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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 05, 1918

Page

11

Markets Open With Fresh Weakness In Grain Prices

The market showed renewed weakness in corn and oats with futures sliding at the opening and then partially recovering. Cash quotes in Chicago for corn and oats were listed with varied values, while Kansas City grain prices showed mixed readings across wheat and corn contracts. Provisions traded listlessly as pork, lard, and rib offerings moved slowly, with some firmness in certain fats despite overall subdued activity.

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St Joseph Livestock Market Report Highlights Hog and Cattle Prices

The St Joseph market shows hog receipts around 4,500 with top bids near 18.90 and lower bids around 15.25. Cattle include 1,369 steers, steady. cows and heifers range from 6.50 to 13.00, with lambs and ewes noted in the lower to mid ranges.

St. Joseph

Kansas City Livestock Market Receipts and Prices

Kansas City livestock sales report shows hog receipts around 1 000 with prices $15.50 to $18.25, packers and lights $17.00 to $18.35, cattle receipts about 18 000 with steers and cows priced from $5.10 to $12.00, calves $5.09 to $14.00, and sheep receipts near 5 000 with lambs $13.50 to $15.50, yearlings and wethers $9.00 to $11.00, ewes around $8.50 to $12.00, stockers and feeders $6.56 to $7.08.

Kansas City

Prices Across Markets Show Mixed Commodity Moves

Chicago and other hubs report varied prices for butter corn potatoes and poultry as markets reflect unsettled trends. Wheat oats and barley trade with irregular receipts while reports from Minneapolis Saint Louis and Omaha note mixed movements in dairy and grain products amid shifting demand.

Ubicago Chicago Peoria Mato New York Minneaforis Grady Minneapolis Minn Omaha

Weekly Grain and Provision Review from Chicago Ort

The report notes drastic price cuts and excited selling in the grain market this week, with prices down from a week earlier. Export demand and government orders shaped markets, while hopes for peace faded amid war weariness and uncertain surrender prospects.

Chicago Jehanses Bulearia Peare Agy

Cattle market slips as steers falter and stockers edge higher

Fragmented market notes from Friday show cattle prices uneven with steers mostly steady to lower and cheaper grades down, while stockers and feeders trend higher. Receipts around 1,000 with western lambs and feeding sheep lower. hogs 10 to 15 cents under Friday averages. mixed day for steers and heifers amid price shifts.

Keira Biana Igre

Omaha Livestock Prices and Receipts Report

Omaha Neb October cattle and hog quotes show mixed receipts. Hog prices range from 14.20 to 15.40 per hundredweight with 200 head reported steady. Cows and heifers bring 9.00 to 13.50, yearlings 12.00 to 14.00, sheep receipts around 100, with lambs near 14.08 and 12.00 to 14.60 for other categories.

Omaha Neb

Sioux City Livestock Prices Report

Sioux City livestock market notes hogs at prices around 18.20 to 18.50 with light receipts. cattle receipts about 600 with cows and heifers around 14.0. hogs and cattle markets show steady activity. Sheep receipts about 2,000 also steady.

Livestock Prices Mixed at St. Louis Market

St. Louis Livestock reports varied hog, cattle and lamb quotes with several price ranges. Hogs steady near 18.75 to 18.85 per hundredweight, bulk 18.50. mixed lots at 18.00 to 19.00. Heifers around 3.60 to 2.49. calves about 7.75. lambs 12.00 to 50. Ewes listed near 11.00.

Americans Hold Lead Despite Terrific Fire near Argonne

American forces pressed advances amid heavy fighting on the Meuse and Argonne front with tanks aiding the assault. Air power established supremacy as twilight raids and day operations continued, while German retreat options were viewed as compelled by Allied pressure. British shipyard output rose in September, with nine months totals showing significant increases in merchant tonnage and a dramatic drop in losses in mid 1918.

Pane Syate Argonne Forest Meuse Arsenne Verdun Berlin

Mean Thiev or Mean Cussedness at Cattle Congress

A silk flag was stolen Thursday night from a booth at the Cattle Congress. The owner, a native Scotsman, values the emblem highly and doubts duplication in the United States. Returning the flag to Cattle Congress officials or the sheriff is urged, or left at this office.

United States Congress Dale E. Andrews Cattle Congress Russall-Lamson Hotel Presbyterian Hospital

Wrecked Gillespie plant blast claims many lives

The Morvan, New Jersey TNT plant explosion killed 14 known dead and injured many others. Fire and rescue efforts continued as military guards sealed Perth Amboy and South Amboy while towns evacuated. A railroad fireman died saving a locomotive, and overall search for missing workers proceeded amid ongoing detonations.

Donohue Gillespie Elizabeth Rahway Yates Gillespie Company Perth Amboy South Amboy United States Coast Guards Gillespie Plant Gillespe Amboy New Jersey Iass

French and U S Push Foe From Valuable Ground

Allied forces press German positions in a broad offensive east of Reims and along the Argonne, with Gen Berthelot claiming 2,500 prisoners and 31 guns in five days. British and French advance near Beaurevoir Le Caislet while American forces push north of the Kriemhild defense system and toward Lille as German withdrawals continue in front of Allied lines.

Indo Reims Berthelot Argonne Gon- Taud Monthois U. & Men Kriemaild Kriembhild St. Quentin Beaurevoir le Caislet Charnor- Vert Lille Fortie Flanders Ashicat Ypres Scarpe Paris Serbia Vranje Presys London Louis Ringwier

Church Directory Update Reaches Waterloo Area

Waterloo church listings reveal Sunday school at 10 a.m. and varied services across denominations. Notable entries include Adventist and Baptist congregations, Catholic masses, and multiple Lutheran and Presbyterian observances with dates, times, and pastor names.

Lake Fourth Street Jeferson Park Jan Campbell Avenue William Avenue Hotman Luther League jMueller Jefferson Street Park Avenue Clyde J. Asking Walnut Street Lime Walnut Streets John Bunyan Smith Alties Smith Meorniay Smallpond Rether Antioch Doeugia J. W. Bowles Barton Avenue Red Street VC. Kelford St. Joseph's Third Mulberry EB. J. Slattery Sacred Heart Fourth Randolph John Molloy Macy's Church Lafayette and Henry Kuester Peter B. Volz Joseph HR. Toth O. F.M Christianr Central Fourth and South G. D. Serrill Christian Souldeavor Fred J. Clark Jolly Canrobert Liberty Church Woman's Club Red Cross Committee Plymouth Fifth W. A. Petersen Noth Thirteenth Jetterson Su School, 3¢ A. Smi Junior Endeavor Christian Endeavor Plymouth Womens Quartet Calvary—Newel H.C. Vandersall Il A. mc J. Lang Logan Avenue United Suzan and Dane S. Emrich Fourih Frank W. Court D. Db Fira M. W. Church Waterloo Fort Dodge Mt. Church Uinden Archer Avenue Ji. T.smith Epworth League Pauls Mt. D CG E Luce Broadway tHtreet Mobile Douglas Walter Mayfeld Albany Mobile Straits H. C. Boyd A'Rlock Presbyterian Park and Mulberry Tow John Robertson Macertney D. D BR. Macartney Will Oc Tupy Macartney First United Presbyterian Second Wellington M. G. Munn East Fark Kerm Cutler Cutler Street H. ©. Easley Sallou Avynton L MacCulough Bethany Enzlewood Avenue D. AlcAulay Cetar Heights Community

No Public Funerals In Waterloo For Influenza Deaths

Public funeral ban announced by Dr D C Hantoon health officer forbids funerals in Waterloo for influenza deaths including soldiers returning home. City clerk prepared to post notices if state orders arrive while officials probe for true influenza cases amid Spanish flu concerns. Meanwhile Paris dispatch notes Socialist deputies call for self rule for Austria Hungary Slavic Latin states and German self determination.

Waterloo D.C. Hantoon Jelly Populsa J Health Office Associated Press Paris Atatoa Austria-Hungary Austria Reichirath

First U. 5 Raider Sla Captain Hamm Killed in Lorraine Drive

Associated Press reports Captain Arthur Hamm who led the first raid by national army troops in Lorraine was killed September 14 during the push that flattened the St Mihiel salient. Advices received by his wife confirm the loss. The piece also notes a claim about health benefits of garlic for longevity.

U. 5 SLA Associated Press New York Arthur Hamm National Army Lorraine St. Miciel

City in Brief and Local Notices

City in brief itemizes multiple short notes including a Minnesota visit, cross nurse appointment, family travel, letters from Camp Pike, and a Dunkerton soldier reported missing but later said to be in a prison camp in Germany. It also mentions Iowa fire prevention essay prizes, a illness for a local advertiser, christening services, and potato sales in small lots.

Harold Bellmer Dunkerton Gera Iowa Manufacturers Insurance Company

Gas charge error prompts no fee next month

In Fargo Courier-News, a reader notes a gas billing mistake and reports there will be no charge during the coming month. The brief item mentions a 75 cent issue at the Senate and various unrelated trades and prices, including sirloin at 18 cents a pound.

Episcopal Christ Fourth Street Im. L. Tate Np. m St. Mark e—Fourth Denver Thomas Horton D. D Fargo Courier-News Senate

Classifieds and listings from a small town ad page

A mixed set of want ads and sale notices lists items for sale including a piano, a furnished room with kitchenette, gowns, a stove, a 1916 Fort Touring Car, Shropshire lambs, and a Buick vehicle. It also includes rental offers, a private room for rent, job wants, a lost service flag, and a request to return a leather bill book stolen from a bank.

Eimtall Jelts Son Street Beil Soy Aurmpiel Hotel Dresmunking Williston Cmitlard Magazine Man Shropshire Lambs Gessral Washington St Hent Ackerman St Randolph West Firth Buick Roedster Buick Dessenger West Motor Sales First National Bank

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