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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1918
Page
13
Chicago reports a broad selling rush in the corn market as rumors of Entente offensives and Bulgaria’s collapse weigh on prices. Shorts dominated trading with October around 1.41 and November near 1.40, closing unsettled and lower by about 13 3/4 cents. Favorable late weather kept any rally muted.
U.S. market reports show hogs up about ten cents from Friday with receipts around six thousand in Chicago. Cattle and sheep receipts varied, with native steers selling up to 20 cents higher in places while calves and bulls moved differently, and pork futures pressured by an official denial of a minimum hog price. Nearby Kansas and Illinois grain and seed quotes also feature with mixed changes across corn, oats, wheat, and soybeans.
Prices for butter eggs and cheese move in mixed patterns in New York and Chicago as receipts and demand shift. Markets show volatility with profit taking in stocks and pressure on oils and United States Steel while bonds rise and fall with offerings. Local farm and livestock prices are listed for Waterloo and surrounding markets with variations in butter, eggs, pork, and poultry.
Sept 28 notes Armistice proposals by Bulgaria and U S action to curb grain dealer profits weighed on corn. Prices fell from a week earlier while oats held or fell modestly and provisions varied. Bulgaria's peace move caused a large corn decline, tempered only by food administration actions and a proposed profit cap. Trade freights and country point shipments faced suspensions, export demand persisted, and a potential permanent hog price floor emerged with futures at March 22.68 and May 32.80.
Sioux City ledger notes hogs receipts at 19.00 to 19.20 for light, 18.75 to 19.00 for mixed, heavy hogs 15.00 to 18.70. cattle receipts 800 with steers 8.00 to 12.50. cows and heifers 6.00 to 9.00. calves 7.00 to 12.50. St Louis market reports hog receipts 2,500, futures higher for lights and pigs 15.25 to 19.50, mixed and butchers 19.59 to 20.69, heavy 18.85 to 20.00. cattle receipts 2,200 native steers 15.00 to 15.50, cows and calves 7.75 to 12.60. lambs 16.50 to 18.75, ewes 11.00 to 22.00.
French, American, and British forces push along the western front toward the Meuse and Argonne, seizing key positions including Fort Malmaison Jouy and Alzy. Allied captives exceed 27,000 in three days, with Belgian and British gains and Serbian advances in the Balkans. General March cites Bulgaria’s collapse as linked to American western-front focus.
Memorial service for Howard Scott Graham son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Graham at 1010 Eleventh Street West will be held Sunday at 4 p m to mark the twenty third anniversary of his birth. Rev M G Munn will officiate. He fell in action in France July 16.
The list compiles church services across denominations in Waterloo for tomorrow. It includes Adventist, Baptist, Brethren, Catholic, Christadelphian, Congregational, Episcopal, Evangelical, Hebrew, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and other groups with specific times, locations, and pastors such as Rev. Clyde J. Astus, Dr. John Bunyan Smith, Rev. A Blough, and Rev. W. L. Tate among many.
Weather for Weva: forecast from Washington DC covers the week starting Monday with generally fair conditions in the Mississippi valley, possible rain after midweek in southern areas, near normal temperatures. Marriage licenses list Were C Wirt Margarita Crampbell Waterloo Edward A Looney Liana Evelyn Henkes Marmershy inlph FE Bundy Cedar Falls Cedar Falls 26.
Cedar Rapids district superintendent of Red Cross nurses, Miss Grea Bates, informed Miss Minnie Garrison last night that the urgent need for nurses is being supplied. Six nurses were sent yesterday morning to Great Lakes, Illinois, and it was expected that four more would follow to the same assignment.
A note from Mort Lies Moines reports the Metropolitan Holiness Mission will start a series of services tonight in the Hosteter building at Fifth and Sycamore streets. The meetings will run daily at 7 30 p m.
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