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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1920
Page
4
Classified notices from a Waterloo Iowa page show numerous job and housing ads including chambermaids office help general labor and domestic roles. Also real estate listings and farm properties with contact details and local train schedules.
Chicago February 3 The sensational new breaks in exchange trading led to a grim market for corn. Bulls argued exports had not reached a large total while government livestock data suggested higher herd numbers. May and July corn futures moved lower amid overall selling pressure as word of exchange demoralization spurred cancellations of export sales.
Chicago market notes show hogs down as much as 16 cents with receipts near 30 000 while cattle demand weak for midweight to prime. Hogs top around 15.06 with heavy packing sows easing and veal calves steady. Sheep receipts about 14 000 with lambs 84 pounds bringing 17.25 to 20.00 and ewes at 8.00 to 14.50.
Kansas City and Omaha livestock receipts show mixed to lower prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle ranges include beef steers 14.65 to 16.25 for prime units and lower grades 8.00 to 12.25. calves and feeders 7.00 to 16.50. Hogs top around 15.00 with mids 14.50 to 15.00. sows 14.25 to 14.65. pigs 13.00 to 15.00. Sheep lambs 18.75 to 20.00. yearlings 15.00 to 18.06. ewes 10.00 to 13.75.
East St Louis market notes receipts at Wart C Tx and Sioux City with mixed cattle and hog figures. Prices show lower cattle and hogs with ranges for beef steers, cows, veal calves, and feeder stock, plus sheep and lamb details from both markets.
St Joseph Missouri market receipts show cattle and sheep activity with steady tone. Cattle receipts reached 3400 with steer prices around 9.50 to 73.40, cows and heifers 5.50 to 12.00, calves 7.50 to 16.30. sheep receipts 6900 with lambs 18.50 to 20.00 and ewes 11.00 to 12.50.
The Natchez Monroe passenger train derailed at Clayton Junction, tipping into the Texas river. Fifteen negro passengers plus Fireman Castell and Expressman Sam McCallum of Monroe, La, reported missing as cleanup and investigations begin. Also appearing in wire service: Mercantile power and bond movements, potato and cotton prices, and scattered legal and real estate notices from Waterloo and surrounding areas.
The Associated Press reports another sharp break in English exchange in New York on February 3. Demand bills on the pound sterling quoted at 3.39 dollars, 418 cents below yesterday’s low. First half hour sterling fell to 3.36 dollars as sales checks opened at 14.02 to the dollar and five checks at 16.52, both new low records.
Dublin dispatch reports serious rioting at Limerick last night as troops fired on demonstrators. One man was killed in the crackdown amid mounting tension in the city.
Fred Tester transfers to William A. Montgomery a 340 by 60 feet parcel and a 160 by 41 foot lot with measurements noted. The record fields show a property transfer filed through Black Hawk County Abstract Co and linked to Buchanan Optical Co timing around February temperatures.
Two Waterloo houses offered for sale and rent. A double residence on West Sid Ave features four sleeping rooms per side with oak floors, rental 240.00 per side or sale at 50 cents on the dollar with 3000 handled. A seven room house on Pavell Street lists 2850 dollars, with terms unspecified.
A sequence of property transfers and lot descriptions in Waterloo including multiple movements of parcels in various additions such as Ricker & Bratnober, Saree Park, and Highland. Entries mention buyers and sellers like Glenn C. Brown, Edgar Hagerman, Verne L. Baring, Jennie C. Ricker, and others with parcel details and lot numbers.
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