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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1907
Page
4
A garbled filing mentions Wilbert Shallenberger of 144 £-cweed Biv Chiangs with references to a stats bank and consultation. The text is unclear but signals a local address and financial or medical inquiry.
The undersigned will sell at public auction near Waterloo two miles northeast of town on Wednesday August 21 at 10 oclock. Described property includes six head of horses and twenty dairy cattle fifty-nine cows with thirty-three giving milk, one registered Durham bull, fifteen spring pigs, and extensive farm machinery such as plows, a digger, seeders, a corn binder, a three horse tread power and more. Lunch served, terms per cent with approved security. Peter Delagardell Eb. Phifer Aud H G Schultz Clerk. Mr and Mrs F L Benedict left for Denver and other Colorado points this morning.
A freight accident near Scales' Mound Illinois injured Conductor Jim Wheelan who was crushed between train sections while trying to couple them. He remained home for a week to ten days. Also a ten year old boy stepped on a pitch fork prong injuring his foot, Ed Burke sprained his left arm after a rail mishap near the Litchfield plant and fell unconscious.
A reporter recounts crossing from Portal North Dakota into Canada aboard a train. The narrative notes scenic views in the mountains and brief encounters with Canadian mounted police customs and U S revenue officers at the border division point. The crossing required quick checks by revenue officers on the train.
The body of Guy Dewey, son of Mr and Mrs R M Dewey of Waterloo, who died in Manila while employed as a telegraph operator, is expected to arrive Tuesday morning. The remains left the Philippines July 14 and were shipped to San Francisco before overland travel to Waterloo. Burial plans include a service at Elmwood cemetery with possible attendance by the W R C and local relatives.
A heavy rain and wind swept through Mt Carmel during a harvest home picnic, forcing shelter use for over 100 attendees, with injuries reported and tents collapsing. The storm disrupted turnout from towns within 20 miles, while residents recalled a dire rock avalanche near Turtle Mountain.
Washington August 19 The president issued a proclamation opening 55000 acres of public land formerly in the Lower Brule Indian reservation about ten miles southeast of Pierre South Dakota. Lands will be opened under a drawing system with entries under homestead law for 160 acre tracts priced 1.25 to 3.60 per acre. Applicants must file affidavits in Pierre between October 7 and 12 with a draw October 14 and entry to follow.
About two hundred aged veterans from the Fifteenth Cavalry of Pennsylvania boarded a special train at Broad Street station in May for Colorado Springs. They are guests of General William J. Palmer, former president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, who will host a week at Glenview. Palmer will pay all expenses from departure to return.
Saturday afternoon in Rev C H Stauffachers study Geo J Hawley and Emma E Thompson both of Cedar Falls wed in a private ceremony. The couple plan to reside in Cedar Falls. The county will host the early settlers picnic at Chautauqua Park next Saturday with a history paper by the late John H Leagitt and memorial addresses for settlers who died this year.
The page lists hog and cattle receipts for Chicago markets and notes a slow hog open with decline. Hogs forecasted at 19,006 and leftovers at 9,828. cattle open steady to strong. An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure with a Waterloo user recounting backache relief and urging trial. The Great Western carried an excursion crowd to a Knights of Columbus ball game at Electric Park.
August 1907 notice to Mary Theresa Miller and Seibert Miller of Blackhawk County Iowa to answer a petition demanding 2600 dollars plus interest on notes dated 1893 and 1890 with 10 percent yearly rate. If no appearance by September 23 1907 at Waterloo Court House judgment will be entered. Also includes unrelated medical ad and social note about Mrs Joe McNamera hosting a 6 pm dinner.
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