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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1907
Page
2
Waterlo o Reporter lists daily and semi weekly subscription prices by carrier mail and period. Rates include monthly and yearly options with advance payment, and readers are advised to notify changes with old and new addresses.
A circular from The Society of the lat Regiment Infantry Volunteers urges survivors and friends to join the May 1908 Vicksburg reunion. President J. F Merry and Secretary Gilbert Cooley announce monthly $3 savings, travel aids, and commemorative aims on the battlefield and national cemetery. They seek addresses of survivors outside specific counties and urge broad participation.
A reader laments the Times Tribune Associated Press circuit disruption during a strike day. The Times Tribune lost its full market and baseball reports while Des Moines Register and Leader carried fuller coverage on the same circuit.
A Cedar Rapids Republican column questions the claim that righteous prayer stopped a La Porte Iowa race meeting allowing moral guardians to blame storms. It notes a destructive storm spreading from Minnesota to Iowa with deaths and ruin, arguing about accountability for weather and the town’s youth temptations.
Reports from across the country show the past season featured unprecedented forest planting, with California and the Midwest leading. Hardwood species dominated, while nurserymen report rising conifer sales. catalpa and Osage orange proved highly profitable in several states.
The article compares timber species for fencing and fuel, noting European larch and eucalyptus as profitable options, with Catalpa and Osage orange offering quick post production. It highlights growth times, life spans, and preservative treatments, urging proper establishment and care for commercial forest gains and pointing to Forest Service publications for guidance.
James Wadsworth Jr., born August 12 1877, son of long time congressman, entered Yale in 1898 and served in the Spanish American War in Porto Rico and the Philippines before farming in Livingston County New York. He entered the state assembly in 1900 at age twenty seven and later married Alle Hay, daughter of the late secretary of state.
Queen Louise of Denmark is praised as the finest among European queens. Miss Lol Robinson of Washington visits Newport, famed for a notable stride. Jay Gould denies reports of his aunt Countess de Castellape remarrying. Marquis of Bute owns the world’s largest private residence costing 10 million dollars with lavish rooms. Joseph Forney Johnston, 64, Civil War veteran and potential successor to Senator Pettus, rose from private to captain after four wounds. Mme de Wentworth brings Roosevelt portrait. Edward reportedly wants Queen Alexandra portrait for Windsor. Beveridge portrait by Wentworth to be shown next salon. Dinneen recovers from streetcar injuries.
Reports from Cedar Fells show W Barnes threshing crew completing three jobs including 26 acres at C A Rownds yielding 1028 bushels and 24 fore field producing 850 bushels of oats and barley. At Wo Wilson 100 bushels oats from twelve gates. oats and barley projected at 35 bushels per fore. Barley noted fine quality with large yield despite wet weather. Farmers face few threshing machines and seek crews while attention turns to corn and frost risk, and a local remedy ad for Foley's Kidney Cure appears.
Descendants of Gideon Rathbone, early Hardin county settler who lived in Clay ton township from 1853 to 1992, held a reunion at the home of his eldest son in Eldora. All generations attended, with many traveling from afar for the event and a similar reunion last held 28 years ago on his anniversary.
A long humorous Kansas City style sketch follows Hiram a wealthy rural businessman and his wife Tessie as the social scene gleams with parties gowns and expensive fare. Hiram hid a stock market habit and a puritanical veneer masking sporting blood and financial risk. The tale ends with his dramatic collapse and insurance-planned escape.
Ty Quitter lay on his back and claimed a fool as his wife and Jessie rushed to save some wreckage. They sacrificed servants and jewels, moving to a smaller house as the rapid downfall unfolded while maintaining a pleasant game and angelic smiles despite sympathy from female friends.
A notice explains free address changes for mailed subscriptions and asks readers to inform the Reporter Circulation Depart promptly if papers fail to arrive regularly or online. It emphasizes updating the vacation address and advises on timely reporting issues.
The narrative follows Hiram, a senate business manager, whose wife sustains appearances on about $3 a week while secretly aligning social duties to support her young couple. His fortune drains, his confidence fades, and he learns cash once defined him as duty shifts to diplomacy and hunger. The piece ends with a moral about upheaval and family power.
Oakville Indiana resident R. A. Gray describes decade long kidney illness and severe suffering. After trying various doctors and remedies with no relief, Fo ley's Kidney Cure is credited as a Godsend and relief provider cited by the patient and his medical advisor. Wangler Bros. and J. K. Joder appear as advertisers or distributors.
The article contrasts northeast and southern China scenery with Shantung and Shansi hills, noting barren mountain ranges and winded landscapes. It also touts Foley’s Honey and Tar for hay fever relief, highlighting a yellow package from Wangler Bros and J Kroder. The Tipton fair grounds committee reports rebuilt storm wrecked buildings and a positive outlook for future fairs.
An old expression is tied to the sun’s rise and set as the ad promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills. The copy, guaranteed by Wangler Bros. druggists, 25 cents, markets the product as the daily regulator for liver and bowels.
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