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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1919
Page
6
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter promotes its want advertising as a community market for all exchanges and sales. Rates include one cent per word per insertion with a 25 cent minimum. bold and caps lines noted. ads cover wanted and for sale.
A jumble of classified style notes seeks workers and positions. Entries mention a machine operator at an Ap Kirt Factory, a nurse for child care, operators, stenographers, dental and medical office help, sales positions, and a general “wanted situation” listing. Contact details include street addresses and phone numbers.
We the wader signed express gratitude for the many kind words and deeds during our beloved father Aurelian W. Floyd s illness and death and for the beautiful floral offerings sent by Elbert W. Floyd Delbert M. Floyd and Daniel T. Floyd during the time of bereavement.
Grain notes show corn slipping after a sharp advance, with nearby contracts rallying briefly on delivery demand. Oats decline amid overall weakness in grain while hogs and provisions soften in late session, and cash quotes expose mixed results across futures markets.
A mixed page blends a domestic moment where Davie overhears Adele’s letters to Wilbur, sparking suspicion and then reconciliation with his sister. The piece shifts to market data on flour potatoes oats eggs and livestock, closing with London silver prices and trading notes.
A Kansas City watchman, Charles Green, confronted three intruders at a bakery as they fired their revolvers. Police arrived to find Green alive and unscared, while a tale of a mischief filled morning unfolds with a boy Davie delivering misdirected letters and Adele facing domestic confusion.
In Cleveland Ohio the county courthouse echoes with chatter as a rival bar opens downstairs. Attorneys rush from the bar of justice to the new establishment, seeking “near beer.” The scene underlines how advertising remains newsworthy.
Chicago market reports show hogs 15 to 25 cents lower on Monday with receipts about 41,000, while cattle and sheep also varied. Hogs ranged from around 13.75 to 15.00 for various grades, with heavy packing sows 13.35 to 14.40 and pigs 13.60 to 14.25. cattle receipts near 18,000 and steady prices with steers and heifers in the 27.25 to 19.76 range for top grades, and veal calves to 18.26. sheep receipts 30,000 with lambs around 12.00 to 14.86 and ewes 6.50 to 9.00.
Kansas City Mo November 4 hogs receipts 1000 lower with bull heavy medium and night shift ranges. Cattle receipts 18000 higher with steers prime bid 16.60 to 18.45 and cows 5.00 to 11.50. veal calves 19.00 to 16.75. Sheep receipts 12000 irregular lambs 12.76 to 44.74, yearling wethers 9.25 to 10.76, ewes 6.00 to 7.74.
East St. Louis Illinois November 4 hogs receipts 16000 prices ranges from 11.25 to 15.00 for sows and 23.00 for pigs. cattle receipts 7000 with steers priced 8.00 to 18.50 and cows 5.20 to 11.58. sheep receipts 9000 with lambs 9.00 to 15.00 and ewes 6.50 to 7.50.
Omaha Neb Nov 4 Livestock receipts to 36000 with cattle at 17,000 and sheep at 11,000. Cattle ranges show prime and choice steer prices from 16.50 to 18.25 with various grades. hogs report steady to lower with weights and sows priced around 14.00 to 14.90. sheep list strong lambs at 13.75 to 14.75 and ewes at 7.25 to 8.00.
Battle Creek hogs ease to 15.00 to 15.50 for bulk. cattle receipts 4,500 with steers 7.50 to 17.00 and cows 5.29 to 5.50. calves 6.50. Sheep receipts 3,000 steady with lambs 9.00 to 10.25 and ewes 7.00 to 8.25. Sioux City hogs steady 14.50 to 14.00. cattle receipts 2,000 steady with steers 11.00 to 17.00 and fat cows 5.25 to 12.00. sheep receipts 3,508 weak.
Butter prices rise slightly at creamery levels as eggs show receipts of 6,828 cases with little overall change. Poultry markets in St Louis and Kansas City report hens at 22 cents, other varieties largely unchanged, with slight increases in certain firsts.
Rev I J Phelan of Toledo urges modern churches to include bowling alleys and dancing facilities. He argues amusements like polo billiards or bowling may have evil associations unless made wholesome and that dancing can provide physical exercise and poise development for churchgoers.
A Crawford County resident keeps a pet carp that dictates his fishing days. When worms are scattered into the tank the carp may bite or ignore, guiding the keeper to stay home or go fishing depending on the fishs mood. The tale underscores local advertising as news.
Timetables list numerous trains and connections across cities including Omaha Dubuque Chicago Des Moines Kansas City and Minneapolis. It details local and limited services with varying departure and arrival times, depot points, and daily patterns through bidirectional routes and connections via Cedar Rapids Waterloo and other hubs.
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