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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1908
Page
8
Rioting and roughness marked the progress of a street railway strike. Constration company filed articles of incorporation to build the Town and Northwestern railway. Mrs H A Struulk died after an angering illness.
Local items note residents visiting Waterloo from Sumner and Orange Township while others report children born Friday night and weddings in Waterloo. The city council meets to fix bridge defects as Midway restaurant changes hands and J B Jackson to manage the People’s Retail. Ducks migrate north as Parker Amusement Co plans three carnival attractions for Waterloo territory to aid local baseball efforts.
Carlos Kelley of Waverly transacted business in town Friday. Wir Lanigan and Wm Magee of Dunkerton visited the city Friday. H Rodman will spend Sunday at his parents in Cedar Falls. Mr and Mrs C M Wyatt visited Janesville Saturday for an weekend visit. Mrs Siebert and children of Rothbeck are in the city visiting friends.
Dreamland showcases a London regatta reel and several summer amusements including shoot the chutes and air swing, plus a comic feature What a Razor Can Do. Local real estate transfers, visitors, medical notes, a youth club program, court notes, and an auction at the Thomas Dobson farm accompany varied community items.
A garbled late 19th century advertisement lists a reward and pickup location at 225 Newell Street or 1216 Fourteen E. 89 ae. It mentions a general housework gift and a Mrs. A X Brown at 807 West 873. The church schedule at First Baptist Church lists morning program An Unfortunate Marriage and evening program An Unfortunate Divorce.
A Sicilian nobleman, Count Bologna, living in Youngstown, Ohio, works in a large furniture store for ten dollars a week to stay near his sister Francisco Bologna. In six months he has earned trust and goodwill, admires America and his job, and remains devoted to his sister while pursuing piano and Italian instruments in his spare time.
Notices list postponed Needlework Club meeting March 16 and Court of Honor March 7 at UW hall. Elks meeting at 10:30 p.m. sharp with balloting. Junior Ladies Literary Society to hold annual business meeting March 7. Death of infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank Kezar at 2120 Mulberry Street. funeral at Phirview cemetery after brief service by Rev Stauffacher.
The forest service plans a series of reseeding experiments next spring and summer to restore damaged ranges. Experimental stations will be set up in several regions, with six sites likely at first, using seven to ten acre plots. Both native and cultivated grasses will be tested, with emphasis on native species in the Rocky Mountain region and cultivated grasses in wetter coast ranges. Early results from a model pasture in the Lamnala national forest Oregon suggest grazing freely may allow ranges to support more animals.
The Suffering Pape club of Warsaw Tod organized with fifty seven members aims at domestic reforms. Its rules include refusing to walk the floor with a crying infant and not helping in the kitchen during daughters parties. Members advocate limiting cigarettes and pipes in the home and social gatherings. Daughters’ beaus are to be kept in line, and the organization includes junior and senior suffering papas and a suffering papa goat.
Efforts aim to save the Wienna from extermination as hunters target its wool and hides. The animal, valued at up to $350 for a single hide, is driven to higher elevations where scarce vegetation leads to many deaths.
A German entourage unveils a circus of ants in America featuring trained insects performing somersaults and pyramid formations under bright tents.
Two sacks of alfa grass seed from the Sahara lie in Los Angeles as a potential basis for a major desert papermaking industry. Professor David Fairchild and J. O. Conrad plan desert plantings in Daggett Mecca and Thermal to test alfa grass for high quality book papers, with hopes of a local mill if experiments succeed.
A London Telegraph quote shows a law student noting many have been jailed falsely, citing sad experience. The speaker recalls unlucky draws that led to several nights locked up, suggesting a broader issue of wrongful detention.
Cardinal James J. Gibbons, head of the American Catholic church, is praised as a beloved, democratic figure who lives his preaching. He aids labor, balances economic views with fair-minded conservatism, and spends days advising. A walking, healthful man of letters, he writes for publications and studies in his third‑floor library, aiming for a long, active life.
Toledo judge James Austin Jr. advocates replacing fixed sentences with indeterminate terms based on prisoner reform. He describes a workhouse experience and argues for classification, mandatory work, and a system rewarding good conduct to ease release into honest labor. He criticizes fines and urges time for liberty to hinge on personal reform.
Peter Lamberson returned home in a jovial mood and told Mary about meeting a moon on the street carrying a side of beef. He joked the man would feed his family with it and save what they cannot eat. A Shamrock plant has been found growing wild in Seattle. A Seattle resident of Irish origin reported the discovery near local lakes.
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