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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
The notice lists monthly and yearly subscription rates by carrier and mail, with advance payment options and six month mail terms. It includes a Waterloo Iowa postmark and instructions for subscribers to report old and new addresses. It also provides publication office locations and a brief rate list for different telegraphed terms.
Ottumwa saloon keepers push for a license cut from 1200 to 1000 dollars arguing economic strain amid temperance reform. Council hears petitions from bartenders and dealers with a committee review pending. local opposition warns reduced fees would bolster cheaper saloons and hurt reform efforts.
The Courier attacks Gev Cummins Ned for a public misdeed amid accusations of graft and political manipulation. It claims the paper shames itself by endorsing a dirty act, while the community’s honest conscience remains steady against state house pressures.
A jumble of editorials and notices discusses political figures and party loyalties, praising Senator Dolliver and criticising Ananias. It references William Larrabee as a potential Iowa delegation head and includes a local medical ad for Dr King’s New Discovery and Head’s Sarsaparilla, with a brief rescue anecdote from Fedora Tennessee.
Iowa papers debate Gov. Cummins pledges to Senator Allison, with editors split on whether the 1906 Torbert letter bound Cummins not to seek Allison’s seat. Critics allege duplicity while supporters cite misread pledges and political timing across multiple newspapers.
Jas Walcott and Jerry Martin of Philadelphia are slated for a scrap and bout in Philadelphia tonight. The Old Dominion League forms in Virginia with clubs at Petersburg Suffolk Newport News and Phoebus. Fred Tenney’s long major league career spans thirteen years with a single team the Boston Nationals. Michael Kelly of the Western league to head the Eastern lengua champions succeeding Sir Joseph. The Wandered hockey club of Montreal plans a New Year’s benefit for the widow of Hon Stuart. Brooklyn and Newark contest for lead in the National Interstates Bowling League as Clymer of Columbus eyes a fourth straight title. Debated Burns Johnson fight looms. many doubt their ring reunion soon. Al Christensen, Boston wrestler, gains notice in the South Atlantic after beating Albert Kloklok in Augusta with Ty Cobb as referee. Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Ten promoted for bowel and kidney relief at 43 cents a dose or tablet by Wangler Bros.
This date history lists events from 256 to 1891 including Stephen crowned king of England, Metz siege relief by Charles V, Trenton battle, Clinton’s voyage to Savannah, Canada division, Napoleon crowned king of Italy, Seminole campaigns, Belgium independence, Stephen Girard's death, George Dewey's birth, and Jorge Moniz’s presidency in Chile.
Morgan Gardner Bulkeley born December 28 1827 in Hast Had dam Conn rose from Hartford public schools to Brooklyn mercantile success. He returned to Hartford led as mayor 1886 88 and later Connecticut governor elected 1908 to U S Senate term ends 1912. An unrelated advert touts Electric Bitters as a cure.
Kansas fruit growers gather for the annual convention in Topeka beginning today. Edwin Taylor of Edwardsville serves as president as a three day program covers topics of practical interest to fruit growers.
In Burlington, a notable local patron visited a clothier and merchant tailor, praising a fine cloth and promising ongoing patronage if future suits matched the quality. Gossip advised a written order be secured, but the merchant pressed for a definite written directive to confirm the patronage before cutting cloth.
In a mood of tense superstition Pauline and Harry discuss a hoodoo ruby ring. A mysterious backstory links the ring to misfortune, but the lovers’ bond endures as Pauline resists engagement pressures and teases a wedding on Friday the 13th.
A boy in Pennsylvania spends months building a milking machine and tests it on a cow in the barnyard. He returns home covered in dirt with a wrecked toy, claiming the cow objected to the contraption while his mother asks what happened.
The narrator describes meeting Bret Harte after obtaining a copy of Overland Monthly and reading The Luck of Roaring Camp. He arranges for Harte to contribute to Atlantic, notes Harte’s agreeable manner, and recalls Harte’s arrival in Boston as guests of Mr. Howell. The scene shows curiosity about the popular author and his reception among Atlantic peers.
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