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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
4
Waterloo Evening aurice seeks makers and apprentices for wholesale millinery in Des Moines Iowa. Good wages pleasant surroundings and excellent opportunities. Apply with girl in experience and particulars to Leceres Strauss & Co IFC Des Moines Iowa.
Classified notice describes a Brunswick phonograph with 10 new records offered for 75 dollars. Mentions an exchange option with 9 dollars tax and 250 dollar value, plus needles. Storage company JMiners Storage Co in Wilmette requests photos and discusses approval. Phone 1043 listed.
Chicago June 14 fresh strength in the corn market, driven by crop damage reports from excessive moisture and low country offerings. July and September futures rose briefly before easing, closing marginally higher amid profit taking. oats and other grains showed parallel firmness.
New York June 14 butter prices steady with creamery receipts 14 328 tubs. Firsts 53 1 2 to 54 1 2 c. extras 53 4 to 54 c. Eggs higher in Chicago with receipts 31 062 cases. Firsts 39 2 to 40 c. ordinary firsts 38 to 39 c. storage packed firsts 41 4 to 41 4 c. Poult ry unchanged. Kansas City St Louis reports butter and eggs unchanged. poultry steady.
In New York on June 14 speculative liquidations and trader offerings dominated opening trades on the Stock Exchange. Several names fell a point or more while Generals Motors and Mexican Petroleum showed some support. United States Steel declined, with independent steels dropping more. Secondary prices remained firm in spots as motor and rubber issues rallied briefly, lifting United States Steel slightly. Cattle and hog markets also appear in the report with varying prices and headlines noted.
Chicago market shows hog receipts 13,000 with mostly 6 to 20 cents higher, and cattle steady to up to 25 cents. Kansas City reports hogs 1,200 receipts lower, heavy beef steers steady to higher, sheep and lambs mixed, and weeklong trend toward higher feeder prices while clearing house reserves fall by 38 million.
Receipts at St Louis Livestock Show include hogs with top prices around 21.40 and 21.25, cattle weak but ranging to 15.00 for beef steers, veal calves 12.23 to 16.25, feeder and stacker steers 7.50 to 12.60, and sheep steady with ewes and yearlings prices noted. Also listed are packing sows, pigs, and various cattle classes amid broad price spreads.
Hogs receipts 7500 up. top at 20.99 new record. bulk around 20.65 to 20.85. heavy weights 20.75 to 20.90. sows 20.60 to 20.50. pigs 17.50 to 19.00. Cattle receipts 15. beef and butcher cattle steady after slight early advance. stockers and feeders steady. Sheep receipts none. lambs 25 to 50 cents higher. spring lambs up. yearlings strong. common sheep lower.
Market reports from Sioux City and St. Joseph advance details on cattle sheep and hog receipts. Prices range with hogs peaking near 20.90 per hundred weight and cattle and sheep showing varied steady to strong bids. A separate note highlights a 16 year old girl from Richmond Missouri gaining 18 dollars for bravely entering a wolf den to capture a mother wolf and five cubs with assistance from her grandfather.
Crop fears and dwindling receipts push corn prices to season highs. Oats rise as provisions advance, boosted by tightness in supplies and hot market momentum. Weather stress and delayed deliveries fuel buying, while limits on single interests temper speculative moves.
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