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Newspaper

Semi Weekly Reporter

Location

Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 18, 1907

Page

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McBain Divorce Trial Highlights Fear and Love Conflicts

In a Waterloo court, McBain testifies he loves his wife and seeks reconciliation while recounting past fears of injury during quarrels including sleeping under a haycock. The case involves separate maintenance and division of farm proceeds, with the judge denying the petition. Separately, Mrs. Anna L. Larson gains a divorce from Charles A. Larson with alimony and costs specified.

McBain Agin Mercury Anna L. Larson Charles A. Larson Costa Gwyn Time

Local notes from Watering and surrounding towns

Corrigan Bros. of New Hartford visit Watering on business. Marshall of Mason City visits relatives. F. McHinlney buys a fournyloder Ford runabout. W. D. Lanta leaves for California. Daughters of Isabella card social planned. A Linden Place sale to HL Burk for 1,600. Board of Trade meets. Dreamland sign arrives at LaFayette block. Dr J A Jerger to New York City for a short visit. Mrs Hoze of Elkhart visits her brother NoM Berond. Mrs John Sprague returns from visit. Miss Dora Coddington becomes stenographer at Corn Bal Telephone. Mina Guldie-Prebesheimer visits parents in Vinton, returns to Waterloo. Mrs Ora-Sly stricken with pain Saturday night. Chopals takes permanent post as rodman for city engineer. Civil engineers survey maps for Dinoia Central. Dick McGuire to Marshalltown for St Marys Institute graduation. Maccabees memorial service well attended. Rev. Hull speaks. Mrs Harold Plumb hosts ladies for Ada Corson wedding. Degree of Honor meets June 15. social time and refreshments. West side church plans union services in summer. Chautauqua ticket sellers meet at YMC A Parlors. George McCleery improves after illness. Joan Sole of Cornell visits Rev Frank Coje and seeks summer work.

Daniel Byam F. ‘W. Powers Isabella A. Dumham Linden Place Burk Board of Trade HB. Waite Dreamland Nickelodeon LaFayetta J. As Jerger New York City Mra Hoze Elkhart Ind Pete Berond Too Township John Sprague New Hartford Fred. Wells Dora Coddington Corn Bal Telephone Company Mina Guldie-Prebesheimer Vinton Waterloo Dinoia Central Dick McGuire Marshalltown St. Mary's Institute Maccabees Grace M. E. Church Hull Harold Plumb Ada Corson George McCleery Bres Ling Joan Sole Cornell College Frank Coje

Electric Park Opens With Music and Night-Time Lights

Electric Park debuted Monday afternoon with an orchestral concert and free vaudeville. Aiming for a moral, family atmosphere, no alcohol will be served and sworn officers will patrol day and night. The grounds feature 1200 electric lights, lush landscaping, and permanent-type buildings, with plans for seven-day operations and big band concerts each afternoon and night shows.

Sherif Caldwell Tu Meten

Rattlesnake Fight Near Cushman Farm Entry

Incident reports a three foot rattlesnake near the Cushman farm home of Nick M. Berend in East Waterloo township Sunday evening. The reptile was dispatched after alarming Berend who had no prior experience with snakes in the area. Also noted is the 35th annual commencement of Our Lady Offictory Academy to be held in Scallon Hall Thursday evening with four students completing work. The region experiences a heat wave with temperatures reaching 91 and 92 degrees, bringing crowds to parks and extra streetcar service downtown.

Nick M. Berend East Waterloo Mr. Berend Cushman Farm Our Lady, Offictory Academy Scallon Hall Tresta-Trainor Pearl McLarban Margaret Jackman Katherine Harris

Waterloo rifle team departs for state team tryouts

The Waterloo rifle team, selected from Company B, will leave Tuesday or Des Moines to compete for a place on the state team to represent Iowa at the national school. The preliminaries will be held four days. Wanted platen press feed ar. Independent Printing Co., under Security Savings Bank, Butt.

Waterloo Des Moines Iowa Platen Press Feed Ar. Independent Printing Co Security Savings Bank Butt

John W Gates Gambler to Retire From Wall Street

John W Gates, famed gambler and financier, to retire from Wall Street as Charles G. Gibbs & Co dissolves around June. Gates plans travel with his son, probing gambling hotspots from poker to horse racing, after a career shaping barbed wire, steel trusts, and major market moves. He remains a bold figure known for risk taking and a jovial, provocative temperament.

Robsertus Loon Ohn W. Gates Moveliet Wall Street Firiny of Charled G. Gites & Co United States Charlie John W. Gates Gates Mr. Gates Lowe

Cash grain markets and commodity listings summary

Chicago market notes show hogs steady to higher with mixed and butchers at around 5 to 6 dollars. cattle receipts tomorrow about 20,000. sheep steady. Prices for butter, potatoes, grains, hay, and livestock hides listed, plus wool values. Also Des Moines Missionary meeting June 27 28 and a testimonial letter praising Electric Bitters as cure for liver and kidney troubles.

Chicago Bodeebo Céhis Igher Des Moines Womans Foreign ‘ “Missionary Society of the Methodist Church Fitet M. Church Ste India Chit, Harmsh Mexico Geo. H. Parris Cedar Grove Wangler Bros

Plies Cured In FAZO OINTMENT Guarantee Claim

An advertisement asserts FAZO OINTMENT cures all pile conditions including itching bleeding and protruding piles in 14 days or offers a money refund. The claim targets readers seeking relief from chronic anorectal issues and promises quick results.

Ge. Whitt

Gates the gambler and the million dollar birth gift

Long prose recounts John W Gates as a scientific gambler who favored high stakes and shared tales of his early life. It covers his Saratoga visit to Canfield gambling house, an $85 000 evening at the table, and his view of risk as a game of existence. It notes his Illinois upbringing, marriage to Pellora Baker, and early business ventures including wool, a fire hardware and grain store, and barbed wire’s rise.

Garoblere Gates Qgates Gilbert Missouri John Alexander Jester Jester Joh the Gates Paris John Gates Earth Yanza Colm Napoleon of Brance Saratoga Oklahome Hill Gates Gilbert Gates Morgan Steel Trust Kiorgan Lontaville Nashville Wall Street Conservatye Gothamites Gates Plungara Carter Europe Royal Pluk Jan Chicago New York John W. Gates Lana Fifth Avenue Hotel Walter Mr. Gates Mit Canfield Hengtind Oee Fero Anne Union Middle West Prinqner Ife Illinois College Pellora Baker Charles G. Gates Big Howe Turner Junction Great West Young Gates Prairies Clare's

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