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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
4
Courier patterns advertisement invites readers to fill a coupon and mail it to the Fashion Department of the Waterloo Evening Courier in Waterloo. Each pattern costs 10 cents plus postage. Orders are filled promptly and should arrive within days after sending.
Weather forecast notes increasing cloudiness with possible local rains and warmer conditions in western and central regions. Market news covers wheat price movements in Chicago with rain delaying harvests, US winter wheat conditions, and cash wheat activity. hog prices and receipts in St Louis livestock trading. corn declines due to Illinois station shipments. cattle and hog receipts and prices listed for day.
Hogs rise slightly with strong demand led by scalpers. prime hogs at 6.35. Cattle firmer with steers 10 to 14 higher than yesterday. sheep and lambs steady. Waterloo grain prices listed. Kansas City and Omaha reports show cattle hogs and sheep activity with mixed futures and receipts around 3,000 to 6,000 head. Local prices include corn fed steers around 5.00 and veal and hides quoted across multiple grades.
Sugar prices were cut by 19 cents per hundred pounds across all refined grades in New York on December 1, signaling a broad price drop in the sugar market.
A group of three married women occupy a summer hotel porch sharing stories of devoted husbands Bascom Collins and Winslow. Miss Winters, single and observant, muses on quiet loneliness as she watches couples reunite and a curious tableau of affection and affectional dependence unfolds around the lake.
Waterloo weekly bank clearings totaled 4 200 806 01 with daily figures shown for Friday through Thursday. Real estate and financing activity included 54 deeds totaling 165 926 25 mortgages 34 totaling 18 542 60 chattel mortgages 20 worth 5 282 40 bills of sale 1 and releases 35 totaling 862 642 17.
The December crop report from the agriculture department lists winter wheat acreage at 213,000, down from 2,648,000 in 1911 and 31,658,600 in 1919. Rye acreage sits at 2,436,000 compared with 2,475,000 in 1941 and 2,413,000 in 1810, with rye condition at 94 percent of normal.
I Leibman opens a novelty photo studio in the Fowler building corner Fourth and Lafayette streets replacing the College of Commerce. The studio offers quick finish post cards cabinet and half cabinet work and will operate day and night for patrons. Leibman previously ran a game business in Davenport and comes with strong local recommendations.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Barlaow denying debt to Trotter with playful insistence. Trotter presses for payment while Courter references want ads as a source of social chatter.
Jacobs Wohl longtime Jesup meat market operator is seriously ill from a cerebral hemorrhage after returning home Monday night. He has left side paralysis and impaired speech with delirium at times. His daughter Mrs George W Dickinson and others were notified. a brother in Canada is expected. His health had been poor for weeks and doctors warned against strain.
The imperial court in Leipzig begins proceedings against Max Schultz, an English ship broker, and four German colleagues arrested in Hamburg on March 18 for espionage. Schultz allegedly used his trade to recruit shipyard workers to betray naval secrets as the wordplay and proverbs from the text offer broad cultural context.
LeRoy Hotchkiss about 22 and Mae Cavanaugh were thrown from a motorcycle at South and Ninth streets when a front fork broke. Hotchkiss suffered a severe head injury but remained conscious. Miss Cavanaugh had minor injuries and walked to the business district. Both were treated at home and expected to recover. cause attributed to possible fork flaw.
In report to the comptroller the Leavitt & Johnson National Bank at Dec 5 shows assets of 1,684,965.95 and deposits over 1.25 million. The bank is described as in good shape in every department. Molex Honey and Tar Compound is advertised with a medical claim and a note from H. W. Taggart. Grant S. Ward, long time assistant to the chief special agent of the Illinois Central in Chicago, visits to oversee strike conditions on the system.
Linvis Central will take a special agent post overseeing western lines after completing duties, then return to Waterloo to reside. He will have charge of the western lines of the Central.
The document presents a bank balance sheet with total assets of 1 681 268 33 and liabilities totaling 1 681 268 35. It itemizes capital stock, surplus, profits, and various deposits including demand, time, and United States deposits, plus notes payable and cash items. Emma Rodamar signs as assistant cashier, with directors confirming.
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