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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1918
Page
3
In New York a steamship crew and passengers watched two seaplanes, one crashed on a wave and left pilots adrift. Sharks attacked the hovering airboat as waves surged. The steamship later rescued the pilots and observers, bringing the damaged airboat aboard for salvage. Two thousand children in jetty parks tend war gardens under Mr Fonny Parsons.
Ackley business leaders press for removal of Mayor Breniman amid affidavits alleging disorder at a 1918 patriotic address and hostility to war volunteers. The council and district attorney in Des Moines receive petitions. a preliminary hearing precedes possible resignation or removal actions.
W H Root district highway engineer urged the county board to place lumber orders for road improvements in 1919 at the earliest possible date. He stressed completing plans this month to avoid shipment delays next season and noted wartime metal shortages from the war department, urging a patriotic but need based demand for steel aligned with actual needs.
Maggie Huitt visits friends in Nara Springs while Alice Holmes recovers from bronchitis. Mrs Thaden visits relatives in Minoak. Milton Wilson returns from lamp Dodge on furlough. S Cleven at his home on Fast Matin Street. Miss Villa Auren visits relatives in Tiliate. Camp Dade trip by Henpick and Jon Sthert with WH. Canada population figure cited. Nina Wrage of Minnesota mentioned amid war era legends and freedom efforts.
Edith Nugent welcomes Edmond Marsh a distant cousin who visits during a storm. Her husband Durgan kin arrive later and a diamond robbery is linked to a detective who describes the robber. A Chicago letter confirms Marsh as the Conway case detective and the pair consider a future meeting.
The county board asks the attorney general for guidance on $14,000 in taxes overpaid by two local insurance companies. A refund may proceed only with AG advice. suits could be filed to recover the funds if advised to proceed. The move relies on a recent supreme court ruling classifying the windfall as money and credits, not personal property.
Chicago and other markets edged higher early on as the heat wave spurred advances in the cay market, but gains faded with light trading and widespread selling by major commissions. September and October prices fluctuated, then slipped. overall, coalitions of short covering failed to sustain a lasting rally. Chicago cash quotes shown. Kansas City and Peoria notes reflect mixed grain and sugar activity amid broad market unease.
Waterloo August 6 1915 market report lists prices for barley corn oats meal corn fed steers grass fed steers fair butcher steers good grass fed cows and heifers farmers and cutters hogs butter lard potatoes poultry turkeys spring chickens hides veal and veal calves with wholesale and retail figures and notes on dairy products and creamery items. Prices cover livestock and farm produce including hay straw and bales with varied quality and categories noted.
HOGS receipts 22 008 steady to 6¢ lower on packing grades. Butchers and roughs mixed. CATTLE receipts 13 000 steady but scarce. calves and stockers varied. SHEEP receipts 12 000 steady to strong. Omaha market reports lower hogs and steady cattle with higher sheep. details include price ranges for heavy hogs, mixed, and feeder categories.
Kansas City Missouri August livestock numbers show hogs and cattle with varied prices across heavy, medium, and light categories. Receipts reach about 24 000 cattle and 6 000 sheep with noted ranges for hogs from 15.00 to 19.60 and cattle from 6.00 to 17.50, including calves and yearlings among others. St Louis reports 9 000 hogs and 7 500 cattle with market steadiness and ranges for hogs around 15.00 to 19.75 and cattle from 7.14 to 13.50. Sheep numbers include ewes and lambs priced near 11.00 to 17.00.
Sioux City and St. Joseph livestock markets report hogs steady with top around 16.50, bulk near 16.00. receipts about 2,000. Cattle including steers to 18.00, cows and heifers 5.00 to 15.00. calves near 6. Sheep receipts 1,000 with lambs 12.30 to 17.25 and ewes 6.00 to 12.75.
New York markets report firm butter with high receipts and varied creamery prices. Eggs show irregular receipts. firsts and extras quoted. Cheese firm with state fresh specials. Poultry steady with mixed live and dressed prices. Chicago and Minneapolis lines note unchanged butter and eggs, higher egg prices in Chicago, and various potato and grain quotes. Mercantile paper rates and London silver and money figures close the roundup.
The metal market in New York shows unchanged quotes with spot prices at $0.50 to $0.60 and Spelter delivered in East St. Louis at about $0.20 to $0.30. Littleton notes an ice cream social at the George Rebberg home under the Ladies Aid, attendance good, and a list of local residents planning travel to Wisconsin for visits and army service obligations.
A 15 to 140 acre parcel near Jesup Iowa and numerous tracts across Minnesota and Iowa offer cheap prices with good improvements. Listings include 120 acres east of Sioux City and 320 acres south of St Ansgar Iowa at bargain rates, 160 acres in Clay County Minnesota with $125 per acre, 80 acres near Osage Iowa for $165 per acre, 320 acres near Barnesville Minnesota with intact improvements, 40 acre farm near a 7,000 population town with large home and improvements, and other permutations including trades for Waterloo property and cash carries. Contact Perry W Belangee, Realtor, phone 376.
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