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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1917

Page

3

For Rent and Notices from Waterloo Iowa 1917

A dense classified page lists for rent rooms and furnished houses in Waterloo including addresses 181 Bridge Street 4040 Went Fifth and 502 Almond Street. It also covers transfers and storage services, corporate notices, and legal notices about annual meetings and incorporation. The notices include Cedar Rapids insurance meetings and a Rose's Scalp Massage House incorporation. Local real estate transfers and community notices follow with various addresses and figures.

Town Automobile Mutual Insurance Company Cedar Rapids Iowa Second Avenue East C. J. Duncan Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company Black Hawk County Benjamin F. Miller Fred S. Pettit Home Building and Loan Association of Waterloo Soanx, AG

Bank clearings show mixed U S and Canadian totals

Weekly Bradstreet report records United States clearings at 6.426 billion, up from last week and down from the previous year, with Canada at 234.6 million. The Pec 30 results list varied regional figures, then local notes report pneumonia illness and a funeral, with ads urging want ads in The Courier.

United States Bradstreet’s Journal New York

Till Forbid Ads Discontinued On Written Order

Notice from Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter explains that want ads run till forbid require a written order to discontinue. A printed blank is provided with each ad and advertisers may keep a copy for reference. Memo reminds to notify by 10 am to stop the next day.

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Baker Warns Against Foes Peage Intrigue

The speaker warns that foes may bring weapons to the western front and predicts only local gains for any modification of the alliance. He stresses that France, Britain, Italy, and Russia bear heavy burdens and that victory rests on Allied reserves and unity amid unrest in Russia.

France Great Britain Verdun England Italy Russia Lenine

Wants and For Sale Classified Fragments

Miscellaneous classified items include an additional one room modern apartment, a seven room house with a store building, contact E. L. Hesterer. A young man over 19 sought for vaudeville travel with easy work via Majestic Theatre stage door for Mr. Pisano. A small farm in Howard County offered, possible trade for residence, Box 114, Co, Iowa. White Orpingtons and red rooster for sale with Cedar Falls contact. Kitchen cabinet set with gas stove ice box dining table and more offered for 250.00, Black 416% phone.

E. L. Hesterer Majestic Theatre Pisano Howard Co Box 114 Iowa Orpington Davenport

Mystery Lover Behind Abigail’s Tragic Indpendence Day Tale

A storyteller recounts a historical rumor linking Abigail Meriweather of New York and a pale handsome visitor during Independence Day. The tale weaves General Washington era intrigue with Major Andre, Arnold, and Van Wert ancestry, suggesting a forgotten connection to Tarrytown spy papers and a doomed romance amid D A R circles.

United States Benedict Arnold West Point Andre Tarrytown General Washington Andra Hudson Meriweather New York City Abigail George van West Ambrose Constable Constable van Wert George van Wert

Markets Rally as Cold Weather Helps Bulls

Chicago December 24 forecast of much colder weather boosted corn prices with January at 1.253 and May at 1.2415 and oats echoing the corn advance though gains faded late amid railcar delays and scarce car movements. Provisions strengthened on large government packing contracts and lighter hog arrivals.

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Grain Quotations Across Markets on December 24

Chicago cash corn prices range from No. 2 yellow at $1.55 to No. 6 at $1.57, with mixed bids. Peoria lists No. 6 yellow at $1.40 and No. 3 mixed at $1.35 1.32, while Kansas City shows No. 2 mixed around $1.70 and oats near 79 to 86 cents. Minneapolis quotes corn at $1.60 to $1.63 and oats at 77 to 86 cents, with St. Louis posting No. 2 track corn at $1.67 and white at $1.77, plus oats at 79 to 82 cents.

New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston Detroit Minneapolis - Was New Orleans Kanaas City San St Paul Houston St. Joseph Galveston Sioux City Tulsa Lincoln Waterloo Davenport Topeka Decatur Fremont Jacksonville Vicksburs Ada Ziow Tri RIES Jan.sales20 AG Clover Peoria Gea Ill Kansas City Minneapolis ST. Louis Grain St. Louis

Prices Update Across Cities Dec 24 Butter Eggs Poultry

New York reports creamery butter steady at high levels with 3 534 packages and various extras. Eggs receipts 2 165 cases with firsts and seconds priced. cheese steady with 2 189 boxes. Chicago notes butter steady and eggs receipts 4 507 cases, with firsts and refrigerator firsts. Potatoes rise with 50 car receipts. Kansas City and St Louis show mixed poultry and dairy prices. London markets cite silver and money rates. Iowa soldier dies as parents rush to bedside amid pneumonia battle in Camp Cody New Mexico.

York New York Chicago Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Springs Kansas City

Hog Values Up in Chicago and Omaha Markets

Hog prices rose in Chicago as arrivals were lighter than expected, with persists in cattle and sheep also scarce. In Omaha and surrounding markets, hogs sold from 16.35 to 16.70 for heavy or mixed lots, while cattle and sheep receipts showed mixed gains across steers, cows, calves, and yearlings.

Kansas City Livestock Prices Report

Kansas City stockyards receipts 7,000 cattle and 4,600 cattle entries with higher price ranges. Cattle ledgers show steers 9.75 to 14.90, cows 5.50 to 99.40, calves 6.0 to 34.0. hogs and sheep receipts varied with lambs 15.00 to 15.78, yearlings 12.00 to 13.50, wethers 11.00 to 12.50, ewes around 9.00 to 11.55.

Omaha Neb Kansas City

St Louis Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report

St Louis market data shows hog receipts about 8,000 to 9,600 with higher quotes across categories. Hogs ranged from 13.75 to 17.15, mixeds to 28.60, heavies to 17.15, bulk around 16.40. Cattle calves and sheep receipts listed with assorted prices across several classes.

Stocks and Bonds See Early Gains in New York Market

In New York, December 74, stocks and bonds advanced 1 to 2 points in opening trading. United States Steel rose 2 points to 532 as demand steadies. Liberty bonds held firm with foreign issues gaining. several rail and utility stocks led inquiries for investment amid ongoing market strength.

New York United States Liberty Canadian Pacific Atchison Union Pacifc Baldwin Locomotive General Electric Airbrake Texas Company

Waterloo Markets Prices and Dairy Goods December Market Report

Waterloo December 24 market notes show prices for grains and livestock including patent flour at 6.00, Wellington 5.90, Crystal 5.30, and Pioneer 5.40. Livestock ranges include cattle and hogs with premiums, and dairy items list creamery butter and eggs with assorted prices. potatoes and hay are also tabulated.

Waterloo Wellington R . Samsse Creamery Grange

Red Cross Mission Attacked by Russian Mob

A wartime dispatch notes a Red Cross mission bound for Jassy raided by Russians. A Col. Anderson letter cites Ambassador Francis offering 100,000 rubles for the cause while criticizing silent American diplomacy in Petrograd. The fiery speech urges ambassadors to expose covert involvement with Red Cross aid and Kaledines. Meanwhile market data lists eastern chunks and mules prices in East St Louis.

Feros Pagh Bage Jassy Col Anderson American Red Cross Roumania Kolpashniko Francis Petrovgrad Bismarck Sit Golden Holy Mission of the Red Cross America

Illinois Central Railways Timetable and Arrivals

Railway timetable fragment shows Illinois Central routes to Dubuque Chicago and Fort Dodge with multiple local, express, and mixed trains. Includes departure times from Dubuque Fort Dodges, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and connections via Union Depot, plus notes on Waterloo Waverly and Cedar Rapids lines with assorted local and limited trains.

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