Grand Army Encampment to Open in San Francisco
The thirty seventh national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic will be held in San Francisco the week of August 17 1903. Iowa posts will send delegates and California hosts promise a memorable welcome with demonstrations, displays, and decorations financed by state funds and private contributions. The city expects large crowds and favorable climate for the veterans visit, with extensive exhibits of fruit, mining, flowers, and local industry as part of the celebration.
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Grand Army of the Republic
San Francisco
California
Iowa City Post
Defenders of the Union
Liberty
Nevada
Pacific Coast
Golden State
Santa Clara
Marin
Sonoma
Alameda
Contra Costa
Knights of Pythias
Union
Encampment Lodging Rates Announced Across Town
Hotels and boarding houses offer rooms at 50 cents to 1 dollar per night and 3 to 7 dollars weekly during the encampment. All lodging houses will keep their regular rates. Railroads advertise unprecedented low fares for complete round trips and side trips via both routes.
Coe College Wins Intercollegiate Debate in Cedar Rapids
Judges Prof Isaac A Loos Prof H S Richards and Hon Milton Remley from this city ruled Coe College the unanimous winner over Penn College in a Cedar Rapids debate held Friday evening. Penn argued for the affirmative on extending merchant marine protection while Coe argued the negative.
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Isaac A. Loos
H. S. Richards
Milton Remley
Penn
Coek
Cedar Rapids
Cedac Rapids
Coe
United States
Maine
J. V. Carter
M. FE. Rees
W. H. Macy
A. Raymond Eckels
M. Merie Ogden
Chester Armstrong
Chester Armstron
L. V. Carter
A. Anderson
Geo. D. Poe
Coralville man shoots loon near dam
John W. Clark of Coralville killed a loon Friday evening after spotting it on the water above the Coralville dam. He brought the bird to town Saturday where Pref Calvin identified it as a Northern Diver, a species not common in the area. the university already holds five or six specimens.
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John W. Clark
Coralville
Mr. Clark
Calvin
University
Holo Conference Aims at Health and Funeral Services in Chicago
National Baggage Men join with Representative Boards of Health and the National Funeral Directors to meet in Chicago for a conference on transit sanitation and funeral service standards.
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National Baggage Men
Representative Boards of Health
National Funeral Directors
Chicago
Funeral directors set new shipping rules for corpses
W P Hohenschuh reports from Chicago on a conference of the National Funeral Directors Association and allied groups. The principal decision allows licensed embalmers to ship bodies of deaths from courageous diseases as bodies are shipped today, with strict state law precautions and penalties for noncompliance.
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W. P. Hohenschuh
Chicago
Representative Boards of Health
National Funeral Directors Associations
Iowa City Student Wins Oswald Ottendorfer Fellowship
Charles Allyn Williams, a University of Iowa graduate, has been appointed to the Ottendorfer Memorial Fellowship for German philosophy at New York University for the 1903 04 year. The traveling fellowship carries $800 annually plus $100 for books and allows study in Germany. Williams, a Johnson County native, earned graduate work at the state university and has held German fellowships at Iowa State and Cornell. The appointment came through Prof. Charles Bundy Wilson, with Williams to assist German in the University of Iowa summer session.
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Charles Allyn Williams
New York University
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Oltendorfer
Williams
Johnson County
Oswald Ottendorfer
Germany
Willams
Stale University
Cornell University
Ithica
Charles Bundy Wilson
Cornell
Oflendorfer
Wilson
Town City
Wood Prices Hold Steady Amid Scarcity Hints
F. X. Rittenmeyer warns wood supplies are not abundant due to poor road conditions. He offers good soft wood at 5 dollars per cord and premium hard wood at 6.50 to 7 dollars per cord when salvaged.
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F. X. Rittenmeyer
Anatomy Building Progress and Sept 1 Completion Target
Superintendent Ellsworth says the medical laboratory structure reaches the third floor on the east half and the anatomical building is near completion. The plan is to finish the anatomical building first to vacate the shed by September 1.
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Medical Laboratory
Ellsworth
Regents Aim for Gym Sketches and Spring Construction
The board of regents plans rough sketches for the gym by the June meeting and expects no construction this fall. Work will not begin until funds become available, with construction hoped to start next spring.
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Board of Regents
Fine Percheron Stallion Travels From Sioux City
Hany Dunlap of Frank Pierce arrived in the city last Saturday with a fine Percheron stallion purchased in Sioux City. He traveled through Iowa Minnesota and Nebraska in the past week and the horse is described as the best seen on his journey weighing about 2000 pounds. The note highlights Nickel Plate Road services and options for travel between Chicago and the East with through express trains sleeping cars and meal service. Chicago depot details and agent contact are listed.
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Hany Dunlap
Frank Pierce
City
Sioux City
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Chicago
Harrison St
Fifth Ave
Adams St
Auditorium Annex
John
Calahan
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Cot
Pens
Psonles Steam Laundry
Lion Coffee
Lion Coffem
Kriz
Lewis’ Drug
Tay Western
Thail
Great Southwest
Room
Rialto Bulg
HOLO
National Funeral Directors Association
Prof. Wilson
Prof Wilson
Will Fush
BOYS
Harry Dunlap
THE
Nickel Plate Road
Koser & Zeller
Ferry
D. Wi
Ferry & Company
Detroit
Mich
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