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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter markets Want Ads as a central hub for buying and selling. It outlines low rates, a minimum charge, and guidelines, urging broad participation as a fixture of daily life in Waterloo.
La Porte City Aug 73 reports the child welfare registration deadline moved to Saturday as doctors say many children must be examined. The extended period follows a week of intense effort and listings show local families hosting visitors from Cedar Rapids Cedar Falls and Chicago plus multiple travel plans and family events.
The Hesston city council met in regular session at Mey Hall on August 12 1918 with Mayor Thompson presiding. Actions included approval of minutes, appointments to library trustees for 1924 terms, budget and paving item discussions, street and alley matters, police and fire department items, and bids and ordinances on sidewalks and municipal officials salaries.
In Plainfield and Mount Vernon Township activity includes visits among local families from Emmetsburg to Cedar Falls and Everly, a Baptist ladies thimble bee picnic on Aug 17, and a Junior Red Cross fundraiser netting 6.92 with 17.5 for a quilt. Aged Mrs Battelger, 106, harvests grain for the war effort, while local real estate transfers and street work are listed.
Laramie Wyoming. Chris Klein claims historic honor for a 23 pound live trout, dressed weight 20 pounds, caught in a privately stocked reservoir by seine. The fish was given to Mr. Graham of the Model restaurant to forward to the Denver Post for its regional prize.
Active buying drove a sharp advance in the Chicago grain market on August 13, aided by hot weather and tight moisture. Corn led gains with nearby prices up before a late retreat, oats followed the strength, and cash bids strengthened. Reports of rains elsewhere and Buffalo shipments cooled futures, while provisions edged higher on stockyard demand.
New York stocks opened higher with rails and transcontinentals showing strength as readings rose across Reading and Norfolk Western. Industrials unsettled but rallied, United States Steel and Crucible Steel turning up, while Sumatra Tobacco led the specialties with a two point gain and Liberty bonds remained firm amid a shift toward coalers and western rail reratings.
Kansas City receipts totalled 9 000 hogs with prices from 19 to 19 40 and 28 to 28 15 for packers and pigs while cattle receipts reached 16 008 with steers 15 50 to 17 25 cows 5 56 to 11 80 and calves 6 00 to 12 00 lambs in sheep ran 13 06 to 17 75 for lambs yearlings 11 00 to 15 00 weaners 10 00 to 14 50 and ewes 3 00 to 13 00. St Louis reports 10 000 hogs with lights 13 55 to 9 75 pigs 14 50 to 19 70 heavy 19 45 19 70 bulk 19 40 to 19 65 and cattle 606 strong with heifers 3 50 to 15 and cows 7 0 7 50 calves 7 75 to 15 25. sheep 2 800 receipts steady to strong with lambs 14 00 to 17 00 ewes 11 00 to 12 00 canners 6 90 to 7 00.
Sioux City Iowa hogs receipts 6006 weak to strong with mixed 15.40 to 18.60 and heavies 17.90 to 13.10. Cattle receipts 1900 strong with base prices. Sheep receipts 1000 steady with limited details.
Hudson August 13 events include Mr J B Meyers visiting relatives in Kansas Mrs Clarence Gibson hosted a party for brother Guy Morrow bound for Ames to train Mr and Mrs J D Richards to Minnesota for a few days Little Gersid Martin fractured arm after a horse fall and was taken to Presbyterian hospital in Waterloo Rev E F Muir farewell party as he and wife move to Winthrop for a professorship in the school Mrs Lawrence Copley discharged from Waterloo hospital Schiefelbein reunion north of town attendance nearly complete Homar Lundus received scalding injury from steam on threshing engine cap.
Mrs Isaac Betts dies and funeral held. Mrs Fettgether buried in Fairbank cemetery. Rev J. Cochran preaches. Soldiers passing through Fairbank sing as they travel to camps. Col Lynn Adams promotes land sale near Catholic church. Chester Smith death noted with service by Rev B W Artman. Local acts help Bentleys farm with oat shock. Local youths join service. Williams heads to Pringhar undertaking work.
Jubilee reports August 13 visits by Mr. and Mrs. Wm Hienemann and family Readlyn to relatives. Mrs Fred Orth and children Wave City visiting. Mrs Sheldon Trumbauer improving from blood poisoning. Mr and Mrs H Everett and Miss Jessia Nickerson visited Strawberry Point. Mrs Theo Nie home from hospital and improving. Mr and Mrs Will Bauer and family and Miss Emma Orth visiting Wave City. Leona Nigbert Waterloo spending summer with her sister Mrs Jack Gales.
St Ansgar August 13 Culver a Civil War veteran is very ill at his son Miles Culver's home. William Shultz enjoyed a brief visit with his brother Roy who arrived from Camp Cody where he has been stationed for a year. Mr and Mrs Frank Burroughs celebrate their twentieth wedding anniversary August 11. A Courier want ad promises best results.
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