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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
5
Snow across Missouri and neighboring states caused damage to growing vegetation and disrupted daily life. Reports from Sedalia, Saint Paul area, and Wisconsin towns note delays, shipping impacts, and heavy frost risking fruit crops in the region.
At the Republican county central committee meeting chaired by G. D. Kern on Tuesday at 2:00 pm, attendees will decide the county convention representation per precinct under the new primary. The five East Waterloo precincts will send distinct sets of delegates, replacing township-based units, as county delegates are allocated.
April storms across Alabama Mississippi and Louisiana left extensive devastation. Deaths feared near 450 with 1127 injuries. smaller towns report one to ten dead. Relief efforts underway in Montgomery Mobile New Orleans and nearby areas amid multi state damage estimates and financial losses.
Buffalo reports a 14 year old boy, William Pinsel, killed as a tall chimney adjacent to Swan Street public school yard toppled in a 4 gust wind. Two others were fatally injured and several more sustained minor hurts amid widespread storm damage. New Orleans tornado reports describe extensive destruction across multiple states with many deaths and homes wrecked.
An old advertisement warns against mercury in remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as internal treatment addressing blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes buying genuine products, testimonials, and availability from druggists with a price per bottle. It also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Mr and Mrs W R Lytle away at First Congregational services as their residence at 713 Wellington Brent was broken into through a back window pried open. A pocketbook belonging to Mrs Lytle containing seven to eight dollars was stolen.
The body of 41 year old Mrs Blanche Schoenthal, missing a week, was recovered Sunday afternoon by clam diggers a few miles below Dubuque. Indications point to death by her own action after a long search by relatives and police.
Des Moines reports Carroll state auditor forecast an empty state treasury if upcoming bids deplete funds. He cited five year disbursements of 17.84 million and receipts of 17.19 million, plus a 836 thousand deficit and outstanding warrants. He urged careful budgeting and noted available funds for extraordinary needs.
The fifteenth annual session of the department entine Patriarch Militant of Tows and subordinate lodges opened with a reception at Elks hall. Notables including Gen. J. A. Raney and L. M. Smith attend. The three day program features the Decoration of Chivalry ceremony, regimental displays, and ball events at Dike hall.
Augusta Ga April 24 The Prohibition party may nominate Seaborn Wright at Columbus Ohio on July 16. Wright, a longtime Democrat from Floyd County Georgia, drafted the state prohibition law and led its adoption. He is a Rams resident, 50, wealthy, a frequent speaker and successful lawyer with earlier 1806 populist bid for Georgia governor.
Henry H Schmidt a Waterloo native was killed by a silver mine accident near Victor Colorado. His brother J G Schmidt learned of the death Saturday night. He was about 83, single, who left Waterloo in 1877 for the west. He leaves three brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements to be led by Chris Schmidt and Paul Schmidt with burial likely in Denver. Victor lies forty one miles south of Colorado Springs in the silver district.
In Appleton Wisconsin Dr John Faville of a Congregational church barred feminine hats during a sermon urging women to remove head coverings next Sunday. He cited two reasons to be visible to men and to ensure men were awake. In Berlin the Imperial Bank of Germany cut its discount rate from five and a half percent to six percent.
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