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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
4
The Waterloo Evening Courier urges readers to use want ads as a market place for all exchanges and sales. It explains low rates per word with a minimum and promotes the paper as the place Waterloo residents read each evening.
A flood of real estate notices fills the page from Cedar Heights to Waterloo and nearby towns. Listings include a New 5 room cottage on Newell Street priced at 84000, several 4 room modern homes on West Side and 6 room bungalows with terms. Acreage and farm properties are noted near Andrew, Clarkesdale, and Waterloo, with prices ranging from 223 per acre to thousands for larger tracts. Contact details and selling agents are given, with emphasis on quick sales and owner financing.
Isa Burdick a 60 year old Salvation Army worker in France received the croix de guerre for decades of aid to American troops from 1917 onward. She baked hundreds of pies under fire, earning praise for care and resilience and becoming a symbol of homefront morale amid wartime hardship.
Chicago and London market notes show hog prices down five to one dollar from prior day with varied weights trading around 20 22 per cwt. Cattle receipts about 7 000 heavy mix with steers at 12 to 18 and cows near 6 to 13. sheep receipts about 217 000 with lambs 14 to 16 and ewes 5 to 9. Market activity mixed with Liberty Bond prices and stock movements also noted.
Omaha and East St. Louis report receipts in the thousands with cattle, hogs, and lambs showing varied movements. Prices range from about 20 to 22.70 for hogs, beef steers up to around 18.09, and lambs from 13.75 to 15.75, while Kansas City and Minneapolis listings show corn, wheat, and oats futures and cash quotes amid regional market activity.
For sale multiple vehicles in various conditions. One 1 Tou ag Gar in fair condition with phone contact. Buick 6 in good condition with winter tires and hood pipes. Paige model also listed in good condition. Contact numbers 63 and 1470 for details.
Chicago market notes show mixed corn bids around 1.86 to 1.96 dollars, yellow and white varieties with approximate ranges, oats and hay prices listed, and provisions and pork figures including pork around 31.25 and ribs near 25.50. The report captures bid levels for corn oats burlex timothy clover and pork related items with unit prices.
Hogs receipts 4500 lower top 22.25. bulk shot given. Cattle receipts 3500 lower. steers 9.00 to 18.45, cows and heifers 5.50 to 16.00, calves 6.00 to 15.00. Sheep receipts 2000 steady. lambs 8.50 to 16.00, ewes 7.00 to 9.00.
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