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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1919
Page
4
The Waterloo Evening Courier describes want ads as a city marketplace where all classes can buy sell or exchange items of any value. Rates include one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum for each insertion and varied line formats for display.
Morlight for Fords promotion claims brighter light at all speeds with a quick as a wink attachment. Biz profits touted and exclusive territory offered. Midwest sales mention Tyndall SD company info unclear.
A cluttered classified page lists numerous Wanted items including mowers to sharpen, cars for repair, gardening work, furnished rooms, and real estate rentals. It also advertises for sale autos from Ford and Chevrolet models, farm and dairy stock possibilities, and assorted hardware and household goods with contact pointers across local streets and phone numbers.
Chicago wheat and corn markets rose on strong provisions demand and export activity. July corn traded around 1.66 to 1.69 with September near 1.60 while oats climbed after corn. closing was nervy with minor gains. Reports include Kansas City and Omaha livestock prices and new company incorporations in Waterloo Iowa.
Prices for butter creamery and firsts rise in New York while Chicago reports lower butter with varied receipts. Other items include poultry live prices and regional notes from Kansas City and St Louis with small changes in creamery, packing stock, and eggs.
Market items list farm goods including oats oats meal and butter with prices. horses and mules priced by class with head counts. Railway timetable details show departures and arrivals for Chicago Dubuque Omaha Des Moines and Cedar Rapids routes, with limited and local services listed for Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and neighboring lines.
Chicago June 2 U S Bureau of Markets reports mixed livestock trading with hogs mostly steady after Thursday’s top, while cattle receipts total 22 000 with price drops for butcher stock and calves. Sheep receipts 25 000 show unevenly lower demand with lambs and yearlings varying in price. notes include hay, hides, and miscellaneous market items.
Toledo Ohio June 2 prime cash cloverseed lists October at 27.35 and December at 21.87 with 4 percent variations. Alsike prime notations show December at 18.00. Timothy seed shows cash prices 5.60 with seasonal reads for September 6.40 October 6.20 and December 6.25.
Waterloo Bank and Trust Co presents this week's cottage deals listing 3 to 7 room homes. Properties include 2115 Lafayette St, 1127 Hawthorne, 526 Adams St, 1124 Williston, 1129 Hawthorne, 1125 W 11th St, 548 Riehl and 1012 W 11th St with prices from 1400 to 3500 down and monthly payments from 18 to 30 dollars. See office for details and viewing times.
A Waterloo pamphlet argues for universal graveled roads in Black Hawk County, claiming first class gravel can be done under $3,000 per road mile, with total costs far below paved options. It warns against expensive paved plans costing up to $50,000 per mile and urges voters to back gravel to ease local taxes and boost farm and teamster livelihoods.
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