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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
2
L G Parrott Litter Waterloo Reporter announces daily subscription options with weekly, six months, and yearly rates. Includes mailing address Waterloo and notes on post office registration and change of address procedures. Contact and calendar department details are listed for classifieds and editorial offices.
A long critique notes Iowa Republicans in Des Moines face proposed bills on U S senators by Moon and bank deposits by Jamieson, while opposing public health and tuberculosis warnings. It links party dynamics to statewide issues, recalls past bank controversy, and previews a Ft Dodge drainage meeting urging standardization of practices, with calls for careful governance and cooperation among counties.
A garbled column reports on Connecticut politics, Thaw, and Roosevelt with satirical asides. It mentions Senator Tillman, Chamberlain, labor disputes, and evangelists, mingling rumors, opinions, and social observations from a chaotic slice of public life.
Des Moines Capital reports Speaker Guy A. Feely vowed to end party strife and unite the Republican party to promote Iowa’s welfare after his nomination and election in the Thirty-third General Assembly. He announced the June committee formations and began action deemed as meeting the highest expectations.
Key events span 1766 to 1908 including James Quin death birth of Oscar II 1823 birth of Oscar II 1907 resignation of Jefferson Davis from Senate 1873 Hartranft becomes Pennsylvania governor 1887 Interstate Commerce Act 1892 Indianapolis surgery institute fire deaths 1908 Panama Canal compromise $1600.
The birth of James J. Storrow in Boston on January 21 1864 is noted along with his Harvard ties. He graduated from Harvard in 1836 and from its Law School in 1888, then joined Lee Higginson & Company, later rising in public service as Harvard overseer and Boston school board chair. An unrelated advert promotes Dr Shoop's Restorative for stomach heart and kidney weakness and claims universal pharmacist support.
A two day session of the New York State Waterways conference began at the Manufacturers' Association rooms in New York City to discuss methods to improve and develop the state’s waterways for conserving and expanding trade and commerce. A separate ad promotes Dr Shoon’s Crown Remedy claiming it stops Croop in 20 minutes without vomiting or distress, a safe syrup priced at 50 cents sold by dealers.
The Lake View Resort justice of the peace, Justice Hamilton, issues a marriage inducement in his paper. He promises to donate the wedding fee, guarantee the knot for ninety nine years, present the groom with Havana cigars, the bride with American Beauty roses, provide an auto ride, pay car fare for a wedding trip to Walt Lake, and aid in Roosevelt alley efforts during a thirty day window for old bachelors to wed under his officiating.
Washington January 22 The child uplift conference urged by President Roosevelt is expected to draw widespread participation. Acceptances arrive daily at the White House from invited men and women across the country. Preparations near completion with an opening address by the president at the White House and responses from Jacob Rus of New York, Judge Ben B Lindsay of Denver, and other noted sociology scholars.
New York residents in Manhattan’s Chinatown welcomed the New Year with drums, incense, prayers, and open house gatherings. The festival centers on social visiting, refreshments, and ancestral rites while marking a date range between January 21 and February 19. A health coffee promotion adds a coupon offer in the same piece.
Hundreds gather at Orchestra Hall for the fifth annual National Child Labor Committee conference. Central aim is the creation of a federal children’s bureau to study infant mortality, birth rate, orphanages, juvenile delinquency, employment, dangerous occupations, and legal protections for working children.
Mrs L Herkes of Oakland California sought help for a daughter aged thirteen said to be dying of kidney disease. The ad claims a complete recovery after eleven weeks using Fulton’s Renal Compound and lists San Francisco company JOAN J Pulton Co and Wanlger Bros as agents with a mail offer and monthly bulletin of recoveries.
A telegraphic check for 16000 by Ben F West prompted First National Bank of Waverly to seek details from Farmers Exchange Bank Gallatin Mo. Brokers Everman report West bought 320 acres for 29000 and sought a 20050 payment with 50 for hotel and travel. He left town after the telegram.
In St. Petersburg authorities impose strict precautions to avert disturbances on the fourth anniversary of Red Sunday when Father Gapen led a mass demonstration before the winter palace and many were killed by troops.
Louisville January 21 union tobacco society representing Burlay district met to pool this year crop. Reports from all sections indicate crop will be one of the largest in Kentucky history. An actor on the farm quips about his new work.
More than 150 marksmen, top shooters from across the country, began competition at Pinehurst for the second annual midwinter trap shooting tournament. Trophies await the preliminary and handicap winners along with medals for the highest amateur and professional averages.
A jolly exchange among friends recalls a boss resigned then urged reconsideration. The New York Times notes social chatter in New York City about a grand bal masque benefiting the blind set for Plaza attending society, aiming to be the season’s most brilliant event for the Four Hundred.
The ad proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims the remedy works through the blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 for any cure failure. Includes invitation to send for testimonials and notes sales by druggists at 75 cents. Hull's Family Pills also recommended.
Article traces the origin of the expression A leap in the dark to Lord Cranbourne in the 1967 Disraeli reform bill debate while noting prior attributions to Hobbes Barthlett and Gobineau sources, with various translations and misattributions cited from Pearson's Weekly.
Bayard Leighton whose idle life shifts after Aunt Lucy’s death learns she left him no money but a portrait and a charity bequest. Virginia Tracey and Jimmy Bookwalter help stage a mock housewarming as Mr. Tracey insists on a proper engagement before the couple wed, amid inherited glamour and a stern test of true worth.
A father answers his son Wilfred’s question what a hypochondriac is. He explains with a punny tale about a man who fears catching a cold, imagining baths would let drafts in by blocking holes in a sponge. The anecdote is recounted in a light, humorous tone.
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