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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1919
Page
3
Numerous classified items including announcements and help wanted for hotels, drugstores, and garages. Real estate ads list farms, houses, and rental opportunities across Iowa with prices, locations, and contact details.
Rotarians endorse a new Waterloo hospital plan after a campaign outline by Harry G. Hosk and local speakers. The Waterloo city council will consider a resolution of necessity for sewer construction on multiple streets, with detailed diameter plans and financing via city certificates to property abuttors, to be completed under city engineer oversight.
Scattered want ads list tire prices and sale items, rentals, jobs, and small notices. Includes tire price lines, a farm labor post, a rental offer, and buying inquiries, followed by local society notes from Rockford dated July 28 with updates on residents, operations, a construction crew, and a remark about a baby kangaroo.
The snippet lists bank clearings by days Thursday Friday and Saturday with notes on corresponding weeks. It references instruments recon, mortgages, and chattel plots with week ending dates around July 24 1919 and July 25 1919, indicating a financial ledger snapshot from a past period.
Chicago July 28 Corn prices hit new season highs as extreme heat and crop damage fears swept the market. Opening quotes climbed and later gains followed as authorities warned Central States losses could reach 25 percent, potentially doubling in a week if heat and drought persist. Oats moved with corn while provisions rose with the grain surge. Trade remained active yet light overall.
Chicago shows mixed corn quotes and white and yellow corn prices with various No. 2 and No. 3 listings. Kansas City and other markets record cash grain levels for wheat, corn, and oats, plus prairie hay and alfalfa prices. Metals in New York reflect copper, iron, and spelter values, while Waterloo markets list dairy and livestock figures and wholesale prices.
Prices across New York City and Kansas City markets show butter firm with higher creamery receipts and varied firsts and extras. Cheese prices steady with state whole milk flats and twins. poultry mostly unchanged with some shifts in live broilers and fowls. Cotton futures opened with notable activity. Toledo grain prices display cash and futures adjustments amid steady clover and timothy values.
Receipts 139000 hogs with prices 10 to 25 cents below Saturday’s average. Porkers ranged 21.20 to 23.15, heavy and medium weights mixed. Cattle receipts 28090 unsettled with beef steers 15.85 to 18.50, heifers 11.25 to 14.50, cows 7.25 to 13.50, vealers 5.70 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 24000 with lambs 13.00 to 16.76 and yearlings 10.60 to 13.35. Sugar, nickel market notes, and stock market figures included.
New York July 28 The stock market began with a renewed forward move after last Saturday. Canadian Pacific stood out as the notable exception with gains and a settlement of the marine strike spurred increases of 1 to 2 points in shipping shares and American International. Auto and oil issues were mixed but metal stocks rose briefly while United States Steel quickly gave back its advance. Equipment and oil rose 1 to 2 points before the market narrowed and reduced turnover. Intermittent rallies were led by shipping low priced motors and steel stocks including New York Dock which gained 2 points on both common and preferred. Call money opened around 6 6 1 2 percent. closing was strong.
East St Louis on July 28 reports horse and mule values. Drafts good to choice range from 125 to 300 dollars with various weights and sizes listed. Mules priced from 90 to 1,100 dollars across multiple heights and ages.
Omaha and neighboring markets report receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges across grades. Hogs top around 22.40, cattle varied by weight with highs near 18.00 for prime steers, and sheep weaker with 15.25 to 16.75 for lambs. Similar figures from St Louis Sioux City and St Joseph noting lower bids and mixed gains across categories.
In Webster City Iowa July 28 two local youths James Welch age 18 and Clarence Taxtad age 11 drowned while swimming east of Lehigh in the Des Moines river. Both bodies were recovered. Four persons have drowned at Lehigh within a month.
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