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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1915
Page
4
Reports from South Omaha and Chicago detail livestock trading with cattle hogs and sheep receipts, price movements, and market openings. Notes show steady to higher bids, quarantine hogs, limited cattle, and a brisk grain and provisions section with wheat corn oats and futures quotes.
The report lists commodity prices across grain, corn, and wheat futures in Chicago and other hubs. It includes No 2 red wheat at 1.38 to 1.41 percent, various futures for corn and white and mixed categories, plus stipulations for Duluth St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis Winnipeg figures and waterlogged markets in Waterloo Louisiana with assorted prices for flower, meal, wheat, corn, oats, barley, eggs and storage goods.
Evangelist Billy Sunday preached to a packed Convention Hall in Washington with Cabinet members senators and diplomats present. President Wilson was unable to attend but Sunday thanked him for leadership as officials and families joined Mrs Bryan at tea. The sermon urged moral accountability amid a crowded audience of power and influence.
F W Hovey of Saskatoon visiting uncle W Watson as Rebekah and Odd Fellows judges hold a joint officer installation with an oyster supper. Local residents report illnesses, travels to Florida and Iowa City for medical advice, and routine health updates among townsfolk including Julia Steeger, Zella Downs, and Mrs. Elgin.
Porte City notes the death of Civil War veteran Jesse O. Burgess on Friday afternoon after years of heart trouble. Born December 3, 1835 in Monongahela County Virginia he served in Company I Twenty seventh Iowa Infantry and was discharged August 8 1865 at Clinton Iowa. Surviving family includes six children nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren with services planned in Waterloo.
County Superintendent Boardman visited schools here. Floyd Hoffman and George Cort right will take possession of the meat market February 1. Mrs. W. P. Elwell is confined at home with illness. George Dennis of Allison attended Masonic lodge. Miss Vesta Pollock summoned to Charles City by sister's illness. Charles Benson of Rowan greeted friends. Mr and Mrs J C Struntze visited Dike. P Larson served as U S petit juror in Waterloo. New Hartford O H S chapter meets January 19 1915. Ontario town forms company to produce candied fruits like those in France and Italy.
A vintage health ad extols good blood as the source of courage, virtue, and vigor. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Common Sense Medical Adviser, claiming blood and liver benefits, guaranteed results, refunds, and free literature sent from Buffalo, New York.
Billy Pig and a clever Pussy the cat plotted food between the pantry, window, and barrel. Mr Dog stormed in seeking meat as Billy Snuck under a barrel and found milk, bones, and a hiding route. The cat warned and aided the escape, ending with Billy slipping into the woods for the night.
Madison Wisconsin January 1 1912 M D Reynolds testifies he has endured rheumatism since 1894 after snow plow work on the railroad He states three boxes of Merital Rheumatism Powders removed his crutches and left him nearly recovered He recommends the treatment with prices 50c and 1 00 through Red Cross Drug Co and Henderson Drug Co Waterloo exclusive agents.
An old advertisement extols simple hair care for abundance and luster. A musician claims cleansing is key, advising dissolving a teaspoon of canthrax in hot water for a three cent shampoo. It promises rapid drying, disappearance of dandruff and oil, and a healthier scalp promoting growth.
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