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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
2
A broad column discusses American willow cultivation, its German and U.S. practice, school programs, and potential profits. It then shifts to political notes from Arkansas, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York, listing candidates, party activities, and upcoming conferences with emphasis on republican strategy and public messaging.
This date marks John DeWitt’s murder at The Hague after twenty years shaping United Netherlands policy. Also noted are early life events and births such as Asbury the first American Methodist bishop, and later milestones including Adrianople capture and Harrison’s birth. The piece recounts Dietrich Wright and the Iowa prohibition movement achievements and threats, ending with Wright’s health decline.
The Democratic state convention in Minneapolis nominated Governor Johnson for a third term after a 64 minute tumult sparked by his name. The crowd swept aisles with war dances and a large photograph of Johnson was raised aloft. Johnson declined immediate comment, saying he had not been officially notified.
A corn experiment day planned for early October at the Port Avattamia county farm. eighty three farmers and families from across the county and Council Bluffs will attend along with Ames experts for talks on corn selection and cultivation. The event marks Iowa’s first county experiment station drive, supported by a 300 dollar appropriation to cover expenses and aimed at boosting corn production statewide.
James J. Hill asserts American soil is losing fertility. Wheat yields show declines across states, with five year averages dipping from 13.12 to 12.18 bushels in one state and New York moving from 18.4 to 17.4. Kansas drops from 15.4 to 13.48. He attributes the trend to exhaustion from large holdings and calls for intensive cultivation of properly managed farms.
In Davenport on Aug 20 Hon. A. F. Dawson opened his campaign in the second Town district, accepting the republican nomination for congress. He praised three sessions of Congress for progressive laws, defended tariff, warned that a Democratic House would stall tariff revision, and contrasted Rooseveltm Bryanism while urging antitrust, labor, and corporate regulation. He rebutted Walsh and defended enforcement of liquor laws and state action, arguing against false pretenses in elections. A tobacco growers conference in Bowling Green planned an interstate association for mutual benefit and market protection.
Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic will converge on Toledo for their annual national encampment beginning September 2 with a big parade expected to draw about 36 000 participants. The city will be decorated with flags bunting arches electric lights and a floral shower by 3 800 school children. Governors from several states are invited to attend and honored speakers include Chas G Hurten and past leaders.
Cheyenne Wyoming Aug. 20 Special from Denver crowds gather for the frontier day celebration now three days long. Visitors number over five thousand as trains arrive. The event features world championship riding and roping with entrants from Colorado Oklahoma Texas and even Hawaii. A new Frontier Park track with steel grandstand enlargements, stalls, and capacity for 4500 hosts races expected to set records. Prizes exceed 310,000 as booths street fakirs and colorful garb attract spectators.
Arch bishop Farley of New York is widely viewed as the likely pick for the next American cardinal. Reports say the pope's recent communications to archbishop Gibbons point to Farley, 66, advancing after a career spanning Ireland to Rome and New York.
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