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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
8
The market shows weaker corn prices on the Chicago board as receipts rise and traders assess a reduced risk of a severe July delivery shortage. Declines extend into July and September futures, with oats and provisions following the grain trend amid light demand and improved rainfall forecasts.
The market opened with Crucible Steel plunging 5 points to 138, dragging metals, chemicals, and rail stocks lower while rails showed irregular moves. Foreign exchange showed cinched remittance strength to London as dealers priced mercantile paper and bank loans, with call money firm around 7 percent and a heavy closing across major issues.
Waverly Ja June 17 D G Hunt formerly a member of the Tacititr of Waverly high school will be ordained to the Catholic priesthood June 27 at the dahedral of Madeline Salt Lake Utah according to announcements received by friends here Mollig Meyer left Monday for Desromes where she will be supervisor of public playground work during the summer months Jann Zagler has gone to Iowa City to attend summer school Waverly baseball team will play at Ackity Sunday 4 to 2109 Box Stouts had an open meeting in the M E church Tuesday There Were motion pictures and an address by Rev we Clinton Grant Becker has 30 acres of sugars cane V C Becker 10 and there are many smaller fields in the vicinity L Rev is recovering from a Severe Uinnae Horses and vehicles all practicaly sound These stars at are All practically sound Have been in hard work Phone z Whoisty Rea 4023 Potatoes Chicxee June 17 Potatoes Steady receipts 4h vars Southern Triumphs sacked 2 90g on while 38 29008 75 Fiorida Spaulding Rose hirreis Garonina cabolors SLA 256 48 Af coTron ew York Jacki Catton fimnupes fosteady Ja eisagi Cr paheg a Hates
Prices show steady to higher bids for good fat steers and cows. Receipts include cattle, calves, and veal with market terms noted as fair to irregular. hay, milk fats, and dairy products show mixed activity and regional mentions across Chicago and New York exchanges.
Chicago market reports cattle slow to 25c lower and hogs down about 10c with receipts around 10 000 to 30 000. Prices show mixed declines across classes, with best jamp and choice cuts varying. veal calves steady near 14 dollars and heavy demand for light and butcher stock.
Receipts and prices for beef steers hogs and sheep show varied values across fat cows veal calves and stockers with mixed hogs at 13.25 to 14.75 and poultry butter and eggs unmoved. eighty five delegates from Iowa Minnesota and South Dakota attend the Colored Baptists convention in Antic. sessions focus on ministers conferences Sunday school work and B P U day with memorial service and annual sermon plans.
Receipts at East St Louis totaled 3500 cattle with steady to lower bids. Hogs saw 7500 head with light and medium weights trading around 15.20 to 15.53. Sheep receipts reached 4000 with averages down. top lambs around 16.00 and ewes near 7.50.
Omaha June 17 hog receipts 814?60 to 14 lower. cattle receipts 3,300. Heavy beeves top 10.10, yearlings 16.25, calves steady. Sheep receipts 6,900, lambs and ewes lower with feeder stock weak. Market broadened with mixed demand and price softness across hogs cattle and sheep.
Kansas City Missouri receipts about 16 500 cattle 500 hogs and 4000 lambs with prices 12 40 to 16 50 for top steers and hogs around 14 50 to 15 05 cattle 4 50 to 16 25 cows and calves near 6 00 to 9 00 market mixed but mostly lower. Saint Joseph Missouri hogs around 14 50 to 15 00 cattle 4 50 to 16 25 calves 6 00 to 6 50 sheep and lambs sparse weak with ewes near 3 25 and lambs 5 10 to 6 50.
In Hilo on the North Kohala coast, Uye Tafaburo and Makino Kukuyama bound themselves and leaped from rocks. Tafaburo drowned while Kukuyama was saved by jailer Pinehaka. Tafaburo’s body was recovered. the woman’s infant was found hanging in a nearby tree, wrapped in her obi.
Labor government in New South Wales proposes a commission to reexamine the 12 Industrial Workers of the World prisoners jailed for arson and attempted arson during the war era. Names include Donald McPherson and William Beatty, with losses pegged at 1.25 million dollars.
June 11 Des Moines Iowa bankers farmers and business men at a conference urged liquidation requires enough cars to haul live stock and grain across the middle west A seven member committee was empowered to act on car supply and transportation The group plans to go to Washington to press the Interstate Commerce Commission and seek car availability Representatives include Frank Warner John Buchanan EB Cunningham HI Moss M DeWolff and J A McCord who drafted the action plan and resolutions
Omaha Neb June 17 flurries of snow briefly broke the eight day Omaha heat wave as temperatures dropped by 22 degrees. The local paper lists many ads and notices including wanted workers sales real estate rental and miscellaneous services amid the citypage. Several items mention furniture sales a Danish church chicken supper and job openings for machinists and clerks.
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