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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1916
Page
5
A jumble of secondhand goods offered for sale including stoves furniture sewing machines chairs cots and sideboards. Also listings for groceries dairy supplies and farm equipment with prices and contact notes. Includes a piano contract sale and business stock sale details with locations and phone references.
C F Altstadt of Altstadt Langlis reports from the National Association of Master Bakers meeting that a larger loaf and higher price are needed. He cites struggling bakers, Duluth closures, and cities like Chicago raising prices to six and seven cents. The change aims to improve loaf quality and value for money.
Semifinals today decide entrants to the final in the City championship with Paul Smith versus Paul Talbot and Fred McClain against Hen Swisher. Talbot and Swisher favored though McClain has shown strong form. Earl King awaits the result of the CG5 Howard and Verne Lichty semi between Wortham Rohweder in Byrnea Park flight tomorrow. George Wortham and Art Rohweder clash in Byrnea Park flight semifinals with bright play and undecided outcome.
Will Forbes, manager for the Iowa Dairy Separator Co., has been appointed dairy cattle judge for the Oklahoma State Fair in Oklahoma City from September 21 to 24. I. S. Mahan, secretary of the fair association, announced the appointment while in Des Moines. Forbes is regarded as a leading cattle expert and is currently at the Minnesota State Fair in Minneapolis.
Waterloo Savings bank increases its safety deposit vault capacity to 1 029 boxes by adding 570 new boxes. First boxes placed in 1912. Cashier W C Logan says business growth over the last four years necessitated the expansion. Vault has one and a half inch thick steel plate and a six inch solid steel door. EGGS! EGGS! FRESH EGGS! Washington reports 221 egg firms hold nearly 5 million cold storage cases, about 143 million dozen, 10 percent below last month. Ministerial Association meeting set for 10 am Monday at Y M C A with Rev H L Haywood to present Modern Mysticism. Temperatures for Sept 9 listed.
Classified notes describe a five room rental on 427 Western Avenue with furnace and electric lights, a Rosister in good condition for cash, and a test Black Folding Wallet found on 2 Sycamore between Fourth and Fifth with papers of no value to others. Reward offered for return to Courier office.
East High reports the largest enrollment in its history, with organ and band classes in session and work underway on a gymnasium. New teacher Miss Minute J. Baker, a Des Moines graduate with six years high school experience, will start immediately. Building growth and staffing aim to address crowding and future junior high expansion.
Rain on four consecutive days marked the week ending today with a total near one inch. Volunteer observer Ralph E B Slippy reports daily precipitation about 0.95 inches. Temperatures ranged from highs in the 70s to cooler nightly lows through the period.
Letters from patients claim asthma cures after Dr Bruce Galloway treatments in Waterloo and nearby Iowa towns. A 69 year old woman says four years of asthma ended after August therapy. A Gladbrook woman reports six weeks cured, sleeping well and working better, quitting smoke. The ad cites Naprapath Bruce Galloway with free consults at 223% West Fourth St and hours nine to eight.
Daily market report shows wheat futures dipping as traders weigh the government crop report and uncertain war developments. Prices opened lower, rallied briefly, then fell again, with December and May futures quoted lower. corn and provisions weakened amid lack of support and legal life House buyers activity noted. Hog futures expected to rise modestly, while Liverpool grain and Manitoba quotes appear mixed.
Chicago cash grain prices show wheat oats and corn with varying grades and percentages. Flax and white wheat futures reflect May and Sept contracts. Kansas City and Minneapolis reports list similar wheat and corn values with seasonal figures.
Waterloo markets list flour and grain items with wholesale and retail prices for cereals, butter, potatoes, poultry, cattle and hogs, hay, hides, veal, and kips. Prices are given per unit or weight, reflecting daily market rates and categories like good butcher cattle and premium hogs.
Chicago markets report hog prices remain low amid ample state supplies. Cattle receipts largely sent to packers direct. sheep and lambs weak on quality. Livestock receipts totaled 75,000 hogs 24,000 cattle 400 sheep 600 with tomorrow’s estimates showing hogs at 24,000 and cattle 17,000. Cattle market opened steady and closed steady with top at 11.35. hogs mixed to heavy ranged 9.70 to 11.10. sheep and lamb prices varied, natives and westerns quoted with multiple ranges.
Kansas City livestock market opened steady with hogs selling mostly 9.10 to 10.96 per hundred, heavy hogs 19.50 to 19.70, light hogs 10.40 to 11.05, and pigs 5.60 to 10.00. Cattle receipts 206 with steady tone. prime steers 10.00 to 41.00, mixed cattle 6.26 to 8.68, cows 4.50 to 5.15, stockers 16.00 to 19.00, calves 6.60 to 11.90. Sheep receipts none. lambs 12.60 to 12.00, yearlings 3.50 to 3.85, wethers 1.00 to 7.15.
South Omaha cattle receipts 200 with steady tone. Cows and heifers at 8.00 to 7.50, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 7.25, western feeders 6.75 to 9.19, calves around 6.35. Hog receipts 3,406 with heavy 10.36 to 10.68, light 3.00 to 6.0, price range 9.25 to 19.26, bulk 10.30 to 10.60. Sheep receipts 100 with steady tone, yearlings 6.00 to 7.97, ewes 6.26 to 7.26, lambs 10.00 to 10.85.
Chicago and New York markets show steady butter and eggs receipts with mixed dairy cheese and poultry values. Corners include butter at steady levels, eggs and cheese unchanged, poultry strong at live prices, and various grains and meats with wide regional quotes. Crop condition report notes US crops 5.4% below 10 year average and 11.9% below last year with prices up 18.6% from eight year average, rising nearly 10% in August.
Ernest R. Tompkins of the Waterloo fire department writes Fire Chief A. A. Denham that a majority of the regiment is tired of army life and eager to return to Iowa. He notes a persistent rumor that troops may be ordered back before October 1.
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