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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1907
Page
2
On October 31 Secretary of War Taft visited Waterloo in his private car. A party of eighteen Waterloo men started for California to spend the winter. Hallowe'en pranks were played.
Mrs Ela frank leaves for California and Fred V Berry for Portland Oregon. A girl born to Mr and Mrs M G Bail. Mr and Mrs AV Van Valkenberg of Laporte visit Waterloo. Logon moving to stay on Leland Ave. Mrs Howe visited and others in Waterloo. Nellie Lyon of Woonbine Iowa visits J B Sherman home. Mrs Pred Gardner of Dysart visits William Holland home. Tomalson family depart for Maxwell. Nettie Baker visits from Ackley at 516 Washington. Ray Stainaker killed in collision. body returned to Marshalltown. Water shut off on west side park. ponds deaths of fifteen fish. Dr Frank Love of Iowa City visiting Butterfield family. Mrs Love sister of Mrs Butterfield. Cliff Redmond returns from North Dakota. Archie French to California for winter. Louisiana Pritzberger leaves for Los Angeles with Amma Willis. travels Oregon and Mexico. Lee McNeely, secretary to Senator Allison, in city and reports health good. Carnival and fair openings by L C T Mt and K T at Red Men's hall. weather damp, crowd small but hopeful.
A string of Friday evening and Thursday meetings includes Christ Church rehearsals Pythian Sisters Tribe of Ben Hur and Lincoln Circle gatherings. Also on Nov 1 Westminster Grace M E and Temple Rebekah plan suppers, A M private school of instruction Oct 31, and a Grange social on Nov 2. Local residents announce furnished rooms for rent and notable travels and purchases.
Autumn special rates offer cheap one way travel to California Oregon Washington and nearby states through service with daily sleepers to Los Angeles and San Francisco via Denver Salt Lake City. Includes homeseekers excursions to Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Gulf Colorado Utah Wyoming Montana and Big Horn Basin on first and third Tuesdays. Land excursions to Big Horn Basin and Ditlings conducted by D Clem Deaver. Burlington service runs two daily trains from Omaha to the Northwest with through Pullman standard sleepers and free seats on through trains.
Waterloo Theatre on Bridge Street and Electric Theatre at Fifth and Lafayette present vaudeville and moving pictures tonight. The Electric Theatre will rotate acts though keeping Byrd and Vance as the feature. solo performers include Victor Lee and wife, Franco, and Byrd and Vaice along with new moving pictures.
Western stage feature and a Friday comedy night headline Waterloo theatre bills. Big Hearted Jim stars Jim Saxon as Medicine Lodge sheriff amid a comical plot about a false marriage and an heiress pursuit, joined by a strong cast including miners and frontiersmen. Also featured is Max Figman in The Man on the Box, praised as a premier American comedy with a refined cast and production under John Cort. The district leader musical comedy is teased as a future Waterloo attraction with extensive press praise.
A lively feature of the show is its well gowned chorus, seen to good advantage in varied dances and ensembles. Seat sale is brisk with prices set at 50, 75, 1.00 and 1.50 dollars.
The Electric Theatre announces a new show tonight with Victor Lee and wife in juggling and aerial levitation, Francs with 100 faces returning, Byrd and Vance joining for the week, new pictures, and strong acts like Fred L. Price. A humorous tale about Dr Joachim skating is recounted, plus local notes on George Hampion's city visit with wholesale prospects.
The Waterloo market notices cash grain and livestock receipts for today with hogs, cattle, and sheep pricing. Hogs opened higher, mixed and heavy buys, cattle steady to strong, lambs strong. receipts tomorrow estimated 12,000 hogs and 2,000 sheep as leftovers. New York Stock Market quotes major rail and steel stocks with varied early movements across Amalgamated Copper and other issues.
The Waterloo market report shows a general weakness in cattle and hog prices with lighter demand from country feeders. Fat cattle and veals sold within narrow ranges while feeders and finished drafters remained in strong demand. local grain and feed markets stayed steady to stronger, and Berkley’s feed store listed steady hay prices as G. Bickley relocates to Waterloo for a Corn Belt Telephone post.
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