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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1919
Page
3
Waterloo real estate for sale including several modern homes small farms and a 2 story bungalow. Also used cars and autos for sale with model lists and prices. Public notices cover probate amendment incorporation changes and school building bids plus city administration notices.
A brisk compilation of district real estate listings and miscellaneous ads includes offerings for a bungalow with porch and garage features, three combined lots near Falls avenue and a factory site, a Newton Street cottage with electric utilities, and a modern east side house sale. Also listed are stock items, personal services, and requests for domestic help, with several phone contact points and prices ranging from 1 500 to 2 200 dollars.
Chicago cattle receipts declined sharply over the past two weeks totaling 121 400 within a period of weaker arrivals since last August. Prices for choice beef steers rose about 2 00 above the prior week, while overall demand risks a further drop if supplies do not recover soon.
Reinbeck reports Edgar Hickson arriving after discharge at Camp Dodge and family notes on relatives. Local church services followed by market updates show hogs steady to higher, grain and provisions trends, and receipts. Community obituaries and births include Ethel B. Shear, a son for Chalupsky, and wedding anniversary notices for Carsten Phasha with a turkey dinner celebration.
Mrs C M Greene died recently and funeral services were held at her home at 2 30 PM conducted by Rev John Chase. A sister and brother from Hannibal Missouri arrived to attend. Interment followed at Rose Hill cemetery. The report notes local activities including Shell Rock team basketball wins and a Red Cross sale raising 23.40 dollars.
Nine sales scheduled near Rockford from Feb 6. Mrs A Q Seer reported critically ill as is Mrs Stant. A baby girl born to Mr and Mrs O M Williamson. Warren to move into Come Stack residence. Mrs Lin buys A A Multimoter residence for 2500 dollars. Lincoln’s Day dinner planned Feb 12 by M E church ladies. News of Clem arriving safely in New York. G E B Dannenberger resigns from Williamson barber shop. Ed Squier recovering from flu, then relapse and now seriously ill.
Plainfield notes report Mrs Ette Kelskey hospitalized in Waverly for treatment. Newborns announced for Mr and Mrs Tom Phelps and for Mr and Mrs Pele Linguist. M E thimble bee set for Feb 15 with Mrs Orrin Fes. Del Mar quartet to entertain at Baptist church Saturday evening. Patriotic program at Baptist church Feb 14 with free offering for Belgium relief. Mattie Ler in charge featuring readings, music.
Madison Wisconsin reports a genuine long rifle once carried by Daniel Boone was brought for repairs to a hardware store in a southwestern town. The weapon, a .48 caliber flintlock with a 46 inch barrel, weighs ten pounds and bears carved notches and inscriptions. Also noted is a sailor from Allentown admitted to the Lehigh county bar in uniform, and a West Virginia poultry keeper showing winter savings by culling hens and preserving egg output.
Two Illinois miners near Jasper carried two identical pails one with blasting powder and one with coffee. At noon a miner warmed the coffee, the lid was lifted, and a blast occurred. One man lost his mustache while two others were badly burned. In Sweden nettles are grown for fodder for cattle. Market prices for corn oats barley and hay appear from Kansas City.
Live cattle receipts reach 26,000 with steers mostly steady and calves softening. hogs receipts 133,000 with most sales 17.65 to 18.10, light hogs 17.35 to 17.80. sheep receipts 16,000 with lambs 17.35 to 17.60, feeders up from the east and demand easing later. Overall market weakens after opening, with corn bearish influence cited.
Kansas City livestock market reports show hog quotations rising with receipts around 20 000 and butchers and packers bidding up to 17 35 to 17 64. Cattle receipts near 15 000 with steady to higher prices for native beef steers and yearling cattle. sheep trade firmer with lambs near 15 50 to 16 75 and ewes around 8 00 to 10 50.
Omaha Neb Feb 10 hogs receipts 16800 higher heavy 17.00 17.30 mixed 16.89 17.10 lights 16. TSmizt 26 pigs 10.00 15.00 bulk 16.90 17.15 cattle receipts 10000 lower native steers 17 18 cows and heifers 75 14400 calves 8.50 13.50 sheep receipts 1500 higher sculls 5.00 9.00 wethers 11.50 13. M0 ewes 9.60 12.50 lambs 15.50 17.00 feeder lambs 10.00 15.30 yearlings 12.50 14.00
Sioux City market receipts: hogs 14,000 steady with light and heavy classes trading around 16.75 to 17.50. cattle receipts 4,000 strong with beef steers near 10.00 to 17.00, fat cows and heifers 7.00 to 12.75, canners 4.75 to 6.75, stockers and feeders 8.00 to 14.50, feeding cattle 6.00 to 9.00. sheep receipts 2,000 steady.
Regional commodity notes from St Joseph Peoria Minneapolis Omaha St Louis and New York on Feb 10 show hog receipts around 12000 with prices up to 17.45, cattle firm to lower with various No 4 white steers and cows listed, oats and corn prices mixed across markets, wheat and flax bids noted, and cotton futures opening steady with several monthly and daily quotes.
East St Louis Feb 10. Horses and mules offered with prices listed by category. Horse bids include eastern and southern stock with values around 110 to 180 dollars. Mules priced from 90 to 325 dollars with varying height measures and bids.
New York stock and commodity notes show mixed trends with butter and eggs firming in several markets. Milk and dairy receipts, cheese, poultry prices, and cattle ranges appear alongside early declines in shipping stocks and U S Steel sliding to new lows amid broader market weakness.
Chicago February 16 hog products flood Chicago stockyards with record receipts. Packers paid farmers $17.50 per hundred pounds to spur production for fats for Europeans, dumping meat into storage. Rail orders to move hogs, millions paid to farmers, ships docking as trains bring more stock. prices may stay firm as packs rush to dispose of hogs to feed foreigners. New York money and Liberty bond prices noted. Iowa to Mason City truck trips report rapid, costly transport versus rail.
Rail timetables show multiple lines and connections from Dubuque to Chicago and Des Moines to Kansas City. It details east and west bound departures from Union Depot with services to Albert Lea, Minneapolis, Omaha, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo. Includes limited trains, local options, and transfer points via C N W, B M and KC lines.
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