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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
8
A lively miscellany from a distant era touches on politics, economics, and culture. The piece lampoons public figures and events, notes rising egg prices, praises poultry shows, recalls Dorando Pietri, and jokes about mail, coalitions, and brooms as symbols of status, while surveying Iowa bank growth and national figures.
A Cedar Rapids Republican column discusses Waterloos claim to be a regional shopping center for northern Iowa. It questions the feasibility while noting Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, and Sioux City also seek trade shares. The piece mentions Chicago crime carnival fundraising and a Chicago ward ball amid graft concerns. It includes a memoriam for Adam Keilar with resolutions from W. R. committee at a local gathering.
The Spurr Studio claims best photographs come on cloudy days and offers an electric printer enabling Mr Burk to finish orders in 48 hours. They promise top artistic quality and urge customers to start Xmas work now, with prices from $3.00.
A chaotic Christmas Eve of sports tidbits spans managers, players and teams. Bullivax stars alongside Burlington ties while Battling Nelson’s busy persona surfaces. Keokuk and Hannibal figures dominate minor league chatter with salary talks, attendance guarantees, and spring training optimism. Major names like Cobbs and Chesbro ripple through as rumors and plans mix with local league notes and shifts in football and boxing circles.
The Hannibal club led by observers including Cruikshank and Mayes sought a Central Association membership with a 60,000 paid admission guarantee, the largest such offer by a Missouri city for league entry. Dan Dr Henry Jungs and others from Waterloo Kelluk Ottumwa Burlington Keokuk joined discussions as officers were elected and reports from Hannibal were favorable.
A historical list records events and figures from 1616 Alfonso d Albuq uerque to 1907. It notes Sharpless’s ascent at Haverford College from instructor in 1875 to presidency, and lists births, deaths, and notable happenings including the Boston Tea Party and a New York fire with $26 million loss.
Fragmentary obituary note on Dr Isaac Sharpless born December 16 1848 in Chester County Pennsylvania. Mentions Harvard College president and Lawrence Scientific School. outlines early education and teaching stint after graduation.
An ongoing advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Cure as internal medicine that reaches the disease through the blood. It contrasts with local applications and cites physician approval and a regular price of eight dollars. Also promoted are Foley's Kidney Remedy by Wangler Bros and J. K Joder with claims of kidney and bladder benefits.
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