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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
3
To settle an estate two Marshall county farms are for sale. The properties lie 8 1 2 and 5 miles from three towns with good buildings on one. For details address A C Miller P O Box 237 Marshalltown IA
A garbled multi county real estate ad offers 640 acre Potter County farm near Waterloo Iowa with 300 cultivated acres and fair improvements plus various Minnesota and North Dakota land options. Also includes medical advertisement for Dr Clement offering pile cures.
General Markets Chicago June 22 Wheat overall eased with British price drops weighing on the market. Opening steady to down, then rallying before closing lower. Corn weakened as wheat rose, but futures firmed late on poor west crop news. Oats fell amid broad selling. Provisions declined as hog prices slipped. cattle demand steadied with ample receipts and limited pork demand.
Hogs receipts 10,000 with slow market. heavy and light hogs priced at 7.60 and 7.46. Cattle receipts 3,690 with strong opening. prime fed steers around 9.00, dressed beef 7.80. Calves 2.50 to 10.25. sheep and lambs receipts 8,000 with steady start. yearlings near 8.75, wethers around 6.25. New York region cattle receipts 4,700, market steady. Texas and Western steers quoted 6.50 to 9.25. hogs 2000 priced lower. sheep 8,000 with middling values.
Cobcago market notes indicate varied potato and potato byproducts receipts with counts, Michigan and Wisconsin white spuds listed at 18 to 20 cents per unit, new shipments of 40 cars, Texas produce and Virginia cobbler barrels priced at 1.90 to 2.00, live poultry prices unchanged.
New York price report shows butter unchanged with receipts of 14 253 tubes. Cheese steady with 14 498 boxes received. Fresh flats and twins, white and colored specials total 144 154, average fancy 15. Eggs steady with 14 123 cases received. Poultry firm, western chicks, dressed offerings steady. market quiet with modest changes.
Chicago stockyard receipts show cattle 14,000 hogs 24,000 and sheep 10,000 for today with equal estimates for tomorrow. Hog market opened lower and closed slow with mixed, rough, heavy and light categories ranging around 7.40 to 7.90. Cattle market opened strong and finished steady with Texas and Western steers, cows, heifers and calves listed. Sheep market opened and closed steady with western and native lambs and yearlings priced. Also notes wheat and flour prices from various markets and a farm note describing incubator hatched chicks from an Orpington and Rhode Island Red, with an egg-shell novelty experiment.
Grain prices across Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Minneapolis show July and September futures for Wheat Corn and Oats. Wheat figures include July around 1.19 to 1.22 and September near 1.04 to 1.08 as listed, with Corn mostly in the 0.74 range and Oats near 0.48 to 0.49. Names of cities and price points anchor the report.
Farm Life reports corn yields in northern Iowa show wide variation due to unprecedented May and early June rains and cold, with many acres unplanted. Stand ranges from inches to over a foot, and markets hold steady as South American exports temper futures. Weather and cultivation practices drive the mixed prospects, while clover hay timing and new gopher control ideas appear in the issue.
A 59 cent Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy ad claims the old home remedy restores natural hair color, adds gloss, and treats dandruff and scalp itch. A downtown druggist says the product darkens hair evenly so it’s not noticeable. Sold by H. W. Taggart.
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