29 Oct 1907
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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1907
Page
1
Daily and semi weekly Waterloo Reporter lists subscription options with monthly and yearly rates by carrier and mail. Included are change of address instructions and newsroom contact numbers for business office editorial rooms and calendar department.
The Goosebone weather forecaster, a local resident, claims a cold long winter with blizzards and heavy snow from October through March. Farmers note fat geese and ducks heading south early this year signaling harsh weather ahead. President Roosevelt proclaims Thanksgiving Day on November 28 to give thanks for blessings and seek guidance.
A New York farmer touts sulfur dusting on barn floors and through corn as a simple inexpensive rat and mouse deterrent. He claims years of success, advising sulfur sprinkled in hay and oats loads, noting a pound can preserve a large dairy. The item pairs with broader agricultural projections and reader call for experiment reports.
The article outlines fattening and feeding strategies for draft and driving horses intended for sale. It covers target weights, pricing by weight, feeding regimens, exercise, stall housing, grinding and floating teeth, and notes on a large Illinois horse feeding operation that purchases half fed horses and finishes them in barns for one to three months. It emphasizes heavy gains, regular watering, hay, a grain mix, and occasional steamed or soaked feed.
State and local brief items recount a series of accidents deaths and official notes. Notable events include a fatal threshing machine incident in Ida Grove a county attorney’s sudden death in Creston a Des Moines pastor taking a university post and rail and car transport concerns impacting Des Moines and Ottumwa. The report also notes a push for a reinforced concrete Des Moines city hall and ongoing prayer efforts to extend Christ's kingdom locally.
A long, fragmentary history column notes a day or two to award a federal building contract in Des Moines with a bid of 367,798 from WHL Dropantyne, plus references to a damages payout for slander, a royal interest in 1794 events, and local notes on a Boone hotel construction, a gasoline explosion near Iowa Lake, and various legal and weather mentions. The piece blends historical dates with local project details and health product ads.
Newspaper item notes deafness from catarrh and praises a constitutional remedy, mentions W. H. Airhart’s potato yield claim, Martha Hanlein’s fatal hip fracture at age 100, Henry Baser suing Northwestern for cattle-loading injuries, and a hundred dollar reward offer for a deafness cure. Includes Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement and peddler pills.
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