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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1920
Page
6
The ad column explains pricing for want ads with one cent per word and minimum 25 cents, dash lines and caps costs, and rules for bold headings and line spacing. It notes min charges and that ads must be posted daily, with certain words treated as preferred uppercase blocks.
A dense page of community notices lists cards of thanks, lost and found items, and a large run of help wanted advertisements. It includes numerous requests for household help, drivers, salespeople, bakers, elevator men, and skilled trades, plus notices of estates, real estate sales, and public notices from Waterloo and surrounding areas.
Receipts show hogs and cattle steady to higher with mixed prices. Hogs range from 11.50 to 15.95 per cwt with tops around 15.90, while packing sows fetch 11.50 to 22.70. Cattle include steers 9.00 to 15.00, heifers up to 15.00, cows 7.75 to 11.50, calves 7.75 to 15.50, and feeder stockers 5.50 to 10.75. Sheep receipts 1,500 with lambs 34 lbs and under up to 19.00, yearlings 15.00, and ewes 10.25 to 14.00.
Omaha market receipts around 5000 hogs and cattle with mixed prices across grades heavy hogs 12.00 to 12.50 light hogs 14.00 to 14.50 cattle receipts near 5000 with steers 9.70 to 14.40 heifers 7.25 to 12.00 cows 6.30 to 12.90 calves 4.25 to 15.75 feeder steers 5.50 to 11.00 stocker steers 7.00 to 12.0 sheep receipts 500 with lambs 16.75 to 18.80 yearling wethers 14.15 to 17.50 ewes 13.00 to 14.00 Kansas City hogs 13000 received higher with bulk around 13.90 to 14.30, medium and light 15.00 to 15.29. Beef steers 12.50 to 14.50, heifers 7.15 to 12.25 cows 8.50 to 11.25 veal calves 14.50 to 15.50 feeder steers 8.60 to 12.60 stocker steers 6.85 to 11.50 sheep 8000 with lambs 16.25 to 18.25 yearling wethers 14.00 to 16.73 ewes 11.00 to 12.50 breeding ewes 9.00 to 16.00.
Livestock receipts: hogs 9 000 at Sioux City and St Joseph higher with top at 13.00 and 13.25. Cattle receipts 2 000 to 2 000 mix lower with steers and heifers 9.50 to 13.50. Sheep receipts 500 at Sioux City steady with lambs 17.50 28.50 and ewes 12.39 13.50. St Joseph reports hogs 9 000 higher top 13.25. cattle 2 000 lower with cows and heifers 9.50 13.50 and calves 7.00 14.30. Sheep receipts 2 000 lower with lambs 17.50 28.50.
New York markets show butter steady to higher in creamery and packing divisions with varied receipts. Eggs advance in some reports, poultry prices mixed, and market chatter notes transportation schedules and Liberty Bond quotes amid broader commodity movements.
Chicago notes fresh demand and rising prices in corn futures with elevators reloading eastbound cars. May and July contracts climbed despite brief profit taking as foreign exchange and securities gains push the market higher. provisions firm but dull while overall grain strength dominates.
Chicago market report shows hog receipts $5,100 with 10,270 carried over and porkers steady. Top hog price reached $15.85 while heavy packing sows and pigs varied with mid-range costs around $14 to $16. Some hog categories listed as light or heavy with multiple price bands. Cattle and sheep sections note weak cattle receipts near 18,600 and 11,000 sheep with varied bids for different weights and grades.
A Waterloo group plans a Garden Improvement Society to promote civic pride through lawn and garden care. The aim is education in landscape gardening soil care and pest protection with local experts offering guidance. A meeting will be scheduled to organize the effort.
Members of the Altuus association of Our Lady of Victory academy will present a St. Patrick's day program in the school auditorium this evening. Participants include Leo Goswiler piano solo Helen O'Keefe vocal solo Constance McDermott readings Urban Mullen and others with multiple musical numbers and dances. An ad notes 25 cents toward Bocalea flour at Barclay & Bon feed store. Also reports wire trouble delaying trains on Cedar Falls Waterloo line with specific departure times listed.
The paper surveys towns in the Waterloo trading district that interest the city’s growing population. Contributors provide concise, time-tested notes on each community and its local vitality.
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