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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1920
Page
4
Daily grain and livestock notes report corn reaching its peak price level of the year amid market activity. Cattle and hog futures show varied movement with corn strength influencing buying alongside government reports and seasonal demand.
Kansas City market report shows receipts of about 12 000 cattle and hogs with mixed prices. Beef steers quoted around 14.40 to 15.00. cows and heifers range from about 7.25 to 13.25. veal calves and feeders noted with varied values. sheep and lambs also listed with prices across grades. Bulk sales and market activity described alongside occasional ranges for stockers and feeders.
Receipts at Sioux City market 5 000 higher for hogs with hogm stats mixed. Hogs ranged 14 50 to 14 90 for heavy, 14 75 mid. Cattle receipts about 2 000 higher with beef steers 13 50 to 15 00, cows 7 00 to 12 50, fat cows 8 50 to 12 00, feeders 9 00 to 11 00, veal calves 5 00 to 16 00. Sheep receipts 500, market strong.
Market round up from St Joseph and Peoria lists receipts and prices for cattle calves sheep and hogs with mixed lots shown. Cotton and sugar futures quotes from New York and Waterloo market notes provide brief commodity context and price ranges.
New York markets show butter firm with higher creamery receipts and varied quotes for extras and packing stock. Eggs unsettled with large receipts. cheese, poultry, and fowl prices mixed across regions and grades. A market roundup covers butter, eggs, cheese, poultry, and stock activity with scattered spot changes.
March 8 report notes mercantile demand in London for barley, with sterling weakness. Bar silver quoted at 87d per ounce as investors weigh six month loan rates and government money flows.
A montage of brief international and domestic notes reports bolshevik offensives against Poland near the Pripet, Japanese troop withdrawals, Finnish forces in Murman region near Repola, Cornell instructors' pay raise, the Bra B. Douglass abandoned after crew rescue, Ulster Home Rule stance shift, federal raids in Waterbury and Akron, potential U.S. trade with Soviet Russia, and Minnesota winning a boundary suit against Wisconsin along the St. Louis Bay and river.
An East St. Louis auction note lists horses and mules with prices and brief specs. Eastern mares priced around 140 to 175 dollars and southern horses similarly. Mules offered in various sizes from 14 to 17 hands at about 200 dollars, with other figures noted.
Georges Carpentier heavyweight boxing champion of Europe was married to Loisette Georgette Laurentia Elsa at City Hall today. The ceremony moved up to avoid crowds with Mrs. Carpentier saying she would not watch him fight for the title. Manager Francois Descamps had indicated this would be Carpentier’s final match after the Dempsey bout was deferred. Separately, Rockford notices report Miss Helen Ballard ill and a new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Otto Magestaddt amid other local updates.
Classified ad offers two flat apartment houses four blocks from Terminal Station with six and seven room layouts, good basements and furnaces, priced at 5500 per side with cash and mortgage options. Also lists eight Lafayetta area houses and six other modern homes priced 2500 to 6500, with close proximity to schools and paved streets. Additional west side lot with seven rooms offered at 3600 with 1600 down, call to schedule showings.
Harold Poyner returns from Raymond aiding his brother Marion in farm work. Joe Hemmer visits Hawarden. Frank Newhalten moves to Waterloo. Floya Hemmer attends State Auto School in Sioux City. Nick Kemp moves into Frank Neuhaisen’s former house. Elsie Hemmer, teaching in Barclay township, home for two weeks vacation.
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