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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1905
Page
4
The Waterloo Reporter owned by Sait Parrott & gens of Waterloo prints a daily and semi weekly edition under G Parrott as editor. Subscription rates include monthly, yearly in advance by carrier. Rates appear as 60 and 4.00 and 2.00 with unclear wording.
The piece examines how mulet stores in Cedar Rapids and Waterloo comply with liquor laws, noting juries often acquit or disagree in cases involving sales to minors. Dealers report warning signs and implement a photoprotective certificate to verify age and sobriety, seeking to bolster lawful compliance.
Navy department reports 138 applicants from 21 states for pay corps vacancies. With twelve posts open, officials expect a large pool of qualified men, led by peers from Pennsylvania and Missouri. The article notes prestige and pay draw recruits despite fears of talent shortages.
An old Marshall County trapper notes muskrats building above ground on grass islands rather than burrowing, signaling a mild winter. He says this seasonal habit change, observed over forty years, supports hopeful forecasts and urges cautious spending until weatherwise validation arrives.
A roundup of varied t heatrical and public notices including Beerbohm’s unanimous election as president of the theatrical managers association after Sir Henry Irving, the Prince of Wales instructing Indian Sunday observance during a royal tour, Gustav Kunst owner of Valima plantation tied to Stevenson, Nebain Dubois memorial statue plans in Nice, Margaret Chung the 16 year old Chinese American becoming a Los Angeles reporter, Mica Minnaita Taylor fluent in many languages and multilingual abilities, a 1836Ohio catarrh cure affidavit by Frank J Cheney, and assorted mortgage ads and old local notices.
Reading fragmentary notes shows concern over a money related microbe threat and the broad willingness to gamble safety to exploit potential profits. Officials warn against reckless actions and emphasize the need for careful testing.
In a sunbaked strand on a hostile island, Iris and Jenks endure counsel and fire as water runs low. A Dyak ambush, marked by wounded thirst and risk, tests their endurance while a rescue rumor and salt of combat linger in the air.
A sweeping Iowa brief covers murders, trials, farm losses, embezzlement probes, shipyard and packing plant plans, church fund appeals, hospital accidents, and a reform-school mock trial. It notes corn yields near Odebolt, drainage work near Muskyat Lake, and a farmer taking a boy home during corn husking time.
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