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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1919
Page
4
Waterloo readers learn the Want Ad rates and rules for classified listings including one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum for Want and For Sale ads. The Want Advertising Department operates as a city market for all exchanges, large or small, with light cap and bold line options.
Cards of thanks for help during a search for a lost child Friday night. Mr and Mrs Frank Smith and son. Amanda Barnes Barham an expert harpist will entertain at the First M E church Tuesday evening at 8 oclock. Interlude by Miss Maude Knoop and Mary Summers Meyers. Admission 10c and 25c. Announcement plumber MC Johnson now located 214 Synul cate Bldgs. Call 1848. We repair and deliver shoes. Open 6 am to 6 pm. Sup dell 217 West Twelfth. Announcement Reduced rates on household goods to Los Angeles. Next car leaves Waterloo about May 20. Write or phone 346, Iowa Warehouse Co. Announcement Fermere Kes income account for 1919 by getting outfit. Send 10c for Primer of Rules and Advice. Lost Eastman Kodak on seat in Park near golf links. Call 1549. Reward. Lost Pocketbook between Schune manysy west side and South St containing money and ring. Phone Black 4301 Wellington. Reward.
Classified ad seeks a thoroughly experienced sales professional to locate or travel, offering sound merchandising expertise. Includes contact details via Courier and telephony, 429 Cedar Falls, Sunday only. Also lists numerous miscellaneous wants and real estate notices, autos, and farm listings in a dense 1929 style ad page.
Te Louis livestock market reports show cattle and hog prices with bids for native beef steers up to 18.50 and cows to 13.50, plus hogs at 20.40 to 20.75. Sioux City cattle receipts were light to moderate with steady prices and hogs down slightly to 20.40 to 20.60. Sheep receipts in both markets were steady around 18.25 to 14.50 in Sioux City and similar ranges in Louis.
Waterloo markets report a wide array of produce prices including butter oats eggs cheese and lard with receipts and current make values. Kansas City and St Louis headers show butter creams and poultry pricing alongside stock and bonds market activity amid a congress session opening.
Notice to Yo Gyrus Cummings and heirs that Fr. Davis as administrator of Martha Cummings estate has filed the final report in Black Hawk County Iowa court. Hearing set for Monday June 2, 195% at 10 AM at the Waterloo court. If no objections arise, distributive shares will be paid to the Clerk of Court. Attorney for administrator is Edwards Longley Ransler Harris. Also notice of incorporation for Mome Builders Incorporated of Waterloo with capital stock 200000 and board of directors listed.
Des Moines report shows Iowa mined 4,219,133 tons in 1918, down from 4,049,806 in 1917, due to labor shortages, railroad contraction disputes, and spring price tensions. Railroads used 3,640,218 tons, with local and out-of-state sales totaling 711,412 and 491,413 tons respectively, while employment averaged 14,563.
Chicago markets show renewed corn strength driven by higher hog quotes and light offerings. Prices opened up and fluctuated, with July corn around 1.59 to 1.61 and September near 1.54 to 1.60. Oats firmed, export inquiries persisted, and provisions rose on hog and corn gains though yard sellers capped gains.
Receipts total about 40 600 hogs with bids mostly 10 to 20 cents higher than Saturday and tops at 21.25. Cattle receipts 22 000 show uneven demand with beef steers and butchers mixed, top prices around 26.60 for select steer groups and cows to 14.85. Sheep receipts 15 000 feature uneven bids with lambs and yearlings weaker and ewes varied, general steady to lower tone.
Weather and market items from Chicago dated May 19 1925. Quotations cover grains corn oats rye barley and cash wheat in Chicago Kansas City and Minneapolis. Listings include No 2 mix ed corn prices and lard pork and rib quotes with multiple tonnage figures.
Hogs receipts 9 000 higher top 21 05 bulk 30 65 20 90 cattle receipts 2 500 steady steers 12 50 12 86 cows and heifers 5 50 15 50 calves 6 00 13 50 sheep receipts 6 500 steady lambs 14 00 15 25 ewes 10 50
The article reports varied movement in commodities and stocks as ships and equipment sectors rise while United States Steel remains restrained. Liberty bonds end irregularly with notable price levels, and sugar and confectionery prices show steadiness amid shifting demand and industrial activity.
East St Louis and Chicago market items show horses and mules priced by size and quality with ranges from $90 to $450, plus a potato prices summary. European style stretch notes indicate quantities and carload terms, reflecting mixed agricultural trading across two dates in May.
In Hudson on May 16 Tom Cummings's new building by W E Shimer grows quickly and may become a candy factory. Little Chas McFarland ill with scarlet fever. Much Ado About Betty to be staged May 20. Farmers have planted corn. domestic science girls hosted a four course dinner. Sunday schools sent delegates to a Cedar Falls S S convention. Various residents' travels and health notes follow, with local church activities and a high school recital deemed successful.
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