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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1919
Page
6
The notice describes a relocation and sale advertising services for a lodge, with various misreadings. It mentions packing and shipping of household goods, piano lessons offered by Mrs and Miss Wooster, and a warehousing company listing freight savings for shipments to Los Angeles. It notes a next shipment leaving Waterloo around November 10th.
Lost yearling Holstein heifers reported between Waterloo and Rein near 15th Street. Phone 7 i Media aids listed with vague cross streets and contact details. Also notes job ads seeking female help and general household assistance with various locations and roles.
Fragmentary OCR text discusses territorial agents and operations in a town with references to a bank and associations. It mentions people and roles but lacks coherent names, dates, or actions to confirm a specific event or outcome.
A dense list of rental rooms and furnished units, garages, and one room office spaces. Multiple real estate for sale items include 6 room bungalows and modern homes, plus numerous automobile sales and used car notices from various sellers.
In Chicago on October 16 the corn market moved within narrow limits as rain briefly steadied prices before a retreat. December and May futures showed small gains then faded, oats followed corn, and hogs and provisions fluctuated with slight strength from bullish warehouse stock reports amid cottonseed oil gains.
Local notes include grain and provisions pricing in Chicago and Peoria markets, advertisements for horses and vehicles, storage and transfer services in Waterloo, real estate loan offers, and municipal notices. Legal notices cite a landlord lien case in Waterloo and an ordinance amendment on street bus fares, with multiple city and county references and dated material from 1914 to 1919.
Receipts show beef cattle prices with medium prime at 16.00 to 29.00 dollars, hogs around 14.85 to 15.50 per hundred, cows and calves listed with values near 12.00 to 15.69, and ewes breeding stock priced from 33.00 to 6.00. The report notes steady demand and firm overall quotes for the latest period.
Kansas City market reports show cattle receipts around 10 000 with varied prices for heavy steers medium and good through to butcher cattle and calves. St Louis notes 4 000 receipts with steady prices for steers and heifers and mixed ranges for cows and veal. Location details include East St Louis and Waterloo markets with grain prices and dairy products listed. Washington reports sugar licensing debates delaying farm bill action while Missouri women begin organizing a state suffrage league branch.
Market reports from Omaha Sioux City and Saint Joseph note varied livestock activity. Hog and cattle prices range across grades with receipts around thousands. choicest hogs and veal calves command higher bids while stockers and feeders show moderate values. Public sale mentions appear among the listings.
New York dairy and poultry prices show butter firm with higher creamery receipts and fresh gathered output. Cheese, state whole milk flats and current make specials noted. butter averages around 64 to 60 cents. Chicago reports firm butter and poultry prices with steady or unchanged rates. raw sugar and other commodities show varied movement across markets.
The notice outlines fare rates for streetcar travel over various mileages and passenger counts. It specifies charges of 75 cents for two miles, 1.25 dollars for additional miles, 1.00 dollar for up to three passengers, and 2.00 dollars for four passengers, with extra passengers at 25 cents each. It requires posted rates and compliance from operators and notes a minimum for certain calls over one mile, plus a 2% tax and official posting by city authorities in 1941.
New York trading opens with motors and their specialties, oils, and related shares rallying after a weak start. Marine, petroleum, steel, and railroad issues show varied moves as investors push for gains amid tentative pool activity and early record highs in select sectors.
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