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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1917
Page
5
A chaotic OCR collage lists multiple rental offers including furnished rooms near Vine Street and 420 Rast, plus varied sale notices for stoves, meat blocks, flour, dairy equipment, and farm goods. Administrative notices, transfers, and legal filings appear, with bank meeting notices and probate actions.
Public notice from Waterloo Evening Courier prohibits stopping ads tagged till forbid without a written order. It requires the advertiser to submit a written discontinuation notice to prevent telephone instruction errors. Memorandum must reach the office by 16 4, 7, or ads cannot be stopped until the next day.
Washington DC December 21 reports show November first class postage receipts totaling 5,485,000 dollars. The item appears in the Want page today.
Reports from London and Petrograd describe a widening revolt in Ukraine led by Cossack factions and counter revolutionaries. A state of siege is in effect in Petrograd as Bolshevik and Ukrainian forces clash and armistice talks with the Central Powers move forward.
The investigation examines plans to keep Chicago packing business from moving west. Witnesses discuss a new company to assume risk, Prince Armour influence, and the case for dividend paying railways with stockholder incentives amid concerns over loss of cattle trade to distant markets.
Wart testified that 1 006 million dollars was paid into the company and questioned whether funds were loaned to Armour. Heney pressed on the implications of Prince’s intimate relations with Armour and the board relying on Prince and his counsel. Pegram had earlier said Chicago Stockyards held Armour’s 200000 note and Prince’s demand note for 465900.
An Italian front dispatch describes a major German thrust against Monte Solarolo and the Caleino valley. Italian troops offered stiff resistance, took prisoners, and captured machine guns before the enemy withdrew to their lines.
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending December 20 1917 reported by the Waterloo Clearing House association total 3 150 with daily figures shown. The instruments recorded include deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages with weekly totals and year over year comparisons. Regional grain and commodity quotes follow from Chicago Peoria Kansas City and St Louis with corn prices oats and futures noting notable price levels in multiple markets.
New York prices show butter steady with higher creamery extras and mixed egg figures from New York district markets. Chicago reports butter unchanged eggs lower with varied firsts and refrigeration. St Louis notes poultry and butter unchanged with ducks and geese priced. mercantile paper and silver money exchange listed along with London silver and money rates.
A short piece urges careful word choice to match meaning, arguing that ill fitting language weakens ideas. It promotes dictionary use and highlights a plan offering The New Universities Dictionary for general distribution. January 12th notice appears with medical practitioner signoff.
Chicago market in a wild advance as corn futures rise on rumors of higher price limits and eased embargo on eastbound shipments. May delivery climbs to about 2.23 per bushel, with January near 1.25, while oats also gain and provisions follow cereal strength.
Chicago markets show hog values firming with supplies seen as adequate. Receipts were about 39 000 today and 40 000 expected tomorrow, with most offerings inferior. Cattle receipts 15 000, cattle prices steady with native steers around 7.25 and westerns 6.30 to 12.75. sheep receipts 16 000 with lambs 12.60 to 16.60 and wethers 9 to 12.
Receipts show hogs steady to heavy with mixed prices from 15.90 to 16.90, cattle at 8.60 to 13.50 for steers and 9.60 to 12.60 for calves, and sheep steady to lower with yearlings 11.60 to 13.50, western lambs 12.00, and ewes 9.50 to 11.00. Volume listed: hogs 5,800, cattle 4,000, sheep 10,000.
Kansas City Missouri December 20 hogs lean to heavy prices listed with receipts 7000. Cattle receipts 1000 include steers cows heifers calves with ranges shown. Sheep receipts 4000 show lambs yearlings wethers ewes price ranges provided.
Livestock market report from St Louis shows hogs receipts 12 000 with various price ranges from 13 25 to 18 45. Cattle receipts 6 500 with steers 3 00 to 14 25 dollars and cows 5 00 to 11 00. Sheep receipts 2 500 with lambs around 13 00 to 16 00 and ewes 20 00 to 21 40.
Indications of investor stress from a tangled railway situation push markets lower at opening. Baltimore & Ohio, Southern Pacific, and Union Pacific show mixed moves while industrials slide and Liberty bonds hold steady before a late rally. bond prices slip with new minimums noted.
Market listings show prices for cattle veal hogs and dairy goods including butter lard and potatoes. Several animal categories like butcher cows calves and hides are itemized with wholesale and retail price ranges alongside farm produce such as Straw eggs and creamery butter.
Dumont and New Hartford report births and deaths, including a baby who died shortly after birth. Obituaries note Lyman Hall, a long time Dumont gardener, and Emma Ward of New Hartford. Family moves include Dr J W Cunningham leaving Dumont for Fulton Illinois. Raymond area adds holiday events, illness updates, and school programs as residents plan Christmas activities.
At Camp Dodge Iowa two privates died at the base hospital from pneumonia. Charles Anderson of Grassery Butte North Dakota a member of Battery E 338th Field Artillery and A E Wales of Minneapolis a medical department member are the deceased.
William Holland offers one car load of red Shorthorn steers weighing 750 to 800 pounds at the Rock Island stockyards Waterloo on Saturday afternoon December 22. Sale begins at 1:86 sharp.
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