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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1906
Page
2
The Courier and Times-Tribune clash over official notices and pricing. A mediator proposal seeks a common ground on legal notices, contracts, and fair fees while preserving accurate publication and city records. The dispute centers on official designation, bid pricing, and the impact on local newspapers and taxpayers.
Council debate over publishing notices seeks to end the practice of a single designated paper. Advocates urge an open system with competitive rates, arguing uniform costs and fair access for taxpayers. The issue centers on legality, expense, and public notice standards for city and county publications.
A rumor circulated before the Waterloo convention that Governor Cummins sought to forge air alliances with Claude Porter to defeat Col Hepburn in the Eighth District. Roosevelt supporters urge surrounding him with a jealous Republican majority to back his heroic work, as Hepburn pushed the Hepburn bill through Congress amid Cummins campaign against him.
The Cedar Wallis Gazette reports the Grundy County Republican hopes Waterloo will nominate Longley or reconsider the matter to favor a local candidate. The Cedar Falls editorial stance shifts, suggesting prior promises to relent were not kept and Waterloo’s decision remains unsettled.
Rates to Madison Lake Waterville and Ely sian Minn via Chicago Great Western railway. For parties of 10 or more one and one third fare round trip valid 10 days. Tickets on sale daily until September 30. For info contact any Great Western agent or J P Elmer Grant Minn. Mrs Eliza Brownlee and daughter of Galva Ill visiting W O Brownlee a few weeks.
A compilation of editorials from Newton Herald Ames Times Arlington News Sioux City Journal and other papers on party splits political loyalties and harmony. Observers praise Cummins strength while noting divisions over LaFollette Roosevelt Bryan and government ownership debates.
The article surveys James J. Hill and his three sons in railroading, notes Bristish scientists and achievements such as Miss Henrietta Leavitt and Mrs Elizabeth Blair Lee, and mentions Professor Zel ler’s promotion anniversary alongside retirement and other academic milestones. It also records Harry Harper returning to Madison to study at the state university.
The American Institute of Social Service will hold next January in New York the first exposition of devices for safeguarding workers and preventing accidents. The event follows European models and cites lower accident rates in Europe compared with America. Also notes a proposed glass-floored bridge in Colorado over Royal Gorge and a Radium discovery by Vienna Academy.
The late Edward Rosewater founder of the Omaha Bee, a Nebraska legislator and U S postal commission member, is sketched as a diminutive but forceful figure. He traced friendships with world leaders like Carnegie, recalling their early telegraph days and mutual respect in a 40 year bond.
The National Hickory Association completed its meeting in Chicago to protect and preserve hickory timber. H B Hollay from the U S Forestry Bureau warned the supply could be exhausted in fifteen years without further safeguards.
Abutting property owners on Sycamore Street in Waterloo Iowa are notified a plat and schedule for grading curbing guttering and paving the street from Eleventh Street to two feet west of the Illinois Central belt line is on file for inspection objections must be in writing to the City Clerk within twenty days after the first publication dated September 26 1806 This notice is signed by City Clerk C Thompson and filed with the City of Waterloo Iowa.
City of Waterloo Iowa informs property owners abutting Sycamore Street from Seventh to Eleventh that a filed plat and schedule show costs and assessments for the described streets. Objections in writing must be filed with the city clerk within twenty days after the first publication dated September 26, 1906. City Clerk KR. C. Thompson signs the notice.
A varied column recounts a Japanese juggler whose act uses two baskets of props and a porcelain vase to fool a skeptical guest. It shifts to reflections on American work pace, warns of overwork, and cites health remedies, accidents, and local incidents across Iowa towns with brief notes on fairs, thefts, and notable deaths.
The Barclay township voters meet October 3 to nominate the township ticket including assessor clerk three trustees two justices and two constables plus three delegates to the sixth supervisor district convention. The caucus occurs 7 to 8 pm at the Center schoolhouse. The convention is October 6 at 1 30 pm at Barclay Center school house. Cedar township caucus September 27 elects three delegates to the supervisor convention at Lanotte and nominates the township ticket. By order of committees H E Hubbard chairman.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Pain Balm as a remarkable liniment that quickly relieves rheumatic pain, helps sleep, and offers relief for sufferers. Sold by all druggists with the note to expect fast action.
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