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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1919
Page
5
Waterloo readers are reminded of the Want Ad policies offering one cent per word with a 26 cent minimum. The department markets every item for sale or exchange, from common to scarce, through the Waterloo Evening Courier and Daily Reporter.
A jumble of classified style lines includes wanted items such as bicycles, guns, locks, pianos, and furniture. room for rent notices. announcements about moving to California. employment and service ads. and mentions of furniture, musical instruments, and household goods. The cluttered page mixes personal notices with business solicitations and sale offers.
Readable items describe multiple rental offers including modern furnished and unfurnished rooms, some with utilities and private bathrooms. Also listed are real estate ads, farm land sales nearby, and various autos and secondhand goods for sale in Waterloo area.
Unease spreads as commission houses and shorts push corn prices up while demand weakens. Opening quotes drift higher but later a strong selloff cuts gains with December at 1.20 and May around 1.34, while oats and provisions tighten and cash wheat and corn prices vary across regions.
Receipts reach 41000 with hogs steady to 25 cents lower and cattle firm. Heavy packers and feeders show mixed values from 12 to 18 dollars for various classes, with veal and lamb markets noted and some lines of cattle and cows priced up to about 16 to 21 dollars.
Market notes report butter steady to higher with creamery receipts over 11 thousand tubs and eggs firm at Chicago and New York. Cheese and poultry show varied quotes, with live birds steady and dressed meats unchanged, reflecting regional price contest across multiple items. Continuous references to case counts and standard grades indicate ongoing market activity in late September.
New York opening shows United States Steel up modestly and tobacco shares weak. Crude rises nearly three points with early rail gains and gains in shippings. late session unsettled but recovers on stress, equipment, and food shares. Bond prices steady with Liberty bonds listed. Kansas City and East St. Louis livestock receipts mixed with hogs and cattle trading firmly.
Livestock market summaries show Omaha receipts around 8,000 to 16,000 with prices for cattle hogs and sheep varying by weight and grade. St Joseph reports hogs 5.50 lower top near 17.75, packers and farm buyers active with calves cows and heifers priced across spreads.
Town notice offers property at 320 Independence Ave for sale to the highest bidder. Bids must be sealed and directed to 232 Maple St by Sept 30. Minimum bid not less than 2500. Includes 60 ft front, 15% ft deep, one story house with electric lights and furnace. For information call 232 Maple Street.
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