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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1919
Page
5
Waterloo readers see want ads for jobs misc items and a flood of real estate listings. The Waterloo Courier pages feature notices for lost items, wanted help, and numerous for sale ads including houses farms and rooming options across Waterloo Iowa with prices and contact hints.
A cluttered 1919 classified listing offers real estate, autos, furniture, farm land, and miscellaneous items for sale in Waterloo and nearby towns. It includes 440 acre farms, 160 acre plots, modern houses, earlier model autos, tires, pianos, desks, and household goods, with prices and varying terms, plus notices of local legal matters and bankruptcies.
Chicago and Kansas City futures moved within narrow bounds with September corn at about 1.45 and 1.84 for nearby futures. Cash quotes show No. 2 Yellow and mixed grades near 1.90 to 2.00 per bushel, oats varied, greens and provisions drifted higher as hog values strengthened.
Chicago stockyards Aug 21 show hog receipts 23 000 up to 50 cents higher with heavy weight $21.45 and other classes up to $19.50. Cattle receipts 9 600 with steer and beef prices rising to $18.75 for prime, calves and feeders steady, cows $7.50 to 13.00. Sheep receipts 29 000 lambs 25c lower with typical declines across grades.
Kansas City market data shows hogs receipts at 3,500 with mostly higher bids up to 21.05 for heavies and 19.00 to 20.28 for lights. Cattle receipts about 6,000, with calf prices weak to steady and steers ranging from 9.00 to 18.55, cows from 5.15 to 12.35, veal calves around 14.50, and feeder steers 7.00 to 13.85. Sheep receipts 7,000 with lambs 12.00 to 17.26 and yearlings 9.50 to 12.50, ewes 5.00 to 9.00, breeding ewes 5.00 to 16.00.
Omaha Neb Aug 21 hog receipts 7400 top 20.00 bulk 19.35 heavy 19.50 19.80 lite 19.70 20.00 sows 19.30 19.60 calves sheep and cattle prices incl. yearlings 13.00 18.00 butcher stockers weak. East St Louis receipts 5000 to 5400 top 21.45 bulk 21.00 23.40 heavy 21.25 22.40 cattle receipts 3500 steady beef grades 17.50 16.50 light weight 12.00 17.50 veal calves 15.40 18.00 sheep 3000 steady lambs 14.00 16.75 ewes 8.00 9.00 cattle and stockers also listed.
Stocks edged higher before a late rally led by United States Steel and Crucible while other metal and tobacco shares fell. Liberty bond prices moved, potato and cotton prices fluctuated, real estate transfers were listed, and mercantile paper and cotton futures opened steady with varied closes.
A jumble of want ads lists real estate for sale in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, along with rooms for rent and job inquiries. Items mention 7-room and 6-room houses with electric lights, gas, and streetcar access, plus rental inquiries for young women and housekeeping rooms. Contact numbers and addresses include Black 224 and 1618, 718 Conger, Linden Avenue, and 322 W ath Street. Multiple names and prices appear, with notes on gas stoves, water, and paving.
A land sale listing describes multiple farm properties for sale in northern Buchanan and southern Fayette, eastern Bremer and Blackhawk counties near Oelwein and Waterloo. Offers include 3120 acres with black soil and yellow subsoil three miles west of Oelwein at 220 per acre with mortgage options, 100 acre parcels near Oelwein and near Waterloo city limits with 220 per acre, plus 40 to large tracts with various terms and mortgage terms, rail access, and new buildings.
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