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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
4
Advertisers must submit a written order to stop ads run till forbid rather than fixed counts. A printed blank is provided to fill and return. keep a copy for reference. Discontinuation notices must reach the office by 9 a.m. to take effect the next day.
An advertisement outlines contracts for sewer work in Galloway and Waterton towns, detailing lots 21 through 42 and the Edison school site. It names the Independent School District of West Waterloo and features a guaranty to complete the work faithfully under city approval, with mayoral signoff and clerk attestation.
Classified notices list middle aged housekeeper with child, cook needed, and light cleaning duties. Also items for sale include a Shetland Pony, harness, table, dress, and modern bungalow with garage for 2300. Real estate, stoves, tires, and livestock offerings appear with contact details and prices.
Allied battlefront notes describe German retreat along the Somme and Oise regions. British and French forces push east of Contalmaison and Peronne anticipation grows for further advances as German lines withdraw under pressure. Russian volunteers seize Novorossiysk in a Black Sea operation.
British forces push from captured Bapaume and advance east toward Fremicourt and Cambrai. German resistance crumbles along the Drocourt Queant line as Haig’s troops storm Riencourt and nearby forts, taking prisoners and guns while new divisions arrive for counter threats.
Chicago markets showed corn turning higher at the open on profit taking by shorts, later retreating to near the prior close. October traded around 1.55 to 1.56 dollars, with intra day lows and highs noted, while oats opened dull and higher and provisions stayed active with modest gains for October pork.
U S Bureau of Markets reports mixed cattle and hog prices Aug 20. Hogs top at 20.25 with receipts around 7,500 and regional packs slower. Cattle receipts near 4,000 with slow to steady demand. veal calves and sheep also listed with varied prices across Sioux City Omaha Kansas City St Louis markets.
Minneapolis grain market notes Aug 30 show No 2 yellow oats and mixed feed prices for Kansas City and local Minneapolis wheat bids. Reports list prices for white and yellow corn, rye, oats, and standard mixes with recorded futures-like figures and per bushel values.
Omaha era notes corn wheat and oats prices in Peoria and Omaha markets with spreads for white and yellow corn and various white oats. Also lists Toledo seed prices and London money rates with Waterloo stock movement and commodity prices amid a dull session. Includes cotton futures and metals quotes from New York and St Louis trading centers.
A fragmented summary shows Butter prices rising and staying varied across regions. Creamery butter, eggs, and poultry values are listed for Chicago Minnesota Wisconsin and Kansas City with mixed firsts seconds and packing quotes.
Washington August 2 President Wilson heard from Director General McAdoo that railroad operation requires deferred classification for most employees and that those drafted should be preserved for military railways use to ease personnel drain. McAdoo outlined how shops and train operations have suffered from drafting and urged Provost Marshal Crowder to auto approve deferred classifications to keep key workers from immediate conscription.
Mary E. E. Hallam longtime Marshall Field & Co. saleswoman died last April at age 0. Her probate inventory places her estate at 70000 dollars, minus 15000 inherited from a sister. She served lace department customers including Mrs. Abraham Lincoln and Mrs. Ulysses Grant and left 0 to 500 to 11 former coworkers.
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