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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1920
Page
5
Real estate and miscellaneous classified notices list numerous houses for sale including six and eight room cottages with modern finishes, near downtown Waterloo. Also included are rental inquiries, rooming requests, and house hunting ads, alongside autos and livestock market notes and property auctions.
New York stocks opened with gains for Crucible Steel GE and Industrial Alcohol while losses hit GM American Woolen American Locomotive Studebaker Royal Dutch Retail Stores and tobacco firms. Exchange rates fluctuated with a weak closing but some early gains in the day. liberty bonds and sugar prices noted with scattered declines and occasional recoveries in rails and oils.
Chicago trading shows grain prices dropping amid rush for 10 day freight changes in the Midwest. May corn slips to around 1.31 and July near 1.27 as selling pressure and unsettled conditions weigh on the market. Some recovery late in sessions but overall downturn persists with limited support from buyers.
Chicago reports hogs 50 to 75 cents under yesterday's values while cattle hold steady. Receipts total about 44 000 hogs and 10 000 cattle with numerous price ranges for heavy medium light and sows. Sheep also show strength with lambs under 84 pounds at 17 to 20 dollars and ewe prices around 14 to 19 dollars.
Kansas City market notes cattle and hog quotes with prices for packing sows heifers cows calves feeder steers and stocker steers. Sheep bids show yearlings ewes and lambs with values across categories reflecting higher demand.
East St. Louis livestock receipts on February 6 show hogs about 5,000 head with varied prices and weights. packer sows and pigs offered with sows priced around 12.75 to 13.50 and pigs 12.00 to 16.00. Cattle receipts near 2,500 with ranges for beef steers, heifers, cows, and veal calves. sheep receipts 820 with lambs around 3.17 to 19.73 and yearling wethers 14.50 to 17.50.
Market bulletin from New York reports steady butter receipts at 4,895 tubs with creamery grades higher, and unsettled cheese with 1,216 boxes. Poultry prices remain quiet with live birds and dressed fowls showing little change, while egg lines show slight increases in some regions.
The article notes scratched identification marks on stolen items from churches. Investigators believed factional fights over ritual may have sparked the thefts. The robbers were seen leaving St. John's church in a car with a suitcase full of silver, buried later in the Searles yard remains a mystery.
A discussion states there are no privileged characters in personal income tax with all residents liable. It notes small incomes avoid annual returns but emphasizes everyone must individually calculate taxable income and tax. Beginning thresholds are $1,000 for singles and $2,000 for married couples.
Dr Stephen Langdon of Oxford translated a centuries old tablet claiming Noah ate the forbidden fruit after the flood. Controversy followed with Sumerian experts disputing the fall of man. Oxford backed Langdon amid bitterness and silence from rivals. Shimmy dances traced to 16th century Arbeau. Professor Louis Kretlow notes old steps remain unchanged.
A fragment of want ads lists real estate sales including a three room cottage at Chautauqua Park for 31890 cash with furniture, a modern Oak finish cottage on West Eighth Street for 306 cash plus 35 monthly, a groom bungalow near Cedar River Park for 2600, and several rental and purchase inquiries. Also items for sale and miscellaneous listings including stock, remedies, and rabbits.
A sparse reminiscence recalls Milwaukee’s trading post era with a focus on social dance scenes. The piece notes era customs and lighthearted contests as locals engaged in reels and jigs while partners interacted delicately during the lively gatherings.
In Oroville California Albert Jessel died from a bullet that also struck W. C. Estep. Carl Johnson, jailed in Quincy, says the shooting after a card game was accidental.
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