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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1912
Page
12
Chas. Fay and W. Wo Wear were in Jesup on business yesterday. Sale bills for farmers auction sales are a specialty used to advantage with the Courier's advertising columns. The Waterloo Evening Courier lists W. H. Haruman Company at 209-213 Park Avenue West.
The town’s municipal mating ritual unfolds as city auditor’s office staff all marry, with Clara Huntington wedding Francis McNalty at Sioux Falls today. Since four years, the auditor has only recently employed an assistant, and one by one the office ladies wed, leaving the ranks thinning as marriages rise.
Pioneer Waterloo physician Dr G G Bickley died at 72 after a long illness of diabetes. He came to Waterloo in 1864 from Pennsylvania and practiced medicine for decades. Survived by widow and several children, funeral Friday at First Methodist church with Elmwood burial.
Market notes from Chicago show wheat and meat prices under pressure amid fluctuating crop prospects. October contracts fell to 26 1/2 cents while December slipped. pork, lard, and ribs moved with mixed shifts as demand and receipts influenced activity.
Open prices show wheat and corn edged lower with May 66 and oats around 34. Pork and lard futures listed with bids near 92 to 96. Prices reflect a cautious trading session as traders weigh supply signals and demand outlooks.
Market summaries show cattle receipts around 9 000 at St Louis and 12 000 at Kansas City with prices steady to lower. Hogs trade active with Opened lower to steady in several cities while cattle and sheep offer volumes reach thousands and prices vary by region across Omaha Chicago and local stockyards.
In Sherman Texas on a Wednesday in October 19 11 a double wedding ceremony occurred at an undertaker's establishment after four dares. An alarm rang and the preacher read the vows. The unions joined J R Shriver to Mary Weaver and Seth Weaver to Mabel McCall with ties to Tlahomtaga Oregon in doubt.
The report lists cash wheat and corn bid prices with various grades and numbers, followed by closing quotes for wheat from New York, St. Louis, and Minneapolis. Wheat futures show modest gains, with Dec and May contracts cited in percentages and points, while corn and oats figures appear interleaved with mixed readings.
In Chicago on Oct 30, 100 year old Mary Hart was arraigned in police court charged with assault and battery. The centenarian, employed as a church caretaker, allegedly pushed Rev. D. J. Clemons when he tried to discharge her. She defended herself, denying removal without two weeks notice and sought a continuance for counsel.
Chief Leighton announced a stepped up police presence for Halloween with day policemen on duty Thursday evening. Officers will patrol residential districts on motorcycles and bicycles and cover outlying areas on motorcycles. Plain clothes officers will guard other districts. The department can respond quickly by auto. The tradition of recruiting young helpers as officers will be discontinued this year.
Prices in the Chicago hog market fell 10 to 15 cents today despite buyers remaining wary after a prior slump. Mary Woggon and John Brogan were married by Justice Frank Knapp in Sioux Falls. The Iowa Homestead advertisement invites subscriptions and farmer agents, with details to James M. Pierce in Des Moines.
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