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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1919
Page
4
The Waterloo Evening Courier explains its want ads pricing and format rules. Minimum 25 cents per day, one cent per word for each insertion, with 6 line or word limits and capitalization rules. It emphasizes ads for all citizens as a local marketplace.
A flood of small ads lists wanted items and services including bicycles, guns, repairs, rooms to rent and houses for sale or rent. Many entries mention cash for buys, trades, or quick sells, with contact details and local shop names in Iowa, Waterloo, and surrounding areas.
Nine miles from Benson in Swift County this farm offers black loam soil, well drained land, 40 acres in cultivation including 20 acres pasture and 20 acres meadow. Includes six room house with bath, granary, small grove, one mile to school. Price 90.00 per acre, 2500.00 cash, balance on time at low interest. Neighboring thrifty community ideal home site. Wilmers Land Agency, Inc. Te 1. Minn. Real Estate Wisconsin lands.
160 acres nearly level with good soil. 40 acres under cultivation and rest pasture. 7 room frame house, barn, granary, poultry and hog houses, machine shed, two wells, lighting, 6 cows, stock, and tools. Includes auto, equipment, lumber, feed, seed, and farm implements. Immediate possession and good market access. cash only or terms. Fuller, 906 Globe Bldg, St. Paul, Minn. Also district court notice: divorce petition filed by Hien Bors against G C Borg in Black Hawk County Iowa. appearance required by May 5, 1919. Attorney TH Frank.
Readers report a jammed want ad section with items including housing rooms radiators furniture and real estate. Notices mention meetings and local happenings such as a March 18 gathering at Ben Hur hall and a brief village update from Otterville detailing residents and a silver wedding anniversary.
Birth notices from Jedar Falls and Cedar Falls list Mary Elizabeth, Phillip, James Robert, and Henry Ralph as newborns to local couples including Mr. and Mrs Walter K Voorhees, Mr. and Mrs George Woellert, Mr. and Mrs James G Stewart, and Mr. and Mrs Joseph Hfurine. The notices note dates in January and March and mention this as the seventh child for one family.
A vintage market column notes William Holland of Cedar Rapids advertising he will buy up to 800 horses weekly, seeking draft and farm mares while warning against counterfeit stock. The item lists local travel, farm notices, and regional market chatter from Clarksville and Waterloo with grain and livestock quotes and community updates.
Chicago reports show hogs opening 15 to 25 cents higher on speculative demand with mostly steady packer bids. Receipts include cattle and sheep with varied trends. futures and grain also move as traders digest cheese and pork margins amid a broad market showing mixed strength and weakness across hogs cattle and lambs.
St Joseph Missouri market report shows hog receipts 7009 with top 19.30 and bulk around 17.85 to 19.10. Cattle receipts 2500 with steers 13.00 to 18.25, cows and heifers 6.00 to 16.90, calves 7.00 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 4540 higher with ewes 12.00 to 20.50 and lambs up to 19.00.
New York and Chicago price notes show butter firm to higher with varied creamery and firsts quotes, eggs firm, and poultry mixed. Kansas City cattle and hogs steady to higher with lambs and vealers noted, while Liberty bond prices and money market rates are listed alongside commodity receipts and regional notes.
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