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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
5
For rent a two to three room house on about 2 acres in Meadowdale. Contact telephone number 310 and 6405 for details.
Advertisement fragment listing a modern house near the city with airy rooms and built in furniture for sale at 1850 cash, plus other real estate offers across Iowa Minnesota and nearby towns. Includes farm land terms, acre prices, locations like Black Hawk County, Howard County, Mower County, and Norman County with multiple prices and payment plans.
Advertisements describe sale and partial listing of used novels and general stock merchandise. Mentions phone numbers, addresses on East 4th Street, and various business services including storage, piano and household goods, and transfer offerings. Claims good opening for a Wig merchant and mentions multiple companies and relocations.
Sealed bids for old schoolhouse site on Cedar Falls road near Galloway farm due by 6 p.m. March 31. Waterloo district seeks compensation for lands in West Side Plat, with appraisal scheduled by April 12 and May 10, 1915. Also notices of railroad land appropriation affecting parcels in Waterloo and Cedar Falls areas.
Chicago market reports shrinking mill and elevator supplies lifting wheat prices after government stock reductions. Liverpool futures strength and export demand plus light rural corn offerings buoyed grain values. Wheat and corn prices listed across US markets including Duluth St Louis Kansas City Minneapolis and Winnipeg with various delivery months and price ranges.
Waterdan Markets Waterloo March flour and multiple dairy and produce items listed with prices for eggs butter lard and vegetables. South Omaha Livestock report shows cattle receipts around 2000 with ranges for native steers cows and heifers western and Texas prospects and hogs advancing.
An article outlines a rural community center plan to boost business and social services in Iowa and Black Hawk County. Ten committees coordinate farm production, marketing, supplies, finance, transport, education, sanitation, recreation, beautification, and household economics under an executive body. The scheme aims to raise funds and improve living conditions, not just incomes, arguing that prosperity attracts people to towns. It cites readings from government publications and notes hot beds for early vegetables as part of farm improvement tips.
An article discusses replacing bread with potatoes to stretch budgets as bread prices rise. It notes potatoes at 60 cents a bushel, with 10 pounds delivering more nourishment than ten 1-pound loaves at 5 cents each. Potatoes offer more carbohydrates and heat units, but should be paired with protein sources like milk, meat, eggs, or butter for a balanced diet.
The article argues that potatoes can replace bread as a carbohydrate staple in Europe and America, noting price efficiency and nutritional balance. It states potatoes neutralize acid in the body when eaten with meat, fish, and other animal foods, and suggests broad substitution possibilities.
March 1 brief items report Miss Su Carey visiting in Fredericksburg, Esther Trainor sewing, Mrs. J B Heichel arm injury from a fall, Ladies Aid met at Mrs A S Blough’s, Mr and Mrs John Hoffman visited R W Chadwick’s, and local technicians praise the Sonora metal tone machine with dealer invitation to inspect improvements.
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