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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
6
Local report mentions a hillside event and a bid to attract industry. It notes the sudden deaths of sisters Eda and Elin Nordholm within twelve hours. A Waterloo area annual picnic for M. W. A. is reported alongside Charles City preparations.
On Thursday June 11 the Reporter will issue for the Civic Society ladies an improvement edition with profits to the society for a working fund. Dr Margaret Clark presides and Rev Bile K M Jones edits with an able staff. The edition aims to boost Waterloo as a beautiful city and will include articles on women’s work and advertising. The paper costs the Reporter 150 dollars and net proceeds go to the ladies.
A flurry of names and short notes from Waterloo and nearby: Mied N B Hersch and Dr Batley visit Barclay and Charles City. Mrs H A Bennett detours to Dubuque. W R Bowman, H R Martin, and Mr and Mrs J H Moore in the city for business and bank duties. Miss Lena Ortner returns from Dunkerton. a marriage license is issued to Arthur Cole and Anna A Holmes. Mrs Kate Webster returns to Minneapolis. J H Moore heads to Burlington for the United Commercial Travelers convention. Wardall Johnston returns from Ames to help the city engineer. Lulu Lawrence granted a divorce from Charles Lawrence with custody of their child. Mrs Anna Hillman and B Reed visit Winthrop. Miss Billy Lake leaves to spend the summer with her mother. Anta Funston and Clara arrive from Des Moines for several weeks with Dr Futston and Mrs Wise.
A reader recalls starting coffee in infancy and later suffering nervousness and insomnia. After trying Postum, the writer reports improved sleep and absence of headaches, praising Postum as a coffee substitute. The letter, credited to Postum Company, invites further reader submissions.
A group including Chas Marsh Gus Place and Robt Johnston returned from southern Minnesota reporting good fishing hours. Drs B E Dunkelberg and B E Peek plan a Spirit Lake fishing trip by car if weather allows. Local chatter mentions trial living ideas, Cedar river levels, bass and crappie catches, and several residents attending a United Commercial Travelers convention in Davenport. Community updates include school faculty gatherings at Hawthorne and a new police chief appointment at Springfield NL.
A discussion on the rising popularity of outdoor summer parks and amusement gardens. It notes their cost, expansion from Coney Island to major U.S. cities, and the belief that such parks provide urban recreation beyond winter leisure. The piece highlights managers opening a new summer garden and the optimistic outlook for the growth of warm‑weather entertainment venues.
At a board meeting the Waterloo M A campaign was approved to hire W T Perkins as chief fundraiser to pay off the July mortgage and repair and improve the building. Perkins, a New York state M G A official and former Columbus secretary, arrives around June 16 to plan and run a vigorous canvass. The directors, after months of planning, affirm this plan as essential to sustain and expand the association’s work for local boys and men. Mechanics talk inspires Waterloo workers as Superintendent Jones outlines career paths and larger opportunities, with plans for a future address to sheet metal and steel workers. Get your shoes repaired at the United Iowa Shoe Repair Co.
A compilation of upcoming local meetings and events. Includes Cio club Friday gathering with Mrs Edward Larson, Ladies Circle Lincoln Circle supper, Woman's Missionary Society at Walnut Street Baptist with Mrs Rena mith, Black Hawk Lodge memorial services, Odd Fellows meeting for memorials, Pythian Sisters gathering, Talernacle Chapter degrees, and a special Earth Day session Friday at 2:30 p.m.
Raymond Do features as the central figure in a brief community notice. Details sparse, but the item centers on an unexpected local occurrence affecting residents and prompting nearby authorities or organizations to acknowledge the event. Further specifics are unreadable in the provided text.
Waterloo residents and guests were active with social calls and business visits through the week. Memorial Day services at the M B church drew a large turnout, with old soldiers honored and Rev Nielsen delivering a notable address.
Lamson Bros. & Co Waterloo reports Chicago grain markets with cash grain, wheat prices shown. Key figures indicate Sept and nearby futures near 8.77 to 8.75 with slight fluctuations as markets close.
Chicago market reports show hogs steady to strong with prices from 5.10 to 5.56 for heavy weights and 4.50 to 5.04 for rough heavies. Cattle and sheep opened weak to strong with mixed results. New York stock totals list Amalgamated Copper, Anaconda, American Smelting, Baltimore and Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Chesapeake and Ohio, Chicago Great Western, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Louisville and Nashville, Missouri Pacific, New York Central, Pennsylvania, St Paul, United States Steel. Poultry prices in Chicago include turkeys 164, chickens 14 to 14½ cents, ducks and proliers per dozen 2.60 to 9.00, and 1% to 2 pounds 5.00 to 6.00.
Market notes report wheat recondition at 94, May 92, and June 77 with poor weather retarding corn planting. Mediterranean wheat outlook signals short crops and strong continental demand next season. Berlin wheat closes lower. cash corn around 75 to 78 cents. Interior reports higher car prices than Chicago. oats traders note Armour holdings growing in September.
The executive committee of the Union Pacific Railway company today approved an issue of fifty million dollars in bonds as part of the one hundred million dollars already authorized. Reports mention July as a target to strengthen reserves amid light receipts and prospects of few cats here by month’s end. Local notes record visits and trips by several residents and a siren test at Corn Belt garage causing excitement.
A Letter from Callaway Nebraska describes a stubborn kidney illness improved after using Fulton’s Renal Compound. The writer credits the product with inflammation relief and urges others to seek the company literature and available bulletins.
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