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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
3
A brief classified listing cites male help wanted including positions for a salesman and janitor. References required. Company name Singer Sewing Machine Co appears among notices with pay and hours noted.
Dated items list executors and notices of will in Black Hawk County Iowa. Names include Ella Wright and Joseph O Williams with Pettit clerk, plus notices of trusts and heirs. Also bids for a reinforced concrete bridge on Bicker Street and cement walk and curb work on Mullan Avenue Bridge in Waterloo with bid procedures and bond requirements.
Waterloo Iowa city council will meet July 1 1914 to consider a resolution of necessity for constructing cement sidewalks along many streets including Rhey Newell East Park Avenue Courtlandt Vinton Linden Logan Bicker Barclay Adrian Glendale Dawson Mullan Ricker Grandview Nevada Oliver Falls Vermont Wellington Ainsborough Dundee Kirkwood Evergreen Randall and Oak Lawn Additions. Sidewalks four to five feet wide to be built with Portland cement under ordinance 748 with a contractor bond and a 25 percent additional bond. Costs assessed to abutting property funded by a tax levy per state code sections 778 and 41 as amended.
The Waterloo Iowa city clerk invites bids for curbing paving and guttering on multiple streets including Kimball Avenue Reber Avenue West Fourth Street East Eighth and Ninth Streets East Tenth Street and others. Work includes 30 to 60 foot wide roadways Portland cement concrete curb and asphalt pavement with a five year guarantee and special assessment to abutting property owners.
City invites sealed proposals for street improvements with work to follow plans by the city engineer. Bidder must deposit 2000 dollars, use city forms, and send to City Clerk Waterloo Iowa with bidder name and project. Bids due June 22 1914 at 7 30 p m.
Receipts today show hogs and lambs trading amid a higher open. Texas stockers and feeders move at 6.25 to 5.00 with calves around 6.0 to 2.0. Sheep receipts near 2,000. market opens about 10 to 12 cents lower before closing weaker at Chicago.
Chicago market reports heavy selling pushes wheat to season low amid favorable weather and strong world shipments. Corn and oats fluctuate with drought driven gains and rain aiding bears. hog demand rises while cattle weakness widens. South Omaha notes steady cattle, rippling prices. grain notes include futures for July and September across multiple markets.
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