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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
7
Ame, 21. Mayor Reptor began outlining steps to municipal ownership in Waterloo. Rigoli reports a tank fire at Standhard Oil plant. Dr and Mrs Fullerton hosted a reception at their new East Fourth Street home. Theatres on bridge opened to the public.
Local society items list visits, arrivals, and departures in Waterloo in a busy week. Names include Mrs. Ayers Nashua, Mina Matio Etiemel, Mrs. Etta Kelly Plainfield, Dr F B Waddey, Mrs G Rowan New Hartford, and many others. Travel plans, church events, marriages, and a Belt stock sale are noted alongside cattle shipments and school hiring.
A veteran lauds Bob Waddell and the Ringling style, noting long experience in the arena. The article recalls Apple John Robinson’s 1821 origins, a toddler show, and early earnings as two plas. It mentions Ringling brothers, a new show here, and plans by Roger Branigar and others to lead future tent productions.
A garbled fragment mentions stove polish for blackening and painting mustaches. It references expenditure and papente figure, with unclear context about cost and workers.
Waterlo residents are promised a lively musical revue with eighteen numbers and humorous vaudeville acts. Lorenzo Cox performs silhouette cutting with audience participation, while De Camp and dog Cora showcase trained intelligence. Esmeralda the pianist provides classical and popular pieces, and Russali and Church present a witty vaudeville piece.
Waterloo hosts Muskogee county sheriff R. B. Ramsey to reclaim Fonzo Smith charged with murder. Ramsey, a rugged Western lawman, discusses capital punishment, public executions, and local race views while touring the city. The visit precedes a search for Jim Taylor, an accomplice, with Centerville authorities confirming a possible match. Livestock and stock market notes accompany regional data.
The mutes convention convened here on Thursday bringing large numbers of silent visitors to the city. Groups wandered the streets forenoon viewing sights and conversing in their quiet manner. Schuyler Long, president, was detained at Waverly and arrived late. The convention promises interesting work with many attendees to witness the event, reported by an interpreter.
STRICKEN FAR FROM HOME, TB. L. Smith, traveling man from Rochester New York, died at Presbyterian hospital Thursday morning of acute gangrenous appendicitis complicated by ptomaine poisoning. He was stricken with ptomaine poisoning on a train, removed to the hospital after a stop at Wilts, appendix removed but burst, leading to gangrene infection. Smith had been ill since August 21, with operation performed last Friday. Brother-in-law J. Birmingham of Rochester was present. funeral arrangements to Rochester. Smith leaves a widow and belonged to United Commercial Travelers and Masonite fraternity.
Chicago signals spotty rain hurting wheat and corn prospects across Illinois and Iowa. Farmers complain of drought and delayed harvests as Canadian freezes damage 46 to 50 percent of Saskatchewan wheat and 20 to 80 percent in Manitoba. Market activity remains dull with few bids and light consignments, while forecasts of cooler weather compound grower concerns.
Editor Reporter notes items sent to Camp Cedar including go carts folders and a recliner priced at 4.98. Mothers urge letters from home to lift camp morale, hoping no disappointed faces at arrival and that every boy receives a portal or letter tomorrow.
The national congress of insurance commissioners closes with B. F. Clouse of Baltimore as president and B. W. Potter of Springfield as vice president. The First Presbyterian church plans its Hillcrest picnic on Sept 2 along the Cedar Falls Interurban line, with a church car departing about 9:00 a m. Fred Lucie and Herbert Clausen return from Burlington after attending the opening game of the Burlington Waterloo series.
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