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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1920
Page
6
Waterloo real estate listings, mortgages, and job wanted ads fill the page alongside moved dates. The section also notes moving furniture, farm acreage for sale, and auto listings with multiple brands and prices.
Wheat prices fell after reports of stalled armistice talks between Russia and Poland and British royal commission withdrawal. Openings slipped from session highs, with December at about 2.41 to 2.45 and March near 2.44. Corn and oats followed weaker trend as elevators congested and rail links to Galveston remained blocked. Livestock in East St Louis showed higher hogs and steady steers amid steady calf and lamb markets.
Receipts reach 4 300 cattle with hogs at 1 500 and sheep at 1 500. Cattle show steady to weak tone with veal and choice weanling prices around 13 50. Hogs steady to soft with bulk weights around 15 20 to 14 00. Lambs steady near 12 75, feeding lambs around 11 00 for Idaho fed lots.
Omaha market notes show higher bids for fi relots and bulk weights with cattle receipts at 1,390 and hogs receipts at 5,000 in a steady trading session. Chicago quotes extend grain prices for wheat and mixed grains as well as livestock bids, while To ledo reports Wheat and Cloverseed, Timothy and Alsike prices with futures movement and cash values.
The Commercial Bulletin notes little change in wool prices with current levels about a week old. Exchange rates show franks and guilders with modest demand and cables. call money and government bonds are steady to strong. Wool buyers focus on consignment sales as mills push sample production.
Market notes show cattle receipts around 4 000 with hogs up 25 to 35 cents. Early top prices reach 11.6 for good cows and 9.50 to 12.60 for medium cows, calves around 15, receipts about 12 000. Sheep receipts near 8 000 with native lambs 10 50 to 12 85, top 12.00, overall steady to higher tone in livestock trades.
Sioux City market reports 13 hogs and 760 cattle receipts with mixed prices. Hogs bring around 13.50 to 15.50 for higher grades, mixed lots near 14.25, while beef steers range 13.50 to 16.25 with common fed at 9.00 to 9.25 and grass cattle 7.00 to 9.00. Fat cows and calves show 12.50 to 35.00, vealers 12.60, and feeders 8.00 to 10.40. Receipts overall steady.
Iowa archeology is described as a meeting ground of cultures with a rich mix of northern southern eastern and western artifacts. An article by Charles R. Keyes notes varied Indian relics from burial mounds to plough-dug weapons reflecting polished stone axes and complex workmanship.
Market notes show entries for wholesale and retail dairy items like fresh orange creamery butter and Hudson butter. Livestock and byproducts listed include grass fed steers, hay bales of Wild Prairie hay, and various horse hides.
Butter firm with creamery receipts about 4,839 tubes and higher prices. Cheese steady with white and colored specials around 27% to 28% butterfat. Copper tin iron and lead values noted, potatoes weak with Eastern markets and Jersey cobblers. Poultry prices mixed with alive fowls up to 26 cents per pound and dressed birds steady.
Auctioneer F. H. Heger offers real estate and public sale services with stated satisfaction guarantee. Phone numbers 2300 or Red 5045 and office at 21035 East Fourth Street.
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