 1 to September 15. He notes many plants did not contract for corn or other crops this year and explains wartime demand boosted earlier growth.
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