Market News and Price Shifts Across Grain Live Stock
Chicago wheat futures rise on European crisis talk and Russian crop concerns. Cattle hog and sheep prices move at St Louis and Kansas City markets with mixed gains and steady to lower trades. New York stocks show varied activity as commodities and futures react to global conditions.
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Chicago
Adia
Shorts
ST. Louis
Tmarket
Kansas City
New York
Ciock
Altos Land - la
Great Western
Pacific
Ohio
States Steel, Common
Sisies Steel
New York Central
Waterloo
Wellington
Kansas
Neds Oates
Kansans Write Of Crops There
A Waterloo resident receives a Kansas letter noting recent showers revive pastures and corn growth. The writer claims corn yields may reach 50 to 60 bushels per acre and promises forthcoming pictures as proof, contrasting reports of drought with hopeful farming updates.
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Kansas
Waterloo
Kaneas
Des Moines City Market Opens Amid Record Crowd
Des Moines July 26 traffic stopped as a dense crowd swarmed the new city market on Locust Street. Two teachers from the city schools led early buyers, while Commissioner Charles Schramm bought cantaloupes for his wife. Prices at the market ranged for potatoes, apples, and cabbage with health inspectors watching for quality. Peddlers were ejected for reselling, and debate over the market ordinance and daily operation sparked legal challenges.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Locust Street
Lora Mathews
Mabel Bowers
Cottage Grove, Avenue
Charles Schramm
Lake Okoboji
Schramm
Market Place
Zell Roe
Public Safety Department
Fred Beaner
Retail Grocers’ Association
Frank S. Shankland
Virginia
C. C. Taft
Taft
Hannibal Forfeits Central Association Franchise
Hannibal Missouri forfeits its Central association baseball franchise to President M B Justice after a joint meeting with the Commercial club. The town’s leaders refused a plan to fund continued play, leaving the team likely to move or be represented on the road to Cedar Rapids Oskaloosa Marshalltown and other towns.
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Hannibal
Hannibal Baseball Association
BM. E. Justice
Central Association
Commercial Club
Burlington
Waterloo
M. EB. Justice
Cedar Rapids
Oskaloosa
Marshalltown
Missouri
Cedar Rapids Baseball Plans Stir Three-I League Outlook
Private advices in Cedar Rapids suggest readiness for class B baseball next season. Rockford and northern towns, including Waterloo and Dubuque, seek an expanded Three-I league with Cedar Rapids and Davenport. The plan may eliminate Dick Kinsella from the circuit as talks of new grounds and a stronger plant unfold.
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Cedar Rapids
Renden Hill
Rockford
Waterloo
Dubuque
Davenport
Rock Island
Mr. Hill
Dick Kinsella
Kinsella
Relden Hill
Kinsellart
Pastor Rollins to Return and Lead Services
Rev. Walter H. Rollins, who traveled to New York for a Congregational Home Mission meeting, will return tomorrow and lead the weekly prayer service. He will also preach at the First M. E. church next Sunday morning and evening due to no services at his church this month.
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Walter H. Rollins
New York
Congregational Home Mission Society
Rollins
Boston
M. BR
New U. T. X. T N Shoes Move into Bank Building
The U. T. K. Shoe company moves tomorrow to the First National Bank building at Fourth and Sycamore Streets after 35 years at 20 Fourth Street. The old store stays open until August 1 to clear spring and summer stock.
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U. T. K. Shoe Company
First National Bank
Fourth and
Sycamore Streets
Fourth Street
Waterloo
Bank
A. L. Alexander
Istore
Good Yields of Oats and Wheat in Local Counties
Threshing begins nationwide with oats proving better than expected. Eagle township reports 4 to 45 bushels per acre, Orange township 40 to 50 bushels. Daniel Myers farm yields 60 bushels per acre with high quality grass. Winter wheat near La Porte yields 38 bushels per acre from Noah Brough’s 59 acres, worth 1 dollar a bushel in a dry season.
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Eagle Township
Orange Township
Daniel Myers
la Porte
Noah Brough
Dr. Nesbit
Town Talk Social Notes From Waterloo and Nearby
Local items report H F Hint confined by tonsillitis. Anna Beening visits Finchford with her father Samuel Williams. Mrs A S Thompson returns to Portland. Mrs A C Spicher travels with her to Omaha. A L Lindner returns from Milwaukee and Chicago with family after insurance meeting. W A Young visits Nashua for a lodge picnic. Pearl Stewart travels to Independence, Cedar Rapids. Mrs W W Beal and R A Brown noted as ill. Attys Frank P Keane and wife visit Dunkerton for a fishing trip.
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H. F. Hint
Anna Beening
Finchford
Samuel Williams
A. S. Thompson
Portland
Oregon
A. C. Spicher
Omaha
I. C
A. L. Lindner
Milwaukee
Chicago
Allison News Highlights Traders Visitors and Lectures
July reports from Allison recount visits by Rev. Mack family and Mrs. Kaley to the Booton home, a district superintendent conducting services, and social visits from Grace Dreher and Mrs. Briggs. Institute lectures by Starbuck, MacMurray, and Wise draw town interest as examinations begin.
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Edwin D. Starbuck
The
State University
Arthur MacMurray
Ames Colleget
Ida 8. Wise
Des Moines
Wise
Julia Mead
Mre. Briggs
Mattie
Ruth Hall
Hannibal
Bro
Dade
Kate Stevenson
Shell Rock
Henry Conn
Hampton
M. Welres
Misa Eva
Magee
Dougherty
Ralph Lipps
Kate van Raden
Waterloo
Ruth Smith
Allison
Fair Grounds
Sheriff Shafer
Fort Dodge
Chautauqua
William J. Bryan
J. H. Hunt
California
Ida M. Wise
F. H. Hill
Aplington
Chester Conn
Rowan
S. B. Dailey
H. P
Every
Rowen
Chas. Levis
le Crosse
Wis
C. E. Levis
Miss Monroe
la Crosse
W. H. la Cage
Waverly
H. B. Lincoln
Water Rates in Waterloo Face Reform Effort
Waterloo business leaders plan to curb what they call unfair water meter rates and seek a fairer scheme aligned with other Iowa cities. The group met at Courtright and Arbuckle to form a committee for talks with water trustees, with a mass meeting possible if talks fail.
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Waterloo
Courtright & Arbuckle
Janesville Social and Farm Notes From July Visit
Mrs Livingstone returned home after visiting friends. The A N A social raised about 12 dollars. Ladies Sewing Circle meets Aug 2 at Mrs Allen Sharp's home. Oats yield 20 to 40 bushels per acre and winter wheat 40 to 45. Seth Allen visits. J W Bennett toured to Minneapolis with his mother en route to Dakota. Frank Webster’s paralysis prompts hospital care in Cedar Falls. Maud Ulrich recovers. Ashley House family from Oklahoma visits. Doc Loveland stays with Mrs Fairburn in Waterloo. L C Oberdorf securing ads for Fair circulars.
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Janesville
Y. W. C. A. Board Announces Plans For Fall Classes
The Y. W. C. A. educational committee met Thursday to organize fall and winter classes. Proposed offerings include millinery sewing embroidery piano reading elocution travel talks German and drill classes plus C. L. S. C. work for 1911 1912. Most classes will be free to members with a small fee for some. Plans aim to be set by mid September with a gymnasium class to be decided later. those interested should contact Miss Stone.
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Y. W. Yea
Frances Grout
Miss Stone
Beaumont Wins British $50,000 Prize
Brooklands England saw A Beaumont Treut is B E Connean win the London Daily Mail aviation prize of 50 000 for the 1010 mile circuit of Great Britain. He landed at Brooklands at 2 07 this afternoon after a thrilling flight from an altitude of about a thousand feet.
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Brooklands
England
A. Beaumont
B. E. Connean
London Daily Mail
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