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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1919
Page
5
A readable ad page explains Want Advertising terms for Waterloo Evening Courice. It details insertion rules, word pricing, caps, line formats, and penalties, noting the department as a community hub for buying selling and exchanging goods and services.
Announcement page thanks neighbors for kindness and flowers after bereavement. Notices list numerous service providers and advertisements from Waterloo area businesses including clothing, furniture repair, shoe repair, delivery services, household goods rates, music studio, magneto repair, fruit and vegetable wholesale, lost items, and several help-wanted classifieds.
A dense page of classified notices and property listings from Waterloo area, including wants for household help and services, real estate for sale and rent, autos and parts, farm land offers, and incorporation notices. Entries mention Cheever & Wilson and Waterloo Evening Courier, with items covering furnishe d rooms, 160 acre farms, 3 0 acre plots, mortgages, various vehicles, and business declarations.
Public notice details contract bids for a Waterloo Iowa bridge with bond and payment terms, city council approval, and required certified checks. Included are grain and commodity quotes from Chicago and Minneapolis exchanges dated May 12 to May 13, 1919.
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 21,000 with steady to 19 cent drop and top hog price at $21.00. Cattle receipts around 100,000 with beef steers firm to higher amid dry weather affecting stockers and feeders. July and September futures drift lower on crop concerns. Kansas City and Omaha reports mirror mixed moves in hogs and cattle with light demand and occasional price lifts in calves and veal.
New York and Waterloo market notes dated May 13 1915 show butter milk and egg price movements with receipts and grades listed. Stock and bond activity in New York reveals strength in steel copper and rail stocks along with Liberty Bond prices. Local items include Olga Smith and sister Irene returning from Cedar Falls and community updates on school leadership and local happenings.
A dense set of departures and arrivals from Cedar Falls Waterloo Waterloo Cedar Rapids and Chicago. It lists east and westbound trains including limited express fast mail local and connections to Minneapolis Saint Paul Des Moines Kansas City Omaha and Chicago with times ranging from early morning to late evening and notes on Sunday service and line connections. Includes Cedar Falls Waterito line specifics and transfer points with C and N W and C & W lines.
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