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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement promotes durable pencil tablets for students, stating two sizes regular letter and half letter with paper of newspaper grade quality. Price ten cents for 200 tablets, emphasizing limited yearly opportunity and urging readers to act at the Courier Office.
Chicago weathered a volatile session with wheat slipping on Bears sentiment and Argentina’s Europe bound supplies. Opening prices ranged from unchanged to 4 cents lower, March at 3.63 3/5, May at 1.62, as late trading showed a cautious holiday rally then a general step back. Corn and oats mirrored grain weakness with May futures sliding and oats following corn downward.
Chicago December 24 price slate shows wheel 9 2 ped at 2.04 and No 1 Sara listings. No 4 644 and No 3 white appear with limited quotes for provs and lard. Park nominal values noted. barley and cloverseed not quoted. shrimp and shr values incomplete.
Minneapolis wires report wheat receipts at 131 cars with No 1 north er prices and oats values while New York and Kansas City show mixed moves in stocks and rails. Market notes indicate a wide range of commodity prices, with oils, metals, and produce prices listed from multiple exchanges and urban centers.
Lawrence Hawthorne, involved in the December 75 Hotel Astor hold‑up in New York, was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading to a third offense. The report notes other market updates and commodity prices alongside the conviction.
Spanish forces entered Sheshuan, the secret Moorish city, after heavy resistance by the tribe of El James, with local citizens submitting in homage and celebrations for Spain. Raisuli the Moroccan bandit remains at large, with Spaniards claiming a tightening ring though his capture eludes them. The occupation marks a bold Spanish achievement and signals a potential shift in Morocco’s balance of power.
American troops stationed at Coblenz will receive Christmas boxes prepared by the Red Cross the YMCA and the Salvation Army containing candy popcorn doughnuts and homemade treats. Mess halls plan home style dinners with theatricals and wines while cigars are offered. Soldiers have contributed 700000 marks for warm clothing and toys for German children to be hung on Christmas trees and delivered by Santa Claus.
United Press report from New York on December 24 notes a hushed Wall Street market as securities were largely bought early then drifted, with little selling pressure. Trading slowed through the afternoon, money conditions eased to 7 percent, and a large block of Replogle Steel stock remained tied up awaiting a firm date.
Washington dispatch reports Representative Volstead, author of the prohibition law, lamenting that he may be the most cursed man in the country this Christmas. He nevertheless wishes everyone a merry holiday and hopes all can have a good time despite the criticism.
Police search for a man described as meanest in North Adams after stealing a Salvation Army collection box meant for poor children. The crime occurred at a local drug store, with authorities pursuing leads and urging public tips.
Chicago reports week end livestock activity with cattle higher for the week and hogs up 30 to 40 cents today. Receipts reach 3,000 cattle and 15,000 hogs, with steer prices mostly up 1 to 2 dollars, fat cows and canners up, bulls weak to down, calves and stockers higher, hogs strong at top 10.45 and bulk near 9.65 to 10.20, and sheep steady with fat lambs and yearlings higher by about 1 dollar.
East St Louis Alabama market receipts show steady prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Light yearlings and calves trade around 36.25 to 38.25 with cows near 5.35. Hogs active with top at 10.80 for 170 to 130 pound range and mixed weights around 10.50 to 10.78. Packer sows stable to 20 cents higher, pigs and lights up to 12.00, one deck of ewes among 200 sheep today.
Omaha Nebraska stock summary shows hogs receipts around 3 000 with price gains near 25e higher for good and choice hogs. shippers steady to 15c higher on common grades. Cattle receipts 2 190 with mixed demand and uneven bidding, veals up 50c. Sheep receipts 300 with lambs 1.40 1.75 higher, yearlings firmer. feeder grades 25 50c higher.
Sioux City market report shows hog receipts 3,490 with strong demand and prices from 9.40 to 9.65 for light to mixed hogs and 9.50 to 9.60 for bulk. receipts 3,000 steady on fed steers and yearlings from 5.50 to 13.00. fat cows and heifers 4.50 to 7.00. canners 5.00 to 4.25. feeders 5.00 to 7.50. vealers 4.00 to 9.30. common calves 4.40. feeding cows and heifers 3.25. stockers 4,507.09 total. Sheep receipts 200, market steady.
Kansas Clix Missouri December 4 cattle receipts totaling 950 for the week show steers up 50 to 70 cents with spots higher. Fat cows and heifers 23 to 50 cents higher, canners and veals steady to 50 cents up. Hogs receipts 1100 with prices 10 to 13 cents higher. bulk grades 9.50 to 9.73, top hogs to city butcher 9.85. Sheep receipts 300 for week steady to 50 to 70 cents higher.
St Joseph Missouri market report shows hogs receipts 2200 with prices steady to 200 higher. Top hogs pull at 9.90 and 9.20. Cattle receipts around 400 steady with steers 6.50 to 12.25, cows and heifers 3.50 to 12.00, calves up to 8.60. Sheep receipts light and market nominal with lambs around 3.50 to 4.25.
A district court in Black Hawk County Iowa hears a petition by Electa Ward's plaintiff claiming fee simple title to lot five in J B Shanewise plat Waterloo. Defendants named include Ward family heirs guardians and legal representatives. Notice warns defendants to appear by noon January term 1921 or risk default and decree in favor of plaintiff. Also includes sheriff sale notice for property of Joan A Follmer Irwelt and a bid invitation for a Dunkerton schoolhouse.
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