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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1909
Page
6
The Great November amber sale continues with daily values and new items arriving for the holiday season. Our stocks are complete and early shopping is advised to secure the choicest selections and best service. This week we offer the following complete selections.
A display showcases library table covers book and magazine covers art hangings leather mats for tables leather pillows natural and colored hides usable as is or for making many articles Don't miss this magnificent display.
Positively the finest line of handkerchiefs for men women and children. Entirely new novelties as well as staple and practical lines are shown this season. We emphasize quality at lowest price.
An advertisement notes Lilly-White corset covers in a boxed set as a thoughtful gift. See the department on the main floor aisle 4 with Paul Davis Dry Goods Company promoting the Lilly-White line in leading publications.
Professor Holden of Ames promoted corn improvement over two decades starting with schoolyard seed selection in Michigan. He later led Funk Brothers farm yields from 40 to 70 bushels per acre, helped found Iowa State College agronomy work, and organized seed testing, short courses, and statewide seed demonstrations. The Seed Corn Special train toured 21 counties, delivering 1,265 lectures to 169,000 farmers, boosting Iowa corn yields by about four bushels per acre and adding roughly 12.3 million dollars statewide in 1906 terms.
Chicago market report lists estimated receipts for hogs 28,000 cattle 30,000 sheep 225,000. Hog market opened strong up, closed higher with mixed and butchers at 7.75 to 8.20 for good to choice heavy. tomorrow's receipts estimated at 17,000. Cattle market opened and closed steady to 10 cents lower. Sheep market opened strong to 10 cents higher, closed strong. Cash wheat and corn prices for No. 2 red and other grades. New York, St. Louis, and Minneapolis spot quotes included.
Judge Franklin C. Platt sustained a demurrer in Black Hawk county vs Chicago Rock Island & Pacific railway, backing the county board of supervisors on establishing a highway crossing west of Waterloo. The ruling emphasizes board discretion on public need, while Railway Commissioners lack jurisdiction in this crossing dispute.
Wanted experienced dining room girds inquire 208 EB 4th Ste For Sale Moline pitless wagon or stock five ton scale a bargain Purchaser this week can save 20.00 Scale is new just factory Fairbanks Morse Co Call on or address Padden Pett windmill and pump men 402 W oth ta
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