Wheat export buying noted on board in Chicago rise
Wheat prices showed steadier tones with export buying noted in Chicago and across the Midwest. September and December futures moved around 1.16 to 1.18 dollars with mixed gains, while corn weakened and oats held firmer amid smaller receipts. Livestock prices ranged with hogs higher and cattle and sheep showing mixed to steady tone at regional markets.
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Associated Press
Chicago
HS Jerdan
G& Ye
Price Report Reflects Mixed Agricultural Markets
New York and other major markets show varied butter creamery and egg receipts with unsettled to firm prices. Sioux City cattle and St Louis lumber note price shifts as livestock receipts rise and grain car movements strain supply.
Waterloo Markets and Commodities Report
Water loo markets and commodity prices list Liberty Bonds and farm goods including wheat, butter, lard, potatoes, cattle, hogs, and hay. Bid quotes, exchange rates, and cotton futures are reported with regional price details and shipping notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Bonds
Waterloo
HOGS AND CATTLE SALES FEATURE Waverly market report
Hogs receipts 15 000 with prices 25 50c higher for better grades. Cattle receipts 2 000 slow but steady with bulls weak to 25c lower and top heavy steers at 16.35. Sheep receipts 8 000 all classes about steady with top native lambs around 10.50. Waverly Ia Aug 19 Marshal Brodie announces 9 30 p m curfew starting next Monday for under 14s, enforceable by arrest if violated.
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Omana
Xed
Associated Press
Idaho
Waverly
G. J. Brodie
Kansas City Livestock Receipts Mixed as Hogs Weaken
Kansas City market reports receipts of 20 500 cattle with steady to uneven demand. best steers around 38 50, Texas steers quarantined at 2 15 to 4 75. cows and heifers midrange. Hogs 1 700 head, slow start, later bids up 15 25 cents with mixed heavies steady to lower. Sheep 1 500, prime classes steady, native lambs 10 16. Sheep at East St Louis show higher hogs with top near 19 40, cattle quiet, veal high at 9 25.
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ST. Joseph
Kansas City
Texas
Harry Miller
Ebbe
Poland
China
McCormick
Irregular Stock Market Opens With Declines Amid Mixed Totals
Trading opened unevenly as losses outpaced gains across sectors. Major manufacturers like Crucible, Bethlehem, Baldwin, Pullman, and Studebaker slipped, while Union Bag & Paper led as the heaviest loser among specialists. Some names such as Famous Players and Mexican Petroleum held firm, and call money hovered around 5 percent as prices remained under pressure.
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Associated Press
New York
Crucible
Bethlehem
Baldwin
Pullman
Studebaker
Union Bag & Paper
Call Money
American Car
General Electric
Harvester
Westinghouse
United States Rubber
American Tobacco
Cuba
Fitz American
BN American Car & Foundry
iAmerican Locomotive
jAmerican Smelting & Rete
American Sumatra Tobacco
American T, & 7
Atchison ‘Baldwin
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Stee
Central Leather
Chesapeake , Ohio
jChicago, Mil
St. Paul Gorn
iCrucible Steel General Motors
Great Northern Ore Ctis
Goodrich Co
Ker
Marine Pid
International Paper Kennetott Copper
Pennsylvania
Reading
Iron & Steel Sinclair
Southern Pacific Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation Texas Co
Tobado Products
Union Pacific
United States Rubber Aain
United States Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland Blea
Hinds Central
Pacific
Standard Ga
fAmerican Woolen iPeoples
Midvale Steel
Ambiguous OCR snippets from 19th century notes
Fragmentary item shows scattered mentions of New York dates August and December, prices like 7.63 dollars, references to flour, silver, and references to places and people poorly readable. No clear event or outcome to anchor a concise summary.
Church Vaudeville Is Criticised by Big St. Louis Preacher
Keokuk Iowa Aug 19 Reverend H M Lichliter of St Louis criticizes the vaudeville mind in churches. He says some preachers substitute moving pictures for worship and that returned soldiers show indifference to religion, while noting soldiers from Europe are moral heroes.
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Keokuk
H. M. Lichliter
St. Louis
Lichliter
Europe
Coroners Jury Views Elevator Fall Victim
A coroner's jury viewed the body of Mrs. Edward McInteer killed in a fall in the elevator shaft of Black Hawk bank building. The inquest will be held upon Dr. Sydney Smith's return from the east, around mid October, with jurors A. W. Billings Willard Gowan and Harry Swinbank present.
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Sydney Smith
Edward McInteer
Black Hawk Bank
Smith
A. W. Billings
Willard Gowan
Harry Swinbank
Grocers to compete in window trimming prize
Forty Waterloo grocery stores will trim windows next week for a chance to win a half page of advertising in the Waterloo Evening Courier. The Calumet Baking Powder Company sponsors the contest to boost displays of Calumet goods. Judges named are Frank Wyant Walter Diefenbach and Harry E Wiester. results to be announced Monday August 29.
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Waterloo Grocer
Waterloo Evening Courier
Calumet Baking Powder Company
Maxim Claims First Theory of Relativity
Hudson Maxim, inventor and publicist, asserts at Carnegie Hall that he laid the basic principles of relativity in 1889. He cites a 1889 magazine article he authored in support of his claim about Einstein’s role.
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Associated Press
New York
Albert Einstein
Hudson Maxim
Carnegie Hall
Maxim
Extradition Papers Issued for Woman in Confidence Game Case
Requisition papers for Mrs. Helen Monroe alias Helen Mitchell, sought in Peoria on confidence game charges, were issued through the Secretary of State Emmerson’s office. The woman was arrested in Des Moines.
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Springfield
Helen Monroe
Helen Mitchell
Jin Peoria
Secretary of State
Emmerson
Des Moines
Official Birth Records Filed with Local Registrar
Birth notices list numerous families with names and addresses, dates in August and July for sons and daughters. Entries include Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Edwin Trvair, Robert Loman. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Paulus, Virginia Lee. Mr. and Mrs. Wiliam Condon, Margaret Clare. and others across Springs Creek Big Creek Eagle and Kennington township.
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Clarence Edwin Trvair
Park Road
Robert Loman
Frank Paulus
Deughter
Virginia Lee
Wiliam Condon
Iona
Margaret Clare
Ernie E. Lawless
Thompson
Bila
Henry Ewald
Rishi
Thomes Edison
Wilma Etizad
Willard Albert Wood
Vinton
Jiyiv
Sen
Willard All
Louis H. Imig
St Francis Hospital
Margaret Mary
Orwin Ane Stubbs
Kennington
Jane
Robert Orin
Oréa
Olsen
Riverside
Emma
Trene
Emma Bruce
Springs Creek
Big Creek
Eagie
Harry K. Crazy
Springsom
Joan Sherwood
O Roberts
Spring's Creek
Suly R. Mary
Big Four Fair Opens in Nashua August 22
The nineteenth annual Big Four fair in Nashua will run August 22 to 27 with five days and three nights of entertainment. Livestock space is tight with 35 temporary swine pens and a new poultry hall ready by next week. Harness races, community athletic events, and free attractions including a wild west show will headline, costing about 1501 for top acts. Secretary C L Putney notes strong community cooperation and high educational aims.
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Nashua
C. L. Putney
Clarksville
Chanles City
New Hampton
Farm Bureau to Sponsor Community Picnic at Lawn City
Des Moines Aug 18 The Iowa Farm Bureau federation announces a Lawn City event on Monday Aug 29 inviting all members and guests to a 3 pm program with band concert community singing and talks by John W Coverdale Henry C Wallace James R Howard Eugene Meyer and C W Hunt plus musical selections by a green club and a round table on membership drive and policy questions ending the day with remarks on credit to agriculture and farm bureau achievements.
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Des Moines
Farm Bureau
Iawa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau Day
Iowa
National Drumcorps
Gre
Eugene Meyer
War Finance Corporation
Washington, D. C
C. W. Hunt
Town Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa Fann Bureau Federation
Half of Towa seed passes first grain test in Iowa survey
In 45 Iowa counties grain certification tests show 4 083 acres of 7 598 inspected seed passed first tests. Oats results include 3 769 of 6 403 acres passed and 44 of 447 acres of Towa 103 oats passed. Iowa 105 oats had 2 of 34 acres pass. Wheat showed some positive results as well. A Jasper county farmer devised a wire-reeling scheme using a tractor belt pulley shaft to wind fence wire.
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Towa
Iowa
Newton
Aus
Jasper County
Tama Farmers Ship More Livestock in 1921 Than in 1920
Traer Iowa August 19 local shipping records show Traer area farmers shipped more livestock in the first seven months of 1921 than in 1920 despite lower market prices for farm products. Grain shipments in Tama county are reported near last year levels.
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Tama
Traer, Ta
Ingt
Traer
Aletho
Taina
Freight rates cut on grain exports from West to Atlantic ports
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized sweeping reductions in freight rates on grain and grain products for export to Atlantic ports. The rate drops 7 1/2 cents per 100 pounds and takes effect on ten days' notice from Chicago, the Mississippi River crossings, and points in Illinois, Indiana, and other western states to Atlantic ports.
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United Press
Washington, D. c
Atlantic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
Missionri
Tllinois
Indiana
Adair County Pig Clubs Are Active
Adair County Iowa shows four pig clubs with 133 members. Clubs meet in four townships to study pig handling feeding and measurement methods supervised by county club leader E L Moser. Purebred breeders support local members and older residents praise the effort. Calhoun County hosts a 40 member pig club that exhibited 186 pigs at the Rockwell City fair.
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Adair
Adair County
Iowa
E. L. Moser
Moser
Calhoun County
Rockwell City
Club Mnemera
Jolstein Breeders Picnic At Elkader County Fair Grounds
Holstein breeders in Clayton County plan a picnic at Elkader fair grounds on Wednesday August 24. A special committee is arranging a program with outside speakers and a push to form a permanent county association.
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Mkader
Clayton County
Elkader Fair Grounds
Man Electrocuted at Independence Mill
David Bradstreet, 60, was killed Thursday evening at Wapsie Mill & Flour Co in Independence Iowa after touching live machinery. Superintendent Necker fainted as he tried to push Bradstreet away and was shocked. Bradstreet, employed five years, lived nearby and is survived by a widow, a daughter, two sons, and a granddaughter.
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Independence
David Bradstreet
Wapsie Mill & Flour Co
A Bradstreet
Necker
City
Bradstreet
Govt Saved Millions on Road Surrender Claim
Samuel Duan of Railway Age told the Chautauqua Institute that the government saved about 375 million dollars by surrendering railroads to private operation on Sept 1 1920. He argued continued guarantees would have left the government paying $742.5 million in rent over 14 months, while roads yielded a net operating income of $386.808 million, about SATS.TAN.100 less than the rental.
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Associated Press
Chautauqua
Samuel 10
Duan
Railway Age
Chautauqua Institute
Senator Horomcen Says Industrial Court Law Useless
Arkansas City reports State Senator Dick Horomcen favors repeal of the industrial court law after more than two years of trial. He claims the measure was unnecessary, increased state costs, and provided no clear benefit. A separate line notes women conductors on streetcars in Brancap City fail to work all night.
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Assemated Press
Arkansas City
Dick Horomcen
Adust
American Farmers Plan Colony in Peruvian Amazon Valley
A group of over 200 American farmers advances toward a colonization project in the Pampa de Sacramentos valley of northern Peru along the Amazon. J. T. Schoenfelt of Oklahoma oversees a grant of 650,000 acres with plans to settle 200 families then 890 more via Para and the Amazon. The land promises sugar cacao cotton jute indigo and tobacco suitable for large farms averaging about 1,000 acres each.
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Associated Press
Lima
Peru
United States
Pampa de Sacramento
Amazon River
J. TR. Schoenfelt
Okatulgee
Okla
Oklahoma
Perugian
Para
Brazil
Amazon
Eayali
Atlantic Ocean
Iquitos
Schoenfelt
Central West
Farma
South America
Hibernians Elect J. P. Murphy Des Moines President
J P Murphy of Des Moines was named president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians at a Dubuque convention closing today. Unanimous votes elected P F Treamor of Dubuque as vice president Thomas O Connor of Imogene state secretary J M McCormick of Vail state treasurer Fabian Beckett of Dubuque to the board. Ladies auxiliary officers were named with Annie McBride Des Moines as state president and Mary Doyle Ottumwa as secretary. Mary queen of Scots was called the White Queen after mourning for Lord Darnley.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
J. P. Murphy
Des Moines
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
P. F. Treamor
Thomas O'Connor
Imogene
J. M. McCormick
Vail
Fabian Beckett
Dubuqus
McDermott
American Légion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Annie McBride
Meg McFarland
Mary Doyle
Ottumwa
Sadie Jansen
Cedar Rapids
Anna Keefe
Sioux City
Corn Not Cheap Fuel Compared to Coal Say Experts
Ames Iowa August reports experts say corn cannot replace coal as cheap fuel. Iowa State College engineering experiments show coal at 20 dollars per ton would beat burning corn worth 47 cents per bushel when moisture is 10 percent. Corn yield of heat is 7 740 BTU per pound versus coal 12 000 BTU.
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Ames
Java
Jones State College
Engineering Experiment Station
Engineering
Middlewest
County Farm Adviser Seeks $1000 Salary Cut
Danville Aug. 19 Arthur LumbrickVer milion county farm adviser asks the county farm bureau to reduce his annual salary from 4000 to 3000 dollars citing low farm product prices.
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Associated Press
Danville
Arthur Lumbrick
Vermilion County
County Farm Bureau
Smiles and Kinks in Today’s Wires Digest
A mosaic of short curios from Indianapolis to New York includes a reader letter asking state aid for triplets, a magistrate fining a man ten dollars after a horse driver altercation, and a remark by a gambler stabbed in a craps game. Local quips and a hospital note round out the brief items.
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United Press
Indianapolis
Ind
J.C. Wingard
Hammond
Gav. McCray
New York
Corrigan
Marcus Baccarelli
Baccarelli
Polled Shorthorns Sale Near Waterloo
A private sale near Waterloo offers a choice selection of zonnk tals reds roans and white Polled Shorthorns. The listing cites 8 miles southwest of Waterloo and 12 face of Hudson with LLOXD J LOONAN of Waterloo as contact.
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Mi. S. W
Waterloo
Hudson
Lloxd J
Loonan
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