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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1920
Page
4
Classified notices offer jobs and housing notes from Waterloo area. Listings include wanted help for cooks, stenographers, maids, and factory workers. rent rooms and house spaces. buy and sell real estate, furniture, and vehicles. farm properties in Iowa and Manitoba areas. many ads reference local businesses and telephone contacts.
Paris Jan 14 The Associated Press reports Leon Bourgeois former premier and France’s lead in league of nations was chosen president of the senate on the third ballot with 147 votes. Antonin Dubost and Justin de Selves trailed after withdrawals and ballots.
A. Blalock, former head of an American colony in Tamaulipas, testifies before a Senate committee on January 14 about the murder of five Americans by Mexicans and the collapse of his colony from 20 families to six caretakers. Women with alleged knowledge of assault also testify as Mexicans seek their views on conditions and remedies. Senator Fall, committee chair, will not travel to Mexico.
Philadelphia January 14 Dr John L Brand known as Professor K T in a case of amnesia arrived from Lambertville N J to his son Lieut Commander Charles Brand in charge of construction at the Philadelphia navy yard. The son reports the father now recognizes him and memory is returning prompting engagement of a specialist and quiet care to aid restoration.
Osage Iowa Jan 14 special reports 11 year old George Genung son of Dr and Mrs G E Genung died at St Mary’s Hospital Rochester Minnesota from spinal meningitis traced to a Christmas time heel blister from skiing. The illness followed a brief improvement and blood poisoning before death. He is survived by his parents and a 13 year old brother.
The Edellyn, the first of a fleet to repatriate Czechoslovak troops and U S soldiers from Siberia, sailed from New York bound for Vladivostok via the Panama Canal calling at Honolulu for coal. About 10,000 American troops in Russia. The three ships planned have a larger carrying capacity.
Mitchell S D Jan 14 County commissioners report the poorhouse has had no dependents for six months and lease the farm for grazing with the renter to care for any potential dependents. Miss Higlen Taft voices opposition to the woman’s party at Bryn Mawr address to the Pennsylvania League of Women Citizens in Philadelphia.
Chicago reports a rough start in the corn market with early weakness tied to anticipated value downshifts. Declines spurred short covering and rebounded prices, while oats and rye showed mixed movement and hog outlooks hinted at a 14 percent drop from last year. Chicago cash quotes reflect varied grain price levels across grades.
Receipts in Chicago at 24 000 hogs mostly 26 to 40 cents higher with top at 15.10. cattle receipts 10 000 with ranges from 3.00 to 19.50 for beef steers and mixed categories. sheep 18 000 weaker with lambs 17.25 to 49.75. Kansas City markets show hogs 14.65 to 14.95 top, cattle including high with prime beef steers at 18.40, veal calves 13.60 to 24.00, and sheep 9 000 with lambs 14.10 to 19.50.
Receipts at Omaha reach about 14 590 with higher on sheep and lambs and hogs. Hogs top around 14.65 to 15.45 with various grades listed. Cattle receipts near 9 000 show ranges from lower to prime, with steers and heifers posted across several price bands. Lambs and yearlings also reported with gains over prior levels.
Receipts total about 6 000 with steady trends for cattle and calves. Prices show No 2 white steer figures around 25.00 to 18.50 and fat cows 13.25 to 7.00, with veal calves $8.00 to 16.00 and stockers $7.00 to 9.50, among mixed lots.
Reports from Berne and Berlin recount a violent demonstration with police killed and missing, hundreds wounded as troops and authorities tighten control. Gustav Noske appointed commander in chief for greater Berlin district amid prohibitions on gatherings and public assemblies.
A jumble of notes expresses thanks for flowers after J W Lambs death, plus a stream of classified ads. Items include a Scotch collie dog, salesmen positions, used baby supplies, food items, typewriters for rent, dining room sets, beds, ranges, furniture, real estate, rooms for rent, piano for sale, and various listings with contact details. Many entries specify prices, addresses, and phone numbers.
East St Louis market report shows hogs receipts 22 000 with price ranges from 12 50 to 16 06 and packing sows 13 25 to 13 75. Cattle receipts 5 000 with beef steers up to 17 60 and cows 7 00 to 12 50. Sheep receipts 1 700 with lambs 15 25 to 19 60 and yearling wethers 13 00 to 27 00.
Minneapolis and Omaha grain prices and cattle quotes led by wheat at $3.00 cash in Minneapolis with other grains such as corn, oats, and flax on varied bidding. Omaha reports corn No 4 bulk at $24.79 to white $1.28, cattle and hog receipts around 4,000 with mixed prices, St Louis corn and oats quoted, Toledo seed prices for clover and timothy, copper and zinc futures in New York with slight shifts, and Waterloo market prices for flour, butter, potatoes, and livestock.
New York prices show creamery butter and eggs mixed with highs and lows. Creamery butter 63c per lb. eggs 74 to 75c firsts. cheese varied with state flats at 22c to 32c. Chicago reports lower butter and eggs. firsts 4 to 6c above base and poultry steady. St Louis notes hens 27léc, turkeys 40 to 42c, butter 2c, eggs 2c.
Miss Bernice Jones visited Cedar Falls over the weekend to consult an ear specialist in Cedar Falls. Mrs Eva L Clark died from pneumonia at the Wai McCulla home. Arthur Stokes visited his brother J Stokes. George and Austin Ritter traveled to Canistota SD to care for their ill mother.
Marriage licenses issued include Fred McLain and Patti Lindner both of Waterloo along with Henry Rasmussen Ethel L Brown and George Faner Grace Hess. Cotton futures quotes show January 38.20 March 35.26 July 333.20 October 30. Spot middling water at 29.25. New York silver prices list 145 Mexican dollars 1.03.
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