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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1907
Page
3
Waterloo Reporter explains subscription details with daily and semi weekly editions, rates, and monthly by carrier or mail options. It instructs subscribers to update address changes promptly to ensure delivery and records both old and new addresses.
A fragmented notice from the Bell Telephone calendar directory lists contact lines and office location references, mentioning the Bell Phone and calendar department and an address line with White and Red room indicators. The readable items imply a telephone and office listing within a historical business directory.
The piece argues Iowa Senator Allison, long a congressman and senator, has neglected to write or speak for his record, urging him to publish a personal autobiography to illuminate his thirty three years in public life and influence on U.S. government. It contrasts Benton Blaine biographies with Allison's brevity and calls his duty unfulfilled.
An Illinois newspaper outlines a novel idea for a county court house: budget bonds up to 125000 and set aside a dedicated women’s toilet room. The piece cites county needs, foresees public support, and cites Lincoln and Waterloo as context for unconventional public perks.
Iowa editorials debate primary legislation and remedies for corruption. Davenport Times urges moderate reform, while Dubuque Times Journal favors electing honest, capable officials. Cedar Rapids Republican notes lobbyists persist, and Keokuk Gate City questions Folk reforms. Mason City Globe Gazette cites Busse clemency as a historic mercy case.
Chicago market reports show cattle feeders optimistic as demand for good fat steers remains strong. Receipts over 82 000 to start the week with prices around 6 6.90 a hundredweight, hogs steady near 6 65, and sheep and lambs holding despite heavy supplies. Local shippers and feeders from Iowa and Illinois attend the sale, noting favorable conditions and potential for continued price gains into the year.
The report notes camphor export cuts could impair smokeless powder production. It also covers stock moves by Jamez J. Hill toward election to the First National Bank of Chicago board, a health-related travel for Casale Chadwick, and conditions among vagrants hired by agencies in St. Petersburg amid rising child illness from sore throat and related eye problems linked to dust from roads used by motorcars and schools.
A historical ad fragment offers a $100 reward for catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo. It cites endorsements from West and Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin and claims internal blood action. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and various elixirs with dubious testimonials and prices.
Sioux City postoffice authorities probe a December delivery mix up involving a $56.79 draft sent to Robert Henderson of Council Bluffs but misaddressed to a Sioux City recipient. The draft was found but not indorsed, with doubt over the final recipient and potential federal postal violation if misdelivered.
Attock company forms for Ulrich corn factoring at Montour to found a new factory. Weat Side shipped 596 cars of stock in 1906 from a small village. Sioux City banking rose by 10 million in 1906 reaching 95.87 million. Clinton district public schools enrolled 649,449 pupils with 1,000 fewer than prior year. Delware county issued a record 162 marriage licenses in 1906. Mrs. John Bryder and Mr. Snyder celebrate golden anniversary in Conesville.
The winter meeting of the Iowa state league will be held in Ottumwa on Tuesday January 22. President Peckham will issue the call soon. Decisions will determine the league’s future and membership for next year with Clinton reportedly dropped and Fort Dodge possibly ending its membership. New member Quincy is already in, Jacksonville may join the Kentucky-Maois and Tennessee league, Hannibal may also join, and Kingston plans to retain or lose membership depending on finances.
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