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Newspaper

Waterloo Evening Courier

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1911

Page

7

Buttermaker Markets and Local Produce Prices Today

ILD buttermaker featured, with La Porte City butter sold at 22 cents a pound and Oscar Harvey noted as longtime buttermaker. Market reports show sorghum by O. Likens of Brandon, apples, squash, potatoes, and other produce with varied prices. A complainant reported a short-weighted potato sale, while Mrs. Willard claimed she could sell 1,000 packages of butter daily if supply allowed.

O. i Brandon Oscar Harvey la Porte City A. Harvey la Porta City Morris Ganos

Markets News From Chicago and Plains Trade

Chicago and regional markets report wheat future declines amid Argentine harvest prospects offsetting shortages elsewhere. Corn and oats drop as plentiful new supplies appear. Hog and cattle prices ease with steady to lower tone across Chicago St Louis Kansas City Omaha. New York stock list shows mixed gains and losses among major rail and steel equities.

Chicago Liverpool

Shorter factory hours and city construction notes

Factories adopt eight hour days and five day weeks this season to avoid layoffs. Street work remains active and preparatory pay extends to cold weather, likely late November. Large buildings rise, notably the Black Hawk Construction Co and Seraphic Heights hospital east of Highland, with a tall heating plant stack nearing completion. Grace M. 3 church and business blocks also under construction as city gains slow growth. Community notices include W R C and G A R meetings and social events with local figures traveling to Chicago for theaters and sightseeing.

Black Hawk Construction Co Seraphic Heights Hospital Highland

Piano House Will Enlarge Its Waterloo Store

Evans Piano company in Waterloo has outgrown its space after two and a half years. It leased the west half of the Sternshine Furniture building at 2305 West Fourth Street and will move into three floors starting October 30. A removal sale at the old store, 209 West Fourth Street, begins Thursday and runs until move day with special prices and deep discounts on all stock.

FE. O. Evans Piano Company Waterloo Sternshine Furniture West Fourth Street Evans Company

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