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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
3
The piece lauds the Roosevelt led convention praising Secretary Taft for early McKinley era work and governing mastery. It also notes the difficulty of collecting small unpaid bills and urges merchants to pursue these debts despite their perceived insignificance as they can cause embarrassments and financial strain.
The piece argues Iowa should not pursue a vice presidential nomination or Senate vacancy. It credits Dolliver with preference to stay in the Senate and praises Taft aligned policies. It condemns attempts to replace Cummins and insists the Republican voters chose a path, urging the party to rest from intraparty battles.
Collector M J Tobin reminds taxpayers to file and pay Internal Revenue taxes by close of business June 30 1908. Penalties of 50 percent apply for late returns. Senator Oliver criticizes the Republican ticket and Sherman for vice president. Dolliver praised for the honor. Sherman praised as a longtime House leader with strong debate skill. Tate’s nomination noted as foregone. Postage rates abroad to domestic levels improved, pleasing both nations. Cummins may take a rest from politics as Moses and Cummins are invoked in comparison.
A fragment from a as the disbursing officer for Taft campaign Brother Charles is praised for wealth status and loyalty to Taft while a Houston murder trial reveals about one hundred attendees disarmed before entry highlighting concerns over gun access.
A citizen urges the Civic Society to clean up the city including weeds in empty lots and along roads, decaying wire fencing, disfigured river views, and old barns with strong odors. Calls for a vigilance committee to work through the summer to prevent epidemics caused by neglect.
Household tips on cleanly displaying produce and using leftovers with practical recipes for eggs vegetables and fruits. It covers washing berries, rinsing dirt from greens, and various dishes from fish cutlets to banana salad and tea cake with step by step ingredients and methods.
A home treatment offered by Mrs J M Summers of South Bend Indiana claims spankings fail to cure bedwetting. She provides a free program by mail to mothers troubled by this issue and urges writing today. An Iowa grocery ad for A M Wight at 516 Lafayette Street lists delivery every 30 minutes and a phone contact.
Taxable property in Oskatoona totals 7 million with a 200 thousand rise from last year. Salvation Army plans a July 24 picnic at Caldwell Park for city children. An elderly Marshalltown woman, Mrs William Brown, died by hanging. State fair cash premiums total 40 thousand with 14 thousand for speed events and 20 thousand for amusements. Farmers Elswater Union contracts a 12 bushel elevator due by August 1 1908. Hardin County Federation of Women’s Clubs met in Alden with nearly 100 in attendance. Des Moines University church plans a new auditorium south of the present site, to be ready by January 1. Lake City man quits smoking after smoking nearly a million cigarettes. A romance from Iowa State College ends in marriage in Rome between Carl Stannard and Ruth Watts. Bishop Henry W Warren of Colorado delivered the Upper Iowa University baccalaureate amid about 1800 listeners. Meson City Council approves 21 blocks of paving this year, total 32 blocks including creosoted, concrete and vitrified brick. Des Moines faces measles outbreak with many yellow quarantine cards, near school districts. Dubuque police chief proposes a youth police system to protect property. Guthrie Center hosts Modern Woodmen picnic June 26 with 1200–1500 attendees and contests. Burlington and Fairfield investigate a baby death in Fairfield. Glenwood cabman Bert Byers struck by a severe electrical storm near the courthouse, Rendered unconscious but saved by his horses. Iowa Central Railway defense against injunction over strikes prompts counter plea for wages and damages. Council Bluffs man Joseph Guilda seeks police surgeon after severe injuries from a rat-infested pile of lumber by the river.
A dated history snippet recounts events from 1530 to 1907 including the death of a ruler nicknamed Frea Wandah, the first steamer Jantic arriving at Liverpool, Queen Victoria's accession, the Burmese War ending, Kansas suffrage petitions, Brazil Paraguay peace, Santa Anna’s death, Armenian rites near Erzerum, and New York City's mayor opening milestones in Catskill water project.
The piece recounts Denyn Brewer David J. Brewer born June 20, 1837 in Smyrna Asia Minor. It traces his education at Yale, law study, Kansas judgeship, and rise to the U.S. Supreme Court after a noted 1883 antirailway case. It also includes unrelated advertisements and notices.
Hon. Thoms Cale of Alaska cites Feraua as a very efficient cough and cold remedy and promotes Peruna in tablet form as a standard dose. Hon. C. Slemp of Virginia and Mr. Bors. Craig of Fork Vale Tennessee also report success with Peruna for chronic symptoms, describing it as invigorating and curative.
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