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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1919
Page
5
Water ion Evening Courier lists want ad pricing with per word rates and minimums for one cent per word and six to twelve cent line options. The notice mixes typographical quirks and garbled terms while advertising ads for sale and service placements.
A dense crop of real estate ads and misc classifieds include sale offers for homes, farms, and lots across Iowa Minnesota Missouri and Wisconsin. Listings cover modern bungalows 7 rooms spacious farm properties and acreage with terms offerings prices and contact details for buyers. Also included are notes about lost items and local notices.
Classified listing shows a Yor Bant-A First Class Dairy Farm near Waterton of about 6 acres with improvements. Also offered are numerous used vehicles and parts for sale by J. O'Dell and BURD AUTO SUPPLY, including Ford touring cars, a Saxon, Chevrolet and Maxwell trucks, and other autos with contact details and prices. a separate note mentions a corner location at 12th and Commercial and general used car and truck bargains.
A jumbled OCR of sale ads and notices lists items for sale including furniture, livestock, and real estate, plus personal notices from Jesup and nearby towns. Names, addresses, and phone hints appear scattered with multiple locations in Iowa and Wisconsin. several individuals and businesses are named with varied goods and dates.
Parkersburg notices list visits and travels of local residents. Mrs J R Strickland and daughter Helen return from Minneapolis with Paul Strickland. H Franke house sold to C A Smith. Mrs A Kemmerer returns from Gillette. D L Graham from Mason City visits. Reuben Dailey and Eva Voeltz guests at Lash and Ardellan homes. Eva Voeltz heads to Stewartville then Beulah N D to teach. Paul Wison visiting Rockwell City. funeral of a Davis relative in Gilbert. Chautauqua opens. Ernest Wright visiting relatives en route to Long Island Kansas. George Rotamerer buys house. Harm Van Halen buys Tropkes home. W H Maharike host to visitors. Linux City trip remains noted.
Raymond report covers farmers threshing busy week and market upturn as corn and oats gain with wheat policy shift. Social events at Methodist church include Epworth Leagues service and an ice cream sociable. Several town residents travel, visit kin, and adjust farm work, with upcoming old settlers meeting and community entertainments noted.
Chicago August 6 hogs and cattle receipts about 7 000 each. Hogs held near yesterday's lows with top at 22 25 heavy weights 21 26, light weights around 19 25 to 22 00. Cattle featured beef steers up to 18 90, butcher stock mixed, veal calves 14 25 to 17 25. Sheep receipts 20 000, lambs 13 40 to 16 85, yearlings 9 50 to 12 50, a few good to choice 7 00 to 9 00.
Receipts at East St Louis Livestock Market show 7,000 cattle and 2,500 sheep with mixed prices across categories. Cattle ranges include beef steers from 12.75 to 17.50, cows 7.50 to 13.00, veal calves 14.00 to 17.50, and feeder steers around 7.50 to 12.56. sheep Lambs 14.25 to 16.25, yearlings 10.00 to 11.00.
In St Joseph Missouri receipts totaled 5500 cattle with bulk tops around 22.00 though not specified. Cattle receipts about 2000 with steers at 9.00 to 14.25, cows and heifers 6.50 to 16.50, calves 7.00 to 14.04. Sheep receipts 2400 steady with lambs 8.80 to 16.25 and ewes 8.00 to 9.00.
Market reports detail butter eggs cheese and poultry prices across New York and Chicago with varying receipts and conditions. Stock prices rise at opening led by rails and shippings while transportation shares advance after talks. Local Iowa notices mention community events and obituaries among residents visiting family and neighbors.
Orchard Iowa items report Amy Wetter returning home from Rock Falls to work as a housekeeper for her brother. M I Smith and Deb Baldwin return from Wisconsin with Smith buying 40 acres from William Baldwin. Threshing is underway. wheat good, oats light, corn fair after rain. Six cattle of Wishon struck by lightning during a storm. Cliff Lee and family visit J C Lee’s family. Mr Turner retires from the rail, planning winter south then westward. marriage notices announce Leon Morse and Velma Larsen wed in Northwood. Morse an Orchard native returning from service to Northwood job.
Late classified items include several salesmen for the Noles water filter, a touring car in good shape, a large furnished front room for rent near the east side park, a modern 7 1 2 room house for sale near Oneida, and other entries for a grocery clerk, furnished rooms, and a 60 acre property in Brewer County.
Livestock market notes from Kansas City show cattle receipts around 6000 with calves, steady to 5c higher. Heavy beef steers bring 16.35 to 18.75, medium and good 13.50 to 16.63, butcher cattle and cows quoted. Lambs range 12.00 to 16.00, yearlings 9.00 to 11.00, feeder lambs 12.75 to 24.50. Pigs and sows also listed with varying bids.
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