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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1907
Page
2
Waterloo Reporter, Matt Purett and Wn Waterlow publish daily and semi weekly issues except Sunday. Entered at the post office as second class matter. Subscribers changing address must give old and new addresses. Reporter telephones are listed.
The piece outlines the dispute over Claude Porter and reformers linked to the Progressive movement. It questions Porter’s independence from corporate support and notes Roosevelts favor while highlighting press tactics and the broader politics of the era. It also reports on hardwood timber supply concerns and related forestry policy, with brief items on a Mason City crime case and Republican convention bidding.
A vineyard press agent notes attention in Iowa's right district where Hepburn seeks re election. Council Blues Nonpareil hints Judge Towner of Corning might challenge Hepburn, stirring progressives who welcome any sign of dissension in Republican ranks.
Key events span centuries from 1448 Turks defeating Humga at Gossove to 1849 Chopin’s death in Paris and 1846 Nathan Clifford becoming U.S. attorney general. Notable items include the burning of Falmouth Maine, 1803 Louisiana treaty session, 1828 Delaware and Chesapeake canal opening, and Syracuse University’s Chancellor Day birth and career details.
State News in Brief reports the retirement context for President John Mitchell. It notes a meeting proposal, continued sessions at the commercial club in Charles City, and Waverly parties eyeing plans for a sugar beet factory in the city with an estimated cost around 500,000 dollars.
The First National Bank will be open Saturdays from 6 30 p m to 9 00 p m until further notice. The piece also mentions Illinois General Pay Day and quotes Eleanor Clayton Glyn an English author who sought a real American gentleman among western cow boys rather than material for a witty book.
Vice President Fairbanks aims to begin late October speaking tours in Dallas and Atlanta with other major cities. William J. Bryan plans a November 26 announcement in Washington DC before the Society of Political Science at George Washington University. Col Dan M Swab announces a bid for Congress in Tennessee’s first district. Bryan starts Wisconsin speaking tour November 11 at Milwaukee Jefferson Club dinner. Wilbur F Wakeman notes strong West sentiment for Roosevelt renomination. Only six of forty-five governors to be elected this year. Kentucky Maryland Mississippi governors chosen for four years. New Jersey for three. New England states Massachusetts and Rhode Island hold annual elections.
Miss Mae Wood purchased a ranch at Julesburg on the Platte River. A Boston expedition leader, Professor Thomas A Jaggar, plans to arrive in Boston after leading an MIT geology expedition to the Aleutians, promising to advance scientific knowledge. A 10 year old girl, daughter of the Jungfrau railway manager, is noted as the youngest climber to reach the Jungfrau summit.
Chicago buyers struggle to absorb huge cattle runs with weekly 88,000 head. Cattle mostly fall 25 to 40 cents. high quality steers scarce. Indiana load traded at 7.42. sales generally 6.40 to 6.85. Hogs mixed. top for choice light near 7, packing hogs 6.20 to 6.50. Sheep and lambs heavy supply. natives steady to 7.35, buck lambs discounted. feeders weaker. Conover & Swanson report.
An old advertisement touts Bucklen’s Arnica Balm as effective for wounds piles and chilblains. The copy claims swift relief and claims the product is guaranteed by Wangler Bros druggists, priced at five cents per dose.
Waverly buyers paid 5.50 to 5.80 for hogs while corn sells 57 to 62 cents a bushel and oats 40 cents. Eggs 18 cents and creamery butter 23 cents. Potatoes 50 to 60 cents a bushel. Hay 6 to 9 dollars per ton and sugar beets five dollars per ton. Marshall County reports strong finances and cattle feeding with thirty nine fat steers 1400 to 1500 pounds two years old, bought from Jasper County, ready for market.
An old newspaper blurb touts King’s New Life Pills as regulating the liver and preventing appendicitis by aiding digestion. It claims the pills establish regular bowel habits and are sold for 25 cents at Wangler Bros. drug store, with a brief note about a 35 cent basket of grapes at C. H. Eighmey’s in New York.
A Dublin Georgia reader praises Electric Bitters for his mother and others with improved appetite strength and sleep. The Ida Grove city council renews the Ida Grove Electric company franchise for 11 years and plans a special election to confirm or reject the action.
An advertisement touts Warner’s White Wine of Tar as a superior cough remedy. It warns against cheap tar preparations sold to dealers at seven cents a bottle and resold for twenty five cents, urging customers to insist on Warner’s product sold by J. J. Knapp in an unspecified location.
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