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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
6
Cascaden Realty awards the sewer contract to Dearborn Construction for Prospect Place. Work costs about 2000 dollars with new pavements and grading planned to create a refined landscape in the residence street.
Three breeders report Waterloo as a center for pure bred herds including Jarsavs Guernseys Ayrshires and Holsteins. Dairymen estimate daily milk output at about 869 quarts as demand grows. The town is seen as a potential mecca for buyers and the community trades in sanitary milk. Also Ascaion Commandery No 2h K. 2 plans a special conclave Friday evening.
Notice to our customers we are now in our new shop in rear of our old location 413 West Fifth Street and are ready to do all kinds of wagon bogey plow work and general blacksmithing. By saving we at trial we always come. Depwiler and Heffner.
The Waterloo Town Criers club is lauded by Associated Advertising for creating a special train organization linked to a “Waterloo Special” bound for Baltimore. Chief Harry E Kiester, called one of the city’s live wires, plans routes ahead of the All Iowa special with delegations from multiple cities.
Chicago buyers pushed wheat and corn prices up on signals of deteriorating western crop prospects and backward Canadian yields. July wheat moved around 90 1-2 cents, corn rallied briefly then eased. Oats stayed firm on Illinois crop damage rumors. Hog market closed weak with mixed prices, while cattle opened steady but uneven, with ranges across Reeves, stockers, Texas and western steers.
Bank clearings for the week ending Thursday May 22 1918 total weekly figures from Black Hawk County Abstract Company. Daily totals are listed for Friday Saturday Monday Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday with amounts ranging from about 231 089 to 347 070 dollars. Also includes Chicago prices for butter poultry potatoes and livestock receipts at Union Stock Yards and corn oats cash prices.
Waterloo markets list prices for flour and grain including Clear Quill Patent at 2.90 per cwt and Wellington at 2.80, poultry meats with Hens and Spring Chickens specified, butter lard and potatoes priced, hay and straw values, cattle and hog categories with price ranges, and varied hides including horse hides with per‑hundred weights indicated.
Philadelphia mayor Rudolph Blankerburg and cabinet members along with about 104 City Club members attended a three day course in municipal economy at the University of Wisconsin. The trip aims to bring back concrete business administration techniques for American cities and mark a historic back to school city administration effort.
The Waterloo firm Lauritzen and Wasson erected the county home at Primghar for O'Brien county officials and work is progressing smoothly with occupancy hoped by summer’s end. Architect J G Ralston of Waterloo designed the plans and left for Primghar to inspect the site. Helen Gould auxiliary will hold a special gathering at Mrs J Brocler’s tomorrow afternoon.
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