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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1917
Page
6
Classified ads seek maids, dressmakers, and general help with multiple phone contacts. Also listings for rooms, a couple seeking housing, and miscellaneous items from windows to old hardware. Real estate and legal notices follow with sheriff sale mention and local firm names.
A chaotic notice item announces a sheriff sale in Waterloo Black Hawk County Iowa on March 3 1917 at 3 30 pm at the courthouse for a Cedar River park lot 6 in block 25 to satisfy a writ. It also lists a second sheriff sale in Waterloo on March 1 1917 at 2 pm for real estate in Whaterton and a district court notice in Black Hawk County May term 1917 detailing Mary C Haney estate shares and partition among heirs with court action and attorneys fees.
New York and Philadelphia society women protest Mayor Bacharach's six month dog ban and demand a hotel for dogs where pets can board while owners stay at the resort. They call the proclamation barbarous and threaten a protest parade with dogs carrying placards.
Chicago wheat climbs to fresh highs amid winter-kill reports from Nebraska and Kansas, with May at 1.90 and July near 1.69. Corn rises on bullish Argentine crop hopes and rising export demand, while oats and flax follow. Private buyers push prices up despite rain, and futures close strong across grain and provisions sectors.
Reports from Chicago St Louis Kansas City and Omaha show hog prices steady to firm with bulk sales near 14.50 to 15.10. Cattle receipts varied with mixed price ranges and sheep markets noting steady to higher bids, with lambs and yearlings cited among regional figures.
Chicago notes mixed changes with eggs lower at 37c for firsts and 26 to 28c for others. Potatoes flat with 28 car receipts unchanged. New York shows butter unsettled from 40% to 41c and cheese at 2 7 4 0. Live poultry prices ease for chickens and fowls, while dressed birds rise. Kansas City lists butter up to 42c, eggs at 27c, hens 19 30c, and roosters 14. Saint Louis reports poultry and butter steady with eggs at 264c.
In Chicago on March 23 Lamson Bros report strong cash wheat demand and bullish Nebraska and Kansas signals offset by bear pressure. Corn opens at a new high, with export and industrial alcohol use suspected. prices near record highs. Cats rise as southern bids lift sentiment. cloverseed and timothy prices listed for cash and March trade.
New York trading opened irregularly with substantial advances in Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Marine preferred and other metals. Gains extended in marine stocks and oils while Canadian Pacific retreated as bonds stayed firm and overall activity rose early before easing toward noon.
Market notes from Waterloo in March list wholesale and retail prices for flour, grain, cattle, hogs, veal, bacon, pigs, and dairy products. Prices shown include premium hogs by weight, butchers cattle and calves, veal per cwt, eggs, butter, and potatoes with varied weights and indications of markets and sellers.
Washington March 23 Cuba will take a vigorous stand to curb German intrigues in Cuba without breaking diplomatic relations. Cuban secretary of state Dr Pablo Desvernine said Cuba would support the United States in any measures it chooses during the crisis with Germany.
Des Moines March 23 The Lausa l yesterday passed the Epps bill providing for an eighth judge for the Supreme court. An amendment gave the governor authority to appoint without Senate confirmation, replacing the original confirmation requirement. The vote was 74 to 19 as members hustled to cloakrooms.
London reports the government has arranged construction of 200 standardized mercantile ships in three sizes 18 000 5 000 and 8 600 tons each. The decision was conveyed in a statement in the house of commons.
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