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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1915
Page
3
Classified notices seek farm labor and stenography work with phone contacts and a young woman offering bookkeeping skills. Listings include horsework by the day, farm chores, and child care with reasonable terms and various phone numbers. The text shows several short postings with addresses and wage mentions.
An advertisement lists numerous real estate options including 120 to 720 acre farms in Howard Mower and Clay counties with prices from 30 to 1900 dollars per acre. Also notes live stock hardware and general merchandise up to 10000 plus medical ad for piles and fistula treatment by Dr. Clement with guaranteed cure and book offers.
Chicago market notes June 22 shows wheat slipping under $1 for first time this season amid better harvest weather. Corn and oats follow declines with rally attempts from rains in Kansas and exporter buying. Livestock largely steady with hogs and cattle receipts steady to strong in Omaha and South Omaha markets.
Grain prices and market highlights from Shin Sauvage to Minneapolis and Winnipeg list Wheat and Corn futures by grade and month, with spot quotes in Liverpool and Waterloo market roundups. U.S. regions show July and Sept futures for Wheat and Corn, while live stock and dairy prices appear in the Waterloo section, indicating general farming market activity.
Dr. W L Rodman, new AMA president, denounces unqualified surgeons and calls for a purge of incompetence. He hails the American College of Surgeons for opposing fee splitting and urges swift action to restore high standards in surgery. Foley Kidney Pills are advertised for urinary relief.
Arrangements are complete for the Hawk club annual picnic in Jackson Park Chicago next Saturday. Former Iowa residents will gather by counties and enjoy sports and the option to eat their own lunch. Senator A B Cummins is expected to attend while Governor Clarke cannot be present.
A Paris Matin map illustrates the Labyrinth, a massive German fortification north of Lens. It blocks the French approach, with miners and French bombardment slowly breaching the stronghold as Paris anxiously tracks progress.
An advertisement touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a vegetable blood purifier that improves digestion, purges impurities, and purports to renew energy. It claims to heal skin issues and fatigue by replacing bad blood with pure blood and urges purchase from medicine dealers. It also promotes a book offer from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo.
Special Officer Leighton Hax reports that undesirables trail the circus across cities and raid business houses and residences. In Davenport the group seized valuables including jewelry and watches while revolvers and rings were common. Chief Leighton orders arrests and keeps suspects jailed until the show departs. A later attempt to rob Hunt saloon on Fifth and Water was deterred by a patrolman. Waterloo Evening Courier promotes its Want Ad reach to about 6,500 homes in Waterloo.
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