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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
5
Advertisement rates detailed for Want Ads in Waterloo Read Courier. Pricing includes 1 cent per word with a 25 cent minimum, dashlines and line formats, capitalization rules, and a 7.50 daily minimum for any classified insertion.
Classified notices list auditions and employment ads from Waterloo area. Entries include sales and office positions, hotel and restaurant work, farm labor, factory openings, and household help, with contact details and brief requirements. Some real estate and auction notes appear alongside public notices and community announcements.
The report notes price setbacks as rumors of a federal probe speculating market cornering impacted corn trading. Opening losses gave way to a scattershot rally before renewed declines in values. Oats moved weaker in sympathy and provisions showed limited strength after grain declines.
Market notes show hogs and cattle at varied levels with weak demand. Receipts include 3,000 hogs and 4,200 cattle with prices for hogs and feeders ranging across 6.50 to 16.40 and cattle from 7.40 to 15.50, reflecting unsettled trading and steady conditions in parts of the week.
Kansas City market figures show hogs receipts about 17 000 with varied prices for heavy, medium and light packers. Cattle receipts around 10 000 with mixed bids on steers and cows. calves and feeders trading in upper ranges. Sheep receipts near 7 000 with lambs and feeders quoted at multiple levels amid rising demand.
Receipts across cattle veal and sheep show steady to higher trend. Beef steers and heifers command mixed bids from 7.00 to 14.50 per cwt with common and good ranges. Sheep and yearling offerings bring 11.50 to 17.2 while stocker and feeder categories move at 7.00 to 12.00.
Oklahoma missing text includes cattle and sheep receipts with price ranges. City notes from St Joseph and Kansas City report butter and poultry prices, plus cotton futures and real estate transfers in Hawk County and Waterloo Iowa. Des Moines visit notes mention local residents buying farming equipment and family moves. Funeral and medical updates cover Mrs Meyer’s burial and Fred Churchill’s illness.
Hogs receipts reached about 10 000 with mixed quality offerings and prices ranging around 14 25 to 15 00 per hundredweight. Cattle arrivals totaled roughly 6009 with steady to firm bids for beef steers and varying prices for fat cows calves and vealers.
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