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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1920
Page
8
Classified ads list numerous sale items and real estate offerings from Davenport including household goods, land, and rental notices. Numerous entries mention washing machines, kitchenware, furniture, and job wants, with locations like Davenport and Seattle, plus real estate listings across Iowa and Wisconsin.
Heavy selling pressured wheat prices in Chicago with European selling and hedging from the southwest cited. Buying for a house and improved demand later aided a partial rally, but December and March futures posted losses before a late rebound faded. Corn, oats, and hog markets followed with broad downturns and mixed recoveries amid favorable weather and bearish signals.
The Chicago market report lists wheat and corn prices with various grades and numbers. It shows futures-like quotes for No. 2 red spring, No. 2 hard, No. 1 mixed, No. 2 mixed, and several yellow and white corn categories, plus rye barley timothy and cloverseed values and provisional provisions such as lard ribs and oats.
Wheat receipts total 244 cars in Minneapolis with price ranges noted for No 1 and No 2 yellows whites and reds. Kansas City reports lower bids for wheat and corn with several No 1 and No 2 grades. St Louis quotes No 2 white corn and oats with modest adjustments. Sugar prices listed in New York. Livestock in St Joseph: hogs higher with top at 17.26, cattle and calves varied, sheep and lambs steady with prices listed.
New York reports firmer butter and eggs with higher creamery prices and steady poultry demand. Chicago lists butter higher, eggs unchanged, copper and iron steady, and Liberty bonds mixed as grain and seed prices move on regional exchanges. Toledo notes wheat and seed shifts with various futures prices.
Cattle receipts about 3 000 at Chicago market with beef steers slow and higher bids. top steer prices around 18.00, veal calves mixed, stockers steady to strong. Hog prices mostly 10 15 cents above yesterday with tops near 17.65 and bulk 16.50 to 17.50. Sheep receipts 8 000 with best fat lambs steady and native top around 12.75. Sioux City market shows similar tone with cattle and hogs higher and sheep steady.
Livestock market notes from Banras City East St. Louis Omaha and South T Carre show cattle receipts around 3 300 head at East St. Louis with top steers at 13.00 and vealers to 17.00 while hogs reach 17.40 top and 16.40 17.10 for heavies. Sheep receipts near 1 800 with lambs around 12 whether steady and fat lambs at 15 25e lower.
Franklin automobiles face price reductions from 17 1 2 to 21 1 2 percent. Roosevelt to speak in Iowa and Missouri the week of Oct 4. Mayor Martin Bebrwna concedes defeat in New Orleans Democratic primary to Andrew J. McShane. Counterfeiter William Smith aka Robert Bossom jailed for one year and fined one dollar. Kaiser greeted warmly on return from Doorn to dedicate hospital memorial. Seven killed in Turin riots per Rome. Calgary soldiers settle on Alberta farms with 12,286,090 loaned for land stock and equipment. National plowing titles go to William Thomas with Ben Davis winning tractor class. Cotton futures open steady. spot middle grade at 32.50.
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