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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1919
Page
4
Notices of thanks and lodge announcements mix with wanted ads and real estate listings. A police notice asks for a found item return. multiple job ads seek bell boy, farm hand, stenographer, cooks, maids, and saleswomen. Real estate, autos, and miscellaneous items fill the page with local opportunities and offerings.
A scattered sale listing from a rural classifieds page offers a variety of items including kitchen cabinets, a refrigerator, a Jersey cow, baby carriage, horse mares, hay and wood, gas plate, power engine, and construction gear. Multiple bargains are advertised with contact details and locations such as Was h iltleton Street, Morse Power Engine, and Yellowstone M ine corporation box addresses.
City adopts ordinance authorizing a sealer to inspect weigh scales and measures, seize faulty instruments, and test accuracy for commerce. Duties include annual checks, recording inspections, and charging fees for scales, beams, and dry or hard measures. Market reports cattle and hog prices amid changes in enforcement policies.
Chicago reports grain and provisions with hogs and cattle prices from Omaha and other markets, plus a long list of local notices on weights and measures enforcement in Waterloo. includes advertisements for jobs, goods, and housing. The document records receipts, price ranges, and regulatory language, reflecting market activity and public notices in March 1919.
Washington March 12 a bureau of mines report announces a motor fuel named hectar blending ben zot and crylohexane raises airplane speed by ten miles per hour and shows potential for auto racing though its cost about 12 dollars a gallon limits commercial use. A second mix of benzot and gasoline outperforms gasoline alone but benzol scarcity curbs large scale production.
Receipts show cattle at 7 500 higher prime fed steers 15.00 to 19.00 dressed beef steers 12.00 to 15.00 calves 10.00 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 6 000 higher with lambs 19.00 to 14.25 yearlings 35.00 to 17.00 wethers 13.50 to 14.50 ewes 12.50 to 15.59. St Louis grain quotes corn No 1 white 1.45 oats No 2 0.6476 white 0.6436 joked. Toledo zeede prime cash 26.60 April 22.25 Alsike prime cash 9.75 Timothy new 5. May 5. 1a. Cloverpeeds prime cash old 4.95 March 5.00 April 5.00 September 6.53 October.
A collage of quirky headlines and notes from crime puzzles to railway timetables and market briefs. Includes Loyd’s clock puzzle answer, an accounting riddle about a dealer’s wheel trade, Esther at tea, a rail timetable segment, and New York market chatter on butter eggs and poultry with regional price hints.
New York stocks and bonds opened with vigorous trading led by rails and heavy industrials. United States Steel and Baldwin Locomotive gained, oil issues advanced, and western and Industrial Alcohol showed strength amid overall market optimism. Bond prices for liberty issues closed higher, while grain and cattle items moved with notable activity.
Birth announcements list several newborns to families including Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Martens and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Trashin, noting March and December births. The item also includes cotton prices, and a lengthy rail timetable for the Gedar Palls-Waterloo and Cedar Rapids lines with multiple departures and connections to Chicago.
The Waterloo Evening Courier promotes its want ad policy with rates per word and per line, stressing a minimum charge and robust visibility. The department positions itself as a marketplace for all citizens to buy sell or exchange items large or small.
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