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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1907
Page
1
The official state fair tallies report 170 495 attendees this year versus 187 213 in 1906 and receipts of 103 865 26, down from 110 929 85. Costs rose to 76 209 07 from 72 459 39, with a net profit of 27 655 68 versus prior gains. Weather and reduced subscriptions influenced results.
Fragmentary prose shows President Finle of the Southers rail line urging presidents to speak more publicly, while private discussions are suggested as better. Names such as Leon A Bereznalk and others appear in garbled lines, mentioning places like Indianapolis and Odessa with disjointed references to professions and translations.
Spirit Lake Beacon contests Des Moines frost records for killing frosts over 30 years and offers Keokuk data showing earlier and later dates. The Keokuk view notes regional contrasts with Spirit Lake and Des Moines, and recalls 1883 winter conditions along the Des Moines valley.
A dated mosaic of events lists military actions against the Cherokees in Tennessee in 1739, political shifts in Nova Scotia in 1763, Benedict Arnold's flight in 1781, Jefferson becoming Secretary of State in 1790, and later 19th century terms. It weaves in railroads, notable births, deaths, and market notes, with a long block on George F. Baer’s birth and career and a hall of catarrh cure advertisement.
Harvard professor Hugo Munsterberg trains devices to record involuntary signals during interrogation. The aut autograph sling traces hand movement, the pneumonograph logs breathing, and a sphygmograph monitors pulse to detect emotional stress in suspects.
Chicago market notes last week’s record cattle supply and strong demand for good cattle with prices near seven dollars plus. Hogs show narrowing price ranges and heavier weights rising while light weights ease. Western sheep arrivals remain high with declines in sheep and lamb values, but fat lambs hold firmer. Conover and Swanson report ends with a note on hot chocolate at Munger’s.
A humorous tale follows Herbert and Cousin Jim in a rough crowd, detailing schemes at a boarding house, race track chatter, and a night of bluffing and betting. The narrative contrasts bravado with weakness, ending in a moral about delivering the goods. It also references Gladstone and Poe in brief digressions on character and writing style.
A mixed Iowa roundup reports damages in Cerro and school ban, a Burlington train wreck probe, Gillespie seeks damages over mosquito pest, a rattlesnake incident near Bankston, county fiscal moves in Woodbury, and a Des Moines supreme lodge invitation. Also notes deaths from lockjaw in Orange City and rail/telegraph terminal talks near Mason City.
The article notes high wages tempting youths to join Panama Canal construction despite fever fears, praising Electris Bitters as protection against malaria. It also reports a fourth major Perry fire destroying B. H Powell feed yards and stables and threatening the Durant Jones residence and St James hotel, with cabinet photos lost.
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