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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1908
Page
2
Fragmentary notice discusses desired thorough and expeditious service and contrasts it with others. It lists subscription prices per year and period for carrier and mail delivery, including terms and advance payments, and ends with a post office classification remark.
A Des Moines meeting is set for March 18 to nominate two delegates and two alternates for the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Representation bases on counties and votes for Cummins in 1906, with figures listed for several counties and officials.
An Australian firm wins a Russian concession to harvest thirty million feet of Siberian timber annually nine hundred miles from Vladivostok. Logs shipped in July to October, then mills in Melbourne process them into dressed stock for floors and ceilings. The piece notes looming global timber shortages and urges forestry planning.
New York building department faces classification for William K. Van derbilt's $180,000 project on Fifty second Street between Madison and Park Avenues. Proposed seven story structure may be a garage or two family dwelling or bath, with a central winding staircase and electric elevator. The piece also notes officials using city autos for private uses and measures under consideration to curb this practice.
The Reporter notes five county conventions in the district with dates from February 29 to March 13 in Bremer Waverly Butler Allision Atareh Hardin Ridera Franklin Wampton Wright Clarion. Delegates total 116 Butler 121 Hardin 84 Franklin with primaries set March 7. The piece urges timely notices to voters and orderly delegate selection ahead of the state convention in about three weeks. It warns of slow turnout in the east district and critiques burglar ambitions as a cautionary aside.
A promotional medical ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages and offers a $100 reward if it fails. The lettered appeal states the remedy is constitutional, taken internally, and promises testimonials from customers. It directs readers to J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and notes sales by druggists.
Nathalie Schenck, Newport belle, divorces Charles Glen Collins after a high profile, lavish courtship ending in California. Collins, from a famed Scotch lineage, failed to match wealth and status, later bankrupt and rumored to work in a Boston pottery factory. The split follows a sensational social whirl with Paris trips and pawned jewels. An ex-boatman’s tale links Otto Goritz to a herring offer in a strange aside. Police sleep troubles bring a sharp note of local humor to the piece.
An old advertisement proclaims Foley’s Honey and Tar as a remedy for La Grippe and pneumonia. It urges refusing any but the genuine in a yellow package from Wangler Bros and J. K. Inder. The note mentions prices and packaging to promote the product.
The Labor World notes wage levels in New York City electricians at 35.00 per day for eight hours, and tallies national counts of barbers hairdressers waiters and bark papers. It covers union gains in carpenters and joiners, labor conventions in Tennessee and Bridgeport shifts in manufacturing, and plans for a one cent daily labor paper backed by British unions. It also mentions Gompers and figures shaping labor disputes in New York City.
Foley's Honey and Tar stops the cough and heals the lungs, claimed to prevent dangerous complications like Phoumonia. The Benulng Foley's product reportedly contains no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package, with Wangler Bros. and J. K Joder listed as merchants.
Forecast outlines major events in Federal politics including congressional debates on finance and Taft’s presidential bid at Missouri GOP convention. National river and rail cases loom with Hepburn act, court rulings, and a New Jersey Manhattan tunnel opening. Also slated: miners wage talks, big National Education Association meet in Washington.
A long mixed history entry lists events from 1625 to 1894 including battles, explorations, and political actions. It highlights the birth of Cyril Arthur Pearson in 1866 and notes his publishing career and expansion into many periodicals and newspapers in Britain and the United States. The piece closes with an 1890s advertisement for cabinet photos at Simmons Gallery.
New York fashion notes describe spring materials and gowns in silks crepe de chine and satins with changeable effects. Forecasts include tasseled belts elastic studded leather belts and wide folded belts in soft hues. coats dresses and accessories feature lace soutache embroidery and velvet with bold color contrasts and ornate trimmings.
An old advertisement promises relief from chronic constipation using Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup. It claims the remedy aids digestion, stimulates the liver and bowels, restores natural action, and is pleasant to take without nausea or griping. Wangler Bros and J. K. Dodder are named as sources.
The late Richard Mansfield's art objects were shown at the American Art galleries in New York starting today ahead of an auction next week. The collection features portraits and works by Hogarth Romney Law ren ce Gainsborough Kueller Inness and other renowned artists.
An advertising Promotes Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy for kidney and bladder troubles. The note mentions Wangler Bros. and J. K. Joder in connection with the product. The message emphasizes the cure as effective for ailments within medical reach.
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