Wheat Prices Rise then Fall in Chicago Market Fluctuation
Chicago trading opened with heavy selling by a major commission house as December and March wheat futures moved from a lower start to a swift rise, then retreated from intraday highs after a leading trader’s firm stance. By day’s end December near 2.13 and March around 2.07, with declines from the prior close and mixed activity in oats and provisions across other grain markets.
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Chicero
New York
Pam
Waterloos Bank Clearings and Market Report Oct 1926
Waterloo bank clearings for the week ending Oct 18 1926 total 1 889 211 24 with instruments recorded deeds mortgages and chattel mortgages noted. Prices and conditions across grain flour coffee cotton and livestock markets are summarized alongside London silver and New York clearinghouse reserves. Local prices for butter hay cattle and hogs are listed with several small market notes and town notices.
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Black Hawk County Abstract Co
Waterloo Bank
Waterloo Clearing Mouse Association
New York
Siadstreet
Minnea
Ison
Stech & Cal
Minneapolis
Sana Oek
Steers 15-25c Off for Week and Hogs Down 15c for Day
Chicago cattle and hog market report shows steers 15-25c lower week, hogs down 15c for day, receipts around 3,000 cattle and 5,000 hogs, best westerns near steady, calves and bulls weaker, sheep and lambs mixed with fat lambs 25c lower and fat sheep steady to higher due to quality demand.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Report From Midwest and Plains
East and T. Lovis Livestock in St Louis reports cattle receipts at 1,000 with mixed movement. steers and heifers down 10 to 73 cents, cows lower, vealers and heavy calves 1.00 lower, feeders steady. Sioux City and Omaha markets show hogs steady to 14.50 lower for light to heavy. cattle mainly steady with steers up to 12.00 in places. sheep weak to steady with week-long trends. many districts report varying price shifts across cattle, hogs, and sheep.
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ST. Joseph
St. Joseph Mo
Waterloo
Elgar
New
Orele
Sereer Reese
Chicago
East &T. Lovis
Igast St Louis
Ill
Sioux City
Kansas City Livestock Market Update
Kansas City market notes for October 16 show cattle receipts at 500 with steady to strong demand for steers and heifers, hog receipts at 389 with steady prices, and sheep receipts at 200 with uneven, steady to weak bids. Strong players include local buyers and regional dealers, with quotations indicating prices near steady levels across categories.
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Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City
Prices of Produce and Dairy Goods in Warr York and Chicago
Market reports from New York and Kansas City detail status of produce prices. Creamery butter, eggs, cheese, and poultry show mixed movement with receipts ranging into thousands of cases and tubs. Butter strengthened slightly in New York, while eggs stay unchanged. Kansas City notes light quotes for hens and broilers amid steady live poultry prices.
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New York
Fife
Chicago
Kansan City
Kansas City
Stock Market Opens With Mixed Activity On Reading Shares Rise
New York Oct 14 New buying of junior coal shares led by Reading and second preferred with gains of 4 and 5 points respectively. Overall movement was uneven across steel equipment and shipping groups while textiles and some textiles gained on short covering. The session ended heavy with about 300000 shares traded and a long list of major issues closing lower amid adverse conditions at home and abroad.
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New York
London
American Can
American Car & Ndry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
American Sumatra Tobacco
American T. & T
Anaconda Copper Atchison
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steed Central Leather
Chesapeake & Chiofcago
Mil
St. Pauls
Crucible Steel General] Motors
Great Northern Qreatt
Goodrich Ca
Marine Pfd
International Paper Kennecott
Mexican Petroleum
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Norther Pacific
Pure Oili
Pennsylvania
Reading
Rep
Iron & Steel
Sinclair Cons
Oil & Refining
Southern Pacific
Southern Rathway
Studebaker Corporation
Texag Co
Tobacco Products
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Utah Copper
Westinghouse Electrcc
Weekly Grain and Provision Review
Organised farmer action to withhold grain and push prices higher boosted values this week. Wheat rose about 2 to 3 percent since last week, corn and oats gained, while provisions jumped as lard and meats cleared for Europe. News of Indian crop issues and a U S government report caused volatile swings, countered by talks of embargoes and President Wilson’s inquiry into wheat price manipulation.
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Chicago
Barnes
India
United States
Wilson
Gov.Allen
Kansas
Canada
Europe
Plan Impressive Burial For Hero
World War veterans in the Waterloo area plan a uniform gathering at Memorial hall at 1 PM, then march to 708 Third Street West and First Methodist Church for the military funeral of Sergeant Frank Hitchins of the Rainbow division who died in Germany after the armistice. Co M I N G will meet at the armory at 10 AM to receive orders from Capt. Howard J. Rouse.
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Memorial Hall
Q. Hitchins
Third Street West
First Methodist Church
Frank Hitchins
Rainbow Division
Germany
Sarget
Hitchins
American Legion
Waterloo
Rainbow Veterans’ Socretety
Rainbow
Jacobsen
Patryiew Cemeterry
W. Court
Cox says women ought to frame up law program
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall spoke in Charleston about Cox and the war effort, criticizing the Republican use of racial issues for political gain. He argued the Democratic Party welcomes immigrants of all races and warned against forming electoral blocks from ethnic tensions. He noted Cox would win a large English-speaking majority.
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Cox
America
Colby
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Greece
England
Marshall
Charleston
Thomas R. Marshall Peice
Admirals to Lead Inquiry into Haiti Marine Actions
The board of inquiry named by Secretary Daniels will investigate charges against United States marines in Haiti for possible indiscriminate killings. Rear Admirals Mayo and Oliver and Brig. Gen. Pendleton will sift evidence to bring any fault to trial. Knapp will study conditions in San Domingo, with no implied misconduct at San Domingo. Natural gas had long been used in China.
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Associated Press
Wason
D. C
Get
United States
Haiti
Daniels
Henry T. Mayo
J. H. Oliver
J. H. Pendleton
Marine Corps
Harry S. Knapp
San Domingo
Harding Sees U S Voters Rejected League Fate
The article reports President Harding arguing Americans are tired of misrule and rejected membership in the Paris league. He says a new approach is needed, with consultative input from top minds and elected representatives, noting that world affairs are fluid and a fixed plan could soon become useless.
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America
Paris
Wilsonian League
League of Nations
Washington
Press
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Gas Report Shows 3.67 Percent Interest on City Gas Cash
Citizens Gas & Electric Co filed a two month report ending September 1 detailing August and September gas sales, expenses, and net income. Total net income 9,751.54 with two months profit 2,091.42, balance for interest 37,660.82, and annual cash investment 1,264,743.00 yielding 3.67 percent. The average gas rate across customers was 14.01 per thousand cubic feet, up from 11.87 in 1919, with a 0.224 increase since 1913.
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Citizens Gas & Electric Co
Austin Bart
Harriett Thompson Died After Illness in Port Byron
Harriett MacEachron Thompson daughter of Mr and Mrs Acker MacEschron longtime Grinnell residents died in Port Byron Michigan after a two week illness from uremic poisoning She was born in Oak Park Illinois and lived in Waterloo She graduated from West High School and Grinnell College class of 1915 She worked for Leag it Johnson Trust Co before joining overseas MCC service in France and Germany where she met William Thompson whom she married She was a violinist pianist and organist at St Marks Survived by her parents brothers Paul and Scott a sister Mrs John White and a four week old daughter
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Harriett MacEachron Thompson
Acker MacEschron
Waterloo
Grinnell
P.m
Port Byron
Mich
Oak Park
West High School
Iowa College
Leagit & Johnson Trust Company
Seaving
France
Germany
William Thompson
United States
St. Mark’s
Port Huron
Paul
The
China
Scott
John White
Goldfield
Rotarian Governor to Address Waterloo Club Monday
William Coppock, governor of the sixteenth district of International Rotary clubs, will speak at the Waterloo Rotarians weekly luncheon at Hotel Ins sell Lamson Monday. He will describe how he won the position, according to the program. He is expected in Waterloo tomorrow.
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William Coppock
of International Rotary Clubs
Waterloo
Hotel Inssell-Lamson
40 Years Ago It Snowed in Baar Remembered
A 1880 storm recall describes a late autumn blizzard with freezing temperatures, heavy snow, and closed railroad cuts west of Aurelia. Wires failed, an engine was damaged, and crews shoveled through snow drifts as service slowly resumed toward Cherokee and Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Illinois Central
Fort Dodge
Aurelia
Amon
Cherokee
Sioux
Clarksville Bride Weds in Presbyterian Church Ceremony
Miss Janie Cook daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C H Cook and George Wiley of Des Moines wed in the Presbyterian church with the ring service led by Rev. T B Sherman. Around 75 guests attended as bridesmaids and a flower girl participated. After the ceremony the couple, now Mr. and Mrs. Wiley, planned to reside in Des Moines. Honor notes report Mrs. Burr Smith to receive I O F F honors in Keokuk for service to Rebekah and Patriarchal Militant, with a banquet Monday in Iowa City.
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Clarksville
Mary Neal
Lohengrin
Marcela Christensen
Hteanor Seitz
Lila Day
Marian Smith
Lilian Stine
Helen Martin
Beth Turling
Thelma Seitz
Christensen
Wiley
Des Moines
Burr Smith
Keokuk
Smith
Rebekah
Musicians End Strike At Local Movie Houses Today
Musicians strike at ton houses ends tomorrow after an agreement reached today. Employers concede to the higher wage schedule and players allow flexibility in the number of musicians. Scale sets a minimum of 25 dollars per week for side pieces and 450 dollars for leaders for a six hour day. The settlement came amid cordial relations with no nonunion employment efforts.
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Moton
Harding the Man by Joe Mitchell Chapple
A Waterloo reader notes a new study series on Warren G. Harding by Joe Mitchell Chapple. It traces the Harding family history from early days and compares Harding to Lincoln, highlighting ancestral virtues and leadership.
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Harding, the Man
BY Joe Mitchell
Chapple
Warren G. Harding
Joe Mitchell Chapple
Black Hawk
County
Waterloo
Harding
Lincoln
City in Brief Highlights and Local News Snippets
City in Brief reports Harold K Becker heading to Cedar Rapids, J Pommer travels to Stuttgart Ark, YWCA class set for Oct 25 with Mrs Gaylor as instructor, and hunting trip notes. Red Cross home service chief absent, A L Bradley Motor Co moves, Hue charged with assault after property dispute, Waterloo ministers to meet on Bible school topic, Nina Williams visiting Stokes family, runaway horses injure no one, bicycle collision injures Albert Nelson, post office box rents to rise from Jan 1, Leonard Hi-Oven ad promotes kitchen upgrade.
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Cedar Rapids
J. Pommer
Pommer & Hoover Real Estate Co
Stuttgart
Ark
Gaylor
W. Dahl
Columbia Falls
Whitefish
W. T. Warwick
Red Cross Home Service
George B. Worthen
Des Moines
Waterloo Ministerial Association
Jussell-Lamson
D. J. Auking
D. J. Gretzinger
Nina Williams
Beloit
Wis
Charles Stokes
Logan Avenue
Efficiency Tests for Boy Scouts Open Wednesday
Wa terlop council of the Boy Scouts of America to begin a four week troop efficiency contest on Wednesday Oct 20, culminating in a city wide comedy rally and field day. Points from attendance advancement activities and service determine awards.
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Waterlop Council
Boy Scouts of America
Lamson Civil War Vet Father Dies at Home
James Hiram Lamson aged 16 died at 5 am at 01 South Street of cardiac asthma. Born Oct 17 1844 in Clintonville NY he was a Civil War veteran with Company G Ninth Iowa Infantry. A harnessmaker, he was married to Cornelia Davis Lamson 49 years ago. Survived by son C Lamson and daughter in law, a grandson and granddaughter. Funeral arrangements unclear likely GA R service Monday.
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Third Street West
C. C. Lamson
Russell
Maxine
GA. R
Charges Policeman in Booze Deal Shake-Down Case
Chicago dispatch reports in October the liquor graft inquiry tied police to a bid to shake down a bar owner. Frank McGovern testified a police sergeant charged $100 weekly for a section in the booze deal, while Walsh and Rooney denied the accusations. Federal authorities ordered further examinations of Capt. Enright and two patrolmen as the inquiry continues.
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Chicago
Frank McGor
McGovern
United States
Lewis’ F. Mason
Missing Girl Located In Waterloo After Wrong City Mixup
Ethel Streeter, 15, from Bi Falls South Dakota, misrouted en route to Glory station on the W C B N line. She arrived in Waterloo on the Illinois Central, stayed in a hotel overnight, and was guided back to her father by Waterloo police. The relieved father thanked the police for aid.
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Ethel Streeter
Glory
W. C
B. N
Bifalls
S. D
Waterloo
Ilinois Central
la Porte
Streeter
OXL Salesmen Bear On BP Meeting At Hotel Russell Lamson
Company salesmen opened a two day meeting with Paint experts discussing manufacture and sales strategies. A noon luncheon was served at the hotel as attendees visited the United theatre.
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Russell-Lamson
Lee
United Theatre
Toledo Manhunt After Female Bandit Robs Party
An unidentified woman bandit robbed a motoring group near Mominestown tonight, forcing the occupants to surrender $90 before fleeing. Police search for the suspect as details remain sparse and the region reels from the daylight crime.
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Associated Presa
Toledo
Mominestown
Prisoners Escape Reported After Readout From Sewer
Report indicates two inmates at the state prison escaped through a sewer last night. Both men were serving time for robbery and were tried by a court martial. One was reportedly captured. details remain incomplete as officials investigate the incident.
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Associated-Preasy
Jefferson City
Ray Haynes
Chari
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