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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1923
Page
11
Readers are invited to send vestinns and comments to the editor at the Fam Department in Evenlog Courier and Reporter, Waterloo Iowa. Communications should be directed to the editor and include contact phone 3338.
About 200 farmers and families met in Fay ette la to form Fayette County Holstein Breeders association. Paul Stewart as president and LaGrande Gime as sale committee head led the group, which elected directors to cover county areas and planned a March country Holstein sale. The organization aims to promote dairy cattle, calf clubs, and joint membership with Iowa Holstein Breeders association.
At the Shell Rock Livestock Shipping association annual meeting L. C. Meyers was re-elected president. Ernest Neal became secretary, A A Austin was re-elected director, while Charles Bowen and Daniel Enley joined the board. J L Orth remains manager. A bronze memorial tablet to four World War Chaplains from Massachusetts was unveiled in the statehouse, Boston.
Mrs. Molly King Wilson of Fairbank presents a 1922 farm bureau summary, comparing egg and poultry earnings of her 159 hens on an 80 acre farm to hog profits. Her report lauds county cooperation, outlines clothing, canning, and home economics activities, and urges continued leadership and hot school lunch use.
Ames January 17 to February 3 features a special series of lectures by gardening specialists. Topics include Growing Garden Bones, Some Good House Plants and How to Grow Them, and Popular Garden Flowers and Their Culture. The program adds practice work in floral arrangement and handling cut flowers, plus general culture hints for indoor and outdoor flower growing.
Twenty four women of Lester township gathered Friday in district four hall for an all day session led by Elizabeth Hudson home demonstration agent. They learned decorative stitching bias tape cutting and pressing. A noon basket dinner preceded an evening dance for nearly 100 attendees. The district school building, later bought by the community, hosts ongoing social events shaping local ideals.
An editorial from Collier's Weekly argues farm women contribute vast labor unseen in earnings. It lists 30 years of work on an Ohio farm tallying meals, garments, bread, pies, preserves, vegetables, poultry, dairy, laundry, and cleaning. It highlights a calculated value of 115000 dollars with no retirement or bank savings, urging redefinition of women’s economic contributions to family and national wealth.
Ames Iowa January 17 This year a separate short course for women will be called home makers week and run from February 12 to 17 The change comes after objections to pairing the women’s course with the men’s previously due to farm home routines and husband involvement.
Mary Beichhorn and Mathilde Tadge of East Butler, Busy Bee club members, win a trip to farm and home week at Ames Loch as top all around club members in the county. Club officers for the year are Mary Beichhorn, president. Mathilde Tadge, vice president and secretary. Beulah Van Hanen, treasurer. Butt Haberman, news reporter. Maud Herrinton, leader. Esther Tadge, historian.
The U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports 25 percent more cattle on feed in 11 Corn Belt states as of January 1 1922 compared with January 1 1921 across both east and west of the Mississippi. December movement remained heavy with many light weight stockers and feeder cattle entering the states.
A new teacher joins East High for the 1922-23 term starting January 29. Miss Eleanor Keyes of Duluth Minnesota, a University of Minnesota graduate, will teach history civics and economics as enrollment pressures require another instructor. The total faculty rises to 151 with the expanded roster.
Des Moines January 17 farmers urge Congress to raise the federal farm loan limit to 25000 instead of state financed loans. House approves a resolution asking Congress to lift the limit while debate grows on a 50000000 bond plan to create a farmer loan fund. Critics warn of costs and new commissions, as code revision and bill consolidation topics surface at Wellington hotel meeting.
Local notes report Harry M. Young leaving for a business trip to central and Southern California, visits by Charlies Beck from St. Louis, arrest of Joseph Albright on a bad check charge, and a divorce granted to Marietta Luparday. Sightings include Mrs. C. L. Whittington visiting relatives, police dogs aiding in arson inquiries, and civic figures in Des Moines and Waterloo. Construction progress on Walnut Court apartments continues with framing and brickwork underway.
Chicago market reports cite a wave of shipments including cucumbers cabbage onions and celery. Prices for peppers, onions and other produce rose, with apples cabbage and potatoes showing notable range and movement across markets. Flour prices in New York firm but varied by grade.
East High students received an informative session on telephony with two central operators explaining a complete central station, connecting line, and subscriber’s phone setup. West High faces exams, and the program continues this afternoon with entertainment from Kathleen selections and planned events after school.
Thayer January 17. Harvest Dinneady 21, a miner, was instantly killed when his dinner pail snagged on a mining elevator gear, dragging him from the cage and crushing him.
Nicholas Vogt 81 died yesterday at his daughter’s home after a brief illness. Surviving are four children including Charley Vogt and Joan Vogt, with several others in Waterloo and nearby towns. Augusta Schiafelbein, longtime Black Hawk Township resident, died at St. Francis Hospital after an operation a year prior. she left ten children and many relatives. Remains of Vogt and Schiafelbein are in local mortuary care awaiting funeral arrangements.
Margin calls trigger a market wave as stocks retreat at the open. Shares like Baldwin, United States Steel, Studebaker and Dupont slip fractions while insurers, retailers and energy names wobble. Foreign exchange opens weak with sterling and marks sliding to fresh lows amid broader selling.
New York and Peoria market notes show mixed commodity activity. Copper and tin futures listed with spot nuances, while wheat, flour, corn, oats, and oils seen in Peoria markets. Livestock prices for cattle hogs and dairy receipts noted, along with wool, cotton futures and assorted prices in regional reports.
New York markets show butter mostly steady with creamery firsts around 48 cents and higher variants near 40 cents. Cheese ranges include Star whole milk at 28 to 29 cents. skims and other varieties listed with assorted prices. Chicago reports mixed dairy receipts with butter around 46 to 47 cents and creamery extras about 47 cents, with cheese and eggs noted among weekly trade, amid broader market activity. Kansas City area notes butter with minor changes and firsts near 32 cents, reflecting regional price shifts across the midwest markets.
Wheat prices faded as foreign trade activity waned and Argentina offerings fluctuated. Chicago wheat futures opened lower with May and July contracts shifting before recovering. corn and oats held firm on modest receipts. Provisions also slipped as market mood weakened overall trading, with mixed signals in the board, and desks noting a softer tone across grains.
Hogs show cautious early bidding with quality cattle marked at varied levels. Packers and feeders report steady to firm trends across weights, with calves and vealers showing limited gains and wholesale beef prices fluctuating in brisk activity.
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