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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1919
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier explains its want ad rates and format choices. It notes a 25 cent minimum and 6 cent per line costs, with caps for light and black line headings, plus a push toward clearer ads to improve effectiveness.
A collage of small ads and notices listing farm and office rentals, lodge cards, and expressions of thanks. Includes 270 acre farm for rent on shares near Cresco with livestock, mentions of Frank J. Wynd and Eastern Star events in Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and nearby towns, plus a Cedar Falls office space for rent with flexible terms and contact details.
Announcement announces buy and sell of men s second hand clothing with phone 1061 at 221 West Fourth Waterloo Clothing Co also offers footwear service with Madam Spée terms reasonable satisfaction guaranteed. Also notes new horse shoeing shop opens at 171 Park Ave opposite the post office and invites old friends to the new location by Sisco.
Classified notices reveal a string of job pleas and extensive real estate listings. Wanter ads seek a young man to invest and manage merchandise, a bookkeeper, and a waiter. Real estate sales include farms, houses, lots, and a two-farm package in Grundy County, Cedar Falls area, plus rentals and goods for sale.
In Black Hawk county district court notices, executrix appointments and probate actions are listed including names Pettit and Becker. Local community notes mention church meetings, a new bank bookkeeper, and births and deaths. Education events include a county farm institute with prizes for corn exhibits and speakers from Ames and Fayette.
News from Barclay dated January 21 reports R G Greelia at the lumbermen’s convention in Minneapolis last week with Ed Schwartz in charge of the yard during his absence. Wendell Ward returns from Fort Riley with discharge. Rev J C Clare learns of his father’s illness in Pella. Peters and Vera seek medical consultation in Rochester. Public school in Fairbank closes. Saturday make-up classes planned.
Chicago and Kansas City market notes show hog receipts at 67 000 and 18 000 remaining slow with prices mostly 10 cents lower than previous. Beef calves and feeders mixed with light offerings, corn prices up 2 cents, and strong chop in butcher stock. Separate reports include Italian league study nomination and Senate railroad hearings postponed until tomorrow.
Mexico City reports from the war department that the Mexican army will include 100000 men in 1920 with recruiting halted. Only native Mexicans will be admitted, immature-year soldiers discharged, and reforms aimed at efficiency are being adopted to counter rumors of a 400000 force.
The Miller cottage at Cedar Falls crossing is now occupied by Kim McCrary and family moving from Cedar Falls after a month in town. Several locals relocate, including Allan Rush from Minneapolis en route to decide on Waterloo or here. A Barnes Miller Hill coasting party drew around 650 residents, then coffee and sandwiches at the Barnes home.
Jan 21 notices from Marble Rock and surrounding areas include Prof Hungerford leading a Bos Scouts group, farm rental and sale advertisements, local visits by residents, hospital and clinic movements, theater news, and livestock price reports. Interwoven are community notices, deaths, and local business promotions from Marble Rock, Osage, and nearby towns.
Sioux City Livestock and Chicago quotations show mixed grain prices across corn rye oats and barley with No 3 yellow corn at 1.34 dollars and No 4 yellow at 1.30 to 1.28 in Chicago and assorted futures. Minneapolis reports cash wheat and corn values including No 1 hard at 2.33 to 2.40, No 2 red at 2.02 to 2.34, and rye and oats prices with modest gains noted in flour futures.
Market brief from Omaha reports grain prices with varieties including No 3 white 7.42 dollars and No 4 white 2.87 dollars along with yellow and mixed grades and a note of traded whites in 67 40 and 2 white figures, reflecting regional commodity activity.
Toledo listing shows seed prices for various months and items labeled Prime cash Tim othy cash with ranges from January to September, plus metals from Newport with lead and spelter quotes. Sioux City hogs cattle and sheep receipts are noted with price ranges and grades, indicating a downtrend in hogs and mixed movements in cattle and sheep.
Omaha market results show 21 000 hogs with higher heavy hogs and mixed fed values. Cattle receipts around 7 000 with higher native steers and cows, calves. Sheep receipts about 6 000 with higher culls and lambs, feeder lambs listed.
St Joseph Missouri cattle and hog market summaries show hog receipts about 2,506 with top figures near 50 cents. Cattle receipts around 2,506 with heifers cows and calves priced from 6.00 to 15.40. Sheep receipts about 1,000 with lambs around 14.00 and ewes near 10.50.
New York on January 21 reports butter receipts at 7 759 tubs with creamery grades higher than extras. Eggs show barely steady demand with 7 032 cases, cheese steady at state current make, and poultry prices mostly unchanged. Kansas City and St Louis markets also note butter and poultry largely unchanged with mixed regional figures.
Waterloo market notes show active selling and declines across steels copper leathers and shippings with several sectors like dairy butter and oils easing. United States Steel posted a small rally amid heavy liquidations while Mexican Petroleum and Texas companies drifted lower. livestock prices also softened with mixed butcher quotes.
Harold Iger of Waterloo and Miss Marie Umer visited in the H C Unger home. Camp Pike discharge news arrives for a local resident. Howard McQuilkin returns to Des Moines for medical treatment after wounds in Germany. C BieCoy from Camp Dodge visits family. Masters Ten of the Presbyterian church met at Mrs A Van Valkenburg to enjoy a ladies afternoon. Helen Banger spent a weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Geo Banger.
Washington officials said rate questions remain unaffected by ICC lumber tariff revision from California to eastern points. The commission retains power to upset rates set by the director general and has asserted authority to alter rates in a prior lumber decision.
A scrambled page lists numerous land transfers and property descriptions including BeTaTe TaawsFsae and Birg ties in Waterloo Ward and adjacent areas, names such as Hetherington Hewitt Kuehnle Ras musse n Gardiner Wille and Riggins appearing with lots and blocks. Community notices cover residents moving, travel plans, a bank trust transfer, and obituaries with Mrs. Lane’s death. Also included are financial briefs from New York and London money markets and travel updates from Ansgar.
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