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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1922
Page
13
Sept 16 reports show wheat and corn opening higher then easing, with wheat in Chicago and New York trading narrow ranges. Prices across Minneapolis, Peoria, Omaha, and Kansas City reflect cautious activity. corn and oats follow wheat trend while provisions stay firm. Foreign exchange offers steady to varied rates as markets await European cues.
The report shows steady gains across cattle hogs and sheep with steers reaching $11.56 the year’s high, hogs at $9.10 to $9.50 range and lambs up to $14.90. Buyers noted light hogs and veal calves rising, with canners and cutters also higher. Receipts listed around 5,000 steers and similar hog volumes, reflecting active trading.
New York and Dublin dispatches describe heavy market activity with gains in some rails and utilities countered by declines in oils, textiles, copper and motors. New Orleans & Texas and Norfolk & Western slipped while New York Central and Marquette rose. bear pressure spread, closing heavy after 424000 shares traded. In Ireland, heavy firing and disrupted rail and telegraph services worsened food and fuel shortages, with casualties reported and a bomb wound toll.
Receipts at St Paul livestock market 1300 cattle 690 hogs 200 sheep with mixed changes. Beef steers up to 25 cents higher. grass cattle and stockers strong. Hogs about steady to higher with extremes near 11 dollars. Sheep steady to higher as two loads of lambs appear. near 12.50 for bulk. Prices shown for various classes with top loads and ranges noted.
Receipts at St Joseph total 3040 cattle and 1800 sheep with packers paying up to 9.46 for best choice beef cattle and 12.75 for sheep. Steers and yearlings strengthen, calves firmer, stockers higher while bulls and feeders show gains amid strong market as week closes.
The Associates Press report from Chicago on Sept 16 describes war fears in Europe sending wheat prices up or down weekly as rail strikes and anticipated shifts in supply affect trading. Canada’s crop outlook and railroad shipment prospects are noted, with December wheat dipping below a dollar before recovering, and hog values driving higher provision market averages.
Kansas City livestock prices mixed with hogs rising for packs. Cattle tones show higher calves and stockers firm, with weak stock cows and heifers and steady feedings. Hog receipts near 4 000. top hog price around 9.34 with steady to strong packer bids at late trading.
East St Louis livestock prices show gains across cattle hogs and lambs with week totals. beef and light yearling classes rise, hogs steady to higher, lambs and sheep firm at top weekly values amid regional market activity from Omaha and Peoria reports.
Butter markets in Chicago show weakening due to heavy storage and cold weather. Fancy butter held steady while fresh butter quality was poor and wholesale prices rose. Export demand in New York Boston and Philadelphia improved slightly amid under grades slow to move. Clearing house banks report excess reserves up by 66.7 million dollars from last week. Silver and Mexican dollars quoted in New York market.
New York and Chicago produce markets show mixed receipts and steady to irregular prices for butter cheese and poultry. Cotton futures opened steady with several months trading near twenty one dollars per unit and spot price around middling twenty two and a half cents.
York market summary from Waterloo includes wool prices for domestic and Texas basises, hides values by grade, dairy notes from Waterloo Co-op Dairy, and assorted farm product prices. Includes references to Sept 16 1922 market figures, with strong hog and cattle quotations and grain prices amid a broad commodities snapshot.
Gossip and misheard remarks trace a social weave around Miss Charlotte Winters. A fragmentary overheard talk reveals shifting opinions of friendly charm and propriety as neighbors discuss Tori and the Winters household.
John Ainsworth pursues Miss Charlie Winters through social circles and a New York hotel. After initial refusals and playful resistance, Charlie reveals she sought him, ending a long search with a reunion and a whispered confession of interest.
Miss Mary Roalf and Herman Schuldt wed at the Lutheran Church with Pastor Hey C. L. Durr officiating. Drape is listed as sick this week. Ruth Hocker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rey Batter, is in New Wilmington Hospital after an appendectomy. Mr. and Mrs. ALeeter welcome a grandson, Orville Ataioh, born to their daughter Mrs. Vera Dana of Alta Vista.
A derailed freight train near Dunkerton disrupted service on Thursday afternoon. One car left the rails and two others were damaged, limiting traffic while crews cleared the wreck. Mrs. FR Geriner and children reported unharmed as repairs began to resume service Monday.
Rural carrier Joseph Sechavarty reports mail delays as a waterlogged Saturday disrupted attendance at several schools. Despite disruptions, enrollment thin and exam preparations continue with limited access to transportation and administrative support.
Waterloo cry Industries outlines a 23 000 square foot facility with ammonia ice-making using heat and mechanical compression methods. The plant produces up to 50 tons of ice with capacity for 10 wagons and three railroad tracks, serving nearby cities within 10 miles and highlighting cost savings from Central Station Power.
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