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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1918
Page
11
Chicago opening trading shows corn prices slipping with October futures down to around 1.60. Oats and provisions hold steady with modest shifts. Cash quotes list mixed bids across corn and oats, while Minneapolis and Peoria grain reports show slight declines in No. 2 and mixed white varieties. Multiple regional quotes reflect a cautious start to the trading day.
A fragmented seed catalog note lists prices and bids for seeds including Toledo area entries such as Alsike, Cloverseed, and others. October December and March timetables appear with prices like 17.40 17.50 and 15.95, plus cash bids around 4.60 to 4.90 and 4.50.
Chicago market notes higher hogs by 10 to 15 cents with Friday averages up. Cattle receipts about 2,000 show strength over last week with steers and calves stronger. Sheep receipts 5,000 report lambs easing 50 to 60 cents, feeding sheep and breeding ewes steady with no quotes.
Omaha livestock market report shows hogs at heavy and bulk prices around 15.20 to 16.00, cows and calves near 10.00 to 13.00, steers 12.00 to 17.50, heifers around 10.00 to 13.00, and lambs 12.00 to 16.00. Receipts include about 200 cattle and 600 steers and lambs, with specific price ranges noted for each category.
Receipts of cattle and hogs noted with mixed prices and weights. Prices show light, heavy, and steady trends for steers, cows, heifers, and hogs. figures are partially garbled but indicate market activity at Sioux City.
St Joseph to Kansas City and St Louis report mixed cattle hog receipts for August 24 with steady to firm prices. Hogs at St Joseph and Kansas City show firm to slightly varied bids, cattle ranges list steers from mid teens to high teens and calves and yearlings mixed. Livestock values reflect regional market activity and demand across the three cities.
New York August 24 prices show firm butter creamery extras at 45 cents with ranges for seconds standards and firsts. Regular eggs receipts 26 745 cases with fresh gathered tiers, cheese steady with various grades. Chicago market mirrors butter at 45 cents with fractions for creamery and standard grades. Poultry prices hold steady for live chickens and fowls, with turkeys and dressed poultry showing little change.
Eggs: Unchanged. Cheese: Unchanged. Potatoes: Unchanged receipts. 3 ears. Poultry: Fowls. 28 28ti¢, springs, 1 St. Kansas City. % Aug. 24 Butter ing poultry: Unchanged. 2 Eggs: Firsts. 3%c: seconds, 33c. St. Louis. Mo. Aug. 34. Poultry: Higher ducks, 23c: geese. lfc. Butter and eggs: Unchanged.
Covering of short contracts driven by encouraging war bulletins boosted leading stocks in the first hour. Canadian Pacific and other Industrials advanced while shippings eased. leather and fertilizers rose to new highs. Wheat and cotton markets showed mixed changes amid drought fears and war news shaping demand. futures held uneven while spot prices remained volatile.
Buchanan shows a building advertisement, C. D. Miller and family rethink a Des Moines overland trip, J. Cohrt of Traer visiting friends in Waterloo for the weekend.
Waterloo area notes report a British warfront surge with updates on troop movements and captures across the front. Mentions individuals traveling, local illnesses, market items, and civic notices amid ongoing war coverage. Includes a tomato weigh-in and local parade of names and addresses.
George 8 Albert of the state federal employment service visited Waterloo to help find a central site for the bureau now housed in the courthouse. He favors the Fowler building corner Fifth and Lafayette as a proposed site and urged cooperation with manufacturers on war contracts. He praised women’s growing roles in Des Moines and other towns, noting equal pay and urging unemployed women to contact labor bureaus for suitable positions.
London August 23 the will of Lord Rhondda late British fund controller bequeaths 10000 to Gaius College Cambridge for six to ten scholarships in mathematics natural science or moral science and 100900 to the Cardiff Infirmary. Lord Rhondda states I make no other charitable gifts because I have devoted the greater part of my life to public affairs and I have already given large sums of money for charitable and public purposes.
Secretary Lansing and the Italian ambassador signed a treaty in Washington governing the drafting of Americans in Italy and Italians in the United States. The agreement outlines reciprocal conscription terms and civil protections for citizens of both nations.
A wounded officer returning home recalls a chaotic frontline scene. Amid heavy shelling a junior officer with only a valise led a wavering detachment forward, rallying troops before being shot dead after saving the position. The report contrasts battlefield heroism with fear and collapse.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, Republican veteran and chairman of the foreign relations committee, was chosen by Republicans in conference to be the next Senate floor leader, succeeding the late Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire.
President Wilson sent nominations to the Senate naming two major generals from colonels Cobey and Kenerds and brigadier candidates, with ships and personnel including Lejeune and Waller under consideration. The list includes several names and ranks for senior leadership in the Marine Corps.
Grocers push for potatoes as farmers post varied bids from $1.20 to $1.80 per bushel. A retailer notes current retail price at four cents per item while sorting through crates, claiming only a small pile remains for profit as grocers maneuver supply amid market tensions.
A storm during a flight from Indianapolis to Sentfield caused three aviators to descend at Effingham Illinois. Maj Team, an American with the British American flying corps, was killed. Three motor trucks were dispatched from Scott Field to recover the aircraft, 100 miles away.
The underground paper La Libre Belgique publishes a sarcastic open letter to General von Falkenhausen warning of a strong American offensive. The issue sparks arrests of Belgians accused of aiding circulation. authorities intensify searches for the paper's source as three suspected collaborators have been shot in the past two years.
Major Clint G Holden quotes a French report praising American troops at Belleau Wood. He notes rifle fire, bayonet work, grenade throwing, and artillery accuracy as key factors. The piece highlights endurance from veterans, including Boxer uprising and Vera Cruz veterans, and stresses the American army’s rising reputation and lessons for future operations.
The Chamber of Commerce of the United States protests federal trade commission actions against large firms. A letter to President Wilson from the Washington headquarters criticizes FTC personnel and methods, and hints at suggested changes. The letter remains unpublished by either the White House or the chamber.
Washington August 24 The house Ways and Means committee completed the excess profits schedule of the war revenue bill After an 8 percent deduction and $3 000 exemption there is a 35 percent tax on excess profits over the exemption and on 30 percent, 76 percent tax on all above the base The plan includes provisions to avoid undue hardships for small concerns
The entire Pittsburgh fire department went on strike at noon today over wage demands. About 700 to 800 firefighters are involved, leaving the city with no formal fire protection except volunteers led by Mayor Babcock. In Washington the same day, newspapers cut back printing as war economies reduced newsprint consumption to 162,506 tons.
Infant son of Mr and Mrs James Mapes died at noon today at 1428 Jefferson Street Born July 22 1918 he was a cradle roll member of Union Congregational Church Survived by parents two sisters and four brothers Body taken to Petersen Bros funeral home Services set for tomorrow at 2 PM Rev W A Peterson to conduct Interment planned in Janesville
Mrs. Lucy Harden age 80 a resident of Black Hawk county for 60 years died today at the home of her daughter Mrs M C Perington 12 Seventh street east Arrangements for the funeral await arrival of two sons at a distance service expected Monday afternoon Surviving are daughters Mrs Perington Mrs Emma Updike and Mrs William Clause Waterloo Ia and sons Jessa E Harden Nora Springs and George Harden Arnolds Park Ia
The Rotary Club of Washburn announces A. E. Longley will speak at Monday's Ro tary club meeting on the subject Criminals and Criminal Law. In other news Mieses Agen and Dorothy Neuhalsen return from a week at the Mergen home near Waterloo. Mrs. Fartele gives birth to a boy. Dorothy Hemmer visits Cedar Falls. Peter Kateth family visits relatives as service flag arrives, showing 25 local boys with one gold star for Lieut Leo Nugant.
German motor boats were spotted near Dunkirk yesterday morning and driven off by British and French forces. One enemy boat is believed sunk while Allied casualties were reported as none.
Rent notice listing eight room house with furnace and gas at 15 dollars monthly on east side near street car line. contact Black for details. also ad for a furnished room in a new east side home with phone 715. inquiry at 700 W Fourth St. seeking furnished house or apartments for September 1 with references. steady man seeks work at 72S Lafarette St.
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