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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
3
In Waterloo the Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter serves as a central marketplace for want ads. The department acts as a social institution where people buy sell and exchange a wide range of items at low costs, reflecting a busy local economy and community engagement.
Legal notice from Mercei attorney for plaintiff in Winterion Iowa 1918 replevin of a adding machine under Maritime No SOT287601. Court date August 27 at nine oclock nits. if defendant fails to appear judgment to be entered.
Advertisement rules require written order to discontinue till forbid ads. Advertisers receive a blank form when an ad runs, return it to discontinue, and may keep a copy for reference. The policy protects advertisers from telephone instruction errors and applies to Waterbury Evening Courier and Daily Reporter.
A mixed list of want ads includes items for sale such as a Twin Indian motorcycle a gas stove and a touring car plus rental offers for a five or six room modern house and a furnished one room house Also sought are bicycles a woodworking machine and a nursing position along with a trades offer for a small automobile and a Studebaker speedster All entries include contact details with phone numbers or addresses and reference to local streets and businesses.
A U S department of agriculture survey shows over 13 000 acres in Castor bean cultivation in Texas with good yields expected. Government to take over all mintor oil production from beans. Southern Texas harvest to begin soon as weather suits. Experts say Castor bean soil and climate suit new industry and acreage may rise next year. Castor oil prized for high altitude aircraft lubrication and general aviation use after the war.
Allied offensive across Picardy reports Chaulnes, a key railway town on the Somme front, captured by Australian and Canadian troops. German resistance centers pivot on Noyon as British and French forces press to gain the Noyon Ham corridor while bridges on the Somme are destroyed to hinder German movements.
Rockford scene includes Mrs M D Guthrie selling her milliners shop to Miss Brishton and new Rockford schedule for Saturday. Jas Jewell and family from Kansas City arrive to occupy the Lestis Hoadley house. Local telegraphy, coast artillery enlistments, and wounded Rockford boys in France are noted with brief items.
Mrs. Fred Follatte and Mrs. L Matacy return from Chicago. Private H E Rudel at home on 30 day agricultural furlough. Mrs. H W Holman visits Sans Souci Park. G V Daniels and daughter Bernice travel in Minneapolis and St Paul. Jacob Lovingston attends hotel convention in St Paul. Misses Hubbard and Park from St Louis. Paul Ferguson at Great Lakes naval station returns home for 10 daya. Mrs. John Reardon visits from Omaha. Various residents travel, visit, or plan trips. local military notices and civic items included.
The body of A W Eggabroad who died July 29 at Mission was brought to Fredericksburg for burial on August 4. Attending relatives included widow, brother Charles of Anaheim, Geore¢, Warren Bloxam of Grundy Center, Wil and family, Charles Oits, and Mrs Frank Gitsch of Bingham Lake. Other items note I C Russell becomes successor as county attorney after Fred Shazfer enlists. Earl Leach and Geo Upham visit Frank Leach and Clare Upham before departure for Franca.
The grain market rebounded as corn prices rose after an initial downturn caused by scattered showers and concerns over moisture. Traders cited hot weather in the Southwest and reported irreparable crop damage in Nebraska and Missouri, lifting prices for September and October. Oats and other grains followed with mixed gains, while hog prices supported higher provisions.
Waterloo markets list varied livestock prices including barley, grass fed steers, butchers, hay, and potatoes with wholesale and retail price notes. Securities update shows United States Steel, Canadian Pacific gains, bond activity, and commodity movements in copper, tobacco, sugar, and metals with mixed closes and irregular shifts.
Chicago Aug 12 HOGS: prices rose about ten cents with top hogs at 20.16 per cwt and bids firm. CATTLE: receipts about 17,000 were steady to strong with beef cattle mostly 17.00 to 18.80. practical stockers and feeders 7.60 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 15,000 stronger by up to 26 cents. Idaho lambs around 18.50 and Montana wethers 14.60.
Omaha Neb Aug 12 hog receipts 3800 higher with heavy 18.10 to 18.05 mixed 18.20 to 18.40 light 18.25 to 19.28 pigs 16.40 to 18.00 hogulk 18.20 to 18.50 cattle receipts 8500 slow steers 10.00 to 18.00 cows and heifers 7.00 to 11.00 calves 6.00 to 12.45 sheep receipts 20900 steady lambs 16.25 to 17.75 yearlings 13.50 to 12.50 wethers 12.50 to 24.50 ewes 10.66 to 13.00.
In St Joseph Missouri on August 12 receipts show hogs at 5000 to 5500 head with top price around 19.35 and bulk near 18.25. Cattle include steers bringing 9.00 to 18.00, cows and heifers from 5.50 to 16.00, and calves around 6.00 to 12.60. Lambs sell from 12.50 to 17.75 while ewes range 6.90 to 12.75.
Kansas City market notes show hog receipts about 7,000 with varying steer and packer bids. Cattle receipts near 10,000 with strong steer values and cows and calves priced. sheep totals around 7,080 with Lambs and yearlings listed and prices in ranges.
In St Louis stockyard hogs receipts 23,000 steady with lights at 13.69 to 15.50 per cwt. pigs to 18.25 15.26. sows 18.65 to 19.75. heavy hogs 19.65 to 19.75. bulk 19.45 to 19.75. Cattle receipts 7,400 strong. steers 11.50 to 18.25. heifers 9.50 to 15.50. cows 7.50 to 12.50. calves 7.75 to 15.26. Sheep receipts 3,700 steady. ewes 11.00 to 32.0. young wooled lambs 24.00 to 17.09.
Sioux City livestock report Aug 12 shows hog receipts around 4000 with higher prices and ranges from 13.75 to 18.40 for various weights. Cattle receipts about 3000 with steady to uneven values for steers heifers and cows. Sheep receipts around 1000 also steady.
Chicago Alivaxo report shows butter steady at 3844 4440, eggs at 21 512 cases firsts 37 3Sc, potatoes unsettled with Minnesota and Ohio receipts, poultry alive steady with fowls 23 28c. New York lists butter firmer at 46 460c, cheese firm at 25 26c. Kansas City notes butter firsts 40c, poultry hens 25 16c, roosters 18 4c, springs 26c. St Louis records poultry hens 26c, springs 27l, turkeys 22c, eggs ordinary firsts 25 220.
A 1918 piece argues war savings stamps exhibit strong growth and may reach 1.66 billion dollars in maturity value from a 2 billion issue. It notes July receipts approaching 100 million and projects 1.6 billion in sales, with potential for permanent national financial use and conversion into old age annuities. The piece highlights broad public support and a transformative effect on national character.
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