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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1919
Page
6
Public notices and want ads fill columns including Wanted misc items from clothing to bonds, real estate for sale, rental offers, farm and business opportunities, and service announcements. Local addresses in Waterloo area link buyers and sellers across varied needs.
Numerous vehicle listings and assorted ads from Waterloo area papers, including Ford touring cars, roadsters, chassis, and various other autos with prices. farm equipment, plants, poultry, and business opportunities. Contact details and locations in Waterloo, Osny, Blythe, and surrounding streets appear.
Fragmentary notice requests 35 for a Waterloo Evening Courier address and refers to a primer of mules and advice. The legible text is minimal and points to a simple payment request with unclear details.
Word reached here of the death of Rush C Lake at his Kansas City home after an illness of about a week from double pneumonia. He was born in Independence April 18 1884 and grew to manhood there. He studied at the state university at Town City then Columbia Law School and practiced law with his father in Independence. Lake later moved to Kansas City and became active in Republican circles. he assisted Herbert Hadley in the Standard Oil case. He married Amy Edgerly October 11 1894 and she survives. He also sought service in World War I but could not due to age.
La Porte IA River Front Improvement Commission invites bids for a Cedar River river front wall between Fourth and Fifth streets with a 336 foot length and stair connection. Bids due May 23 1919 with $1006.90 certified check. performance bond of $20000. Notice also records incorporation of VALLEY FARMS INCORPORATED in Waterloo IA to engage in farming stock raising own land borrow money and run a board of seven directors.
Chicago May market notes weak hog prices amid unfavorable planting weather. Corn futures opened modestly higher then fell, July at 1.85 and September at 93.63, with prices closing near yesterday's levels after late selling. Oats stayed firm with cash demand supporting modest gains, July around 65 to 68, while mixed receipts capped trends.
Hogs receipts around 60,000 at Chicago with prices down to about 20.60 for heavy and 20.50 for lighter weights. cattle receipts 14,000 with steer prices around 14.50 to 16.85 and veal calves up to 15.25. Other cities including Kansas City San Sioux City and Omaha show mixed drops and steady bids across hogs cattle and sheep with top hogs around 20.60 and cattle prices varying by class and weight.
Classified items and notices for sale and employment. Real estate, furniture, vehicles, produce, and baby chicks offered with contact details. Listings include Ford Touring car, room for rent, furniture, and job seeker's request for positions. Several phone numbers and locations appear throughout.
Receipts near 3,000 cattle with varying prices for steers at 10.00 to 16.50 and cows and heifers from 4.00 to 13.00. Sheep receipts about 750 with higher quotes, hogs down to 29.75 top in St Joseph with steady trade across regions. Local social notes mention Mrs. A. T. Kline hosting Lotus club members at West Main Street social afternoon.
Market reports from Chicago and New York show mixed commodity prices with oats butter and lard moving narrowly. Local social leads include the Ladies' Literary circle meeting with Mrs G E Stebbins and visits by the Everhart family and Mrs J W Herd, plus bank official E Simpson’s return to town.
A federal report shows 20 states in the north have labor surplus while 10 report equality and the south a shortage. The Department of Labor notes unemployed workers are drawn to cities by higher wages and shorter hours, despite efforts to move them to farm labor. The note highlights soldiers and sailors preferring urban jobs. A Lost ad appears in the Courier.
Wateroo wholesale prices for flour barley and potatoes appear with figures for creamery butter and hogs. It lists hog categories and prices, hay baling, and notes on Liberty bonds and stock indices with occasional rail and steel movements. The report mixes commodity quotes with financial market movements and regional notes.
Neubauer and Schoenberg plan a modern Bon Ton bakery on the new block along Frederick Street in Oelwein. The $36,000 building will house up-to-date equipment to raise bread output to about 5,000 loaves daily plus other bakery goods.
Waterloo nurses attended the memorial service for Red Cross nurse Miss Jane Delano who died in France on April 19. Dr Frank Wilcox delivered the address praising her life and sacrifice and leaders of the Red Cross honored her enduring work and ideals. The service, under Red Cross auspices, reflected the national campaign to honor Delano and her devoted service.
The Waterford Evening Courier and Daily Reporter promotes its Want Ad rates and formats. It explains minimum charges, word and line pricing, and the role of want advertising as a marketplace for all citizens to buy sell or exchange items of any value.
The National Liquor Dealers association in Atlantic City asks President Wilson to suspend the July 1 dry order. They claim enforcement would add two million unemployed and threaten 5 000 liquor dealers with unjust losses and tax revenue drops on stock.
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