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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
6
West High Alumni Association held a meeting this week to plan the annual banquet and reception. The event will occur in about two weeks, after college students return home. A committee was appointed to solicit alumni memberships.
Waterloo parents mourn the third son lost to tuberculosis within two years. Raymond E Scoville, 312 Quincy Street, died in San Antonio after six weeks away from Waterloo. He was 21, born December 6, 1881, and had lived in Waterloo five years with ties to Kansas City. He leaves a wife Alta Shope, parents Stephen and (Mrs.) Scoville, six sisters, and many friends. Funeral arrangements via Maccabees and Walnut Street Baptist church, with interment at Fairview cemetery beside brothers Floyd and Chester. Baseball doubleheader slated at Red Cedar Park Davenport versus Waterloo with a 2:15 first pitch.
Minneapolis June 3 heavy rain drenched Northrop field delaying the Western Intercollegiate Conference annual field and track meet. Many colleges from Notre Dame Chicago Wisconsin and others prepared for afternoon events as sun could dry the cinder path and revive record hopes.
Chicago July wheat climbed 1/4 to 3/2 while July futures reached around 9.15.8. Openings rose on reports of 20 to 25 percent crop damage in northern India and hot, dry weather in the southwest. Corn and oats followed higher on wheat strength and demand, with provisions steady. Weather forecasts call for generally fair conditions with local storms and cooler temperatures in the northwest. Live stock in St. Louis showed steady openings for cattle hogs and sheep with mixed receipts today.
Chicago market notes slow cattle and hog receipts, dairy products prices steady to weak, and grain prices for cash wheat oats and corn. Estimated hogs today 9,000 with Monday’s forecast 42,000. Also includes stock prices and a brief local sports update.
95 acres near Independence Iowa mostly under plow with good black soil and well drained. Includes a good house and other buildings that accompany a first class farm. Price 112 dollars per acre.
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