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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1919
Page
3
The Waterloo Courier outlines one cent per word for want ads with a 25 cent minimum, noting line and paragraph formatting options and caps. It emphasizes a minimum charge of 25c and states the want ad department is the marketplace for all citizens to buy sell or exchange items large or small.
Nicely furnished strictly modern rooms available with good light and housekeeping, suitable for professionals. Also two modern rooms near Yor Mesi-2 with phone access and nearby cleaning services. other listings include a spacious double room on Fourth Street with plastered basement and low insurance rate. Local contacts Black 1566 and Mod-1947 for details.
For sale used cars and trucks priced from $100 and up. Waterloo Auto & Supply Co at Fifth and Commercial promotes good used cars as better bargains than cheap new ones. Listings include 1918 Studebaker and Saxon Six models plus several Fords with starters. Auto Exchange advertises flexible payments and daily showings.
Classifieds show a long list of wants and for sale notices. Entries include buying a small West Side building, piano tuning and repair services, sharpening tools, seamstress services, second hand clothing purchases, and a farm or small house near Cedar Falls. Multiple business names and phone numbers are given for each request.
A batch of real estate notices lists for rent houses and farms across multiple regions. Entries include a five room rental near Highland car and Rhey Street, a Galloway rental with gas and water, and Fayette farm and Mitchell County acreage offers. Also advertised are brick homes in Cedart Heights, a York State farm near Utica, Michigan acreage deals, and a Waterville farm listing with wide product details and immediate possession.
For sale a large Wisconsin stock farm offering 120 improved acres with light brush cleared and fences. Property includes a new room house with wood floors, basement barn for 50 head, water and stanchions, outbuildings, machinery, and stock. Price $85 an acre, cash around $8,000 with balance negotiable. farm near a large town on the Omaha railway between Twin Cities and Duluth. Also listed are miscellaneous items for sale nearby.
Mrs Kate Graver testified in district court that Jacob Graver drank daily for weeks, with two years of intoxication and police arrests. John Barleycorn was depicted as groggy and defeated, with evidence in a divorce action brought by Mrs Graver. The case, before Judge H B Boies, noted possible changes after national prohibition.
Missing item found in transit with callout to Shores Fuel and Transfer Co. and Nichols Co. for recovery. Includes assorted ads for heaters, horse hide robe, and sewing services with contact numbers and locations.
Mrs Loeper returned from Cedar Rapids last week. Miss Lucy Cott of Estherville visited with her aunt and uncle Mr and Mrs Allen Rush and cousins Sthel Rush and Mrs C Z Shaw at the Shaw home for a few days last week.
Mrs Cliffie Larson Ruthven Ta was a visitor at the home of her aunt Mrs B crane. A neighbor Mr Messers entertained a dinner. discussion of forming a local brass band grows as musicians return from service. Several residents plan gatherings as winter gives way to warmer days.
Local items report a proposed marriage between Leo Reiter and Angan Mine Klein, cattle and poultry deliveries in Waterloo and Otterville, a public sale on February 19, and residents heading to Dakota soon. Chicago and Kansas City grain quotes follow with various bids and prices.
Receipts total about 10 000 with hogs at 16.74 to 17.25 and bulk selling 16.95 to 17.16. Cattle receipts near 2 500 show steers around 16.50 to 20.00 and fat cows and heifers 7.00 to 12.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.00. Sheep receipts about 500 with demand strong.
The bulletin lists cattle and grain prices across markets including Joseph stockyard with mixed cattle bids and lamb prices, Omaha grain quotes for No 1 white and yellow corn, No 4 mixed, and oats, plus Minneapolis and St. Louis grain figures, Toledo seeds, and cotton futures with March to May contracts and London money news. Strong livestock receipts at 2,000 plus, with lambs topping around 16.40 and ewes 10.50, while No 1 white corn in Omaha is around 1.35 to 1.60 per bushel depending on grade.
Market report notes firmer tendencies in New York stocks and gains in Canadian Pacific and Chesapeake & Ohio. Agricultural items like potatoes, dairy, and fresh produce appear with fluctuating wholesale prices, while livestock categories show varied price ranges and demand.
Manchester Iowa February 4 One of the oldest firms in Manchester ceased to exist on the first of the month when Tirrill and Pierce sold out to Lieut. Harry K. Davis Tirrill came to Manchester in 1866 and was among its oldest residents He served in the Civil War and was wounded at Shiloh and discharged in 1863 after which he established the business In Manchester for decades George Pierce long associated with the firm in real estate and insurance also retired and moved to Chicago New proprietor is Lieut Harry K Davis son of W F Davis manager of the Farmers Commission Company He joined the army after the declaration of war and became lieutenant of artillery later transferred In the service Hubert B E Phentele discharged from the air services has joined M D J Mogensburg selling Brunswick machines Wart LeClerc and Jao Pentony ambulance men returned from overseas in good health The home folks are glad Manchester jobs remain local
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union presents the second concert in the schedule at First Congregational church for soldiers in uniform with no admission charge. The program features baritone Mr. Swain, pianist Josef Martin, and harpist Phillip Sevasta with selections ranging from operatic to lighter numbers.
U S markets show mixed activity with hogs higher and cattle up early, while steel and nickel stay strong. Briefly, hogs near 10 cents above yesterday, beef cattle steady to firm, and pork products pressured by large meat stocks and lard fear.
Omaha Neb Feo 4 adOGS Re geints 19 000 steady heavy 15.00 17.35 mixed 16.90 17.10 light 16 017.25 pigs 10.06 15.00 bulk of sales 16.90 17.10 CATTLE Receipts 4 700 native steers 11.50 18.50 cows and hellars 7.50 13.50 calves 5.50 3.75 SHELBY Receipts 4 500 stronger cults 5.00 5.60 wethers 10.50 11.60 ewes 7.60 13.50 lambs 14.50 16.00 feeder lambs 10.00 14.00 yearlings 9.00 10.50
A joint meeting of the Watertoo commercial club and Chamber of Commerce discussed development of local industries. They planned a later session to be addressed by delegates from the Mississippi Valley Readjustment Congress in New Orleans, with details to be announced soon.
In Frederika on Feb 4 the Social Hour group and spouses hosted a party at Chas Hale’s home for a newly married pair. A music program and readings were led by the president. Ira Lucker won best sewer among the men and Velva Alcock took blue ribbon for hammering skill. Alice Schrodemeier won Story Writing first prize. Refreshments followed. May Harker of Watertown visited relatives.
Receipts show hogs higher with bulk around 17.00 to 17.40. Cattle receipts at 8000 with prime fed steers 18.00 to 20.00, dressed beef steers 12.00 to 18.00, calves 7.00 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 2900 with strong lambs 15.50 to 16.50, yearlings 10.00 to 14.50, wethers 9.00 to 19.95, ewes 8.00 to 10.50.
In St Louis Missouri on February[s], cattle and hogs show varied price ranges. Hog carloads mix and butchers fetch about 17.35 to 18.00 per cwt while cattle receipts total around 1,200 head with native beef steers 11.50 to 18.60 and calves 7.75 to 12. The report lists sheep with lambs at 18.00 to 16.25 and ewes 8.59 to 10.59.
Prices across dairy and poultry goods show steady butter and higher egg readings in New York and Chicago markets. Receipts and valuations are given for butter creamery eggs and poultry with regional quotes including Kansas City and St. Louis.
Adam Roeder hauled a four horse team load of 4 670 pounds of premium popcorn to Ja Grove Iowa at 10 cents a pound. The crop in Ida county reached 7 985 acres with an average yield of 1 680 pounds per acre totaling about 6 707 tons and a potential value over 1 000 dollars.
Dr. Harry K. McCall’s car was struck by a Byrnes street car at Fourth and Randolph at about 7 15 pm. He suffered painful bruises and a sprained back but remained at work.
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