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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1908
Page
3
The piece notes that primary elections bunch county nominations in county seats across several counties including Jefferson and Blackhawk. It argues centralization concentrates influence in urban areas, leaves farmers out, and questions reform benefits versus the old caucus system. It also surveys looming party machinery shifts and potential candidacies at state and national levels.
The article discusses a Iowa State College dairy experiment station method to determine butter moisture to meet the 16 percent limit, enabling quick reliable tests to avoid moisture loss and preserve quality. It mentions Bulletin No. 27, free copies from G. F. Curtiss and Walter Wellman, plus brief political notes about Bryan, Taft, and Parker with polemical context.
The article reports farmers may see a record farm value around 8 billion dollars, up from six billion six years ago, with major crops totaling high values per year. It cites Wall Street Journal figures and secretary estimates, noting wealth growth supports business outlook and national stability. It also mentions Minnesota congressman Tawney facing harsh local backlash for past political alignments with Uncle Jac Cannon.
Senator J P Dolliver joined the Fort Dodge Elks as the event of a local cycle. Ernest Quante, patient at Mt Pleasant state hospital, hanged himself with two feet of rope. George Wheeler died by taking cartolic acid on Des Moines riverbank. coroner deemed no inquest. Mt Pleasant Baptist convention urged strict temperance. Des Moines to host national title abstracters convention August 14. Typhoid fever affects Fort Dodge. origin unknown. L and Bourne named superintendent of Mexican Central railroad. previously with Chicago Great Western. City curfew ordinance revived. youths must heed whistle or face marshal. Tragic deaths reported near Bomers and New Sharon. multiple drownings and hangings. Rev Samuel A Blot expected in Iowa City for Unitarian dedication. Rev BE Staplekamp dies in Holland Mich. Diggers discover a body near Algona. murder suspected. Hamilton county to spend up to 010,000 on drainage. Ames to replace brick walks with cement. tax impact noted. Alcohol law used in Johnson county against liquor supply to paroled inebriate Arthur Walsh. New 10,000 armory planned at Webster to house Co 1D. Ring winner Giihert of Spirit Lake and Barber of Iowa in shooters’ classic. Resurrection of a Lenox burial leads to child exhumation story. body submerged in water. Power plant plans for Webster City street wiring. franchise vote anticipated. Shahan express office closure at Shahan cited in Mills county complaint. Pacific Junction samples cited. Des Moines streetcar case blocked. state law enforcement orders disputed. Burlington and other authorities contested. Fall term court to revisit enforcement issues.
A historic public notice lists clear safety do nots for July fourth celebrations. It cautions children not to throw firecrackers at others or hold them near the face, avoid close contact with set pieces, avoid looking toward loaded firework ends, and advises against standing under rockets or inspecting roman candles while lit.
San Francisco reports secretary Garfield of the Department of Commerce and Labor, who has been in Hawaii for a month examining harbor improvements commerce problems and labor conditions, is due to arrive tomorrow aboard the cruiser St Louis. His Hawaii work addressed long range settlements.
Spanish War Veterans open their annual Wisconsin state reunion in Ripon with two days of sessions to elect officers and delegates to the national encampment. The event plans to send Wisconsin reps to Sioux City and Boston gatherings next September. A rabbit of odd notes mentions a cinnamon bear jailed overnight with its handlers after a quarrel. Gamma Sigma Fraternity opens national convention in Chicago with chapters from across the country and a Congress Hotel banquet planned for Saturday night. A local ad notes an electric light cabinet photo offer from Simmone Gallery in Sheffield.
A retrospective overview recalls Democratic conventions from 1831 to 1904, tracing the rise of the delegate system, major splits like the Charleston 1860 rift, and key nominees such as Van Buren Polk Pierce Buchanan Cleveland Bryan and Parker.
Guidance on saving money by buying only high value grocery items. Illustration promotes OUR PIE Preparation gun package to make two pies with lemon, chocolate and custard flavors. Notes broad grocer availability and promise of pleasing results.
A compact list of historical milestones: Cromwell defeats Royalists at Marston Moor in 1644. the Continental Congress adopts independence resolution in 1776. union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1800. Col. Peter Gansevoort dies in Albany in 1812. Sir Charles Tupper born in 1821. Sir Robert Peel born in 1768 and died later. Northern Pacific Railroad chartered in 1864. Barthold statue unveiled in New York harbor in 1886. U S court injunction on railway strikes in 1694. Sir Henry Machean captured in 1907.
Edmund Foss of the tenth Winds district announces his candidacy for the U S Senate seat vacated by Albert J Hopkins. Born July 1868 in Derkshire Vermont he was educated at public schools Harvard Colum bia Law and Union College of Law Chicago. Elected to Congress in 1894 Foss has long chaired naval affairs and faces Albert J Hopkins and former Senator William E Mason in the party contest.
A vintage advertisement claims deafness can be cured only by systemic treatment, asserts catarrh as the cause, and offers one hundred dollars for any case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes associated Hall's Family Pills for constipation and directs readers to send for free circulars from CHERY & CO of Toledo, Ohio.
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