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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
5
Waterloo Evening Courier oblong page text lists want ads and notices. It includes misc classified items for sale real estate and rentals, wanted help and agricultural gear, vehicles and parts, personal notices, auctions, and public notices spanning Waterloo Iowa.
Legal advertisements document the appointment of Minnid Chapman as administratrix with will annexed of Lydia Masteller, deceased, Black Hawk County Iowa, with debts and claims to be presented for allowance. Also includes notices of incorporation amendments, Waterloo Park Commission bids for a refreshment stand, and a proposed Consolidated Independent School District of Finchford with election details. The mix cites multiple counties and dates. it preserves formal, non-graphic phrasing.
Chicago May 12 fresh strength returned to the corn market with May posting the season’s high while weather concerns and quiet selling fueled an advance. July and September futures climbed after word of active export demand and top-year price levels, with oats and provisions also moving higher as traders awaited further clarity on demand and weather implications.
Iowa to North and South Dakota tracts offered by C. M. Allen Land Co. near Waterloo include 234 acres well improved black soil at 5800, 15 acre truck farm with poor buildings at 6500, 60 acre chicken duck ranch at 16000, 160 acre farms at 285 per acre with easy terms, plus fruit and truck farm listings, wholesale and retail agricultural goods, and a call to inspect Minnesota and Wisconsin farms.
Cattle market in Chicago shows strong to higher moves across weights with bulls and light calves slow. Hogs receipts around 20,000 with quality mostly good and steady to higher as weights advance. top hogs near 15.26. Sheep receipts 6,000 and markets lower about 26 cents. prime handy weight shorn lambs around 13.75 with choicest ewes at 14.50.
Sioux City Iowa May 12 hog receipts 8500 steady light 1414.65 mixed 1314.25 heavy 130.0 bulk 1450. Cattle receipts 2500 steady beef steers choice fed 1100 1300 short fed 950 1100 fed yearlings 900 1350 beef cows 650 700 fat cows and heifers 800 1175 veal calves 700 4250 feeders 800 1050 stocks 700 1000 feeding cows 500 100 stock heifers 150 850
East St. Louis market results show cattle at 4 100 head with steers around 12.75 to 13.50, yearling steers and heifers steady, canners steady at 4.50, bulls and calves 12.50 to 13.00. Hogs receipts 1,300 and prices top at 14.99 with bulk 14.20 to 14.50. Sheep at 8.09 with 30 early sales reported.
St Joseph Missouri market notes bid strong receipts of cattle hogs and sheep with prices carried across categories. Hogs top near 14.85 to 14.90, cattle steady with steers 10.50 to 13.75, cows and bulls around 4.00 to 10.00, sheep about 9.20 to 12.00 for clip ewes and 14.00 to 18.25 for clips. Also listing New York Mercantile Exchange cotton futures and nearby grains with steady to firm closes.
Kansas City Missouri reports hogs receipts 12 000 higher close weak bulk lights and mediums 314 507 475 bulk heavies 13 75 14 35 cattle revalors 4090 strong top yearlings 14 00 best heavy 13 80 pulpers 13 15 stock steady to ½ so higher two loudy yearling heifers 313 00 calves steady to 50c higher bulk good to choice 12 60 other classes steady sheep receipts 4000 strong bulk grass fed wethers 11 50 12 40 bulk ewes 9 59 10 50 spring lambs 25 50c lower bulk fleece 01 40 goats steady bulk 7 76 3 00
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