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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1918
Page
3
The Waterloo Evening Courier outlines Want Ads pricing with a 25 cent minimum, one cent per word for each insertion, and six cent per line for light caps or black caps. It explains the newspaper’s advertising department as a central marketplace for all citizens to buy sell or exchange items, regardless of value.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and flowers from Carl Wilson and family. Court of Honor Lodge 331 meets at Lahor Temple with two patriotic programs and social time. Knights & Ladies of Security to install officers at K P ball Thursday. all members urged to attend. Numerous lost items and employment wanted notices follow, including merchants and job bids with names and locations in Cedar Falls area.
Notice is here by given that the undersigned has been fully appointed and qualified as administrator of the estate of Harland C Wood deceased in Black Hawk County Iowa. All persons indebted to the estate must pay promptly and those with claims must present them to the administrator. Includes unrelated items about nurses, influenza, and local notices from La Porte City and surrounding areas.
Denver residents mark Armistice news with a morning flag display and an all day patriotic rally. Community reports illness and deaths, with influenza cases rising and several locals noted for sickness and recovery. A Bremer county group was drafted but then released before reaching Camp Greenleaf, Ga.
A Burlington editorials section discusses the food administration during wartime, its aims to conserve food and stabilize prices, and the likely transition after peace. It quotes R E Logsdon on continuing necessary conservation measures into reconstruction and the shift of responsibilities as the administration winds down.
Chicago market opening strong with steady to weak trend and mixed hog and cattle prices. Receipts show hogs near 17.00 to 18.05 for butcher and mix, cattle higher with beef, stockers, veal calves rising, sheep firmer, and regional notes on shipments and closures affecting flows. Nearby Omaha and St Louis figures show steady to higher cattle and mixed hogs, with regional price spreads and varying bulk quotes.
Sioux City Iowa cattle receipts near 7 000 steady with light weight cattle at 17.40 and mixed at 16.20 to 17.50. Heifers and cows 5.50 to 9.00. Receipts total 2 500 for cattle and 3 500 for sheep with sheep prices lower.
New York receipts show firm prices for creamery products with 12 133 tubs and a creamery extra at 64c. Eggs range from 64 to 67 cents for firsts and extras. Cheese receipts include 391 boxes with varied prices around 32 to 34 cents. Poultry shows dressed and live prices across chickens fowls and turkeys, with turkeys not quoted. Chicago butter and eggs are higher with 5 205 cases of firsts at 59 60 cents and 42 54 cents for ordinary firsts. Potatoes receipts steady at 133 cars. St Louis and Kansas City reports indicate unchanged butter eggs and poultry markets.
Final prices in New York on Liberty bonds and various convertible issues show little movement amid trading today. Interment plans at Lutheran Cemetery near Buck Creek followed services at the residence. Mrs Herbert Huebner and family noted with several relatives listed in the notices.
The report records multiple local health updates and incidents from November 1918. It mentions a four month old patient at a hospital, various influenza cases, recoveries, and people in the community such as Miss Laura Hildenraimt, Mae Ambrose, and Mr and Mrs Frank Laidwig. It also notes travel and farm activity, a hospital in Cedar Falls, and a physician visit schedule.
Local items report a meat market burglary last night and a small sum stolen. A marriage license was issued to Raymond Gennett and Florence Barret of Waterloo. Military moves include Pvt Sherman Bowser in West Virginia and Pvt Ernest Bowser in San Antonio. Lincoln Circle G A R plans a Friday meeting at 926 Wandolph. WWG A swimming classes start Friday at 9:34 a.m. Mrs J W Bryant instructs. Newport News sailor Mackamian home on furlough visiting family. Mayles Kildie, student at Iowa City, named to officers training school at Camp Pike. County board adjourns after election count. John McQuilkin leads Teeter by five votes in fifth district. Job offered for a capable man under 50 at the post office. janitor vacancy noted. Waterloo residents J F Klingaman and daughter plan winter in California. Blanchard and Byrnes also head to warmer climes. Shattuck Military School in Faribault, Minn., closes after three castings due to flu. Waterloo boys attending. John Cronen and John Rock Jr. return home. Mrs Cora Wykel learns nephew Sergt Edward Harper was killed Oct 5 on the western front. he was Anaconda, Mont. native. Miss Hazel Welfelt reopens Romney Beauty Shop at 314 Lafayette Bldg. Yenney & Hazen advertise Baldwin and Greening apples at $2 per basket. phone 2256. 1429 Went Third.
Des Moines lists final plans for a formal Victory Day celebration featuring a parade of 6000 soldiers from Camp Dodge and 1000 overseas troops now at Fort Des Moines hospital. The event marks the capital’s observance with a large military display and civic participation.
Prince Leopold I of Lippe Detmold renounced his throne on Tuesday per Wolff Berlin. A scientific note asserts pure blue as the natural color of water, reflecting a separate experiment report.
Kansas City Me November 13. Receipts totaled 13 006 cattle and hogs with mixed prices. Hogs ranged 17.00 to 17.75 for various classes, cattle receipts 12 400 with prime fed steers at 17.50 to 13.50, cows 4.73 to 10.60, calves 7.0 to 11, sheep and lambs about 3.09 to 9.25 and yearlings 10.0. Market showed firmness across categories with limited declines in some sections.
Realtor C E Howar advertises land and homes for sale in Waterloo and nearby areas. He lists 160 acres near Waterloo, 169 acres in Howard County, and multiple farms and houses in Waterloo. Trade options include farm exchanges and first payments, with expectations real estate values will rise next year. A modern Home Park property is also referenced.
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