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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1917
Page
4
Weekly United States clearings totaled 5.214 billion dollars for the week ending August 3 with Canada at 208.5 million. The report lists city by city totals and compares them to the previous week and the same week last year, noting mixed changes across regions including New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and others.
A study of European army mortality suggests about 60 deaths per thousand and 150 wounded per thousand, with most wounds healing. Disease loss falls far behind past wars. Drafted ordinary soldiers show strong survival odds, with many expected to return in good condition. The article notes casualty variation by unit and questions about future fighting in Europe.
Reports from Berlin and Amsterdam on August 13 indicate German Socialists may refuse participation in the Stockholm peace conference if allied Socialists press for a program discussing responsibility for the war. Vorwaerts in Berlin questions Henderson and notes English resistance to continued war given German minority Socialists. Dr. Jordan of Stanford will not attend the Stockholm peace council.
Cedar Falls notes cover a Dan ied Nazareth church picnic at Cedar Heights, visits by Doris and Marjoria Mullarky to Reinbeck, and multiple residents traveling or hosting relatives. Reports include church services by Rev J W Morgan and Dr Frank Q Brown, canning club meetings, hospital and home visits, and upcoming picnics and social events across Cedar Falls and nearby towns.
Chicago reports a weak wheat market with futures and cash prices easing but no clear downward trend. September futures fell to 2.04 while December and May options showed limited activity as traders awaited policy moves. Corn and oats weakened in the same session, with provisions rising on new price records for pork.
Chicago and Peoria grain prices list wheat corn and oats with bid quotes for No 2 red No 3 red No 2 yellow No 2 white and mixed on Aug 13. St Louis Minneapolis Kansas City and London money markets noted with mercantile paper and bond movements and Liberty bonds firming to par.
Chicago Aug 13 Hog prices surged to new highs as supply fell short of expectations. Receipts were 26,606 with strong demand, bulk sales around 17.26 to 17.50 for various hog types, while cattle and sheep values were less buoyant. Market estimates for tomorrow project continued strength with mixed lots and high price potential.
Kansas City and Omaha reports show cattle and hogs with higher prices. Receipts include 7,590 hogs and 16,000 cattle with steady to firm bids. hogs range about 16.90 to 17.80 for heavy and 12.50 to 14.50 for pigs. Cattle bids span from 6.50 to 14.50, with steers and cows noted at various levels. Omaha totals reflect similar firming across hogs and cattle with receipts under 6,000 cattle and 2,500 hogs. Continuous strong demand supports prices for western and feeder cattle and lambs at elevated levels.
Hogs receipts 7,500 up 260. top hog price 16.50 to 17.35. bulk 17.00 to 17.35. Cattle receipts 9,400. native beef steers 7.50 to 12.50. yearling steers and heifers 5.50 to 13.50. cows 5.00 to 9.50. stockers 6.00 to 9.00. prime yearlings 7.50 to 10.00. native calves 6.00 to 13.50. Sheep receipts 4,000. lambs 10.50 to 14.75. clipped ewes 8.50. canners 4.00 to 4.50. choppers 6.00.
New York with butter eggs cheese and poultry price ranges by grade and receipt counts. Chicago and Kansas City regions show creamery butter, eggs and poultry quotes with a variety of grades, plus seed and sugar futures in Toledo and St Louis mule and horse rates.
Government sale offers approximately 400800 acres of tribal timber lands, 50200 acres of surface of segregated coal and asphalt lands, and 500 acres of other unallotted lands in eastern Oklahoma. Terms specify 25 percent at sale, balance due in 15 days or within two years for certain classes. Bids by mail require certified funds. detailed circulars available free or for a small fee from Commissioner Cato Sells and Superintendent Gabs J. Parker in Muskogee.
In Waterloo markets the dairy and grain sections show mixed rates while cattle and hogs headline gains. Good corn fed steers bring 10.50 to 11.50. premium hogs reach 16.30 per hundredweight and butcher cattle trade briskly with varied calls across grades.
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