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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1918
Page
3
Waterloo Evening Courier explains new ad policy with a one cent per word rate for want ads, minimum 25 cents, for prints in light and dark caps. The page emphasizes the ads as a community marketplace and notes increased handling costs and the need for concise descriptions.
Fragmented OCR describes a rural sale near Valley Wisconsin with a creamery state road and local properties. It mentions a home owned by John Pert, a price around 799 dollars, and references to nearby towns Merriam Panta Blodul. The snippet references SCADA and Waterss Janae Cis without clear context.
An English officer recalls frontline chaos and courage. Conversations with officers reveal views on duty fear and the meaning of sacrifice as shells and mud mark a brutal war. Nurses and wounded officers speak of faith and resilience amid devastation.
An American writer notes many new correspondents fear stories are exhausted yet demand remains for heroic incidents. The piece recalls the funeral of Dr Lorenz and marks the death of a Southern camp soldier, a Rockford resident aged four, leaving a widow and eight children.
Mortuary services announced for Vsoseph H. B. Lynch who died after influenza and pneumonia. Prayer service precedes transfer to Bancroft Iowa. Lynch born April 7 1887 Lone Rock Iowa lived in Waterloo eight years worked at Repos Auto Company. Survived by parents sister and brother Corporal Edwin F. Lynch. Mrs Elsie Edna Grimm dies after influenza and pneumonia at emergency hospital born Sept 26 1909 survived by husband A E Grimm Hudson funeral in Hudson. George Demitropolis dies at Presbyterian Hospital influenza burial at Fairview. Babs Faras buried at Minewood after brief services. born yesterday morning lived briefly. parents Mr and Mrs H T Parks live 849 Fourth Street West.
Chicago market reports show hog receipts reaching 292100 head the largest since January 1918 with about 55000 unsold. Hog average price 17.51 dollars near government minimum while other livestock bids set new show total records for steers cows and sheep across several auctions. Overall weekly receipts and livestock prices indicate a strong but uneven market with broad year-to-year comparisons.
Chicago and other markets report corn futures sliding then recovering as bearish arrivals ease and bullish factors from weather, late crop movement, and hog embargo influence prices. Cash corn quotes vary across cities, with Chicago and Kansas City listings and oats, barley, and wheat prices noted.
Chicago market report notes hogs steady with Saturday averages. cattle prices mostly 25 to 50 cents lower. Receipts in Chicago, St. Joseph, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Omaha. beef and veal values mixed with varied gains and losses by category. Details include hogs, sows, cows, calves, and sheep with price ranges and market activity across multiple midwestern cities.
New York prices show butter firm with creamery receipts and various grades. eggs steady with firsts and ordinary firsts noted. Chicago reports higher butter, steady eggs, unsettled potatoes, and poultry prices. Kansas City lists butter firsts and seconds, eggs, and poultry pricing snapshots.
In New York the stock market opened firm with a hopeful tone after weekend gains. Beet sugar and Australian alcohol led advance while steel, copper and rail shares also rose, supported by United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel. Local Waterloo market figures list prices and timetables for rail lines, mixed farm commodities, and hides.
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson will be hosted by France with visits to Queen Margherita and the royal family. The day includes wreath ceremonies for King Victor Emmanuel II and King Humbert at the pantheon and a gala dinner with monarchs and the President. Wilson also attends church services with sailors and discusses the league of nations with Secretary Lansing and Henry White aboard the George Washington.
Trading showed divergence between investment and speculative issues with utilities under pressure Stirling and government bonds steady while time loans and call money held firm About 350000 shares changed hands in New York as prices edged up late in the session along with grains and forage prices in futures quotes.
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