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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1903
Page
19
A delegate was named to represent the region at the Good Roads Convention to be held in St Louis on April 27. The appointment reflects ongoing efforts to promote road improvements and regional cooperation.
The Second District selects delegates for the St Louis Good Roads convention to be held April 27 to May 2. Prof A W Sims of the State University engineering dept named as a delegate. committee on resolutions and state organization formed. district caucus at Savory hotel. The event drew about 325 delegates with officials from Iowa City Muscatine and Clinton among others.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention John Baker Jr of Muscatine and Vance & Baker of Muscatine as a factory linked to improved tuner systems and a new mechanism for canes. References to Marengo and ACW prep imply a local business venture or product claim with uncertain details.
W I Allen, formerly assistant to the general manager of OC R 1 B, becomes general manager of the Cincinnati and Richmond Battery. The firm nears Chicago connections and he leads the small line to success.
W. K. McFarlin, long time superintendent of maintenance and construction for the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, resigns to become chief engineer of the Delaware Lackawanna and Western under W. H. Truesdale. He leaves amid praise for his record and is enticed by a large salary plus commission from Gillipsie and Co.
Epworth League annual meeting in Methodist church parlors elected officers for the new year. President Dr L G Sawyer First vice president Mrs Sawyer Second vice president Miss Lou Pratt Third vice president F Attinger Fourth vice president Mrs Ed Weber Secretary Miss Corlet Treasurer Miss Maud Voland. The league marks the fourteenth anniversary and centennial John Wesley birth with installation at the service.
Railway executives including John Sebastian Leon Allen J B Smalley and W J Lawrence visited the city to announce the Rocky Mountain Limited between Chicago and Denver to be electrified and highly modern. Reduced Colorado summer fares from June 15 to October 1 were promised though round trip prices rise about five dollars. Changes in system superintendents were outlined and Chicago Rock Island Paceme pacific expanded lines with Houston Texas Central ownership noted. Also an ad for mules and stallions by Mack Stevens of Iowa City.
One act melodrama hailed as the season’s best promises a monumental set requiring a sixty foot stage. The New York Harbor skyline glows with electrified towers and the Battery as flames leap from dockside buildings. Presented at the opera house Saturday afternoon and evening.
James L. MaCane presents Maloney's Wedding Day a witty comedy drama at the opera house next Monday night. The piece promises bright funeral music lighthearted humor and a wholesome tale of everyday life packed with lively complications and broad laughs for all ages.
An old advertisement touts Rock Mountain Tea as a spring tonic. It claims to drive out microbes of water and build the stomach, kidneys, and liver, promising improved health for “ock people” and noting W. W. Morrison.
Interdenominational Sunday School convention will be held in Lone Tree Iowa on April 29 and 30. Sunday school workers are invited and will receive free entertainment with two days prior notice. State association officers and prominent workers will attend. Expect large attendance and Johnson county to join others in continued work. Bring a liberal offering for state work. J W Love County Secretary Lone Tree Iowa.
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