Change of Address at Babserivers Paper
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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1906
Page
2
Babserivers announces a change of address for its newspaper deliveries. Customers are asked to note the new mailing location while continuing to reference the old address for a transition period.
The Cedar Rapids Republican urges a clean candidate for Iowa governor with honest nomination. It warns against crooked work in East Waterloo and Cedar Falls tactics, urging delegates to reject tainted candidates and allow Republicans to vote for an honestly nominated, genuinely acceptable governor candidate.
A Racine clergyman denounces wedding rowdiness and decor for nuptial carriages as disrespectful to matrimony. He urges ministers to rebuke the practice amid signs of immorality in his neighborhood and calls for public scrutiny. A Chicago bankers letter promotes safe investing at 2 to 3 percent, urging caution and security. A Polk county political faction is criticized for violating a state wide primary law after professing support.
Washington census bureau plans nationwide effort to harmonize divorce laws, based on rising case numbers and President Roosevelt’s push. Special agents will canvass states, study records since 1886, and compile certified lists of marriages and divorces to assess eligibility and separation standards.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming it treats the disease constitutionally. Proponents offer $100 for any failure to cure, with testimonials available and products by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo.
The Rock Island lines offer a special convention rate across Iowa with one fare from most points, except where $1.00 or less applies, then one and one third fare with a maximum of $1.00. Tickets on sale July 30 and August, with return travel good through August 6. Jno. G. Farmer, Division Passenger Agent.
Mrs Starc offers beautiful sweet peas for sale at 208 Fowler Street. Tate
The piece argues Roosevelt's Iowa landslide largely reflects Democratic defections and Republican shifts. It cites Iowa Official Register figures showing Roosevelt narrowly outpolled Parker, while McKinley nearly matched Roosevelt, and Bryan's weaker showing explains the large Republican majority. It challenges Funk and Cummins circle, noting antiCummins politics and rural voting patterns.
The piece catalogs various public figures and anecdotes: Trank Hitchcock, Harvard boxing champ and postmaster general aide, linked with President Roosevelt. Prof Felix Adler on educational hires. Christina La Barraque, a 28-year-old legally trained blind woman now pursuing music in New York. Prof Graham Taylor on country versus city women’s outdoor life. and Texas Senator Bailey’s humorous mispronunciation of ambiguous, ending in a triumphant correction.
Dr J Dewer of Minneapolis sought return of an engagement ring after discovering Miss Anne Williver was not an heiress. She refused the jewel and was charged with theft, then sued Dewer's Sioux City lawyers McCormick & McCormick for 10000 in damages. The item is described as the largest free gold nugget, found in a badger hole, to be exhibited in eastern cities.
A San Francisco report details Japanese efforts to surface the battleship Makisa, sunk at Sasebo. Divers use a lifelike model to patch hull rents, then pump out water to dry dock and refit the vessel as a fighting machine. The piece also notes other local news items and public notices.
A chaotic clipping reports a farm trade north of town for 650 acres near Crookston Minnesota, plus a malaria remedy push with Dr King’s New Life Pills. It notes a Missouri Valley money deal, a county records filing for National Refining Dubuque, and the death of Ex-Mayor Frank Bishop of Griswold from pernicious anemia. Other items include a mill sale in southwestern Iowa, Henry and Cora Nipp’s land division, and C Boak’s Tonopah mining success with a Nevada offer refusal. William Splea returns from a southern state trip after three weeks away.
Waterloo resident Mrs. Susan McNutt reports relief from kidney and back pain after using Dean's Kidney Pills. The advertisement promotes the remedy for kidney complaints with claims of quick action and normalizing kidney secretions. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY, 50 cents. Read as a trusted local endorsement in the era.
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