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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1915
Page
4
Chicago boards reported record wheat highs as expectations of reduced Argentine exports and scarce ocean freight boosted futures. Corn and oats followed upward while hogs and cattle softened. South Omaha livestock showed varied receipts and prices. Chicago produce held steady on dairy and potatoes with mixed livestock signals.
Grain prices listed for wheat corn oats and futures from multiple markets including Dulour Kaning City Minneapoli and Winnipeg with July and May contracts shown. Several OCR errors appear in the yarn of numbers and letters but overall reflects bid price ranges for No. 2 red wheat No. 3 yellow corn and white oats across months and locations.
Mrs. Minna Klausner was buried Saturday at 2 p m in the German Lutheran cemetery after being found dead in her Waterloo room above the Columbia theatre. Otto Huechele of Grafton will enter business college in Waterloo Monday to view relatives. William Yeager funeral attended by W Kreukenburg and others at Independence. Mrs. W Buechele ill but improving. Fred Weltzin ill with rheumatism. Ida Sauerbrie, daughter of Geo and Mrs Sauerbrie, sick with pneumonia.
By a 50 to 7 vote the senate passed the immigration bill including a literacy test. The measure faces possible presidential veto but is expected to become law with senate amendments likely to stand. An espionage case in New York links German officers to passport fraud. In Lyme Regis the Formidable cutter rescue brings 201 survivors. 50 die after a 24 hour storm.
Washington D C January 4 The administration ship purchase bill became unfinished business in the senate but was laid aside for appropriation bills. Senator Lodge led for a record vote 46 to 22 with Senator Vardaman the sole Democrat opposed. Republican leader Gallinger urged moving to supply bills and going home.
The court of appeals found Oliver P. Newman ineligible as chairman of the District of Columbia board of commissioners due to questions about his legal residence at the time of his 1913 appointment. The case goes to the U S Supreme Court. A separate notice promotes grains and farm scenes at R M Payne’s display in the Lafayette Building lobby in Washington.
A Du buque gathering celebrated Miss Olvira Kunz with an evening of cards and music featuring Milas Kunz, a Western vaudeville singer. At midnight a luncheon followed, and guests left expressing pleasure at the delightful event.
Bank clearings in the United States for the week ending December 31 totaled 2 330 705 000 dollars, down from 2 823 166 000 the previous week and 2 847 425 000 a year ago. Canadian clearings were 109 971 000 dollars, below last week and last year. The report lists weekly totals and year over year percentage changes.
Reinbeck Iowa notes regional visitors and family events. Des Moines guests Frank Weik and Hurd visit relatives. Beryl Meyers travels to Sioux City. Innis family from Minneapolis visits. Hotzel family from Treet leaves farm. Waller Franklin family from Waterloo visits Mrs. Dohrman. births include a Dec 24 baby to Earnest and wife Smoldt and a Christmas birth at the Classen home. Jans family member ill with pneumonia. Hollingsworth relocates residence.
Community updates include a license to wed issued to Miss Emma Priebe and Fred W. Bailey in Waterloo, a Christmas wedding in Livingston, Mont involving Alfred Volberding and Anna Bernice Clark, and travel notes on Miss Gertrude Elliott and Miss Eva Garland. Also reported are a burglary at Rev Trimble’s Mt Auburn residence, family visits among local residents, and upcoming neighborhood social sections with ward leaders and host addresses.
Local notes report W. W. Holman in Waverly and Ben Knight visiting from Oelwein. Evelyn Conway returns to Oelwein after holidays with Miss Rose Coogan. An $8,500 1914 dwelling by W. A. Dodson in Highland was omitted from ward four improvements list. Constance Smith leaves for Normal after holidays with mother Jennie Smith. Cora Ricketts away several days due to her father’s death in Hopkinton. Mrs. Wm. Dair and Carmen Sands holiday guest at The Elms. John and Herman Johnston return from Winona. Esther Crahan and Asnes Lynder visit Ruth Cusack, return to Oelwein. Waterloo Commercial club gains new members. three added Thursday, five Saturday.
Graces Methodist church schedules a week of prayer with meetings in three territorial sections each evening. On Tuesday the Young People's Club at the church will host supper and a program including a talk by Harry Goodrich, state secretary of boys' work of the YMCA. A large rally of prayer and praise is planned for Thursday evening at the church with an effort to have all members attend.
Wheat for May delivery surged to 1.32 a bushel, the highest since the war began, driven by sinking Argentine competition, higher Liverpool quotes, and stronger European demand. Traders noted a 14 cent jump since Saturday as margins fell to about half of prior levels.
In Aurora Illinois on January 4 the new year brings work back to many plants. Burlington locomotive shops run full time with nights, Western Wheeled Scraper hires 400, Aurora Cotton mills rehired 100, Lyon Metallic adds 75, and Burlington freight operations add forty conductors to meet heavy traffic.
New York philanthropist Grace Hoadley Dodge who died December 27 left more than 1.2 million dollars to public and religious institutions in her probate filing. Her gifts include 500000 to Columbia University Teachers College and 500000 to the national board of the Young Women's Christian Association of the United States.
London January 4 reports a hint that conscription for army and navy may be introduced. Parliamentary secretary Thomas J. MacNamara warned that many UK youths without dependents who refuse to serve will face limited freedoms. Meanwhile a recruiting boom continues with six Cardiff meetings drawing large crowds and a 6009-strong head-baring at one gathering as allied anthems played.
Washington DC Jan 4 The renomination of Henry Clay Hello Colorado Springs to the interstate commerce commission was held up today by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee at the request of Republican senators. Cummins said several members wanted to know why the commission recently reversed and granted freight rate increases to eastern railroads.
The Hindus favor gold as a common metal and frequently decorate their ih with wreaths made from the golden marigold flower, reflecting cultural aesthetics and religious practice.
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