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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1919
Page
11
Chicago price data show fresh declines at open, then a rally as demand improves and weekend trade adjustments. May corn closes modestly higher while oats weaken and hog prices influence provisions, with varied quotes across futures and spot markets in Chicago, Kansas City, Minneapolis, and Peoria.
Commodity prices and market notes from New York Chicago and St Louis include butter cheese poultry corn oats and potatoes with changes or steady levels. traders watch clearing house reserves and bond and stock movements as weekly activity slows. Notable figures include no. 2 yellow corn at various prices and several commodity futures, with general market tone muted and mixed across sectors.
Anxiety over coal shortage and a historically low visible corn supply push prices higher. The week shows mixed moves with corn quotes from a minor decline to gains up to a penny, while oats and other grains inch upward on steady demand. Chicago market notes reflect cautious optimism amid limited supply.
A state fuel order issued by Webster allows boards to set local hours for stores and public venues. In a Commercial Club session today the board indicated no immediate changes, noting rules may shift at daily meetings. The statewide order, effective immediately, permits six hours of heat for retail locations and allows local adjustments to fit community needs.
Liberty Bond prices steady. hogs show higher receipts and fluctuating prices. Cattle receipts around 4,000 with prime steers up. sheep and calves mixed. Coffee and silver futures listed. London silver at 74d per ounce.
Sioux City market reports cattle receipts around 2000 with steady to 7c lower costs, hogs at East St Louis fall to 13.40 23.76 range and light weights around 13.00 13.75, while St. Joseph notes hogs top 13.50 and cattle 7.50 17.00 with calves 6.00 14.50 and sheep around 7.00 15.50.
Associated Press reports major rail lines cutting multiple services due to coal shortages. Chicago Rock Island Pacific withdrew seven to eight trains west of Des Moines. Chicago Northwestern canceled North American trains 421 and 422 between Chicago and St Paul Minneapolis. one of three Omaha to St Paul Minneapolis trains was annulled. Additional withdrawals affected Chicago Milwaukee St Paul No 101 from Chicago at 8 15 p m Sunday and North Coast Limited No 49 to St Paul Minneapolis Spokane Seattle Portland with last Chicago departure at 9 45 p m Wednesday December 10.
In Rome on Friday December 5 Socialist deputy Misiano, condemned by a military court for desertion and jailed in Germany earlier for revolutionary activity, made his first chamber appearance and swore to aid a social revolution. his remark drew applause from some while others jeered.
Berlin reports Talaat Pasha former Turkish grand vizier and finance minister living in Berlin has reportedly converted to Socialism. He is said to believe Turkey’s salvation lies in radical political reform and may travel with Bolshevik leader Karl Radek to the Estonian frontier and then to Moscow.
Milwaukee reports about six inches of snow by 9 a.m. with mild temps and light winds. Forecasters predict slightly colder weather elsewhere in the northwest for Sunday as a general snow event continues for about 24 hours.
A new autonomous government was formed in Hermanstadt within occupied Transylvania, and its members were arrested by Roumanians. Dispatches from Bucharest say 968 arrests were made, including many clergymen, as fifty thousand Roumanian troops redeploy from the Bessarabian front into the district.
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending December 6 show daily totals from Monday through Saturday with values ranging from 209,509.47 to 456,579.81. The week’s totals compare to the previous week and to year-to-date figures, with instruments records and mortgage data noted.
The Ladies' Literary club met at La Porte City with Mrs. W. W. Hamilton hosting. After a back review of “She loves her school Master” the group planned a holiday break. News includes home completion by Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wandschneider and updates on residents through Thanksgiving travel and illness.
Real estate ads describe several 4 to 6 room houses with furnaces lights oak floors and large lots in Barclay and nearby areas. Also notes are given on parish collection, school illness, field reports, and local social updates from Dunkerton Waverly and Raymond, including a fatal accident and Thanksgiving events.
Ongoing fuel shortages and weather relief lessen urgency for fuel plans as governors delay meetings in St Louis. West Virginia’s New River coal fields face disputed production figures with operators claiming near normal output while union officials dispute those numbers. The Winding Gulf mines, unaffected by a walkout, employ about 6,000 miners across 60 pits.
Aplington residents report visits and homecomings including T Wana by Cedar Falls visiting father Dr Z P Wandby. Grace Austin returns to Cedar Rapids college after days at home. Anna Tiedens and George Tiedens family in Spirit Lake hosted relatives last week. Ray Yost purchases moving picture outfit of Dolly Kramer and stages first town hall show Saturday. Sir Throckmorton travels under federal government direction.
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