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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1920
Page
4
Wheat futures firmed as India was seen as a growing importer and Australian rains threatened harvests. December and March contracts climbed, with gains in corn and oats as visible supply dropped. Provisions followed the upturn in grains.
A sprawling classified page shows a flood of Wanted and For Rent notices for salesmen, housework, domestic help, rooms, and real estate across Iowa towns. It highlights opportunities in insurance sales, commission jobs, and freelance assignments, plus dozens of rental offers, furnished rooms, and property listings in Waterloo and surrounding areas.
A mixed page of classified ads and legal notices, including storage and transfer services in Waterloo and nearby cities, household goods shipments to the Pacific coast, and fireproof warehouses. Also lists a special election notice in Black Hawk County, Iowa, dissolutions, and multiple want ads across real estate, sale items, and services with numerous contact details.
Santa Rosa California December 6 news reports that George Boyd accused killer of Sheriff Patray and two SF detectives was jailed near death. Arrests tied to attacks on young women in San Francisco. three prisoners held, others sought. jail attack attempts followed by police plans to identify attackers with victims brought from SF.
Peoria reports mixed grain prices with receipts and contracts noted for various yellow and white corn grades and mixeds. Kansas City reports higher prices for hard and red varieties while St Louis lists red winter wheat and white corn. Minneapolis shows receipts and local cash prices for No 1 northern and December to March futures. Chicago notes steady to higher flour futures and potato market activity. A San Francisco crime piece highlights a local case raising public opinion and a judge expedites trials amid strong pressure on defense.
New York reports mixed butter prices with creamery and firsts varying. receipts clock high. Poultry prices steady to irregular with western turkeys and fresh fowls featured. Chicago and St Louis notes show butter and eggs steady, eggs and poultry values shifting slightly. Liberty bonds quoted at noon. field reports include cattle, horses, mules, and sugar prices. soy and grain markets noted with wide regional variation.
Chicago cattle receipts reach 25 000 with fat native stock up to 25 to 60 cents higher. bulk native steers 12.90 to 13.00, cows and heifers 5.00 to 7.60, canners 3.65 to 4.00, bulls 2.50 higher. Hogs receipts 4,900 with prices around 10.00 to 11.50, pigs 10 to 15 lower. 34,000 fat lambs and fat sheep down 25 cents, western lambs 11.75, natives 10.00 to 11.50, ewes 4.15 to 4.25.
East St. Louis livestock receipts show 5,000 cattle with steady to strong demand for beef cattle and higher veal calves up to 12.00. Hog prices improved with tops near 10.60, while sows and pigs sold about steady. lambs topped at 11.76 with bulk around 7.00. Receipts included 2,000 lambs and 13,000 cattle noted as slow to weakening versus Saturday’s averages.
Kansas City market notes show hogs receipts 3008 with steady to higher bidding and top at 10.15, cattle receipts 13000 with good to higher gains on fat cows and feeders and vealers up to 19.25 for best calves, and sheep at 9000 with wethers near 7.65 and fat lambs down about 0.75.
Hogs receipts 5400 steady market across weights with prices from 9.69 to 9.80 for mix, 9.25 to 9.50 for heavies, bulk around 9.65. Feeder and fat cattle receipts 900 with steers 3.00 to 8.25, grass cows 4.50 to 6.00, fat cows and heifers 6.00 to 9.00, canners 3.00 to 4.25, veals 4.50 to 12.00, feeders 5.50 to 5.25, calves 2.50 to 5.75. Total reported receipts about 3,000 at Tower.
Omaha and St Joseph markets report receipts around 8 000 to 11 000 with mixed demand. Receipts show lighter cattle and sheep activity with top prices reaching 13 25 for fed steers and 11 00 for lambs. cattle and hogs show varied strength and lower or steady bid levels across suppliers and classes.
Davenport Dec 6 Emil Petersen 36 and Mike Anderson 45 were killed when their car failed a curve on Hickory Grove road and dropped 30 feet. Frank Moravak, driver, escaped with minor injuries. The men, returning from a country dance at Probsti, were reportedly intoxicated and had been ejected from the dance. Money and exchange notes follow.
Byron A White of Creston visiting his brother Harold was fatally stabbed while attempting to separate two men about to fight in Kansas City Missouri Police seek Frank Warner identified as a participant in the altercation with White taken to hospital.
Kansas City detective Chief Phelan said Ardmore County Attorney requested the return of two trunks sent by Clara Smith who is sought for shooting Jake L. Hannon. He noted no knowledge of any allegedly found diary and did not confirm its existence.
A bomb exploded early today wrecking the front porch of Michael Pitrello, a rich building contractor, prompting Pitrello to rush out and fire five shots at a fleeing car. Windows shattered and no injuries reported. Later, the head of a local labor union was questioned at police headquarters.
Washington DC December 6 The district court of appeals reversed the $234,000 judgment against major baseball clubs in favor of the Baltimore Federal League club claiming antitrust violation through the reserve clause. The appellate court ruled baseball did not constitute interstate commerce and the antitrust law did not apply. Allies to Confer in France. Paris December 6 The next inter allied conference will be held in France in about 20 days per the Matin. Grundy Center Va December Grundy Center married Miss Lillian Nissen and Clarence Ehlers in Chicago. they plan to live on a farm near Dinsdale. Kenneth Gordon will live on the Gordon farm south of Reinbeck. they wed four months ago in Spirit Lake. Reinbeck couples married in St Joseph Mo by Judge Crawford. Edith Mastain is bride. They will reside in Reinbeck. Airs Frad Nauman near Conrad stricken with paralysis. condition serious due to age. Charles Gellhorn dies of cancer of the bladder in Steamboat Rock. survivors listed. No plans for a screamery to replace the one burned in Steamboat Rock. Grace Behrends and Otto Paterni wed near Holland. plan to live on a farm south of Austinville. Infant child of Mr. and Mrs. John L Dirks shipped to Holland for burial. Mrs. Dirks seriously ill and relatives summoned.
The New York weekly food index for 21 staple items shows $1.63 per pound, down 3 percent from last week and 28.7 percent from the same week year ago, marking the lowest level in three years and eight months. Among 75 quoted commodities, nine rose, 34 fell, and 33 held steady, with notable increases in coffee and several grains and oils, while meats, fats, and metals showed mixed moves.
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