Wanted Ads Show Waterloo Prices and Lost and Found Notes
Waterloo readers see a sprawling classified page with want ads and notices. Listings cover lost items like keys glasses and suitcases, real estate sales, rentals, and miscellaneous goods.
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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1920
Page
8
Waterloo readers see a sprawling classified page with want ads and notices. Listings cover lost items like keys glasses and suitcases, real estate sales, rentals, and miscellaneous goods.
Chicago Oct 8 Wheat prices fell on weak export demand and heavy Kansas Southwest offerings. December and March contracts slipped as the market opened lower and remained unsettled, with new reports of Canadian purchases and Minneapolis buying tempering losses. Corn followed wheat lower while oats and provisions showed only temporary support.
Harry S. McCartney filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to review his bid to compel Secretary Colby to promulgate a joint peace resolution passed by Congress last May and vetoed by the president. He seeks early consideration of the case from the U S Court of Appeals in Washington D C. A report from political desk noted campaign activity at GOP headquarters with plans to have Mrs. Fred St. Petit meet as women’s organizer in Mark Wawk County to aid party workers. Market briefs and livestock listings from several cities followed, with varying commodity prices and bond notes.
Cattle receipts reach 14,000 with steers steady to strong and top at 18.50, bulk cows around 6.00 with varied butcher and feeder weights. Hogs receipts near 12,000 with biggest gains to 23.50 for some lots, sows 14.95 to 15.00, and light drafts near 14.60. Sheep receipts steady as fat lambs and yearlings show value gains across grades.
Kansas City receipts show beef cattle firm to higher with uneven sales and moderate demand. Fat cattle mostly steady to higher. feeding cattle mixed with light bids. hogs and sheep receipts around five hundred to six hundred with bulk prices near ten to fifteen dollars per hundredweight and lambs selling lower.
Cattle and hog markets show higher receipts in Sioux City livestock report. Hogs sell around 14.50 to 14.25 dollars for light to heavy loads, light steers and yearlings range 10.00 to 17.00, cows and heifers 4.95 to 5.25, vealers and feeders 7.30 to 11.00, stockers 5.50 to 9.00. Sheep receipts about 500 with market noted.
New York stocks showed irregular movement with rails and steel firms leading early gains. Highs came from American Locomotive and Crucible Steel while demand waned for oils and some utilities. Call money spiked to 7 percent as funds tightened. close appeared heavy with several major issues posting small gains or losses.
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