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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1911

Page

5

Market News from Chicago Wheat Up on Russian Crop Drop

Chicago Oct 13 official estimates show Russian crop down 240 60 000 bushels from last year aiding a wheat rally. Australian yield forecast 25 percent lower adds to bullish sentiment with rains in the U S wheat belt and light world shipments. December wheat climbs and closes steady near 99 1 4 as corn hog and oats trade mixed amid broad market movements.

Chicago Australia Russia United States Iowa Missouri

Market Prices and The new york close headlines

A dense report of cash grain prices for wheat corn and oats with bid and ask ranges for several grades. It includes New York close figures for wheat corn and Minneapolis cash quotes along with livestock values from Chicago and Waterloo market notes on dairy butter eggs lard and cattle hog prices and packer bids.

Potato harvest runs hot at Grundy Center

Grundy Center Iowa October 13 The spud crop comes in fast with 15 cars loaded yesterday and similar volume expected today. Prices ranged 42 to 48 cents with the market easing slightly now. shipments stay local to Iowa and the season is seen as short. Lamson Bros will receive World Series reports by wire at 1 15 p.m within the office.

Grundy Center Iowa West Lamson Bros. & Co

Jersey Cattle Sale At Chautauqua Park Big Crowd Attends

At Chautauqua park the E. R. Shoemaker Jersey herd of 91 cattle goes to public auction with 19 sold in the opening hour. The sale resumes after lunch with more buyers. some of the finest animals will be offered this afternoon. A calf born last night drew attention for its small size and vigor. The Jersey breed is prized for rich milk production. Thousands have visited the Shoemaker cattle tent this week.

Chautauqua Park Jersey E. R. Shoemaker Shoemaker

Coffin Divorce Hearing Reveals Loaned Watch

Fort Dodge Iowa October 13. Testimony in the Coffin divorce case shows Mr Coffin lent the watch his wife gave him before marriage as security for a $29 loan to her. A letter from him to her discussed three women associated with him abroad, including one traveling in the orient and an old maid. The defense failed to undermine Mrs Coffin’s taste for his gifts.

Fort Dodge Coffin

Community Notes From Winslow and Nearby

Earl Cortright spent a week in South Dakota. Farmers dig potatoes this week. Frances Webster visited Mrs. Briner in Janesville. Mrs. Frank Nace of Waterloo and Mrs. Jacobs of Cedar Falls stayed with Walter Robinson. Farmers attend the Iowa State Dairy Show in Waterloo. Genther and Sohle families of Waverly visited Bickelbero. Charles Jennings of Cedar Falls bought cattle in Winslow this week.

Winslow Charles Jennings Cedar Falls

Diphtheria Quarantine Ended for Peter Osborne Home

The residence of Peter Osborne at 300 Charles Street was released from quarantine for diphtheria. J W Rath and wife attend Chicago wedding. Mrs Bertha Hellen departs for Chicago to winter with her daughter. Eckland, first cornet in LaRue's Waterloo band, had a fall during a Fourth Street march but recovered to play on. County hunts licensees near 1 000 since July 1 1911, with near 2 000 expected yearly total. licenses cost 1 each and go to the state. H Riley from Onaka, visiting the cattle show, says its dairy stock outshines others and will promote it in the northwest.

Peter Osborne Charles Street J. W. Rath Chicago Mr. Rath Eckland LaRue Waterloo Fourth Street Rainbow H. Riley Onaka Northwest

Tailoring House Opens At 222 East Fifth Street

The Withers Company opens a new tailoring house at 222 East Fifth Street. C. M. Olin serves as resident manager. The shop specializes in ladies and men's tailoring to order and marks the firm’s expansion from Minneapolis and Duluth operations.

East Fifth Street Withers Company Controllng Minneapolis Duluth C. M. Olin

Death summons comes for Mrs Elizabeth Snider at 91

Mrs. Elizabeth C. Snider aged 91 died suddenly in Houston Texas last night. She lived with her daughter in Waterloo for forty years after moving east from Cincinnati. She was born July 1820 in France and married John Snider in Cincinnati. Survived by three daughters, one son, ten grandchildren, five great grandchildren. Burial expected in Waterloo.

George W. Harbin E. C. Snider Houston Tex Snyder H. Fred Snider Ardmore Okla Waterloo Elizabeth C. Jonte France Cincinnati John Snider East Carrie EB. Mark Dunkirk Julia A. Walls Chicago Addia Henn Indianapolis H. Fred Snyder Oklo G. W. Harbin C. W. Harbin J. W. Rath Snider The Presbyterian Church Harbin Effie McCollum Jones Dubuque Rev B. W. Jones Universalist Church California

Valuable Farm Machinery Display At Cattle Congress

Fifty thousand dollars buys a broad range of farm machinery gasoline engines and home and farm materials, with displays on the cattle congress grounds totaling about 50000. The International Harvester company headlines exhibitors with a display valued above 12000.

International Harvester Company

Des Moines Cattle Congress Highlights and Calf Auction

Ed Lytton sang a solo in Des Moines Coliseum. KE R Shoemaker bought a new calf and shown Jerseys were auctioned. Diores Polly, a Guernsey, owned by Wilcox Stubbs Co., is valued at 250 dollars. Twin Guernsey calves Dalsy Belle of Sarnia and Belle Dalsy of Sarnia are shown. A large cattle parade is planned for 3 PM tomorrow for Waterloo residents.

Ed. Lytton Des Moines KE. R. Shoemaker Leda Nobles-Waterloo Wilcox-Stubbs Co Lord Mar Guernsey Sarnia Belle Dalsy

Lecture Highlights State Agriculture Leader in Iowa

Prof. P. G. Holden delivered a notable lecture on a “Greater Iowa” yesterday at 2 PM and earned high praise. Holden is recognized as a leading figure in the state, especially for agricultural interests. Patents granted in Towan for the week ending Oct 10 1911 include several Iowa inventors with devices ranging from a bucket for plastic material to a rail joint and a cash register, listed by patent attorney Clarence J. Loftus Des Moines.

P. G. Holden Greater Iowa Towans Clarence J. Loftus Des Moines Charles L. Bartlett Cedar. Rapids Metalic James B. Crawford J. R. Milliken Sioux City Louis P. Hisenkien J. B. Sax Ottumwa BH. L H. A. Roth Lorenzo Evans Hiteman Frank Gadeck Mystic John S. Juline John R. Morris Waterloo Cash Register Joshua L. Morris Council Bluffs W. D. Jamison Shenandoah Henry H. Vernon Hawarden Stanchion W. L. Wagner Ankeny

House warming for college man at Sunny Slope Cedar Falls

Prof and Mrs W W Gist entertained about 60 friends last night at their new home Sunny Slope at Eighteenth and Walnut streets. The event served as a house warming with Cedar Falls faculty and friends in attendance. Dr D W Lanham lectured on The World Battle Ground for the Young Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist church, the first talk he has given in the city in four years.

Cedar Falls W. W. Gist Eighteenth Walnut Streets Gist Iowa State Teachers’ College D. W. Lanham Young Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Titus Lowe Lanham

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