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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
7
The weekly weather bulletin notes seasonable temperatures but tropical humidity and frequent thunderstorms causing torrential showers and severe wind. Widespread crop damage includes corn losses from floods and weeds, oats and small grains hurt by wet weather, and pasture gains from pastures. Final crop reports will reveal full extent.
Three Waterlooans Major F R Fisher Lieut Ed Geist and Sergeant Earl Fisher will travel to Camp Perry to represent Iowa at the national rifle range event beginning August 19. The Iowa team, selected from a pool of competitors at Des Moines, includes Fisher who ranked fourth Geist seventh and Fisher ninth in previous trials. The contest runs over a week with a gold medal and 75 prize to each team member for the winning squad and a silver medal and 50 to each member for second place.
The city council approved the first reading of a street car franchise to twenty Waterloo capitalists. Social changes will precede voter action, but the franchise is expected to be granted to the requested group. The new company will operate cars in downtown Waterloo and nearby additions with twelve minute service downtown and thirty minute for residences.
Mrs Annie Flanders of Waterloo dies at 42 after years of ill health and mental strain. Born in England she emigrated 23 years ago, lived in Wisconsin before Waterloo. She leaves husband Albert Flanders a sister in Waterloo and relatives in England. Interment in Waterloo to be announced.
A July 1 ceremony in Indiana unveiled a large monument to Oliver P. Morton with a military pageant and speeches by Gov. Hanly and locals. In Wisconsin Lancaster hosted a Nelson Dewey monument unveiling with state officials in attendance. Waterloo’s Chautauqua closed with a William Jennings Bryan appearance, praising American influence, education, and philanthropy, after a day of public events and fund appeals.
At a regular meeting the city council rejected all bids due to an advertising error. Bids arrived after the 7 30 p m deadline and were deemed irregular. A new bidding date for the fire station and street paving was set with plans to let a contract at the July 31 meeting.
A special train from Waterloo carried about three thousand people to hear Salt Lake City Juvenile Court Band and Orchestra perform. Judge Willis Brown presided over proceedings addressing minor offenses while council discussed sewer upgrades and police audits.
In Copenhagen on July 23 Mrs Nielsen a housekeeper for a landowner from Jutland killed three of her employer's children and three of her own then hanged herself after learning she would be dismissed. The report also notes local traffic light concerns at a Lafayette Street crossing and various community notices.
In San Francisco the Industrial Peace Conference began its first session with a dispute over United Railroads delegates. A letter urged Patrick Calhoun to withdraw his representatives, claiming their presence could disrupt harmony, while Calhoun retorted that withdrawal was cowardly and he would not attend.
The Waterloo Chautauqua and Bible Institute faces a potential small deficit as attendance remains fair. Directors will meet to assess prospects and may appoint a superintendent while considering shortening the assembly to fourteen days to attract higher class attractions and boost interest.
Eldora and 22 Iowa towns submit a list of Congregational delegates headed by Rev H O Allen Osage and Rev John T Blanchard Sloan to the national council meeting in Cleveland Ohio. The roster includes Rev W J Bray Sheldon Rev D P Breeden Grinnell Rev Reuben L Breed Fort Dodge and many others with Rev Geo L Cady of Dubuque listed as an honorary member. Chief Clerk CA Fish travels to Chicago for railroad business.
The Daily Reporter launches a hospital fund for the Franciscan Sisters project in Waterloo. Promoters seek wide support, promising receipts published, with a starting pledge of 100 dollars. Readers are urged to contribute generously to ensure new facilities and city welfare.
In Lyman county a settler child, two years old, grabbed a rattlesnake by the tail and dragged it home. The snake bit him twice on the hand before the child released, then his body from the waist up turned black from poison before aid arrived. soda and vinegar saved him.
The Marion, a 1871 wooden sloop of war built in Kittery Maine, will be opened tomorrow at Mare Island navy yard for purchase. It displaces about 1,000 tons with a 11.25 knot speed and 1,100 indicated horsepower. The ship, 216 feet long and 87 feet wide with a 16 foot 6 inch draft, has recently been used by California naval militia for training.
Karleruno July 28. Kerl Hau a young law professor from Washington DC was condemned to death after a five day trial for murdering his wife's mother Frau Molitor a wealthy Baden Bade resident. Riotous scenes followed the verdict as Hau calmly awaited sentence and was then taken to prison amid police. The crowd has shown growing hostility toward the Molitor family in Hawstayer.
F. A. Kiefer of Dubuque visited Monday after his daughter, 37, left home amid Patterson carnival activities. The manager denied involvement and sought to locate her. Mrs. Rieter feared she had joined the show and searched Illinois Central trains with officers, but the girl remained missing.
The National Dairy Cattle company in Waterloo sold a registered Holstein bull to the state control board and will send the annual to the Cherokee state hospital. The firm also shipped a Shottiorn bull to H. P. Clemons in Dove Iowa and two Guernsey bulls to J. R. Latra in Yewup. Strong progress in local dairying stock raising is noted.
Humbert was appointed by Willingworth on Monday as deputy tax collector for the Cedar Falls area. The post opened after the death of G. Boehmier. Humbert, 8 veteran of the Civil War and longtime Cedar Falls resident, was chosen after extensive deliberation and investigation amid many applicants.
In Tonia Michigan on July 23 Monday saw nine of the victims of the Marquette wreck buried. Undertakers from neighboring cities aided as local firms were overwhelmed. Eleven more funerals planned for today and two on Wednesday. The relief committees coordinated flowers, logistics, and shipments for burials elsewhere. Injured residents are recovering and expected to recover fully.
Dubuque promoter and civic leader Bart B Linehan aged fifty four died in Memphis on business after exposure to excessive heat. He headed Dubuque Light and Gas, Linehan Transfer, and R Linehan companies. An Up per Iowa Methodist Episcopal church executive meeting in Ella hotel parlor discussed plans for October Cedar Falls conference.
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