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Newspaper
Webster City Tribune
Location
Webster City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
4
The item lists subscription costs for daily and weekly papers, plus advertising rates by inch and line. It then quotes assorted editorial notes from multiple papers on topics including state liquor laws, political races, and postal service recommendations, highlighting varied historical opinions and court decisions.
The Clinton Herald views temperance limits as only temporary and credits cures for drinking with real reform. It cites President Roosevelt calling to abolish the coal tariff, questions protectionism during shortages, and notes calls by Hull Hepburn and Lacy to cut steel and lumber duties while arguing for prudent revisions to retain protection and curb trusts. The Golden Globe warns against tariff revision delays, urging action to prevent Democratic gains and curb trust power.
The Webster City Freeman-Tribune debate notes the dipsomania law’s satisfactory results and Iowa constitutional questions. It questions why the Register and Leader keeps its name amid ownership doubts and imagines a rival paper if a postmaster appointment were denied.
In Hartford Charles Hopkins Clark argues for using newspapers as a means to reach readers. He notes that a cleverly placed ad on the breakfast table or in the home circulates widely, read as news and used beyond commerce, in offices and private rooms alike.
The President urges careful study before lowering duties on products when reciprocity fails. A commission of business experts could examine schedules, report findings, and propose actions to Congress without upsetting national prosperity. He cites removing tariffs on coal as a potential fiscal adjustment.
The Herald and Freeman-Tribune oppose broad tariff changes while noting possible minor cuts in barbed wire coal and steel. They urge buying locally as Christmas shoppers stock up, highlight rough rural roads and delayed mail routes, and encourage residents to keep money at home.
The Daily reports verdict in J. 4. Anderson vs Wm. Willis on a $819 farm sale commission with shared agency by Anderson and heirs Leonard and Selders. Julia Paulson wins a parcel from Lloyd L. Emmerson estate. Overland v. Webb mortgage declared void against Overland’s title. Other items: Fisher vs Smith continued. Anderson vs Willis continuance denied. Britt vs Bennett estate case submitted. Gouge vs Hellen settled. Alexander vs Riley redemption set at $485 plus costs before Feb 25, 1908. Local notices include guardianship and sale orders. La Farge McClure's features. Kearns to Sioux City. Robies improving the Graphic Herald. coal sale in Webster City area.
A Mason City man collapsed and died Wednesday while shoveling snow from a sidewalk. The piece urges industrious Webster City residents to avoid risk by having the task done by others or by a household female, discusses city heating as satisfactory and affordable, notes a new mouse proof flour apartment built by Stanton R. Hoyt, and mentions Sionz City Tribune’s report that locals chew six carloads of gum annually valued at 42,000 dollars.
The New York production of David Harum with a strong cast will play at Willson’s Opera House next Monday. Audiences familiar with Westcott’s novel expect to see Aunt Polly Deacon Perkins and other characters on stage. The play, set in Homeville New York, ran record receipts in New York for sixteen weeks and in Chicago and Boston prior.
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