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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1920
Page
4
The Waterloo Evening Courier lists ad rates and formats including one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum for want ads, dash lines, and line color options. It notes light caps and black caps text, paragraph lines, and per-word charges with small ads still appearing on the classified page.
The page shows sharp drops in corn values and hogs with mixed livestock prices from Chicago and Kansas City markets. It also lists numerous employment ads and notices seeking workers, with varied wages and duties across retail, manufacturing, and service roles.
Grain and provisions trading data shows cattle and hog prices with receipts and bid ranges. Receipts at Omaha rapid fluctuations, beef cattle and vealers listed with price bands, hogs and lambs given by weight classes and quality grades.
A dense OCR wire lists grain quotes from Chicago and Kansas City with mixed prices for corn and wheat, including No. 3 mixed at 4.41 and No. 2 white around 1.40. It also covers cattle and hog markets in East St. Louis Sioux City and St. Joseph, noting varied receipts and price ranges for beef, pork, and lambs, plus bids and notices related to local business and a public contract in Waterloo Iowa.
Fresh U S price quotes for butter eggs and poultry across New York and Chicago markets. Entries include receipts volumes, packing and creamery figures, and price levels for creamery butter firsts and extras. Also cites stock and bond activity with rail and industrial sectors, plus Waterloo notice on sugar output and city clerk filing.
Alexander Hamilton spent summers fishing for a giant black bass in a small Wisconsin lake. He studied fishing books after the lake froze, then cut loose a block of ice with an ax and crowbar to recover a bass weighing six pounds eight ounces. The fish swam near a deep crystal clear point and resisted lures.
Lawrenceburg Indiana resident Grover C McBeath announced he would never again attempt to paint buildings on his farm after an accident while painting a barn. He was on a high ladder applying a bright red paint coating when the mishap occurred.
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