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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1906
Page
3
Figures published show municipal ferry operation between Boston and East Boston profitable only once in thirty years. From 1877-78 receipts surpassed expenditures by 94.58 dollars, while the thirty six year totals show costs at 9,168,262.95 and receipts at 6,115,802.47. Change of address instructions urge subscribers to supply both old and new addresses.
A long critique contrasts William Jennings Bryan and Gov. Cummins on a potential third presidential bid, arguing Bryan favors party unity and policy over office while Cummins pursues the post regardless of party support. The piece also highlights Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute preparations, its new coliseum, dedicated events, and extensive programs.
Theodore Horstman of Cincinnati seeks Nickolas Longworth’s seat in Congress on a platform attacking the president’s son-in-law as not representing the nation’s awakened spirit. Indiana cadet Charles Lewis, the heaviest West Point graduate at 218 pounds, expects to be sent to the Philippines. Prince von Bucow sends a veterinary remedy note urging its bottle contents after illness. Governor Guild’s Harvard 1881 class plans a $100,000 fund for President Eliot, with notable members Penrose, Ralph, and Henry Norman among supporters.
Watertown Ohio resident J B Waterman reports his daughter, long plagued by epilepsy, was cured by Dr King’s New Mite Fists. The piece markets a variety of tonics and cleansers, touting beauty remedies and health powders with prices and vendor names interwoven.
A Denver visitor guide outlines lodging options from hotels to boarding houses, dining spots like Rob's Cafe, and street routes. It describes seeing Denver by car tours, the Seeing Denver and Touring Denver itineraries, with costs, schedules, and points of interest such as the Capitol, Mint, parks, and nearby excursions to Golden and the foothills. It notes diverse city life, including a sizable Black population, a consumptive camp near Berkeley Lake, and local amenities like telephones and sidewalks built from mountain stone.
Clipper notes C F Wetzel rents a 160 acre farm southwest of Traer to Will Zumple for next year at four dollars per acre after a recent trade. Nearby dairymen report cows stricken with milk fever and several deaths. John Ames buys a saw mill to convert native timber to lumber and plans to expand with 160 to 200 acres of timber. he has already sold and shipped several cars of lumber.
A violent earthquake tremor shook the southern shore of Lake Erie for about 100 miles, striking Pataceville and Merble Head with no serious damage reported. Calm returned quickly as scientists in Cleveland attributed the quake to activity beneath the lake bed, while a St Quattus College recordings suggested three separate shocks that afternoon.
New York bond houses including American Surety Bankers Surety Federal Union Surety Fidelity and Casualty Metropolitan Surety United States Guarantee and United Surety are targeted by Frederick B Davidson of Brooklyn. Attorney General Moyer will hear his plan on July 10 seeking to strip charters for alleged monopoly and price fixing across the bonding industry.
A high wind toppled an eleven car train at Weir east of Cheyenne damaging the siding where Japanese laborers quarters were located. Twenty men injured seven seriously. The storm also felled about a mile of telegraph poles and caused additional damage.
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