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Newspaper
Semi Weekly Reporter
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
3
Market reaction this week saw a 10 to 15 point drop then partial recovery in stocks amid crop scare and tariff talk. Western rails look stronger while southern prices lag. cotton and crops weigh regional outlooks. Railroad earnings remain weak but some retrenchment may curb losses. overall business shows cautious improvement despite political uncertainty.
Rival parties display vast banners in New York as a market note remains active. With money cheap and little prospect of change, securities hold their value for months. An irregular market may persist, inviting active stock buyers from holders who profited earlier. If money tightens or dividends fall, lower prices are expected. Henry Clwis notes prices still reflect holders rather than underlying business.
Denver hosts two sections of the American Bankers Association at the Brown Palace Hotel for its annual convention. Notable speakers include Woodrow Wilson, C B Walker, Alexander Gilbert, James B Forgan, and Governor Buchtel, with sessions on savings banks and clearing houses and address by Pierre Jay on savings deposits.
Manger reports farmers nationwide hold money with strong steady prices. In Iowa and northwest, crops look unusually good despite drought, with corn moving little and hay crop excellent. Farmers invest in land and farm machinery, expecting higher prices and early planting opportunities as showers improve soil.
Mitchell South Dakota hosts a major corn show with speeches planned by three presidential candidates William J Bryan William H Taft and Eugene W Cha fin expected crowds reach about 20000 daily visitors exhibit features corn pumpkin displays and farm products from nearly every county plus free entertainment attractions
A Me year old girl writes that years of indigestion and starvation from overwork and irregular meals left her unable to eat. After trying various foods she found relief with Grape Nuts, regaining health and strength. She credits the product for feeding the craving without distress and plans to keep it in her diet. The letter promotes Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
Denver September 28 The monetary committee of Congress assigns a special sub committee to attend the thirty fourth annual American Bankers Association gathering and to discuss proposed amendments to the national banking law. Senator Teller and Representatives Bangage Weeks and Burgess are on the panel to hear reform plans from the commission and present them to bankers.
A fish car special under George A. Lincoln of this city departs Sabuls in early October for a state tour, carrying 15,060 Ginny tribe fish to be released into lakes and rivers. The operation faces low Mississippi river levels and relies on bayous for supply, with ten crewmen aboard and twenty large iron tanks on the car. Lincoln oversees five sworn deputies and notes carp are valued at one and a half to two cents per pound with strong demand, while state fish commissioners aim to place only game fish and discard others.
Washington Sept 26 Secretary Garfield says records show Hitchcock followed Congress authorizing oil pipe lines through Indian lands in Oklahoma and denies any presidential overruling. Dubuque Sept 26 Mrs Bradley files for divorce from John H Bradley son of late William Bradley seeking $100000 permanent alimony and custody of three children plus temporary alimony of 200 monthly and 2000 for suit expenses.
A fragment from a 1908 Iowa-era paper includes farm yields and seed ear notes, a political jab, a Modern Woodmen picnic with 1,500 attendees, wedding attendance, surgical operations, and an upcoming Tri-state Fair opening in Memphis with poultry, horticulture, livestock and industrial displays.
Hundreds report cures for piles using Pyramid Pile Cure. Readers are urged to request a free trial postal package from Pyramid Drug Co. at 164 Pyramid Bldg Marshall, Michigan. The ad asserts trials often cure piles and invites orders to druggists if successful. Fruit crop notes hail damage but cites no national impact.
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