Market News: Grain and Livestock Slump Amid Wide Fluctuations
Chicago markets show a bear tilt with rains and dry spells affecting grain and corn. September wheat slips from 98 7/8 to 98 3/4 as selling interests and shorts pressure prices. corn and oats also decline while hog futures stay resilient on strong packing demand and tight pork supplies. General market brief notes weather, produce prices, and regional closes.
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Chicago
Wellington
Prairie Bay
Cattle Market Creamery
Texas
Kansas City
Corn— Co
England faces OME problems in Europe trip report
Mr and Mrs E G Johnson returned to Watering from a European tour noting England and other countries face similar social issues as the U S including pensions and compulsory insurance. They described May in England as beautiful yet costs and interest rising, with a calmer travel pace and impressions of labor conditions.
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E.G. Johnson
England
Scotland
Holland
France
Johnson
Leavitt & Johnson Trust Company
Waterton Savings Bank
Ter
Courier
America
Roosevelt
Taft
Jonn-son
Woltand
Tring Cieelia
New Equipment Progress on Waverly Line and Power Plant Upgrade
Observation cars under construction for the Waverly line will soon operate in pairs with electric cars replacing a single unit. Locomotives are being rebuilt for construction on the La Porte City line while rails and new interurban cars are manufactured by the American Car company. A new steel viaduct over Rock Island tracks near Electric Park nears completion and a half million dollar power plant expansion adds two turbine machines and improved transmission equipment. The project includes landscaped grounds and public access to view the power house once material clearance is finished.
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Logan Avenue
CG. J. Cass
Waverly
la Porte City
Waterloo
American Car Company
Paris
Rock Island
Cedar Falls
Electric Park
Allis Chambers “Company
Wil
Falls Avenue
Death Notices From Waterloo Sunday
Death summaries report the passing of Mrs. Hans K Nielsen and Roy Birdell Penhollow in Waterloo. Nielsen died at 131% Lafayette Street after his illness. Penhollow died at home of his parents after months with tuberculosis. Funeral details and surviving relatives are listed for each case.
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Roy B. Penhollow
Hans K. Nielsen
Bright
Lafayette Street
Nielsen
Sophie Christiansen
Denmark
Alden
Minn
Waterloo
Moen
James Christiansen
Decedent
John Christiansen
Cedar Fallg
H. Mueller
First Lutheran Church
Elmwood Cemetery
Roy Birdell Penholtow
H. Penholtow
Adams Street
Cassville
Wis
Chicago
Arlington
Fayette County
Caseville
Nona
Cecil
Bonnie Reed
Oelwein
Qsa Wilson
Harry J. Penholson
Alta Maines
J. M. Bamford
Logan Avenue Evangelical
Arlingston
Taft to Confer on Chairman Selection at White House
President Taft arrived in Washington from Beverly and went to the White House to confer with a Republican National Committee subcommittee on selecting a chairman. Secretary MacVeagh accompanied the president from Dunton New Jersey and returned. Frank Gerauld, formerly a dairy driver, began work today with Wittick and Cros meat dealers.
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Washington
Taft
Beverly
White House
Republican National Committee
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
Duntin
Frank Gerauld
Case
Sindlinger Dairies
Wittick & Cros
Children’s Welfare Drives Weekly War Victories
Fragmentary text notes efforts related to wartime programs for children. Mentions divisions delivering sixteens sections of material, a coupon on a page, and courier ads saving stops.
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Waterloo Evening Courier
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Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
J. E. McElroy
Marsh-Place
Towa
New York
ST. Louis
Minneapolis
Waterloo Markets
Louis
Ghee
T.lo
Grain and Provisions
Pauthry
Europe
South Omaha
Omaha
Neb
W. Arc
Fee Bar
H. W
Tan
Kad
White Goods
Gale
C.F. & N. Investing
Waverly Line
Hans K. Nieisen III
Wester Avenue
Jteat
Conger Park CO
Highland
Independence Avenue
James Gardiner
First National Building
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