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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1917
Page
3
Advertisers must submit a written order to discontinue ads marked till forbid to avoid errors by telephone. A printed blank is provided for the advertiser to fill and return. Must reach the office by 10 a m to stop the next day's insertion.
A busy La Porte City notes week features a college student party hosted by Mrs Richardy, Emanuel church Ladies Aid sewing and a $10 donation to the missionary fund, visits by teachers, land purchases near town, fatal accident reports, hospital operations, and lodge gatherings with plans for a hard times sociable next week.
Frederika holds first W C T U meeting at the M E church on February 3. Revival meetings will begin once roads allow. News notes: multiple visits from relatives, a new baby born February 1, Rochester trips for medical consults, choir rehearsals led by Drank, and local residents traveling between Frederika, Waterloo, and Sumner.
Mrs. W C Henderson a long time Vinton resident dies at her east Vinton home after a life spanning Indiana birth in 1846. She married W C Henderson in 1872 and lived in Beloit Cedar Rapids before settling in Vinton. Survived by husband and son Charles of Greeley Cole. Funeral at the Methodist residence led by Rev Temple.
In New Hampton the annual high school declamatory contest crowned 25 contestants across oratorical, dramatic, and humorous divisions. Henry Babcock won first in oratorical and will represent the school at Charles City on Feb 23, with Ruby Miller second in the same division.
An old medical advertisement touts cures for piles and fistula without surgical operation. It promises guaranteed results and no payment until cured and invites readers to write for financial testimonials, listing address Dr. C. Y. Clement at 101/2.
Miss Babel Wat tora contracts rheumatism as Roy Corwin moves to Date Town farm once owned by Clarence Brunson. Mr Brunson shifts to Fred Saul’s vacated farm, while Saul takes Nisgon farm. Cad Giesler on sick list three days of short course. event deemed successful with many prizes. Ladies of Cosmeter served dinner.
Wheat gains and firm week end closes amid tight supplies and political tensions. Corn and oats advance as export and feeding demand support prices. city clearances rise for corn. New York reports cautious optimism with solid banking, while iron trade notes 600,000 tons bound for Europe and ample rail capacity to ship to New York ports. Record export inquiries persist for steel and tin plate despite international frictions.
In Spring Creek Township on Feb 9 Mr and Mrs Walter Gardner attended the funeral of Walter’s aunt in Vinton. Mr and Mrs Herbert Benarden welcome a daughter born Tuesday. Mrs Delos Kennecutt of Murdock Minn visited her sister Mrs Ray Teeter last week. The Larkin club may meet with Mrs MM Williams Feb 2. Leon Bunce of state Minn spent the weekend at August Lange’s. Harry Oren, soon bound for Los Angeles, visits the Charles Oren home. Miss Nelli Border assists Mrs Gillie Geren. Mrs Walter Feal returned from a three week stay with her parents in La Porte City. Jesse Fordyce assists Charles Stein next year. A public sale is planned on the Dan Knupp farm Feb 16.
A mixed page of rental listings sales and asks including 200 acre parcel near Waterloo Minnesota near two markets priced near 0 miles north of Waterloo. Jersey heifer calf and small four cylinder Oakland for sale with electric heat and generator. Requests include 40 acres or smaller Waterloo area buys and a cash or royalty business opportunity Box 242 Newton Iowa. Furnished apartment near East side contact 1086 and 117 Lafayette street. Dressmaking and piano for sale plus an incubator for hatching eggs and hat care requests and a hair switch service with mail orders advertised by Mrs S Johnson.
Wheat prices surged in heavy trading as buyers tied to seaboard links and anticipated rail upgrades. Reports of improved grain facilities, crop damage pressure from the southwest, and allied naval movements buoyed futures. May and July contracts closed higher with strength across oats and provisions following the wheat gains.
Chicago cash corn prices for varieties ranged around $1.02 to $1.03 with No 3 yellow near $1.03 and No 4 around $1.00. Wheat and flax futures show May and July positions with values roughly $1.77 to $2.60 for flax and $1.71 to $2.85 for wheat. Kansas City reports softer May and July wheat figures, while Minneapolis notes May wheat near $1.77 and July around $1.73.
Kansas City market opened higher with hog receipts around 1000 head. Prices ranged heavy at 11.90 to 12.45, packers around 12.00 to 12.35, and light cattle 11.65 to 12.05. Cattle receipts 190 with steady opening. prime fed steers 11.25 to 12.00, dressed beef steers 9.00 to 11.00, western feeders 8.00 to 11.50, cows 5.50 to 9.59, heifers 7.00 to 9.50, calves 7.00 to 13.25. Sheep receipts none. lambs 12.50 to 14.40, yearlings 12.00 to 13.25, wethers 10.50 to 11.50, ewes 10.00 to 10.90.
South Omaha Neb February 10 cattle hogs and sheep receipts and opening prices show steady to higher market with cattle ranges from 3.50 to 11.50 for steers cows and heifers 7.25 to 9.25 western and Texas steers 7.00 to 10.50 stockers and feeders 6.50 to 10.00 hogs receipts 33 000 top 12.60 with bulk sales 11.50 to 12.10 and lambs 13.25 to 14.28 text notes Elgin butter 42c and Black Hawk County Abstract listing transfers including Welstead to Welstens in Waterloo and laundry update due to zero weather.
Chicago February 10 improved demand tightened hog market. receipts at Union Stock Yards hogs 22 000 cattle 1 000 sheep 4 000. Tomorrow’s receipts hogs 65 000 cattle 25 000 sheep 20 000. Hogs mixed and butchers about 12.15 to 12.40 in steady to higher range. cattle steady to slow with top around 12.50 and calves 10.25 to 14.75. sheep steady to weak with lambs up to 14.60 and westerns around 11.80 to 12.70.
Chicago prices show butter unchanged and eggs higher with receipts 3,629 cases. Potatoes mostly steady with Wisconsin whites at 2.40 per 100 pounds and Idaho Washington Colorado at 2.50. Poultry alive unchanged with springs 22 and fowls 20c. lard and ribs listed. New York reports Sutter creamery goods higher. eggs steady with various grades. cheese firm with state specials. Poultry alive steady with chicken prices and dressed fowls listed. mercantile paper and bonds noted.
Waterloo markets brief lists commodity prices and stock items including grain, hay, eggs and dairy products, live cattle and hogs with specific weights and price ranges. It catalogs premium hog categories, birds, hides, veal, and various potatoes and butter types in a dense, period-voice table of values.
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