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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
3
Waterloo Reporter advertises Matt Parrott and Sons Waterloo lows with notices running every evening except Sunday, signaling ongoing local business promotions and schedule.
The Waterloo Iowa newspaper lists weekly and yearly rates for cartler and mail delivery including six months and annual options. It instructs subscribers to provide both old and new addresses for changes and notes various office and department contacts.
In a compendium of blurbs the piece riffs on private detective actions in the Brownsville case and presidential scrutiny while urging swift law enactments on coal pricing and earthquake appropriations. It notes the 1909 calendar with four double holidays and an early Easter, then shifts to human interest items from South Dakota towns, Prohibition in Rockford, and Lincoln centennial preparations in Chicago and Waterloo.
A Reinbeck Courier replica recounts Waterloo diners from Dike and Hudson finding a windpipe in chicken pie. The tale, debated as true or false, mocks sensational restaurant reporting and ends with the claim that the pie included a live fowl’s windpipe, reflecting local humor about poultry and pie quality.
A chronology recounts notable dates: 1763 British ships attack Buenos Ayres. 1811 birth of Charles Sumner. 1814 peace overtures by Britain. 1868 Congress censures President over Sheridan removal. 1872 Col. James Fisk shot in New York. 1885 Grover Cleveland resigns New York governorship. 1895 fire in Toronto destroys property. 1885 Curzon becomes viceroy of India.
Italian born composer Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti, 1847, long based in England, served as singing master to the Queen of Italy and to the English royal family. His song For Ever and Ever failed at first but found fame after Santley performed it. other notable works include At the Convent Gate Yesterday My Dreams Come to My Heart and Let it be Soon.
In St Petersburg on January 6 the Gzar ordered the division of Grand Duke Alexis's intestate estate between his surviving brothers Grand Dukes Vladimir and Paul. The private estate is valued over 30 million dollars. Also noted are Foley's Honey and Tar as a trusted remedy for coughs in infants and children, advertised by Wangler, Bron, and J. K. Joder.
Miser Tom hides a small fortune of fifty two cents and an old spelling book in a burned barn. The overseer and paupers recover the box to discover Tom’s modest cache, while a fire dramatic scene ends with a quiet, ironic memorial for the town’s notorious miser.
In Newark New Jersey on June 6 Mrs Josephine Amore the Italian woman charged with murdering Michael Martello a boss painter in Drift Street was to stand trial in the criminal court. Martello was shot in the Amore home last August as police note the husband disappeared after being questioned and the wife confessed claiming persecution and a desire to protect her life. The case attracted wide attention at the time. A farmer agent wanted in each township in Iowa to write bail and cyclone insurance for the Farmers company address Manpager 606 Independence Avenue Waterloo Iowa 41-4-Ta
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