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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1918
Page
3
Local Waterloo paper announces rate changes for want ads to a minimum 28 cents per day and 1 cent per word for general insertions. It highlights the classifieds as a community marketplace for items, housing, jobs, and services with many examples and contact notes.
Berlin dispatch reports rising demand for a constituent assembly amid Germany’s political divide. Soldiers urge democratic reform while government stalls, with Berlin's socialists split and weapons dwindling as troops head home. The writer notes Berlin feels exhausted and the war largely forgotten amid the struggle between assembly advocates and Soviet influence.
United States District Attorney Charles F. Clyne mobilizes federal and state food agencies to crack down on profiteers raising prices. About twenty investigators were assigned to gather evidence for possible prosecutions amid the food price crisis.
Cardinal Mercier of Belgium will assist the American Thanksgiving service at the Church of the Madeleine, Paris, with participation from Archbishops of Reims and Cambrai and bishops of Amiens, Lille and Soissons as reported by the Associated Press. Aaron Brown, 24 Van Buren Street, broke an arm at Grant School this morning. The dairy question notes that sterilization is the safest method to destroy germs in utensils and preserve milk quality.
Paris reports American wounded prisoners released by the Germans reached the American lines and are being cared for by the MGC A. Privates George Christopulus Otto Popeller and Richard Strandgart of Moline Illinois and Captain Frank H Wilson of Cambridge Massachusetts are named among the released. The Czech Slovak defense department mobilized active reservists born 1895 to 1899 and ordered all men under 40 to remain under arms per a Prague dispatch.
Local and regional notes cover a J W Arbuckle Thanksgiving talk at junior high east, Maxwell farms shipping two Holstein cows to southwestern Kansas breeders, and visiting relatives in Orange township. Ada Slifer ill at home, and post office hours set for Thanksgiving. A church revival topic is Hunted by Demons with prayers led by Charles White.
Police Commissioner Enright warned Mayor Hylan and federal authorities that officers might use a machine gun against soldiers and sailors during disorderly acts at two Socialist meetings. The message was part of protests over police–military clashes and followed by officials penalizing unrest in New York.
Chicago trading closes with a general decline after early gains as leading houses sell. December corn slips to about 1.24 1 4, while oats fluctuate and hogs provide some price support amid firmer cash quotes across several grades. Other notes touch Auburn Denver Brandon Mitchell and local weather and war updates.
Chicago prices show hogs 10 to 15 cents higher on Tuesday with receipts at 28 000 while cattle trade is very slow and lower on all but prime beef types. Sheep receipts reach 10 600 with killing classes firmer and feeders slow amid steady demand for beef and fattened stock.
Kansas City Missouri sales show hogs at 32 000 head with prices 10 to 15 cents lower and cattle 9 000 head steady. St Louis and Omaha reports include hogs lower to steady, cattle mixed to steady, and sheep softer with lambs and yearlings noted. Sioux City tallies 10 000 hogs steady, 7 500 cattle weak, 1 500 sheep steady.
Regional market notes show butter prices firm with creamery bids higher for extras and firsts. Milk products, cheese, and eggs exhibit mixed gains. poultry receipts vary by region with alive birds steady in some markets and higher egg prices noted in Minneapolis and Chicago reports.
New York reports buoyant stock and real estate tone with Merx and Liberty bonds noted. Waterloo market actions show real estate demand easing, farm lands and livestock prices moving, while local deaths and moves are recorded in Sumner and Ottumwa areas.
The La Porte City Red Cross chapter declined to surrender its charter and merge with a county organization after learning that Cedar Falls took similar action. As a result the meeting to form a county chapter was adjourned with no further action unless new developments occur.
London Times editorial discusses the freedom of the seas as the most thorny of Wilson’s fourteen points. It warns there is no single definition and cautions against abolishing sea power or blockade, urging substantial, concrete proposals and frank cross‑ Atlantic exchange.
E B Them traveled to Minneapolis to visit his daughter Mrs Ben Chapman while Ralph attends Minnesota University. Harlan King, from Lexington MO, visited his parents Mr and Mrs G King. Miss Minta Simmons learned of her husband’s influenza death in Trenton. Mr Kessler, once an undertaker in town, has died. Forest Walker family vacationed with Mr and Mrs C M Walker. Ashley of Ames expected home for Thanksgiving dinner with his parents. Miss Charlotte Wettstein hosted a small gathering at Mrs HB Fields residence. Wettstein plans to leave for Eustis Florida next month. Cotton futures closed steady with December at 28.25 and March at 26.80.
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