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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1918
Page
9
Chicago reports aggressive liquidation by lending houses driving the corn market down. Cold weather and crop movement to primary centers favored bears. early quotes slid then steady losses persisted. Oats followed corn weaker, while provisions rose on strong put activity though demand remained uneven and reactions minor.
Chicago and Omaha reports show hogs 10 to 15 cents higher than Friday with receipts around 7,000 in Chicago and 6,000 in Omaha. Hog prices range from 16.75 to 18.10 for various grades, while cattle receipts around 4,000 in Chicago and 150 in Omaha. Cattle benchmarks include native steers near 10.50 to 18.50 and cows to 10.50, lambs and sheep show firm to higher trends, with feeder markets steady.
Weekly grain market notes show corn prices up about 4 to 6 cents from last week with firm or higher tones in North American markets. Provisions were dull and irregular as cereals hogs and Argentine shipments influenced pricing.
Kansas City and surrounding markets report hog receipts around 2009 with bulk prices near 17.20 to 17.76, cattle receipts about 1300 with prime fed steers around 17.5 to 15.50, cows 5.25 to 13.00, calves to 7.50. sheep receipts noted with lambs 11.50 to 16.00 and yearlings near 20.60 to 22.00. St Louis, St Joseph, and Sioux City listings show similar steady to firm trends. top hogs around 17.65, cattle mix near 18.25 for steers, sheep near 12.50 to 15.30, with varied calf and heifer prices. Market activity broad across major western markets with steady tone and mixed weights.
New York prices show butter receipts of 9,754 tubs at higher than extras. eggs steady at 358 cases. cheese strong with 2,662 boxes on hand. Potatoes higher at 60 cars from Minnesota and Dakota. poultry alive higher with fowls and springs rising. Liberty bond prices fall at opening. waterloo market notes mixed with steel and oils weaker and fourth liberty bonds near $97.52.
La Porte City Red Cross chapter elected new officers and named directors at its annual meeting. Reports show 40578 surgical dressings and 1900 knitted items completed, with 1490 members and a cash balance of 4816.99. Influenza spreads in the area as schools close indefinitely and local families report illnesses and hospital activity.
A report for the War Department by Miss Myra Lumry shows 49 006 claims reviewed by district exemption boards from June 1917 to Aug 24 1918. Appeals from local boards totaled 4 045 with most placed in Class 4 1 444 and Class 1 1806. agricultural and industrial claims numbered 40 561 with many in Classes 1 and 2. 21 year old registration produced 211 appeals with most in Class 1 and 2. all district board questionnaires have been returned or are ready for local boards.
The supreme court reversed and remanded for a new trial in the case of Max Strum convicted of receiving stolen brass castings from the Artificial Ice and Fuel company plant. Strum denied the charge. lower court counsel included B. H. McCoy and J. H. Meyers.
A. J. Knapp secretary of the Waterloo Commercial club reports attending national conventions for commercial club secretaries convention bureau executives and municipal league officials. He brings back enthusiasm and plans tied to Waterloo’s postwar readjustment and manufacturing trade prospects.
The Waterloo municipal court faces dissolution as a supreme court ruling prompts transfer of cases to justices of the peace. Fines, clerk and deputy bailiff jobs hang in balance while the Black Hawk County Bar Association prepares a special session to consider legislative or court options. Judge Birdsall notes the court’s practical self support since May eighteen eighty, with hundreds of civil and criminal cases processed and millions in judgments to date. Feely and Conk represented appellants.
Obituary notes report Elliott Eaton dying in Kansas City Kansas while walking the street aged about sixty born in Waterloo son of Benjamin Eston Jr and others survived by widow and brother. funeral for Mrs Antonia Gonzales set. Rufus N Sipe dies in Harmony Minnesota influenza. U S casualty list from Washington reports several Iowa men wounded or missing with updated statuses.
British POWs liberated by Germans are described as starving, frostbitten and ragged, entering France daily. Accounts detail brutal mine and camp abuse, with arrows toward deliberate German policy and ongoing suffering despite liberation.
Western Union messenger boys walked off the job yesterday to protest a government rule allowing night letters. By morning the strike ended with a plan permitting post office workers to handle day telegrams in emergencies.
Twenty more German U boats surrendered to Admiral Sir Reginald Trywhitt, bringing the total handed over to fifty nine. The Dutch legation in Paris published a note quoting the Netherlands president on refuge for former rulers and officials. A joint mission from Norway, Sweden and Denmark arrived in New York to study U S financial and economic conditions.
The resignation of Secretary of the Treasury and director general of railroads, Mr. McAdoo, is accepted to take effect with the successor's appointment. Wilson praises his service and notes possibilities for McAdoo's successor while outlining expected continuities in war-financing policy and railroad administration.
General March revealed 13 tank battalions in France and four British heavy type training companies among reserve units. He noted 20,000 pre war seven year enlistees and 700,000 volunteers to be released unless they reenlist, with reorganizational plans awaiting congressional approval.
Reports from Amsterdam and Copenhagen purporting to transmit German telegrams describe chaotic political conditions and a lack of harmony across regions. Bolshevik ideas spread west while a Rhenish republic is rumored. Bavaria shows resistance to Berlin’s dictation signaling possible division into an independent south. Royal abdications affect 278 people, including 33 Prussian and 39 Bavarian royals.
Washington announces that overseas Christmas parcels for allied troops may be mailed from the United States through November 30 without an export license. The original final date was November 20, extended by ten days to cover American expeditionary forces in France.
The Dubuque murder trial of Nicholas Christ over the Sept. 30 1918 killing of George Parlos opened yesterday. Only a few witnesses are expected to be called and the case is to be given to the jury by Monday afternoon. Parlos was shot during an attempted entry into a room in Christ’s apartment. Christ fled but surrendered two days later.
Premier Clemenceau traveled to London today per Le Matin, with plans to return before King George and Queen Mary visit Paris at month end. The trip precedes the pending royal visit and ongoing Franco British talks.
Washington, D. C. Nov 23. Senate committee heard fuel administration officials outline anthracite distribution for winter. Arthur Learoyd testified Canada’s 3.6 million ton share and US allocation, including 140,000 tons to northern Iowa. Questions centered on whether Canada would receive its full allotment if American coal shortages ensued. Iowa’s allotment and domestic needs were outlined. In Orange township a John R. Mumper sale yielded strong prices for corn, cattle, and Chester White swine, totaling about 11,000 dollars.
Purchase and sale notes show items like a touring car with berth, a piano at half price, a building lot near West Fourth, and contact details. Also listings for laundry help, rental rooms, a Newfoundland collie, a child care service, and various buy and rent offerings. Multiple named locations and phone numbers indicate a bustling classifieds page.
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