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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1906
Page
4
A vintage advertisement extols Royal Baking Powder as the best aid for homemakers to bake cake muffins biscuits puddings and cookies at home. It claims Royal makes foods fresher cleaner tastier and more economical than ready-made bakery products. The pitch targets household use and highlights quality and convenience.
Deputy Sheriff Caldwell traveled on business while Avihur Yattmer spent Sunday with relatives in Cedar Rapids. G I Burk of Chicago visited Waterloo on business with Rings Ting Bros. George Tardy joined Rings Ting Bros. as a teamster for next season. Pay day at the Water loo Building and Loan, directors to meet in the evening.
A Waterloo woman Testifies that Don's Kidney Pills relieved her persistent kidney pain and urinary troubles after continual use. Mrs. William Starr, a Waterloo resident, praises the remedy read in a local Waterloo ad and notes improved health following treatment. The notice advertises the pills at 50 cents and lists Foster M. Kimble of Burt, New York as sole U.S. agent.
Local residents attend family visits and church events in Cedar Falls and Waterloo. Teachers Myra Call and Mrs Parisi are noted, with social guests George Nauman and Lloyd Alexander listed. A Congregational mission service is planned, and Cedar Falls women push for Iowa pure food law passage. The Robinson-Hiebery goods firm reorganizes as Robinson Day Goods Co with W. A. Dugane as treasurer and Hieber as manager.
F J Ightey and J T Bullivan state they purchased controlling interest in the Waterloo Organ Separator Company. W W Marsh and F T Fowler had no stake. Business to run with added capital under the same managers. A mix up over ownership of a coat led to police notification and a later clothing search found the culprit.
Almost fifty candidates were initiated into the Daughters of Isabella at a Saturday night meeting in Emmetsburg. A banquet followed with oyster cocktail and roast turkey. A candle incident caused a small scare as a guest hoisted a burning centerpiece out of the room. The Rev H W Reherd preached at First Presbyterian, praising Christ and the Christian Endeavor movement.
The Sioux City Tribune notes the Illinois Central will have 2000 new refrigerator cars in service by February to ship fruit in its own fleet. Cars will be white to stand out from bandits of commerce. The fruit shipments come mainly from Mississippi and Louisiana with 18,000 carloads of fruit moved last year and bananas shipped year round. Temperature control is crucial due to extreme seasonal changes.
A rambling town notes item references sidewalk ordinances, cattle buyers L. J. Selisbury, and purchasers near the Brown Creamery. Mentions Mrs Winegar’s Westgate trip, Miss Sophia Schutte visiting Sie Creek, and P. J. Goss from Lansing. Also columns on local humor, a royal visit in the family, sugar beet promotion, and folks attending horse sales.
Chicago market notes estimate Logan receipts and daily prices for hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs opened slightly lower, closed mixed with varied classes from 5.00 to 8.60 per hundredweight. Cattle and sheep opened lower and closed lower, with quoted guides for prime beef steers and butchers cows. Local figures show hogs at 5.30, cattle at 3.08 to 4.50, and various produce prices for wheat barley corn and eggs.
Mason City and possibly Webster City rejoin the Cedar Valley circuit after a Decorah meeting where attendees were reprimanded for earlier conduct. The revised 1906 race schedule lists events in Waverly Cedar Rapids Decorah New Hampton Waterloo Charles City Mason City and Webster City. Also noted are local visits by Hesbarl W Miller and deaths of Henry Wolbers aged 82 in Burlington.
A testimonial from G Vacher of Chicago credits Foley's Honey and Tar with curing lagrippe coughs and preventing pneumonia after a severe bout. The note warns against substitutes and lists local sellers Wangler Bros. Todd, G W Hither Co, and W Cornwall. It also mentions W Cornwall’s bid for the state republican convention nomination as a reporter.
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