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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1919
Page
3
A jumble of want ads lists items for sale and trade. Includes furniture, hardware, farm gear, clothing, and household goods with contact notes and partial addresses. Also notes jobs like floor molders and shop helpers, plus a request for a night man at a foundry and a waitress position. Many nonspecific lines and garbled text pepper the page.
City items note illness and visits, license issued to Elias Hilton and Nellie Brown, and Roy Armstrong discharged at Camp Pike. Mrs Bentley exiled to Oelwein, bankers association session planned, Miss Timion recovering from surgery, Rev Haywood to Davenport, Lt Harper and family en route to Minneapolis after Texas discharge, cattle sale plans by Harrie Gleim, Henry Frank attends retail clothiers meeting, visitors from Carleton, Neb., and Lalianea Willson near 88 years old. Speed-up week for nursing resources. charity theater event requires 30 soldiers for a benefits performance Tonight and Friday at Waterloo theatre.
George Pikell and his daughter Mrs. C D Smith of 709 Washington street were overcome by gas early today. Mr Pikell revived with a pump and the daughter recovered. both are ill but not seriously. Mrs Smith opened a window after sensing gas, which likely saved others. Gas traced to a basement pipe leak.
Charles A. Thompson formerly of this city died in a Indianapolis hospital from influenza leaving four young children and two sisters Mrs W H Michael and Mrs Neal McDougal of Waterloo. Henry Walter Kopel died of pneumonia after influenza at eleven this morning born July 25 1900 resided eight years in Waterloo. Lester Allen Germandt died at home on Bluff street from pneumonia born Oct 26 1918 left parents and several siblings funeral plans pending.
A chimney fire at 723 Broadway prompted firefighters to respond at 7:25 yesterday. No injuries reported. The ad mentions Safe Insurance and Ronson Insurance Agency offering coverage.
Market notes report gains in corn and oats while Waterloo plans a Sunday drive to raise 15900 dollars for Near East relief. Executive committee met at the county office and sergeants volunteered for canvassing with cash pledges expected, substitutes named where needed. C. A. Morris chairs Waterloo quota. state treasurer is E. B. Wilson.
Persistent rumors say a new firm will lease frontage on Fourth Street between Sycamore and Lafayette in Waterloo to operate a 5 and 11 cent store. The move would push other firms to new spots on the same block as lease talks proceed toward completion. Some owners are out of town and others declined to comment.
Wage details show section men on the railroad receiving 40 cents per hour starting January 1919 after a 100 percent raise. Back pay will cover the difference from 1918. The change marks a material boost for a low-paid worker group, amid broader market notes and commodity prices.
U S Bureau of Markets reports mixed hog and cattle values January 16. Hogs steady to firm with bulk around 17.40 to 17.70 at some markets, calves and feeder cattle rising modestly. Cattle receipts about 12,000 with beef steers and stockers showing gains. sheep and lamb quotes mix with higher lambs and steady ewes. Markets include Omaha Sioux City Kansas City and Chicago with varied ranges and steady to higher demand.
Livestock market report from St Louis on January 16 shows Hogs receipts at 11,500 with ranges from 12.00 to 19.00 for various grades, cattle receipts at 4,000 with prices from 7.50 to 18.00 for native steers and cows, and sheep receipts at 1,800 with lambs 16.00 to 16.50 and ewes 8.50 to 10.30. Stronger hogs and steady to higher cattle present mixed activity across categories.
This bulletin compiles price movements across commodities and markets. Butter eggs cheese poultry and potatoes show varied shifts. cotton and raw sugar futures edge firm. Regional figures from Waterloo and JosCh Livestock reflect mixed receipts and pricing trends for hogs cattle sheep and dairy products.
The sale of Scotch Shorthorn cattle on O. G. Moseley’s Black Hawk township farm drew 53 animals and $14,925 total, averaging $291 per head. The top price was $765 for a cow, with Moseley’s herd reduced from 12 animals three years ago to yesterday’s count. He plans a future nucleus herd and another sale in three years.
Liberty bond prices listed for New York and London with figures for different series. Birth notices report new daughters Agnes Beulah, Grace Maxine, Laverne Normand, Eleanor Faith, and a son for Glenn May-Turd, all among local couples with dates in January and December.
The M. E. church at Raymond conducts a series of prayer meetings each night at different homes despite widespread sickness. Pastor Felter leads the evangelistic effort with services at the church Sunday morning and evening, continuing nightly next week except Saturday. Tonight’s prayer meeting is at Mrs. K. Douglas. Hewitt home hosts Friday evening.
Directors of the Iowa Life Insurance company met recently and J. E. Cohagon of the Waterloo Gasoline Engine company was elected to fill a vacancy. No annual meeting of the Iowa Life Insurance company will be held later this month.
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