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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1917
Page
5
The Want Ads section outlines rates and offerings for readers to buy sell or exchange items from small to large values. Listings include rentals houses and rooms in Waterloo area with contact phones, real estate sales and land opportunities plus farm and rail tourist trips and general notices.
Notice from Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter explains that ads run till forbidden must be stopped by a written order. Advertisers receive a blank form with each ad to fill and return to discontinue and may keep a copy for reference.
Classifieds seek a gentleman with means for a winter business trip in the south, various rental offers including a partly modern room house a strictly modern one story residence near a station, and other ads listing salaries, phones, and addresses with numerous OCR errors and garbled names. Adults include references to contracts profits and hotel work terms amid broken contact details.
Omaha chapter of the Red Cross sets a goal of forty thousand members for the Christmas drive starting December 17. Local managers pledge to outpace every city of Omaha’s size and to achieve a larger total than any comparable city when the drive ends.
Petrograd dispatch reports growing threats to Bolshevik control as the opening of the constituent assembly nears. Proclamations promise general rejoicing while observers fear a delay and anti Bolshevik elements seek to undermine the assembly plans. An appeal for armistice is adopted by Petrograd workmen and soldiers, urging belligerents to attend Brest Litovsk talks for a democratic peace. In Kharkov region, small clashes occur with Bolshevik and Kornilov forces, resulting in casualties on both sides.
The January term of federal court for Waterloo convenes at 10 am Tuesday. Judge Henry T. Reed will preside. The last day to file trial notices for the term is Monday, Dec. 24, 1917, per clerk Lee McNeely. A drawn panel of jurors from numerous towns includes Anréal Sikader, Charles Surman, George Branard, Wm. Burrichter, John Dorlan, Jas. Con Un, Loula Foelk, Ralph Fife, Park Fearer, G. W. Gary, M. W. Henderson, Daniel Hogan, Ray Hudson, C. A. Jacobs, John Regan, and others.
Royal Neighbors elected an executive board for the year with Mrs. C. H. Eccleston as oracle and Dr. F. C. Sage as physician. Waterloo lodge No. 1954 AL M L named G. M. Lee master and AL A Wessel senior warden, with other officers chosen. Masonic Study Club also elected officers including George C. Welker as president.
A woman fell on an ice link allegedly created by boys on Randall Street after water was poured on walks. Police warned the pranksters, while a separate incident left a thief with an unredeemed loot from a staged theft. Cars collided at Parker and Columbia streets, and a burst water pipe at 1227 Dulberry Street caused property damage when the family was away.
C A Morris will play Santa Claus for Black Hawk county soldiers at Camp Dodge delivering Christmas gifts on Christmas morning. He plans to depart with cars on Christmas Eve and asks for gifts packed in sturdy boxes to Morris Motor Car office by 6 p m December 24. If weather blocks transport he will arrange alternate delivery and may charter a Chicago Great Western car to ensure no soldier is disappointed.
San Francisco Cal December 12 Miss Katherine Stinson Texas aviator started from San Diego at 7 31 am yesterday in a nonstop flight to San Francisco reached her destination at 4 39 pm She was the first to pilot an airplane over Tehachapi mountains in a nonstop flight The distance San Diego to San Francisco is 461 miles unofficially announced as 550 miles breaking the nonstop record of 312.18 miles set by Ruth Law She alighted at Hor nell due to engine trouble after nine hours in the air She received special army permission to land at Presidio in a speed type of triplane.
Waterloo Commercial club plans a lean annual meeting on the third Friday of January with no banquet. A potential out of town speaker is expected and a post meeting smoker is planned. Patriot ic public meetings will be held through winter starting with Alfred O Connor detailing his European trench experiences. After expenses, proceeds go to the Red Cross.
A Chicago traveling salesman demanded wheat bread at a local hotel on wheatless day and caused a disturbance. He was taken into custody after an argument but the case was dismissed when witnesses offered no corroboration.
Chicago price movements rise on car shortage fears as snow and a cold wave loom. Declining ship arrivals curb supplies while oats and provisions follow, with cash corn ranges offered acrossKansas City Minneapolis and St Louis markets. seed and hay prices shown in Toledo.
Stocks and bonds opened little changed then declined on moderate volume in industrials and allied equipment. United States Steel quoted at 5434 4% on initial 7000 shares, rails, shipping and utilities eased while Liberty bonds dipped. By noon gains faded and overall market weakened with rails hitting new lows. foreign bonds remained weak and London silver and money reported.
A blaze in Attleboro Massachusetts damaged about four blocks of the business district with losses estimated at 500000 dollars. The fire destroyed four buildings and damaged several others before local fire crews and apparatus from neighboring cities contained it.
Chicago market shows stronger hog prices as eastern outlets bolster prices. cattle and sheep supplies uneven with large backlogs and weak receipts across Chicago Kansas City and St. Louis reports. Hog receipts 20 600 in Chicago with prices from 16.80 to 17.75. Kansas City hogs weak at 17.15 to 17.48. cattle seen softer with mixed steers and cows. sheep with higher lamb and ewe bids.
Omaha market data shows Dec 22 receipts of 11 200 hogs and 9 100 cattle. Hogs sold mostly 16.80 to 17.40, cattle slow with steers 9.00 to 15.00 and cows 6.60 to 10.00, calves 8.60 to 12.50, sheep stronger with yearlings 11.75 to 13.25 and lambs 14.75 to 16.75.
Chicago reports higher butter and egg prices with creamery butter at 48 to 50 cents and eggs firm at 42 to 50 cents per dozen. Poultry prices rise for live fowl and springs while potatoes hold steady. Kansas City notes butter around 40 cents, poultry hens at 21 cents, roosters 24 cents. St Louis records higher poultry and steady butter. New York shows stronger butter and mixed egg movements. Raw sugar remains nominal at 6.70 for centrifugal.
Waterloo market report dated December 12 shows prices for cattle hogs and produce. Good grass fed steers butcher cows veal premium hogs weights and prices for hay potatoes eggs creamery butter and hides plus footwear advertisement from Wayne Miller Shop Co. for holiday footwear.
A four day fuel conservation program runs December 13 to 22 in Waterloo with three export engineers inspecting furnaces and boiler plants. They will discuss practical saving methods with firemen and others, and inspections can be arranged by notifying Charles Van Vieck. The Waterloo Commercial club funds travel and incidental expenses. A five member board authorized cooperation and a special visitor schedule was set.
Mrs. Sarah Veach, an early Black Hawk county settler and sister of Bell Telephone head Theodore Veach, lies critically ill at her daughter's home, 220 Independence Avenue. Another daughter, Mrs. Harry Harts Bod, was summoned from St. Louis after a stroke. The victim is 79.
A letter from W J Elzy of Oelwein Iowa dated August 18 1917 to Dr Wilbert Shallenberger Chicago Illinois reports the doctor s treatment cured years of hemorrhoids enabling the writer to work full time. The note mentions cancellation and examination services and references Drexel State Bank in Chicago with the Oakwood Box address.
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