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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
6
The Watercoed Waterloo Evening Courier touts its want advertising as a daily market place for all classes. It emphasizes a one cent per word rate with a 25 cent minimum and notes line rates for dash lines and caps in various colors.
Multiple small ads and notices: buys and repairs clothing and shoes, quilting and sewing services, painting, housekeeping, cooking, piano lessons, employment, rentals, and real estate. Items include Model Laundry, wardrobe and kitchen help, machine operators, and farm or living arrangements with addresses and phone numbers such as Black 436 and 101 22 West Fourth Waterloo.
Multiple dated autos and parts offered for sale. 1976 model Ante marweiix priced at 300, other entries include Moline Knight 1917 model at 675 and Saxon Maxwell roadster bargains. Contacts include Black 3730 Read 2290 Baum McDonaldAutoCo 710 12 Lafayett 1450 and 281. Waterloo Auto & Supply Co. listed uncertainly.
Classifieds show a mix of rental offers including rooms in modern houses and furnished or unfurnished options near downtown. Also listed are vehicles and auto parts, farm equipment, and multiple real estate sales and auctions with dates and contact details.
We offer a Pleasant and profitable vocation with exceptional promotion chances. For details contact the Chief Operator in person at the Exchange Building Third and Sreamure, Iowa Telephone Company.
Classified notice lists 180 acre farm with barns, stock, machinery, and orchard, plus multiple real estate, vehicle, and business opportunities. Includes wants for agents, loans on real estate, and various sale or trade offers across Waterloo area, Cedar Rapids, and surrounding towns. Includes autos, hotels, rooming houses, and rental listings with contact methods.
Lieut Fred Taylor piloted a Curtis plane from Miller-Scales to Cedar Rapids for a day of flights and advertising drops. He expected a fast 60 mile flight amid ideal morning weather. George Scales traveled by rail for the Cedar Rapids leg as plans include adding two more planes to the local air fleet.
W H Langlas was re elected president of the YMCA board. C G Chapman became vice president, W H Brown secretary, W R Law treasurer. J T Houser appointed general secretary with a salary increase and named special representative to the Salt Lake City international convention. Jack Skien resigns as athletic director. successor to be chosen in fall.
Independence Texas June 6 heirs of A Hageman estate contract with Frances Johnson Independence for purchase of the Turner hotel and business for 6000 dollars she will take possession at once her son Clarence Johnson Oelwein will assist in management.
Ontario police probe a burglary at the home of the late James Borge known as Black Charley. They found a trunk of worn women's clothing stockpiled as a relic of a romance with his former fiancée who left him for another man.
A compilation of real estate transfers in Black Hawk County with names such as Jary J. Wyant, Stephen Ferguson, and Matthias Frost. Properties in Waterloo include Cooley's addition, Peek's Second addition, and Washington G. Scott areas with various lot numbers and reassignments.
Chicago and Kansas City price actions reflect weaker hog futures and lower corn quotes under improving weather. July corn slips to around 1.69 while oats fall. pork edges lower but rebounds on shorts covering. cattle remain firm in Chicago and Kansas City with varied beef prices and steady to higher calves.
A mixed feed and grain summary from Omaha Nebraska and nearby markets lists Jones Corn and other white and yellow corn grades with prices from 1.63 to 1.79 per bushel, oats at 65 cents, and various receipts and looser ranges for cattle and sheep. The report also covers grain prices in St Louis Toledo and Chicago with brief notes on potatoes and seeds. Local real estate transfers and community notes follow, including traffic to Waterloo and Cedar Falls.
Mrs Grace Messer probation and truant officer appeals for farm work placements for boys aged 12 to 16 during summer vacations. Parents and guardians urge offers to keep youths busy and off streets while guaranteeing proper care. Contact Mrs Messer at the Lafayette building fourth floor.
Trading rumors buoy sentiment with strong public buying and ample liquidity. United States Steel nears 1 3 percent gains while General Motors climbs to 241 percent. profits pullbacks occur but fail to dent the broad advance. Liberty bonds close steady with mixed yields across series.
Sioux City June sale totals show hog receipts around $10,000 with mixed barrow and gilt prices from $19.40 to $19.70, cattle receipts at 2,000 with beef steers $10.00 to $16.00 and fat cows and heifers $7.00 to $12.75, feeders and tolstockers $5.00 to $12.50, sheep none.
Hogs receipts 6,000 lower with top 20.15 and bulk around 349.78 to 349.78. Cattle receipts 300 nominal with steers 11.50 to 15.75, cows and heifers 5.00 to 14.00, calves 7.00 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 2,000 steady with ewes 8.00 and lambs 17.00 to 15.25.
H A Trumbauer and his father in law Milton Trumbauer moved to Minnesota last week. Mrs Ben Turner of Brandon visited son H G Turner at Suit and Dan Trumbauer in Dunkerton paint John Stewarts farm. Arden B Rice, recently returned from service in France, was hosted by Geo Whitsun and relatives. Cars bought by Ira Heard, Henry Verstraete and Henry Trumbauer.
This week's cottage bargains include 2115 Lafayette St 5 rooms partly modern for 1850 with 200 down and 20 monthly, 1127 Hawthorne 5 rooms partly modern for 200 down and 18 monthly, 526 Adams St 5 rooms with 600 down and 9.34 monthly, 1124 Williston 6 rooms for 500 down and 20 monthly, 1129 Hawthorne 5 rooms partly modern for 200 down and 18 monthly, 1125 W 11th St 7 rooms modern with 3000 down and 25 monthly, 548 Riehl 7 rooms modern for 3500 down and 30 monthly, 1012 W 11th St 7 rooms modern for 8000 down and 25 monthly, and 822 Crescent modern for 3000 down and 25 monthly. Contact Waterloo Bank and Trust Co or call 933 office hours.
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