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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1919
Page
8
The Waterloo Courier advertising page explains per word pricing for want and sale notices with a 25 cent minimum, uses light and black caps, and dictates line formatting rules. It emphasizes the ad department as a community marketplace for goods, services, and exchanges of all sizes.
A collage of local classifieds lists positions for salesmen, dressmakers, housekeepers, and stenographers, plus room rentals and real estate ads. It includes seeks for experienced or novice workers, furniture and junk buyers, and service offers from Waterloo Upholstery and local taxi services.
Local classified notices advertise used furniture pianos wagons and a large assortment of automobiles including touring cars roadsters and a 1917 Oakland. Offers request trade options and delivery service with prices ranging from modest to several hundred dollars. Contact names and street addresses listed for individual sellers.
A garbled for sale list offers a piano with bench motorcycle and sidecar and various household items. Local notices mention visits and social events with names and places in Gilbertville and nearby towns, including Sept 18 events and family visits.
The market opened higher with December at 1.25 44 and May at 1.14, then added marginal gains before turning lower as traders booked profits. Selling was driven by funds seeking to realize profits while broad factors kept prices under pressure, closing with declines across contracts and cautious outlooks for the next session.
Chicago price activity shows hogs steady to firm on high demand for provisions while corn weakens. Kansas City market receipts large with mixed cattle and hogs. St Louis reports steady to higher cattle and lambs with generally lower sheep. Grain prices mixed with cash wheat around 2.20 to 2.84 per bushel and yellow corn near 1.46 to 1.50 per bushel.
Omaha Neb September 19 Hogs receipts around 3000 with higher bids across categories. Prices ranged from 14.20 to 16.75 per cwt for various hog types. Cattle and calf quotes show mixed gains while sheep and lambs also feature firm bids in a tight market.
Minneapolis grain and livestock prices and receipts for September 1 show wheaty receipts and cash No 7 northern feeds, with cattle receipts including steers cows and calves at mixed values. Sheep receipts are listed with price ranges for lambs and ewes, alongside oats and Timothy bids.
Trading in 1919 shows light volume with cautious tone as United States Steel slips early then recovers modestly. Bethlehem and Arcible steels attract steady demand while Texas oil shares gain. marine gear and locomotives post gains amid mixed commodity markets and foreign exchange hesitancy.
Waverly reports growth with Wartburg Seminary enrollment high at 35 states represented. M. Nox recovers from a spring leg injury and resumes business. The community notes attendance at Cedar Valley Baptist meeting in Iowa City and a new silo being erected. The Waverly football schedule expands to eight games. The American Legion branch forms, a sugar shortage affects sweets, and Miss Olinda Schmid dies. A hurricane impacted Uncle peers navy member Arnold Brandenburg. A fraud case involving forged names affects local merchants. C Webster relocates to Waverly with a confectionery store.
In Applington and nearby areas prices show heavy cattle at 15.50 for large steers with calves ranging 6 to 12 dollars. Local residents attend church and school updates while noting new hires and retirements, including changes at area consolidated schools and a resignation/replacement in staff. The week brings substantial rainfall, aiding pastures, and a gathering for a Sunday Christian Endeavor rally drew 65 delegates led by Parkersburg and Greene.
The bulletin lists produce prices in New York with isings for milk and eggs, meats, and poultry including chickens and fowls. It also reports Liberty bonds prices in New York and metal market figures with copper, tin, and spellers data from the Metal Exchange and related markets.
Hazleton social and business items feature Donnetl Haze infers, Mrs. Alta Peck visiting near Stanley, Homer Hartington and wife, Emma Smith in Waterloo, Charles Bates and wife from Stanley, Carl Kiefer of Orlwein, Mrs. Wernice Short staying with her parents during recovery, and a Christian Endeavor moonlight party at Mose Shepard home. Also included are notices about Lynnene Pelt wiring a house, Frank Moore Mercer Paper, Mercantile matters, Eugene Merritt’s health in Waterloo, London Silver news, Mrs. Marion Baldwin’s visit, a clerical address request, real estate listings in Waterloo, and miscellaneous advertisements and notices.
Receipts and prices shift with hogs mostly 25c higher than yesterday while cattle trade at steady to higher bids. Hog sows and heavy futures vary as new quotes appear, beef cattle strengthen with top grades reaching the mid teens, and lambs show uneven activity in a slower market.
Property at 7206 Independence Ave is offered for sale to the highest bidder via sealed letters addressed to 282 Maple St. Minimum bid $2500. Lot 60 ft by 150 ft with a brick house and modern electric lighting. Bids due before Sept 50. For information call 232 Maple.
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