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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1919
Page
4
Classifieds list cards of thanks lodge notices and various wanted ads detailing positions on farms, children’s beds, room and board, dressmaking, heating services, piano tuning, bicycles and hardware items. Advertisers include Cheever & Wilson at 206 Marsh Plat, Struebel Music House, and L S Parsons Music House with phone numbers.
A flood of classified sale notes lists French cows, wood and walnut chunks, stoves, pianos, gas ranges, ice boxes, sewing machines, dishes, fruit s, coal and wood ranges, and farm machinery. Entries include J A Ranney cow and lamb forecasts, and multiple “For Sale” notices from Jefferson Street to La Porte with contact numbers and brief condition notes.
The market opened with the corn offerings absorbed, pushing prices higher as buyers dominated. Government export help for packing house products sparked a brief setback before a late rally, with May at about 1.20 and July near 1.26, while oats and provisions followed a bullish trend on strong export expectations. Local notices report several property moves and community events, including church services, school activities, and visits, with William Golden’s funeral details noted.
Chicago market notes show mixed grain prices and provisions figures. Corn No 4 mix at 23. M mixed at 31.24 reportedly. No 4 yellow around 1.20. White and lard and rib prices also listed, with provisional values indicating market activity in Chicago.
Chicago livestock market reports firm hogs with steady to higher prices for heavy and light hogs. Cattle receipts large with slow demand for prime steers, while calves and feeders show mixed to higher prices. Sheep and lambs rise on strong demand. St Louis and Omaha show varied gains across hogs cattle and sheep with notable price ranges.
Kansas City Livestock receipts mix with cattle hogs and sheep prices across markets in Kansas City Sioux City St Joseph and Minneapolis. Hogs range from 16.00 to 17.70 with heavy and mixed lots at 17.00 to 17.40. Cattle show varied demand with steers calves and fat cows quoted from roughly 6.75 to 18.00, while sheep move from about 10.50 to 17.85 per head. Also notes on grain and local events including a wrestling match at Allison and a lecture by Rev Starr for boys and scouts.
Orchard area brief with family visits and civil service notes. Albert Bryand recently discharged from the U S service visits with Charles City friends. Rolland Peet returns to Spengler drug store after army service. Mrs O F Missman and son RichacaI spend weeks with Thilins Wisconsin. J A WW Johnson confined at home. Wood, Miter of Allison named justice of the peace. W T Lincoln to return to Allison and start bakery restaurant after March 1. W J Ellis sells variety store to Schemerhorn group from Charles City.
Mrs M B Chesbro rejoice as a son arrives. Shell Rock item notes a local birth. George Cain returns home from camp with honorable discharge. February 19 entry hints at a city column with brief notices and odds and ends from the community.
Market notes from Waterloo show grain like flour and meal with wholesale and retail pricing, plus potatoes and corn. Livestock terms include butcher steers, cows, heifers, canners, cutters, and bulls with assorted prices and conditions.
In New York trading a wide range of issues posted fractional advances while several rails and tobacco stocks rallied. United States Steel initially edged up but losses followed as oil and equipment shares helped lift overall activity. Liberty bond prices fluctuated with the day’s volume and the market closed stronger.
Everett Weart travels to Iowa City to fetch his brother Raymond for treatment. A M Short and wife visit Brandon to see their daughter Mrs Irene Wroten. Ruth Hopkins is homebound with mumps. Minnie Lulof of Waterloo visits Augusta Brunko. Lloyd Brooks and wife from Watkinspay a week with relatives. Wm Evans returns from Missouri. Mrs Jesse Lamb visits family in Brandon then travels to Walker. A.C. Jaeger hosts dinner in honor of his father in law BT Williams. Brandon boys beat Independence 20 to 19. Center Point girls defeated Brandon 15 to ?. Elias Fouts dies in Buchanan after long cancer battle. funeral at Brandon Methodist Church. Allan Beachler and wife welcome a baby boy born February 16.
Miss Alma Bruns and George Moeller Jr. wed Wednesday evening of last week at the Bruns home in Jefferson town. The couple’s ceremony was held in the presence of family, with Mrs Fred Nolting resigning from farming and renting her farm to George Moeller for his future venture.
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