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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1923
Page
4
A flood of classified notices lists for sale items from pianos to coal and farm tools. Auctions promise bargains on shoes groceries hardware and more with terms, trades, and transfers offered across multiple towns.
Local notes recount visits to homes of relatives near Shell Rock including the Resler and McNeil families. Obscure mentions of illnesses surgeries and hospital stays in Waverly and Waterloo appear alongside funeral attendance and social visits.
Fat cows at St Louis sold near 25 cents higher as buyers weighed cattle and hogs. Receipts included 12 000 cattle and 19 600 hogs with prices ranging for steers, heifers and fat cows. Packers bid on choice feeder lambs as market activity stayed brisk through the day.
cattle receipts and bids listed for St Joseph with price ranges for steers cows and yearlings. hogs and lambs trading notes. Chicago market shows hogs with 13000 head and weak bidding. horses and mules price data included.
At the fifteenth annual meeting secretary J Jacobsen reported the Greene Creamery produced over 42 600 pounds more butter in 1922 than 1921, with total cream 449 531 pounds and fat 418 118 pounds. Directors were re elected and new officers chosen to push 1923 production. Wentworth urged harmony and praised National Dairy Council impact on butter demand.
Ames, Iowa report tells of a Boone county farmer who, aided by his son’s farm record book, uncovered enough farm losses to offset profits and avoid income tax. The tale highlights improved cooperation from the farmer and his brothers as a result of using the records.
Golden Cherry of Prospect Farm, a four year old owned by Marsh, produced 704 pounds of butterfat this season. The herd, noted at the National Dairy show in St Paul, also includes progeny like Lady Smith Cherub. Six Marsh bulls sold to buyers in Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Illinois.
Sumner Iowa reports 332,374 pounds butterfat from 4,933,872 pounds milk and cream. Butter output 335,193 pounds with 64,726 pounds sold at home and 270,468 sold eastern market. Revenue 28,447.75 with 114,147.74 to patrons. expenses 412,633.66. balance 660.80. Secretary George Westcott notes 19 12 percent average overrun.
Iowa State College announces a special 12 weeks winter short course in agriculture for farmers who cannot leave home except in winter. The program targets those who want more schooling while remaining at home during other seasons.
John Petersen of Cedar Falls township reports 13 cows earned about 26 dollars in December. He notes milk for calves added value and cites dairying as a steady income.
The program accepts boys 17 and older who have completed eighth grade, regardless of high school graduation. Courses cover agriculture in many phases, mix with other subjects to aid citizenship, and have no tuition. Living and incidentals for Farm may total about 150 dollars.
Cedar Falls Iowa January reports say the Extension Service will issue a special seed list for soy bean and clover seed. County farm Crops department asks farmers to report soybean or hubbam clover seed by sending a one quart sample by January 6 to 20 for inclusion. Other seed sellers should report to the Farm Bureau or Ames.
The McGregor Cow Testing association, ranking second in state average butterfat in 30 associations, buys nine tons cottonseed meal and 14 tons bran for feed. Members reportedly own silos and feed supplies of clover hay corn and ground oats, supplemented by commercial concentrates.
Funeral services were held in Vinton for John King a pioneer resident born in Indiana who settled in Benton County in 1865. He served in an Indiana regiment during the Civil War and lived on a Harrison Township farm before moving to Vinton. He is survived by his widow and four children. King had heart disease and died suddenly. burial took place at Bear Creek north of town.
Fairbank residents celebrate a fortieth wedding anniversary with a family dinner and gifts. The Fairbank Tourist Club held a Christmas party at Miss Bessie Adderman’s home with carols and a gift exchange. WRC officers are listed for the coming year. Several residents visit or travel for the holidays, including plans for evangelistic missions and local schooling updates. A Dubuque wedding involved Naomi Reed and Glenn Reed with ties to Fairbank.
The Cedar Falls Daily News reports bids on additions to the Western Old People's Home range from 69 587 to 94 846 with eight from Waterloo and one from Albert Lea. a delay prompts plan revisions and possible award on Jan 4. The paper covers a high noon marriage in Cedar Falls, church services, New Year reflections, social gatherings, and club activities.
Waterloo guest Miss Ethel Voelker was honored at a Christmas party hosted by her sister and brother in La Porte City. The event included decorations, a candlelit tree, dining tables with red and green themes, and readings by Miss Voelker and Miss Quackenbush. Other notes mention relatives visiting from Aitkin Minnesota and Cedar Falls, and a birthday celebration for Mrs. Morgan.
Miss Ruth Maricle visits from Estherville for holidays with her mother in Patterson addition. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Cross of St. Paul, the Highees of Waterloo, and the Swartlings of Nevada Ta. Fern Blodgett and William Gotts are noted for travel and medical events. A pioneer Bremer County figure Mochling dies. Enos Ressler passes away at Mercy Nord. Oscar Knappe and Thelma Dayton wed Christmas Day in Brighton Ta. Queen Alexandra’s doll featured among Buckinghams collections. Lake Geneva shows variable water levels.
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