This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1919
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier outlines new advertising rates for want ads. Minimum charge remains 25 cents per day with per word and line pricing, emphasizing clear, well written ads. The paper argues larger ads yield better results and notes widespread adoption of minimums nationally.
A mixed lot of late 1910s real estate ads and public notices from Waterloo Black Hawk County Iowa. Listings include farms near New Hartford and Grundy County, 128% acre farm with creeks and barns, and investment homes with paving. Also bids for a school building, plumbing and electrical work, estate administration, and probate notices. Includes car ads and property for sale in surrounding towns and counties.
A collage of late classified items includes for sale items such as a Kimball piano with oak case, various furniture, and a Round Dining Table set. Real estate listings cover modern houses in Cedar Falls and Linden plus multiple rent or sale offers. Also advertised are farm work by a family man, a reliable colored housemaid, and a few animals including a fox pup and a young cow.
The report from the United States Department of Agriculture’s bureau of markets shows November wool consumption by manufacturers fell from October with 47,000,600 pounds of grease equivalent. state leaders include Massachusetts and Pennsylvania in order. Senate postpones popular election resolution. Egyptian cotton import restrictions lifted. Palestine-US trade opened. Rochambeau arrives Halifax with 3,000 troops onboard.
Chicago markets report hog receipts of 41,000 with bulk sales at 17.50 to 17.90 while butchers pay 17.45 to 18.00 for larger hogs. Cattle receipts total 32,000 with steady good to choice steers but overall downward pressure on stock and feeders. Sheep receipts reach 31,000 with choice lambs around 15.60 and feeder ranges. grain weakness tempers provisions. A political headline notes rioting in Berlin as Reds attempt to disrupt vote boxes.
Rotarians heard F. R. Todd of Deere & Co. Moline discuss current and future business challenges. He highlighted the Waterloo plant’s product quality and leadership, the Waterloo Gas Engine unit, and the desire to align with a thriving manufacturing community. Lieut. H. A. Maine shared naval district concrete construction insights. J. E. Johnson via New Orleans noted increased Waterloo demand after a recent conference. Deere director F. Billoway attended as a guest.
The item collates cargo movements and commodity figures, noting troop movements in Pueblo and a French ship, with grain and provisions data. It includes Omaha receipts, livestock prices, and Chicago cash quotations for corn hogs cattle and sheep, reflecting market activity and price ranges on January 20, 1919.
Omaha stock prices show mixed results with No. 2 wheat at 2.42 to 3.00 per bushel and No. 2 corn around 1.42 to 1.45. Minneapolis grain reports No. 1 northern wheat and various feedstuffs, while St. Louis notes domestic corn and oats values and a military dispatch from Brest. A Waterloo discussion notes a Sherman resolution criticizing departmental publications as propaganda and a burden to taxpayers.
Sioux City Ia January 20 hogs receipts 18 000 weak prices 16 3 17 20 mixed 16 90 17 20 bulk 16 90 17 10 fat cows and heifers 7 00 13 50 canners 5 50 7 00 stockers and feeders 7 00 4 00 feeding vows and heifers 6 09 3 5 heep receipts 3 900 steers head St Joseph Mo January 20 hogs receipts 27 000 lower price around 17 00 bulk 1 19 11 40 cattle receipts 4 000 higher steers 10 50 19 60 cows and heifers 6 06 58 54 calves 6 00 14 06 eep receipts 5 000 lambs 14 00 46 65 ewes 8 90 10 30
New York and Kansas City reports list butter around 59 to 68 cents, creamery and extra firsts varying by stock. Eggs rise to 74 to 80 cents for firsts, with packing and ordinary firsts noted. Potatoes, poultry, and cheese show mixed movements as receipts rise and prices adjust across regional markets.
Amid stock movements and wheat price talk, market reports show trading in bedding cattle hogs and poultry. Government price support debates stress restoring consumer prices while packers hold up agriculture bills as firms like United States Steel and Mexican Petroleum move in dull sessions.
Greene Jan 20 notes from Waterloo area church activities and community updates. Rev Chase of the Presbyterian church attends a meeting in Waterloo. Mrs Dolan and family visit in Aurora. Alvin Vandermast of Des Moines and Miss Pearl Belknap convalesce after illness. News includes moves, discharges from service, a funeral for Harold Valentine, and local business ads.
Dewar and Clara Kurtz of Waterloo visited Mrs Abe Ortner. The report lists Liberty Bond closing prices for various issues and notes London money rates and cotton futures, with railway timetable details and local horse prices.
In La Porte City on Friday evening the high school boys basketball game against Hudson ended with Hudson defeating La Porte City 26 to 23 in a hotly contested affair. Nearby social notes mention Mrs. RH Clark’s eighty first birthday family dinner with guests from Great Falls Montana and Presbyterian church thimble bee activities with hostesses and musical numbers.
President Wilson informed Secretary Tumulty that he approves plans for simultaneous Roosevelt memorial meetings across the country on February 9. He says the events would honor Roosevelt's life and services and reflect the esteem in which the nation held him.
Wm Magiving president of the St Paul Union Stockyards testifying before the house interstate commerce committee at hearings on government control of packing houses denied packers conspired to control prices and said government intervention would do more harm. He stated only disgruntled employees had been permitted to testify and that such evidence was worthless.
Paria Jan 20 The project to set up an unofficial American embassy in Germany is under consideration by the American delegation to the peace conference. The mission would have no ties to German authorities or any government and would solely gather direct information on Berlin and provincial conditions to inform talks on the German problem.
Farmers are urged to cut ice earlier even if thickness is not ideal to avoid last minute shortages. Four inch ice stores better than six inch blocks that fail to freeze. Prepare by assessing local conditions and putting up ample supply for farm and family use. A cow can use one to two tons of ice. better to have excess than too little.
A House hearing on army ration costs hears Lieut Col Adams warn that food policy lapse will push prices up. He notes current daily ration cost at 48 cents per man, with requested funding at 53 cents as congress weighs budget for the army. The discussion centers on a 10 percent price increase starting next July if food administration powers end.
Average hog prices rose up to 20 cents from the prior Saturday as light weights dominated, while average cattle prices slipped to 15.75 dollars due to fewer prime offerings. Hog receipts across eleven markets totaled about 900,000, down 158,000 from last week, with carnivals increasing year over year.
Plainfield notes visitors from Montana and North Dakota visiting relatives, and plans for a March move. Clyde Kelly of North Dakota is reported dead from flu. Several residents travel to Chicago and Delta area for family reasons. The senior class War Work play is postponed to January 25 due to weather and scheduling.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.