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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1918
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter outlines want ads pricing and minimum charges, with 25 cents minimum and 6 cent lines for various formats. It lists rental ads for rooms, houses, and shops plus real estate and sale notices, plus public notices and classified pointers.
Czecho-Slovakia mobilizes men up to 26 years across the country including German Bohemia. Prague dispatch indicates the move is directed at Germany as tension rises in Central Europe.
A wild November day in New York as rumors that Germany signed armistice terms sweep the city. Extra editions circulate, crowds fill streets, theaters, and Broadway parades erupt while markets suspend trading though no confirmation is issued.
Secretary Lansing cites German plans to destroy coal mines in Belgium upon evacuation and warns it challenges good faith of the German government. A German field command wireless message warns artillery effects near villages along the Franco American front. Also notes a novel perforated kitchen screen and claims over ten percent of married women work outside the home.
Chicago and western markets show hogs 15 to 25 cents under November 6 levels, with steers stronger. Receipts large. hogs steady to lower, cattle price ranges shift on weight and grade. Sheep trading patterns vary, with limited demand and mixed futures in Illinois and Nebraska centers.
Stockholm reports 20000 army deserters marching through Berlin streets as continuous demonstrations unfold in the capital. The Social Democrats confirm the unrest as tensions rise in Germany.
Descriptions from Berlin and London note rising German unrest and calls for abdication while British and Allied negotiators prepare for peace terms. Reports say German retreat accelerates from the Scheldt to the Meuse with advances by British, French and American forces threatening rail hubs and front lines.
Soldiers overseas may receive Christmas gifts even if the package label is missing. Marshal Field & Co. Chicago will accept orders through Mrs. F. M. Scane for delivery to the Paris post office via its Paris branch. This costly option helps those unable to mail gifts due to space limits, with a cut off date of November 20 for mailing.
A crowded market round up lists prices from Kansas City and St Louis for corn butter cheese poultry and grains. Prices show highs lows and steady readings across No 2 white No 5 corn and various futures and cash quotes.
Newswire style notes harsh wartime conditions with Austrian troops reportedly starving, queuing for bread while prisoners receive care. The report covers Allied negotiations and comments from Paris about German capitulation prospects, plus brief market and commodity items from Waterloo and London.
Unconfirmed word of armistice with Germany sent Chicago corn prices sharply down, with December futures tumbling to about 1.15 8 8 before a brisk late rebound. Traders buried grain bags in the pits amid the frenzy as the session ended unsettled, with December corn around 1.21 to 1.23.
Postmasters will accept parcel post packages of Christmas gifts for American soldiers and civilians serving with allied forces in the field against Germany. Senders may ship overseas up to November 20 without providing a war trade board export license. The ruling, announced by Postmaster General Burleson, does not affect Christmas shipments to the American expeditionary force.
American forces push toward Sedan and the Meuse as Field Marshal Haig’s troops break German lines east and south of Valenciennes. British offensives widen gaps near Mons Maubeuge and Ghent, with French cavalry moving toward the Meuse between Mezieres and Sedan. American advances total six thousand ninety prisoners taken since Friday.
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