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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1914
Page
5
Chicago traders weigh crop damage from a cold wave as wheat leads activity with modest gains early, while corn falters on Argentina crop fears. Oats hold firm on expected Argentine yield, hogs and cattle show mixed movement, and Chicago Produce reports varied butter and egg prices amid steady hog prices and a soft sheep market.
A fragmented market report mentions insurance men paying a shoe loss claim and references a grand jury matter. The text also touches on grain and provision figures, bond settlements, and a July fire start, with scattered financial quote lines for oats pork lard and ribs and a sale of Hervin business houses tied to local fatalities.
Grain prices for Wheat Corn and Oats listed with various No grades and July May futures from Kansas City Minneapolis and other exchanges. Local Waterloo fire damage at Paul Davis Dry Goods triggers insurance settlement and safe removal efforts. wrecking work and business closures follow with ongoing investigation and repairs.
Officials travel to Brandon to preside over an inquest into the death of Walter Brown a prominent farmer of Spencer's Grove who was struck and killed by an interurban car near Gray's crossing east of Welch siding. Motorman James Davis and conductor John Murphy testified fog hindered sighting a flagger before Brown stepped onto the tracks. Brown survived by a widow and several grown children.
Mrs. Johanna J. Shultz aged 65 died last night at 10 30 in Presbyterian hospital after an operation. She was among Marble Rock’s old residents and the body was taken there this morning for burial.
January lists influenza gripe bronchitis and pneumonia victims while Folsey’s Honey and Tar Compound is urged to curb colds and prevent severe illness. Keep it on hand and buy from druggists.
A bank run began at the Bank for Savings in New York as depositors, mainly poorer customers, lined up at opening. President Walter Trimble said the bank could meet all demands and pay out deposits. The bank’s latest statement cited assets near 9.87 million with deposits around 98.2 million.
Local brief from La Porte City Iowa on January 29 reports Mrs A L Walker of Waterloo visiting her mother Mrs B Quacken bush, L J Tutt on Waterloo jury duty, and several residents traveling or shopping in Waterloo. A correction states the barn purchase referenced involved D L Hadley's stone barn, not T A Gillan's, and mistook the involved barn.
The Early Music House leases the upper floor of the new Black building for years minus the dining room area for a department store. Three years ago it operated piano stores in Sioux City Jefferson Spencer Des Moines and Fort Dodge with state agencies. now state work moves to Waterloo Fort Dodge and Des Moines. A piano stock preview will be ready for inspection in February and a tree elevator will serve the 8th floor. The public is invited to view the store and its views while noting the grand opening coincides with the Black opening meter.
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