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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1908
Page
2
The Waterloo Reporter listing shows Parrott and Sons of Waterloo Iowa with daily subscription rates by carrier and yearly options, including six month terms. It notes change of address procedures and “Entered at the post office” as second class matter, plus brief office lines for Breezerace and editorial hours.
L B Raymond reports Republican Charles B Pickett made his congressional bid in Franklin County, delivering a strong speaking tour from Sheffield to Latimer. The record praises his oratory and scholarship, notes upcoming talks in Hampton and Geneva, and urges support for Pickett as a reliable future congressman and protector of constituents.
In a discussion on economic policy and living costs, supporters quote Senator Gore and defend Taft against Bryan. The piece cites a Dallas speech from 1906 criticizing the Democratic Party, contrasts Republican steadiness with Democratic promises, and endorses Governor Hughes’s view of a safer presidency in Taft.
The 1848 campaign pits Democrats against Whigs after the Mexican war. Northern division over slavery weakens Polk’s party. Cass leads the Democrats with noncommittal southern stance on slavery in territories. Whigs rally behind Taylor, Clay, Scott, and Webster as war heroes. The Baltimore caucus splits New York delegation, altering support and momentum for both parties.
The text outlines the 1840 presidential nomination process with Clay and Taylor on early ballots, the selection of Taylor and Fillmore, and the emergence of third parties. It details the Free Soil party's platform against slavery in territories, Van Buren's anti slavery candidacy, and the abolitionist influence. It notes New York’s pivotal role in Taylor’s victory and the sectional party disintegration reflected in the 1840 campaign.
Corporations and private citizens across New England are starting forest planting of abandoned lands. About 2,500 acres in six states this year, with water companies adopting forest policies. The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board owns over 1,000 acres in Clinton, Mass. Plantations on abandoned farms show strong growth potential, with owners planning up to 200 acres next year. Species include Norway spruce, chestnut, oak, black walnut, and maple. The practice offers shelterbelts and windbreaks, plus profitable wood products for farms. $100 REWARD, 3100. Readers learn catarrh cure claims by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. Proprietors offer $100 for cures failing.
A condensed timeline lists events from 1492 Columbus landing on Guanahani to 1881 death of poet Joseph G Holland, including Bartholomew Green’s birth, Alexander Stewart’s birth and death dates, General Walker’s procession in Grenada, the 1864 Battle of Resaca, Robert E Lee’s death, Grant’s 1874 address to Cherokee Indians, and the 1898 departure of German emperor and empress from Berlin for Palestine.
A brief notice honors Mme Helena Modjeska on her 64th birthday noting her Cracow birth in 1844 and her career spanning Poland the United States and Britain. The piece mentions her eventual retirement after a storied stage career including a Booth tour and a New York testimonial. It also includes short items on a coughing woman at a political meeting and a physician’s advertisement for Foley’s Honey and Tar. Ambassadors Bryce traveling to Boston for a speech by the British envoy and a testimonial about Foley’s Orino Laxative conclude the slice of news.
New York reports hints of broad business revival across rails real estate and construction while tariff agitation looms. Bank lending loosens, building resumes, and steel and iron demand climbs as mills restart, yet stock prices stay lofty on abundant liquidity and cautious investors.
Henry Clews notes prices may jump once a favorable opportunity appears as traders hold surplus stocks. Public reluctance to release supplies keeps the market tight though leaders could act. Major holders wish to unload but lack the push. weeks ahead will reveal if prices rise or fall amid improving western prosperity and harvest profits.
William Maccabees, a lifelong seaman, quietly celebrated his 105th birthday at the Philadelphia naval home. He recalled early service, survived the Yorktown wreck in 1859 and the Congress explosion in 1862, and remains mentally sharp despite age. He described his late father owning a mill at Jones Falls and Baltimore in 1813.
Prominent members of the American colony in Paris attended the wedding of Miss Angelo de la Grange, daughter of Baron and Baroness de la Grange and granddaughter of former Maryland governor John Lee Garrell, to Count de Hoelpsere Theons, a Belgian nobleman. A brilliant reception followed at the baronial chateau on Rue de la Copernie.
The University of Virginia YMCA marked its semi centennial on October 12 1858 1908 with a Madison Hall celebration attended by former members and presidents from southern colleges. The 1905 Dodge family funded building at UVA praised as among the world’s best equipped college YMCA facilities. Original 92 members included early leaders and the anniversary noted the branch as the oldest college YMCA worldwide.
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the president, enters Harvard as a freshman living in Claverly hall on the Gold Coast near Mount Auburn Street Massachusetts Hall. He arrives with no roommate and has kept busy settling in Cambridge while his brother Theodore is present.
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