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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
1
The text reviews responses to Roosevelt era policy and Bryan's cautious stance on the gold standard. It notes editorial skepticism about Bryan's willingness to detail plans, reflecting press frustration with unanswered questions while highlighting campaign dynamics and public interest in the square deal.
A South Bend telegraphic report notes typographical unions in Indiana and elsewhere plan resolutions urging that the union label appear on Bryan’s Commoner. The move demands publishers honor union customs, while Bryan’s campaign faces pressure from Gompers and labor leaders to show true support for organized labor.
A long editorial extols the Republican Party forty years of rule, praising its gains and universal citizenship including whites and blacks. It also promotes Waterloo College of Commerce night classes, then critiques water works planning and ends with reflections on women duties and ideals, urging orderly homes and personal improvement.
A veteran teacher recounts chronic coffee poisoning with symptoms like heart fluttering and head pains. After trying Postum, she notes clear improvement and no coffee temptation, praising the drink as a fountain of perpetual youth. The letter is attributed to Postum Co. of Battia Creek, Michigan, and promotes the book The Road to Weilville.
The piece reviews Jefferson’s first term gains including the Louisiana Purchase and reduced debt, notes Pinckney and King as Federalist rivals, and recounts Burr and Hamilton’s duel and its impact on the election. It cites Jefferson and Clinton with 162 electoral votes versus Pinckney and King with four.
A scan of 19th century notes lists historical events and figures including Benjamin Rush John Adams Theodore Roosevelt Braxton Bragg and the Duke and Duchess of York. It describes a Toronto lodge mission study, a new retail clerks union in Waterloo, and a library mission department collecting mission materials, maps and curios for education.
The labor paper The Labor World of Washington DC has been released from receivership. Preparations are underway for the West Virginia State Federation of Labor annual convention to be held in Clarksburg in October.
Ice skating becomes a summer craze as a bridge to world progress. A central committee lists a study course on missions in Moslem lands Burmah Siam and Korea. Members read texts and visit libraries while Berlin opens year round rink. political notes and labor union news follow.
The piece urges saving money by buying only the most essential items and highlights a pie preparation product called OUR PIE. It notes that one package makes two large pies and promises simple tasty results in lemon chocolate and custard flavors, urging readers to try and buy often.
On September 26 in history, 1776 Congress named Franklin, Dean, and Jefferson as commissioners to France. 1789 Samuel Osgood became postmaster general. 1827 Indiana senator Willett Voorhes was born, died 1897. 1828 a monument for Joan Harvard commemorated in Charlestown, MA. 1885 cornerstone laid for Mason Ice Temple in Philadelphia. 1838 Fanny Davenport, noted actress, died in Duxbury, MA. born 1850 in London. 1904 Earl Grey named governor general of Canada. Robert Bacon resigned as steel trust director to join State Department. 1907 Cuban agitators arrested near Havana.
Odette Tyler born September 2, 1869 in Savannah Georgia to Confederate general William W. Firkland. She trained at Georgetown convent and Loretto Convent in Ontario, debuted at Madison Square Theatre under Daniel Frohman in 1887 as Odette Tyler. Known for Minnie Maddern Kohman and other troupes, she married R D MacLean in 1897, later left stage for writing and readings, publishing Rose a Story of Virginia Life and numerous magazine pieces.
An extensive testimonial campaign extols Peruna as a cure for female ailments and headaches. Mrs. Thessie Nelson of Nashville credits the product with transforming her health after years of pain, while other letters from Ontario and Ohio praise relief from backache headache and neuralgia attributed to women’s ailments. The ads urge wide use of Peruna despite disclaimers of universal cure.
The piece notes William Pugsley born September 27, 1860 in Sussex New Brunswick, his education at the University of New Brunswick, law practice since 1872, roles as reporter, lawyer, speaker of the legislative assembly, attorney general and minister of public works under Laurier. Also included is an advertisement offering a $100 reward and a classic medical ad for Hall’s Catarrh Cure with testimonials and an offer.
James Kerr Hardie, founder of England's Labor party, urges formation of a Canadian labor party amid calls for stronger union activity. In Washington, Secretaries and labor agents are ordered to file books in U.S. District Court to determine their role in the alleged boycott against Loewen Co.
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