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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1921
Page
13
Wheat futures eased amid cooler belt weather and improving yields, with price gains for nearby contracts while corn slumped. Reports from Chicago and midwestern markets noted higher cash prices for wheat and steady to weaker corn, with receipts around 5,000 to 16 cars and a generally cautious tone as traders watched weather and export demand.
Livestock sales across Kansas City Omaha and Sioux City show mixed demand. Beasts and stockers mostly lower, hogs steady to slightly higher with top around 7.80, sheep rising modestly. Regional receipts include cattle, hogs, sheep, and calves with varied price shifts and several market leaders reporting steady or lower trends.
June reports show butter and eggs mixed in price moves. New York creamery butter and extra firsts rose to 29c and 23 28c respectively, with packing stock and receipts noted. Chicago lists higher butter at 29c and 23 28c firsts, eggs at 21 22c, and poultry steady. Kansas City and St Louis data mirror unchanged poultry and egg pricing with slight butter shifts.
The stock market opened with southern rail carriers drawing attention as strength. Atlantic Donn Tine rower and Louisville & Nashville rose. Pierce Oil preferred up. Some oils slid with Standard Oil of New Jersey and Royal Dutch down. Southern railway shares remained buoyant, while shorts pressured tobacco, equipment, and steel stocks. The session ended irregularly, with mixed moves across sectors. A race in London foreseen from British bill shifts. Additionally, a fatal car crash near Spirit Lake road left R. H. Neil dead. his neck broken.
A dialogue driven scene unfolds as Imogene and Andrew argue over weather, wit, and household habits. Andrew uses humor and hyperbole to satirize daily friction, while Imogene counters with sharp retorts. The exchange shifts from weather to social quirks and ends with Andrew stepping out to light a fire, leaving Imogene to read.
East St. Louis June 4 cattle receipts 760 steady to higher for steers light yearlings down slightly cows and veal calves mixed hogs 5900 receipts mixed gains top price 3.35 per cwt for a lightweight load packer sows strong to 6.75 pigs steady at 8.34 sheep 150 receipts steady southwestern lambs brought 12.00 with 25c cut to 5.00 others steady vs four weeks ago market notes include higher dest lambs and mixed grades.
A garbled market listing from Wat ee loo shows prices for flour spring wheat patent and sine ter heater product batters butter potatoes and beef. It notes premium hogs weighing 250 to 300 pounds at certain prices and references baled straw and poultry figures amid unclear items.
Union Congregational Church on Thirteenth and Jefferson adds a 60 by 78 foot outdoor court lit by three electric bulbs for basketball volley ball indoor baseball and other trials. Since starting a month ago Thursday prayer meetings now attract double the youth, with class basketball results including Brotherhood 13 King's Sons 2 J H Couch umpire Fire-Eater 11 Ozarks 10 Bad Morrow umpire Topnotchers 11 Midway 10.
Marble Rock notes report Alvert Gates buying the late Mrs. William Clay residence and planning possession around July 1. Various visits and moves occur among residents, plus a Marble Rock band concert planned and a birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bailey. Shell Rock hosts a birthday party for 87 year old Christina Renning, with detailed family ties and a first open air band concert upcoming.
Frank Teeter was taken to St Francis hospital in Waterloo for appendicitis surgery. Mr and Mrs Nick Weber and Mrs John Weber with relatives visited here. Several neighbors and relatives from Independence and Waterloo spent time with local families this week. Ted Frein motored to Iowa City for the weekend. Mr and Mrs Nick Melsch and son Joe from Waterloo called on neighbors. Sunday events noted with local visitors.
The June 4 issue reports a sensational uptick in wheat futures due to belated settlements with bear speculators and lower 1941 harvest estimates. Corn and oats steady as elevators absorb large receipts, with export demand and weather aiding price moves. Foreign exchange and bond markets noted, along with domestic grain supply concerns and July wheat futures volatility.
Friedl announces purchase of partner A. B. Eckel's share in the Eb. and F. cafe at 609 Commercial Street. The bakery started in 1919 and the restaurant began last fall in partnership. Friedl will run the business solo going forward.
Readers may address inquiries and remarks to the Editor Farm Department of the Evening Courier and reporter in Waterloo. Correspondence directed to the farm desk or newsroom is welcomed. Phone number listed as 330 for contact.
Chesley F. Senness announces a countywide Holstein tour starting in Cedar Falls to showcase thriving Black Hawk county herds. The itinerary visits Peterson, Pedersen, Lund, Maust, Hamer, and Miller farms with lunch, judging, and a dairy specialist talk. breeders urge turnout to dispel notions of decline and boost local cattle knowledge.
Grundy Center Iowa June 4 corn knee high by the first of June is remarkable but 18 to 20 inches before June first is phenomenal Lorin Minnick farms Milrose township Grundy county owner of the 18 to 20 inch corn Lloyd Freed another farmer in the same area has plowed his corn once and started the second time June not all Grundy fields are this height some sections due to showers have stalled cultivation warm days have advanced the small grain crop signaling heavy straw growth likely lodging reducing grain quality in this locality
Albson Iowa June 4 At a Butler county farm bureau meeting a Wool Growers association was organized. Officers include president Wil aeererand Cigene vice president W H Aford and secretary treasurer Steve Barlow. Directors named Bob McGregor George Faint W H Gheaney Olin Ravenscroft and John Faber. The group voted to pool wool and send to Iowa Lakes Wool Growers in Chicago as last year. Poultry culling demonstrations resume Webster City June 4 led by Howard Evans county agent aide. A demonstration yesterday at B F farm west of the city drew many farmers despite busy season.
Farmer F. C. Erickson near town presented a sample of alfalfa two feet tall, claiming the crop can be grown in the area. He plans a larger field next season after a small patch this year.
Waterloo Evening plans big turnout for Cedar Fall area event as rural and city players prepare to compete for the county championship. Notables like Jim Porter Ferguson and Palm er join local enthusiasts, with a silver loving cup prize to stay with three-time winner. entrants should send name and address to Ringer at the Courier.
Under the Iowa Shorthorn Cattle breeders association the picnic will be held Saturday June 18 on the Iowa State College campus in Ames. A brief forenoon program will open with Dean F Curtiss presiding. Women judges, games, and an educational herd inspection follow a picnic dinner. Extra sandwiches or cakes are requested for travelers. It is expected several thousand Shorthorn enthusiasts will attend.
Dike June 4 The Farmers Elevator shut down this week due to insufficient cars to move grain. Bins are full and farmers crowd the elevator daily seeking to unload corn. Never before in its history has such a late spring grain run been seen. The past ten days brought in an enormous amount of corn.
Allison June 4 The annual Butler county farm bureau picnic will be Saturday June 25 on the courthouse lawn in Allison. The rural eighth grade graduation exercises will be in connection with the picnic. A program beginning early in the morning and continuing until late in the evening with band concerts speeches sports a baseball game and a picnic dinner will be arranged within a short time.
Miss Ethel Derrickson, a member of a class of 18, graduated from the high school here Thursday evening with a perfect attendance record for twelve years, having neither been absent nor tardy during that time. Her steady diligence marks a notable achievement in the school’s history.
State agricultural authorities report a decade of major shifts in farming across the middle and southwest. Wheat acreage surged in Kansas and Oklahoma while corn areas shifted. dairy rose in Wisconsin and livestock advanced in Michigan, Iowa and others. Sugar beets and alfalfa expanded in Nebraska. hemp nearly vanished in Kentucky. tobacco rose in Kentucky as Ohio fell.
Louis Barta a student at Grant rotational high school in Cedar Rapids rescued two 11 year old children from drowning in the Cedar river. He plunged in with clothes on after a shout from a riverbank bystander and brought both to shore before they were revived by him and the woman. Names and addresses of the children were not learned. They wandered off toward the south side after recovery.
Atlantic Iowa June 4 A farmer Joe Owers reports a Plymouth Rock hen discovered hidden in the trunk of his car on arrival at Red He left the hen in the vehicle where she sat calmly until home when she crowed and clucked freely but no eggs were produced.
In a.dialogue, Uncle Harry tells Joe the Upper Silesia plebiscite aimed to aid the Allies, not settle the border. Reports of German control and Polish uprisings spark tensions as the Allied plan seeks peace, balance, and avoidance of further European war.
Henry Jackson, a Bennington County farmer, warns that without decent plowing weather in the coming days weeds will outrun corn. He notes unusually heavy corn stands across Iowa, with seeds germinating well and oats advancing rapidly, predicting a record crop if conditions stay favorable through August.
Last night at East High Auditorium parents filled the house for the annual AP Con concert. Over 1,000 children from kindergarten to seventh grade performed in eight groups with songs prepared by different schools. A folk dance and the kindergarten orchestra of John Fisk School drew special praise for their lively numbers.
Oelwein IA June 4 The first open air concert by the Oelwein band was held at Rock ad and k Friday morning with splendid success under the direction of Mr Jol Haron. Mrs J Ferguson visited the L A Megan home. Mrs Ferguson has a run between Stockton and Chicago. Captain Wilkins of the Salvation Army will leave for Des Moines next week to work in the capital. Burial for Mrs Ads Cum Taings was at Woodlawn Episcopal services were at 10:00 this morning.
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