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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1908
Page
3
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The Boone News Republican ridicules the governor’s petition drive claiming more than seventy five thousand signatures signified little effort. It notes grandiose aims to reach 100000 and contrasts it with apparent inaction by supporters while reformers court politics. The piece also cites Chicago musicians seeking higher wages for evening dress and a Ithaca college contest where a male competitor lost to a cop. Des Moines railroad commissioner candidates are urged to state positions on Des Moines to southwest Iowa passenger service.
Iowa court records show Judge Blair and the Washburn Moon case victory credited with barbed wire price cuts. Gov Cummins appears in cases where clients were defeated. Blair and the Beat Em All firm drove the royalty reduction from 75 cents to five per hundred pounds, saving farmers billions.
Music lovers gather in Spartanburg for the South Atlantic Music festival with an opening in the new auditorium tonight. Mme. Jomelli Mme. Gadski Cecila Winter Mme Bouton David Bispham and Reed Miller headline. The New York Symphony Orchestra of 50 and a 200-voice chorus back the program through the week. Toronto Horse Show Preparations Under Way At St Lawrence Arena With Exhibitors From Montreal Ottawa New York Hamilton And Other Cities
Highlights include King Edward IV born in 1441 in Rouen and Oliver Hilsworth born in Windsor Connecticut. Also noted are Rufus King’s death in 1827, Henry M. Stanley locating Emin Pasha in 1888, a 1903 landslide at Frank BC, and a 1905 tornado death toll in Laredo Texas.
Washington April 28 The drawing illustrates the relative positions of the candidates for the Republican presidential nomination with instructed delegates lined up as of the present.
The article notes Emil Gerhaeuser born April 29 1868 in Krumbach Bavaria and his rise in Wagnerian roles in Munich and Baireuth before joining Maurice Grau in America. It also reports Monday as a cold wet day with gale force NW winds, heavy rain and a brief snow shower, with 0.63 inch rainfall and a 33 degree low.
Major General Charles B Hall retires at age after leading the general staff college at Leavenworth Kansas. Brigadier General Frederick Funston is named as probable successor though the vacancy will not be permanently filled now. Hall, a Maine native, served in the Civil War and later in Cuba and the Philippines.
The seventh annual Georgia Library Association session opened at the Carnegie Library in Atlanta with President Mrs Eugene B Heard presiding. Henry E Legler and Miss Mary W Plumoyer gave leading talks on library world development as the convention continues tomorrow morning with city and college librarians in attendance.
Des Moines reports favorable weather with showers and hail in places from Wednesday night to Saturday morning. Precipitation slightly above normal east, below west. temperature rose then cooled with snow flurries in the northwest. Growth rapid, corn planting beginning, fruit potentially injured by cold. Injury extent unknown. Sunday School convention in Seattle hosts Western Washington association with large attendance and practical results theme. Speakers include Marion Lawrence.
Kingston Ontario April 29 honors were awarded at Queen's University today. Dr L F Barker of Johns Hopkins University was among those conferred the degree of doctor of Igawa.
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