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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1903
Page
8
An advertisement compares children to young plants and promotes Scott's Emulsion as a remedy for weak growth. It claims proper feeding improves growth despite identical care and nutrition and urges sending for samples from Scott & Bowne in New York.
The notice lists West Bound trains No.1 No.3 No.21 No.11 and others with times and service types, including through fast trains and all stops. It details East Bound trains No.22 No.4 No.5 No.7 No.42 No.9 and freight services, noting daily operation except Sunday and connections with El Paso fast trains to Chicago.
The Hotham District under C. R. I. announces train departures and arrivals effective Nov 2. 1202. Listings include No 20 No 28 No 203 No 209 No 2444 No 291 and others with routes between Muscatine Davenport Cedar Rapids Burlington Riverside and Muscatine. Freight and passenger trains show times and stops across routes.
Boston April 6 Dr Richard Hodgson secretary of the American branch of the Society for Physical Research received a letter from Dr Isaac Funk of New York about the widow’s mite coin. Funk seeks to contact the spirit of Henry Ward Beecher via medium Mrs Piper to learn how Beecher would dispose of the coin. Hodgson doubts the genuineness of the spirit message and cautions that telepathic or living-source interference cannot be ruled out. He notes the difficulty of confirming discarnate origin and describes his shift from believing messages came from living minds to considering possible spirit communication.
London reports a French steamer Bambara on its first voyage from Marseilles to Dakar with 95 000 pounds of gunpowder and dynamite aboard is believed sunk after a sea explosion. Lloyds fears disaster though confirmation is pending. Crew of 35 with six passengers.
Arthur Hadden, 16, son of Rev Archibald Hadden, reports a masked man at Heckley National Bank compelled him to cash a $50 certificate and hand over the funds. After forcing a signature, the robber retrieved the money from the cashier and vanished as the bank closed.
The pleat of Altman Miller and Co, an agriculture implement maker, is placed in the hands of receivers on request by George B. Crouse. The debts exceed 7,600,000 dollars. Receivership sought by creditors refusing to grant extra time. Company to continue operations under advice while pending.
Copenhagen reports an April concert held to aid a fund for amendments to a project of composer E P Hartman. King Christian and William attended with Queen Alexandra patronizing the event. The emperor and king received a warm ovation from the audience.
The yacht built for Claries & Divan at Crescent ship yards Elizabethport has been launched. It is part of a proposed auxiliary fleet and ready for wartime use, constructed to Navy specifications with strength rivaling a 1,000 ton cruiser.
A vivid excerpt from Sewell Ford’s Horses Nine describes fire horses racing through Broad Way with climactic bells, wheels, ladders, and harnesses creating a single roaring symphony. The piece portrays the horses’ fierce, joyful dash and the crowd’s reaction in this dramatic urban scene.
The piece surveys ancient burial practices from early Jews and Egyptians to Greeks and Tartars, noting preserved body parts and varied rites. It briefly lists amusements of great men from Burke to Wesley, then shifts to anecdotes from Spain about a lighthouse and a joke about clothing fits.
Obscured OCR fragment mentions a luncheon and girls gossip. References include Washington Star and Chicago News. content unclear with many garbled names and phrases. No clear event, date, or identifiable persons readable.
The Philadelphia Record notes a pronounced rift between autumn and spring as the four seasons clash, describing a collapse in harmony and proposing a bleak outlook for the changing year.
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