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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1920
Page
5
The Waterloo Evening Courier outlines its Want Ads pricing at one cent per word per insertion with a 25 cent minimum. It details line formatting in light caps for Super Line and lines in black CALS, and states no ad will be inserted for less than two hours per day.
Chicago market drifted as railroad traffic issues east of Chicago worsened demand for corn. May and July futures fell from early highs, closing below yesterday's finish amid weaker hog prices and a dull trade. Provisions were quiet and easier, with mixed grain and foreign exchange pressures weighing on activity.
A crowded page of short items includes produce prices, help wanted notices for clerical work and machine assemblers, room and board offers, car for sale, real estate listings, rental notices, and small business ads. Also contains a church notice, a death report, a mercantile meeting note, and miscellaneous price quotes for dairy and poultry markets observed in early 1924.
Sioux City Iowa January 28 hogs receipts 11000 lower price range 14 50 to 14 78 mixed 14 60 to 14 60 heavy 14 60 to 14 75 cattle receipts 2490 strong fed 14 00 to 17 90, fat cows and heifers 74 50 to 13 00, veals 38 00 to 16 00, stockers and feeders 1100 50 feeding cows and heifers 6 00 to 8 25, sheep receipts 1000 steady.
St Joseph Missouri market notes show hog receipts around 1,500 with top bids near 7.50 to 8.00. Cattle and steer receipts about 4,000 with cows and heifers trading around 7.50 to 15.00. Sheep and ewes listed with prices near 31.00 to 13.50, wooled lambs in the 5 dollar range.
New York stocks opened firm on a favorable United States Steel statement though foreign exchange weakness and lower oil prices curbed gains. Industrials led with names like Crucible, Bethlehem, Gulf States, Studebaker, General Motors, and American Locomotives gains. oils and petroleum shares pressured later. Liberty bonds quoted steady. overall market active in bonds with internationals, prices lower. Waterloo markets report mixed prices on flour, butter, potatoes, cattle and hogs, with notable price ranges and regional notes.
Hog prices drop 25 to 50 cents while cattle remain firm in Tuesday auction. Receipts include 4402 hogs with varied classes showing rough packing and veal declines. Cattle receipts around 1000 with heavy, medium, and feeder steers. prices range from about 9 to 18 dollars, butcher cows and veal also listed. Sheep show 30,000 head with lambs 19 to 21 dollars and ewes 7 to 14 dollars in mixed quality trades.
Receipts and price ranges for cattle and sheep and lambs listed. Beef steers, heifers, cows, calves and feeder steers shown with price tiers from low to high. Sheep and lambs included with bids from 4 to 5 dollars per head and top values around 20 dollars.
East St Louis market receipts include hogs at 124 000 with prices ranging from 15.00 to 15.80 per hundredweight and cattle at 5 500 with steers selling 9.00 to 16.40, cows from 7.45 to 15.90, calves 23.00 to 18.00, and sheep with lambs around 17.79 and yearlings 14.00 to 19.00, reflecting a higher tone for lambs and varied feeder and stock offerings.
A Lima detachment of Britla telephone experts inspected a new hybrid system called the autor manual. Cleveland officials also visited Lima and consider adoption. The setup uses individual desks for operators with automatic distributors guiding calls, combining features of automatic and manual methods to reduce drawbacks.
The Canadian Wheat Board ordered Manitoba wheat to mills in Canada be raised from $2.20 to $2.30 per bushel in store at Fort William and Port Arthur. It also boosted the wholesale price of government standard spring wheat flour from $10.90 to $13.15 per barrel. James Stewart, chairman, said permits will allow import of cheaper American flour to benefit consumers.
London A promise made 235 years ago has just been redeemed by Lady Pender of Donhead Wilts at her golden wedding. In 1892 she gave threepenny pieces to local children with a pledge to exchange for half sovereigns at the next major anniversary. Nearly thirty recipients returned the coins at the golden jubilee this year and each received the promised half sovereign. Lady Pender gilded the threepence pieces and formed them into a necklace as a keepsake.
Littleton Illinois items include Frank Beverg shipping cattle to Chicago, the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Richard Fretzler, Yerry School closure with Miss Mabel Matzeller not returning, a spring contract term noted, August Rehberg undergoing operation in Waterloo, McGlaughlin and Ray Bald plan a Texas trip, Keith Eckhoff’s pneumonia improvement, and Susan Spragg visiting the A H Hoffman home with an advertising note.
Charles City and Nashua high teams prepared Thursday evening in Charles City to debate universal military training. The meet will decide which team advances in elimination rounds. Five Charles City youths traveled to Clinton Iowa for consistory work, while local Masons returned from Cedar Rapids where they joined the shrine. Dr Noble of Grinnell College, former Congregational pastor here, preached Sunday and spoke to high school students Monday.
Said corporation commenced business on January 9 1929 and shall terminate on January 9 1940 Incorporators William Forbes Waterloo Ia T L Forhan Waterloo Ia Louis EB Cohen Waterloo Ia Virgil Curtis Waterloo Ia F M Scane Waterloo Ia Hunter Waterloo Ja George Trall Waterloo Ta J E Sweengy Waterloo Ta
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