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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1907
Page
1
The Cal Reporter recalls a year since Judge Platt ordered Receiver Manbard to assess policy holders and wind down Property Mutuel affairs. A report notes work accomplished by commercial bodies and the progress made toward closure.
Passing mentions include Robert Parrott and Robert Rumsey in town on business, Ed Towner in Hudson, J. Lauritzen traveling to Chicago, and many locals visiting relatives, attending races, or planning trips to Milwaukee and Madison. Multiple observers report on banking board meetings, train incidents, fishing plans, moves to Seattle, and auto races at Clarksville with results from the county fair events.
In Waterloo and nearby towns a busy slate unfolds with visits by Mrs. N Booth and others from Laporte to Waterloo, Royal Chef company performing at West Waterloo, and multiple social and church notices. Travel plans include trips to Chicago and Texas, while public notices cover C I S classes and Black Hawk county teacher shortages. The piece also touts Graham Crackers and Nation al Biscuit Company products for family health.
Baseball news reports the Burlington Marshalltown series being moved to Burlington this week with McMillan pitching today. Egan warns of misstatements by the morning paper while clarifying transfer details and league vote. Schroeder and Donovan are sidelined by injuries and illnesses affecting Waterloo Burlington play.
In Waterloo the Burlington players are praised as gentlemen and fair play dominates the contest. Citizens fear of personal spats vanished as the crowd supports orderly rooting. North enders share responsibility for high attendance, while Prescott Roosevelt era square dealing governs play. Shop men turn out again as the fair Sox prepare to face the Keokuk pennant winners tomorrow at the ball park.
H B White secretary of the board rdf trade sends second notices to subscribers for the opera house fund. The second installment of the 25000 bonds, amounting to 5000, is due when the roof is on. The first notice yielded about 2000, and White seeks the remaining 3000 to keep the contract with the builders on Tha Water tion.
B Barrett of the Daly Record in Mexico City plans a London newspaper modeled on American journalism. He says English papers lag in news handling and advertising and will rely on American tourist patronage and reporters trained in the U S. He will split time between Mexico City and London, aiming to attract American visitors.
A Kansas City Star correspondent notes farm wives increasingly use motor cars to replace horse and buggy. In Saline County, Mrs Frank Brandier and Mrs Center load garden truck and poultry for market while neighbors observe growing machine ownership. Mrs Center touts using her machine for pasture work and hauling livestock, even guiding a cow by tying it to the motor bar.
At South Norwalk the crowd cheered as Gini Embraced the winner of a yacht race. Dr. Walter Stromeyer received a dozen embraces and kisses from admiring onlookers after the Sheveril defeated the Erick Osprey. Rivalry between Hickory Bint and Bell Talsind sections of the New York summer colony persisted. A new fishing gadget uses electric light on a line to attract fish, promising Elizabethtown anglers a clever edge.
Rev. Byron H. Stauffer recalls Robert A. Pinkerton’s famed 1896 express robbery case linked to Susquehanna Pennsylvania. Proctor confessed with Donahue and Collins implicated. Pinkerton traced, arrested, and aided by cross-border pursuit into Canada. The tale covers exile to Fort Erie, extradition limits, and Pinkerton’s charitable gesture to Proctor’s family. The feature links Pinkerton with Stauffer’s own meeting in Missouri and notes Pinkerton’s enduring reputation.
The text urges individuals to secure a bond through American Surety Company of New York, promising fast, streamlined service for fidelity, judicial, license, or contract requirements. It frames corporate security as replacing personal guarantees and directs readers to the nearest office to obtain the bond quickly.
Longmont Colorado September 12 annual Pumpkin Pie Day drew crowds from miles around. Officialsestimate at least fifteen thousand pumpkin pies were eaten along with vast quantities of coffee sandwiches and apples. Visitors received free meals and entertainment including a street parade horse show races and outdoor sports.
Until further notice paying operations on Logan avenue one East Fourth street car will be operated as far as Logan avenue and Dane street the other East Fourth street car will be operated via Mulberry street to Sant Souci Abe G Cheney Miss Myrtle Tarpening of Jews Falls is visiting Miss Jeanette LaTier
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