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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1921
Page
11
Wheat futures weaken after reports of black rust in Minnesota and potential damage in South Dakota and Ohio. Corn and oats show mixed results with some gains as prices hold near previous closes. Regional quotes from Chicago Omaha Peoria St Louis and other markets reflect broad grain weakness countered by firming oats and provisions.
Chicago market notes show cattle steady with hogs mostly 10c lower than yesterday. Receipts: cattle 11,000. hogs 34,000. lambs and ewes also reported. Top beef steers around 59.00 with bulls and feeders, veal calves bulk 8.50 to 9.00. Lambs and native offerings ranged with choicest lambs higher, ewes around 34.00, heavies near 38.0.
Kansas City receives mixed cattle and hogs with receipts around 3 000 to 6 600. Steers mostly steady to weak, heifers and cows vary. hogs open lower and close weak, lights stronger near end. East St Louis and Sioux City show similar trends with cattle soft to steady and hogs active, shelves firm for select cuts.
Water loo bank clearings for the week ending June 11 1921 are reported by the Waterloo Clearing House association. Totals show weekly clearings and corresponding figures from 1920. Instruments recorded include deeds chattel mortgages and mortgages with week ending June 15 figures. Exchange rates in New York cite Prime mercantile rates and various currency quotes with demand and cable fractions. Also listed are government and railroad bonds and time seat terms.
Stocks rallied at the open as shorts covered and positives followed the previous session. Major issues like Northern Pacific, Great Northern, New York Central, Reading, and Baltimore & Ohio advanced, while Mexican Petroleum and Pan-American posted gains before heavy selling wiped out much of the early strength.
Cedar Fails report records for traffic ordinance fines were broken when D. W. Cox of Grundy Center was found guilty on two counts in the Ray Murray court and paid 43.20 dollars. One charge cited opening a cutout while driving and the other speeding. A silent but effective salesman as For Sale Act in the Coupier.
Leona Spencer ill with diphtheria at 221 Center. Shriners gather in Des Moines while Linden M. E. church members drive to Janesville for Epworth League. Kehr and Haynes arraigned for intoxication in police court. Dairys council secretary Wentworth visits Waterloo. Doris Allen returns from Milwaukee-Downer for summer with parents. Auto fine levied by municipal judge. Neu sisters from Waterloo staff vacationing in Dyers Hills. Burke child ill with diphtheria reported to health department. Murphy and relatives travel to Cedar Falls to see ailing mother. Neva Lizer travels to Minneapolis for sister Margery’s graduation. Arbuckle son Craig graduates UI law college and takes bar exam. Bernadine Lewis visits from Albuquerque to see grandparents. City receives $8,600 state tax remittance. Sheriff Pennell brings Otto Oliver from Waterloo. Vera Pratt visits before returning to Stangard Oil in Los Angeles. Koch attends state O. of G. F. conventions. delegates to Milwaukee. A new city traffic ordinance planned to align with state law. Bretzke returns from Minnesota, attends class reunion. Kimball earns mechanical engineering degree at Iowa State. wife Mrs. Kimball accompanies. Kinniburga accepts Dysart teaching post. Slippy to test all asphalt for paving contract. Chief Young reports La Porte City inquiry about missing daughter. Des Moines visitors accompany Jimmy Dietz. Dorothy Scales to Northwestern University. Dunham maps Waterloo industrial layout. will map Davenport, Rock Island, Moline. Courier team beats Sacred Heart 9–3 in baseball. Risley, Gorman vs McGarvey, McGrew.
Black Hawk county honors the annual Farm Bureau picnic at Cedar River park with speakers E. H. Cunningham Miss Clara M. Sutter A. A. Burger and Joseph Leopold. Events include horseshoe pitching games for youth and adults, music from local bands, and prize contests.
H O Weaver of Wapello a former state GOP chair and current president of the American Shorthorn Breeders association will deliver the principal address at the Iowa Shorthorn Breeders picnic in Ames on Saturday. Deen C F Curtiss will preside at 10 39 am with speakers Hopley Kildee Beresford and Formson. a noon basket dinner and barbecue follow. An Iowa Shorthorn Breeders meeting is set for June 17 in Ames to plan future activity.
Federal specialists urge hog cholera control with a bulletin from the U S bureau of animal industry. It covers preventing infection, how to handle an outbreak, disposal of dead swine, and post outbreak cleanup. It notes location, avoid driving into hog lots, immunize susceptible hogs, and consult veterinarians.
Newburg Iowa June 16 George H Lane 18 son of farmer George W Lane feeds and raises Angus steers that topped Chicago trade at 9.15 a hundred after careful feeding before and after school. Lane began with 360 pound calves and grew them to 1700 pounds, using oats, shelled corn, oil meal and hay. The Lanes farm a small tract focusing on feeding and expect another top next spring with more Angus calves ready for feed.
A. L. Haeker argues that pushing production methods and better arable strategies will yield greater savings than marketing, emphasizing silos and efficient livestock care. He calls for widespread silo use, balanced feeding, and improved tech to boost output and longevity of farms in Wisconsin and beyond.
Peter Wiiry narrows focus to cattle feeding on a 320 acre farm near Waterloo in Hawk township. He reports limited profits last season due to low cattle markets and high freight costs, but credits feeding with maintaining soil fertility and long term farm health. He and his sons Harold and Walter run the operation, raising much of their own cattle and hogs for market to offset costs.
Des Moines June 16 Prices for livestock are near the 191% level while freight rates have risen 66 percent since 1913, per American Farm Bureau figures. Carriers charge two-thirds higher rates than 1935, despite livestock prices barely above 1913 levels. Data show Chicago cattle averages around 8.25 per hundred weight in 1913 and 1921, with modest gains for calves hogs and sheep through May 1921 and early 1915.
Raymond Iowa June 16 Crop conditions around Raymond are roseate. The rains of last week coupled with warm weather earlier this week have made the corn grow rapidly. Some farmers are plowing their fields for the third and fourth time. Oats are beginning to head out in some fields and many blossoms appear on potato plants.
Mt Vernon township reports Ed and Edna Hollenbeck visiting from Minnesota to see relatives. Mrs Austin Leversee spent time in Le Porte City with daughter Mrs B A Haymond. Forty relatives joined Mrs Seth Gilbert’s family for a Sunday birthday picnic. Hill Side Cemetery elected officers including Belle Hammer president and Anna Leversee secretary. finances strong and grounds well kept. Asa Leversee at Des Moines with Shriners. Henry Otte farm work. Doopke made a business call. Warren family retires. note about travel and flood disrupts auto plans. stray ad snippets from local circulation.
Raymond Iowa June 16 cream from Raymond dairy farms is being sent to Independence via 24 shipping station here. He rented a warehouse last week and started buying cream from local farmers. It is weighed and tested in Raymond before shipment. The scene includes many local visits and social notes from Clarksville to Fort Hurd, with plans for shipments and farm work.
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