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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
2
Water rate plans and city debt are analyzed as committee concludes a new plant must be smaller to fit borrowing limits. Recommends city not buy current plant, urges terms ensuring bondholder consent and protection against future overreach. Politicians’ positions and possible charter changes discussed.
A discussion on municipal ownership of water works in Council Bluffs mirrors Waterloo’s stance. A citizens committee warned the city cannot afford to build or buy a plant, urging cautious steps while comparing results from Waterloo’s experience and urging informed public consideration of three options: build anew, purchase and expand, or seek a new charter for the current company.
Entries list events from 1792 to 1907 across places like Newark Fort Erie Antietam Boston Washington and Cuba. Notable items include Upper Canada assembly, Antietam Creek battle, libraries in Boston, and Oklahoma constitution ratification.
A new pipe organ costing 2000 dollars will be installed in the Baptist church at Iowa City. The report also notes various local incidents including a man breaking his arm after a horse incident and a drowning near Sioux Falls.
Columbus dispatch outlines the Ohio gubernatorial contest with incumbent Governor Harris seeking a second term against Judson Harmon in the Democratic fold. The piece highlights Harris as a Civil War veteran and temperance advocate, noting his long public service from the state senate to lieutenant governor and governor. It also surveys campaign color, local anecdotes, and various regional items from farms to fairs.
In Kingston, N Y Bryan urged the crowd not to be swayed by Republican threats of panic against the Democratic ticket. He called Taft Mr Roosevelt's appointee and criticized the president's endorsement as backing a political bankrupt. He claimed the East and West are united for the Democratic platform and said Republicans are losing strength nationwide.
In Hartford on September 16 the Democratic state convention nominated Judge A. Renton Robertson of New Haven for governor. The platform backs the Republican ticket of George L. Lulay as campaign leader and endorses Bryan Kern and the national party principles. A promotional blurb for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea appears among unrelated ad copy. A separate incident reports a threshing machine accident at Maxson City causing extensive equipment damage and injuring a man after a horse’s tail became entangled in a belt.
The notice promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy and offers a $100 reward if it fails to cure. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, builds constitution, and invites testimonials. Also mentions upcoming Republican League convention in Cincinnati and advertising courses at Waterloo Business College with contact details.
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