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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1907
Page
3
Doctors announce a price increase for patient visits set at two dollars more for day calls and three dollars more for night calls. The move affects routine examinations and after hours medical visits. Local clinics urged patients to plan ahead for upcoming appointments.
At the last regular meeting the Wateriog City Medical Society decided to raise fees for medical attendance. The move reflects higher living costs and broader price shifts affecting public charges.
W T Whitney writes of prospects in the Texas Panhandle country of the Southwest. He predicts a great future for the region, outlining opportunities in development and growth for settlements, farms, and industry.
A Waterloo medical society letter requests higher city visit charges after April 1 to align with surrounding towns. Physicians cite doubled expenses, travel time, and the cost of maintaining offices as reasons for the raise.
Readers view a quiet morning at Cedar Falls above the dam with rippling waters and mirrored buildings. The piece extols dry farming advances, soil culture, and regional agriculture while noting political moves in Des Moines and upcoming legislative activity.
Arrest of the sign followed and both parties made statements implicating each other. They subsequently pled guilty to the crime. Mr and Mrs Joseph Margadant plan to leave next Tuesday for Pasadena California where they expect to make their future home. The Sunday school of the Wal Out Street Baptist church gave them a pleasant surprise Wednesday evening.
In Burlington Iowa district court Judge Withow sentenced Grimes colored and Arnold Zimmer white to life in Fort Madison penitentiary for the murder of John Gavit after a guilty plea. Grimes showed indifference, Zimmer cried. the court noted Grimes planned the crime while Zimmer sobbed. The courtroom held mourners including Gavit’s widow and children and Grimes’ white wife with Zimmer’s sister present. Gavit, a farmer, was last seen with the pair and his body found later near New London.
The district court adjourned the ongoing case session until Monday at 9 00 in the morning. This schedule update sets new hearing times for all remaining matters on the docket.
The District Court adjourned after a verdict in Bennett v Bolte. The jury found for the plaintiff with about 71 dollars, following a trial that spanned nearly three days and included extensive expert testimony. Judge Ransier planned new case assignments for the term. Senator DeWolt of Reinbeck may be unable to attend due to Des Moines duties.
Robert McGood, 28, a strike breaker and car conductor, shot himself in the temple amid health fears of tuberculosis. Found in a meadow near Lincoln and Conger streets after dressing meticulously for the act, he left a wife and child. his brother-in-law Herman Hue also works on the line. The death is ruled self-inflicted with no sign of struggle.
Township committee investigates districts lacking facilities and plans for a new two story school building in subdistrict five to provide a township meeting hall. A nine member committee will inspect buildings and report next week on best options. Meanwhile Waterloo business leaders support a reorganized band, with $60 subscribed.
In a fragrant court house ceremony Rev George Kuoche united Billies Ande and Duckwell An drew Jubs of New Hartford. The bride’s parents Mr and Mrs George Duckwell gave her away with eighteen attendees including county officers abstractors and court officials observing. The couple well known in New Hartford area, their marriage welcomed by friends.
Aged John Borgers, 74, committed suicide Thursday by binding twine and hanging himself in an outbuilding on his farm at Shell Rock. The family was away at Parkersburg. his body was found later, indicating he had been dead for hours.
A quart bottle of Reatora was recovered at the Rock Island stockyards after Jackman Bros. reported a burglary that night in which $14 was taken from their cash register. In a separate tragedy, 74 year old German native Mr Borgers, recently moved from Upington, was found dead by suicide on his farm near Coster after relatives visited Parkersburg. Wesley Gibbs shows fever for three weeks. An inquest by Jefferson township Justice Win Allen found death self-inflicted. funeral set for Sunday.
A Scranton letter publishes a phonograph translation of Peter Uzelac’s speech. He mentions an Austrian regiment and relatives in America but identities remain unclear as researchers seek his family ties and motive for deserting the army. Waterloo neighbors await contact from Kaiser on the old country.
Walnut Errest Baptist Church members approved a plan to accept a 17000 contribution toward a 30000 building project, with the church to raise 13000 more. Officials will appoint committees to solicit subscriptions, aiming to lay a foundation this year and complete the edifice later, though site location and proximity to a second church remain under discussion.
W C Campbell reported a horse near the Irving hotel had been neglected for hours. C L Kingsley arranged for the animal to be fed after a search by Officer Dietz. Campbell later found his own horse missing, clarified to involve a misapplied order. G Kennedy notes a pension of $8.00 monthly to Mrs. Mary J Kerr starting Aug 20, 1908.
A girl was born to Mr and Mrs Eael Potter last night. The probate court opened the will of C H Foote and set Wednesday March 18 for the hearing date after the will was read.
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