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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1919
Page
5
The Waterloo Evening Courier explains want ad pricing per word with minimums, line formats in light and black caps, and a daily exposure claim. It emphasizes broad readership and the want advertising department as a marketplace for all items, no matter how small.
Dense collage of classified ads including wanted male helpers and salesmen, interview calls, lodging and work opportunities, housework and alteration jobs, stenographer and clerical posts, plus extensive real estate listings for sale and rent. Names and addresses scattered. many ads offer daily pay and rooming options, with property details and prices across multiple cities.
Farm property with 55 acres under cultivation, stocked buildings including barn granary poultry house windmill and silo. 20 head of cattle and horses, good road access near a summer resort lake, 4 miles northeast of Twin City. Quick sale offered at 3000 cash with terms. school nearby, telephone line, and nearby railroad town. (Highly productive land, no stones, fenced, clay soil, warm subsoil) Sold as is. no trades.
Classified list of farm rentals and numerous sales notes including furniture musical instruments and clothing. Items cited include a Gail Black address, various phone numbers, pianos from Oakland and Nel son, a wood heater and a cabinet grand piano for sale, a ladies coat, a dining table set, and a farm equipment sale with silo prices. Also mentions auction house services and a honey sale with market delivery.
Chicago markets report light offerings lift corn briefly but downturn in hog values adds bearish pressure. Opening prices posted mixed gains, December at 1.27 and May around 1.24, before selling intensified and close turned lower. Oats held steadier on recent large sales to packers. Provisions fell with hogs as bears returned, with Chicago cash quotes showing mixed grain and lower hog-related items. Kansas City cash wheat steadied with No. 1 hard around 2.22 to 2.48 per bushel.
Chicago market report Saturday shows hogs receipts 2000 with prices range 12.25 to 14.70. Cattle receipts 31000 with beef steers at 14.25 to 19.40 and cows 5.00 to 12.60. Sheep receipts 26000 with lambs 12.75 to 16.00 and ewes 6.75 to 11.00.
For Sale items include Shepherd Ancona pallets and three to four cockerels with contact details. Also listed are Leghorn cockerels, mice, and miscellaneous farm goods. Transfer and storage services advertised with packing, shipping, and fireproof warehouse claims. Real estate tax lien notices warn of property redemption deadlines and tax sales in Black Hawk County Iowa with references to Waterloo and Omaha grain listings.
Kansas City livestock market report shows hogs with receipts about 14 060 head and varied bids from 12 50 to 14 20 per cwt. Cattle receipts near 4 000 with ranges for heavy beef steers to veal calves and feeder stock priced from about 5 75 to 18 35. Sheep and lambs receipts around 14 000 with lambs selling 13 00 to 15 10 and ewes 6 25 to 7 66, breeding stock 7 00 to 14 00.
Market notes from Omaha East St Louis Sioux City and St Joseph show hogs cattle and sheep receipts varying by city with top and bulk prices. Highlights include Omaha hogs steady to higher with tops around 14.80 for heavy and cattle receipts near 17.75 for beef steers and lambs strong in several markets.
New York Oct 20 Butter remains firm with creamery receipts 6754 tubs and higher extras. Cheese and eggs steady amid varied runs and current makes. Poultry prices range with live fowls and turkeys steady, dressed birds mixed. Chicago and St. Louis reports show higher butter and steady eggs, with assorted poultry quotes. Advertising is always NEWS.
The report covers a stock market rally led by motors and accessories with notable gains in Pierce Arrow and General Motors. Also listed are Liberty bond prices, wheat and flour exports, weekly bank clearings, sugar quotes, horses and mules prices, potatoes, cotton futures, London and New York silver quotes, and Waterloo market figures.
A jumble of small ads lists houses for sale with prices around 9600 and 1500, a two acre lot for 3000, and furnished rooms for rent. Other items include used furniture, a library table lamp, a Hotpoint vacuum, and a new Dodge truck for sale. Several help-wanted notices seek a stenographer and piano use, plus employees for painting and general housework.
Classified blurbs note for rent rooms and housework help, including a garage with housekeeping room, sleeping room, and a modern furnished room. Several listings mention a private loan offer, a 500 acre town farm for sale, and multiple properties with prices. Names and phone codes appear, plus a few household items for sale and requests for domestic help.
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