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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1918
Page
5
The Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter announces a new want ad rate of one cent per word with a 25 cent minimum. Ads must be descriptive to be effective, and the paper emphasizes the department as a marketplace for all citizens to buy sell or exchange items of any value.
A dense string of rental and sale notices lists For Rent-Store room on Bridge street by J. J. Miller. For Sale-Household furniture, hotel with 23 rooms, pianos, clothes and more. Real estate offerings include 2 acres in Garden Place, 40 acres in Orange land, and multiple properties with terms. Local notices cover Bristow events, influenza impacts, and community announcements.
ST LOUIS LIVESTOCK reports Oct 18 prices with hogs steady to weak and cattle steady to higher. Native beef steers bring 11.25 to 18.25, cows 7.50 to 12.50. sheep 16.50 to 16.75. Wheat and oats listed, and city notes from Kansas and nearby towns mention influenza illness and local trade activity.
Minneapolis grain summary shows wheat receipts 924 cars vs 232 a year ago. Cash No 1 northern bid 2.21 to 2.32, No 3 and average 1.27 to 1.34. No 2 white wheat around 2.14. Flax price about 3.32. Corn unspecified.
No 2 offers 200 acres four miles from Nashua in exchange for Waterloo property, contact W Belangee at 1582 West Fifth Blvd. No 3 describes 160 acres three miles from Nashua, an improved farm valued 80 to 200 per acre, selling at 130 per acre on easy terms with minimal wet land, on the main road. PF W Belangee, 183 West Fifth St.
Receipts at Kansas City market total about 4,900 head with steady prices on fed steers around 4.00 to 4.15 per cwt and cows near 7.50 to 12.50. heifers, yearlings and welhers listed with varied bids. Market activity shows cows and calves trading steady while feeder categories command mixed prices for large consignments.
The market notes butter and eggs steady with various firsts and seconds. Poultry prices firm for live birds and roosters with receipts of 5 566 cases. cotton futures opened steady with values listed for October December and March contracts. Liberty bond prices show mixed closing values across different series. The city council of Montreal passed an order to prevent strikes.
New York. Stocks advanced on revival of trading with gains from 1 to 2 points for many issues including United States Steel Baldwin Locomotive American Can and Studebaker. Marine and Royal Dutch rose strongly by noon before profit taking cooled the run. Close showed overall strength as rails and other leaders posted high prices for the day despite later cautious trading.
Washington October 13 The Senate Finance Committee reviews the war revenue bill and amends the House provision by adding a 12 percent tax on corporate net income and removing a 4 percent additional tax on undistributed earnings Chairman Simmons estimated the change reduces the tax by about 31 11 7.999 00.
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