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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
5
A newspaper notice lists mens silk socks Lisle thread socks with heels and toes in black and color, priced for Saturday. Ladies low neck sleeveless vests with tal stopped value 10c each, sold Saturday. Fancy colored stockings at 50c per pair, Saturday sales. An extra special lot of fine white lawn waists with low neck short sleeves, up to 25c value 59c each Saturday.
Chicago markets report wheat prices rising on northwest damage from grasshoppers, with sentiment mixed by Canadian weather. Corn and oats followed higher before retreating. Hog, cattle, and sheep prices moved, with hogs weak late, cattle strong, and lambs firm. New York stock closes mixed with varied industrials and rails. Local weather shows fair skies with some cooling in the east.
Local Waterloo traveling men’s baseball team prepares for a deadly combat with Cedar Rapids brother drummers at Red Cedar Park tomorrow afternoon. Boosters predict emphatic Waterloo victory, while real estate and market notes mix in with farm produce listings and livestock prices from a surrounding regional page.
Arrangements for the funeral of George R. Turner are complete. The service will be at 2 30 p m Sunday at Grace M E church to accommodate the expected large attendance after Universalist church capacity was reached. The Masonic service will follow. Eastern Star members will attend in a body and seats are reserved for Masons Eastern Star and the Perpetual Building and Loan association directors.
Solomon Shettel of Princeton Ill spent ten days with his daughter in Des Moines and volunteered to harvest oats. At 82 turning 83 on Aug 9 he set up 501 shocks averaging twelve bundles each, a feats aided by skills from older reaping hooks. Local farmer J W Bishop vouches for the tale in Rowley Ta.
New York July 21 The investigation into the American Smelting and Refining company to determine if the so called smelter trust violated antitrust law has been dropped. District Attorney Wise said he had investigated complaints against the smelter trust and found them without foundation.
Buffalo Bill returns to Fort Dodge despite a prior cancellation in nearby Fort Dodge. Manager Busby reports the first advertising car will arrive next Monday. The reason given for the Fort Dodge postponement cites wind damage to the show property in Chicago.
The Christ Episcopal Church vestry voted unanimously to finish the ceiling and decorate the side walls. They accepted J O Berkley’s bid to install a new furnace and awarded the excavation contract. Work begins Monday to be completed before the rector’s return from vacation. Rev and Mrs Hinkle plan a month away starting August 1 visiting Evanston and Cleveland.
August 12 marks the annual Black Hawk County Early Settlers association picnic planned as a pleasant outing for old settlers and soldiers with an interesting program. A chicken pie supper is scheduled for tomorrow evening at the W. C. A. from 5:30 to 7:00.
Wanted I will receive a limited number of applications from young ladies wishing to become nurses in the Mary Thompson Hospital one of Chicago's leading hospitals J A Jer ger 412 First National Building.
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