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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1921
Page
11
Wheat futures edge higher on higher prices across September and December contracts as Chicago elevator strikes and car shortages loom. Corn and oats gain amid rain bullishness. hogs support higher quotations, while cash grain markets in Omaha Peoria Kansas City and St. Louis show mixed but firmer levels.
East St Louis and Sioux City livestock desks show receipts: cattle 11 000, hogs 15 000, lambs 7 000. Prices rise across steers to 25 cents, heifers steady, hogs up to 40 cents, sows up to 2 dollars. calves and cattle lots mixed. Sheep values mixed with light lambs steady to 25 cents lower.
Receipts quietly mixed across classes with cattle, calves, sheep and lambs. Feeder stock and stockers showed modest gains while lambs and sheep rose 25 to 35 cents, with cattle and calves improving to near 15 cents higher on steady trading.
New York July 11 Bradstreet index shows wholesale food prices for 31 articles at $2.85 per lb last week, up from $2.74 and down from $4.79 the prior year week. The mixed commodities data show increases in 30 items, declines in 12, and 47 unchanged, with notable activity in flour, eggs, butter, cheese, and metals alongside stock market notes and assorted prices from New York to Chicago.
Associated Press dispatch from Chicago reports hog receipts at 32,000 with most hogs 25 cents higher and top at 10.15 including active demand for heavy packing. cattle receipts 13,000 with most prices 25 cents higher and top steer price around 5.30 for handy weight, with several beef and stock categories showing gains. sheep receipts 15,000 with natives steady to higher and best lambs around 10.75 while ewes bring about 5.09.
Miss Nelie B Moseley cashier at Waterloo Business College was struck by a Rock Island engine at Union Station. She was hurled onto the platform, dragged a few feet, and suffered a sliver in the left cheek and bruises. An officer helped clear tracks as two trains entered. She planned to resume duties tomorrow and was taken to her aunt's home after the incident.
Waterloo Boy Scout officials adopt a buddy system at Camp Ingachooc in Brandon from Aug 6 to 26 to pair scouts for constant watch over whereabouts and safety. The measure aims to reduce homesickness illness and accidents alongside strict health and sanitation enforcement led by Dr. E T Alford. fire and safety plans accompany other precautions. A separate news brief notes a Shell Rock fire caused by a gas stove damaged the W H McGregor residence, with an estimated loss of 31500 and dwelling insured for 3000.
July 11 Allison In. Floyd Folkers seven year old son of Bri and Mrs Hicko W Folkers died at Waverly hospital Saturday morning from injuries after slipping behind a touring car as the driver backed out of the garage. He was taken to the hospital in time. Funeral details for Mrs. F. N. Scott were at Unity church Monday. A Sunday outdoor concert pleased a large Allison crowd and a new speaker will be sought for next Sunday. Grace Eckerman and Fred Borneman wed at Hamp ton Christian church. Dr G W Knappe joined Allison Furniture as undertaker. Clayton Peet returned on furlough after hearing his father died. Entrée Nous club meeting postponed. Great Britain circulates about 60,600,000 books yearly.
Readers may send questions and comments to the Farm Department editor of the Evening Courier and Reporter in Waterloo Iowa. Address communications to Phong 3330.
Across Iowa farmers in the southern wheat belt began marketing the new crop as of July 3 amid open market speculation and price slumps. Reports from Indianola Shenandoah and Council Bluffs note early deliveries, yields around 20 to 30 bushels per acre, and rising threshing costs, with legislation cited as dampening demand.
Two farmers and two real estate men plus a state legislator and an economics expert testified Saturday before the Black Hawk County Farm Bureau board of inquiry. The hearings, urged by the American Farm Bureau Federation, aim to diagnose agricultural ills and forward findings to Congress as exhibit A. Depositions from over 40 local citizens will follow, compiling a broad view of farming needs. A major land deal in Washington county saw the John Clees farm of 220 acres sold for 300 per acre to Charles Kolosick.
Net Lake Chippewas in northeastern Minnesota will use about 500000 dollars from timber sales for schools farms and modern machinery. Chief Wa-na-bo-sho Joe Northrup urges civilizing use and possible federal release of funds held by the government. Contracts with Northwestern Paper Co. of Cloquet will pay for 25 000 0606 to 20 000 000 feet of timberland and pulp wood near Net Lake, marking private control of the last large timber tract.
Geneseo township builds a new $146000 consolidated schoolhouse near Traer Iowa to open this fall. Fireproof construction includes gymnasium, domestic science, manual training and an automatic vacuum system. About 250 pupils expected first year with future growth anticipated. A large athletic field and a $20000 staff housing building accompany the project. The school will also serve as a community center and host special opening exercises.
Des Moines notes a government July crop report indicating Iowa’s 1921 field crops, led by corn, may reach near or above prewar values. Estimated corn yield 442,006,000 bushels with farm price about 45 cents, total corn value near 198,918,000 dollars, while winter and spring wheat near normal and hay slightly below last year. The report, by Frank S. Pinney and Charles D. Reed, accompanies state analysis of crop conditions and price expectations.
Greene and Nashua pages recount visiting friends and relatives across towns, with trips to Chicago and Cedar Falls noted. A funeral is reported for Mary T. Pitts, and Allen Wait's family records a near-collision with a train near Nashua.
Dysart Indiana July 11 The Lloyd Guernsey residence on the Guernsey homestead Tama county stands as one of Iowa's show places Brick exterior with a semi bungalow interior features include 13 rooms eight on the first floor five upstairs and early electric lighting water service and built in amenities The old farm spans 985 acres with part rented and plans to restore operations The house cost around 20000 when finished executives Tama Jim Wilson aided early local agri culture figures and the Guernseys historic pioneers of Tama county.
A Cedar Falls reader responds to a Courier editorial on disarmament urging united action by nations to reduce armaments. The writer argues war funding should be redirected to peaceful development and questions Mars as a warlike alternative. The letter ends with a reference to a local classified ad.
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