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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
3
A Waterloo column warns taxpayers about municipal ownership schemes. It cites failures in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids, notes higher water taxes, crippled city services, and mounting debt as common outcomes. The piece urges citizens to consider risks before proceeding.
Davenport reels from new saloon regulations as about a dozen establishments shut down with tax deadlines looming October 1. Saloons close early causing crowds to spill into streets, workers report losses in daily receipts, but the city braces for what comes next as markets and lanes adjust to the new order.
September 4 entries recount historical moments from 1436 when Mohammed II repulsed Belgrade to 1891 Tennessee Legislature rejecting convict lease abolition. The list includes naval disasters, political shifts, explorer and academic births, and labor strikes across centuries.
A birthday notice honors Major David Du Bose Gaillard born September 4, 1859 in Suter county. Details his long Army career from 188 to 1904 including roles with the Metropolitan Boundary Commission and the Third Army Corps. Also mentions a Brooklyn lady praising Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and local druggists selling it.
Denver’s Pantacostel Union known as the Jolly Jumpers worship with ragtime songs and dance claiming faith will provide all. Members live apart from work and worldly possessions, dress boldly, train children in the faith, and stage noisy processions, testimonies, and vaudeville dances inside their Champa Street tabernacle.
A jumble of testimonies and local notes from Tipton, Iowa and nearby areas describes religious revival scenes, a rattlesnake kill in Jones County, and a bolt striking a Welch factory line. The report also notes civic events, fair preparations, a near-drowning incident in a cistern, and an Iowa City engineering expansion bid. It closes with a broad reference to Jumpers religious sects and a medical advert.
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