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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
5
General markets and weather forecast covering fair to showers across regions. Wheat futures ease on Liverpool stock release and Canadian crop outlook. Livestock prices rise on hog strength. cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and openings listed for St Louis Kansas City Omaha and Chicago markets.
Chicago markets report cattle and sheep trading activity with price ranges and notable shifts. Buyers and sellers across the Chicago area adjust expectations as supply and demand influence bids at regional yards.
Cash wheat, corn, and oats prices listed with several grades and futures closes. Livestock trends show hogs higher on top grades, cattle steady on light supply, and strong lambs, with stock market quotes and local grain prices for Waterloo and Minneapolis.
Potatoes at the city market sold for 3.10 a bag with brisk purchases by housewives. A farmer north of Waterton planned to bring 25 bushels tomorrow after strong turnout. Prices for eggs and other produce showed slight shifts while fish and meat prices varied modestly. Saturday expected to be the banner day with 100 farmers and dealers and heavy weekend shopping. Markets on the west side and East Waterloo reported solid business and growing activity.
Iowa State College horticulture and soils researchers lease a 23 acre orchard near Council Bluffs for ten years to test methods for profitable apple growing. Prof. Beach and Prof. Stevenson will direct pruning, frost protection, pest control, and systematic harvesting and marketing to guide Iowa orchards toward profitability.
An English tale recounts Lady Katherine Pakenham who joked she would not marry a soldier or Irishman or stay engaged long, yet she married the Duke of Wellington. The marriage proved unhappy and they mostly lived apart.
A compact fragment highlights a proud man in ornate prose. The speaker contrasts confidence with ignorance and lampoons vanity as a grotesque resemblance to an ape before heaven.
Yale crowds gather around the graystone fence and tree as Skull and Bones Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head select fifteen juniors each. Outsiders watch from Durfee hall windows while graduates, families, and classmates observe the annual rite marking who has “made good.” The day blends suspense, tradition, and pageantry across campus.
A reader recalls railway torpedoes and fusees used as audible and visible train signals. Explanations from New York New Haven and Hartford officials detail placement on rails, color signals, and safety rules. Navy use favors electric signals with a special pistol and colored stars for non electric ships.
Austin Burt general superintendent of Citizens Gas & Electric returned from a two day American Gas Institute directors meeting in Atlantic City. He represents Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota and helped select a nominating committee for the National convention to be held in St Louis in October. Burt also visited Buffalo and Youngstown with his sister Mrs Ernest A Andrews and her week old baby daughter.
An invitation from Reinbeck churches brings J. E. Bates and the Waterloo group to Reinbeck next Sunday. S. H. Liliestrand and a delegation will speak at the United Presbyterian church in the morning on the Men and Religion movement. A union meeting at the M E church in the evening will feature Bates delivering his address and others speaking.
Matt Brown and Henry Kles sold a 33 1 2 grain Wapsie river pearl for 425 dollars to Frank C. Whittenberg of Luverne Minnesota. A Muscatine party negotiated and S M Ives was noted for owning several fine pearls. The gem was found near Littleton two months ago and was nearly perfectly colored and lustrous though slightly misshapen.
Coroner's jury probes the death of 34 year old With O'Brien found beneath a third floor window at the Empire boarding house. Witnesses heard testimony as the inquest continues, with verdict possible as either self inflicted leap in a personal crisis or accidental fall. Also report on Dick Senser's severe injuries after a pacing contest accident at the fair opening day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Holdiman died at 4 30 am at her daughter’s home 225 Charles Street Waterloo after three years of paralysis. Born Elizabeth Englert in Germany on November 10 1835 she leaves three children Joseph Holdiman Hudson John Detroit and Mrs F T Hemer Waterloo plus two brothers and three sisters. Funeral at St Mary’s Catholic Church Monday morning at 9 o’clock. She was a member of the Order of Foresters.
Mrs J C Ricker who toured Europe with an Ohio party has reached New York and is staying at the Hotel Walcott before returning home. She visited London for the coronation and saw many sights in the British Isles and on the continent, greeting Waterloo friends upon her return. John Ordway spends the week at Clarksville with relatives and friends.
Art Brasch of Dunkerton visited Waterloo to consult doctors after a bruise on his elbow two weeks ago developed blood poisoning. His arm’s condition was serious but is improving. Also note tickets for Champ Clark lecture at Henderson's and Schuneman's.
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