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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1919
Page
4
The Waterloo Evening Courier highlights its Want Ads as a central feature read by nearly every resident. Classified listings cover all needs from sales to services, with low rates and prominent placement on the paper’s page.
A jumble of lodge thanks and classified ads for autos tops shipping services and wanted items. Includes expressions of gratitude from Mrs A J Furbush and family, adverts for Pan Tasote auto tops, Iowa Hardware Co. demonstrators, moving and freight savings to Los Angeles, packing furniture, help wanted for part time work, and numerous Wanted to Buy and Wanted to Sell items including pianos furniture bicycles and office chairs.
For rent rooms in 49 Caxcaden and near Walton Street. One front room with kitchen access in August. Includes garage option. Contact Yao RK or Black lage at the provided phone numbers for details.
Several rental offers for furnished houses flats and rooms including a couple boarding setup a small modern flat for a couple and a room house with lights and garden. Properties listed on Adams Street Park Road Oneida Street and East Side with contact W R Jameson and others. Also selling used cars Victrola and other household items plus Holstein cows sale by R Russell Waterloo R. 1A.
The document records a divorce petition notice stating the defendant must appear by noon January 1920 in Black Hawk County Iowa, with warnings of default and judgment if not. It also outlines corporate formation details for The Plowman Tractor Company, including purpose to manufacture and sell gasoline engines and tractors, authorized capital stock of 750000, real estate needs, officer structure, and board election rules.
Armistice Day events in Manchester include a 2:00 address by William Hunt of Cornell College, with Me Flint speaking from a central platform if weather permits. The Manchester band will play, a 2:00 dinner at Reeckler's Restaurant for veterans, and a 7:00 street celebration ending with fireworks. The armory will host dances with free admission. Also noted are Delaware County Agricultural Society stockholders meeting at the courthouse, a Rocky Ridge collision with minor injuries, Manchester high school football notes, and a district court hearing calendar on Livingston ve Lenin College case with October schedule.
A committee at the Red Cross booth in Hotel Ellis submits a list of ten per cent members including San Frakk company Iowa Gas Engine Company FB Ww Coburn & Son Palace Clothiers Hansen & Wansen Martin Bros T YM Rooters Stand ish cafe The Bakerite Company W B Hegell company Rynearson & Weeby Cute Hardicare company.
In Oklahoma’s Fifth District the Republican J W Harreld leads Democrat Claude Weaver by about 1 300 votes after 251 of 265 precincts reported. Weaver had 10 779 and Harreld 12 079 with remaining precincts in sparsely populated areas not expected to change the outcome. Harreld plans to travel to Washington to take his seat succeeding the late Joe B Thompson.
Madrid clerics in conference led by Cardinal Primado urge the government and the Cortes to raise clergy salaries by 30 to 65 percent. They also seek a 35 percent increase for special masses and services, noting salaries have been fixed since 1861 under the concordat.
Paris nov 10 field marshal von mackensen one of germanys most successful eastern front commanders was permitted to return to germany from saloniki by the supreme council due to his age nearly 76 and his bad health the decision acknowledged his age and health condition while allowing his homeward journey executive details remain unspecified by the ap report
F C Curran of New York City delivered a memory lecture at the Rotary luncheon in Hotel Russell-Lamson. He memorized names of attendees, even those who left early, and spelled names when pronunciation was unclear. Curran recalled over 30 names and demonstrated card-ordering, arguing that knowledge is power and hinges on memory.
Pale two resident judges Judge B. Hates and Judge J. J Williams established an outside office on the second floor of the Morgan & Sullivan clothing store at 529 24 Commercial. This first arrangement lets the judges handle emergencies such as injunctions during regular business hours, with the judges available when not in court.
Grace Barrett erson dies at 11 30 p m at 909 Lafayette street after influenza related illness. Born March 7 1892 in West Union to Joseph and Mary Barrett she lived with her mother and brother George in Cedar Rapids. Funeral at St Josephs church Wednesday at 9 am with burial in Calvary.
In Chicago on November 10, corn prices rose briefly on wet weather but the market stayed nervous due to a weak stock market and cautious buyers. Futures swung in a narrow band, with December around 1.43 1/2 and May near 1.26 1/4, while cash grain prices showed a late decline and oats moved with corn. Provisions traded slowly with a downward tilt, though hog firmness later supported rallies.
Grain and provisions quotations from Chicago and Kansas City show mixed prices for corn, rye, oats, and wheat, with pork and lard values reported. Livestock markets in Sioux City, Sioux City, East St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha list hogs, cattle, and sheep with varied receipts and price ranges, reflecting regional demand on November 10.
New York and Chicago produce price listings show butter eggs cheese and poultry with receipts and varying levels across stations. Stocks and bonds section notes labor influenced selling, opening weak then partial recoveries in leading issues and broad declines in motors steels and rails with irregular early trading and a weak close.
Readable fragment shows livestock receipts and prices in St Joseph Missouri with steers cows and heifers calves ewes and sugar and potato notes. Also lists liberty bond prices hides and tanned skins with varied weight classes and price ranges. Some lines incomplete but preserve strong entities such as St Joseph Missouri New York sugar prices and Liberty bonds.
Chicago market report shows hogs steady to strong with receipts around 2,489 and prices topping at 26.00 for heavy hogs while cattle receipts reach 31,000 with firmer bidding on choice and prime grades up to 17.90. Sheep receipts total 45,000 with lambs weak and cull prices easing.
Elizabeth Thomas files suit to set aside the will of Aug ust Kurtz who died April 22 1919 from injuries in an auto crash. She alleges he could not sign and was misled as someone else penned his name and he did not understand the document. The will left the widow income for life with a trust only after her death and split the remainder among nine siblings, except Mrs. Thomas. C A Kurtz, son, named executor, J Edwards and Ruth Shade witnessed.
President Wilson will meet the Prince of Wales if the royal visit proceeds. The prince arrives tomorrow morning and may call on Mrs. Wilson at the White House at 3 PM, with a possible visit to the sick room in the president’s quarters.
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