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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1918

Page

8

Waterloo Want Ads Rate Increase Reaches City Paper

The Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter explains ad rates for want ads. It outlines a minimum charge of 5 cents and a 1 cent per word rate, with higher tier pricing for different type styles. The notice defends the change as boosting ad clarity and value, noting readers rely on the Want Advert department as a marketplace for all citizens to buy sell or exchange items.

Eversbourg Waterloo Courier Nes Ourier Daily Reporter

Waterloo City and Waterloo Iowa notices and ads

Public sale notice of real property in Waterloo Iowa following court order. Also city notices amend ordinance on police pay scales and local officials. Local items include residents’ visits, car accidents, school census and bridge repairs.

Waterloo Iowa Leland Avenue Lown W. G. Wellier Mr. J. Heenan Williams & Clark East Independent A&a Wisconsin Nightingale Florence Bloeser Bloeser Sidney D. Smith B. J. Smith Irvington- -on-the-Hudson Rochester Minn Thhey Mayor Brothers Public Schools Waterloo West J. E. Dempster Board Ofeducation

Tilt Forbid Ads Discontinued By Written Order

Memorandum states ads may be discontinued only on written order and must reach the office by 10 a m else the advertisement cannot be discontinued until the next stay.

Higher Wages Spur Rail Jobs Amid Shop Reopenings

Higher wages granted to Falkoad shop workers have led to more than 6,000 recalled railway employees who had paused for higher pay elsewhere. The return boosts car and locomotive work, as railroad officials race to ready rolling stock before winter, addressing a backlog from the past year.

Associated Press Washington, D. C

Humbert S Army Moves Steadily Toward Noyor

The report describes heavy World War I fighting along the Somme front with German trenches, barbed wire, and spur ridges shaping engagementsnear Plenont, Guina, and Laxsigny. German artillery increases as they press toward a defensive line while French forces push along valleys despite mustard gas threats.

Humbert Noyor France Reuters Lassigny Tassigny

Markets Reflect Weather Shifts and Crop Outlooks

Chicago and St Louis market notes show corn and wheat trends driven by cooler September weather, with price shifts in September contracts and nearby grains. Provisions slip while livestock and hog futures show uneven demand as farmers weigh crop yields and observed thinning demand across major markets.

Soldier Dies Without Seeing His Young Daughter Abroad

Iowa forges obituary for George F Readout 29 of Liscomb who died of typhoid at Huxley Base Hospital England July 22 after overseas service. He left behind a three month old baby girl born in Des Moines and a wife Adelaide Freed, whom he married in 1917. Readout’s father runs a business in Liscomb as John Deere connections lure workers to Waterloo plant for gasoline tractor study and production. Local notes mention John Deere officials arriving to oversee plant instruction and transportation through various regions.

Liscomb. In George F. Readout Liscoomb Dent Des Moines Huxley England Des Moin Readout Inna 1334 Infantry Headout Lisecombe John Deere Companiy Waterloo Jeountry Ig Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company Fleal Jr. Cassidy San Francisco, Cal John Deere Company

Stocks and Bonds Rise and Fall on Mixed News

Market activity shows gains in certain sectors while overall indices drift. Industrials and transportation shares led early advances though several major banks and rails posted modest losses. Metals moved higher with silver and copper firm, but the closing tone remained cautious as investors awaited further economic signals.

Hog Market Slows as Tuesday Prices Dip For Hogs

Auction receipts show hogs steady to 20 cents lower with steady to higher steer and cattle trade. In the cattle yard 22 000 head noted with moderate demand. demand for feeders and stockers appeared mixed amid firm market tone for select lots.

Omaha Livestock Market Report Teems With Activity

A fragmentary Omaha livestock report shows receipts around 19,000 and 10,000 cattle, calves, and hogs traded. Prices indicate steady to higher bids for cows and feeders, with hogs and cattle moving at varied quoters across the day.

ST JOSEPH LIVESTOCK RECORD SUMMARY

Fragmentary livestock receipts from Saint Joseph Missouri list entries for cows, heifers, ewes, and bulls with numeric values and weights. The text appears as OCR garble with scattered prices and animal counts, lacking complete itemization or context.

Kansas City Livestock Receipts

Kanenas City Mo Aug M-HOGS Receipts h60 rte Hulk $18,354 Honey e178 COIS ST pickers PIR 2h LTE Mpht SILOM IEAG pigs £ 16.00 17.58 ATTTreceipts 6,900 strange S STT2RG IRAN cowH $6.90 11 affers $T.0096 calves $6.60 InO HEP Reprints Ws FUG 501 8.255 Ho wethers $10 06 a t $5 eat 19.90 stenudy B11,00 owen

Kanenas City Aug Cois ST Iran Stenudy Owen

Livestock prices slip at St Louis market

ST LOUIS LIVESTOCK SL Louis Mo Aug 14 hogs receipts around 6000 cattle and calves mixed prices decline across categories hogs down about ten to sixty cents per cwt while cattle and calves show uneven moves. Sheep receipts about 4500 steady with lambs near 14 to 17 dollars and ewes around 11 dollars.

Louis Catlyle

Sioux City Livestock Auction Receipts Report

Ang 11 hogs low and high prices listed for Sioux City market with hogs priced around 18.25 to 18.60, heavy at 17.00. Cattle receipts show strong steers 14.50 to 15.00, cows and heifers 5.00 to 7.00, sheep receipts 690 steady.

Sioux City

Prices and receipts from New York dairy and meat markets

August reports show milk creamery receipts and cheese prices steady while poultry and pork products list varied gains and declines. Cattle and hog markets reflect mixed movements, with categories like dressed meat, fowls, roosters, and broilers cited alongside regional notes from Minnesota and Illinois markets.

New Yorke New York Tras

British Make Gains at Lys salient in Flanders

London Aug 14 British forces advanced at the apex of the Lys salient in Flanders with slight gains east of Steteran and Vieux-Berquin south of Muteren. No infantry fighting on the British front during the night while German artillery remained active. German local attacks repelled on the north Lys flank and yesterday German artillery was very active in the region. Italian forces occupy Monti Mantello Pon ui di Matteo and the spur southeast of Clina Zigolon north of the Namelto region taking 190 prisoners.

Fiy Associated Press Lys London Flanders Field Marshal Haig Steteran Vieux-Berquin Muteren Plearly Tosday

Dubuquers Still Miss Street Cars

Dubuque residents report no change in the street car strike as a national association representative arrives and the company refuses to negotiate while President Charles Carrell serves on the committee. Heavy rain softened conditions, commuters endure heat, and about 290 men are affected. boiler workers may strike next Monday.

Dubudae National Association Charles Carrell

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