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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1924
Page
6
Cedar Falls June 18. The Cedar Falls Commercial Club hosts an experimental tract showing alfalfa on sandy soil and other crops under varied fertilizers. G. Holden will lecture on alfalfa and corn, with tours of nearby fields expected to illustrate results and potential yields for local farmers.
June 18 Cedar Falls Township Farm bureau holds meeting at Commercial day rooms Sackday at AM. Gunn a farmer from near Rucking ham talks about erasive marketing. Twenty five attend. Gunn is member of Black Hawk Counts Farm bureau and heads Livestork with headquarters in Chicago.
George E. Cunningham of Orange township shipped eight-year-old Percheron mares with foals and sold them to G. J. Carroll of Woodstock in McHenry county. Details on the transaction are limited and the report notes a domestic context.
In Fox township at Mrs J O Cage home the Jubilee Community Club held its last meeting. Elizabeth Hudson led a nutrition speller with the women scoring higher than others. next meeting June 26 at Mrs Beonarden’s to prepare posters for the Town State fair and demonstrate fancy canning by Miss Hudson.
In Waverly Iowa on June 15 a group of LeRoy township girls formed the first girls club in the area, naming Hattie Tonne president Leona Tilley Nice as president Marie Webster secretary and Lucille Diller reporter. They outlined four meetings per season with two in summer and one in winter and served refreshments by Hattie Townes. The next meeting is set for Marie Webster's home on Friday June 27.
Cedar Falls readers are told the next Cedar Falls Good Luck club meeting will be held Friday afternoon June 20 at Mrs. W. T. Clark 320 Lincoln Street. Members should bring suggestions and materials for posters to be used in the county achievement day exhibit at the Inter Town State fair.
By the Farm Editor Grundy Center Iowa June 18 junior club work aims to build youth welfare through farm-life education. C S Macy and John Day led tours visiting Lew Plager J D Dickens Carl Anderson Walter Hasbrouck W D Miner W W Reynolds G Beeghley J G Bristley Harlan Stubbs Rolland Coulter and Alfred Stor Johansson as they tour multiple farms and plan judging trips.
Wheat and corn surged to season highs as Winnipeg and Chicago strength driven by dry and wet weather fueled speculative demand. Chicago cash quotes and futures moved higher while July and September contracts posted gains before profit taking trimmed advances. Wheat and corn led the rally with oats and provisions also firm amid broad market strength.
Enthusiastic East Waterloo township women chaired by secretary Mrs Thomas Pantabury discuss new meal planning and nutrition lessons. A noon program at School No 9 featured The Servant Girl Problem and What to Eat by district participants. F R Rohmeier showed Clean Milk and a June 12 session at Mrs A H Ede's home explained the meal chart. A resolution to Black Hawk County Farm Bureau president George Mathes protests.
Cedar Falls June 18. Members of the Cedar Falls Commercial Club held a pep gathering to prep for alfalfa day on June 24. A.H.L Retshauge provided strawberries from his farm north of town and the club arranged coffee, cream, and a island park picnic before a tour of local alfalfa fields led by P. G. Holden, alfalfa specialist. The group aims to show how alfalfa can revive productivity on waste sandy land north of the city and invites county residents to visit next Tuesday.
Chicago market reports show hogs 10 cents higher with strong beef prices though demand uneven. Receipts about 31,000 hogs, 11,000 cattle, 12,000 sheep across stations. top hogs $7.58, cattle gains seen for heavy steers, lambs around $14.76 to $15.00 for good native lambs, sows mixed, calves steady to weak.
New York stock trading opened with conflicting price moves as many shares show tepid demand while some oils fall. Atlantic Refining slides about 1.5 points and reaches yearly low. tobacco issues regain strength as Schulte advances.
Mr Newcomer advertises modern furnished hitchenette apartments in the Brockwell Arms for short or long rentals. Linens dishes silverware and other furnishings included. Contact The Waterloo Laundry Co Park Ave and Jefferson by phone a41.
Prices and receipts from Chicago and New York markets show mixed movements across butter eggs cheese poultry and flour. Notable figures include butter creameries at 42440 and 39 143e, eggs receipts $0.160 per case, cheese twins at 18 9e, and poultry turkeys at 20 20c with roosters 14c. Foreign exchange quotes and U.S. bond listings also appear, alongside Minneapolis flour prices at roughly $7.10 to $7.30 per hundredweight.
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