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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1912
Page
12
The St. Louis National Stock Yards face hog shortages as receipts lag, pushing prices higher than seen since last fall. Prices attract distant consignments, with hogs and prime beef steers scarce, boosting bids from eastern packers and signaling tighter supply across the market.
Dewar Iowa March 18 special note says the Dewar Boosters held a reception for the parents of club members born in March. The event at Follett’s hall featured open business with presidents in charge, a vocal solo, a churchyard beautification talk, a Booster Boys quartet performance, twin solos and a dessert of ice cream and cake.
A storied man of erudition famed across the land becomes the target of crowd fury after an umpire decision in a baseball game. His calm reason and diplomatic past fail to quell the angry bleachers as calls of kill the umpire echo.
General markets and weather forecast note fair conditions across Iowa and South Dakota with warmer temperatures in the east. Chicago report shows wheat prices rising on strike conditions and India crop hints, with May futures around $1.01 and close firmer. Live stock, pork, and butter prices listed. New York stocks mixed with several rail and industrials advancing.
Neighborhood Bible classes invite attendees with listed locations and times across various streets, noting limited future meetings and scattered attendance figures. The notice includes unrelated market listings for hides, cattle, and poultry as part of the same page.
Henry Clews reports a hopeful shift in sentiment across finance politics and industry. Demand prompts replenishment after years of conservatism while steel textiles and wool prosper though a coal strike looms as a risk. Stock market eyes stronger conditions with easy money outweighing possible April wobble. Sugar prices fall by ten cents per hundred pounds.
Large Rhode Island cotton manufacturers announce a wage rise though the exact amount to take effect March 28 remains undisclosed. The mills employ about 36,000 workers across the state.
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