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Newspaper
Iowa Citizen
Location
Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1903
Page
24
Last Wednesday evening Mr and Mrs Milton Remley hosted a social at 8 Davenport street inviting about one hundred young friends. Miss Alice Remley and George Remely assisted in receiving. Music was played and refreshments were served.
Bertha Pudil marries Joseph Krotz Jr. Thursday at 9 am in the Pudil home with Rev. Linkmster of St. Wenceslaus church officiating. The couple will honeymoon in Cedar Rapids. the groom works at Shrader drug store and both have many friends.
At a Des Moines meeting of the constitution and resolutions committee for the good roads convention George S. Carson was chosen secretary. The committee mapped out the organization and performed well. A favored plan called for state aid modeled on New Jersey Massachusetts Connecticut and New York, with other voices proposing options including local option with state aid. The tax plan would assess residents within two miles with higher charges for those closest and a petition from two thirds of district residents to authorize construction.
The athletic union met at Professor Wilcox's office to decide if the university will field a baseball team this year join the state Held meet and hold dual meets with other colleges. If baseball gains support, the first game may be next Monday against a Rock Island league team.
Cases of smallpox reported to the city health department involve the children of T. L. Nance of 11 West Court Street. The outbreak prompted immediate quarantine of the residence.
Reports show additional subscriptions being applied to the athletic union's debts, with the latest figure around 250 dollars. The balance to square with the world remains about another 250 dollars. A medical testimonial touts Electric Bitters for liver and kidney trouble and other ailments, praising its twelve year cure claims. Sale notices list seven head of mules and two Shetland stallions offered by Mack Stevens of Iowa City, Iowa.
James Hart visited Muscatine on business. Mrs. Adelaide Goodrell tours Davenport while H B Cline plans an opera house project this season. Mrs. Chas Barrow visits sister Airs Charles Anderson in Lone Tree. The Ford Hunk car undergoes overhaul by Putman and Harrison. Matilda Novak heads to Oklahoma for an extended visit. George S. Carson returned from Des Moines after attending the good roads convention. Irene Mullin visits the Burkley home. she leaves for Cedar Rapids tomorrow. Dan Mingoney relocates to Kalona after leaving North English. Coldren sails to St Paul then plans Canada travel next week. Judge S H B Fatrail remains a Phi Kappa Psi charter member from the first U S chapter. Conrad Hormel and daughter Ella return to West Liberty after visiting Eckert Hormel. Max Mayer, returning from the east, heads home tonight or Sunday. M G Boser and wife toured the west including California, Colorado, and western Iowa. Elaine De Sellers departs for Chicago after wintering with the Musser family. G Dehner moves to Cedar Rapids to head telegraph at the Republican office. One weary walker in mayor court given leeway to complete city travels. Dr A H De Lane and Courtland, soon to graduate, lease an office in Lone Tree in Smid building. Fire at night near Nickwood farmstead caused a curtain-gas flare. extinguished with minor damage.
A large crowd is expected in Iowa City for an Estero District rally on April 28. Organizers hope for about 5000 attendees. Euclid Sanders and Cedar Rapids Mayor Huston will deliver speeches. The item appears amid a jumble of unrelated clippings and notes.
A cryptic note discusses investments or schemes with a focus on wealth and marriage to fortune as a defining factor in success. It questions whether the subject joined any get rich quick schemes, then hints at marriage to money as a decisive move.
The Irish land bill, framed to curb absentee landlordism, would offer government loans to tenants to purchase farms. Loans cap at 2500 in congested districts and 5000 elsewhere with 34 percent interest. Warren E. Wrodom notes potential $700 million funding, while claiming total exposure under 50 million. Meanwhile ex police chief Devery remains cash rich, never using checks or banks, and Anthony Fiala plans a European preparatory tour before the June polar expedition leaving from Tromso.
Span Jjof will carry provisions and fuel and return to Tromso while the Americas winter at Framz Josef Land. The party plans four years of provisions and 250 Siberian dogs from the prior voyage. More Mogai will be bought at Archangel.
A boy recalls finding a black crow in a pine branch during a summer in the country. His father cages it, Obadiah the crow becomes a playful companion, waking him with cawing and sharing meals, until autumn when the bird’s wings mature and the narrator releases it in the city.
A town boy named Cecil, eight, visits to stay four weeks. He struggles with farm chores like milking, riding, and diving while his host reflects on his own childhood missteps. The piece contrasts urban innocence with rural tasks and ends noting his courage despite fears.
A party game for kids uses a feather tossed in a circle of seven or eight players. The title players try to keep the feather aloft as laughter makes it fall. The last remaining child after rounds wins, delivering simple fun and amusement.
Mrs Laura Richards recounts her brother Harry's early breakfast antics as a child. He called for bacon while mispronouncing Brescott fa ready causing laughter. A school scene follows with a teacher praising early rising and a boy replying about pancakes on Monday morning.
In a humorous exchange, a child begs to share marbles with a baby brother, while a family rule prompts a mother’s admonition. A later note describes large beetles using circular sawlike jaws to cut branches, illustrating surprising natural behavior.
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