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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1920
Page
5
A dense, noisy Iowa newspaper classifieds page listing real estate for sale and rent, houses, farms, and lots. automobiles and parts for sale. furniture and appliances. miscellaneous items. and job notices. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and ad details scattered throughout.
Financial tumbling in foreign exchange markets and a sluggish London rate clouded early trading. Chicago and Minneapolis grain and provisions moved unevenly with rails and oils dipping while other stocks edged higher. closing prices showed mixed activity and notable movements in Norfolk & Western and Canadian Pacific.
Registration boards in Waterloo will session on October 21 22 23 and 30 at Waite’s Cigar Store Westminster Presbyterian Church Agricultural Building Westfield Achsima on Drug Store 1421 W 5th Street St Tarke’s Church 4th and Campbell Second Ward list City Hall 16th and Blox 7th and U B church 4th and Allen Streets etc. All must register absent on any date may register on election day. Mayor W N Frisbie signs notice.
Livestock receipts and prices across Sioux City Iowa and St. Joseph Missouri markets show mixed to lower cattle feeds and calves with quotes across ranges. Hogs, sheep, and cattle receipts indicate ongoing market activity amid fluctuating bid levels and regional price notes.
New York and Chicago reports show butter steady to weak with creamery tubs around 64 to 69 cents. eggs, firsts and extras vary by region. Cattle, steers, heifers and cows priced with good grass fed values. poultry alive and turkeys quoted, with hay, hides, and other farm goods also listed. The Courier notes a for sale ad example as a side remark.
London October 18. Terence MacSwiney Lord Mayor of Cork remains in Brixton prison after a reported serious night with a slight cold. A later bulletin cites a doctor saying his condition grows precarious and that if he becomes unconscious he would be fed. MacSwiney reportedly vows to resume the hunger strike upon revival.
Confession of Jack S Merber, posing as an eastern manufacturer representative, reveals that Chicago merchants bought large amounts of stolen New York merchandise including furs and fabrics. Merber was arrested on a worthless checks charge and linked to a New York gang shipping goods to Chicago dealers who believed they were buying from a factory. One State street store allegedly bought over $100000 in fabrics from Merber.
Police and detectives hunt for Miss Margaret McDougal an heiress and artist of Highland Park missing from her home late Friday. She packing painting gear and told relatives she planned to hurt subject material.
In Dayton on October 18 the Ohio State Federation of Labor, following AFL policy, did not endorse political candidates. A misreport claimed endorsement of Gov James M Cox on October 14. the convention’s legislative committee recommended nonconcurrence and the report was adopted.
Chicago investors absorb news of British coal miners strike and weaker export demand. December wheat opens 2% lower near 2.10 to 2.12, faces further declines, then partial rally. December 2.31 to 2.41. March around 2.05. Corn, hogs, and pork futures also retreat amid selling pressure and weak demand.
Cattle receipts 26 000 very dull demand mostly common to fair quality. Beef and butcher cattle unevenly lower with bulk good and choice steers 15.00 to 17.75. Cows around 35.00 to 39.25. Hogs 25 to 40 cents lower. western receipts 33 500, market slow and lower. top about 15.75 for some light and butcher hogs 15.10 to 15.60. Sheep receipts 32 000 opening slow 25 cents lower. best western lambs unsold. natives 10.75 to 11.50. fat sheep steady. western wethers 7.75. yearlings 9.75.
Kansas City stock market notes receipts for cattle hogs and sheep across Oct 14. Cattle top around 15.00 for fat cows and bulls mixed with declines. calves and feeders mostly steady. Hogs trade at 12.25 to 18.00 with good and choice hogs around 14 to 14.75 per hundred. pigs and stockers firm. Sheep steady with fat lambs strong around 12.25 and feeder lambs steady.
East St. Louis cattle receipts 6000 steady with bids of 33.60 to 34.00 for tops. yearling steers and heifers 25 cents lower. canner cows and bulls down slightly. calves steady. Hogs receipts 12000 with medium weights around 15.15. heavier at 14.65 to 15.16. Sheep receipts 2600. bulk around 10.00 with top ewes near 5.58 and bulk men lower at 4.50.
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