Market News and Weather Outlook From Chicago Board
General markets report from Chicago on Oct 14 notes a larger visible supply expected, bearish sentiment due to warm Argentine weather and shipping to the UK, and a third largest European wheat crop. December corn and wheat show declines. hogs and cattle trade data. St Louis and Kansas City livestock. Chicago produce and cash grain quotes. NY stock closings. regional Waterloo markets for feed and produce.
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Chicago
United Kingdom
Washington
Canadian Northwest
ST. Louis
Tony
Kansas City
Toay
Potato Market Highlights Amid Heavy Sale Volume
Public market featured large loads of potatoes and butter with many items on sale. Prices ranged for potatoes from 60 to 70 cents per bushel, butter at 25 to 32 cents per pound, and a wide assortment of produce and poultry sold rapidly despite bad weather. A notable note: harvest King potatoes, ducks, and spring chickens moved quickly as home baking goods and fruit and vegetables filled the stalls.
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W. C. Rector
Rector
Ives
Bremer County
Wl Brown
Orange Township
Rania
H. FE. Willard Booth
la Porte
Independence
Seigtore
Italglada
Wild Man Brought to Vinton on Larceny Charge
Sheriff Wyckoff captured a supposed wild man in Omaha and brought John Batistian or Ericks to Vinton Iowa to answer a grand larceny accusation. The suspect, once at a carnival as Craxo, admitted breaking into a farm house near Vinton with another man and stealing clothing and cash. The man, tied to a carnival act, resisted but was escorted to jail to face charges.
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Vinton
Wyckoff
Omaha
John W. Langham
John Batistian
Ericks
Wychoff
Wychert
Maha Ree
van Diesen
Wyehoff
Wild Oman
John Ferran
Annie Clothing
Ferran
Ditguisa
Craxo
Potatoes at State Farm Yield Huge per Acre Near Fort Madison
A small plot of potatoes at the State Farm near Fort Madison produced an enormous crop, nearly 200 bushels per acre, with many potatoes over a pound. Supervisor Hoffmeister’s six and a half acre experiment endured dry weather, then rains and floods that revived a once bleak outlook as corn was planted between rows.
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Fort Madison
State Farm
Hoffmeister
Potatoes High at Des Moines
Des Moines reports potato prices showing a wide gap between wholesale and retail. Grundy Center producers sell at about 45 cents per bushel, while Des Moines grocers and retailers charge from 1.20 to 1.60 per bushel, with wholesale moves between 80 and 85 cents to retailers as prices could drop further.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Grundy Center
Pearl in Clams at Church Supper Sparks Ownership Fight
Chicago Oct 14 A carpenter finds a $1000 pearl in a clam at Our Lady of Lourdes church supper. The clam supplier Frank J Dugget claims ownership. the court reserves ruling until Oct 19 with the pearl held by Police Captain Max Danner. Elmer Thiesen sues Dugget for recovery of the gem.
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Chicago
John J. Caverly
Municipal Court
Elmer Thiesen
North
Oakley Avenue
Frank J. Dugget
South Water Street
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Leland
Ashland Avenues
Dudge Caverly
Thiesen
Dugget
Judge
Caverly
Max Danner
Potatoes See Mixed Prices Across Iowa Regions
Potato outlook in Iowa shows a shorter crop this year with prices easing slightly. Growers report profits from 35 to 84 cents a bushel, with wholesalers and commission men taking 25 to 30 cents. Eldridge in Scott county moves 7000 bushels to Chicago and Illinois. local markets offer 0 to 90 cents, while growers ask up to 90 cents to $1 per bushel.
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Grundy Center
Iowa
Eldridge
Scott County
Chicago
Illinois
Four divorce decrees granted by Judge Platt
Minnie Bixby was granted a divorce from Arthur Bixby on cruelty grounds. She receives alimony of 25 dollars monthly for ten years, household goods, $150 cash, and a 127 Harrison Street home. Eva Holm gains separation from Harry Holm, with custody of a minor child in the cross-bill case A T Dumond vs Esther E Dumond. The chancery calendar lists many more divorce actions to be proved.
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Platt
Minnie Bixby
Arthur Bixby
Riceville
Harrison Street
Eva Holm
Harry Holm
A. T. Dumond
Esther E. Dumond
DREW TEN YEARS ON FORGERY CHARGE
Keokuk Iowa October 14 C M Mathieson was sentenced to ten years in Fort Madison penitentiary after pleading guilty to forgery. He had escaped from a hospital last April and was captured in Kansas City. Judge Hamilton refused leniency, calling him a desperate character. Albert Stonehouse and sister are visiting Waterloo.
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Keokuk
C. M. Mathieson
Fort Madison
Hamilton
Mathieson
Kansas City
Waterloo Market Place Impresses Visiting Police Chiefs
Chief Locke of the Waterloo police praised the market place setup shown to Town Chiefs of Police during their annual convention. Vendors sold produce to a crowd of officers, with the area largely cleared by 10 o'clock. Mason City’s delegate formed a high opinion of Waterloo police and city departments after tours and social events.
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Macon City Times
Waterloo
Chief Locke
Police Department
Locke
Market Place
Law and Order
Mason City
Burns Attacks Burns on McNamaras Trial Evidence
William J. Burns former government agent who built the case against the McNamara brothers attacked Samuel Gompers president of the AFL in Cleveland detailing alleged bribery ranges and political influence. He said more than 1,090,000 has been raised for the defense and promised to present further evidence on fund handling and defense methods at the Los Angeles trial.
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Levaland
Get
Willam J. Burns
Government
Secret Service
McNamara Brothers
Los Angeles
Cal
Samuel Gompeére
American Federation of Labor
Ohio
Columbus
Burns
Cleveland
New York
Los Angelex
J. BR
Tampers
Wald Burns
Itda
Gompera
McNamara
Union Ameral
Almis Imam- Spiete
Dao
Burna
Inbnor
Clarence S. Darrow
Automobile plates must be changed in Iowa in 1912
Des Moines reports Secretary of State W. C. Hayward’s office will mail circulars to automobile owners and dealers. Applications for 1912 license numbers will be accepted in November and December as old plates expire December 31. Dealers are urged not to use placards on cars and to prepare new plates for January 1 1912, with first shipments expected November 1.
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Des Moines
W. C. Hayward
Iowa
Pastures Green
Illnois
Local Weather Note From Buchanan Optical Co
Fragmentary OCR weather snippet dated October 14 shows a temperature reference at night and stray letter markings. The readable content is insufficient to determine location, full date, or concrete forecast details beyond a temperature cue and the supplying company name.
Revival of Scene of N Bonaparte Before Sphinx
A humorous reminiscence about a giant six thousand pound cheese at a dairy show. The narrator imagines Napoleon before the Sphinx and muses on appetite, memory, and pastoral imagery while joking about slicing the cheese.
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N. Bonaparte
Sphinx
Frank Hickenlooper
Napoleon
Doc. Cook
Graft in Med School Alleged Prompt Action by Faculty
Iowa City Oct 14 Special The State university medical college faculty acts decisively on rumors that professors split fees with physicians who refer cases The board of education approves and President Howman declares no non professional conduct tolerated and that if such division ever existed it is now ended
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Iowa City
Medical College
The
State University
State Board of Education
Howman
Laws State Board of Education
Univer Alt
Roosevelt's Name Widely Cheered At Pan Pacific Exposition
President Taft started 1915 Panama Pacific exposition with a first spadeful of earth. Pacific fleet ships joined the celebration in San Francisco harbor. Roosevelt received loud cheers as the parade moved past the crowded parade route. Taft credited Theodore Roosevelt for prompt action in the project at a banquet hosted by exposition directors.
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San Francisco
Taft
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal
Real estate transfers listed for Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Abstracts record multiple property transfers in Cedar Falls and Waterloo including parcels in 12-88-14 and 31-90-13 and additions such as Taylor’s 2nd, Conger Park and McNellis, with buyers from Adam Yockstick to Edward Yockstick and others. Amounts range from $1 to $1,500 with several parcels and lots conveyed, including a large $1,260 for Westfield addition and a $1,250 tract adjoining.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Adam Yockstick
Edward Yockstick
Adam Yorckstick
Mary Conlisk
Taylor
Cedar Falls
Plasma Ferris
Craig C. Calkins
Elmwood Cemetery
Waterloo
Alfred Bartholomew
RE. A. Wright
Aldrich
Cedar
C. B. Pickett
West Waterloo
Hattie Bunt
The
Courier Building Co
Westfield Building Co
Alonzo P. Sharp
Westfield Addition
Ira J. Hoover
J. A. Bown
Maple Leaf
H. ©. Gosse
John Jamison
Baptist Church of
B. W. Merrill
J. R. and &. Cameron
Board of School Directors
Union Township
Elizabeth Dorman
Mary E. Odla
Ednar. Davis
A. P. Cotton
Albert Tribon
Martha C. Eine
McNellis
Dunkerton
Mery Doyle
Manson
George Woellert
R. J. Ball
Weistead
Wateries
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Lamson Bros. & CO
Chicago Board OF Trade
Bennett
South Dakota
Annary
Wight
Yesterar
Iengy
Reeves
Texas
BIBRA
A. W
H. W
N. S
N.S
Minneapolis
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Lark Bock Te Sail
Atchison
American Smelter
Union Pacific
Baltimore
Southern Pacific
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
United States Steel
Amalgamated Copper
Northern Free
Great Northern
Gellinors Central
St. Paul
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Wellington
Kansas
Turkey
Pioneer
Ushel
Patie
Bastilan
Borneo
Carpenter
Drew
Albert Stonehouse
G. E. Weaver
John Sisco
H. W. Weaver
M. A. Weaver
Mr. Stonehouse
Towa
Chie
McNamaras
Buchanan Optical Co. Syndicate Block
Pres
Bowroan
Earth
Jacob A. Groth
Mimve Hummel
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