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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1920
Page
7
A cluttered page of classifieds lists jobs and services including salesmen drivers and clerks, hotel and room rentals, real estate, and repair services. It also carries mixed notices about auctions, sales of pets and household goods, and local social updates from Parkersburg.
La Porte City mourns the loss of Ralph Martin Buttke born Sept 16 1811 died after membranous croup. Private funeral Tuesday at 10 am led by Rev Adix. Burial in Lutheran cemetery. Relatives and friends gathered in the yard to offer sympathy. Mrs Giffen and Mrs Harrabrant hosts to Lincoln circle Ladies of the GAR guests from Waterloo bring a picnic and spend the day with letters from Civil War era read during the visit. Masters Ten of the Presbyterian church hosted by Mrs Lerman and Mrs Blough with 35 women, needlework and social time, refreshments served. Various residents travel to Waterloo for events and visits. notices of relocations and employment changes in the community.
Chicago markets show wheat and corn near lows with declines and brief rebounds. Reports cite heavy export activity, large grower stocks, and soft feedstuff values as key factors influencing prices across grain markets and related provisions.
The Arkansas market report shows butter receipts at 4,289 tubs with higher creamery prices and various 92 score to 66e levels. eggs steady with 9,773 cases. cheese firm with multiple state and flat run prices. poultry firm with chicken and turkey figures by freight and express. Chicago and St Louis details list butter and eggs prices, while money, exchange, and silver quotes appear for New York markets. Also notes include Waterloo flour, barley, rye prices, and New York cotton futures, plus miscellaneous farm staples and animal hides.
Notice issues that objections to forming a consolidated independent school district in Black Hawk County Iowa must be filed by December 2 1924. The petition, signed by 128 qualified voters, seeks the Consolidated Independent School District of Farmer including specified townships and sections.
Chicagy cattle and hog sale notes show improved tone for desirable steers and cows, with scarce good fat cattle and steady to higher top prices. Hogs saw receipts around 45 000, mostly good quality, 50c lower on average, top around 12.50, bulk 12.00 to 12.25, 106 to 130 lb pigs about 12.00 to 12.25. Sheep receipts 21 000, fat lambs steady with natives about 11.90 to 12.00, feeders weak.
Receipts mixed across cattle hogs and sheep with steady to weak tones. Top native steers around 12.00 while Oklahoma stock cattle and bulk cows bring 5.10 to 6.60, calves at 14.00 to 24.50, hogs slow with buyers steady to 10 cents lower, lambs weak but some good quality lambs reach 10.75.
Kansas City market shows receipts of 5200 cattle with plains to steady gains for beef steers, 3 5 percent hogs down from yesterday, top hog price near 11.90. Sheep receipts around 3000 with natives around 10.50, ewes to 4.25, and broader freight cattle and feeders trading unevenly. Sioux City and Ogilvie reports list slower sales and mixed prices across cattle, calves, and sheep.
Receipts totals around 8 500 cattle and 14 000 sheep with prices down slightly from yesterday. Hogs at Omaha 11 1 2 top 12.00, cattle lower or steady, stockers weak, sheep mostly 0 7ac lower with fed lambs around 11 00 and ewes near 4 59. St Joseph reports 7 500 hogs down 1 2 3 cents, cattle steady to higher, calves 12.00, sheep 9 50 to 10 75.
New York traders opened amid storm disruptions with mixed prices as rails and shipping stocks moved down before recovering slightly in some issues. Union Pacific Southern Pacific Reading and Chesapeake & O, Mexican Petroleum and others rose modestly while steels and shipping names led losses. Toledo seeds report grain and seed prices with November and December futures listed for wheat clover and timothy.
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