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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1929
Page
22
Minutes show adjournment to a specified time, dated October 7, 1899, with signatures including the County Auditor and chairmen. Readable fragments reference Be Heltey Beheltey and several names such as McMUWan F.7 Gutthaw Delack and others, but details are incomplete.
In New York Times Magazine summary by T. Ad. Martyn, the piece notes a rising number of women pilots, citing Ruth Elder Amelia Earhart and Mrs. Thaden as pioneers and highlighting growing participation, endurance questions, and increasing visibility at major airports from New York to San Francisco.
A weary office girl Alice on a tall New York roof witnesses a girl and Tommy coaxed by a mother. She imagines three wishes for a baby to love and finds a doll prize after a magical moment. Sid Jevons comforts her and they name their first child Tommy, nurturing belief in fairies.
Waterloo Iowa city council meets to approve sewer project No 20 on Concrete avenue Sycamore street and adjoining streets with multiple objections heard from residents on Hawthorne Bath Cottage Grove and others. resolutions amend plans authorize construction and approve driveways permits for Skelly company and Phillips Petroleum installation. bids accepted for iron stoker and boiler repair. adjournment follows.
Berlin reports Brigitte Helm a famed German film star was refused admission to watch her own movie The Wonderful Lie of Nina Petrova due to a 16 and under policy. She argued she is older than 16 and the Nina of the play, but the doorman and theatre manager insisted she could not enter.
New York dispatch reports the National City Bank review finding manufacturing and trade at a high level last month with declines in steel, building, and auto output. It calls for a breathing spell to curb speculation and steady money markets while noting strong demand for credit and rising securities offerings.
Denver reports coal companies plan to substitute compressed air for explosives in mining. The system, approved by the U.S. Bureau of Mines, uses air cartridges in drill holes triggered remotely to push coal free, reducing dust and roof-rock risk and enabling faster returns to work.
Cotton trade opened with steady to firm prices in Liverpool with 9 000 bales sold and receipts of 12 000 bales. Middling and good middling ranges quoted, futures for October through May listed with varied prices across months as markets opened unchanged or slightly lower.
The document lists cash quotations for seeds and grains from the Board of Trade in Chicago with prices for yellow corn No 2 and No 3, white and yellow oats, and various seed samples. Totals include Clover seed at 312,029.00 and other commodity prices and grades, with mixed readability across items.
New York market notes show mixed prices for meats and dairy. Receipts include 1 625 tubs of Gleady cheese and 198 993 pock nets. Butter and cheese largely unchanged. poultry prices mostly steady with some gains and declines across varieties.
In Chicago trading exporters push grain futures higher as demand shifts to hard winter wheats. Argentine crop prospects buoy prices while oats and corn also gain, with wheat leading the advance and closing quotes showing modest gains across commodities.
Receipts totaled about 1 100 cattle with varying prices for red veal grassers and heifers. Hogs numbered 8 090 with steady demand and prices, while sheep receipts reached 6 000 with lighter lambs up to 35 cents higher and fat lambs around 11 50 to 12 50.
Futures shown for butter storage standards with December, January and November contracts. Prices listed include 440 for December and 342.7 for December refrigerator standards and 37% for November.
Raw sugar unchanged at 08 for spots with duties paid to sales. Refined sugar steady at 0.500 for fine granulated.
Peoria livestock receipts offered steady demand with top hogs around 10.15 and bulk sales noted. Virgil Stowers and Clifford Redding were fined 360 dollars each for liquor transportation after pleading before Judge R. W. Hasner. Rev. J. G. Creede spoke on training boys to be right minded citizens at the Optimists club noon program.
Mona Wilson, 33, formerly serving 30 years for her mother’s death, was granted a new trial by the Nebraska Supreme Court. In a second trial she was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment after a jury fixed the penalty at life. She killed her mother in 1927 by poisoning her, saying the pill was a prescription from no doctor. Her father also received a poison capsule but survived.
New York markets rally for the third straight session as credit conditions ease and optimistic reports surface. Gains lead by Industrial Alcohol, American Machine & Foundry, Warren Bros and others with several names touching new highs while some declines recur in General Electric and Westinghouse early before rebounding later.
Receipts 9,000 cattle and 15,000 sheep with moderate activity. Cattle show steady prices across weight classes. yearlings and feeders mixed, slaughter steers 980 to 1,500 pounds range $12.50 to $15.50. Hogs 250 to 280 pounds bring around $9.65 to $9.95. sows $6.95 to $8.10. Sheep and lambs see native lambs steady to strong, cull and common bids around $6.00 to $7.50 for feeders, ewes $4.00 to $6.28.
St Joseph Missouri October livestock receipts total 7 500 hogs 2 007 cattle and sheep 6 000 Prices show varied runs calves 600 plus cattle steady to strong calves and yearlings active hogs steady to firm with lighter weights quoted at 9 60 7 75 per cwt packing sows 7 7 50 cattle calves steady to strong cows weak to steady lambs and feeder lambs around 17.00 with best priced over 12 75 per cwt Sheep feeders around 1 75 to 1 70 per pound high demand for lighter weights noted.
Mis ver Sin Yerk reports steady foreign exchange demand with quotes for Britain France Belgium Germany Norway Denmark Switzerland Greece Poland Czecho Slováкia and other nations. Minneapolis flour shipments remain unchanged at 32 200 units with Bras pricing at 47 599 and 28 50 end.
New York stocks opened modestly higher as most issues retained gains from yesterday. Volume remained light while rails and prime mortgage issues advanced. utilities and industrials held firm as United States government securities advanced.
Prices from Iowa packing centers show bids by weight and job lot. Receipts in Des Moines reach 4200 with prime light to heavy categories priced from 6.60 to 8.78 while other firms list similar ranges for hogs and sows across weights and grades.
East St. Louis hogs and cattle showed varied action with receipts around 13 500 head and 59 000 cattle lots. Native steers and western cattle posted modest gains while lighter cuts and hogs traded steady to higher. sheep receipts fell and demand remained brisk with higher lean lambs and cull bids noted.
Potatoes receipts show 145 cars on track and 4937 total U S shipments with 1223 enray trading. Wisconsin round whites sell around 2 00 to 2 50 bag while Minnesota North Dakota Red River specials fetch about 2 10 to 2 50 per bag. Early Ohio and Saskatchewan prices cited with variations and regional quotes across several states.
Cattle and hog markets show firm to steady tones with light receipts. Hog prices steady around 10.40 to 10.60 and cattle top around 16.10 for slaughter steers while lambs and feeding lambs strengthen, with hides and sows trading higher on keen demand.
Receipts of cattle hogs and sheep detailed with price ranges and averages. Hogs mostly steady to 1 cent lower top around 8.74 for select 190 pounders. Cattle steady to slow with heifers and yearlings showing gains and top fed steers near 16.7 per cwt. Sheep and lambs firm to higher with slaughter lambs up about 12.75 to 13.00.
Receipts: cattle 3000, hogs 4600, sheep 5000. Cattle steady to strong with yearlings firm. light sellers around 14.00 decline noted. Hogs opened steady to higher, values 8.75 to 9.35 for various weights. sows firmer to 5 cents higher, bulk 7.40 to 8.00. Sheep steady, lamb bids up to 12.50 with higher for select lots.
Estimated livestock receipts show hogs at Chicago 3,000 and sheep at 16,000 for the day.
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